New York Times Best Sellers: January 2, 2022

A debut collection of poems on identity and history by the presidential inaugural poet who wrote “The Hill We Climb.”

The second book in the Whistler series. Investigator Lacy Stoltz goes after a serial killer and closes in on a sitting judge.

After a ship explodes, nine people struggling to survive pull a man who claims to be the Lord out of the sea.

Two friends who escaped from a juvenile work farm take Emmett Watson on an unexpected journey to New York City in 1954.

Maggie Dawes, a renowned travel photographer, struggles with a medical diagnosis over Christmas.

The ninth book in the Outlander series. As the Revolutionary War moves closer to Fraser’s Ridge, Claire and Jamie reunite with their daughter and her family.

Diana O’Toole re-evaluates her seemingly perfect life when a pandemic disrupts her vacation in the Galápagos Islands.

An interconnected cast of dreamers and outsiders are in dangerous and disparate settings past, present and future.

The 29th book in the Alex Cross series. Cross fights the mastermind who has stalked him for years.

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

A killer for hire who only takes out bad guys seeks redemption as he does one final job.

Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.

The fourth book in the Atlee Pine series. Atlee discovers her twin sister survived an abduction at the age of 6.

Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.

In the wake of the previous administration’s mishandling of international affairs, the new Secretary of State Ellen Adams confronts interconnected global threats.

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

Viewing America’s entanglement with slavery and its legacy, in essays adapted and expanded from The New York Times Magazine.

The actor, producer and musician tells his life story and lessons he learned along the way.

A two-volume celebration of 154 songs, with handwritten texts, paintings and photographs from the songwriter’s archives.

The award-winning actor reflects on his career, Italian-American heritage, meals and mishaps.

A collection of holiday memories from members of the staff of Fox News.

The Fox News host gives an account of the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.

The story of the making of the band’s final album, gathered from transcripts of their conversations.

Conversations between the 44th president and the multiple award-winning musician on a range of topics.

Essays on friendships, influences and the connection between life and art.

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

The anti-vaccine advocate gives his take on the chief medical advisor to the president.

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.

A reinvestigation of social evolution and suggestions for new ways of organizing society.

The naturalist explores an element of human nature during a time of multiple crises in areas of health, climate and politics.