Albany Times Union (Sunday)

N.Y. TIMES BEST-SELLERS

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FICTION

1. 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: 13 Weeks on list: 153

2. RUN, ROSE, RUN, by Dolly Parton and James Patterson. A singer-songwriter goes to Nashville seeking stardom but is followed by her dark past.

Last week: 2 Weeks on list: 3

3. THE RECOVERY AGENT, by Janet Evanovich. When her family’s home is threatened, Gabriela Rose goes with her ex-husband to seek lost treasure in the jungles of Peru.

Last week: — Weeks on list: 1

4. IT ENDS WITH US, by Colleen Hoover. A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.

Last week: 3 Weeks on list: 41

5. VERITY, by Colleen Hoover. Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth.

Last week: 4 Weeks on list: 16

6. A SAFE HOUSE, by Stuart Woods. The 61st book in the "Stone Barrington" series. Transporti­ng secret cargo sends Stone on an adventure on both sides of the Atlantic.

Last week: — Weeks on list: 1

7. THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO, by Taylor Jenkins Reid. A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.

Last week: 5 Weeks on list: 39

8. A SUNLIT WEAPON, by Jacqueline Winspear. The 17th book in the "Maisie Dobbs" series. Dobbs works to uncover a plot that jeopardize­s the safety of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Last week: — Weeks on list: 1

9. FRENCH BRAID, by Anne Tyler. The ups and downs of a Baltimore family from the 1950s to the pandemic present.

Last week: — Weeks on list: 1

10. THE MATCH, by Harlan Coben. The second book in the "Wilde" series. Questions surface when Wilde connects with family members who have been out of his life.

Last week: 1 Weeks on list: 2

NONFICTION

1. THE BODY KEEPS THE

SCORE, by Bessel van der Kolk. How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery. 83Last week: 2 Weeks on list: 2. ONE DAMN THING AFTER ANOTHER, by William P. Barr. The former attorney general for George H.W. Bush and Donald Trump gives his account

of those two tenures.

Last week: 1 Weeks on list: 3 3. THE 1619 PROJECT, edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstei­n. Viewing America’s entangleme­nt with slavery and its legacy, in essays adapted and expanded from The New York Times Magazine.

Last week: 7 Weeks on list: 19 4. THE SPLENDID AND THE

VILE, by Erik Larson. An examinatio­n of the leadership of Prime Minister Winston Churchill.

Last week: 5 Weeks on list: 39

5. CRYING IN H MART, by Michelle Zauner. The daughter

of a Korean mother and Jewish American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

Last week: 6 Weeks on list: 26

6. TRULY, MADLY, by Stephen Galloway. An account of

the marriage between Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier.

Last week: — Weeks on list: 1

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

Last week: 8 Weeks on list: 134 8. LESSONS FROM THE EDGE, by Marie Yovanovitc­h. The former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine chronicles her career in the post-Soviet world and her testimony during the first impeachmen­t of President Donald Trump.

Last week: 3 Weeks on list: 2

9. THE STORYTELLE­R, by Dave Grohl. A memoir by the musician known for his work with Foo Fighters and Nirvana. 20Last week: — Weeks on list:

10. ALL ABOUT LOVE, by bell hooks. The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.

Last week: 10 Weeks on list:

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