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:
BEFORE WE WERE YOURS by Lisa Wingate:
A South Carolina lawyer learns about the questionable practices of a Tennessee orphanage.
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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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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 HANDMAID’S TALE by Margaret Atwood:
Men and women in a dystopian future. The basis of the Hulu series; originally published in 1985.
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THE INSTITUTE by Stephen King:
Children with special talents are abducted and sequestered in an institution where the sinister staff seeks to extract their gifts through harsh methods.
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IT by Stephen King:
The fears of seven teenagers are rekindled in their adult lives by the terrifying title character. Originally published in 1986.
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KILLER INSTINCT by James Patterson and Howard Roughan:
The second book in the Instinct series. When an act of terror strikes New York, Dr. Reinhart and Detective Needham go after a sociopath.
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LAND OF WOLVES by Craig Johnson:
The 15th book in the Longmire series. Back from Mexico, Sheriff Longmire must deal with a wolf and a killer on the loose.
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LITTLE HATRED by Joe Abercrombie:
The Age of Madness series opens with a war erupting during a time of change.
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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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THE ORACLE by Jonathan Cahn:
A traveler discovers mysteries hidden behind seven locked doors.
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RED AT THE BONE by Jacqueline Woodson:
The long-lasting decisions young people make are explored through the history of a Brooklyn teenager’s family.
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THE 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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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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THE TESTAMENTS by Margaret Atwood:
In a sequel to “The Handmaid’s Tale,” old secrets bring three women together as the Republic of Gilead’s theocratic regime shows signs of decay.
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TITANIC SECRET by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul:
The 11th book in the Isaac Bell series. Dirk Pitt finds a document that brings a mystery from 1911 back to life.
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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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EDUCATION OF AN IDEALIST by Samantha Power:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s journey from being an immigrant to being an activist outsider to serving in President Obama’s cabinet.
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HOW TO by Randall Munroe:
The former NASA roboticist dispenses complex and excessive solutions to common problems; reclassified this week as nonfiction.
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ONLY PLANE IN THE SKY by Garrett M. Graff:
An oral history of the events that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001, based on transcripts, declassified documents and interviews.
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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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SHE SAID by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey:
Two reporters for The New York Times recount their investigation into Harvey Weinstein’s alleged abuses of power and the subsequent global disclosure of women’s traumatic stories.
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TALKING TO STRANGERS by Malcolm Gladwell:
Famous examples of miscommunication serve as the backdrop to explain potential conflicts and misunderstandings.
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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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Have a great day!
Linda Reimer, SSL
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