New York Times Best Sellers: April 18, 2021

The poem read on President Joe Biden's Inauguration Day, by the youngest poet to write and perform an inaugural poem.

As dust storms roll during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose between saving the family and farm or heading West.

The second book in the Black Book thriller series. Chicago detective Billy Harney investigates his own past.

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

An “Artificial Friend” named Klara is purchased to serve as a companion to an ailing 14-year-old girl.

A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.

Windsor Horne Lockwood III might rectify cold cases connected to his family that have eluded the F.B.I. for decades.

In a sequel to “The Coldest Winter Ever,” Winter Santiaga emerges after time served and seeks revenge.

An aspiring historian in London finds a clue that might put to rest unsolved apothecary murders from 200 years ago.

During the Civil War, sisters Georgeanna and Eliza join the war effort together while sisters Jemma and Patience are enslaved on separate plantations.

Three people involved in a love triangle find everything they hold dear is tested as Mussolini’s power grows and laws change in Rome.

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.

Jeanette, the daughter of a Cuban immigrant, takes in the daughter of a neighbor detained by ICE and seeks to learn about her own family history.

Trouble might start for the chief of police and a self-proclaimed outlaw teen when a man is released from prison.

The fifth book in A Court of Thorns and Roses series. Nesta Archeron is forced into close quarters with a warrior named Cassian.

How the Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues invented CRISPR, a tool that can edit DNA.

The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.

The actress and human rights activist recounts her childhood difficulties and biggest accomplishments.

The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.

An examination of the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world.

The chair of the board of the racial justice organization Color of Change analyzes the impact of racism on the economy.

In the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama offers personal reflections on his formative years and pivotal moments through his first term.

The CNN host looks at the impact of racism on his life and prescribes ways to address systemic flaws in America.

The navigational and physiological undertakings performed by billions of birds as they circumnavigate the globe.

The late iconic actress describes how she worked to change perceptions of Black women through her career choices.

A prescription for what business, governments and individuals can do to work toward zero emissions.

How popular culture was impacted by what happened in Los Angeles in 1974 in movies, music, television and politics.

A re-examination of a basic biological function and a look at the science behind ancient breathing practices.

A biography of the late hip hop mogul and artist Nipsey Hussle.