New York Times Best Seller List – Week of May 23, 2021 FICTION NONFICTION TW LW WOL TW LW WOL THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME, by Laura Dave. Hannah KILLING THE MOB, by Bill O’Reilly. 10th book in the O/O Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds -- 1 conservative commentator’s Killing series looks at 1 O/O -- 1 with his daughter from a previous relationship. 1 organized crime in the United States during the 20th 21ST BIRTHDAY, by James Patterson. 21st book in the century. O/O WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?, by Bruce D. Perry. An 2 Women’s Murder Club series. New evidence changes the -- 1 investigation of a missing mother. 2 approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an 1 2 SOOLEY, by John Grisham. Samuel Sooleymon receives a essential question used to investigate it. basketball scholarship to North Carolina Central and THE PREMONITION, by Michael Lewis. Stories of 3 1 2 O/O determines to bring his family over from a civil war-ravaged 3 skeptics who went against the official response of the -- 1 South Sudan. Trump administration to the outbreak of Covid19 FINDING THE MOTHER TREE, by Suzanne Simard. PROJECT HAIL MARY, by Andy Weir. Ryland Grace O/O O/O An ecologist describes ways trees communicate, -- 1 4 awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the -- 1 4 fate of humanity rests on his shoulders. cooperate and compete. THE BOMBER MAFIA, by Malcolm Gladwell. A look THE HILL WE CLIMB, by Amanda Gorman. The poem read O/O 5 on President Joe Biden's Inauguration Day, by the youngest 2 6 5 at the key players and outcomes of precision bombing 2 2 poet to write and perform an inaugural poem. during World War II. PERSIST, by Elizabeth Warren. The senior senator THE FOUR WINDS, by Kristin Hannah. As dust storms roll O/O 6 during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose between 5 14 6 from Massachusetts shares six influential -- 1 saving the family and farm or heading West. perspectives that shaped her life and advocacy. THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, by Matt Haig. Nora Seed finds a GREENLIGHTS, by Matthew McConaughey. The 7 library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books 6 23 7 Academy Awardwinning actor shares snippets from 9 29 with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived. the diaries he kept over the last 35 years. A GAMBLING MAN, by David Baldacci. Aloysius Archer, a UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. Activist and public 8 World War II veteran, seeks to apprentice with Willie Dash, a 4 3 8 speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner 7 61 private eye, in a corrupt California town. voice. FINDING ASHLEY, by Danielle Steel. Two estranged sisters, CRYING IN H MART, by Michelle Zauner. The daughter 9 one a former best-selling author, the other a nun, reconnect 3 2 of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and as one searches for the child the other gave up. 9 leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, 6 3 describes creating her own identity after losing her THE NEWCOMER, by Mary Kay Andrews. After discovering mother to cancer. her sister dead, Letty Carnahan drives away with her niece 10 -- 1 YOU ARE YOUR BEST THING, edited by Tarana and finds potential trouble with a police detective at a Florida 10 Burke. An anthology of writing on the Black experience 3 2 motel. and shame resilience. SUMMER ON THE BLUFFS, by Sunny Hostin. Amelia Vaux O/O CASTE, by Isabel Wilkerson. Pulitzer Prize-winning 11 Tanner plans to give a cottage in a Black beach community -- 1 11 journalist examines aspects of caste systems across 8 40 to one of her three favorite guests. civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America toda THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE, by V.E. Schwab. OUT OF MANY, ONE, by George W. Bush. Forty-three 12 A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the 9 28 12 portraits by the former president, of men and women 5 3 adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries. who have immigrated to the United States. THE TYRANNY OF , by . HOUR OF THE WITCH, by Chris Bohjalian. In 1662 Boston, O/O O/O Republican senator from Missouri gives his assessment -- 1 13 a young Puritan woman seeks to escape from a cruel -- 1 13 husband and rumors that might mean her death. of Google, , and Apple. GREAT CIRCLE, by Maggie Shipstead. An actress ON JUNETEENTH, by Annette Gordon-Reed. Pulitzer O/O immerses herself in the role of a pioneering woman aviator -- 1 O/O Prize winner weaves together American history with 14 14 -- 1 who disappeared in Antarctica. personal memoir to show the importance of events in Galveston, Texas, on June 19, 1865. OCEAN PREY, by John Sandford. 31st book in the Prey THE WRECKAGE OF MY PRESENCE, by Casey 15 series. When federal officers are killed, Lucas Davenport and 7 4 O/O 15 Wilson. Essays by the actress and comedian on the ups -- 1 Virgil Flowers team up to investigate matters. and downs of womanhood and motherhood.

Key: Tw = This Week’s rank; Lw = Last Week’s rank; Wol = # of Weeks on List; o/o – on order; = available; I/P = In Processing; N/A = Not Available

ADDITIONAL BEST SELLING TITLES

 2034 / Elliot Ackerman (4/9)  LIKE STREAMS TO THE OCEAN / Jedidiah Jenkins (3/12)  THE AFFAIR / Danielle Steel (3/12)  THE LOST APOTHECARY / Sarah Penner (3/29)  ALL THE COLORS OF NIGHT / Jayne Ann Krentz (1/7)  LOVE LETTERING / Kate Clayborn (1/27)  ANTITRUST / Amy Klobuchar (5/17)  LOVER UNVEILED / J.R. Ward (4/21)  ATOMIC HABITS / James Clear (4/21)  MADAM SPEAKER / Susan Page (5/17)  BEAUTIFUL THINGS / Hunter Biden (5/12)  THE MAN WHO LIVED UNDERGROUND / Richard Wright  THE BEAUTY OF LIVING TWICE / Sharon Stone (4/28) (5/18)  BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED / Lisa Gardner (1/15)  A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH / Phillip Margolin (3/12)  BETWEEN TWO KINGDOMS / Suleika Jaouad (3/12)  MEANT TO BE / Jude Deveraux (3/15)  BLACK BUCK / Mateo Askaripour (1/26)  MIKE NICHOLS / Mark Harris (3/12)  THE BLACK CHURCH / Henry Louis Gates Jr (3/12)  MISSING AND ENDANGERED / J.A. Jance (3/12)  BLINK OF AN EYE / Iris Johansen (3/12)  THE MYSTERY OF MRS. CHRISTIE / Marie Benedict (1/21)  BLOOD AND TREASURE / Bob Drury (5/4)  NEIGHBORS / Danielle Steel (1/7)  THE BOUNTY / Janet Evanovich (3/29)  THE NEWCOMER / Mary Kay Andrews (5/13)  BROKEN / Jenny Lawson (5/4)  NO WAY OUT / Fern Michaels (4/9)  BROKEN HORSES / Brandi Carlile (4/21)  NOTHERN SPY / Flynn Berry (5/4)  CALDER BRAND / Janet Dailey (3/12)  NOTHIN’ BUT A GOOD TIME / Tom Beaujour (4/9)  THE CODE BREAKER / Walter Isaacson (3/31)  OF WOMEN AND SALT / Gabriela Garcia (4/13)  THE COMMITTED / Viet Thanh Nguyen (4/9)  ON THE HOUSE / John Boehner (5/17)  THE CONSEQUENCES OF FEAR / Jacqueline Winspear (4/13)  THE OTHER EMILY / Dean Koontz (3/29)  A COURT OF SILVER FLAMES / Sarah J. Maas (2/19)  OUT OF HOUNDS / Rita Mae Brown (2/4)  DANGER IN NUMBERS / Heather Graham (3/29)  OUTLAWED / Anna North (1/27)  DARK SKY / C.J. Box (3/29)  THE PALM BEACH MURDERS / James Patterson (5/13)  THE DAUGTHERS OF KOBANI / Gayle Tzemach Lemmon  THE PARIS LIBRARY / Janet Skeslien Charles (3/12) (3/12)  PHILIP ROTH / Blake Bailey (4/21)  DEATH WITH A DOUBLE EDGE / Anne Perry (4/13)  PIANOS AND FLOWERS / Alexander McCall Smith (2/4)  DESTINED FOR YOU / Tracie Peterson (3/12)  THE POWER COUPLE / Alex Berenson (3/12)  THE DEVIL’S HAND / Jack Carr (5/4)  THE PUSH / Ashley Audrain (1/26)  A DISTANT SHORE / Karen Kingsbury (5/4)  RACHEL MADDOW / Lisa Rogak (1/26)  THE DOCTORS BLACKWELL / Janice P. Nimura (2/19)  READY PLAYER TWO / Ernest Cline (12/23)  DOUBLE JEOPARDY / Stuart Woods (3/29)  THE RED BOOK / James Patterson (3/29)  EGG SHOOTERS / Laura Childs (2/4)  RELENTLESS / Mark Greaney (3/12)  EMPIRE OF PAIN / Patrick Radden Keefe (5/4)  REMEMBER / Lisa Genova (4/13)  ENDLESS MERCY / Tracie Peterson (3/10)  ROBERT B. PARKER’S SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME / Ace  ETERNAL / Lisa Scottoline (3/29) Atkins (2/8)  FAITHLESS IN DEATH / J.D. Robb (3/12)  ROCK ME ON THE WATER / Ronald Brownstein (4/13)  FAST ICE / Clive Cussler (3/12)  THE RUSSIAN / James Patterson (2/4)  F*CK IT, I’LL START TOMORROW / Action Bronson (5/17)  THE RUSSIAN CAGE / Charlaine Harris (3/12) THE FINAL TWIST / Jeffery Deaver (5/24)  THE SANATORIUM / Sarah Pearse (3/12)  FINDING FREEDOM / Erin French (4/26)  SAVING FREEDOM / Joe Scarborough (1/21)  FIRST PERSON SINGULAR / Haruki Murakami (5/5)  SAVING JUSTICE / James Comey (1/15)  FOUR HUNDRED SOULS / Ibram X. Kendi (2/11)  THE SCORPION’S TAIL / Douglas Preston (1/15) FUGITIVE TELEMETRY / Martha Wells (5/19)  SEND FOR ME / Lauren Fox (3/12)  GIRL A / Abigail Dean (3/12)  SERPENTINE / Jonathan Kellerman (3/12)  THE GOD EQUATION / Michio Kaku (5/4)  SPIN / Patricia Cornwell (1/7)  GOOD COMPANY / Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney (5/5)  STARGAZER / Anne Hillerman (4/21)  THE GOOD SISTER / Sally Hepworth (4/1)  THE SUM OF US / Heather McGhee (3/29)  GOODBYE, AGAIN / Jonny Sun (5/17)  SUNFLOWER SISTERS / Martha Hall Kelly (4/13)  GREATER GOOD / Timothy Zahn (5/5)  THE SURVIVORS / Jane Harper (3/12)  HAMNET / Maggie O’ Farrell (1/21)  A SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN / George Saunders (2/2)  HAUNTED HIBISCUS / Laura Childs (3/12)  THINK AGAIN / Adam Grant (3/29)  HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER / Bill Gates (3/12)  THIS IS HOW THEY TELL ME THE WORLD ENDS / Nicole  HOW Y’ALL DOING? / Leslie Jordan (5/17) Perlroth (3/12)  HUNT, GATHER, PARENT / Michaeleen Doucleff (3/25)  THIS IS THE FIRE / Don Lemon (4/9)  HUSH-HUSH / Stuart Woods (1/6)  TILL MURDER DO US PART / James Patterson (2/19)  INFINITE COUNTRY / Patricia Engel (3/25)  TRIPLE CHOCOLATE CHEESECAKE MURDER / Joanne Fluke  JUST AS I AM / Cicely Tyson (2/4) (3/12)  THE KAISER’S WEB / Steve Berry (3/12)  TURN A BLIND EYE / Jeffrey Archer (4/13)  KEEP SHARP / Sanjay Gupta, MD (2/4)  TWENTY / James Grippando (1/7)  KINGDOM OF SHADOW AND LIGHT / Karen Marie Moning  THE UMBERLLA LADY / V.C. Andrews (3/12) (3/12)  UNFINISHED / Priyanka Chopra Jones (3/10)  KLARA AND THE SUN / Kazuo Ishiguro (4/9)  UNMASKED / Andy Ngo (3/12)  LADY BIRD JOHNSON / Julia Sweig (3/31)  THE VANISHING HALF / Brit Bennett (8/12)  THE LADY HAS A PAST / Amanda Quick (5/13)  THE VENICE SKETCHBOOK / Rhys Bowen (4/9)  LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN / Joan Didion (3/2)  WALK IN MY COMBAT BOOTS / James Patterson (3/11)  LIFE AFTER DEATH / Sister Souljah (3/12)  WE BEGIN AT THE END / Chris Whitaker (3/25)  THE LIGHT OF DAYS / Judy Batalion (5/4)  WHAT’S MINE AND YOURS / Naima Coster (4/9)  LIGHT OF THE JEDI / Charles Soule (1/7)  WHEN HARRY MET MINNIE / Martha Teichner (3/12)  LIGHTING GAME / Christine Feehan (3/12)  WHEN THE STARS GO DARK / Paula McLain (5/4)

 WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING / Delia Owens (8/31)  WHEREABOUTS / Jhumpa Lahiri (5/17)  THE WIFE UPSTAIRS / Rachel Hawkins (1/26)  WILD SIGN / Patricia Briggs (3/15)  WIN / Harlan Coben (3/29)  WINTERING / Katherine May (1/21)  WORLD OF WONDERS / Aimee Nezhukumatathil (2/26)  A WORLD ON THE WING / Scott Weidensaul (4/13)  THE WRONG FAMILY / Tarryn Fisher (1/22)  YOU LOVE ME / Caroline Kepnes (5/4)