New York Times Best Sellers
Note to readers: Last week we inadvertently published an outdated best-sellers list, so we’ve added last week’s lisitings to this week’s titles.
Fiction 1. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
by Delia Owens (Putnam)
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 at No. 1: WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens (Putnam)
2. THE VANISHING HALF
by Brit Bennett (Riverhead)
The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern Black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity but their fates intertwine.
› Last week at No. 2: THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett (Riverhead)
3. A PRIVATE CATHEDRAL
by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster)
The 23rd book in the “Dave Robicheaux” series. Rival Louisiana crime families and a time-traveling superhuman assassin bring up Robicheaux’s personal demons.
› Last week at No. 3: 1ST CASE by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts (Little, Brown)
4. 1ST CASE
by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts (Little, Brown)
After getting kicked out of MIT, Angela Hoot interns with the FBI and tracks the murderous siblings known as the Poet and the Engineer.
› Last week: THE ORDER by Daniel Silva (Harper)
5. THE ORDER
by Daniel Silva (Harper)
The 20th book in the “Gabriel Allon” series. The art restorer and spy cuts his family’s vacation short to investigate whether Pope Paul VII was murdered.
› Last week: THE GUEST LIST by Lucy Foley (Morrow)
6. CHOPPY WATER
by Stuart Woods (Putnam)
› Last week: NEAR DARK by Brad Thor (Emily Bestler/Atria)
7. 28 SUMMERS
by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown) › Last week: SUCKER PUNCH by Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley)
8. THE GUEST LIST
by Lucy Foley (Morrow)
› Last week: 28 SUMMERS by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown)
9. NEAR DARK
by Brad Thor (Emily Bestler/Atria)
› Last week: HARROW THE NINTH by Tamsyn Muir (Tor.com)
10. AMERICAN DIRT
by Jeanine Cummins (Flatiron) › Last week: THE SILENT WIFE by Karin Slaughter (Morrow)
Nonfiction 1. LIVE FREE OR DIE
by Sean Hannity (Threshold Editions)
The Fox News host offers his assessment on what is at stake in the 2020 election.
› Last week at No. 1: LIVE FREE OR DIE by Sean Hannity (Threshold Editions)
2. TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH
by Mary L. Trump (Simon & Schuster)
The clinical psychologist gives her assessment of events and patterns inside her family and how they shaped President Donald Trump.
› Last week at No. 2: TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH by Mary L. Trump (Simon & Schuster)
3. CASTE
by Isabel Wilkerson (Random House)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.
› Last week at No. 3: CASTE by Isabel Wilkerson (Random House)
4. FINDING FREEDOM
by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand (Dey St.)
The duke and duchess of Sussex’s journey from courtship to their decision to step away from their royal lives. › Last week: HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi (One World)
5. HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST
by Ibram X. Kendi (One World)
A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism.
› Last week: MAKE CHANGE by Shaun King (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
6. UNTAMED
by Glennon Doyle (Dial) › Last week: UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle (Dial)
7. EVIL GENIUSES
by Kurt Andersen (Random House) › Last week: IT WAS ALL A LIE by Stuart Stevens (Knopf)
8. THE ANSWER IS ...
by Alex Trebek (Simon & Schuster) › Last week: HOW TO DESTROY AMERICA IN THREE EASY STEPS by Ben Shapiro (Broadside)
9. BECOMING
by Michelle Obama (Crown)
› Last week: THE ANSWER IS ... by Alex Trebek (Simon & Schuster)
10. EDUCATED
by Tara Westover (Random House) › Last week: THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED by John Bolton (Simon & Schuster)