Hi everyone, here are the top New York Times fiction and non-fiction bestsellers for the upcoming week.
(Click on the book covers to read a summary of each plot and to request the books of your choice.)
FICTION:
A BETTER MAN by Louise Penny:
The 15th book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series. The search for a missing girl is imperiled by rising floodwaters across the province.
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DARK ILLUSION by Christine Feehan:
The 33rd book in the Carpathian series. A mage and an ancient warrior must stop a threat against all Carpathians.
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THE DARK SIDE by Danielle Steel:
Painful childhood memories surface for Zoe Morgan when she has a child of her own.
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THE GIRL WHO LIVED TWICE by David Lagercrantz:
Mikael Blomkvist helps Lisbeth Salander put her past behind her in the latest installment of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series.
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THE 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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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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LONG CALL by Ann Cleeves:
Detective Matthew Venn faces his past in North Devon while he investigates the death of a man with an albatross tattoo.
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LOOK ALIVE TWENTY-FIVE by Janet Evanovich:
The 25th book in the Stephanie Plum series. When several managers of a deli in Trenton disappear, a bounty hunter and her detective boyfriend look for clues.
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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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NOTHING VENTURED by Jeffrey Archer:
While investigating the theft of a Rembrandt painting from the Fitzmolean Museum, the Scotland Yard detective William Warwick falls in love with a research assistant.
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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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THE ORACLE by Jonathan Cahn:
A traveler discovers mysteries hidden behind seven locked doors.
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SECRETS WE KEPT by Lara Prescott:
During the Cold War, members of the C.I.A.’s typing pool aid its mission to smuggle the banned book “Doctor Zhivago” behind the Iron Curtain.
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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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THIS TENDER LAND by William Kent Krueger:
Four orphans escape a Minnesota school and encounter a cross-section of different people struggling during the Great Depression.
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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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VENDETTA IN DEATH by J.D. Robb:
The 49th book of the In Death series. Eve Dallas looks into the misdeeds of a wealthy businessman while a vigilante named Lady Justice uses disguises to avenge women who were wronged.
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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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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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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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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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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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RADICALS, RESISTANCE AND REVENGE by Jeanine Pirro:
The Fox News host posits those she labels anti-Trump conspirators have committed possible crimes and a plot to destroy liberty.
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SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari:
How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
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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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TRICK MIRROR by Jia Tolentino:
Nine essays delving into late capitalism, online engagement and the author’s personal history.
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Have a great day!
Linda Reimer, SSL
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