BEST-SELLERS
Fiction
1. THE BOYS FROM BILOXI by John Grisham. Two childhood friends follow in their fathers’ footsteps, which puts them on opposite sides of the law.
2. GOING ROGUE by Janet Evanovich. The 29th book in the Stephanie Plum series. The man who abducted the office manager at Vinnie’s Bail Bonds demands a mysterious coin in exchange for her.
3. NO PLAN B by Lee Child and Andrew Child. The 27th book in the Jack Reacher series. Reacher goes after a killer but is unaware of the bigger implications.
4. TRIPLE CROSS by James Patterson. Detective Alex Cross and true-crime author Thomas Tull search for a serial killer known as the Family Man.
5. FAIRY TALE by Stephen King. A high school kid inherits a shed that is a portal to another world where good and evil are at war. 6. DREAMLAND by Nicholas Sparks. Musicians from different backgrounds are attracted to each other, and a mother flees with her son from an abusive husband.
7. DEMON COPPERHEAD by Barbara Kingsolver. A re-imagining of Charles Dickens’ “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.
8. LONG SHADOWS by David Baldacci. The seventh book in the Memory Man series. Decker works with a new partner to investigate a double homicide.
9. MAD HONEY by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan. After returning to her hometown, Olivia McAfee’s son gets accused of killing his crush.
10. THE CLOISTERS by Katy Hays. A woman assigned to the Met Cloisters discovers a 15th-century deck of tarot cards that might help predict the future.
Nonfiction
1. FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING by Matthew Perry. The actor, known for playing Chandler Bing on “Friends,” shares stories from his childhood and his struggles with sobriety.
2, SURRENDER by Bono. The lead singer of Irish rock band U2 offers details of his life, career and activism.
3. THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG by Bob Dylan. In a collection of more than 60 essays, the musician and winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature explores the nature of popular music.
4. I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED by Jennette McCurdy. The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.
5. CINEMA SPECULATION by Quentin Tarantino. The filmmaker shares his love of cinema with special attention given to key American films of the 1970s.
6. AND THERE WAS LIGHT by Jon Meacham. The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer portrays the life of Abraham Lincoln.
7. RADIO’S GREATEST OF ALL TIME by Rush Limbaugh with Kathryn Adams Limbaugh and David Limbaugh. A collection of the late conservative commentator’s on-air moments, with memories from his widow and brother.
8. THE SONG OF THE CELL by Siddhartha Mukherjee. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author chronicles the discovery of cells and describes how modern medicine uses them. 9. THE REVOLUTIONARY by Stacy Schiff. The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer details Samuel Adams’ contributions to the American Revolution.
10. THE MYTH OF NORMAL by Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté. The potential ways in which trauma and stress from modern-day living can affect our physical health.
Paperback fiction
1. IT STARTS WITH US by Colleen Hoover.
2. IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover.
3. VERITY by Colleen Hoover.
4. UGLY LOVE by Colleen Hoover.
5. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens.
Paperback nonfiction
1. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk.
2. BRAIDING SWEETGRASS by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
3. ALL ABOUT LOVE by bell hooks.
4. FROM SCRATCH by Tembi Locke.
5. SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.
Source: The New York Times