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#1 WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
Delia Owens
In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
On the bestsellers list for 81 weeks
#2 THE BOY FROM THE WOODS
Harlan Coben
When a girl goes missing, a private investigator’s feral childhood becomes an asset in the search.
On the bestsellers list for 1 week
#3 AMERICAN DIRT
Jeanine Cummins
A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.
On the bestsellers list for 9 weeks
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#4 THE MIRROR & THE LIGHT
Hilary Mantel
The third book in the Wolf Hall trilogy. After Anne Boleyn’s execution, Thomas Cromwell’s enemies assemble.
On the bestsellers list for 2 weeks
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#5 STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER
Rae Carson
The Resistance goes on a new adventure as word of the re-emergence of Emperor Palpatine is sent across the galaxy.
On the bestsellers list for 1 week
#6 SMOKE BITTEN
Patricia Briggs
The 12th book in the Mercy Thompson series. The car mechanic who has the ability to turn into a coyote takes on a deadly foe.
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#7 IN FIVE YEARS
Rebecca Serle
A Manhattan lawyer finds herself confronting a vision she had when elements of it come to life on schedule.
On the bestsellers list for 2 weeks
#8 BLINDSIDE
James Patterson and James O Born
The 12th book in the Michael Bennett series. A serial-killing spree might impact national security.
On the bestsellers list for 4 weeks
#9 JOURNEY OF THE PHARAOHS
Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
The 17th book of the NUMA Files series. The NUMA squad teams with British MI5 to stop arms dealers from stealing ancient relics.
On the bestsellers list for 2 weeks
#10 MY DARK VANESSA
Kate Elizabeth Russell
A woman re-evaluates the relationship she had at age 15 with her 42-year-old English teacher 17 years ago.
On the bestsellers list for 2 weeks
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#11 THE SILENT PATIENT
Alex Michaelides
Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.
On the bestsellers list for 42 weeks
#12 HOUSE OF EARTH AND BLOOD
Sarah J Maas
Passion arises between Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar as they seek to avenge the deaths of Bryce’s friends.
On the bestsellers list for 3 weeks
#13 LONG RANGE
CJ Box
The 20th book in the Joe Pickett series. A grizzly bear attack and an attempted assassination of a local judge baffle the Wyoming game warden.
On the bestsellers list for 3 weeks
#14 THE GIVER OF STARS
Jojo Moyes
In Depression-era Kentucky, five women refuse to be cowed by men or convention as they deliver books.
On the bestsellers list for 23 weeks
#15 THE DUTCH HOUSE
Ann Patchett
A sibling relationship is impacted when the family goes from poverty to wealth and back again over the course of many decades.
On the bestsellers list for 26 weeks
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