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FICTION
1. Apples Never Fall, by Liane Moriarty. (Holt)
● The Delaney siblings suspect their father of causing the disappearance of their mother.
THIS WEEK: 1
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
2. The Jailhouse Lawyer, by James Patterson and Nancy Allen. (Little, Brown)
● A young lawyer winds up in an Alabama jail that remains mysteriously crowded.
THIS WEEK: 2
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
3. Daughter Of The Morning Star, by Craig Johnson. (Viking)
● The 17th book in the “Longmire Mystery” series. A player on the Lame Deer Lady Stars High School basketball team receives threats. THIS WEEK: 3
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
4. Vince Flynn: Enemy At The Gates, by Kyle Mills. (Emily Bestler/Atria)
● Anthony Cook, an autocratic president, distrusts Mitch Rapp, who is working to uncover a traitor. THIS WEEK: 4
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
5. Harlem Shuffle, by Colson Whitehead. (Doubleday)
● Ray Carney, a family man who sells furniture on 125th Street, gets a new clientele made up of vicious and unsavoury characters. THIS WEEK: 5
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
6. It Ends With Us, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria)
● A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.
THIS WEEK: 6
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 15
7. Billy Summers, by Stephen King. (Scribner)
● A killer for hire who only takes out bad guys seeks redemption as he does one final job.
THIS WEEK: 7
LAST WEEK: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 8
8. Under The Whispering Door, by TJ Klune. (Tor)
● When given seven days to cross over, Wallace tries to pack in a lifetime’s worth of living in that week. THIS WEEK: 8
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
9. The Last Thing He Told Me, by Laura Dave. (Simon & Schuster)
● Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.
THIS WEEK: 9
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 21
10. Beautiful World, Where Are You, by Sally Rooney. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
● A novelist, a warehouse worker, an editorial assistant and a political adviser deal with changes. THIS WEEK: 10
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
11. Bewilderment, by Richard Powers. (Norton)
● An astrobiologist and single father learns of a neurofeedback treatment that may improve his son’s emotional control.
THIS WEEK: 11
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
12. The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo, by Taylor Jenkins Reid. (Washington Square/Atria)
● A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.
THIS WEEK: 12
LAST WEEK: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 13
13. The Midnight Library, by Matt Haig. (Viking)
● Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived. THIS WEEK: 13
LAST WEEK: 12
WEEKS ON LIST: 43
14. A Slow Fire Burning, by Paula Hawkins. (Riverhead)
● Three women come under scrutiny when a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat.
THIS WEEK: 14
LAST WEEK: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
15. 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. THIS WEEK: 15
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 147
NON-FICTION
1. Peril, by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. (Simon & Schuster)
● The Washington Post journalists detail the dangers and challenges during the transition to the Biden presidency. THIS WEEK: 1
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
2. Vanderbilt, by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe. (Harper)
● The CNN host and descendant of the Vanderbilt family charts the rise and fall of this American dynasty.
THIS WEEK: 2
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
3. American Marxism, by Mark R. Levin. (Threshold Editions)
● The Fox News host gives his take on the Green New Deal, critical race theory and social activism.
THIS WEEK: 3
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 11
4. Yours Cruelly, Elvira, by Cassandra
Peterson. (Hachette)
● The actress details the moments from her life and career that shaped the creation of her character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.
THIS WEEK: 4
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
5. The Body Keeps The Score, by Bessel van der Kolk. (Penguin)
● How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
THIS WEEK: 5
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 57
6. Uncontrolled Spread, by Scott Gottlieb. (Harper)
● The former FDA commissioner assesses America’s Covid-19 response and prescribes ways to prepare for other pandemics.
THIS WEEK: 6
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
7. You Got Anything Stronger?, by Gabrielle Union with Kevin Carr O’Leary. (Dey Street)
● The actress shares some of the challenges and changes she has faced in recent years.
THIS WEEK: 7
LAST WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
8. Countdown Bin Laden, by Chris Wallace with Mitch Weiss. (Avid Reader)
● The intelligence gathering, security strategising and military planning during the final eight months of the pursuit of Osama bin Laden.
THIS WEEK: 8
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
9. Fuzz, by Mary Roach. (Norton) ● An exploration of disciplinary actions and preventative measures occurring at the intersection of human behaviour and wildlife biology.
THIS WEEK: 9
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
10. Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. (Milkweed Editions)
● A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.
THIS WEEK: 10
LAST WEEK: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 23
11. The Speckled Beauty, by Rick Bragg.
(Knopf)
● The Pulitzer Prize-winning author recounts the impact an ill-behaved stray dog had on him during an uncertain time.
THIS WEEK: 11
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
12. The Dressmakers Of Auschwitz, by Lucy Adlington. (Harper)
● Twenty-five young inmates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp made garments for elite Nazi women.
THIS WEEK: 12
LAST WEEK: 15
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
13. The Sisters Of Auschwitz, by Roxane van Iperen. (Harper)
● Janny and Lien Brilleslijper from Amsterdam were sent by train to Auschwitz when the Jewish safehouse they created in the woods was discovered.
THIS WEEK: 13
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
14. Untamed, by Glennon Doyle. (Dial) ● The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
THIS WEEK: 14
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 79
15. Wildland, by Evan Osnos. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
● The National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize winner examines the shifts in American culture and politics by visiting three cities in which he has lived.
THIS WEEK: 15
LAST WEEK: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 2