BEST-SELLERS
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.