N.Y. TIMES BEST-SELLERS
FICTION
1. CRAZY RICH ASIANS, by Kevin Kwan. A New Yorker gets a surprise when she spends the summer with her boyfriend in Singapore.
2. PIECES OF HER, by Karin Slaughter. When a violent incident reveals her mother’s secret past, Andrea Oliver searches for clues to save her.
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3. TEXAS RANGER, by James Patterson and Andrew Bourelle. Rory Yates’ job and reputation are at risk when he is accused of killing his ex-wife.
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4. CHINA RICH GIRLFRIEND, by Kevin Kwan. The second book in the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy. As her wedding draws near, Rachel Chu discovers her birth father.
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5. RICH PEOPLE PROBLEMS, by Kevin Kwan. The final book in the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy. Rivalries and jealousies arise among privileged families.
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6. ORIGIN, by Dan Brown. A symbology professor goes on a perilous quest with a beautiful museum director.
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7. SHARP OBJECTS, by Gillian Flynn. After a stay at a psychiatric hospital, a reporter reluctantly returns to her hometown to cover the murders of two girls.
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8. SMALL GREAT THINGS, by Jodi Picoult. A medical crisis entangles a black nurse, a white supremacist father and a white lawyer.
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9. LESS, by Andrew Sean Greer. Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in fiction. To avoid an ex-boyfriend’s wedding, a failed novelist attends literary events around the world.
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10. THE PRESIDENT IS MISSING, by Bill Clinton and James Patterson. President Jonathan Duncan, a Gulf War veteran and widower, takes on adversaries at home and abroad.
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NONFICTION
1. EDUCATED, by Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
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2. UNHINGED, by Omarosa Manigault Newman. The reality TV star and former White House staffer describes her time and relationship with Donald Trump.
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3. THE RUSSIA HOAX, by Gregg Jarrett. The Fox News analyst makes his case against the FBI investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
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4. HOUSE OF TRUMP, HOUSE OF PUTIN, by Craig Unger. An investigation into the relationship between the current heads of Russia and the United States, and their potential ties to the Russian Mafia.
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5. FACTFULNESS, by Hans Rosling with Ola Rosling and Anna Rosling Ronnlund. A look at our biases and the argument for why the world is in a better state than we might think.
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6. LIARS, LEAKERS AND LIBERALS, by Jeanine Pirro. The legal analyst and Fox News host argues in favor of President Donald Trump.
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7. THE CHAPO GUIDE TO REVOLUTION, by Chapo Trap House. The podcasters present a satirical guide to American politics and culture.
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8. SAPIENS, by Yuval Noah Harari. How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
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9. DOPESICK, by Beth Macy. An in-depth look at how opioid addiction affects Americans across geographic and class lines.
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10. ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY, by Neil degrasse Tyson. A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the laws that govern the universe.
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