Hi everyone, here are the top New York Times fiction and non-fiction bestsellers for the week ending September 8, 2019.
(Click on the book covers to read a summary of each plot and to request the books of your choice.)
FICTION:
ART OF RACING IN THE RAIN by Garth Stein:
An insightful Lab-terrier mix helps his owner, a struggling race car driver.
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ASK AGAIN, YES by Mary Beth Keane:
The lives of neighboring families in a New York City suburb intertwine over four decades.
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BEFORE WE WERE YOURS by Lisa Wingate:
A South Carolina lawyer learns about the questionable practices of a Tennessee orphanage.
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THE BITTERROOTS by C.J. Box:
The fourth book in the Cassie Dewell series. The black sheep of an influential family is accused of assault.
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EVVIE DRAKE STARTS OVER by Linda Holmes:
In a seaside town in Maine, a former Major League pitcher and a grieving widow assess their pasts.
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GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt:
After his mother is killed in a museum explosion, a young man grapples with the world alone while hiding a prized Dutch painting.
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INLAND by Téa Obreht:
The lives of a frontierswoman and a former outlaw intersect in the unforgiving climate of the Arizona Territory in 1893.
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THE INN by James Patterson and Candice Fox:
A former Boston police detective who is now an innkeeper must shield a seaside town from a crew of criminals.
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LAST WIDOW by Karin Slaughter:
The abduction of a Centers for Disease Control scientist and explosions in an Atlanta neighborhood portend a massacre.
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NICKEL BOYS by Colson Whitehead:
Two boys respond to horrors at a Jim Crow-era reform school in ways that impact them decades later.
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OLD BONES by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child:
An expedition into the Sierra Nevada uncovers new twists to the events involving the Donner party.
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ONE GOOD DEED by David Baldacci:
A World War II veteran on parole must find the real killer in a small town or face going back to jail.
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OUTFOX by Sandra Brown:
F.B.I. Agent Drex Easton has a hunch that the conman Weston Graham is also a serial killer.
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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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THE 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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TIDELANDS by Philippa Gregory:
Suspicions surround Alinor, a widow who is skilled with herbs, during the English Civil War in 1648.
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TURN OF THE KEY by Ruth Ware:
A nanny working in a technology-laden house in Scotland goes to jail when one of the children dies.
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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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WHISPER MAN by Alex North:
A serial killer’s methods from 20 years ago resonate in the town of Featherbank when a young boy goes missing.
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NON-FICTION:
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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BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi Coates:
A meditation on race in America.
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BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk:
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
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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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HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi:
A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism.
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JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson:
A civil rights lawyer and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.
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KOCHLAND by Christopher Leonard:
How Koch Industries consolidated power and affected important facets of modern life over the last half-century.
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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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OUTLAW OCEAN by Ian Urbina:
A New York Times investigative reporter examines the difficulties of policing the high seas.
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THE PIONEERS by David McCullough:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian tells the story of the settling of the Northwest Territory through five main characters.
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THE RANGE by David Epstein:
An argument for how generalists excel more than specialists, especially in complex and unpredictable fields.
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SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari:
How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
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SECOND MOUNTAIN by David Brooks:
A New York Times Op-Ed columnist espouses having an outward focus to attain a meaningful life.
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THREE WOMEN by Lisa Taddeo:
The inequality of female desire is explored through the sex lives of a homemaker, a high school student and a restaurant owner.
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UNFREEDOM OF THE PRESS by Mark R. Levin:
The conservative commentator and radio host makes his case that the press is aligned with political ideology.
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WHITE FRAGILITY by Robin DiAngelo:
Historical and cultural analyses on what causes defensive moves by white people and how this inhibits cross-racial dialogue.
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Have a great day!
Linda Reimer, SSL
Tech Talk is a Southeast Steuben County Library blog.
