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New York Times Bestsellers August 30, 2020
August 23, 2020August 21, 2020 Linda Reimer
Hi everyone, here is the weekly list of New York Times Bestsellers available in the Digital Catalog.
If you have questions about how to access digital content, you can write a comment and post it on the blog, or send me, SSCL Librarian Linda Reimer, questions via email: reimerl@stls.org
1ST CASE by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts (Downloadable Audiobook)
After getting kicked out of M.I.T., Angela Hoot interns with the F.B.I. and tracks the murderous siblings known as the Poet and the Engineer.
28 SUMMERS by Elin Hilderbrand (Downloadable Audiobooks)
A relationship that started in 1993 between Mallory Blessing and Jake McCloud comes to light while she is on her deathbed and his wife runs for president.
AMERICAN DIRT by Jeanine Cummins (eBook)
A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.
CAMINO WINDS by John Grisham (eBook)
The line between fact and fiction becomes blurred when an author of thrillers is found dead after a hurricane hits Camino Island.
CHOPPY WATER by Stuart Woods (eBooks):
The 54th book in the Stone Barrington series. Things get rough for Stone as he goes after criminals in New York City and Key West.
THE GUEST LIST by Lucy Foley (Downloadable Audiobook)
A wedding between a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of Ireland turns deadly.
IF IT BLEEDS by Stephen King (eBook):
Four novellas:  “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone,” “The Life of Chuck,” “Rat” and “If It Bleeds.”
LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE by Celeste Ng (eBook)
An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.
LUSTER by Raven Leilani (eBook):
A young Brooklyn artist is invited to live with a New Jersey couple who have an open marriage and an adopted daughter.
MEXICAN GOTHIC by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Downloadable Audiobook)
1950s Mexico, a debutante travels to a distant mansion where family secrets of a faded mining empire have been kept hidden.
MIDWIFE MURDERS by James Patterson and Richard DiLallo (Downloadable Audiobook):
A single mom teams up with an N.Y.P.D. detective to solve a case involving misdeeds at a university hospital.
NEAR DARK by Brad Thor (eBook)
The 19th book in the Scot Harvath series. With a bounty on his head, Harvath makes an alliance with a Norwegian intelligence operative.
THE ORDER by Daniel Silva (eBook)
The 20th book in the Gabriel Allon series. The art restorer and spy cuts his family’s vacation short to investigate whether Pope Paul VII was murdered.
A PRIVATE CATHEDRAL by James Lee Burke (eBook):
The 23rd book in the Dave Robicheaux series. Rival Louisiana crime families and a time-traveling superhuman assassin bring up Robicheaux’s personal demons.
SILENT PATIENT by Alex Michaelides (eBooks):
Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.
SILENT WIFE by Karin Slaughter (eBook):
The 10th book in the Will Trent series. Investigations of two crimes force Trent to call on his girlfriend’s expertise as a medical examiner
THEN SHE WAS GONE by Lisa Jewell (eBook):
Ten years after her daughter disappears, a woman tries to get her life in order but remains haunted by unanswered questions.
THE VANISHING HALF by Brit Bennett (eBook)
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.
WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING by Delia Owens (eBook)
In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
ANSWER IS …  by Alex Trebek (Downloadable Audiobook)
Who is the Canadian-American who got his break on American TV by hosting the game show “The Wizard of Odds” and whose pronunciation of the word “genre” has been shared widely on social media?
BECOMING by Michelle Obama (eBook)
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.
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME by Ta-Nehisi Coates (eBook)
Winner of the 2015 National Book Award for nonfiction. A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story, framed as a letter to the author’s teenage son.
BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah (eBook):
A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.”
BREATH by James Nestor (Downloadable Audiobook):
A re-examination of a basic biological function and a look at the science behind ancient breathing practices.
CASTE by Isabel Wilkerson (Downloadable Audiobook):
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.
EDUCATED by Tara Westover (eBook)
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
FINDING FREEDOM by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand (eBooks):
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s journey from courtship to their decision to step away from their royal lives.
HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X. Kendi (eBook)
A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism.
THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED by John Bolton (eBook)
The former national security advisor gives his account of the 17 months he spent working for President Trump.
SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE by Ijeoma Oluo (Downloadable Audiobook):
A look at the contemporary racial landscape of the United States.
SPLENDID AND THE VILE by Erik Larson (eBook):
An examination of the leadership of the prime minister Winston Churchill.
TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH by Mary L. Trump (eBook):
The clinical psychologist gives her assessment of events and patterns inside her family and how they shaped President Trump.
THE TRUTHS WE HOLD by Kamala Harris (eBook):
A memoir by the daughter of immigrants who is now a California senator and the 2020 Democratic candidate for vice president.
UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle (eBook):
The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
WHITE FRAGILITY by Robin DiAngelo (eBook):
Historical and cultural analyses on what causes defensive moves by white people and how this inhibits cross-racial dialogue.
Be well and read on!
Note: this list contains all the New York Times fiction and non-fiction bestsellers for the week that are owned by libraries within the Southern Tier Library System.
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