New York Times Best Seller List – Week of October 6, 2019 FICTION NONFICTION TW LW WOL TW LW WOL THE INSTITUTE / Stephen King. Children with special talents TALKING TO STRANGERS / Malcolm Gladwell. are abducted and sequestered in an institution where the Famous examples of miscommunication serve as the 1 2 2 1 1 2 sinister staff seeks to extract their gifts through harsh methods. backdrop to explain potential conflicts and misunderstandings THE TESTAMENTS / Margaret Atwood. In a sequel to “The PERMANENT RECORD / Edward Snowden. A memoir Handmaid’s Tale,” old secrets bring three women together as 2 1 2 2 by the former National Security Agency contractor who -- 1 the Republic of Gilead’s theocratic regime shows signs of decay. exposed the government’s mass surveillance program. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING / Delia Owens. A woman who CALL SIGN CHAOS / Jim Mattis. Marine officer and 3 survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect. 3 55 3 secretary of defense recounts key moments from his 2 3 career and imparts his leadership philosophy. LAND OF WOLVES / Craig Johnson. The 15th book in the EDUCATED / Tara Westover. The daughter of 4 Longmire series. Back from Mexico, Sheriff Longmire must deal -- 1 4 3 83 with a wolf and a killer on the loose survivalists leaves home for university. THE GIRL WHO LIVED TWICE / David Lagercrantz. Mikael THE ONLY PLANE IN THE SKY / Garrett M. Graff. An oral history of the events that occurred on Sept. 11, 5 Blomkvist helps Lisbeth Salander put her past behind her in the 6 4 5 5 2 latest installment of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series. 2001, based on transcripts, declassified documents and interviews. THE ORACLE / Jonathan Cahn. A traveler discovers mysteries 6 hidden behind seven locked doors. 5 3 SHE SAID / Jodi Kanto. Two reporters for New York Times recount their investigation into Harvey Weinstein’s 6 6 2 alleged abuses of power and subsequent global KILLER INSTINCT / James Patterson and Howard Roughan. disclosure of women’s traumatic stories The second book in the Instinct series. When an act of terror 7 4 2 BECOMING / Michelle Obama. The former first lady strikes New York, Dr. Reinhart and Detective Needham go after 7 describes how she balanced work, family and her 10 45 a sociopath. husband’s political ascent. RED AT THE BONE / Jacqueline Woodson. The long-lasting THE EDUCATION OF AN IDEALIST / Samantha 8 decisions young people make are explored through the history -- 1 Power. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author's journey from of a Brooklyn teenager’s family. 4 2 8 being an immigrant to being an activist outsider to THE TITANIC SECRET / Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul. The serving in President Obama’s cabinet. 11th book in the Isaac Bell series. Dirk Pitt finds a document 9 7 2 RADICALS, RESISTANCE AND REVENGE / Jeanine that brings a mystery from 1911 back to life. Pirro. The Fox News host posits those she labels anti- 9 9 4 A BETTER MAN / Louise Penny. The 15th book in the Chief Trump conspirators have committed possible crimes and 10 Inspector Gamache series. The search for a missing girl is 9 4 a plot to destroy liberty. imperiled by rising floodwaters across the province. HOW TO / Randall Munroe. The former NASA roboticist THE NICKEL BOYS / Colson Whitehead. Two boys respond to 10 dispenses complex and excessive solutions to common 7 2 11 horrors at a Jim Crow-era reform school in ways that impact 11 10 problems. them decades later HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST / Ibram X. Kendi. A THE SECRETS WE KEPT / Lara Prescott. During the Cold 11 primer for creating a more just and equitable society 13 6 12 War, members of C.I.A.’s typing pool aid its mission to smuggle 10 3 through identifying and opposing racism. the banned book “Doctor Zhivago” behind the Iron Curtain. LIFESPAN / David A. Sinclair. LaPlante. Professor of genetics at Harvard Medical School expounds on some VENDETTA IN DEATH / J.D. Robb. The 49th book of the In 12 11 2 Death series. Eve Dallas looks into the misdeeds of a wealthy new technologies and lifestyle changes that may affect 13 8 3 businessman while a vigilante named Lady Justice uses aging. ON FIRE / Naomi Klein. Essays arguing in favor of disguises to avenge women who were wronged 13 -- 1 THIS TENDER LAND / William Kent Krueger. Four orphans climate action and social justice. THE PIONEERS / David McCullough. The Pulitzer 14 escape a Minnesota school and encounter a cross-section of 12 3 different people struggling during the Great Depression. 14 Prizewinning historian tells the story of the settling of the -- 19 Northwest Territory through five main characters. A LITTLE HATRED / Joe Abercrombie. The Age of Madness THREE WOMEN / Lisa Taddeo. Inequality of female 15 series opens with a war erupting during a time of change. -- 1 15 desire is explored through sex lives of a homemaker, a 12 11 high school student and a restaurant owner. 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 AMERICAN CARNAGE / Tim Alberta THE OYSTERVILLE SEWING CIRCLE / Susan Wiggs ASK AGAIN, YES / Mary Keane THE PERFECT WIFE / JP Delaney AUDIENCE OF ONE / James Poniewozik QUICHOTTE / Salman Rushdie BARK OF NIGHT / David Rosenfelt RANGE / David Epstein BENEATH THE ATTIC / V.C. Andrews RED METAL / Mark Greaney BENEATH THE TAMARIND TREE / Isha Sesay A REPUBLIC IF YOU CAN KEEP IT / Neil Gorsuch BIG SKY / Kate Atkinson RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT / Geoff Tibballs THE BITTERROOTS / C.J. Box RIVAL’S BREAK / Carla Neggers BLOOD TRUTH / J.R. Ward ROBERT B PARKER’S THE BITTEREST PILL / Reed THE CHAIN / Adeian McKinty Coleman CITY OF GIRLS / Elizabeth Gilbert THE RUSSIA ACCOUNT / Stephen Coontz CONTRABAND / Stuart Wods SEARCHING FOR SYLVIE LEE / Jean Kwok CRISIS IN THE RED ZONE / Richard Preston THE SECOND MOUNTAIN / David Brooks CUT AND RUN / Fern Michaels SEEKERS / Heather Graham A DANGEROUS MAN / Robert Crais SHAMED / Linda Castillo DARK ILLUSION / Christine Feehen SHAMELESS / Ace Atkins THE DARK SIDE / Danielle Steel SIEGE / Michael Wolff DEATH IN FOCUS / Anne Perry THE SILENT PATIENT / Alex Michaelides THE DUTCH HOUSE / Ann Patchett SINGLE THREAD / Tracy Chevalier ELEVATOR PITCH / Linwwod Barclay SINS OF THE FATHERS / Judith Jance EVERYTHING IS FIGUROUTABLE / Marie Forleo SMOKESCREEN / Iris Johansen EVVIE DRAKE STARTS OVER / Linda Holmes SOMEONE WE KNOW / Shari Lapena FENTANYL INC. / Ben Westhoff SOPHIA PRINCESS AMONG BEASTS / James GIRLS LIKE US / Cristina Alger Patterson GODS OF THE UPPER AIR / King Charles SPIRIT OF THE SEASON / Fern Michaels GOLDEN HOUR / Beatriz Williams SPYING ON THE SOUTH / Tony Horwitz GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2020 SUM OF ALL SHADOWS / Eric Van Lustbader HABEN / Haben Girma SUMMER OF ’69 / Elin Hilderbrand HART’S HOLLOW FARN / Janet Dailey SURFSIDE SISTERS / Nancy Thayer HURRICANES / Rick Ross TEMPTATION’S DARLING / Johanna Lindsey IMAGINANRY FRIEND / Stephen Chbosky TEXAS FOREVER / Janet Dailey THE INLAND / Tea Obreht THANK YOU FOR MY SERVICE / Mat Best THE INN / James Patterson THINGS YOU SAVE IN A FIRE / Katherine Center KNAVES OVER QUEENS / George R.R. Martin TIDELANDS/ Gregory Philippa KOCHLAND / Christopher Leonard TOOLS AND WEAPONS / Brad Smith THE LAST HOUSE GUEST / Megan Miranda TRICK MIRROR / Jia Taddeo THE LAST WIDOW / Karin Slaughter THE TURN OF THE KEY / Ruth Ware LETHAL AGENT / Kyle Mills UNDER CURRENTS / Nora Roberts LOCK EVERY DOOR / Riley Sager UNDER THE TABLE / Stephanie Evanovich LOVE AND DEATH AMONG THE CHEETAHS / Rhys UNFREEDOM OF THE PRESS / Mark Levin Bowen THE UNITED STATES OF TRUMP / Bill O’Reilly MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE/ Lori UNLEASHED / Diana Palmer Gorrlieb THE WARNING / James Patterson MET HER MATCH / Jude Deveraux THE WATER DANCER / Ta-Nehisi Coates MOMENT OF LIFT / Melinda Gates WHAT ROSE FORGOT / Nevada Barr MRS EVERYTHING / Jennifer Weiner WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING / Delia Owens MY LIFE AS A RAT / Joyce Oates THE WHISPER MAN / Alex North NEVER HAVE I EVER / Joshilyn Jackson WHISPER NETWORK / Chandler Baker NEW GIRL / Daniel Silva WILL MY CAT EAT MY EYEBALLS? / Caitlin Doughty THE NINTH HOUSE / Leigh Bardugo WILLING TO DIE / Lisa Jackson NOTHING VENTURED / Jeffery Archer WINDOW ON THE BAY / Debbie Macomber OLD BONES / Douglas Preston A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE / Sonia Purnell ONE GOOD DEED / David Baldacci THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT / Alice Hoffman OUR DOGS, OURSELVES / Alexandra Horowitz THE YEARS THAT MATTER MOST / Paul Tough OUTFOX / Sandra Brown THE OUTLAW OCEAN / Ian Urbina .