Hi everyone, here are the top New York Times fiction and non-fiction bestsellers for the week that ends May 5, 2019.
(Click on the book covers to read a summary of each plot and to request the books of your choice.)
FICTION:
13-MINUTE MURDER by James Patterson:
Three stories: “Dead Man Running” (written with Christopher Farnsworth), “113 Minutes” (written with Max DiLallo) and “The 13-Minute Murder” (written with Shan Serafin).
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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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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MIRACLE AT ST. ANDREWS by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge:
A former professional golfer visits the course in Scotland.
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THE MISTER by E L James:
Maxim Trevelyan inherits several estates and overpowers his cleaner Alessia Demachi, an Albanian piano prodigy who has been trafficked into England.
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NORMAL PEOPLE by Sally Rooney:
The connection between a high school star athlete and a loner ebbs and flows when they go to Trinity College in Dublin.
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THE OVERSTORY by Richard Powers:
Winner of the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Nine people drawn to trees for different reasons fight for the last of the remaining acres of virgin forest.
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REDEMPTION by David Baldacci:
The fifth book in the Memory Man series. The first man Amos Decker put behind bars asks to have his name cleared.
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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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STAR WARS: MASTER & APPRENTICE by Claudia Gray:
The bond between Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi is tested when they go on a mission to the royal court of Pijal.
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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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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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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:
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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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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FALTER by Bill McKibben:
How unchecked climate change, robotics and artificial intelligence threaten human existence.
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LESSONS FROM LUCY by Dave Barry:
The humorist tries to emulate his dog’s grace in contending with old age.
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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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THE 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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SHORTEST WAY HOME by Pete Buttigieg:
A memoir by the current mayor of South Bend, Ind., and the first openly gay Democratic candidate to run for president of the United States.
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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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