PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLERS
Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended April 29, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2023 Circana.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Happy Place. Emily Henry. Berkley
2. Simply Lies. David Baldacci. Grand Central
3. In the Lives of Puppets. T.J. Klune. Tor
4. Small Mercies. Dennis Lehane.
Harper
5. Hello Beautiful. Ann Napolitano. Dial
6. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. Gabrielle Zevin. Knopf
7. You Shouldn’t Have Come Here. Jeneva Rose. Blackstone
8. It Ends with Us. Colleen Hoover. Atria
9. The Way of the Bear. Anne Hillerman. Harper
10. Hang the Moon. Jeannette Walls. Scribner
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Wager. David Grann. Doubleday
2. Y’all Eat Yet? Miranda Lambert.
Dey Street
3. Letters to Trump. Donald J. Trump. Winning Team
4. Outlive. Peter Attia. Harmony
5. The Light We Carry. Michelle Obama. Crown
6. Comedy Bang! Bang! Scott Aukerman. Abrams
7. Soul Boom. Rainn Wilson. Hachette Go
8. Collecting Confidence. Kim Gravel. Thomas Nelson
9. Israel. Tara-Leigh Cobble. Bethany House
10. You Can’t Joke About That. Kat Timpf. Broadside
MASS MARKET
1. Sparring Partners. John Grisham. Vintage
2. Scent of Truth. Valerie Hansen. Love Inspired Suspense
3. Their Amish Secret. Patricia Johns. Love Inspired
4. Tunnel Creek Ambush. Kerry Johnson. Love Inspired Suspense
5. The Quilter’s Scandalous Past. Patrice Lewis. Love Inspired
6. Texas Ranch Target. Virginia Vaughan. Love Inspired Suspense
7. Crime Scene Witness. Dana R. Lynn. Love Inspired Suspense
8. Riding Shotgun. Barb Han. Harlequin Intrigue
9. Cold Case Chase. Maggie K. Black. Love Inspired Suspense
10. Alaskan Wilderness Murder. Kathleen Tailer. Love Inspired Suspense the two, which symbolically serves to repair the past.
Bern and Eboni are the true equal partners, and as Black standout professionals, their work restores Josephine’s racial dignity. Still, racism persists a century later. Bern and Eboni fend off ongoing racial slights working for the Delaney Foundation, and, in one dramatic chapter, Bern suffers stark police abuse. Slocumb
TRADE PAPERBACK
1. The Last Thing He Told Me. Laura Dave. S&S/Rucci
2. It Starts with Us. Colleen Hoover. Atria
3. Never Never. Hoover/Fisher. Canary Street
4. King of Wrath. Ana Huang. Bloom
5. Heart Bones. Colleen Hoover. Atria
6. The Housemaid. Freida Mcfadden. Grand Central
7. Icebreaker. Hannah Grace. Atria
8. Twisted Love. Ana Huang. Bloom
9. Things We Hide from the Light. Lucy Score. Bloom
10. Run, Rose, Run. Patterson/Parton. Grand Central eventually amps the story into high-action drama, which adds gravity but also dilutes the historical realism. Meanwhile, in the present day, the Delaney Foundation becomes the white corporate villain, sending agents and goons after Bern and Eboni.
Amid the heart-racing plot, “Symphony of Secrets” is ultimately an affirmation. Music has historically been the country’s
— TRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE ethnically richest art form, particularly embodied in the multicultural story of jazz and in today’s cross-fertilization between popular genres. That process has been marred when the powerful extract from the powerless. Josephine Reed’s restoration speaks back to such exploitation. Shaping her vast array of colors, ciphers and traditions, she’s a seamstress of the torn national fabric.