New York Times Best Seller List – Week of February 21, 2021 FICTION NONFICTION TW LW WOL TW LW WOL THE FOUR WINDS, by Kristin Hannah. As dust storms roll FOUR HUNDRED SOULS, edited by Ibram X. Kendi O/O 1 during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose between -- 1 1 A compendium featuring 90 writers covering 400 -- 1 saving the family and farm or heading West. years of AfricanAmerican history. THE SURVIVORS, by Jane Harper. Kieran Elliott takes his THINK AGAIN, by Adam Grant. An examination of O/O young family to his coastal hometown, where a body is found -- 1 O/O 2 2 the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that -- 1 on the beach. could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world. THE VANISHING HALF, by Brit Bennett. The lives of twin JUST AS I AM, by Cicely Tyson. Late iconic actress sisters who run away from a Southern Black community at 3 2 36 3 describes how she worked to change perceptions of 1 2 age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a Black women through her career choices. different racial identity but their fates intertwine. A PROMISED LAND, by Barack Obama. In the first THE RUSSIAN, by James Patterson. 13th book in the volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama 4 2 12 4 Michael Bennett series. An assassin killing a number of 1 2 offers personal reflections on his formative years and women might disrupt the detective’s wedding plans. pivotal moments through his first term. THE SANATORIUM, by Sarah Pearse. Elin Warner must UNMASKED, by Andy Ngo. A former writer for the O/O find her estranged brother’s fiancée, who goes missing as a O/O -- 1 5 online magazine Quillette gives his perspective on the -- 1 5 storm approaches a hotel that was once a sanatorium in the activist movement antifa. Swiss Alps. GREENLIGHTS, by Matthew McConaughey. THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, by Matt Haig. Nora Seed finds a 6 Academy Awardwinning actor shares snippets from 3 16 6 library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books 3 10 the diaries he kept over the last 35 years. with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived. CASTE, by Isabel Wilkerson. Pulitzer Prize-winning THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE, by V.E. Schwab. journalist examines aspects of caste systems across 7 4 27 7 A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the 4 15 civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries. today. SEND FOR ME, by Lauren Fox. A woman in Wisconsin UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. Activist and public O/O 8 discovers a trove of her grandmother’s letters that detail her -- 1 8 speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner 5 48 experiences in Germany leading up to World War II. voice. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, by Delia Owens. In a BECOMING, by Michelle Obama. Former first lady quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young 9 9 5 127 describes how she balanced work, family and her 8 104 woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder husband’s political ascent. suspect. HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST, by Ibram X. Kendi. A GIRL A, by Abigail Dean. When their mother dies in prison, 10 primer for creating a more just and equitable society 11 41 O/O 10 Lex Gracie and her siblings confront their shared past and -- 1 through identifying and opposing racism. shifting alliances. WHEN HARRY MET MINNIE, by Martha Teichner. ANXIOUS PEOPLE, by Fredrik Backman. A failed bank O/O 11 CBS Sunday Morning correspondent develops a bond -- 1 11 robber holds a group of strangers hostage at an apartment 10 21 with the ailing owner of a dog she agrees to adopt. open house. MIKE NICHOLS, by Mark Harris. A biography of the rd O/O A TIME FOR MERCY, by John Grisham. 3 book in the Jake 12 award winning theater and film director who was also -- 1 12 Brigance series. A 16-year-old is accused of killing a deputy 11 17 half of the seminal improv duo with Elaine May. in Clanton, Miss., in 1990. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN, by Joan Didion. SERPENTINE, by Jonathan Kellerman. 36th book in the Alex O/O Collection of 12 pieces written between 1968 and O/O 13 6 2 13 Delaware series. Sturgis calls on Delaware to help solve a -- 1 2000 that includes observations on the underground decades-old cold case. press and the act of writing. READY PLAYER TWO, by Ernest Cline. In a sequel to A SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN, by George 14 “Ready Player One,” Wade Watts discovers a technological 9 11 14 Saunders. A collection of essays examining the 10 4 advancement and goes on a new quest. functions and importance of works of fiction. THE RETURN, by Nicholas Sparks. A doctor serving in the LIKE STREAMS TO THE OCEAN, by Jedidiah Jenkins. 15 7 19 O/O Author of “To Shake the Sleeping Self” explores eight Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two 15 -- 1 women change his life. subjects that he believes give life meaning.
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
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THE 99% INVISIBLE CITY / Roman Mars (10/23) THE JACKAL / J.R. Ward (10/21) ALL THAT GLITTERS / Danielle Steel (12/8) KEEP SHARP / Sanjay Gupta, MD (2/4) ALL THE COLORS OF NIGHT / Jayne Ann Krentz (1/7) KILLING CRAZY HORSE / Bill O’Reilly (10/7) AMERICAN CRISIS / Andrew Cuomo (11/6) THE LAST DAYS OF JOHN LENNON / James Patterson AMERICAN DIRT / Jeanine Cummins (1/23/20) (12/10) THE ANSWER IS... / Alex Trebek (9/17) THE LAST DRUID / Terry Brooks (11/4) THE AWAKENING / Nora Roberts (12/8) THE LAST STORY OF MINA LEE / Nancy Jooyoun Kim BAG MAN / Rachel Maddow (12/30) (10/7) BATTLE OF BROTHERS / Robert Lacey (11/4) THE LAW OF INNOCENCE / Michael Connelly (11/30) BATTLEGROUNDS / H.R. McMaster (10/15) LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND / Rumaan Alam (11/19) BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED / Lisa Gardner (1/15) LIGHT OF THE JEDI / Charles Soule (1/7) THE BEST OF ME / David Sedaris (11/30) LIVE IN LOVE / Lauren Akins (12/8) BLACK BUCK / Mateo Askaripour (1/26) LIVE NOT BY LIES / Rod Dreher (10/15) BLACKOUT / Candace Owens (11/6) LOVE LETTERING / Kate Clayborn (1/27) THE BOOK OF TWO WAYS / Jodi Picoult (10/15) LOVE YOUR LIFE / Sophie Kinsella (11/20) BREATH / James Nestor (9/2) MAGIC LESSONS / Alice Hoffman (10/13) THE BRIGHTEST STAR / Fern Michaels (11/9) MARAUDER / Clive Cussler (11/30) CARDIFF, BY THE SEA / Joyce Carol Oates (12/7) MELANIA AND ME / Stephanie Winston Wolkoff (11/19) CHANCE OF A LIFETIME / Jude Deveraux (11/18) THE MIDWIFE MURDERS / James Patterson (11/20) CHAOS / Iris Johansen (11/18) MODERN WARRIORS / Pete Hegseth (11/30) CHOPPY WATER / Stuart Woods (9/30) MOONFLOWER MURDERS / Anthony Horowitz (11/30) CHRISTMAS CUPCAKE MURDER / Joanne Fluke (11/18) THE MYSTERY OF MRS. CHRISTIE / Marie Benedict (1/21) CLANDLANDS / Sam Heughan (12/18) NEIGHBORS / Danielle Steel (1/7) COAST TO COAST MURDERS / James Patterson (10/15) NEXT TO LAST STAND / Craig Johnson (10/15) A COURT OF SILVER FLAMES / Sarah J. Maas (2/19) NO TIME LIKE THE FUTURE / Michael J. Fox (12/8) DARK TIDES / Philippa Gregory (12/7) THE NOEL LETTERS / Richard Paul Evans (12/7) DAYLIGHT / David Baldacci (11/19) NYPD RED 6 / James Patterson (12/15) DEADLY CROSS / James Patterson (12/8) ONE BY ONE / Ruth Ware (10/7) A DEADLY EDUCATION / Naomi Novik (10/15) ONE LIFE / Megan Rapinoe (11/30) DO YOU FEEL LIKE I DO? / Peter Frampton (11/12) ONE VOTE AWAY / Ted Cruz (10/30) THE DOCTORS BLACKWELL / Janice P. Nimura (2/19) OUT OF HOUNDS / Rita Mae Brown (2/4) DOLLY PARTON / Dolly Parton (11/18) OUTLAWED / Anna North (1/27) DREAMING DEATH / Heather Graham (11/18) PAPPYLAND / Wright Thompson (11/30) EAT A PEACH / David Chang (10/30) PARADISE PEAK / Janet Dailey (11/18) EDUCATED / Tara Westover (6/18/19) PIANOS AND FLOWERS / Alexander McCall Smith (2/4) EGG SHOOTERS / Laura Childs (2/4) PIECE OF MY HEART / Mary Higgins Clark (12/7) ELEANOR / David Michaelis (12/18) PIRANESI / Susanna Clarke (10/13) ELSEWHERE / Dean Koontz (12/7) THE PUSH / Ashley Audrain (1/26) THE EVENING AND THE MORNING / Ken Follett (10/7) A QUESTION OF BETRAYAL / Anne Perry (11/18) EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IN IT’S TIME / Jenna Bush Hager RACHEL MADDOW / Lisa Rogak (1/26) (10/7) A REPUBLIC UNDER ASSAULT / Tom Fitton (12/14) EVIL GENIUSES / Kurt Andersen (10/1) RETURN TO VIRGIN RIVER / Robyn Carr (11/16) FIFTY WORDS FOR RAIN / Asha Lemmie (10/30) THE RHYTHM OF WAR / Brandon Sanderson (12/8) FIRST PRINCIPLES / Thomas E. Ricks (11/30) ROBERT B. PARKER’S SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME / FORTUNE AND GLORY / Janet Evanovich (11/6) Ace Atkins (2/8) FRONTIER FOLLIES / Ree Drummond (12/8) SAVING FREEDOM / Joe Scarborough (1/21) THE GREATEST BEER RUN EVER / John Donohue (11/30) SAVING JUSTICE / James Comey (1/15) GROUP / Christie Tate (11/12) THE SCORPION’S TAIL / Douglas Preston (1/15) THE GUEST LIST / Lucy Foley (7/23) THE SEARCHER / Tana French (10/23) HAMNET / Maggie O’ Farrell (1/21) THE SENTINEL / Lee Child (11/9) THE HARBINGER II / Jonathan Cahn (10/30) SEPARATED / Jacob Soboroff (10/30) HER LAST FLIGHT / Beatriz Williams (9/2) SHADOW OF THE DRAGON / Marc Cameron (12/7) HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT / Jeffery Archer (11/6) SHADOWS IN DEATH / J.D. Robb (10/7) HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON / Jon Meacham (10/21) SHAKEUP / Stuart Woods (12/7) HOT TO TROT / M.C. Beaton (11/19) THE SILENCE / Don DeLillo (11/4) HOW TO RAISE AN ELEPHANT / Alexander McCall Smith THE SILENT WIFE / Karin Slaughter (9/15) (12/7) SPIN / Patricia Cornwell (1/7) HRH / Elizabeth Holmes (12/18) THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE / Erik Larson (2/26/20) HUMANS / Brandon Stanton (10/23) SQUEEZE ME / Carl Hiaasen (11/6) HUSH-HUSH / Stuart Woods (1/6) TEN LESSONS FOR A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD / Fareed I WOULD LEAVE ME IF I COULD / Halsey (11/30) Zakaria (10/23) INVISIBLE GIRL / Lisa Jewell (10/30) THREE WOMEN DISAPPER / James Patterson (11/12) IS THIS ANYTHING? / Jerry Seinfeld (10/30) TILL MURDER DO US PART / James Patterson (2/19) JACK / Marilynne Robinson (10/15) TOTAL POWER / Kyle Mills (10/7)
TROUBLES IN PARADISE / Elin Hilderband (11/16) TRULY, MADLY, DEEPLY / Karen Kingsbury (11/20) TRUMPTY DUMPTY WANTED A CROWN / John Lithgow (11/19) TWENTY / James Grippando (1/7) TWILIGHT OF THE GODS / Ian W. Toll (11/6) UNCOMFORTABLE CONVERSATIONS WITH A BLACK MAN / Emmanuel Acho (11/30) UNDAUNTED / John O. Brennan (10/23) UNRESTRICTED ACCESS / James Rollins (11/18) WAR LORD / Bernard Cornwell (12/7) WHIRLWIND / Janet Dailey (11/20) WHITE IVY / Susie Yang (12/8) THE WIFE UPSTAIRS / Rachel Hawkins (1/26) WINTERING / Katherine May (1/21) THE WONDER BOY OF WHISTLE STOP / Fannie Flagg (11/12) THE WRONG FAMILY / Tarryn Fisher (1/22) WYOMING TRUE / Diana Palmer (12/8)