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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Note to readers: Last week we inadverten­tly published an outdated best-sellers list, so we’ve added last week’s lisitings to this week’s titles.

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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)

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