Houston Chronicle Sunday

BESTSELLER­S

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Fiction

1. Blue Moon by Lee Child. Jack Reacher gets caught up in a turf war between Ukrainian and Albanian gangs.

2. The Guardians by John Grisham. Cullen Post, a lawyer and Episcopal minister, antagonize­s some ruthless killers when he takes on a wrongful conviction case.

3. The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenster­n. Zachary Ezra Rawlins fights to save a labyrinthi­ne undergroun­d repository of stories.

4. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens. In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

5. The Night Fire by Michael Connelly. Harry Bosch and Renée Ballard return to take up a case that held the attention of Bosch’s mentor.

6. The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes. In Depression-era America, five women refuse to be cowed by men or convention as they deliver books throughout the mountains of Kentucky.

7. The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell. Libby Jones learns the identity of her parents and inherits a London mansion, but this comes with a mystery of multiple murders.

8. The Institute by Stephen King. Children with special talents are abducted and sequestere­d in an institutio­n where the sinister staff seeks to extract their gifts through harsh methods.

9. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett. A sibling relationsh­ip is impacted when the family goes from poverty to wealth and back again over the course of many decades.

10. Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout. In a follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Olive Kitteridge,” new relationsh­ips, including a second marriage, are encountere­d in a seaside town in Maine.

Nonfiction

1. Triggered by Donald Trump Jr. Forays into politics and views on liberals from the executive vice president of the Trump Organizati­on. (b)

2. Finding Chika by Mitch Albom. Lessons learned by the Alboms when they bring a Haitian orphan with a life-threatenin­g illness into their family.

3. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers by Brian Kilmeade. The “Fox & Friends” host gives an account of the battle against the Mexican Army in 1836.

4. Acid for the Children by Flea. A memoir by the bassist and a founding member of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

5. Me by Elton John. The multiaward-winning solo artist’s first autobiogra­phy chronicles his career, relationsh­ips and private struggles.

6. Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell. Famous examples of miscommuni­cation serve as the backdrop to explain potential conflicts and misunderst­andings.

7. The Book of Gutsy Women by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton. Profiles of women from around the world who have blazed trails and challenged the status quo.

8. Blowout by Rachel Maddow. The MSNBC host argues that the global oil and gas industry has weakened democracie­s and bolstered authoritar­ians.

9. The Beautiful Ones by Prince. Edited by Dan Piepenbrin­g. A memoir by the musician written before his death, with photos and other memorabili­a showing his evolution.

10. Educated by Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalis­ts, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

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