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New York Times Bestseller List Adult Non-Fiction This Week 1 HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST, by Ibram X. Kendi. A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism. 305.8 KEN 2 COUNTDOWN 1945, by Chris Wallace with Mitch Weiss. The Fox News Sunday anchor gives an account of the key people involved in and events leading up to America’s attack on Hiroshima in 1945. 3 UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice. B DOY 4 BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Winner of the 2015 National Book Award for nonfiction. A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story, framed as a letter to the author’s teenage son. 305.8 COA LGPRNT & 305.8 COA 5 BECOMING, by Michelle Obama. The former First Lady describes how she balanced work, family, and her husband’s political ascent. B OBA & CDBK B OBA 6 THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE, by Erik Larson. An examination of the leadership of the prime minister Winston Churchill. 940.54 LAR & CDBK 940.54 LAR 7 OUR TIME IS NOW, by Stacey Abrams. The nonprofit chief executive and former minority leader of the Georgia House of Representatives makes her case for voter protections, elevated identity politics, and moral international leadership. 8 EDUCATED, by Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalists leaves home for university. B WES & CDBK B WES 9 UNITED STATES OF SOCIALISM, by Dinesh D’Souza. The conservative commentator makes his case that identity politics are woven into what he considers socialism in America. 10 ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY, by Layla F. Saad. Ways to understand and possibly counteract white privilege. ORDERED June 28, 2020 New York Times Bestseller List Adult Fiction This Week 1 WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, by Delia Owens. In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect. OWE Whe & CDBK Whe 2 CAMINO WINDS, by John Grisham. The line between fact and fiction becomes blurred when an author of thrillers is found dead after a hurricane hits Camino Island. GRI Cam 3 THE VANISHING HALF, by Brit Bennett. The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and other takes on a different racial identity but their fates intertwine. BEN Van 4 THE SUMMER HOUSE, by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois. Jeremiah Cook, a veteran and former NYPD cop, investigates a mass murder near a lake in Georgia. PAT Sum 5 DADDY’S GIRLS, by Danielle Steel. After a California rancher’s sudden death, his daughters discover things they did not know about their father. STE Dad 6 FAIR WARNING, by Michael Connelly. The third book in the Jack McEvoy series. A reporter tracks a killer who uses genetic data to pick his victims. CON Fai 7 IF IT BLEEDS, by Stephen King. Four novellas: “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone”, “The Life of Chuck”, “Rat”, and “If It Bleeds.” KIN IfI & KIN LARGE PRINT 8 TOM CLANCY: FIRING POINT, by Mike Maden. When an old friend is killed during the bombing of a Barcelona café, Jack Ryan Jr. searches for those responsible. CLA Fir 9 HIDEAWAY, by Nora Roberts. A child star escapes her abductors, gathers herself in western Ireland and returns to Hollywood. ROB Hid & ROB LARGE PRINT 10 THE GUEST LIST, by Lucy Foley. A wedding between a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of Ireland turns deadly. FOL Gue June 28, 2020 .