The New York Times List of Best Sellers for the week ending Feb. 3, 2019:
FICTION
1. Where The Crawdads Sing
A woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
2. Liar Liar
Detective Harriet Blue has become a dangerous fugitive from the law as she pursues the murdered Regan Banks.
3. The Reckoning
John Grisham
A decorated World War II veteran shoots and kills a pastor inside a Mississippi church.
4. Turning Point
Four American trauma doctors face difficult choices when they join a mass-casualty training program in Paris.
5. An Anonymous Girl
Jessica Farris’s life unravels when she signs up for Dr. Shields’s psychology study.
6. Fire & Blood
Set 300 years before the events of “A Game of Thrones,” this is the first volume of the two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros.
7. The Only Woman in the Room
Hedy Lamarr flees to Hollywood where she becomes a screen star and develops technology that might combat the Nazis.
8. The New Iberia Blues
Detective Dave Robicheaux and his new partner Bailey Ribbons investigate the death of a young woman by crucifixion.
9. Every Breath
Difficult choices surface when Hope Anderson and Tru Walls meet in a North Carolina seaside town.
10. Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty
A romance writer becomes fascinated by the owner and director of a health resort.
11. There There
Tommy Orange
A multigenerational story exploring the plight of the urban Native American.
12. Long Road To Mercy
David Baldacci
Atlee Pine, an FBI agent who is haunted by the childhood kidnapping of her twin sister, must choose between protecting her career or the United States’ democracy.
13. Verses For The Dead
Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
Agents Pendergast and Coldmoon track a killer who removes hearts and leaves handwritten letters.
14. Past Tense
Jack Reacher explores the New England town where his father was born.
15. Circe
Zeus banishes Helios’ daughter to an island where she must choose between living with the gods or mortals.
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NON-FICTION
1. 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.
2. First Conspiracy
The story of a secret plot to kill George Washington in 1776.
3. Educated
Tara Westover
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
4. The Point Of It All
A collection of essays, speeches and unpublished writings by the late conservative columnist.
5. The Truths We Hold
A memoir by a daughter of immigrants who was raised in Oakland, Calif., and became the second black woman ever elected to the United States Senate.
6. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari
Technological, political and social issues in the modern era and the choices individuals might consider in facing them.
7. How To Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan
A personal account of how psychedelics might help the mentally ill and people dealing with everyday challenges.
8. Women Rowing North
Mary Pipher
Reflections on the ageism, misogyny and loss that women might encounter as they grow old.
9. The Library Book
The story of the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Public Library provides a backdrop to the evolution and purpose of libraries.
10. Bad Blood
The rise and fall of the biotech startup Theranos.
11. Inheritance
Dani Shapiro
Secrets and identity in a fast-paced age of science and technology are explored through the story of a woman who discovered her biological father.
12. Killing the SS
Bill O’Reilly
A look at the postwar manhunt for members of Hitler’s inner circle.
13. Brief Answers To The Big Questions
A collection of essays from the late scientist’s personal archive that address 10 imponderables.
14. Leadership
Doris Kearns Goodwin
The challenges that shaped the leadership abilities of four presidents.
15. The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis
How the Trump Administration staffs its federal agencies.
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