The New York Times List of Best Sellers for the week ending Nov. 11, 2018
FICTION
1. The Reckoning
John Grisham
A decorated World War II veteran shoots and kills a pastor inside a Mississippi church.
2. Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks
Difficult choices surface when Hope Anderson and Tru Walls meet in a North Carolina seaside town.
3. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom
The sequel to “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” follows Annie on her heavenly journey.
4. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver
Intertwined stories of two families who live in different centuries on the same street corner in Vineland, New Jersey.
5, A Spark of Light
Jodi Picoult
The lives of patients, doctors and activists intersect when a gunman holds them all hostages in a woman’s health center in Mississippi.
6. Ambush
James Patterson; James O. Born
Michael Bennett discovers that an assassin is targeting him and his family.
7. Holy Ghost
John Sandford
Virgil Flowers investigates shootings in a Minnesota town following an attempt to revive its ailing economy.
8. The Witch Elm
Tana French
After Toby Hennessy retreats to his family’s ancestral home, a skull discovered in the backyard exposes his family’s past.
9. Red War
Vince Flynn; Kyle Mills
When the Russian prime minister plots to invade the Baltics, only Mitch Rapp can stop him.
10. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens
In a quiet town in North Carolina coast in 1969, a woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
11, The Clockmaker’s Daughter
Kate Morton
A century-old mystery in the Birchwood Manor on the Thames connects the live of an archivist and artist.
12. Winter in Paradise
Elin Hilderbrand
Irene Steele uncovers her husband’s secret life on a Caribbean island following his death.
13, Alaskan Holiday
Debbie Macomber
A Seattleite cook stuck in remote Ponder, Alaska, grapples with her feelings for a local swordsmith.
14. Killing Commendatore
Haruki Murakami; Philip Gabriel (Translator); Ted Goossen (Translator)
The discovery of an unseen work in an artist’s attic unleashes a series of bizarre occurrences that a painter must navigate.
15. The Fox
Frederick Forsyth
A young British hacker’s skills are used for risky espionage operations.
NON-FICTION
1.Killing the SS
Bill O’Reilly
A look at the postwar manhunt for members of Hitler’s inner circle.
2. The Mamba Mentality
Kobe Bryant; Pau Gasol (Foreword by); Phil Jackson (Introduction by); Andrew D. Bernstein (Photographer)
The former Los Angeles Lakers player describes various skills and techniques he used on the court.
3. Ship of Fools
Tucker Carlson
The Fox News anchor argues that America’s ruling class is out of touch with everyday citizens.
4. Brief Answers to the Big Questions
Stephen Hawking
A collection of essays from the late scientist’s personal archive that address 10 imponderables.
5. Fear
Bob Woodward
Based on hours of interviews with sources, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist describes debates and decision-making within the Trump White House.
6. Presidents of War
Michael Beschloss
How American presidents managed wars and expanded the power of the executive branch.
7. Shade
Pete Souza
The former White House photographer juxtaposes pictures of former President Obama with tweets, headlines and quotes from the Trump administration.
8. The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis
The author of “The Big Short” examines how the Trump administration staffs its federal agencies.
9. Leadership
Doris Kearns Goodwin
The challenges that shaped the leadership abilities of four presidents: Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson.
10. Educated
Tara Westover
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
11. Almost Everything
Anne Lamott
Brief explorations into finding hope and wisdom in times of despair and uncertainty.
12. The Library Book
Susan Orlean
The story of the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Public Library provides a backdrop to the evolution and purpose of libraries.
13. In Pieces
Sally Field
A memoir by the two-time Academy Award and three-time Emmy Award winner.
14. My Love Story
Tina Turner
The 12-time Grammy Award-winner describes her road to fame and reflects on difficult personal experiences.
15. The Big Fella
Jane Leavy
A biography of the baseball legend Babe Ruth.
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