BESTSELLERS
Fiction
1. 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.
2. Valentine by Elizabeth Wetmore. A Texas town on the verge of an oil boom in 1976 becomes divided when a teenage girl is brutally attacked.
3. 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.
4. The Boy From the Woods by Harlan Coben. When a girl goes missing, a private investigator’s feral childhood becomes an asset in the search.
5. Texas Outlaw by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle. A Texas Ranger goes to a small town to investigate whether an accidental death was actually a murder.
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 Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel. Years after an international Ponzi scheme falls apart, one of its victims investigates the disappearance of a woman from a container ship.
8. The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel. The third book in the “Wolf Hall” trilogy. After Anne Boleyn’s execution, Thomas Cromwell’s enemies assemble.
9. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes. In Depression-era Kentucky, five women refuse to be cowed by men or convention as they deliver books.
10. The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich. As a bill that may hurt the rights of Native Americans goes to Congress in 1953, domestic issues arise for plant workers near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota.
Nonfiction
1. The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson. An examination of the leadership of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.
2. Untamed by Glennon Doyle. The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
3. More Myself by Alicia Keys with Michelle Burford. The Grammy Award-winning musician retraces her path to discovering her own worth.
4. Front Row at the Trump Show by Jonathan Karl. The ABC News chief White House correspondent gives his perspective on our current president and describes the shifts within their relationship.
5. Educated by Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
6. The Mamba Mentality by Kobe Bryant. Various skills and techniques used on the court by the late Los Angeles Lakers player.
7. The First Time by Colton Underwood. A memoir by a former NFL player and reality TV star of “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette.”
8. Becoming by Michelle Obama. The former first lady describes how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.
9. Open Book by Jessica Simpson with Kevin Carr O’Leary. The singer, actress and fashion designer discloses times of success, trauma and addiction.
10. The Office by Andy Greene. An oral history of the sitcom from its beginnings on the BBC through its nine-season run on American network TV.