BEST-SELLERS
Fiction
1. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens. In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survives alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
2. DEAR EDWARD by Ann Napolitano. A 12-year-old boy tries to start over after becoming the sole survivor of a plane crash in which he lost his immediate family.
3. MORAL COMPASS by Danielle Steel. Shortly after Saint Ambrose Prep goes co-ed, a student is attacked and the community falls apart.
4. SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid. Tumult ensues when Alix Chamberlain’s babysitter is mistakenly accused of kidnapping her charge.
5. THE GUARDIANS by John Grisham. Cullen Post, a lawyer and Episcopal minister, antagonizes some ruthless killers when he takes on a wrongful conviction case.
6. LONG BRIGHT RIVER by Liz Moore. Mickey risks her job with the Philadelphia police force by going after a murderer and searching for her missing sister.
7. THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides. Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.
8. THE DUTCH HOUSE by Ann Patchett. A sibling relationship is impacted when the family goes from poverty to wealth and back again over the course of many decades.
9. THE GIVER OF STARS by Jojo Moyes. In Depression-era Kentucky, five women refuse to be cowed by men or convention as they deliver books.
10. TREASON by Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington is asked to expose a double agent in the State Department.
Nonfiction
1. EDUCATED by Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
2. TALKING TO STRANGERS by Malcolm Gladwell. Famous examples of miscommunication serve as the backdrop to explain potential conflicts and misunderstandings.
3. BECOMING by Michelle Obama. The former first lady describes how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.
4. MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE by Lori Gottlieb. A psychotherapist gains unexpected insights when she becomes another therapist’s patient.
5. ME by Elton John. The award-winning solo artist’s first autobiography chronicles his career, relationships and private struggles.
6. CATCH AND KILL by Ronan Farrow. The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter details some surveillance and intimidation tactics used to pressure journalists and elude consequences by certain wealthy and connected men.
7. BOYS & SEX by Peggy Orenstein. How young men comprehend cultural forces and navigate sexual and emotional relationships.
8. RANGE by David Epstein. An argument for how generalists excel more than specialists, especially in complex and unpredictable fields.
9. THE BODY by Bill Bryson. An owner’s manual of the human body covering various parts, functions and what happens when things go wrong.
10. SUCCESSFUL AGING by Daniel J. Levitin. A neuroscientist suggests using resilience strategies as we grow older.
Paperback fiction
1. BEFORE WE WERE YOURS by Lisa Wingate.
2. THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ by Heather Morris.
3. LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng.
4. THE LAST WISH by Andrzej Sapkowski.
5. YOU by Caroline Kepnes.
Paperback nonfiction
1. JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson.
2. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk.
3. WHY WE SLEEP by Matthew Walker.
4. SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.
5. BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah.