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NYT Best Sellers: January 2024

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

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

 

 

SF YARROS

2

Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well.

 

 

F MCBRIDE

3

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

 

 

SF YARROS

4

In a sequel to “The Firm,” Mitch McDeere, who is now a partner at the world’s largest law firm, gets caught up in a sinister plot.

 

 

F GRISHAM

5

 

A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.

 

 

F GARMUS

6

Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well.

 

F KING

7

 

The actions of an 11-year-old boy help facilitate the delivery of Jewish residents, including his family, to Auschwitz.

 

 

F ALBOM

8

 

The 32nd book in the Alex Cross series. When a jet is gunned down, Cross goes back into action.

 

F PATTERSON

9

 

A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

 

 

F KINGSOLVER

10

Three daughters, who return to their family orchard in the spring of 2020, learn about their mother’s relationship with a famous actor.

 

 

F PATCHETT

11

 

Devine investigates the murder of the C.I.A. operative Jenny Silkwell in rural Maine.

 

 

F BALDACCI

12

 

Three generations of a family living on South India’s Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning.

 

 

F VERGHESE

13

 

The 28th book in the Jack Reacher series. It’s 1992 and Reacher looks into the cause of a string of mysterious deaths.

 

 

F CHILD

14

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

15

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A cabin in the woods in New England houses a collection of characters across centuries.

 

 

F MASON

Nonfiction

RANK

TITLE

SUMMARY

CALL NUMBER

1

The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.

 

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2

The former congresswoman from Wyoming recounts how she helped lead the Select Committee to Investigate the Jan. 6. Attack on the United States Capitol.

 

 

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3

The Grammy Award-winning pop star details her personal and professional experiences, including the years she spent under a conservatorship.

 

 

BIO SPEARS

4

 

The EGOT winner chronicles her journey in show business and reveals details about some of her personal relationships.

 

BIO

STREISAND

5

The late actor, known for playing Chandler Bing on “Friends,” shares stories from his childhood and his struggles with sobriety.

 

BIO PERRY

6

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

7

The MSNBC host details a campaign to overthrow the U.S. government and install authoritarian rule prior to and during our involvement in World War II.

 

 

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8

 

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

 

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9

 

The country music legend shares stories about her favorite outfits she has worn on and off the stage.

 

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10

The story of a Japanese American naval intelligence agent, a Japanese spy and events in Hawaii before the start of World War II.

 

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11

 

The musician known for his work with the band Rush chronicles his life as the child of Holocaust survivors and his time in the limelight. 

 

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12

 

The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

 

 

BIO MCCURDY

13

 

The Emmy Award-winning actor shares how playing roles such as the Fonz and his struggles with dyslexia affected his life.

 

 

BIO WINKLER

14

The 13th book in the conservative commentator’s Killing series gives a portrayal of the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Mass.

 

 

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The historian and author of the newsletter “Letters From an American” shares her views on the current political moment.

 

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