BESTSELLERS
Fiction
1. 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.
2. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett. The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern Black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity but their fates intertwine.
3. A Private Cathedral by James Lee Burke. The 23rd book in the “Dave Robicheaux” series. Rival Louisiana crime families and a time-traveling superhuman assassin bring up Robicheaux’s personal demons.
4. 1st Case by James Patterson and
Chris Tebbetts. After getting kicked out of MIT, Angela Hoot interns with the FBI and tracks the murderous siblings known as the Poet and the Engineer.
5. The Order by Daniel Silva. The 20th book in the “Gabriel Allon” series. The art restorer and spy cuts his family’s vacation short to investigate whether Pope Paul VII was murdered.
6. Choppy Water by Stuart Woods. The 54th book in the “Stone Barrington” series. Things get rough for Stone as he goes after criminals in New
York City and Key West.
7. 28 Summers by Elin Hilderbrand. A relationship that started in 1993 between Mallory Blessing and Jake McCloud comes to light while she is on her deathbed and his wife runs for president.
8. The Guest List by Lucy Foley. A wedding between a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of Ireland turns deadly.
9. Near Dark by Brad Thor. The 19th book in the “Scot Harvath” series. With a bounty on his head, Harvath makes an alliance with a Norwegian intelligence operative.
10. American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins. A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.
Nonfiction
1. Live Free or Die by Sean Hannity. The Fox News host offers his assessment on what is at stake in the 2020 election.
2. Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L. Trump. The clinical psychologist gives her assessment of events and patterns inside her family and how they shaped President Donald Trump.
3. Caste by Isabel Wilkerson. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.
4. Finding Freedom by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand. The duke and duchess of Sussex’s journey from courtship to their decision to step away from their royal lives.
5. How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi. A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism.
6. Untamed by Glennon Doyle. The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
7. Evil Geniuses by Kurt Andersen. The author of “Fantasyland” looks at the economic, cultural and political forces to which he ascribes the undermining and dismantling of the American middle class.
8. The Answer Is … by Alex Trebek. Who is the Canadian-American game-show host whose pronunciation of the word “genre” has been shared widely on social media?
9. Becoming by Michelle Obama. The former first lady describes how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.
10. Educated by Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.