New York Times Best Seller List – Week of September 22, 2019 FICTION NONFICTION TW LW WOL TW LW WOL WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING / Delia Owens. In a quiet CALL SIGN CHAOS / Jim Mattis. Marine infantry 1 town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman 2 53 1 officer/secretary of defense recounts key moments -- 1 who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect. from career and imparts leadership philosophy. VENDETTA IN DEATH / J.D. Robb. The 49th book of the In EDUCATED / Tara Westover. The daughter of Death series. Eve Dallas looks into the misdeeds of a 2 -- 1 2 survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates 1 81 wealthy businessman while a vigilante named Lady Justice herself enough to leave home for university. uses disguises to avenge women who were wronged. RADICALS, RESISTANCE AND REVENGE / THIS TENDER LAND / William Kent Krueger. Four orphans Jeanine Pirro. The Fox News host posits those she 3 3 2 3 escape a Minnesota school and encounter a cross-section of -- 1 labels anti-Trump conspirators have committed different people struggling during the Great Depression. possible crimes and a plot to destroy liberty. THE ORACLE / Jonathan Cahn. A traveler discovers BECOMING / Michelle Obama. Former first lady 4 -- 1 mysteries hidden behind seven locked doors. describes her journey from the South Side of Chicago 4 2 43 A BETTER MAN / Louise Penny. The 15th book in the Chief to White House, and how she balanced work, family 5 Inspector Gamache series. The search for a missing girl is 1 2 and husband’s political ascent. imperiled by rising floodwaters across the province. THE PIONEERS / David McCullough. Pulitzer Prize- 5 winning historian tells the story of settling of 4 18 THE GIRL WHO LIVED TWICE / David Lagercrantz. Mikael Northwest Territory through five main characters. 6 Blomkvist helps Lisbeth Salander put her past behind her in 3 2 the latest installment of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series. HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST / Ibram X. Kendi. A 6 primer for creating a more just and equitable society 5 4 THE SECRETS WE KEPT / Lara Prescott. During the Cold through identifying and opposing racism. War, members of the C.I.A.’s typing pool aid its mission to 7 -- 1 smuggle the banned book “Doctor Zhivago” behind the Iron MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO SOMEONE / Lori Curtain. 7 Gottlieb. Psychotherapist gains insights when she 7 16 becomes another therapist’s patient. THE INN / James Patterson and Candice Fox. A former THREE WOMEN / Lisa Taddeo. Inequality of female 8 Boston police detective who is now an innkeeper must shield 5 5 a seaside town from a crew of criminals. 8 desire is explored through sex lives of a homemaker, 6 9 a high school student and a restaurant owner. THE DARK SIDE / Danielle Steel. Painful childhood TRICK MIRROR / Jia Tolentino. Nine essays delving 9 memories surface for Zoe Morgan when she has a child of 4 2 9 8 5 her own. into capitalism, online engagement, personal history. THANK YOU FOR MY SERVICE / Mat Best. An THE TURN OF THE KEY / Ruth Ware. A nanny working in a 10 inside look into military life by the YouTube 9 3 10 technology-laden house in Scotland goes to jail when one of 8 5 personality and former Army Ranger. the children dies. HURRICANES / Rick Ross. Grammy nominated DARK ILLUSION / Christine Feehan. The 33rd book in the 11 rapper recounts health scares, controversy of time as -- 1 11 Carpathian series. A mage and an ancient warrior must stop -- 1 a correctional officer and rise in music industry. a threat against all Carpathians. PROOF OF CONSPIRACY / Seth Abramson. The ONE GOOD DEED / David Baldacci. A World War II veteran N/A BBC and CNN political and legal analyst argues that -- 1 12 on parole must find the real killer in a small town or face 6 7 12 Middle Eastern geopolitics were central to Donald going back to jail. Trump’s election and foreign policy. THE NICKEL BOYS / Colson Whitehead. Two boys respond SUPER PUMPED / Mike Isaac. Technology reporter 13 to horrors at a Jim Crow-era reform school in ways that 7 8 N/A 13 chronicles the rise and fall of Uber, and how this -- 1 impact them decades later. serves as a corporate cautionary tale. OLD BONES / Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. An UNFREEDOM OF THE PRESS / Mark R. Levin. The 14 expedition into the Sierra Nevada uncovers new twists to the 10 3 14 conservative commentator and radio host makes his 11 16 events involving the Donner party during the 1840s. case that the press is aligned with political ideology. THE SILENT PATIENT / Alex Michaelides. Theo Faber BILL CUNNINGHAM: ON THE STREET / The New 15 looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops 9 27 N/A 15 York Times. Five decades of photographs by New -- 1 speaking after shooting her husband. York Times fashion photographer. 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 NEW GIRL / Daniel Silva BARK OF NIGHT / David Rosenfelt THE OYSTERVILLE SEWING CIRCLE / BENEATH THE ATTIC / V.C. Andrews Susan Wiggs BENEATH THE TAMARIND TREE / Isha PIONEERS / David Mccullough Sesay QUICHOTTE / Salmon Ruchdie A BETTER MAN / Loise Penny RECURSION / Blake Crouch BIG SKY / Kate Atkinson RED METAL / Mark Greaney BLOOD TRUTH / J.R. 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