New York Times Best Sellers 5. THE BOOK OF CHARLIE
Fiction
1. HAPPY PLACE
by Emily Henry (Berkley)
A former couple pretend to be together for the sake of their friends during their annual getaway in Maine.
2. LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY
by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday) A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.
3. THE COVENANT OF WATER
by Abraham Verghese (Grove) Three generations of a family living on south India’s Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning.
4. IDENTITY
by Nora Roberts (St. Martin’s)
After her roommate is killed by a con artist, a former Army brat builds a new life at her mother’s home in Vermont.
5. DROWNING
by T.J. Newman (Avid Reader) When a jetliner crashes into the Pacific Ocean, a professional diver must save her daughter and the man she is about to divorce, who are among the passengers on board.
6. DEMON COPPERHEAD
by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper) Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A re-imagining of Charles Dickens’ “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.
7. TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW
by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf)
Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.
8. HELLO BEAUTIFUL
by Ann Napolitano (Dial)
In an homage to Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” a young man’s dark past resurfaces as he gets to know the family of his college sweetheart.
9. SIMPLY LIES
by David Baldacci (Grand Central) A former detective becomes the prime suspect in a murder case involving a man with mob ties who was in witness protection.
10. YELLOWFACE
by R.F. Kuang (Morrow)
Nonfiction 1. THE WAGER
by David Grann (Doubleday)
The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.
2. OUTLIVE
by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford (Harmony)
A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
3. I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED
by Jennette McCurdy
(Simon & Schuster)
The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.
4. SPARE
by Prince Harry (Random House) The Duke of Sussex details his struggles with the royal family, loss of his mother, service in the British army and marriage to Meghan Markle. by David Von Drehle (Simon & Schuster) The Washington Post columnist shares stories and wisdom he learned from a neighbor who was more than a century old.
6. THE LIGHT WE CARRY
by Michelle Obama (Crown)
The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.
7. KING: A LIFE
by Jonathan Eig (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) A biography of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., which includes new archival material and reflections from some who worked, lived and fought with him.
8. THE DADDY DIARIES
by Andy Cohen (Holt)
The host and executive producer of “Watch What Happens Live” juggles fatherhood and his career.
9. POVERTY, BY AMERICA
by Matthew Desmond (Crown)
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted” examines the ways in which affluent Americans keep poor people poor.
10. GREENLIGHTS
by Matthew McConaughey (Crown)