LibGuides: New York Times Best Sellers: May 9, 2021

A Gambling Man by David Baldacci
Publication Date: 2021-04-20
Aloysius Archer, a World War II veteran, seeks to apprentice with Willie Dash, a private eye, in a corrupt California town.
The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman; Oprah Winfrey (Foreword by)
Publication Date: 2021-03-30
The poem read on President Joe Biden's Inauguration Day, by the youngest poet to write and perform an inaugural poem.
Ocean Prey by John Sandford
Publication Date: 2021-04-13
The 31st in the Prey series. When federal officers are killed, Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to investigate matters.
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah
Publication Date: 2021-02-02
As dust storms roll during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose between saving the family and farm or heading West.
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
Publication Date: 2020-09-29
Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V. E. Schwab
Publication Date: 2020-10-06
A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro
Publication Date: 2021-03-02
An “Artificial Friend” named Klara is purchased to serve as a companion to an ailing 14-year-old girl.
Lover Unveiled by J.r. Ward
Publication Date: 2021-04-20
The 19th book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. Sahvage and Mae fight against what she unleashed.
The Red Book by James Patterson; David Ellis
Publication Date: 2021-03-29
The second book in the Black Book thriller series. Chicago detective Billy Harney investigates his own past.
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
Publication Date: 2020-06-02
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.
The Good Sister by Sally Hepworth
Publication Date: 2021-04-13
Past secrets come up when Fern decides to pay back her twin sister, Rose, by having a baby for her.
The Man Who Lived Underground: a Novel by Richard Wright; Malcolm Wright (Afterword by)
Publication Date: 2021-04-20
A previously unpublished novel by the author of “Native Son,” with an afterward by his grandson Malcolm Wright. A Black man named Fred Daniels is tortured by the police until he confesses to a crime he did not commit.
Win by Harlan Coben
Publication Date: 2021-03-16
Windsor Horne Lockwood III might rectify cold cases connected to his family that have eluded the F.B.I. for decades.
The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner
Publication Date: 2021-03-02
An aspiring historian in London finds a clue that might put to rest unsolved apothecary murders from 200 years ago.
Good Company by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Publication Date: 2021-04-06
The foundation of a marriage between actors is shaken when they reunite with an old friend who is now a TV star.

Out of Many, One by George W. Bush
Publication Date: 2021-04-20
Forty-three portraits by the former president, of men and women who have immigrated to the United States.
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Publication Date: 2021-04-20
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.
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
Publication Date: 2020-10-20
The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.
On the House by John Boehner
Publication Date: 2021-04-13
The former speaker of the House reflects on his time in Washington, key political figures and the current state o the Republican Party.
Caste (Oprah's Book Club) by Isabel Wilkerson
Publication Date: 2020-08-04
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.
Broken Horses by Brandi Carlile
Publication Date: 2021-04-06
The Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter recounts difficulties during her formative years and her hard-won successes.
The Code Breaker by Walter Isaacson
Publication Date: 2021-03-09
How the Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues invented CRISPR, a tool that can edit DNA.
Think Again by Adam Grant
Publication Date: 2021-02-02
An examination of the cognitive skills of rethinking and unlearning that could be used to adapt to a rapidly changing world.
Untamed by Glennon Doyle
Publication Date: 2020-03-10
The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.
Blood and Treasure by Bob Drury; Tom Clavin
Publication Date: 2021-04-20
A depiction of the frontiersman Daniel Boone.
F*ck It, I'll Start Tomorrow by Action Bronson; Bonnie Stephens (Photographer)
Publication Date: 2021-04-20
The chef-turned-rapper shares his journey to improved fitness.
Goodbye, Again by Jonny Sun
Publication Date: 2021-04-20
A collection of personal essays on anxiety, loneliness and productivity.
Madam Speaker by Susan Page
Publication Date: 2021-04-20
Based on numerous interviews, the USA Today Washington bureau chief profiles the current speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi.
Broken (in the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson
Publication Date: 2021-04-06
The humorist maps out her mental and physical health journey.
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe
Publication Date: 2021-04-13
A portrait of the Sackler family, known for their philanthropy toward institutions around the world, and their involvement with Valium and OxyContin.