Houston Chronicle Sunday

BESTSELLER­S

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FICTION

1. Dream Town

By David Baldacci. The third book in the “Archer” series. Archer, Dash and Callahan search for a missing screenwrit­er who had a dead body turn up in her home.

2. Beautiful By

Danielle Steel. A supermodel deals with the effects of a terror attack at an airport in Brussels on her life and appearance.

3. Run, Rose, Run

By Dolly Parton and James Patterson. A singer-songwriter goes to Nashville seeking stardom but is followed by her dark past.

4. The Investigat­or

By John Sandford. Letty Davenport, the adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, looks into oil thefts in Texas.

5. Kingdom of Bones

By James Rollins. The 16th book in the “Sigma Force” series. An unknown force is putting people in a catatonic state in a village in the Congo.

6. Sea of Tranquilit­y

By Emily St. John Mandel. A detective investigat­ing in the wilderness discovers that his actions might affect the timeline of the universe.

7. The Paris Apartment

By Lucy Foley. Jess has suspicions about her halfbrothe­r’s neighbors when he goes missing.

8. What Happened to the Bennetts

By Lisa Scottoline. A brush with members of a drugtraffi­cking organizati­on ushers a suburban family to go into the witness protection program.

9. The Midnight Library

By Matt Haig. Nora Seed finds a library that contains books with multiple possibilit­ies of the lives one could have lived.

10. The Memory Librarian

By Janelle Monáe et al. A companion collection of stories to Monáe’s 2018 album “Dirty Computer.” Jane 57821 pushes back against the few who have the power to control or erase memories.

NONFICTION

1. Freezing Order

By Bill Browder. The author of “Red Notice” tells his story of becoming Vladimir Putin’s enemy by uncovering a $230 million tax refund scheme.

2. Hello, Molly!

By Molly Shannon with Sean Wilsey. The comedic actor shares stories of family tragedy and her years as a star of “Saturday Night Live.”

3. Crying in H Mart

By Michelle Zauner. The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

4. Bitterswee­t

By Susan Cain. The author of “Quiet” suggests ways to embrace loss and suffering within ourselves and others.

5. Playing With Myself

By Randy Rainbow. A memoir by the three-time Emmynomina­ted comedian known for his online musical and political satires.

6. The 1619 Project Edited

by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstei­n. Viewing America’s entangleme­nt with slavery and its legacy, in essays adapted and expanded from The New York Times Magazine.

7. The Storytelle­r

By Dave Grohl. A memoir by the musician known for his work with Foo Fighters and Nirvana.

8. Left on Tenth

By Delia Ephron. The author and screenwrit­er describes losing her sister and husband to cancer, finding love again and receiving a leukemia diagnosis.

9. Greenlight­s

By Matthew McConaughe­y. The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.

10. What Happened to You?

By Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey. An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigat­e it.

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