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NYT Best Sellers: February 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

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

 

SF YARROS

4

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

5

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

 

F HANNAH
6

In 1970, a pregnant teenager, who is placed under watchful eyes at a home in Florida, comes across an occult book.

 

F HENDRIX

7

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

 

F MOORE

8

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

 

F ESPACH

9

 

An author travels to a Scottish island, where he sees a woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to his missing wife.

 

ON-ORDER

10

Questions arise when a boy saves the daughter of a wealthy family amid a string of disappearances in a Missouri town in 1975.

 

F WHITAKER

11

After the passing of their father, seemingly different brothers engage in relationships and seek ways to cope.

 

LT-F ROONEY

12

A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.

 

F VAN PELT

13

A woman encounters dangers when she travels to Jeju Island to save her injured friend’s pet bird; translated by e. yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris.

 

ON-ORDER

14

A man in search of the father he never knew encounters a single mom and rumors circulate of the nearby appearance of a white deer.

 

F SPARKS

15

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The third book in the Presumed Innocent series. A retired judge is asked to come to the defense of his fiancée’s son, who is accused of first-degree murder.

 

ON-ORDER

Nonfiction

RANK TITLE SUMMARY CALL NUMBER
1

 

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

 

Ask Circulation Desk

2

 

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
3

Franke gives an account of abuse within her family, who gained a following with their YouTube channel “8 Passengers.”

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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.

 

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5

The Academy Award-nominated actress demystifies occurrences and unpacks stigmas related to menopause.

618.175 W348d 2025

6

The authors of “The Nazi Conspiracy” and “The Lincoln Conspiracy” tell the story of a retired postal worker who might have changed the course of history.

 

BCDE 973.922 m5288j 2024

7

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

BIO GARTEN

8

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

612.68 A8851o 2023

9

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

10

 

Pope Francis recounts details of his life from his childhood through to key moments of his papacy; translated by Richard Dixon.

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11

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

345.0122 G8695f 2024

12

 

The Republican congressman from Kentucky gives his analysis of the Biden family’s finances.

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Circulation

Desk

13

 

The conservative commentator evaluates the legacies of American presidents.

 

973.099 O667c 2024

14

The author of “The Splendid and the Vile” portrays the months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War.

973.711 L3345d 2024

15

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In the first part of her memoir, the multiple award-winning pop culture icon traces her childhood and forays into the world of entertainment.

 

ON-ORDER