Houston Chronicle Sunday

BESTSELLER­S

- New York Times

FICTION 1. Desert Star

By Michael Connelly. Ballard and Bosch bury old resentment­s as they go after two killers.

2. The Boys From Biloxi

By John Grisham. Childhood friends follow in their fathers’ footsteps, which puts them on opposite sides of the law.

3. Fairy Tale

By Stephen King. A high school kid inherits a shed that is a portal to another world where good and evil are at war.

4. No Plan B

By Lee Child and Andrew Child. The 27th book in the “Jack Reacher” series. Reacher goes after a killer but is unaware of the bigger implicatio­ns.

5. Going Rogue

By Janet Evanovich. The 29th book in the “Stephanie Plum” series. The man who abducted the office manager at Vinnie’s Bail Bonds demands a mysterious coin in exchange for her.

6. Triple Cross

By James Patterson. Detective Alex Cross and truecrime author Thomas Tull search for a serial killer

known as the Family Man. 7. Dreamland

By Nicholas Sparks. Musicians from different background­s are attracted to each other and a mother flees with her son from an abusive husband.

8. Mad Honey

By Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan. After returning to her hometown, Olivia McAfee’s son gets accused of killing his crush.

9. 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.

10. Demon Copperhead

By Barbara Kingsolver. A reimaginin­g of Charles Dickens’ “David Copperfiel­d” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

NONFICTION

1. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

By Matthew Perry. The “Friends” actor shares stories from his childhood and his struggles with sobriety.

2. Surrender

By Bono. The lead singer of the Irish rock band U2 offers details of his life, career and activism.

3. I’m Glad My Mom Died

By Jennette McCurdy. The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationsh­ip with her mother.

4. And There Was Light

By Jon Meacham. Biographer portrays the life of Abraham Lincoln.

5. The Philosophy of Modern Song

By Bob Dylan. In a collection of more than 60 essays, the musician explores the nature of popular music.

6. The Revolution­ary

By Stacy Schiff. The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer details Samuel Adams’ contributi­ons to the American Revolution.

7. Cinema Speculatio­n

By Quentin Tarantino. The filmmaker shares his love of cinema with special attention given to key American films of the 1970s.

8. The Song of the Cell

By Siddhartha Mukherjee. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author chronicles the discovery of cells and describes how modern medicine uses them.

9. The Myth of Normal

By Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté. The potential ways in which trauma and stress from modern-day living can affect our physical health.

10. Radio’s Greatest of All Time

By Rush Limbaugh with Kathryn Adams Limbaugh and David Limbaugh. A collection of the late conservati­ve commentato­r’s on-air moments, with memories from his widow and brother.

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