Best selling books

PURITY, by Jonathan Franzen. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux.) Franzen’s title character, burdened by college debt, a lack of direction and a sharp intelligence, is a damaged innocent in need of rescue and redemption. STAR WARS: AFTERMATH, by Chuck Wendig. (Del Rey.) In this continuation of the ‘Star Wars’ series, the Imperial elite haven’t reckoned on the former

rebel fighter Norra Wexley. GO SET A WATCHMAN, by Harper Lee. (Harper.) In the mid1950s, a grown-up Jean Louise Finch returns home to find that her adored father is not as perfect as she believed.

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9. THE SOLOMON CURSE, by Clive Cussler. (Putnam.) The wealthy couple Sam and Remi Fargo investigate a dangerous legend in the Solomon Islands.

7. UNDERCOVER, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte.) A woman recovering from an act of violence in Buenos Aires crosses paths with a D.E.A. agent in Paris, and both are in danger.

1. THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB, by David Lagercrantz. (Knopf.) Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander are back in this continuation of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series.

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X, by Sue Grafton. (Marian Wood/ Putnam.) A variety of X’s lead Kinsey Millhone into deep secrets and onto the trail of a cold case. 5.

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