The New York Times List of Best Sellers for the week ending March 3, 2019:
FICTION
1. Where The Crawdads Sing
A woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
2. Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon James
A loner name Tracker teams up with a group of unusual characters in search of a mysterious boy.
3. Connections in Death
J.D. Robb
Eve Dallas scours tattoo parlors and strip joints for clues in the cause of Lyle Pikcering mysterious death.
4. An Anonymous Girl
Jessica Farris’s life unravels when she signs up for Dr. Shields’s psychology study.
5. Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides
A shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.
6. The Reckoning
John Grisham
A decorated World War II veteran shoots and kills a pastor inside a Mississippi church.
7. Devotions
A collection of more than 200 poems spanning 50 years of the author’s career.
8. Fire & Blood
Set 300 years before the events of “A Game of Thrones,” this is the first volume of the two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros.
9. Love Poems for Married People
Thurber Prize-winner John Kenney presents a hilarious collection of love poems for married people.
10. Early Riser
Every Winter, the human population hibernates. During those bitterly cold four months, the nation is a snow-draped landscape of desolate loneliness, devoid of human activity.
11. The Night Tiger
An intimate coming-of-age of a child and a young woman, each searching for their place in a society that would rather they stay invisible.
12. Liar Liar
Detective Harriet Blue has become a dangerous fugitive from the law as she pursues the murdered Regan Banks.
13. The Wedding Guest
Jonathan Kellerman
Milo Sturgis and Alex Delaware investigate the death of a stranger at a wedding reception.
Zeus banishes Helios’ daughter to an island, where she must choose between living with gods or mortals.
15. The Last Romantics
Tara Conklin
A family crisis tests the bonds and ideals of a renowed poet and her siblings.
*****
NON-FICTION
1. Becoming
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.
2. Educated
Tara Westover
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
3. Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service
Gary Sinise
The moving, entertaining, never-before-told story of how one man found his calling.
4. First Conspiracy
The story of a secret plot to kill George Washington in 1776.
5. Bad Blood
The rise and fall of the biotech startup Theranos.
6. Women Rowing North
Mary Pipher
Reflections on the ageism, misogyny and loss that women might encounter as they grow old.
7. Maid
Stephanie Land
An expected pregnancy forces the author to navigate challenges faced by the working poor.
8. Let Me Finish
9. Shortest Way Home
10. The Point Of It All
A collection of essays, speeches and unpublished writings by the late conservative columnist.
11. Team of Vipers
The former special assistant to President Trump recalls what he considers his successes and failures in the White House.
12. The Source of Self Regard
A rich gathering of Toni’s Morrison’s essays, speeches, and meditations on society, culture, and art, spanning four decades.
13. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
The essential universe, from our most celebrated and beloved astrophysicist.
14. Parkland: Birth of a Movement
An intimate, deeply moving account of the extraordinary teenage survivors who became activists and pushed back against the NRA and feckless Congressional leaders.
15. Figuring
Maria Popova
The achievements and private relationships of several interconnecting historical figures.
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