‘Run, Rose, Run’ keeps Dolly Parton, James Patterson atop bestsellers list

'Run, Rose, Run' follows a singer-songwriter seeking stardom in Nashville.

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1. Run, Rose, Run

By Dolly Parton and James Patterson. A singer-songwriter goes to Nashville seeking stardom but is followed by her dark past.

2. Sea of Tranquility

By Emily St. John Mandel. A detective investigating in the wilderness discovers that his actions might affect the timeline of the universe.

3. Time Is a Mother

By Ocean Vuong. A second collection of poems by the MacArthur fellow and author of “On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous.”

4. The Candy House

By Jennifer Egan. In a follow-up to “A Visit From the Goon Squad,” a new technology gives the potential to save and share every memory one has ever had.

5. The Paris Apartment

By Lucy Foley. Jess has suspicions about her half-brother’s neighbors when he goes missing.

6.What Happened to the Bennetts

By Lisa Scottoline. A brush with members of a drug-trafficking organization ushers a suburban family to go into the witness protection program.

7. The Midnight Library

By Matt Haig. Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.

8. The Recovery Agent

By Janet Evanovich. When her family’s home is threatened, Gabriela Rose goes with her ex-husband to seek lost treasure in the jungles of Peru.

9. The Diamond Eye

By Kate Quinn. In 1937 Ukraine, a history student transforms into a hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death and is sent to America on a goodwill tour.

10. True Biz

By Sara Novic. At a residential school for the deaf, personal and political problems affect the lives of two students and the headmistress.

NONFICTION

1. Bittersweet

By Susan Cain. The author of “Quiet” suggests ways to embrace loss and suffering within ourselves and others.

2. Recessional

By David Mamet. The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright lambastes liberal politics, cancel culture and other things he finds objectionable.

3. Nowhere for Very Long

By Brianna Madia. A young woman and her companions travel the deserts of the American West in an orange van.

4. The Storyteller

By Dave Grohl. A memoir by the musician known for his work with Foo Fighters and Nirvana.

5. Crying in H Mart

By Michelle Zauner. The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

6.1619年的项目

Edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstein. Viewing America’s entanglement with slavery and its legacy, in essays adapted and expanded from The New York Times Magazine.

7. Blood And Ruins

By Richard Overy. A reassessment of World War II as the “last imperial war” and a call for a more global perspective on the war.

8. One Damn Thing After Another

By William P. Barr. The former attorney general for George H.W. Bush and Donald Trump gives his account of those two tenures.

9. Will

By Will Smith with Mark Manson. The actor, producer and musician tells his life story and lessons he learned along the way.

10. From Strength to Strength

By Arthur C. Brooks. A columnist for The Atlantic espouses ways to shift priorities and habits to overcome waning abilities in later life.

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