Best Sellers Print Hardcover

September 12, 2021

THIS LAST WEEKS THIS LAST WEEKS WEEK WEEK Fiction ON LIST WEEK WEEK Nonfiction ON LIST 1 THE MADNESS OF CROWDS, by Louise Penny. (Minotaur) The 1 1 1 AMERICAN MARXISM, by Mark R. Levin. (Threshold Editions) 7 17th book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series. Gamache is The Fox News host gives his take on the Green New Deal, critical tasked with providing security for a statistics professor whose race theory and social activism. views are repulsive to him. 2 3 THE LONG SLIDE, by Tucker Carlson. (Threshold Editions) A 3 2 1 BILLY SUMMERS, by Stephen King. (Scribner) A killer for hire 4 collection of previously published essays from 1995 to 2016 by who only takes out bad guys seeks redemption as he does one the Fox News host. final job. 3 HERO OF TWO WORLDS, by Mike Duncan. (PublicAffairs) An 1 3 5 THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME, by Laura Dave. (Simon & 17 overview of Marquis de Lafayette’s career on both sides of the Schuster) Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing Atlantic during the Age of Revolution. husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship. 4 4 THE RECKONING, by Mary L. Trump. (St. Martin’s) The author of 2 “Too Much and Never Enough” examines potential trauma caused 4 THE LOVE SONGS OF W.E.B. DU BOIS, by Honorée Fanonne 1 by current and historical events. Jeffers. (Harper) Ailey Pearl Garfield endeavors to embrace her full heritage by digging into the stories of her ancestors who were 5 8 WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?, by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah 18 Indigenous, Black and white. Winfrey. (Flatiron) An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it. 5 LIGHTNING STRIKE, by William Kent Krueger. (Atria) The 18th 1 book in the Cork O’Connor mystery series. The 12-year-old son of 6 DOPAMINE NATION, by Anna Lembke. (Dutton) The medical 1 a small town sheriff who rules a man’s death as a suicide suspects director of Stanford Addiction Medicine explores the neuroscience another cause. and behaviors that inform the relationship between pleasure and pain. 6 7 THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, by Matt Haig. (Viking) Nora Seed finds 39 a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with 7 2 WOKE, INC., by Vivek Ramaswamy. (Center Street) The founder 2 multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived. and executive chairman of the biopharmaceutical company Roivant Sciences shares his perspectives on American capitalism. 7 4 THE NOISE, by James Patterson and J.D. Barker. (Little, Brown) A 2 (†) strange vibration rises out of a forest near Mount Hood. 8 THE MASTER, by Christopher Clarey. (Twelve) A biography of 1 8 3 COMPLICATIONS, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte) On a September 2 the tennis champion Roger Federer by a New York Times tennis night, guests at the reopening of an exclusive Paris hotel correspondent. experience love, tragedy and political intrigue. 9 6 GREENLIGHTS, by Matthew McConaughey. (Crown) The Academy 45 9 6 THE PAPER PALACE, by Miranda Cowley Heller. (Riverhead) After 8 Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over an extramarital dalliance, Elle must choose between her husband the last 35 years. and her childhood love. 10 11 CASTE, by Isabel Wilkerson. (Random House) The Pulitzer Prize- 56 10 2 BLOODLESS, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. (Grand 2 winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across Central) The 20th book in the Pendergast series. Bodies found civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today. without blood in their veins might be connected to an unsolved skyjacking. 11 10 CRYING IN H MART, by Michelle Zauner. (Knopf) The daughter 17 of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the 11 8 MALIBU RISING, by Taylor Jenkins Reid. (Ballantine) An epic 13 indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own party has serious outcomes for four famous siblings. identity after losing her mother to cancer. 12 9 THE PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER, by Bill Clinton and James 12 12 9 UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. (Dial) The activist and public 77 Patterson. (Little, Brown) Matthew Keating, a past president and speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice. former Navy SEAL, goes on his own to find his abducted teenage daughter. 13 THINK AGAIN, by Adam Grant. (Viking) An examination of the 24 cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that could be used to 13 11 THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE, by V.E. Schwab. (Tor/ 41 adapt to a rapidly changing world. Forge) A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries. 14 7 I ALONE CAN FIX IT, by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker. 6 (Penguin Press) The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters examine 14 13 WE WERE NEVER HERE, by Andrea Bartz. (Ballantine) Will the 4 Trump’s final year in office, with a focus on the key players around secrets Emily shares with Kristen about violent incidents in the him. past ruin her life? 15 13 EDUCATED, by Tara Westover. (Random House) The daughter of 137 15 PROJECT HAIL MARY, by Andy Weir. (Ballantine) Ryland Grace 15 survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate leave home for university. of humanity rests on his shoulders.

Copyright © 2021 by The New York Times Rankings reflect sales for the week ending August 28, which are reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles published in the United States. Every week, thousands of diverse selling locations report their actual sales on hundreds of thousands of individual titles. The panel of reporting retailers is comprehensive and reflects sales in tens of thousands of stores of all sizes and demographics across the United States. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Editorial, Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology. Best Sellers Combined Print & E-Book

September 12, 2021

THIS LAST WEEKS THIS LAST WEEKS WEEK WEEK Fiction ON LIST WEEK WEEK Nonfiction ON LIST 1 THE MADNESS OF CROWDS, by Louise Penny. (Minotaur) The 1 1 1 AMERICAN MARXISM, by Mark R. Levin. (Threshold Editions) 7 17th book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series. Gamache is The Fox News host gives his take on the Green New Deal, critical tasked with providing security for a statistics professor whose race theory and social activism. views are repulsive to him. 2 5 THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, by Bessel van der Kolk. 53 2 2 BILLY SUMMERS, by Stephen King. (Scribner) A killer for hire 4 (Penguin) How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative who only takes out bad guys seeks redemption as he does one treatments for recovery. final job. 3 4 THE LONG SLIDE, by Tucker Carlson. (Threshold Editions) A 3 3 5 IT ENDS WITH US, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria) A battered wife 11 collection of previously published essays from 1995 to 2016 by raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse. the Fox News host. 4 6 THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME, by Laura Dave. (Simon & 17 4 HERO OF TWO WORLDS, by Mike Duncan. (PublicAffairs) An 1 Schuster) Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing overview of Marquis de Lafayette’s career on both sides of the husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous Atlantic during the Age of Revolution. relationship. 5 DOPAMINE NATION, by Anna Lembke. (Dutton) The medical 1 5 LIGHTNING STRIKE, by William Kent Krueger. (Atria) The 18th 1 director of Stanford Addiction Medicine explores the neuroscience book in the Cork O’Connor mystery series. The 12-year-old son of and behaviors that inform the relationship between pleasure and a small town sheriff who rules a man’s death as a suicide suspects pain. another cause. 6 3 THE RECKONING, by Mary L. Trump. (St. Martin’s) The author of 2 6 8 THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO, by Taylor Jenkins 9 “Too Much and Never Enough” examines potential trauma caused Reid. (Washington Square) A movie icon recounts stories of her by current and historical events. loves and career to a struggling magazine writer. 7 10 BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. (Milkweed 19 7 9 NINE PERFECT STRANGERS, by Liane Moriarty. (Flatiron) A 13 Editions) A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation romance writer becomes fascinated by the owner and director of espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and a health resort. animals. 8 7 PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION, by Emily Henry. (Berkley) 16 8 11 CASTE, by Isabel Wilkerson. (Random House) The Pulitzer Prize- 56 Opposites Poppy and Alex meet to vacation together one more winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across time in hopes of saving their relationship. civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today. 9 12 THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, by Matt Haig. (Viking) Nora Seed finds 39 9 13 WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?, by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah 18 a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with Winfrey. (Flatiron) An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived. an essential question used to investigate it. 10 THE LOVE SONGS OF W.E.B. DU BOIS, by Honorée Fanonne 1 10 2 WOKE, INC., by Vivek Ramaswamy. (Center Street) The founder 2 Jeffers. (Harper) Ailey Pearl Garfield endeavors to embrace her and executive chairman of the biopharmaceutical company full heritage by digging into the stories of her ancestors who were Roivant Sciences shares his perspectives on American capitalism. Indigenous, Black and white. 11 THE MASTER, by Christopher Clarey. (Twelve) A biography of 1 11 11 WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, by Delia Owens. (Putnam) In a 145 the tennis champion Roger Federer by a New York Times tennis quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman correspondent. who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect. 12 8 GREENLIGHTS, by Matthew McConaughey. (Crown) The Academy 45 12 BOMBSHELL, by Sarah MacLean. (Avon) The first book in the 1 Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over Hell’s Belles series. the last 35 years. 13 4 THE NOISE, by James Patterson and J.D. Barker. (Little, Brown) A 2 13 BORN A CRIME, by Trevor Noah. (One World) A memoir about 78 strange vibration rises out of a forest near Mount Hood. growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.” 14 13 THE PAPER PALACE, by Miranda Cowley Heller. (Riverhead) After 8 an extramarital dalliance, Elle must choose between her husband 14 7 I ALONE CAN FIX IT, by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker. 6 and her childhood love. (Penguin Press) The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters examine Trump’s final year in office, with a focus on the key players around 15 PROJECT HAIL MARY, by Andy Weir. (Ballantine) Ryland Grace 10 him. awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders. 15 9 UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. (Dial) The activist and public 77 speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending August 28, which are reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles published in the United States. Every week, thousands of diverse selling locations report their actual sales on hundreds of thousands of individual titles. The panel of reporting retailers is comprehensive and reflects sales in tens of thousands of stores of all sizes and demographics across the United States. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books in a variety of popular e-reader formats. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Editorial, Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology. Best Sellers Print Paperback

September 12, 2021

THIS WEEKS THIS WEEKS WEEK Paperback Trade Fiction ON LIST WEEK Paperback Nonfiction ON LIST 1 IT ENDS WITH US, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria) A battered wife 17 1 THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, by Bessel van der Kolk. 149 raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse. (Penguin) How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery. 2 THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO, by Taylor Jenkins 25 Reid. (Washington Square) A movie icon recounts stories of her 2 BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. (Milkweed 72 loves and career to a struggling magazine writer. Editions) A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and 3 WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, by Delia Owens. (Putnam) In a 22 animals. quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect. 3 BORN A CRIME, by Trevor Noah. (One World) A memoir about 133 growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The 4 PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION, by Emily Henry. (Berkley) 16 Daily Show.” Opposites Poppy and Alex meet to vacation together one more time in hopes of saving their relationship. 4 JUST MERCY, by Bryan Stevenson. (One World) A civil rights 264 lawyer and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of 5 THE SONG OF ACHILLES, by Madeline Miller. (Ecco) A 45 work to free innocent people condemned to death. reimagining of Homer’s “Iliad” that is narrated by Achilles’ companion Patroclus. 5 SAPIENS, by Yuval Noah Harari. (Harper Perennial) How Homo 159 sapiens became Earth’s dominant species. 6 NINE PERFECT STRANGERS, by Liane Moriarty. (Flatiron) A 15 romance writer becomes fascinated by the owner and director of 6 AGENT SONYA, by Ben Macintyre. (Crown) Ursula Burton, who 4 a health resort. resided in the English Cotswolds in 1942 with her family, turned out to have been a high-ranking Soviet intelligence officer seeking 7 VERITY, by Colleen Hoover. (Colleen Hoover) Lowen Ashleigh is 4 scientific secrets to build the bomb. hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth. 7 THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner) The author 448 recalls how she and her siblings were constantly moved from one 8 THE RETURN, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central) A doctor 3 bleak place to another. (†) serving in the Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two women change his life. 8 THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca 227 Skloot. (Broadway) The story of a woman whose cancer cells were 9 UGLY LOVE, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria) A casual sexual 5 cultured without her permission in 1951. relationship between Tate and Miles becomes more complicated than they expected. 9 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown) 343 Unexpected factors that explain why some people succeed, such 10 THE GUEST LIST, by Lucy Foley. (Morrow) A wedding between 4 as upbringing, timing and 10,000 hours of deliberate practice. a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of Ireland turns deadly. 10 GRIT, by Angela Duckworth. (Scribner) The MacArthur Fellow 91 argues that passion and perseverance are more important than 11 ANXIOUS PEOPLE, by Fredrik Backman. (Washington Square/ 8 innate talent in creating success. Atria) A failed bank robber holds a group of strangers hostage at an apartment open house. 11 KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, by David Grann. (Vintage) 94 The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted 12 BEACH READ, by Emily Henry. (Berkley) A relationship develops 26 Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil. The fledgling F.B.I. between a literary fiction author and a romance novelist as they intervened, ineffectively. both try to overcome writer’s block. 12 MY GRANDMOTHER’S HANDS, by Resmaa Menakem. (Central 26 13 CIRCE, by Madeline Miller. (Back Bay) Zeus banishes Helios’ 64 Recovery) A therapist who specializes in trauma, body-centered daughter to an island, where she must choose between living with psychotherapy and violence prevention explains racism’s effect on gods or mortals. the body. 14 THE SILENT PATIENT, by Alex Michaelides. (Celadon) Theo Faber 17 13 THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, 285 looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking Straus & Giroux) When we can and cannot trust our intuitions in after shooting her husband. making business and personal decisions. 15 1ST CASE, by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts. (Grand 1 14 WHITE FRAGILITY, by Robin DiAngelo. (Beacon) Historical 155 Central) After getting kicked out of M.I.T., Angela Hoot interns with and cultural analyses on what causes defensive moves by white the F.B.I. and tracks the murderous siblings known as the Poet people and how this inhibits cross-racial dialogue. and the Engineer. 15 KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL, by Anthony Bourdain. (Ecco) A 71 memoir-exposé of the restaurant world. Originally published in 2000.

Copyright © 2021 by The New York Times Rankings reflect sales for the week ending August 28, which are reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. Every week, thousands of diverse selling locations report their actual sales on hundreds of thousands of individual titles. The panel of reporting retailers is comprehensive and reflects sales in stores of all sizes and demographics across the United States. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Editorial, Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology. Best Sellers Children’s

September 12, 2021

THIS WEEKS THIS WEEKS WEEK Middle Grade Hardcover ON LIST WEEK Young Adult Hardcover ON LIST 1 WONDER, by R.J. Palacio. (Knopf) A boy with a facial deformity 311 1 ONE OF US IS LYING, by Karen M. McManus. (Delacorte) For 187 starts school. (Ages 8 to 12) five students, a detour into detention ends in murder. (Ages 14 and up) 2 REFUGEE, by Alan Gratz. (Scholastic) Three children in three 145 different conflicts look for safe haven. (Ages 9 to 12) 2 THE HATE U GIVE, by Angie Thomas. (Balzer + Bray) A 16-year- 229 old girl sees a police officer kill her friend. (Ages 14 and up) 3 GROUND ZERO, by Alan Gratz. (Scholastic) Parallel storylines of 23 Brandon and Reshmina take place on Sept. 11th, in 2001 and 3 STAMPED, by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. (Little, Brown) 74 2019. (Ages 9 to 12) An exploration of racism and antiracism in America. (Ages 13 to 17) 4 THE ONE AND ONLY BOB, by Katherine Applegate. Illustrated by 69 Patricia Castelao. (HarperCollins) In this sequel to “The One and 4 REALM BREAKER, by Victoria Aveyard. (HarperTeen) A small 17 Only Ivan,” Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his band of misfits attempt to save Allward. (Ages 13 and up) long-lost sister. (Ages 8 to 12) 5 LORE, by Alexandra Bracken. (Disney-Hyperion) To get revenge 33 5 AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS, by B.B. Alston. (Balzer 30 for her family’s murder, Lore must re-enter a hunt know as the + Bray) Amari Peters competes for a spot at the Bureau of Agon. (Ages 14 to 18) Supernatural Affairs. (Ages 8 to 12) 6 GOOD GIRL, BAD BLOOD, by Holly Jackson. (Delacorte) Pip 17 6 THE ICKABOG, by J.K. Rowling. (Scholastic) A fearsome monster 42 investigates the disappearance of her friend. (Ages 14 and up) threatens the kingdom of Cornucopia. (Ages 8 to 18) 7 THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS, by Chloe Gong. (Margaret K. 17 7 ALI CROSS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON, by James Patterson. 9 McElderry) A reimagining of Romeo and Juliet set in 1920s (jimmy patterson) Ali investigates the shooting of new friend, Zoe. Shanghai. (Ages 14 to 18) (Ages 10 to 14) 8 SMALL FAVORS, by Erin A. Craig. (Delacorte) Mythic monsters 5 8 BEST NERDS FOREVER, by James Patterson and Chris 14 have returned to destroy Amity Falls and Ellerie must protect her Grabenstein. (jimmy patterson) As a ghost, Finn attempts to solve farm and siblings. (Ages 12 and up) his own murder. (Ages 10 to 14) 9 FIREKEEPER’S DAUGHTER, by Angeline Boulley. (Holt) Daunis 20 9 THE OFFICIAL HARRY POTTER BAKING BOOK, by Joanna 6 investigates a deadly new drug being distributed in her tribal Farrow. (Scholastic) Forty-three tasty recipes inspired by the Harry community. (Ages 14 to 18) Potter films. (Ages 10 to 18) 10 THE COUSINS, by Karen M. McManus. (Delacorte) Three cousins 22 10 THE GAME MASTER: SUMMER SCHOOLED, by Matt and 8 learn about their family’s dark past. (Ages 14 to 17) Rebecca Zamolo. (HarperCollins) Rebecca Zamolo takes on the Game Master, who threatens to ruin summer. (Ages 8 to 12)

September 12, 2021

THIS WEEKS THIS WEEKS WEEK Picture Books ON LIST WEEK Series ON LIST 1 THE PIGEON HAS TO GO TO SCHOOL!, by Mo Willems. 38 1 HARRY POTTER, by J.K. Rowling. (Scholastic) A wizard hones his 649 (Hyperion) Pigeon deals with the anxieties of going to school for conjuring skills in the service of fighting evil. (Ages 10 and up) the first time. (Ages 3 to 5) 2 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. 650 2 TIME FOR SCHOOL, LITTLE BLUE TRUCK, by Alice Schertle. 10 (Amulet) The travails and challenges of adolescence. (Ages 9 to Illustrated by Jill McElmurry. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Blue 12) gives a friend a ride to school. (Ages 4 to 7) 3 PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan. (Disney- 586 3 THE DAY YOU BEGIN, by Jacqueline Woodson. Illustrated 34 Hyperion) A boy battles mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12) by Rafael López. (Nancy Paulsen) A group of school children embrace their differences. (Ages 5 to 8) 4 THE TWILIGHT SAGA, by Stephenie Meyer. (Little, Brown) 272 Vampires and werewolves and their intrigues in high school. (Ages 4 WE DON’T EAT OUR CLASSMATES!, by Ryan T. Higgins. 33 12 and up) (Disney-Hyperion) Penelope Rex must control her urge to eat the children in her class. (Ages 3 to 5) 5 AWESOME FRIENDLY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. 24 (Amulet) Rowley Jefferson chronicles his life story and adventures. 5 ALL ARE WELCOME, by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne 30 (Ages 9 to 12) Kaufman. (Knopf) A celebration of kindness, inclusivity and diversity at a school. (Ages 4 to 8) 6 SHADOW AND BONE TRILOGY, by Leigh Bardugo. (Square 25 Fish) The basis of the Netflix series; previously titled “The Grisha 6 THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU WILL BE, by Emily Winfield 277 Trilogy.” (Ages 12 to 18) Martin. (Random House) A celebration of future possibilities. (Ages 3 to 7) 7 WINGS OF FIRE, by Tui T. Sutherland. (Scholastic) Only the five 129 dragonets of destiny can unite the seven warring dragon tribes. 7 DRAGONS LOVE TACOS, by Adam Rubin. Illustrated by Daniel 323 (Ages 9 to 12) Salmieri. (Dial) What to serve your dragon-guests. (Ages 3 to 5) 8 CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS, written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey. 263 8 YOU MATTER, by Christian Robinson. (Atheneum) How we all 4 (Scholastic) Boys and their principal fight evil. (Ages 7 to 10) relate and contribute to the world around us. (Ages 4 to 8) 9 FOLK OF THE AIR, by Holly Black. (Little, Brown) Jude’s quest to 10 9 GRUMPY MONKEY, by Suzanne Lang. Illustrated by Max Lang. 61 become the first mortal queen of the High Court of Faerie. (Ages (Random House) Jim Panzee is having a bad day. (Ages 3 to 7) 14 to 17) 10 HOW TO CATCH A UNICORN, by Adam Wallace. Illustrated by 34 10 GIVER QUARTET, by Lois Lowry. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) 168 Andy Elkerton. (Sourcebooks Wonderland) Children attempt to Exploring human connection in a post-apocalyptic world. (Ages capture the mythical creature. (Ages 4 to 8) 12 to 18)

Picture Book rankings include hardcover sales only. Series rankings include all print and e-book sales. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Editorial, Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology. Best Sellers Audio Monthly

September 12, 2021

THIS MONTHS THIS MONTHS MONTH Audio Fiction ON LIST MONTH Audio Nonfiction ON LIST 1 BILLY SUMMERS, by Stephen King. (Simon & Schuster Audio) 1 1 GREENLIGHTS, by Matthew McConaughey. (Random House 11 A killer for hire who only takes out bad guys seeks redemption. Audio) The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from Read by Paul Sparks. 16 hours, 55 minutes unabridged. the diaries he kept over the last 35 years. Read by the author. 6 hours, 42 minutes unabridged. 2 THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME, by Laura Dave. (Simon & Schuster 4 Audio) Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband. 2 WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?, by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah 5 Read by Rebecca Lowman. 8 hours, 49 minutes unabridged. Winfrey. (Macmillan Audio) An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it. Read by 3 PROJECT HAIL MARY, by Andy Weir. (Audible Studios) Ryland 4 the authors. 8 hours, 27 minutes unabridged. Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders. Read by Ray Porter. 16 3 AMERICAN MARXISM, by Mark R. Levin. (Simon & Schuster 2 hours, 10 minutes unabridged. Audio) The Fox News host gives his take on the Green New Deal, critical race theory and social activism. Read by Jeremy Lowell 4 DUNE, by Frank Herbert. (Macmillan Audio) The 1965 science 4 and the author. 9 hours, 46 minutes unabridged. fiction novel that is the basis of several adaptations, including the forthcoming film directed by Denis Villeneuve. Read by Scott 4 THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, by Bessel van der Kolk. (Penguin 10 Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance and Ilyana Audio) How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative Kadushin. 21 hours, 2 minutes unabridged. treatments for recovery. Read by Sean Pratt. 16 hours, 17 minutes unabridged. 5 WE WERE NEVER HERE, by Andrea Bartz. (Random House 1 Audio) Will the secrets Emily shares with Kristen about violent 5 BREATHE, by Rickson Gracie with Peter Maguire. (HarperAudio) 1 incidents in the past ruin her life? Read by Becca Tobin. 10 hours, A memoir by the former Brazilian jiu-jitsu and mixed martial arts 50 minutes unabridged. competitor. Read by Fred Sanders. 6 hours, 33 minutes unabridged. 6 THE MADNESS OF CROWDS, by Louise Penny. (Macmillan 1 6 I ALONE CAN FIX IT, by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker. 2 Audio) The 17th book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series. (Penguin Audio) The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters examine Gamache is tasked with providing security for a statistics Trump’s final year in office, with a focus on the key players around professor whose views are repulsive to him. Read by Robert him. Read by January LaVoy and the authors. 19 hours, 24 Bathurst. 14 hours, 51 minutes unabridged. minutes unabridged. 7 THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, by Matt Haig. (Penguin Audio) Nora 9 7 THE LONG SLIDE, by Tucker Carlson. (Simon & Schuster Audio) 1 Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains A collection of previously published essays from 1995 to 2016 books with multiple possibilities. Read by Carey Mulligan. 8 hours, by the Fox News host. Read by the author. 6 hours, 22 minutes 50 minutes unabridged. unabridged. 8 MALIBU RISING, by Taylor Jenkins Reid. (Random House Audio) 3 8 EXTREME OWNERSHIP, by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. 38 An epic party has serious outcomes for four famous siblings. Read (Macmillan Audio) Applying the principles of Navy SEALs by Julia Whelan. 11 hours, 5 minutes unabridged. leadership training to any organization. Read by the authors. 8 hours, 15 minutes unabridged. 9 THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO, by Taylor Jenkins 2 Reid. (Simon & Schuster Audio) A movie icon recounts stories of 9 UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. (Random House Audio) The activist 18 her loves and career to a struggling writer. Read by Alma Cuervo, and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner Julia Whelan and Robin Miles. 12 hours, 10 minutes unabridged. voice. Read by the author. 8 hours, 22 minutes unabridged. 10 BLOODLESS, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. (Hachette 1 10 MEATEATER’S CAMPFIRE STORIES: CLOSE CALLS, by 2 Audio) The 20th book in the Pendergast series. Bodies found Steven Rinella. (Random House Audio) A collection of outdoor without blood in their veins might be connected to an unsolved adventures and dangerous encounters. Read by the author and skyjacking. Read by William DeMeritt. 10 hours, 56 minutes other contributors. 5 hours, 15 minutes unabridged. unabridged. 11 A PROMISED LAND, by Barack Obama. (Random House Audio) 10 11 NOLYN, by Michael J. Sullivan. (Audible Studios) The first book 1 In the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama in the Rise and Fall series. Read by Tim Gerard Reynolds, Robin offers personal reflections on his formative years and pivotal Sullivan and the author. 13 hours, 51 minutes unabridged. moments through his first term. Read by the author. 29 hours, 10 minutes unabridged. 12 THE PAPER PALACE, by Miranda Cowley Heller. (Penguin Audio) 2 After an extramarital dalliance, Elle must choose between her 12 THE AUTHORITARIAN MOMENT, by Ben Shapiro. (HarperAudio) 2 husband and her childhood love. Read by Nan McNamara, 12 The conservative commentator depicts what he perceives as hours, 37 minutes unabridged. threats to American business, education and politics. Read by the author. 6 hours, 11 minutes unabridged. 13 WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, by Delia Owens. (Penguin 35 Audio) A young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes 13 THE RECKONING, by Mary L. Trump. (Macmillan Audio) The 1 a murder suspect. Read by Cassandra Campbell. 12 hours, 12 author of “Too Much and Never Enough” examines potential minutes unabridged. trauma caused by current and historical events. Read by the author. 5 hours, 32 minutes unabridged. 14 IT ENDS WITH US, by Colleen Hoover. (Simon & Schuster Audio) 1 A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle 14 BORN A CRIME, by Trevor Noah. (Audible Studios) A memoir 39 of abuse. Read by Olivia Song. 11 hours, 11 minutes unabridged. about growing up in South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.” Read by the author. 8 hours, 50 minutes unabridged. 15 THE FOUR WINDS, by Kristin Hannah. (Macmillan Audio) As 7 dust storms roll during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose 15 SAPIENS, by Yuval Noah Harari. (HarperAudio) How Homo 33 between saving the family and farm or heading West. Read by sapiens became Earth’s dominant species. Read by Derek Julia Whelan. 15 hours, 2 minutes unabridged. Perkins. 15 hours, 17 minutes unabridged.

The titles ranked in these monthly Audiobook Best-Seller Lists are tabulated by the Best-Seller List editors from sales in the United States of digital and physical audio products for the month of August. Sales of titles published in the United States are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Free-trial or low-cost trial audiobook sales are not eligible for inclusion. Publisher credits for audiobooks are listed under the audiobook publisher name. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Editorial, Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers. Best Sellers Monthly

September 12, 2021

THIS MONTHS THIS MONTHS MONTH Graphic Books and Manga ON LIST MONTH Mass Market ON LIST 1 MOTHERING HEIGHTS, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) The 10th 6 1 ROYAL, by Danielle Steel. (Dell) In 1943, the 17-year-old 1 book in the Dog Man series. Can the power of love overcome the Princess Charlotte assumes a new identity in the country and falls darkness and despair created by new villains? in love. 2 JUJUTSU KAISEN, VOL. 11, by Gege Akutami. (VIZ Media) Yuji 1 2 FAITHLESS IN DEATH, by J.D. Robb. (St. Martin’s) The 52nd 2 Itadori is contacted by an unlikely ally while Satoru Gojo battles book of the In Death series. Eve Dallas investigates the murder of the cursed spirits at Shibuya Station. a young sculptor in the West Village. 3 DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA, VOL. 23, by Koyoharu 1 3 A TIME FOR MERCY, by John Grisham. (Dell) The third book 2 Gotouge. (VIZ Media) The end of a centuries-long struggle might in the Jake Brigance series. A 16-year-old is accused of killing a be at hand if Tanjiro Kamado can defeat the King of Demons deputy in Clanton, Miss., in 1990. Muzan Kibutsuji. 4 BLINDSIDE, by James Patterson and James O. Born. (Grand 1 4 CHAINSAW MAN, VOL. 6, by Tatsuki Fujimoto. (VIZ Media) 1 Central) The 12th book in the Michael Bennett series. A serial- Chainsaw Man meets a new girl named Reze who is not what she killing spree might impact national security. seems. 5 YOU BETRAYED ME, by Lisa Jackson. (Zebra) The third book in 1 5 GRIME AND PUNISHMENT, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) The ninth 7 the Cahills series. A womanizer from a rich family wakes up in an book in the Dog Man series. After turning in his badge, the canine out-of-state hospital. cop is determined not to just roll over. 6 FAIR WARNING, by Michael Connelly. (Grand Central) The third 1 6 SENSOR, by Junji Ito. (VIZ Media) A village near Mount Sengoku 1 book in the Jack McEvoy series. A reporter tracks a killer who uses is covered in hairlike volcanic glass fibers, and unidentified flying genetic data to pick his victims. objects rain down at night. 7 THE COURTSHIP OF CAROL SOMMARS, by Debbie Macomber. 1 7 BRAWL OF THE WILD, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) The sixth 4 (Harlequin) A nurse is set up by her teenage son to see his best book in the Dog Man series. When he is wrongly sent to the friend’s father. pound, Dog Man’s friends try to prove his innocence. 8 DEADLOCK, by Catherine Coulter. (Pocket) The 24th book in the 1 8 DOG MAN, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) A dog’s head is combined 1 F.B.I. Thriller series. A young wife, a psychopath and three red with a policeman’s body to create this hybrid supercop hound. boxes puzzle agents Savich and Sherlock. 9 MY HERO ACADEMIA, VOL. 28, by Kohei Horikoshi. (VIZ Media) 3 9 THE INSTITUTE, by Stephen King. (Pocket) Children with special 2 As the war against the Paranormal Liberation Front continues, talents are abducted and sequestered in an institution where the Midoriya senses an ominous presence in the hospital. sinister staff seeks to extract their gifts through harsh methods. 10 DOG MAN UNLEASHED, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) The second 1 10 DEVIL IN DISGUISE, by Lisa Kleypas. (Avon) The seventh book 2 book in the Dog Man series. Petey the Cat’s criminal curiosity in the Ravenels series. Lady Merritt Sterling falls for a Scottish causes trouble. whisky distiller who is in danger. 11 CAT KID COMIC CLUB, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) Stories within 9 11 LOVED YOU FIRST, by Nora Roberts. (Silhouette) Two romance 1 a story come to life as Li’l Petey, Flippy and Molly show baby frogs stories: “Falling for Rachel” and “Convincing Alex.” how to create comics. 12 HUNTER’S MOON, by William W. Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone. 1 12 LORD OF THE FLEAS, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) The fifth book 2 (Pinnacle) The third book in the Hunter Buchanon Black Hills in the Dog Man series. The villainous cat Petey becomes an western series. Grizzly bear attacks at a cattle ranch during a blue unlikely ally. moon are said to be a bad omen. 13 THE BAD GUYS IN CUT TO THE CHASE, by Aaron Blabey. 2 13 HEART AND SOUL, by Nora Roberts. (St. Martin’s) Two romance 1 (Scholastic) The 13th book in the Bad Guys series. What lies stories: “From This Day” and “Storm Warning.” beyond a mysterious doorway in the grossest restaurant in the world? 14 ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, by Quentin Tarantino. 3 (Harper Perennial) A novelization of the film set in 1969, by its 14 KAREN’S KITTYCAT CLUB, by Ann M. Martin. Illustrated by Katy 2 director and screenwriter. Farina. (Scholastic) The fourth book in the Baby-Sitters Little Sister series. Will Karen and her friends get hired to cat-sit? 15 THE BOY FROM THE WOODS, by Harlan Coben. (Grand Central) 2 When a girl goes missing, a private investigator’s feral childhood 15 THE TWISTED ONES, by Scott Cawthon and Kira Breed-Wrisley. 6 becomes an asset in the search. (Scholastic) The second book in the Five Nights at Freddy’s series. When bodies are found near her school, Charlie is drawn back into the world of her father’s creations.

Copyright © 2021 by The New York Times The titles ranked in these monthly Best-Seller Lists are tabulated by the editors of the Best-Seller Lists, from graphic books in hardcover, paperback, manga and digital formats and from mass-market paperback books, sold and published in the United States, and reported to The New York Times during August. Adult, children’s, young adult, fiction and nonfiction graphic books are eligible for inclusion on the graphic books list. Children’s series titles are not eligible for inclusion on the monthly graphic books list. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a title’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the title ranked above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Editorial, Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology. Best Sellers Advice, How-To & Misc. and Monthly

September 12, 2021

THIS WEEKS THIS WEEK Advice, How-to and Miscellaneous ON LIST MONTH Business 1 ATOMIC HABITS, by James Clear. (Avery) (†) 92 1 ATOMIC HABITS, by James Clear. (Avery) (†)

2 THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE, by Charlie 91 2 WOKE, INC., by Vivek Ramaswamy. (Center Street) (†) Mackesy. (HarperOne) 3 THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK, by Mark Manson. 217 3 FOUR THOUSAND WEEKS, by Oliver Burkeman. (Farrar, Straus (Harper) (†) & Giroux) 4 THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. (Northfield) 346 4 DARE TO LEAD, by Brené Brown. (Random House)

5 YOU ARE A BADASS, by Jen Sincero. (Running Press) 243 5 THE FAMILY FIRM, by Emily Oster. (Penguin Press)

HOW TO DO THE WORK, by Nicole LePera. (Harper Wave) 15 6 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown) 6 7 FOUR THOUSAND WEEKS, by Oliver Burkeman. (Farrar, Straus 3 7 THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, & Giroux) Straus & Giroux) 8 THE GIFTS OF IMPERFECTION, by Brené Brown. (Random 90 8 EXTREME OWNERSHIP, by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. (St. House) Martin’s) (†) CAN’T HURT ME, by David Goggins. (Lioncrest) (†) 22 9 I WILL TEACH YOU TO BE RICH, SECOND EDITION, by Ramit 9 Sethi. (Workman) 10 GET OUT OF YOUR HEAD, by Jennie Allen. (WaterBrook) (†) 36 10 GRIT, by Angela Duckworth. (Scribner)

Copyright © 2021 by The New York Times The category Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous Best Sellers includes both print and e-book sales. The titles ranked in these monthly Best-Seller Lists are tabulated by the Best-Seller List editors from among all adult nonfiction print and e-book titles sold and published in the United States, and reported to The New York Times during August. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a title’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the title ranked above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Editorial, Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology. Best Sellers Monthly

September 12, 2021

THIS THIS MONTH Middle Grade Paperback MONTH Young Adult Paperback 1 A LONG WALK TO WATER, by Linda Sue Park. (Houghton Mifflin 1 THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END, by Adam Silvera. (Quill Tree) Harcourt) 2 THE CROSSOVER, by Kwame Alexander. (Houghton Mifflin 2 WE WERE LIARS, by E. Lockhart. (Ember) Harcourt) 3 THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, by Katherine Applegate. Illustrated by 3 A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER, by Holly Jackson. (Ember) Patricia Castelao. (HarperCollins) 4 RESTART, by Gordon Korman. (Scholastic) 4 14 WAYS TO DIE, by Vincent Ralph. (Sourcebooks Fire)

5 FISH IN A TREE, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. (Puffin) 5 SIX OF CROWS, by Leigh Bardugo. (Square Fish)

6 OUT OF MY MIND, by Sharon M. Draper. (Atheneum) 6 THE INHERITANCE GAMES, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. (Little, Brown) 7 WISH, by Barbara O’Connor. (Square Fish) 7 THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. (Knopf)

8 BROWN GIRL DREAMING, by Jacqueline Woodson. (Puffin) 8 LONG WAY DOWN, by Jason Reynolds. (Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy) 9 I AM MALALA, by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick. 9 THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, by (Little, Brown) Sherman Alexie. Illustrated by Ellen Forney. (Little, Brown) 10 INSIDE OUT AND BACK AGAIN, by Thanhha Lai. (HarperCollins) 10 THE LAKE, by Natasha Preston. (Delacorte)

Copyright © 2021 by The New York Times The titles ranked in these monthly Best-Seller Lists are tabulated by the editors of the Best-Seller Lists, from Middle Grade and Young Adult paperback books, sold and published in the United States, and reported to The New York Times during August. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Editorial, Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology. Best Sellers

September 12, 2021 EDITORS’ CHOICE/STAFF PICKS FROM THE BOOK REVIEW

THE AMERICAN WAR IN AFGHANISTAN: A History, IN THE COUNTRY OF OTHERS: Volume One: War, WHAT YOU CAN SEE FROM HERE, by Mariana Leky. by Carter Malkasian. (Oxford University, $34.95.) A War, War, by Leila Slimani. Translated by Sam Taylor. Translated by Tess Lewis. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $27.) former civilian adviser in Afghanistan and aide to (Penguin Books, $26.) Loosely based on the lives of In a German village at the end of the Cold War, a the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Malkasian has written a Slimani’s grandparents, this novel (the first of a grandmother’s recurring dreams foretell her broadreaching, authoritative history of America’s planned trilogy) lays bare women’s intimate, neighbors’ deaths. This whimsical novel draws longest war from 9/11 to the near-present, lacerating experience of war and its consequent from folklore, with a refreshing acceptance of including knowledgeable details on the Afghan trauma. darkness. part of the story. STILL MAD: American Women Writers and the BREATHE, by Joyce Carol Oates. (Ecco, $28.99.) In THE AFGHANISTAN PAPERS: A Secret History of Feminist Imagination, by Sandra M. Gilbert and Susan Oates’s new novel, set in a dreamlike New the War, by Craig Whitlock. (Simon & Schuster, $30.) Gubar. (Norton, $27.95.) Four decades after “The Mexico, a writer faces the shock of grief after her Whitlock, a Washington Post reporter, takes us Madwoman in the Attic,” their pioneering work of husband is stricken with a terminal illness. With behind the scenes to describe how America’s feminist literary scholarship, Gilbert and Gubar minimal back story and swift-moving prose, the military and political leaders across three have produced a sequel, tracing expressions of author paints an urgent, often surreal portrait of administrations engaged in what he calls an anxiety, anger and desire in an array of recent mourning. “unspoken conspiracy to mask the truth” about women writers — from Audre Lorde and Adrienne the failures in Afghanistan. Rich to Claudia Rankine and Maggie Nelson. AFTER THE APOCALYPSE: America’s Role in a World Transformed, by Andrew Bacevich. (Metropoli- MRS. MARCH, by Virginia Feito. (Liveright, $26.) This PUBLIC CITIZENS: The Attack on Big Government tan, $26.99.) Bacevich’s critique of American debut novel, a witty psychological thriller in the and the Remaking of American Liberalism, by Paul foreign policy over the past decades targets the style of Patricia Highsmith and Margaret Millar, Sabin. (Norton, $26.95.) This is a meticulously notion of “American exceptionalism” and the features a cowed, increasingly unstable Upper documented account of how the adversarial dissonance between the windy rhetoric of the East Side housewife who is convinced that her liberalism of the late 1960s, as embodied by Ralph country’s political leaders and the harsh realities novelist husband has mercilessly skewered her in Nader, replaced New Deal liberalism and opened of the world. his latest book. the door for Ronald Reagan’s antigovernment conservatism. The full reviews of these and other recent books are on the web: nytimes.com/books.

PAPERBACK ROW

SEND FOR ME, by Lauren Fox. (Vintage, 272 pp. THE AWKWARD BLACK MAN: Stories, by Walter JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century, $16.95.) Fox’s fourth novel, which includes Mosley. (Grove, 352 pp., $17.) While noting that 1917-1956, by Fredrik Logevall. (Random House, 816 excerpts of letters from her great-grandmother to Mosley “delights in the wonderfully bizarre,” our pp., $20.) In the words of our reviewer, David M. her grandmother, follows a young Jewish woman reviewer, Rion Amilcar Scott, still marveled at the Kennedy, no one “has told the tale of the 35th in 1930s Germany who leaves her parents behind surprising secrets harbored by the variously president’s formative years better or more when she and her husband and young daughter quirky men who populate these yarns: “Each thoroughly” than Logevall, a Harvard history move to the United States to escape the Nazis. protagonist seems simple and often shallow on professor, in this first of two projected volumes, Our reviewer, Claire Lombardo, called the the surface, but as the story progresses he unfurls which concludes with Kennedy’s failed bid for the author’s prose “rhythmic and gorgeous.” into greater and frankly breathtaking complexity.” Democratic vice-presidential nomination.

THE BEST OF ME, by David Sedaris. (Back Bay, 400 pp. PIRANESI, by Susanna Clarke. (Bloomsbury, 272 pp. THE BOY IN THE FIELD, by Margot Livesey. (Harper $18.99.) Our reviewer, Andrew Sean Greer, read $17.) That Clarke (“Jonathan Strange & Mr. Perennial, 272 pp. $16.99.) The “real mysteries” of the droll raconteur’s latest book — essays that are Norrell”) has been housebound due to a chronic this novel about a boy left for dead in a field lie mostly about family and love — on a plane, while illness, our Otherworldly columnist, Amal not with who attacked him but with the charac- medicated. Yet in the “non-narcotic light of day” El-Mohtar, observed, “further illuminates the ters who witnessed the crime, according to our he stood behind the final note he’d jotted in its secluded world” of this timely fantasy novel, reviewer, Jenny Rosenstrach, who described margins, despite the comment’s oddness which views confinement through “a filter of Livesey’s writing as “so cinematic you can hear regarding a collection: “This is the best thing marble and gold, of rushing ocean, of tenderness the orchestral soundtrack as you tear through the Sedaris has ever written.” and love.” pages.”

Jennifer Krauss