The New York Times List of Best Sellers for the week ending Sept. 22, 2019:
FICTION
1. Where The Crawdads Sing
A woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
2. Vendetta in Death
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.
3. The Tender Land
Four orphans escape a Minnesota school and encounter a cross-section of different people struggling during the Great Depression.
4. The Oracle
A traveler discovers mysteries hidden behind seven locked doors.
5. A Better Man
The 15th book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series. The search for a missing girl is imperiled by rising floodwaters across the province.
6. The Girl Who Lived Twice
Mikael Blomkvist helps Lisbeth Salander put her past behind her in the latest installment of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series.
7. The Secrets We Kept
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.
8. The Inn
A former Boston police detective who is now an innkeeper must shield a seaside town from a crew of criminals.
Painful childhood memories surface for Zoe Morgan when she has a child of her own.
A nanny working in a technology-laden house in Scotland goes to jail when one of the children dies.
The 33rd book in the Carpathian series. A mage and an ancient warrior must stop a threat against all Carpathians.
A World War II veteran on parole must find the real killer in a small town or face going back to jail.
Two boys respond to horrors at a Jim Crow-era reform school in ways that impact them decades later.
An expedition into the Sierra Nevada uncovers new twists to the events involving the Donner party.
Alex Michaelides
A shocking psychological thriller of a woman’s act of violence against her husband and the therapist obsessed with uncovering her secret.
*****
NON-FICTION
1. Call Sign Chaos
Jim Mattis; Bing West
The former Marine infantry officer and secretary of defense recounts key moments from his career and imparts his leadership philosophy.
2. Educated
Tara Westover
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
Jeanine Pirro
The Fox News host posits those she labels anti-Trump conspirators have committed possible crimes and a plot to destroy liberty.
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.
David McCullough
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian tells the story of the settling of the Northwest Territory through five main characters.
6. How to be Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi
The inequality of female desire is explored through the sex lives of a homemaker, a high school student and a restaurant owner.
Lori Gottlieb
A psychotherapist gains unexpected insights when she becomes another therapist’s patient.
Lisa Taddeo
The inequality of female desire is explored through the sex lives of a homemaker, a high school student and a restaurant owner.
Jia Tolentino
Nine essays delving into late capitalism, online engagement and the author’s personal history.
Mat Best; Nils Parker; Ross Patterson
An inside look into military life by the YouTube personality and former Army Ranger
Neil-Martinez Belkin; Rick Ross
The Grammy-nominated rapper recounts health scares, the controversy of his time as a correctional officer and his rise in the music industry.
12. Proof of Conspiracy
Seth Abramson
The BBC and CNN political and legal analyst argues that Middle Eastern geopolitics were central to Donald Trump’s election and foreign policy.
13. Super Pumped
Mike Isaac
A technology reporter for The New York Times chronicles the rise and fall of Uber, and how this serves as a corporate cautionary tale.
14. Unfreedom of the Press
Mark R. Levin
The conservative commentator and radio host makes his case that the press is aligned with political ideology.
15. Bill Cunningham: On the Street
New York Times Staff
A collection of five decades of photographs by the late New York Times fashion photographer, accompanied by essays from various contributors, with photography edited by Tina Loite.
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