New York Times Bestsellers

1. 

   Funny Story
   Emily Henry
   After their exes run off together, Daphne and Miles form a friendship and concoct a plan involving misleading photos.
2. 

   The Women
   Kristin Hannah
   In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.
3. 

   A Calamity of Souls
   David Baldacci
   Lawyers from different backgrounds represent a Black man charged with killing a wealthy white couple in Virginia in 1968.
4. 

   The Covenant of Water
   Abraham Verghese
   Three generations of a family living on South India’s Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning.
5. 

   Fourth Wing
   Rebecca Yarros
   Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.
6. 

   Iron Flame
   Rebecca Yarros
   The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves.
7. 

   Table for Two
   Amor Towles
   A collection of six short stories based in New York City around the year 2000 and a novella set during the Golden Age of Hollywood
8. 

   The Familiar
   Leigh Bardugo
   Luzia Cotado encounters dangers when her magic draws the attention of the disgraced secretary to Spain's king.
9. 

   Extinction
   Douglas Preston
   A Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent and a county sheriff look into misdeeds involving kidnapping, murder and genetic manipulation.
10. 

    The Paris Novel
    Ruth Reichl
    Stella is encouraged to throw caution to the wind and meets someone who introduces her to the literary, art and culinary worlds of Paris.

1. 

   The Anxious Generation
   Jonathan Haidt
   A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.
2. 

   An Unfinished Love Story
   Doris Kearns Goodwin
   A trove of items collected by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s late husband inspired an appraisal of central figures and pivotal moments of the 1960s.
3. 

   Knife
   Salman Rushdie
   The Booker Prize-winning author details the attack on him at the Chautauqua Institution in 2022 and the steps he took to heal from it.
4. 

   The Wide Wide Sea
   Hampton Sides
   The author of “On Desperate Ground” depicts Captain James Cook’s final voyage and the controversies surrounding its legacy.
5. 

   Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
   Judi Dench with Brendan O'Hea
   Through a series of conversations, the award-winning actress describes her work on Shakespearean roles over her long career.
6. 

   Love, Mom
   Nicole Saphier
   Fox News anchors and personalities contribute to a collection of reflections on motherhood.
7. 

   The Wager
   David Grann
   The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.
8. 

   Age of Revolutions
   Fareed Zakaria
   The CNN host draws out lessons for the present polarized era from the 17th-century Netherlands, the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.
9. 

   Somehow
   Anne Lamott
   Meditations and stories about the transformational power of love by the author of “Dusk, Night, Dawn” and “Bird by Bird.”
10. 

    Outlive
    Peter Attia with Bill Gifford
    A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

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Last updated: May 6, 2024