BEST-SELLERS
Fiction
1. FOURTH WING by Rebecca Yarros. Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.
2. IRON FLAME by Rebecca Yarros. The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves. 3. RANDOM IN DEATH by J.D. Robb. The 58th book of the In Death series. Eve Dallas searches for the person who jabbed a teenager with a vial of toxic substances. 4. GOTHIKANA by RuNyx. A century-old mystery brings Corvina Clemm and Vad Deverell together at a university based in a castle at the top of a mountain with a dark history.
5. THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE by James McBride. Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well.
6. FIRST LIE WINS by Ashley Elston. A woman who works for a mysterious boss takes on a new identity to dig up information on someone.
7. THE FURY by Alex Michaelides. Violence erupts when a former movie star brings a group of her friends to her private Greek island for Easter.
8. LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY by Bonnie Garmus. A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.
9. HOLMES, MARPLE & POE by James Patterson and Brian Sitts. Three private investigators working in New York City draw the attention of an NYPD detective. 10. REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES by Shelby Van Pelt. A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.
Nonfiction
1. THE WAGER by David Grann. The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events. 2. OATH AND HONOR by Liz Cheney. The former congresswoman from Wyoming recounts how she helped lead the Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6 Attack on the United States Capitol.
3. OUTLIVE by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford. A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
4. MADNESS by Antonia Hylton. A Peabody and Emmy award-winning journalist unearths the 93-year-old history of a segregated asylum in Maryland.
5. ONE IN A MILLENNIAL by Kate Kennedy. A pop culture podcaster grapples with the agony and ecstasy of the cultural touchstones of her generation.
6. THE KINGDOM, THE POWER, AND THE GLORY by Tim Alberta. The author of “American Carnage” looks at divisions within the American evangelical movement. 7. LEGACY by Uché Blackstock. A Black physician details systemic barriers and inequities that affect Black patients and doctors. 8. THE WOMAN IN ME by Britney Spears. The Grammy Award-winning pop star details her personal and professional experiences, including the years she spent under a conservatorship overseen by her father. 9. ELON MUSK by Walter Isaacson. The author of “The Code Breaker” traces Musk’s life and summarizes his work on electric vehicles, private space exploration and artificial intelligence.
10. FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING by Matthew Perry. The late actor, known for playing Chandler Bing on “Friends,” shares stories from his childhood and his struggles with sobriety.
Paperback fiction
1. ICEBREAKER by Hannah Grace.
2. THE HOUSEMAID by Freida McFadden. 3. A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara. 4. THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides.
5. IT ENDS WITH US by Colleen Hoover.
Paperback nonfiction
1. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk.
2. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON by David Grann.
3. THE BOYS IN THE BOAT by Daniel James Brown.
4. THINK AGAIN by Adam Grant.
5. EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE by Dolly Alderton.
Source: The New York Times