Albany Times Union (Sunday)

FICTION

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1. LONG ROAD TO MERCY, by David Baldacci. Atlee Pine, an FBI agent who is haunted by the childhood kidnapping of her twin sister, must choose between protecting her career or the United States’ democracy.

Last week: 9Weeks on list: 7

2. THE RECKONING, by John Grisham. A decorated World War II veteran shoots and kills a pastor inside a Mississipp­i church.

Last week: 1 Weeks on list: 10

3. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, by Delia Owens. In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect. Last week: 4

4. THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ, by Heather Morris. A concentrat­ion camp detainee tasked with permanentl­y marking fellow prisoners falls in love with one of them.

5. FIRE AND BLOOD, by George R.R. Martin. Set 300 years before the events of “A Game of Thrones,” this is the first volume of the two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros.

Last week: 3 Weeks on list: 16

Last week: 8 Weeks on list: 16

Weeks on list: 6

6. EVERY BREATH, by Nicholas Sparks. Difficult choices surface when Hope Anderson and Tru Walls meet in a North Carolina seaside town. Last week: 2 Weeks on list: 11

7. BIRD BOX, by Josh Malerman. Malorie must get her two young children 20 miles downriver to escape an unseen terror.

Last week: —

8. TARGET: ALEX CROSS, by James Patterson. Alex Cross returns for the 26th book in the series bearing his name.

Last week: 5

9. A DOG’S WAY HOME, by W. Bruce Cameron. A dog sets out across 400 miles of wilderness to find the man who rescued her as a puppy.

Last week: 6 Weeks on list: 3

10. PAST TENSE, by Lee Child. Jack Reacher explores the New England town where his father was born and a Canadian couple now find themselves stranded.

Last week: 7

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Weeks on list: 8

NONFICTION

1. BECOMING, by Michelle Obama. The former first lady describes her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White House, and how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.

Last week: 1

Weeks on list: 7

2. EDUCATED, by Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalis­ts, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

Last week: 3 Weeks on list: 45

3. THE POINT OF IT ALL, by Charles Krauthamme­r, edited by Daniel Krauthamme­r. A collection of essays, speeches and unpublishe­d writings by the late conservati­ve columnist.

Last week: 2 Weeks on list: 4

4. SAPIENS, by Yuval Noah Harari. How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.

Last week: 5 Weeks on list: 53

5. KILLING THE SS, by Bill O’reilly and Martin Dugard. A look at the postwar manhunt for

by John Carreyrou. The rise and fall of Theranos, the biotech startup that failed to deliver on its promise to make blood testing more efficient.

Last week: 15 Weeks on list: 21

7. GRANT, by Ron Chernow. A biography of the Union general of the Civil War and two-term president of the United States.

Last week: — Weeks on list: 18

8. CHURCHILL: WALKING WITH DESTINY, by Andrew Roberts. A biography focusing on what motivated the war leader and how he learned from his mistakes.

Last week: 8 Weeks on list: 4

9. BRIEF ANSWERS TO THE BIG QUESTIONS, by Stephen Hawking. A collection of essays from the late scientist’s personal archive that address 10 imponderab­les.

Last week: 9

Weeks on list: 11

10. FEAR, by Bob Woodward. Based on hours of interviews with sources, the Pulitzer Prizewinni­ng journalist describes debates and decision-making within the Trump White House.

Last week: 11 Weeks on list: 16

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