BESTSELLERS
Fiction
1. American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.
2. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
3. Lost by James Patterson and James O. Born. The new head of an FBI task force takes on a crime syndicate run by a pair of Russian nationals.
4. Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid. Tumult ensues when Alix Chamberlain’s babysitter is mistakenly accused of kidnapping her charge.
5. Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano. A 12year-old boy tries to start over after becoming the sole survivor of a plane crash in which he lost his immediate family.
6. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.
7. The Guardians by John Grisham. Cullen Post, a lawyer and Episcopal minister, antagonizes some ruthless killers when he takes on a wrongful conviction case.
8. A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende. A young pregnant widow and an Army doctor take a ship to Chile to escape the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.
9. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett. A sibling relationship is impacted when the family goes from poverty to wealth and back again over the course of many decades.
10. Agency by William Gibson. Ainsley Lowbeer can see alternate outcomes for Verity Jane and her digital assistant, who lived in the previous century.
Nonfiction
1. A Very Stable Genius by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig. The Pulitzer Prizewinning journalists use firsthand accounts to chart patterns of behavior within the Trump administration.
2. Profiles in Corruption by Peter Schweizer. The author of “Clinton Cash” gives his evaluations of members of the Democratic Party.
3. Educated by Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
4. Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell. Famous examples of miscommunication serve as the backdrop to explain potential conflicts and misunderstandings.
5. Becoming by Michelle Obama. The former first lady describes how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.
6. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone by Lori Gottlieb. A psychotherapist gains unexpected insights when she becomes another therapist’s patient.
7. Tightrope by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn. The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors examine issues affecting working-class Americans.
8. The Age of Entitlement by Christopher Caldwell. An assessment of some potential social, cultural and economic causes of our current political fissure.
9. Why We Can’t Sleep by Ada Calhoun. The cultural and political contexts of the crises that Generation X women face.
10. Running Against the Devil by Rick Wilson. The Republican strategist offers his insights on how to potentially defeat President Donald Trump in the upcoming election.