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NY Times Bestsellers List (Fiction) 10/06/2019

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Top 10

Hardback Fiction

Week Ending October 6th 2019

10 - A Better Man - Louis Penny 
(4 weeks on list)

9  -  The Titanic Secret - Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul
(2 weeks on list)

8  -  Red At The Bone - Jacqueline Woodson
(Debut)
The long-lasting decisions young people make are explored through the history of a Brooklyn teenager's family.

7  -  Killer Instinct - James Patterson and Howard Roughan
(2 weeks on list)

6  -  The Oracle - Jonathan Cahn
(3 weeks on list)

5  -  The Girl Who Lived Twice - David Lagercrantz 
(4 weeks on list)

4  -  Land of Wolves - Craig Johnson
(Debut)
The 15th book in the Longmire series.  Back from Mexico, Sheriff Longmire must deal with a wolf and a killer on the loose. 

3  -  Where The Crawdad Sings - Delia Owens 
(55 weeks on list)

2  -  The Testaments - Margaret Atwood 
(2 weeks on list)  (last week at #1)
In a sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale", old secrets bring three women together as the Republic of Gilead's theocratic regime shows signs of decay.

1  -  The Institute - Stephen King
(Debut)
Children with special talents are abducted and sequestered in an institution where the sinister staff seeks to extract their gifts through harsh methods.

NY TIMES BESTSELLER LIST JULY 7th 2019

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending July 7th 2019

10 - Fleishman Is In Trouble - Taffy Brodesser-Akner
(Debut)
Toby Fleishman is forced to confront his own perception of his actions when his ex-wife drops off their kids at his place and disappears.

9  -  Queen Bee - Dorothea Benton
(4 weeks on list)

8  -  On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous - Ocean Vuong
(3 weeks on list)
Little Dog writes a letter to a mother who cannot read, revealing a family history.

7  -  The Oracle - Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell
(2 weeks on list)
Treasure hunting couple, Sam and Remi Fargo, embark on a new adventure to find a sacred ancient scroll and lift its curse.

6  -  Tom Clancy : Enemy Contact - Mike Maden
(2 weeks on list)
Jack Ryan Jr.'s latest adventures take him on a mission to stop an international criminal conspiracy and deal with tragic news.

5  -  Mrs. Everything - Jennifer Weiner
(2 weeks on list)
The story of two sisters, Jo and Bethie Kaufman, and their life experiences as the world around them changes drastically from the 1950s.

4  -  Unsolved - James Patterson and David Ellis
(3 weeks on list)
A string of seemingly accidental and unrelated deaths confound F.B.I. agent Emmy Dockery

3  -  City of Girls - Elizabeth Gilbert
(3 weeks on list)

2  -  Where The Crawdads Sing - Delia Owens
(42 weeks on list)

1  -  Summer of  '69 - Elin Hilderbrand
(Debut)
The Levin family undergoes dramatic events with a son in Vietnam, a daughter in protests and dark secrets hiding beneath the surface.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) May 26th 2019

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending May 26th 2019

10 - The Guest Book - Sarah Blake
(Debut)
Evie Milton uncovers a story going back a couple of generations that may shatter a family myth.

9  -  Neon Prey - John Sanford
(4 weeks on list)  (former #1)
The 29th book in the Prey series.  Lucas Davenport goes after a serial killer.

8  -  The Big Kahuna - Janet Evanovich and Peter Evanovich
(Debut)
The sixth book in the Ford and O'Hare series.  An FBI agent teams up with a con man to search for a Silicon Valley billionaire.

7  -  The Road Home - Richard Paul Evans
(Debut)
The third book in the Broken Road series.  Charles James continues his journey on Route 66 to his ultimate destination.

6  -  Storm Cursed - Patricia Biggs
(Debut)
The 11th book in the Mercy Thompson series.  Dangers swell as Death approaches.

5  -  Sunset Beach - Mary Kay Andrews
(Debut)
Drue Campbell inherits a run-down beach bungalow and takes a job at her estranged father's personal injury attorney office.

4  -  Redemption - David Baldacci
(4 weeks on list) (former #1)
The fifth book in the Memory Man series.  The first man Amos Decker put behind bars asks to have his name cleared.

3  -  Blessing in Disguise - Danielle Steel
(Debut)
Isabelle McAvoy faces challenges as she raises three daughters from three separate fathers on her own.

2  -  The 18th Abduction - James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
(2 weeks on list)
The 18th book in the Women's Murder Club series.  Lindsay Boxer investigates the disappearance of three female teachers.

1  -  Where The Crawdad  Sings - Delia Owens 
(36 weeks on list) 
A woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) September 16th 2018

New York Times Bestseller List

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Top 10

Week Ending September 16th 2018

10 - There There - Tommy Orange
(10 weeks on list)

9  -  Before We Were Yours - Lisa Wingate 
(50 weeks on list)

8  -  Stygian  - Sherrilyn Kenyon
(Debut)
The 29th book in the Dark-Hunter series.  A trained slayer forms alliances with enemies.

7  -  Circe - Madeline Miller
(5 weeks on list)

6  -  Pieces of Her - Karin Slaughter 
(2 weeks on list)

5  -  Tailspin - Sandra Brown 
(4 weeks on list)

4  -  The Outsider - Stephen King 
(15 weeks on list)

3  -  The President is Missing - James Patterson
(13 weeks on list)

2  -  Texas Ranger - James Patterson 
(3 weeks on list)  (2 weeks at #1)

1  -  The Fall of Gondolin - J.R.R. Tolkien 
(Debut)
Thousands of years before the events of "The Lord of the Rings", a hero named Tuor visits a secret city.  Edited by Christopher Tolkien.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) June 17th 2018

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Top 10

Week Ending  June 17th 2018

10 - Before We Were Yours - Lisa Wingate
(37 weeks on list)

9  -  The Cast - Danielle Steel 
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  By Invitation Only - Dorothea Benton Frank
(3 weeks on list)

7  -  The Fallen - David Baldacci
(7 weeks on list)

6  -  The 17th Suspect - James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
(5 weeks on list)

5  -  To The Moon And Back - Karen Kingsbury 
(Debut)
A man whose mother died in the Oklahoma City bombing seeks to reconnect with a woman who is also affected by the tragedy.

4  -  The Death Of Mrs. Westaway - Ruth Ware
(Debut)
A tarot card reader mistakenly receives an inheritance letter and attends the funeral of the deceased.

3  -  The Gray Ghost - Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell
(Debut)
Sam and Remi Fargo search for a Rolls-Royce prototype that has vanished for a second time.

2  -  Shelter In Place - Nora Roberts
(Debut)
Survivors of a mass shooting outside a mall in Portland, ME., develop different coping mechanisms and face a new menace.

1  -  THE OUTSIDER - STEPHEN KING
(2 weeks on list) (2nd week at #1)
A detective investigates a seemingly wholesome member of the community when an 11-year-old boy's body is found.

NY Times Bestseller List (May 13th 2018)

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending  May 13th 2018

10 - The Great Alone - Kristin Hannah
(10 weeks on list)

9  -  The Woman in the Window - A.J. Finn
(17 weeks on list)

8  -  After Anna - Lisa Scottoline 
(3 weeks on list)

7  -  The Female Persuasion - Meg Wolitzer
(4 weeks on list)

6  -  Before We Were Yours - Lisa Wingate
(32 weeks on list)

5  -  I've Got My Eyes On You - Mary Higgins Clark
(4 weeks on list)

4  -  Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng
(32 weeks on list)

3  -  The Hellfire Club - Jake Tapper
(Debut)
Charlie Marder, a World War II veteran and unlikely congressman, gets entangled in a dangerous series of events in 1950s D.C.

2  - The Fallen - David Baldacci
(2 weeks on list)  (#1 last week)
Amos Decker, known as the Memory Man, puts his talents toward solving a string of murders in a Rust Belt town. 

1  -  Twisted Prey - John Sandford
(Debut)
The 28th book in the Prey series.  A federal marshal looks into the actions of a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) March 25th 2018

New York Times Bestsellers List

Hardback Fiction

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Week Ending  March 25th 2018

10 - Still Me - Jojo Moyes
(6 weeks on list)

9  -  Before We Were Yours - Lisa Wingate
(25 weeks on list)

8  -  Burn Bright - Patricia Briggs
(Debut)
The Fifth book in the Alpha and Omega series.  Mated werewolves Charles Cornick and Anna Latham answer a call of distress.

7  -  An American Marriage - Tayari Jones
(5 weeks on list)

6  -  Fifty Fifty - James Patterson and Candice Fox
(3 weeks on list)

5  -  The Woman in the Window - A.J. Finn
(10 weeks on list)

4  -  Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng
(25 weeks on list)

3  -  The Great Alone - Kristine Hannah
(5 weeks on list)  (4 consecutive weeks at #1)

2  -  Star Wars : The Last Jedi - Jason Fry
(Debut)
An adaptation of the film, written with input from its director, Rian Johnson, which includes scenes from alternate versions of the script.

1  -  The Escape Artist - Brad Meltzer 
(Debut)
Nola Brown, a painter and trained soldier, discovers a military secret that traces back to Harry Houdini.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) January 28th 2018

New York Times Bestseller List

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Top 10

Week Ending January 28th 2018

10 - Robicheaux - James Lee Burke 
(2 weeks on list)
A bereaved detective confronts his past and works to clear his name when he becomes a suspect during an investigation into the murder of the man who killed his wife.

9  -  Blood Fury - J.R. Ward
(Debut)
The third book in the Black Dagger Legacy series

8  -  Before We Were Yours - Lisa Wingate 
(17 weeks on list)

7  -  The Immortalists - Chloe Benjamin 
(Debut)
Four adolescents learn the dates of their death from a psychic and their lives go on different courses.

6  -  Sing, Unburied, Sing - Jesmyn Ward 
(4 weeks on list)

5  -  Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng
(17 weeks on list)

4  -  The Rooster Bar - John Grisham 
(12 weeks on list)

3  - Origin - Dan Brown  
(15 weeks on list)

2  -  The Wife Between Us - Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
(Debut)
The connections linking a hedge fund manager, his ex-wife and his fiancee are explored from several points of view.

1  -  THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW - A.J. FINN
(2 weeks on list)  (2 consecutive weeks at #1)
A recluse who drinks heavily and take prescription drugs may have witnessed a crime across from her Harlem townhouse.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) October 8th 2017

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending October 8th 2017

10 - "Y" Is For Yesterday - Sue Grafton
(5 weeks on list)

9  -  The Romanov Ransom - Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell
(2 weeks on list)

8  -  Little Fires Everywhere - Celeste Ng
(2 weeks on list)

7  -  Enemy of the State - Kyle Mills
(3 weeks on list)

6  -  A Legacy of Spies - John le Carre
(3 weeks on list)

5  -  The Girl Who Takes An Eye For An Eye - David Lagercrantz
(3 weeks on list)

4  -  Haunted - James Patterson and James O. Born
(Debut)
A detective from New York takes his family on a vacation in Maine and is enlisted by local cops to help solve a crime in the woods.

3  -  A Column of Fire - Ken Follett
(2 weeks on list) (#1 last week)

2  -  To Be Where You Are - Jan Karon 
(Debut)
The 14th novel in the Mitford series. Three generations of Kavanaghs face changes in their lives.

1  -  The Cuban Affair - Nelson DeMille
(Debut)
A Miami lawyer solicits an Army veteran to go on a secret mission to recover $60 million stashed away in Cuba.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) July 23rd 2017

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Week Ending July 23rd 2017

10 - The Force - Don Winslow
(Debut)
A detective sergeant and his crew in Manhattan North deal with gangs, drugs and guns, and steal millions of dollars.

9  -  The Silent Corner - Dean Koontz
(3 weeks on list)
An F.B.I. agent investigates an alarming surge in suicides, including her husband's.  The first in a new series.

8  -  A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
(33 weeks on list)

7  -  Wired - Julie Garwood
(Debut)
An F.B.I. agent recruits an idealistic (and beautiful) hacker to help him find a leaker.

6  -  The Identicals - Elin Hilderbrand
(4 weeks on list)

5  -  The Duchess - Danielle Steel
(2 weeks on list)
A 19th-century British duke's daughter, disinherited by her half brothers, flees to Paris to make a new life.

4  -  Into The Water - Paula Hawkins
(10 weeks on list)

3  -  Use of Force - Brad Thor
(2 weeks on list)
The counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath is called in when a missing terrorism suspect drowns off the Italian coast.

2  -  Murder Games - James Patterson and Howard Roughan
(2 weeks on list)
An expert on serial murder becomes involved in the hunt for a New York City killer.

1  -  Camino Island - John Grisham 
(5 weeks on list) (5 consecutive weeks at #1)
A search for stolen rare manuscripts leads to a Florida Island.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) June 25th 2017

New York Times Bestseller List

Hardback Fiction

Top 10

Week Ending June 25th 2017

10 - Indecent Exposure - Stuart Woods
(Debut)
Rekindling a romance with an old girlfriend who is now secretary of state exposes the New York lawyer Stone Barrington to unwanted attention.

9  -  The Fix - David Baldacci
(8 weeks on list)

8  -  Nighthawk - Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
(2 weeks on list)

7  -  The Ministry of Utmost Happiness - Arundhati Roy 
(Debut)
A sprawling novel of modern India by the author of "The God of Small Things".

6  -  No Middle Name - Lee Child
(4 weeks list)

5  -  Love Story - Karen Kingsbury 
(Debut)
How John and Elizabeth Baxter fell in love.

4  -  Dragon Teeth - Michael Crichton 
(3 weeks on list)

3  -  Come Sundown - Nora Roberts
(2 weeks on list) (#1 last week)
Years after she was kidnapped, a woman returns to her family's Montana ranch.

2  -  Into the Water - Paula Hawkins 
(6 weeks on list)

1  -  Camino Island - John Grisham 
(Debut)
A search for stolen rare manuscripts leads to a Florida island.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) April 2nd 2017

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Top 10

Week Ending April 2nd 2017

10 - Silence Fallen - Patricia Briggs 
(2 weeks on list)
The shape-shifter Mercy Thompson finds herself in the clutches of the world's most powerful vampire.

9  -  Exit West - Mohsin Hamid 
(2 weeks on list)
Lovers in a city overwhelmed with violence escape through mysterious doors

8  -  A Gentleman in Moscow - Amor Towles
(18 weeks on list)

7  -  Lincoln in the Bardo - George Saunders
(5 weeks on list)

6  -  Without Warning - Joel C. Rosenberg
(Debut)
A journalist pursues the head of ISIS after an attack on the Capitol when the administration fails to take action.

5  -  In This Grave Hour - Jacqueline Winspear
(Debut) 
The psychologist and investigator Maisie Dobbs gets an assignment as World War II begins.

4  -  The Devil's Triangle - Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison
(Debut)
The F.B.I. special agent Nicholas Drummond and his partner, Michaela Caine, track evil twins who can control the weather.

3  -  Norse Mythology - Neil Gaiman
(6 weeks on list)

2  -  Dangerous Games - Danielle Steel 
(2 weeks on list)  (last week at #1)
A television correspondent investigates damning allegations against the vice president of the United States.

1  -  The Cutthroat - Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
(Debut)
In 1911. searching for a young actress who has disappeared, the detective Isaac Bell discovers a serial killer. 

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) December 4th 2016

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Week Ending December 4th 2016

10 - Catalyst - James Luceno 
(Debut)
This novel sets the stage for "Rogue One : A Star Wars Story", to be released this month.

9  -  The Wrong Side of Goodbye - Michael Connelly
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  The Mistletoe Secret - Richard Paul Evans
(Debut)
A man struggling with the aftermath of a divorce sets out to find the anonymous writer of a blog about loneliness, and discovers more than he expected.

7  -  Chaos - Patricia Cornwell 
(Debut)
In the 24th novel in the series, the forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta investigates a death that seems to have been (but was not) caused by lightning.  Is her old nemesis Carrie Grethen involved.

6  -  Two By Two - Nicholas Sparks
(7 weeks on list)

5  -  Odessa Sea - Clive Cussler and Dirk Cussler
(Debut)
Trying to locate an Ottoman shipwreck in the Black Sea, the NUMA director Dirk Pitt encounters more than he expected.

4  -  Night School - Lee Child
(2 weeks on list)

3  -  The Whistler - John Grisham 
(4 weeks on list)

2  -  No Man's Land - David Baldacci 
(Debut)
John Puller, a special agent with the Army, searches for the truth about his mother, who disappeared 30 years ago.

1  -  Turbo Twenty Three - Janet Evanovich
(Debut)
The bounty hunter Stephanie Plum juggles the investigation of a crime in an ice cream factory and the two men in her life.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 11/27/2016

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Week Ending November 27th 2016

10 - Escape Clause - John Sandford
(4 weeks on list)

9  -  Vince Flynn : Order To Kill - Kyle Mills 
(5 weeks on list)

8  -  The Award - Danielle Steel 
(2 weeks on list)
A Frenchwoman who worked with the Resistance but was accused of collaboration finally has her name cleared.

7  -  This Was A Man - Jeffrey Archer 
(Debut)
The final installment of the Clifton Chronicles

6  -  Small Great Things - Jodi Picoult 
(5 weeks on list)

5  -  The Chemist - Stephanie Meyer 
(Debut) 
A specialist in chemically controlled torture, on the run from her former employers, takes one last job - pursuing a man with whom she joins forces.  

4  -  Two By Two - Nicholas Sparks 
(6 weeks on list)

3  -  The Wrong Side of Goodbye - Michael Connelly
(2 weeks on list)
The detective Harry Bosch helps a small police department track a serial rapist, while as a P.I. he aids a billionaire in search of a possible heir.

2  -  The Whistler - John Grisham
(3 weeks on list)

1  -  Night School - Lee Child
(Debut)
Jack Reacher, still in the Army, becomes involved in an investigation with elite agents from the F.B.I and C.I.A. 

NY Times Bestseller List - Fiction (June 26th 2016)

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Week Ending June 26th 2016

10 - The Last Mile - David Baldacci 
(8 weeks on list)

9  -  15th Affair - James Patterson 
(6 weeks on list)

8  -  All Summer Long - Dorothea Benton Frank
(2 weeks on list)

7  -  Dishonorable Intentions - Stuart Woods
(Debut)
The New York lawyer Stone Barrington and his latest girlfriend are pursued by her ex-husband, who has connections to the Russian mob.

6  -  The House of Secrets - Brad Meltzer and Tod Goldberg
(Debut)
The host of a conspiracy TV show is dead, his daughter is injured and has lost her memory, and questions proliferate.

5  -  Before the Fall - Noah Hawley
(2 weeks on list)

4  -  After You - Jojo Moyes
(16 weeks on list)

3  -  The Emperor's Revenge - Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison
(2 weeks on list) (last week's #1)

2  -  The Girl On The Train - Paula Hawkins 
(74 weeks on list)

1  - END OF WATCH - STEPHEN KING
(DEBUT)
THE CONCLUSION OF THE BILL HODGES TRILOGY

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 06/19/2016)

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Week Ending June 19th 2016

10 - The Nest - Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
(11 weeks on list)

9  -  The Last Mile - David Baldacci 
(7 weeks on list)

8  -  The Weekenders - Mary Kay Andrews
(3 weeks on list)

7  -  A Hero of France - Alan Furst
(Debut)
A Resistance leader aids the wartime effort without losing sight of the simple and essential pleasures of life.

6  -  15th Affair - James Patterson
(5 weeks on list)

5  -  After You - Jojo Moyes 
(15 weeks on list)

4  -  The Girl On The Train - Paula Hawkins
(73 weeks on the list)

3  -  All Summer Long - Dorothea Benton Frank 
(Debut)
A successful interior decorator balks at retiring with her husband to South Carolina.

2  -  Before the Fall - Noah Hawley 
(Debut)
After a private jet crashes, a firestorm of media madness ensues.

1  -  The Emperor's Revenge - Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison
(Debut)
Juan Cabrillo teams up with a former C.I.A. colleague to thwart a plan involving the death of millions and international economic meltdown.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) April 9th 2016

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Week Ending April 10th 2016

10 - The Gangster - Clive Cussler
(4 weeks on list)

9  -  Off The Grid - C.J. Box
(3 weeks on list)

8  -  The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah
(56 weeks on list)

7  -  The Summer Before The War - Helen Simonson
(Debut)
Life Sussex, England, at the beginning of World War I

6  -  The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
(63 weeks on list)

5  -  All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(99 weeks on list)

4  -  Property of a Noblewoman - Danielle Steel
(2 weeks on list)

3  -  The Nest - Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
(Debut)
Siblings in a dysfunctional New York family must grapple with a reduced inheritance.

2  -  Private Paris - James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
(2 weeks on list)

1  -  Fool Me Once - Harlan Coben
(Debut)
A retired Army helicopter pilot faces combat-related nightmares and mysteries concerning the deaths of her husband and sister.

NY Times Bestseller List (Fiction) 02/28/2016

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Top 10

Week Ending February 28th 2016

10 - Breakdown - Johnathan Kellerman
(2 weeks on list)
The psychologist Alex Delaware and the L.A.P.D. Lt. Milo Sturgis search for the missing son of a troubled actress.

9  -  Blue - Danielle Steel
(4 weeks on list)

8  -  The Nightingale - Kristin Hannah 
(50 weeks on list)

7  -  My Name is Lucy Barton - Elizabeth Strout
(5 weeks on list)

6  -  The Girl on the Train - Paula Hawkins
(57 weeks on list)

5  -  All The Light We Cannot See - Anthony Doerr
(93 weeks on list)

4  -  Find Her - Lisa Gardner
(Debut)
The Boston detective D. D. Warren hunts for a missing woman who was kidnapped and abused as a college student and may have become a vigilante.

3  -  NYPD Red 4 - James Patterson and Marshall Karp
(3 weeks on list)

2  -  Brotherhood in Death - J.D. Robb
(2 weeks on list)  (#1 last week)
Lt. Eve Dallas of the NYPD helps a friend and her husband solve a mystery involving politics and real estate.

1  -  Morning Star - Pierce Brown
(Debut)
In Book 3 of the Red Rising trilogy, set in a dystopian future, Darrow incites a rebellion.