BEST-SELLERS
Fiction
1. THE SENTINEL by Lee Child and Andrew Child. Jack Reacher intervenes on an ambush in Tennessee and uncovers a conspiracy.
2. A TIME FOR MERCY by John Grisham. The third book in the Jake Brigance series. A 16-year-old is accused of killing a deputy in Clanton, Miss., in 1990.
3. THE RETURN by Nicholas Sparks. A doctor serving in the Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two women change his life.
4. THREE WOMEN DISAPPEAR by James Patterson and Shan Serafin. Detective Sean Walsh must solve a case involving three missing women who had access to a home where a man was murdered.
5. THE WONDER BOY OF WHISTLE STOP by Fannie Flagg. Bud Threadgoode returns to his hometown and sets off some life-changing events.
6. THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE by V.E. Schwab. A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.
7. THE NOEL LETTERS by Richard Paul Evans. An editor of a publishing house inherits her father’s bookstore and receives letters from an anonymous source.
8. TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY by Karen Kingsbury. An 18-year-old who wants to become a police officer falls in love with a young woman who has an aggressive form of cancer.
9. THE EVENING AND THE MORNING by Ken Follett. In a prequel to “The Pillars of the Earth,” a boat builder, a Norman noblewoman and a monk live in England under attack by the Welsh and the Vikings.
10. THE SEARCHER by Tana French. After a divorce, a former Chicago police officer resettles in an Irish village where a boy goes missing.
Nonfiction
1. GREENLIGHTS by Matthew McConaughey. The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
2. UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle. The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
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.
4. ONE VOTE AWAY by Ted Cruz. The Republican senator from Texas gives his views on what might happen if liberals gain a simple majority on the Supreme Court.
5. KILLING CRAZY HORSE by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The ninth book in the conservative commentator’s Killing series focuses on conflicts with Native Americans.
6. GROUP by Christie Tate. A law student grappling with feelings of sadness and isolation is invited to join a psychotherapy group.
7. OBAMA by Pete Souza. More than 300 pictures of the former president by his White House photographer, with behindthe-scenes stories.
8. BLACKOUT by Candace Owens. The conservative commentator makes her case that Black Americans should part ways with the Democratic Party.
9. SHADE by Pete Souza. Pictures of former President Obama are juxtaposed with tweets, headlines and quotes from the Trump administration.
10. AMERICAN CRISIS by Andrew Cuomo. The New York State governor gives his perspective on the covid-19 crisis and prescribes ways to deal with future disasters.
Paperback fiction
1. WALK THE WIRE by David Baldacci.
2. THE BOY FROM THE WOODS by Harlan Coben.
3. THE 19TH CHRISTMAS by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro.
4. THEN SHE WAS GONE by Lisa Jewell.
5. THE INSTITUTE by Stephen King.
Paperback nonfiction
1. MY OWN WORDS by Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams.
2. WHITE FRAGILITY by Robin DiAngelo.
3. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk.
4. SHADE by Pete Souza.
5. THE COLOR OF LAW by Richard Rothstein.