New York Times Best Seller List – Week of March 7, 2021 FICTION NONFICTION TW LW WOL TW LW WOL A COURT OF SILVER FLAMES, by Sarah J. Maas. 5th book HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER, by Bill 1 in A Court of Thorn and Roses series. Nesta Archeron is -- 1 O/O 1 Gates. A prescription for what business, governments -- 1 forced into close quarters with a warrior named Cassian. and individuals can do to work toward zero emissions. THE FOUR WINDS, by Kristin Hannah. As dust storms roll JUST AS I AM, by Cicely Tyson. The late iconic 2 during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose between 1 3 actress describes how she worked to change 2 2 4 saving the family and farm or heading West. perceptions of Black women through her career THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, by Matt Haig. Nora Seed finds a choices. 3 library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books 3 12 THE SUM OF US, by Heather McGhee. The chair of with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived. O/O the board of the racial justice organization Color of -- 1 THE VANISHING HALF, by Brit Bennett. The lives of twin 3 Change analyzes the impact of racism on the sisters who run away from a Southern Black community at economy. 4 5 38 age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a WALK IN MY COMBAT BOOTS, by James Patterson different racial identity but their fates intertwine. O/O 4 and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney. A collection 1 2 THE SANATORIUM, by Sarah Pearse. Elin Warner must of interviews with troops who fought overseas. O/O find her estranged brother’s fiancée, who goes missing as a 4 3 A PROMISED LAND, by Barack Obama. In the first 5 storm approaches a hotel that was once a sanatorium in the volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama 5 3 14 Swiss Alps. offers personal reflections on his formative years and THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE, by V.E. Schwab. pivotal moments through his first term. 6 A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the 6 17 CASTE, by Isabel Wilkerson. Pulitzer Prize-winning adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries. journalist examines aspects of caste systems across 6 8 29 WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, by Delia Owens. In a civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young today. 7 8 129 woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder GREENLIGHTS, by Matthew McConaughey. The suspect. 7 Academy Awardwinning actor shares snippets from 6 18 THE RUSSIAN, by James Patterson. 13th book in the the diaries he kept over the last 35 years. 8 Michael Bennett series. An assassin killing a number of 7 4 BETWEEN TWO KINGDOMS, by Suleika Jaouad. women might disrupt the detective’s wedding plans. O/O Writer of the New York Times column “Life, Interrupted” 10 2 FAITHLESS IN DEATH, by J.D. Robb. 52nd book of the In 8 chronicles her fight with cancer and an impactful road O/O trip. 9 Death series. Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a young 2 2 sculptor in the West Village. UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. Activist and public 9 speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner 9 50 MISSING AND ENDANGERED, by J.A. Jance. 19th book in voice. O/O the Joanna Brady Mysteries series. The Cochise County -- 1 10 Sheriff's daughter becomes involved in a missing persons FOUR HUNDRED SOULS, edited by Ibram X. Kendi. case. 10 A compendium featuring 90 writers covering 400 5 3 years of AfricanAmerican history. RELENTLESS, by Mark Greaney. 10th book in the Gray Man O/O THINK AGAIN, by Adam Grant. An examination of 11 series. Assassins go after Court Gentry as he attempts to -- 1 O/O bring back an American agent who went missing. 11 the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that 4 3 could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world. ANXIOUS PEOPLE, by Fredrik Backman. A failed bank UNMASKED, by Andy Ngo. A former writer for the 12 robber holds a group of strangers hostage at an apartment 10 23 O/O open house. 12 online magazine Quillette gives his perspective on the 7 3 activist movement antifa. THE PARIS LIBRARY, by Janet Skeslien Charles. A THE BLACK CHURCH, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., O/O teenager in Montana discovers that her elderly neighbor 9 2 O/O Companion book to the PBS series that provides a look 13 worked decades earlier at the American Library in Paris and -- 1 13 at five centuries of the meaning and functions of the was part of the Resistance. Black church in America. THE RETURN, by Nicholas Sparks. A doctor serving in the THE DAUGHTERS OF KOBANI, by Gayle Tzemach 14 Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two 12 21 O/O 14 Lemmon. In 2014, a group of all-female Kurdish militia -- 1 women change his life. faced off against ISIS in a small town in Syria. rd A TIME FOR MERCY, by John Grisham. 3 book in the Jake BECOMING, by Michelle Obama. Former first lady 15 11 19 Brigance series. A 16-year-old is accused of killing a deputy 15 describes how she balanced work, family and her 11 106 in Clanton, Miss., in 1990. husband’s political ascent. 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 THE 99% INVISIBLE CITY / Roman Mars (10/23) THE LAST STORY OF MINA LEE / Nancy Jooyoun Kim ALL THAT GLITTERS / Danielle Steel (12/8) (10/7) ALL THE COLORS OF NIGHT / Jayne Ann Krentz (1/7) THE LAW OF INNOCENCE / Michael Connelly (11/30) AMERICAN CRISIS / Andrew Cuomo (11/6) LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND / Rumaan Alam (11/19) AMERICAN DIRT / Jeanine Cummins (1/23/20) LIGHT OF THE JEDI / Charles Soule (1/7) THE AWAKENING / Nora Roberts (12/8) LIVE IN LOVE / Lauren Akins (12/8) BAG MAN / Rachel Maddow (12/30) LIVE NOT BY LIES / Rod Dreher (10/15) BATTLE OF BROTHERS / Robert Lacey (11/4) LOVE LETTERING / Kate Clayborn (1/27) BATTLEGROUNDS / H.R. McMaster (10/15) LOVE YOUR LIFE / Sophie Kinsella (11/20) BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED / Lisa Gardner (1/15) MAGIC LESSONS / Alice Hoffman (10/13) THE BEST OF ME / David Sedaris (11/30) MARAUDER / Clive Cussler (11/30) BLACK BUCK / Mateo Askaripour (1/26) MELANIA AND ME / Stephanie Winston Wolkoff BLACKOUT / Candace Owens (11/6) (11/19) THE BOOK OF TWO WAYS / Jodi Picoult (10/15) THE MIDWIFE MURDERS / James Patterson (11/20) BREATH / James Nestor (9/2) MODERN WARRIORS / Pete Hegseth (11/30) THE BRIGHTEST STAR / Fern Michaels (11/9) MOONFLOWER MURDERS / Anthony Horowitz (11/30) CARDIFF, BY THE SEA / Joyce Carol Oates (12/7) THE MYSTERY OF MRS. CHRISTIE / Marie Benedict CHANCE OF A LIFETIME / Jude Deveraux (11/18) (1/21) CHAOS / Iris Johansen (11/18) NEIGHBORS / Danielle Steel (1/7) CHRISTMAS CUPCAKE MURDER / Joanne Fluke (11/18) NEXT TO LAST STAND / Craig Johnson (10/15) CLANDLANDS / Sam Heughan (12/18) NO TIME LIKE THE FUTURE / Michael J. 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PARKER’S SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME GROUP / Christie Tate (11/12) / Ace Atkins (2/8) THE GUEST LIST / Lucy Foley (7/23) SAVING FREEDOM / Joe Scarborough (1/21) HAMNET / Maggie O’ Farrell (1/21) SAVING JUSTICE / James Comey (1/15) THE HARBINGER II / Jonathan Cahn (10/30) THE SCORPION’S TAIL / Douglas Preston (1/15) HIDDEN IN PLAIN SIGHT / Jeffery Archer (11/6) THE SEARCHER / Tana French (10/23) HIS TRUTH IS MARCHING ON / Jon Meacham (10/21) THE SENTINEL / Lee Child (11/9) HOT TO TROT / M.C. Beaton (11/19) SEPARATED / Jacob Soboroff (10/30) HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST / Ibram X. Kendi (9/10) SHADOW OF THE DRAGON / Marc Cameron (12/7) HOW TO RAISE AN ELEPHANT / Alexander McCall SHADOWS IN DEATH / J.D.