Fiction

1. THE SILENT PATIENT
   Alex Michaelides
   Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.
2. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
   Delia Owens
   A woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
3. CONNECTIONS IN DEATH
   J.D. Robb
   Eve Dallas scours tattoo parlors and strip joints for clues to the cause of Lyle Pickering’s mysterious death.
4. BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF
   Marlon James
   A loner named Tracker teams up with a group of unusual characters in search of a mysterious boy.
5. DEVOTIONS
   Mary Oliver
   A collection of more than 200 poems spanning 50 years of the author’s career.
6. AN ANONYMOUS GIRL
   Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
   Jessica Farris’s life unravels when she signs up for Dr. Shields’s psychology study.
7. THE WEDDINGS GUEST
   Jonathan Kellerman
   Milo Sturgis and Alex Delaware investigate the death of a stranger at a wedding reception.
8. THE RECKONING
   John Grisham
   A decorated World War II veteran shoots and kills a pastor inside a Mississippi church.
9. FIRE AND BLOOD
   George R.R. Martin
   Flavia de Luce, a 12-year-old detective, is on the case when a human finger ends up in her sister’s wedding cake.
10. LIAR LIAR
    James Patterson and Candice Fox
    Detective Harriet Blue has become a dangerous fugitive from the law as she pursues the murderer Regan Banks.

NonFiction

1. BECOMING
   Michelle Obama
   The former first lady describes her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White House, and how she balanced work, family and her husband’s political ascent.
2. EDUCATED
   Tara Westover
   The daughter of survivalists leaves home for university.
3. WOMEN ROWING NORTH
   Mary Pipher
   Reflections on the ageism, misogyny and loss that women might encounter as they grow older.
4. FROM THE GROUND UP
   Howard Schultz with Joanne Gordon
   The former chief executive of Starbucks recounts his journey to success and shares the inspirational stories of others.
5. FIGURING
   Maria Popova
   The achievements and private relationships of several interconnecting historical figures.
6. THE FIRST CONSPIRACY
   Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch
   The story of a secret plot to kill George Washington in 1776.
7. BAD BLOOD
   John Carreyrou
   The rise and fall of the biotech startup Theranos.
8. THE UNWINDING OF THE MIRACLE
   Julie Yip-Williams
   After receiving a terminal cancer diagnosis, a lawyer and mother of two chronicles her life.
9. THE LIBRARY BOOK
   Susan Orlean
   The story of the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Public Library provides a backdrop to the evolution and purpose of libraries.
10. LET ME FINISH
    Chris Christie
    The former governor of New Jersey describes his relationship with President Trump and the tensions among others close to the president.

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