The New York Times List of Best Sellers for the week ending June 2, 2019:
FICTION
1. The Night Window
2. Where The Crawdads Sing
A woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
The 18th book in the Women’s Murder Club series. Lindsay Boxer investigates the disappearance of three female teachers.
4. Redemption
The fifth book in the Memory Man series. The first man Amos Decker put behind bars asks to have his name cleared.
5. The Big Kahuna
The sixth book in the Fox and O’Hare series. An F.B.I. agent teams up with a con man to search for a Silicon Valley billionaire.
6. Blessing in Disguise
Isabelle McAvoy faces challenges as she raises three daughters from three separate fathers on her own.
7. Sunset Beach
Drue Campbell inherits a run-down beach bungalow and takes a job at her estranged father’s personal injury attorney office.
8. The Guest Book
Evie Milton uncovers a story going back a couple generations that may shatter a family myth.
9. Neon Prey
The 29th book in the Prey series. Lucas Davenport goes after a serial killer.
10. Fire and Blood
11. Normal People
The connection between a high school star athlete and a loner ebbs and flows when they go to Trinity College in Dublin.
12. Exhalation
Nine short stories including “The Lifecycle of Software Objects” and “Anxiety Is the Dizziness of Freedom.”
13. The Never Game
Colter Shaw, the son of a survivalist family, probes the underbelly of Silicon Valley to go after a kidnapper.
14. The Silent Patient
Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.
15. Lost Roses
In 1914, the New York socialite Eliza Ferriday works to help White Russian families escape from the revolution.
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NON-FICTION
1. Howard Stern Comes Again
Howard Stern
The radio interviewer delves into some of his favorite on-air conversations from the past four decades of his career.
2. The Pioneers
David McCullough
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian tells the story of the settling of the Northwest Territory through five main characters
3. 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.
4. Educated
Tara Westover
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
5. The Moment of Lift
Melinda Gates
An urgent call to courage and how women about themselves, their families, their work, and what’s possible in the world.
6. The British are Coming
Rick Atkinson
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist begins his Revolution Trilogy with events from 1775 to 1777.
7. The Second Mountain
David Brooks
A New York Times Op-Ed columnist espouses having an outward focus to attain a meaningful life.
8. Life Will Be the Death of Me
The comedian chronicles going into therapy and becoming an advocate for change.
9. Sacred Duty
Tom Cotton
The veteran and Republican senator from Arkansas describes the services enacted by the Army unit known as the Old Guard.
10. Furious Hours
Casey Cep
Harper Lee’s work on the true-crime story about a rural preacher accused of murdering five of his family members in the 1970s.
11. Commender in Cheat
A sportswriter handicaps the current president’s character, based on how he plays golf.
12. Upheaval
The ways in which six countries outlasted recent crises and adopted selective changes.
13. Maybe You Should Talk To Someone
A psychotherapist gains unexpected insights when she becomes another therapist’s patient.
14. Let Love Have The Last Word
Personal stories from the actor and Oscar, Golden Globe, Emmy and Grammy Award-winning music artist.
15. Full Count
The former All-Star pitcher recounts his career from 1986 to 2003, including his time with five World Series Championship teams.
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