N.Y. TIMES BEST-SELLERS
FICTION
1. ROYAL, by Danielle Steel. In 1943, the 17-yearold Princess Charlotte assumes a new identity in the country and falls in love.
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2. 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.
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3. THE JACKAL, by J.R. Ward. In the Black Dagger Brotherhood world, Nyx searches for her sister in a lost prison camp and meets a man known as the Jackal.
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by Brit Bennett. 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.
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5. THE GUEST LIST, by Lucy Foley. A wedding between a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of Ireland turns deadly.
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6. THEN SHE WAS GONE, by Lisa Jewell. Ten years after her daughter disappears, a woman tries to get her life in order but remains haunted by unanswered questions.
Last week: 10 Weeks on list: 8 7. 28 SUMMERS, by Elin Hilderbrand. A relationship that started in 1993 between Mallory Blessing and Jake Mccloud comes to light while she is on her deathbed and his wife runs for president.
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9. LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, by Celeste Ng. An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.
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10. THE MIDWIFE MURDERS, by James Patterson and Richard Dilallo. A single mom teams up with an NYPD detective to solve a case involving misdeeds at a university hospital.
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NONFICTION
1. UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
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2. LIVE FREE OR DIE, by Sean Hannity. The Fox News host offers his assessment on what is at stake in the 2020 election.
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3. CASTE, by Isabel Wilkerson. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.
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4. JUST MERCY, by Bryan Stevenson. A law professor and Macarthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.
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5. TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH, by Mary L. Trump.
The clinical psychologist gives her assessment of events and patterns inside her family and how they shaped President Donald Trump.
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6. HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST, by Ibram X. Kendi. A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism.
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7. WHITE FRAGILITY, by Robin Diangelo. Historical and cultural analyses on what causes defensive moves by white people and how this inhibits cross-racial dialogue.
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8. LIVE IN LOVE, by Lauren Akins with Mark Dagostino. The wife of country music singer Thomas Rhett describes her mission work and life in the spotlight.
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9. 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.
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10. THE ANSWER IS ..., by Alex Trebek. Who is the Canadian-american game show host whose pronunciation of the word “genre” has been shared widely on social media?
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