San Antonio Express-News (Sunday)
BESTSELLERS
FICTION 1. House of Sky and Breath
By Sarah J. Maas. The second book in the “Crescent City” series. Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar must choose to fight or stay silent.
2. Diablo Mesa
By Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. When two murder victims are found in Roswell, archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI agent Corrie Swanson go back into action.
3. 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.
4. The Lincoln Highway
By Amor Towles. Two friends who escaped from a juvenile work farm take Emmett Watson on an unexpected journey to New York City in 1954.
5. Abandoned in Death
By J.D. Robb. The 54th book of the “In Death” series. Eve Dallas investigates a homicide and the disappearance of other women who resemble that victim.
6. Sierra Six
By Mark Greaney. The 11th book in the “Gray Man” series. Court Gentry’s work on a CIA action team
comes back to life.
7. 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.
8. The Maid
By Nita Prose. When a wealthy man is found dead in his room, a maid at the Regency Grand Hotel becomes a lead suspect.
9. The Christie Affair
By Nina de Gramont. Miss Nan O’Dea becomes the mistress of Agatha Christie’s husband.
10. Moon Witch, Spider King
By Marlon James. The second book in the “Dark Star” trilogy. Sogolon recounts the disappearance of a boy and a centurylong feud.
NONFICTION 1. From Strength to Strength
By Arthur C. Brooks. A columnist for The Atlantic espouses ways to shift priorities and habits to overcome waning abilities in later life.
2. Red-Handed
By Peter Schweizer. The author of “Profiles in Corruption” portrays a conspiracy of how the Chinese government might infiltrate American institutions.
3. The 1619 Project
Edited by Nikole HannahJones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstein. Viewing America’s entanglement with slavery and its legacy, in essays adapted and expanded from the New York Times Magazine.
4. The Nineties
By Chuck Klosterman. An overview of the cultural and historical impact of the 1990s.
5. Will
By Will Smith with Mark Manson. The actor, producer and musician tells his life story and lessons he learned along the way.
6. Greenlights
By Matthew McConaughey. The Academy Awardwinning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
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. How to Be Perfect
By Michael Schur. The creator of “The Good Place” incorporates works by various philosophers to examine ethical questions and moral issues.
9. The Storyteller
By Dave Grohl. A memoir by the musician known for his work with Foo Fighters and Nirvana.
10. The Betrayal of Anne Frank
By Rosemary Sullivan. New technology was used to investigate who revealed the location of Anne Frank and her family to the Nazis.