NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLERS
Rankings day, Sept. reflect 5. sales for the week ending Satur
FICTION
1. ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE, by Louise Penny. (Minotaur)
The 16th book in the “Chief Inspector Gamache” series. When his billionaire godfather is attacked, Gamache uncovers secrets hidden throughout Paris.
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
2. THE LYING LIFE OF ADULTS, by Elena Ferrante. (Europa Editions)
In this coming-of-age story, Giovanna seeks her true reflection in two kindred cities.
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
3. TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM, by Yaa Gyasi. (Knopf)
A Ph.D. candidate in neuroscience looks to the hard sciences and her childhood faith to potentially help her grieving Ghanaian immigrant family. WEEKS ON LIST: 1
4. THE VANISHING HALF, by Brit Bennett. (Riverhead)
The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern Black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity but their fates intertwine.
WEEKS ON LIST: 14
5. THE HARBINGER II, by Jonathan Cahn. (FrontLine)
Nouriel, Ana Goren and a figure known as “the prophet” return as revelations are unlocked. WEEKS ON LIST: 1
6. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, by Delia Owens. (Putnam)
In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
WEEKS ON LIST: 105
7. SQUEEZE ME, by Carl Hiaasen. (Knopf) A dead dowager, hungry pythons and occupants of the winter White House shake up the Palm Beach charity ball season.
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
8. THE GUEST LIST, by Lucy Foley. (Morrow) A wedding between a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of Ireland turns deadly.
WEEKS ON LIST: 14
9. THRAWN ASCENDANCY: CHAOS RISING, by Timothy Zahn. (Del Rey)
In this “Star Wars” saga, a young military officer is sent to find the unseen enemies who attacked the Chiss capital.
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
10. THICK AS THIEVES, by Sandra Brown. (Grand Central)
Arden Maxwell returns home to uncover the truth about her father’s involvement in a heist that went wrong 20 years ago.
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
11. ROYAL, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte)
In 1943, the 17-year-old Princess Charlotte assumes a new identity in the country and falls in love. WEEKS ON LIST: 3 12. AMERICAN DIRT, by Jeanine Cummins. (Flatiron)
A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.
WEEKS ON LIST: 33
13. THE LAST STORY OF MINA LEE, by Nancy Jooyoun Kim. (Park Row)
Margot Lee pieces together consequential events in her mother’s life from being a Korean War orphan to what brought about her suspicious death.
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
14. MEXICAN GOTHIC, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. (Del Rey)
In 1950s Mexico, a debutante travels to a distant mansion where family secrets of a faded mining empire have been kept hidden.
WEEKS ON LIST: 9
15. DARK SONG, by Christine Feehan. (Berkley) The 34th book in the “Carpathian” series. Will the vampire who held Elisabeta captive get in the way of her bond with Ferro?
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
NONFICTION
1. MELANIA AND ME, by Stephanie Winston Wolkoff. (Gallery)
The former director of special events at Vogue describes parting ways with the first lady after being made the scapegoat for inauguration finance irregularities.
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
2. CASTE, by Isabel Wilkerson. (Random House) The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today. WEEKS ON LIST: 5
3. UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. (Dial)
The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
WEEKS ON LIST: 26
4. DONALD TRUMP V. THE UNITED STATES, by Michael S. Schmidt. (Random House)
The New York Times Washington correspondent details actions by officials who attempted to con WEEKS ON LIST: 1
5. TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH, by Mary L. Trump. (Simon & Schuster)
The clinical psychologist gives her assessment of events and patterns inside her family and how they shaped President Donald Trump.
WEEKS ON LIST: 8
6. HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST, by Ibram X. Kendi. (One World)
A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism. WEEKS ON LIST: 27
7. LIVE FREE OR DIE, by Sean Hannity. (Threshold Editions)
The Fox News host offers his assessment on what is at stake in the 2020 election. (b)
WEEKS ON LIST: 5
8. HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON, by Jon Meacham. (Random House)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer creates a portrait of Rep. John Lewis, the late civil rights leader and congressman for Georgia’s 5th Congressional District.
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
9. HOAX, by Brian Stelter. (One Signal/Atria)
The CNN anchor and chief media correspondent examines the inner workings of Fox News and its relationship with President Donald Trump. WEEKS ON LIST: 2
10. THE DYNASTY, by Jeff Benedict. (Avid Reader/Simon & Schuster)
The history of the New England Patriots from being NFL laughingstock to making 10 trips to the Super Bowl.
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
11. TWILIGHT OF THE GODS, by Ian W. Toll. (Norton)
The third book in the “Pacific War” trilogy describes the last year of World War II in the Pacific.
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
12. I HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL YOU, by Chasten Buttigieg. (Atria)
The educator and advocate describes growing up gay in a small Midwestern town and meeting his husband, Pete.
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
13. BLITZ, by David Horowitz. (Humanix)
The author of “Big Agenda” explains why he thinks President Donald Trump will be reelected. (b) WEEKS ON LIST: 10
14. BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME, by TaNehisi Coates. (One World)
Winner of the 2015 National Book Award for nonfiction. A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story, framed as a letter to the author’s teenage son.
WEEKS ON LIST: 101
15. BECOMING, by Michelle Obama. (Crown)
The former first lady describes how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent. WEEKS ON LIST: 91