BESTSELLERS
FICTION
1. The Hotel Nantucket
By Elin Hilderbrand. The new general manager of a hotel far from its Gilded Age heyday deals with the complicated pasts of her guests and staff.
2. Sparring Partners
By John Grisham. Three novellas: “Homecoming,” “Strawberry Moon” and “Sparring Partners.”
3. Suspects
By Danielle Steel. A CIA agent on a covert mission develops a relationship with a woman who is considered fashion royalty and has a tragic past.
4. The House Across the Lake
By Riley Sager. An actress escaping bad press goes to a Vermont lake house and uncovers secrets within a neighboring couple’s marriage.
5. Escape
By James Patterson and David Ellis. The third book in the “Billy Harney” thriller series. Detective Harney goes after a billionaire crime boss and a prison escape artist.
6. The Measure
By Nikki Erlick. People around the world receive a small wooden box telling them the exact number of years they will live.
7. The Midnight Library
By Matt Haig. Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.
8. Lessons in Chemistry
By Bonnie Garmus. A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.
9. The Last Thing He Told Me By Laura Dave. Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.
10. Horse
By Geraldine Brooks. The story of a racehorse, an enslaved groom and an itinerant painter reverberates in three different eras.
NONFICTION
1. Mind Battle for the American
By Pete Hegseth with David Goodwin. The “Fox & Friends Weekend” host makes his case for what he calls classical Christian education. 2. Why We Did It
By Tim Miller. The former Republican political operative assesses why some centrist conservatives fell under the sway of Donald Trump. 3. Finding Me
By Viola Davis. The actress describes the difficulties she encountered before claiming her sense of self and achieving professional success. 4. Happy-Go-Lucky
By David Sedaris. The humorist portrays personal and public upheavals of his life in its seventh decade and the world in the time of a pandemic.
5. An Immense World
By Ed Yong. The science writer explains the sensory perceptions and ways of communication used by animals. 6. Killing the Killers By Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The 11th book in the “Killing” series gives an account of the global war against terrorists.
7. Crying in H Mart
By Michelle Zauner. The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.
8. Rogues
By Patrick Radden Keefe. Articles include profiles of a black-market arms merchant, a whistleblower and the late Anthony Bourdain. 9. James Patterson
By James Patterson. The author’s life, from growing up in small-town New York to working in advertising to becoming a successful storyteller. 10. I’d Like to Play Alone, Please
By Tom Segura. The stand-up comedian and podcaster shares stories of parenting and strange encounters.