The New York Times List of Best Sellers for the week ending June 23, 2019:
FICTION
1. Where The Crawdads Sing
A woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
An 89-year-old Vivian Morris looks back at the direction her life took when she entered the 1940s New York theater scene.
A string of seemingly accidental and unrelated deaths confound F.B.I. agent Emmy Dockery.
A dead multibillionaire’s brain is scanned and turned back on at a time when humans live as digital souls.
A beekeeper’s quiet life is unsettled by her demanding mother, outgoing sister and neighboring widower.
Little Dog writes a letter to a mother who cannot read, revealing a family history.
Evie Milton uncovers a story going back a couple generations that may shatter a family myth
8. Redemption
The fifth book in the Memory Man series. The first man Amos Decker put behind bars asks to have his name cleared.
The third book in the Teddy Fay series. Teddy Fay scours Paris’s underworld to find a treasonous criminal.
Drue Campbell inherits a run-down beach bungalow and takes a job at her estranged father’s personal injury attorney office.
An immigrant Chinese family’s secrets emerge as Amy looks for her older sister, who vanished after flying to the Netherlands.
The 18th book in the Women’s Murder Club series. Lindsay Boxer investigates the disappearance of three female teachers.
The lives of neighboring families in a New York City suburb intertwine over four decades.
14. Mostly Dead Things
After her father commits suicide, Jessa-Lynn Morton is forced to engage with her family’s eccentricities and taxidermy business.
A 30th reunion between three college friends reveals shattered hopes and a dark secret.
NON-FICTION
1. Unfreedom of the Press
Mark Levin
The conservative commentator and radio host makes his case that the press is aligned with political ideology.
2. The Pioneers
David McCullough
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian tells the story of the settling of the Northwest Territory through five main characters
Tara Westover
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
4. Siege
Michael Wolff
The author of “Fire and Fury” weaves a story of the second year of the Trump White House.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. Sea Stories
William R. McRaven
A memoir by the retired four-star Navy admiral, including the capture of Saddam Hussein and the raid to kill Osama bin Laden.
8. 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.
9. The British are Coming
Rick Atkinson
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist begins his Revolution Trilogy with events from 1775 to 1777.
10. Naturally Tan
Tan France
A coming-of-age memoir by the “Queer Eye” star, with behind-the-scenes stories of the reality TV show.
11. Range
David Epstein
An argument for how generalists excel more than specialists, especially in complex and unpredictable fields.
12. The Conservative Sensibility
George F. Will
The Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist describes what he considers to be threats to conservatism.
13. Every Man A Hero
Ray Lambert; Jim DeFelice
The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and journalist begins his Revolution Trilogy with events from 1775 to 1777.
14. The Second Mountain
David Brooks
A New York Times Op-Ed columnist espouses having an outward focus to attain a meaningful life.
15. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell
The true story of a Baltimore socialite who joined a spy organization during World War II and became essential to the French Resistance.
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