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 book(s) of your choice.
FICTION:
19TH CHRISTMAS by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro:
In the 19th installment of the Women’s Murder Club series, detective Lindsay Boxer and company take on a fearsome criminal known only as “Loman.”
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AGENT RUNNING IN THE FIELD by John le Carré:
A veteran of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, who is assigned to command a lesser band of spies, hatches a covert operation.
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BLOODY GENIUS by John Sandford:
The 12th book in the Virgil Flowers series. A fight between university departments turns deadly.
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BURNING WHITE by Brent Weeks:
The fifth book in the Lightbringer series. When Chromeria is threatened, Kip Guile pulls forces together for one last fight.
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THE DESERTER by Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille:
Two members of the Criminal Investigation Division must bring back a Delta Force soldier who disappeared.
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THE DUTCH HOUSE by Ann Patchett:
A sibling relationship is impacted when the family goes from poverty to wealth and back again over the course of many decades.
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THE GIVER OF STARS by Jojo Moyes:
In Depression-era America, five women refuse to be cowed by men or convention as they deliver books throughout the mountains of Kentucky.
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THE GUARDIANS by John Grisham:
Cullen Post, a lawyer and Episcopal minister, antagonizes some ruthless killers when he takes on a wrongful conviction case.
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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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THE LAND OF LONG LOST FRIENDS by Alexander McCall Smith:
The 20th book in the No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency Series. Precious Ramotswe’s latest case involves a preacher and a young woman.
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MEANT TO BE YOURS by Susan Mallery:
The fifth book in the Happily Inc. series. An undateable pair are drawn to one another.
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THE NIGHT FIRE by Michael Connelly:
Harry Bosch and Renée Ballard return to take up a case that held the attention of Bosch’s mentor.
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NINTH HOUSE by Leigh Bardugo:
After mysteriously surviving a multiple homicide, Galaxy Stern comes face to face with dark magic, murder and more at Yale University.
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OLIVE, AGAIN by Elizabeth Strout:
In a follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “Olive Kitteridge,” new relationships, including a second marriage, are encountered in a seaside town in Maine.
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STEALTH by Stuart Woods:
The 51st book in the Stone Barrington series. A respite in England is disrupted when a rival’s deadly plan leads to something bigger.
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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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VINCE FLYNN: LETHAL AGENT by Kyle Mills:
Mexican cartels, ISIS and a possible pandemic bring Mitch Rapp back into action.
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WATER DANCER by Ta-Nehisi Coates:
A young man who was gifted with a mysterious power becomes part of a war between slavers and the enslaved.
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WHAT HAPPENS IN PARADISE by Elin Hilderbrand:
In the sequel to “Winter in Paradise,” Irene Steele visits the island of St. John to get to the bottom of the mysterious life and death of her husband.
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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:
THE BODY by Bill Bryson:
An owner’s manual of the human body covering various parts, functions and what happens when things go wrong.
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BOOK OF GUTSY WOMEN by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton:
Profiles of women from around the world who have blazed trails and challenged the status quo.
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CATCH AND KILL by Ronan Farrow:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter details some surveillance and intimidation tactics used to pressure journalists and elude consequences by certain wealthy and connected men.
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DEAR GIRLS by Ali Wong:
The comedian dispenses her brand of wisdom through letters to her children.
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DO YOU MIND IF I CANCEL? by Gary Janetti:
Comedic essays on everyday life by a writer and producer for television.
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EDISON by Edmund Morris:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author chronicles the personal life, inventions and obsessions of Thomas Alva Edison
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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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HOME WORK by Julie Andrews with Emma Walton Hamilton:
The musical theater icon’s second installment of her memoir describes her arrival in Hollywood, becoming a m
other and her relationship with Blake Edwards.
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ME by Elton John:
The multi-award-winning solo artist’s first autobiography chronicles his career, relationships and private struggles.
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PERMANENT RECORD by Edward Snowden:
A memoir by the former National Security Agency contractor who exposed the government’s mass surveillance program.
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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 DAYS AT THE BRINK by Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney:
The Fox News host describes a meeting between Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin in Tehran during World War II.
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UNITED STATES OF TRUMP by Bill O’Reilly:
The conservative commentator weaves interviews and personal history to portray the power and influence of the 45th president.
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Have a great day!
Linda Reimer, SSL
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