Hi everyone, here are the top New York Times fiction and non-fiction bestsellers for the week that ends April 28, 2019.
(Click on the book covers to read a summary of each plot and to request the books of your choice.)
FICTION:
AFTER by Anna Todd:
A college freshman leaves behind a reliable boyfriend in her hometown and falls for a bad boy.
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CELTIC EMPIRE by Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler:
The 25th book in the Dirk Pitt series.
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THE CORNWALLS ARE GONE by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois:
An Army intelligence officer must commit a crime or lose her kidnapped husband and daughter.
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DAISY JONES & THE SIX by Taylor Jenkins Reid:
A fictional oral history charting the rise and fall of a ’70s rock ’n’ roll band.
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FIRST LADY by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois:
Sally Grissom investigates the disappearance of President Harrison Tucker’s wife.
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A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles:
A Russian count undergoes 30 years of house arrest in the Metropol hotel, across from the Kremlin.
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ISLAND OF SEA WOMEN by Lisa See:
The friendship over many decades of two female divers from the Korean Island of Jeju is pushed to a breaking point.
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LOST AND WANTED by Nell Freudenberger:
An M.I.T. professor receives a phone call from her recently deceased screenwriter friend.
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LOST ROSES by Martha Hall Kelly:
In 1914, the New York socialite Eliza Ferriday works to help White Russian families escape from the revolution.
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METROPOLIS by Philip Kerr:
Bernie Gunther joins the Murder Commission in Berlin in 1928. The final Bernie Gunther novel completed before the author’s death.
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MIRACLE AT ST. ANDREWS by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge:
A former professional golfer visits the course in Scotland.
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RUN AWAY by Harlan Coben:
A family is torn apart when the daughter becomes addicted to drugs and goes missing.
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THE SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides:
Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.
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SOMEONE KNOWS by Lisa Scottoline:
A dark secret emerges when Allie Garvey returns home to attend a childhood friend’s funeral.
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SUPERMARKET by Bobby Hall:
A depressed young man’s secrets are exposed when the grocery store where he works becomes a crime scene.
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TALE TELLER by Anne Hillerman:
Investigations by Leaphorn, Chee and Manuelito overlap in the desert Southwest.
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TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ by Heather Morris:
A concentration camp detainee tasked with permanently marking fellow prisoners falls in love with one of them.
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TWO WEEKS by Karen Kingsbury:
A pregnant 18-year-old has limited time to change her mind about giving her baby up for adoption.
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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.
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WOLF PACK by C.J. Box:
The Wyoming game wardens Joe Pickett and Katelyn Hamm take on killers working for the Sinaloa cartel.
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THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW by A.J. Finn:
A recluse who drinks heavily and takes prescription drugs may have witnessed a crime across from her Harlem townhouse.
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NON-FICTION:
ACCIDENTAL PRESIDENTS by Jared Cohen:
The stories of eight men who became president without being elected because their predecessors died in office.
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AMERICAN MOONSHOT by Douglas Brinkley:
The development of NASA and the space race against the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
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BAD BLOOD by John Carreyrou:
The rise and fall of Theranos, the biotech startup that failed to deliver on its promise to make blood testing more efficient.
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BECOMING by Michelle Obama:
The former first lady describes her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White House, and how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.
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BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah:
A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.”
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CHARGED by Emily Bazelon:
Issues created by mass incarceration and our criminal justice system are explored through the cases of two young people.
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EDUCATED by Tara Westover:
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
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THE HILL TO DIE ON by Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer:
A look at congressional gridlock and the first two years of Trump’s presidency.
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LADIES WHO PUNCH by Ramin Setoodeh:
A behind-the-scenes look at the daytime talk show “The View.”
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LIFE WILL BE THE DEATH OF ME by Chelsea Handler:
The comedian chronicles going into therapy and becoming an advocate for change.
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MATRIARCH by Susan Page:
A biography of the former first lady Barbara Bush, based on interviews and her private diaries.
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MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE by Lori Gottlieb:
A psychotherapist gains unexpected insights when she becomes another therapist’s patient.
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RIGHT SIDE OF HISTORY by Ben Shapiro:
The conservative political commentator reflects upon what he considers most impactful to Western civilization.
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SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari:
How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
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SAVE ME THE PLUMS by Ruth Reichl:
A memoir by the former restaurant critic of The New York Times and editor in chief of Gourmet.
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STONY THE ROAD by Henry Louis Gates Jr.:
The fight for Reconstruction’s promise, the terror ignited by Jim Crow segregation and its modern reverberations.
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WORKING by Robert A. Caro:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer shares insights into his craft.
Have a great day!
Linda Reimer, SSL
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