Fiction

1. THE RETURN
   Nicholas Sparks
   A doctor serving in the Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two women change his life.
2. BATTLE GROUND
   Jim Butcher
   The 17th book in the Dresden Files series. Harry must save Chicago from destruction by the Last Titan.
3. VIOLET BENT BACKWARDS OVER THE GRASS
   Lana Del Rey
   A collection of poems by the singer and songwriter.
4. THE EVENING AND THE MORNING
   Ken Follett
   In a prequel to “The Pillars of the Earth,” a boatbuilder, a Norman noblewoman and a monk live in England under attack by the Welsh and the Vikings.
5. THE BOOK OF TWO WAYS
   Jodi Picoult
   After surviving a plane crash, a death doula travels to Egypt to reconnect with an old flame who is an archaeologist.
6. THE COAST-TO-COAST MURDERS
   James Patterson and J.D. Barker
   A detective and an F.B.I. agent are baffled by a cross-country killing spree.
7. THE VANISHING HALF
   Brit Bennett
   The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity, but their fates intertwine.
8. ANXIOUS PEOPLE
   Fredrik Backman
   A failed bank robber holds a group of strangers hostage at an apartment open house.
9. VINCE FLYNN: TOTAL POWER
   Kyle Mills
   When America’s power grid is shut down, Mitch Rapp goes after a cyber terrorist.
10. JACK
    Marilynne Robinson
    An interracial romance develops between a preacher’s daughter and a Presbyterian minister’s son.

NonFiction

1. THE MEANING OF MARIAH CAREY
   Mariah Carey with Michaela Angela Davis
   The career highlights, public life and private struggles of the singer and songwriter.
2. RAGE
   Bob Woodward
   Based on 17 on-the-record interviews with President Trump and other reporting, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist details the president’s perspective on multiple crises.
3. CASTE
   Isabel Wilkerson
   The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.
4. TRUMPTY DUMPTY WANTED A CROWN
   John Lithgow
   A second illustrated collection of poems chronicling and satirizing current events.
5. KILLING CRAZY HORSE
   Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
   The ninth book in the conservative commentator’s Killing series focuses on conflicts with Native Americans.
6. UNTAMED
   Glennon Doyle
   The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
7. DISLOYAL
   Michael Cohe
   An account of President Trump’s business empire, political campaign and presidential administration by his former personal attorney.
8. HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST
   Ibram X. Kendi
   A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism.
9. ONE VOTE AWAY
   Ted Cruz
   The Republican senator from Texas gives his views on what might happen if liberals gain a simple majority on the Supreme Court.
10. BLACKOUT
    Candace Owens
    The conservative commentator makes her case that Black Americans should part ways with the Democratic Party.

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Last updated: October 12, 2020