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NYT Best Sellers: March 2025

This is an up-to-date list of books from the New York Times Best Sellers list, including both fiction and nonfiction titles.

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Fiction

RANK

TITLE

SUMMARY

CALL NUMBER

1

The third book in the Empyrean series. As enemies gain traction, Violet Sorrengail goes beyond the Aretian wards in search of allies.

 

SF YARROS

2

The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training under the new vice commandant might require her to betray the man she loves.

 

SF YARROS

3

The third book in the Emily Wilde series. Wilde joins with a former academic rival to examine the inner workings of a faerie realm.

 

F FAWCETT

4

The 17th book in the Michael Bennett series. Bennett goes after someone who is killing police officers.

 

Ask Circulation Desk

5

A reimagining of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” shines a different light on Mark Twain's classic, revealing new facets of the character of Jim.

 

F EVERETT
6

In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.

 

F HANNAH

7

A woman, who is besieged by calamities in several facets of her life, finds her beliefs about family are tested.

 

F MOYES

8

Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.

 

SF YARROS

9

 

As her daughter’s wedding draws near, Gail Baines faces issues with her job, her ex-husband and her past.

 

F TYLER

10

A woman who is down on her luck forms an unexpected bond with the bride at a wedding in Rhode Island.

 

F ESPACH

11

When a 13-year-old girl disappears from an Adirondack summer camp in 1975, secrets kept by the Van Laar family emerge.

 

F MOORE

12

The 19th book in the Cotton Malone series. Malone goes to Italy to unravel a five-centuries-old mystery.

 

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13

The 60th book of the In Death series. Eve Dallas investigates the mysterious death of someone who was in a secret organization.

 

ON-ORDER

14

The second book in the Nytefall series. Shifting alliances and impending doom add pressure to Astraea and Nyte’s tenuous relationship.

 

ON-ORDER

15

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The 10th book in the Orphan X series. Things become combative between Evan Smoak and Tommy Stojack.

 

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Nonfiction

RANK TITLE SUMMARY CALL NUMBER
1

 

A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.

 

305.230973 H1494a 2024

2

The philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft describes events from his childhood and discovery of computers..

ON-ORDER
3

The MSNBC host considers the ways in which attention capitalism affects politics and society.

306.342 H4171s 2025
4

The author of “Braiding Sweetgrass” illuminates how the gift economy in the natural world works and draws lessons for our economy; with illustrations by John Burgoyne.

 

113 K499s 2024

5

The first lady describes her work as a fashion model, marriage to Donald Trump and time in the White House.

BIO TRUMP

6

The host of the Normal Gossip podcast unpacks various aspects of storytelling and gossiping.

 

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7

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

612.68 A8851o 2023

8 A New York Times Opinion columnist sets forth his reasons why he thinks religious faith makes sense of things.

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9

Our criminal justice system viewed through the struggles of 10 wrongfully convicted people to achieve exoneration.

345.0122 G8695f 2024
10

 

A memoir by the cookbook author and Food Network host known as the Barefoot Contessa.

BIO GARTEN

11

Three years after the sudden death of her partner, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author spent time on a remote island to grieve.

BIO BROOKS
12

 

The author of “The Code Breaker” traces Musk’s life and summarizes his work on electric vehicles, private space exploration and artificial intelligence.

BIO MUSK
13

 

Through a series of stories, Gladwell explicates the causes of various kinds of epidemics.

 

302.13 G543r 2024

14

The conservative commentator evaluates the legacies of American presidents.

973.099 O667c 2024
15

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A cultural organizer examines the ways in which the American school system might create and enforce racial hierarchies.

 

379.73 E951o 2025