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:
AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummins:
A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel
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CRISS CROSS by James Patterson:
The 27th book in the Alex Cross series. Copycat crimes make the detective question whether an innocent man was executed.
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CROOKED RIVER by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child:
The 19th book in the Agent Pendergast series. Human feet inside nondescript shoes wash ashore in Florida.
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DEAR EDWARD by Ann Napolitano:
A 12-year-old boy tries to start over after becoming the sole survivor of a plane crash in which he lost his immediate family.
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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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GOLDEN IN DEATH by J.D. Robb:
The 50th book of the In Death series. Eve Dallas seeks the sender of packages that give off toxic airborne fumes.
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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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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 LAST WISH by Andrzej Sapkowski:
Linked stories follow the exploits of Geralt of Rivia, a monster-slaying mercenary.
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LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng:
An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.
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A LONG PETAL OF THE SEA by Isabel Allende:
A young pregnant widow and an Army doctor take a ship to Chile to escape the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War.
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LOST by James Patterson and James O. Born:
The new head of an F.B.I. task force takes on a crime syndicate run by a pair of Russian nationals.
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THE OUTSIDER by Stephen King:
A detective investigates a seemingly wholesome member of the community when an 11-year-old boy’s body is found.
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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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SUCH A FUN AGE by Kiley Reid:
Tumult ensues when Alix Chamberlain’s babysitter is mistakenly accused of kidnapping her charge
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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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WEATHER by Jenny Offill:
Lizzie becomes obsessed with disaster psychology while working at a university library and answering inquiries to a former mentor’s podcast.
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WHEN YOU SEE ME by Lisa Gardner:
D.D. Warren and Flora Dane join the F.B.I. agent Kimberly Quincy’s taskforce.
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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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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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THE 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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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 law professor and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.
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THE MAMBA MENTALITY by Kobe Bryant:
Various skills and techniques used on the court by the Los Angeles Lakers player.
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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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NATURE’S BEST HOPE by Douglas W. Tallamy:
Potential grass-roots solutions citizens might take to help reverse declining wildlife populations.
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ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder:
Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny.
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OPEN BOOK by Jessica Simpson with Kevin Carr O’Leary:
The singer, actress and fashion designer discloses times of success, trauma and addiction.
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PROFILES IN CORRUPTION by Peter Schweizer:
The author of “Clinton Cash” gives his evaluations of members of the Democratic Party.
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SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari:
How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.
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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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TIGHTROPE: AMERICAN’S REACHING FOR HOPE by Nicholas D. Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning authors examine issues affecting working-class Americans.
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TO SHAKE THE SLEEPING SELF by Jedidiah Jenkins:
The son of conservative Christians cycles from Oregon to Patagonia, reconciling his sexuality with his upbringing.
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VERY STABLE GENIUS by Philip Rucker and Carol Leonnig:
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists use firsthand accounts to chart patterns of behavior within the Trump administration.
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WHY WE CAN’T SLEEP by Ada Calhoun:
The cultural and political contexts of the crises that Generation X women face.
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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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WHY WE’RE POLARIZED by Ezra Klein:
The editor at large and co-founder of Vox offers his take on what causes divisions in America.
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Have a great weekend!
Linda Reimer, SSL
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Note: this list contains all the New York Times fiction and non-fiction bestsellers for the week that are owned by libraries within the Southern Tier Library System.
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