Best-sellers
Fiction
WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens. In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survives alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
VENDETTA IN DEATH by J.D. Robb. 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.
THIS TENDER LAND by William Kent Krueger. Four orphans escape a Minnesota school and encounter a cross-section of different people struggling during the Great Depression.
THE ORACLE by Jonathan Cahn. A traveler discovers mysteries hidden behind seven locked doors.
A BETTER MAN by Louise Penny. The 15th book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series. The search for a missing girl is imperiled by rising floodwaters across the province.
THE GIRL WHO LIVED TWICE by David Lagercrantz. Mikael Blomkvist helps Lisbeth Salander put her past behind her in the latest installment of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series.
THE SECRETS WE KEPT by Lara Prescott. During the Cold War, members of the CIA's typing pool aid its mission to smuggle the banned book Doctor Zhivago behind the Iron Curtain.
THE INN by James Patterson and Candice Fox. A former Boston police detective who is now an innkeeper must shield a seaside town from a crew of criminals.
THE DARK SIDE by Danielle Steel. Painful childhood memories surface for Zoe Morgan when she has a child of her own.
THE TURN OF THE KEY by Ruth Ware. A nanny working in a technology-laden house in Scotland goes to jail when one of the children dies.
Nonfiction
CALL SIGN CHAOS by Jim Mattis and Bing West. The former Marine infantry officer and secretary of defense recounts key moments from his career and imparts his leadership philosophy.
EDUCATED by Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
RADICALS, RESISTANCE AND REVENGE by Jeanine Pirro. The Fox News host posits those she labels anti-Trump conspirators have committed possible crimes and a plot to destroy liberty.
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.
THE PIONEERS by David McCullough. The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian tells the story of the settling of the Northwest Territory through five main characters.
HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi. A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE by Lori Gottlieb. A psychotherapist gains unexpected insights when she becomes another therapist's patient.
THREE WOMEN by Lisa Taddeo. The inequality of female desire is explored through the sex lives of a homemaker, a high school student and a restaurant owner.
TRICK MIRROR by Jia Tolentino. Nine essays delving into late capitalism, online engagement and the author's personal history.
THANK YOU FOR MY SERVICE by Mat Best with Ross Patterson and Nils Parker. An inside look into military life by the YouTube personality and former Army Ranger.
Paperback fiction
THE GOLDFINCH by Donna Tartt.
THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ by Heather Morris.
BEFORE WE WERE YOURS by Lisa Wingate.
LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng.
THE HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood.
Paperback nonfiction
BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah.
JUST MERCY by Bryan Stevenson.
SAPIENS by Yuval Noah Harari.
WHITE FRAGILITY by Robin DiAngelo.
THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE by Bessel van der Kolk.
Source: The New York Times
Editorial on 09/22/2019