The New York Times List of Best Sellers for the week ending April 14, 2019:
FICTION
1. Where The Crawdads Sing
A woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
2. The Cornwalls Are Gone
An army intelligence officer must commit a crime or lose her kidnapped husband and daughter.
3. Run Away
A family is torn apart when the daughter becomes addicted to drugs and goes missing.
4. Celtic Empire
The 25th book in the Dirk Pitt series.
5. The American Agent
The 15th book in the Maisle Dobbs series. While the Germans attack the British Isles, Maisie must solve a case and protect a young evacuee.
6. Tiamat’s Wrath
The eighth book in the Expanse series.
7. The Silent Patient
Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.
8. Wild Card
The 49th book in the Stone Barrington series.
9. Cemetery Road
The journalist Marshall McEwan returns to his hometown, which is shaken by two deaths and an economy on the brink.
10. Wolf Pack
The Wyoming game warden, Joe Pickett and Katelyn Hamm take on killers working for the Sinaloa cartel.
11. Daisy Jones and the Six
A fictional oral history charting the rise and fall of a 1970s rock ‘n’ roll band.
12. The Last Second
Catherine Coulter; J.T. Ellison
The sixth book in the A Brit in the F.B.I. series. Special agents must prevent the use of deadly weapon on a French satellite.
13. The Chef
Caleb Rooney, a police detective and celebrity food truck chef, must clear his name of murder allegations.
14. The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See
The friendship over many decades of two female divers from the Korean Island of Jeju is pushed to a breaking point.
15. Dark Tribute
The 24th book in the Eve Duncan series. A violin prodigy with a tragic past is kidnapped.
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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. The Right Side of History
Ben Shapiro
The conservative political commentator reflects upon what he considers most impactful to Western civilization
4. Bad Blood
The rise and fall of the biotech startup Theranos.
5. Doing Justice
The former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York describes some of his career highlights and gives insights into our legal system.
6. The Shortest Way Home
Pete Buttigieg
A memoir by the current mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and first openly gay Democratic candidate to run for president of the United States.
7. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe
A look at the conflict in Northern Ireland known as the Troubles.
8. Mama’s Last Hug
Frans de Waal
The death of a chimpanzee matriarch frames a broader look into the world of animal and human emotions.
9. The Uninhabitable Earth
David Wallace-Wells
How climate-related crises may cause food shortages, refugee emergencies and other catastrophes.
10. Grateful American
Gary Sinise
The Oscar-nominated actor describes how he has entertained troops and helped veterans.
11. The Case for Trump
A defense stating that the current president adopted several traditional conservative positions.
12. Spearhead
An American tank gunner faces enemies in Cologne, Germany during World War II.
13. Inside the Empire
Bob Klapisch; Paul Solotaroff
14. Blueprint
The physician and sociologist makes his case that genes affect the ways we make societies and natural selection guides us toward creating a good society.
15. Kushner, Inc.
The HuffPost editor at large give her perspective on Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s agenda inside the White House.
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