The New York Times List of Best Sellers for the week ending May 5, 2019:
FICTION
1. Redemption
The fifth book in the Memory Man series. The first man Amos Decker put behind bars asks to have his name cleared.
2. Where The Crawdads Sing
A woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
3. Normal People
The connection between a high school star athlete and a loner ebbs and flows when they go to Trinity College in Dublin.
4. Lost Roses
In 1914, the New York socialite Eliza Ferriday works to help White Russian families escape from the revolution.
5. Star Wars: Master and Apprentice
The bond between Qui-Gon Jinn and Obi-Wan Kenobi is tested when they go on a mission to the royal court of Pijal.
6. Someone Knows
A dark secret emerges when Allie Garvey returns home to attend a childhood friend’s funeral.
7. Run Away
A family is torn apart when the daughter becomes addicted to drugs and goes missing.
8. The Silent Patient
Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.
9. Celtic Empire
The 25th book in the Dirk Pitt series.
10. The Cornwalls Are Gone
An army intelligence officer must commit a crime or lose her kidnapped husband and daughter.
11. Miracle at St. Andrews
A former professional golfer visits the course in Scotland.
12. Fire and Blood
13. Daisy Jones and the Six
A fictional oral history charting the rise and fall of a 1970s rock ‘n’ roll band.
14. The Department of Sensitive Crimes
A quirky team of Swedish detectives take on bizarre and tricky cases.
15. Circe
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NON-FICTION
1. The Second Mountain
David Brooks
A New York Times Op-Ed columnist espouses having an outward focus to attain a meaningful life.
2. 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.
3. Educated
Tara Westover
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
4. Life Will Be the Death of Me
The comedian chronicles going into therapy and becoming an advocate for change.
5. Shortest Way Home
A memoir by the current mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and first openly gay Democratic candidate to run for president of the United States.
6. Maybe You Should Talk To Someone
A psychotherapist gains unexpected insights when she becomes another therapist’s patient.
7. The Matriarch
Susan Page
A biography of the former first lady Barbara Bush, based on interviews and her private diaries.
8. Save Me the Plums
Ruth Reichi
A memoir by the former restaurant critic of the New York Times and editor in chief of Gourmet.
9. Lessons from Lucy
Dave Barry
The humorist tries to emulate his dog’s grace in contending with old age.
10. The Right Side of History
Ben Shapiro
The conservative political commentator reflects upon what he considers most impactful to Western civilization.
11. Working
The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer shares insights into his craft.
12. Bad Blood
The rise and fall of the biotech startup Theranos.
13. A Woman of No Importance
14. Falter
How unchecked climate change, robotics and artificial intelligence threaten human existence.
15. Commander in Cheat
A sportswriter handicaps the current president’s character, based on how he plays golf.
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