New York Times Best Sellers
Fiction 1. THE LAW OF INNOCENCE
by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
The sixth book in the “Mickey Haller” series. Haller defends himself when police find the body of a former client in his car’s trunk.
2. I WOULD LEAVE ME IF I COULD
by Halsey (Simon & Schuster)
A debut collection of poems by the Grammy Award-nominated musician.
3. A TIME FOR MERCY
by John Grisham (Doubleday)
The third book in the “Jake Brigance” series. A 16-year-old is accused of killing a deputy in Clanton, Mississippi, in 1990.
4. THE RETURN by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central) A doctor serving in the Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two women change his life.
5. THE SENTINEL
by Lee Child and Andrew Child (Delacorte) Jack Reacher intervenes on an ambush in
Tennessee and uncovers a conspiracy.
6. FORTUNE AND GLORY
by Janet Evanovich (Atria)
The 27th book in the “Stephanie Plum” series. Stephanie deals with a soldier of fortune from Little Havana.
7. MARAUDER by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison (Putnam)
The 15th book in the “Oregon Files” series. A billionaire’s dying wish bestows a paralyzing chemical to a terrorist group.
8. MOONFLOWER MURDERS
by Anthony Horowitz (Harper)
Cecily Trehearne goes missing from a Greek island hotel that is run by a former publisher after reading the mystery “Atticus Pund Takes the Cake.”
9. ANXIOUS PEOPLE
by Fredrik Backman (Atria)
A failed bank robber holds a group of strangers hostage at an apartment open house.
10. 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.
Nonfiction 1. HUMANS
by Brandon Stanton (St. Martin’s) Photos and stories of people from over 40 countries collected by the creator of “Humans of New York.”
2. GREENLIGHTS
by Matthew McConaughey (Crown) The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
3. UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH A BLACK MAN
by Emmanuel Acho (Flatiron)
A look at some questions and concepts needed to address systemic racism.
4. FIRST PRINCIPLES
by Thomas E. Ricks (Harper)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist explains the influence of the ancient Greeks and Romans on the thinking of America’s Founding Fathers.
5. 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.
6. UNTAMED
by Glennon Doyle (Dial)
The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
7. THE ANSWER IS ...
by Alex Trebek (Simon & Schuster) A memoir by the host of the TV game show “Jeopardy!” from 1984 to 2020.
8. PAPPYLAND by Wright Thompson (Penguin Press) How Julian Van Winkle III worked to preserve the legacy of his family’s brand of Kentucky bourbon.
9. THE BEST OF ME
by David Sedaris (Little, Brown) A collection of the humorist’s essays including “Me Talk Pretty One Day” and “A Guy Walks Into a Bar Car.”
10. KILLING CRAZY HORSE
by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard (Holt) The ninth book in the conservative commentator’s “Killing” series focuses on conflicts with Native Americans.