Houston Chronicle Sunday

BEST-SELLERS

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Fiction

1. Golden Prey: By John Sandford. Lucas Davenport, now a U.S. marshal, pursues a thief who robbed a drug cartel and killed a child in Biloxi, Miss.

2. The Fix: By David Baldacci. Detective Amos Decker (“Memory Man”) witnesses a murder-suicide that turns out to be a matter of national security.

3. The Black Book: By James Patterson and David Ellis. After a raid on a brothel that serviced Chicago’s elite, the madam’s black book has disappeare­d.

4. Anything Is Possible: By Elizabeth Strout. A novel-in-stories about the lives of the inhabitant­s of the rural Illinois hometown of Lucy Barton, the protagonis­t of Strout’s previous novel.

5. Beartown: By Fredrik Backman. Its hockey team’s success will revive a dying town, but its star is caught up in a scandal.

6. All By Myself, Alone: By Mary Higgins Clark. On a luxury cruise ship, a wealthy aristocrat is found murdered, and her emerald necklace is gone.

7. A Gentleman in Moscow: By Amor Towles. A Russian count undergoes 30 years of house arrest.

8. One Perfect Lie: By Lisa Scottoline. A high school baseball coach hiding his real identity poses a threat to an idyllic suburban community.

9. Norse Mythology: By Neil Gaiman. A retelling of Norse folklore.

10. The Women in the Castle: By Jessica Shattuck. The widows of three men killed for attempting to assassinat­e Hitler take refuge together at the war’s end.

Nonfiction

1. Option B: By Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant. Sandberg’s experience after her husband’s sudden death and Grant’s psychologi­cal research combine to provide insight on facing adversity and building resilience.

2. Shattered: By Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes. An examinatio­n of Hillary Clinton’s presidenti­al campaign.

3. This Fight Is Our Fight: By Elizabeth Warren. The Massachuse­tts senator calls for restored financial regulation, stronger social programs and renewed investment in education, research and infrastruc­ture.

4. The Operator: By Robert O’Neill. The 400-mission career of a SEAL Team operator.

5. Old School: By Bill O’Reilly and Bruce Feirstein. A defense of “old school” traditiona­l values versus “snowflakes.”

6. Killers of the Flower Moon: By David Grann. The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil. The fledgling FBI intervened, ineffectiv­ely.

7. Hillbilly Elegy: By J.D. Vance. A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of America’s white working class through his own childhood.

8. The Secrets of My Life: By Caitlyn Jenner with Buzz Bissinger. An autobiogra­phy.

9. The American Spirit: By David McCullough. A collection of speeches by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, focused on American values.

10. Black Privilege: By Charlamagn­e Tha God. The radio personalit­y presents his life story and offers advice for success.

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