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NYT Bestsellers: February 2024

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

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Fiction

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TITLE

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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

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

3

Violence erupts when a former movie star brings a group of her friends to her private Greek island for Easter.

 

 

F MICHAELIDES

4

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

5

 

A woman who works for a mysterious boss takes on a new identity to dig up information on someone.

 

 

F ELSTON

6

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

 

F GARMUS

7

 

Three private investigators working in New York City draw the attention of an N.Y.P.D. detective.

 

 

F PATTERSON

8

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

9

The second book in the Emily Wilde series. Emily goes with Bambleby to the Austrian Alps to release him from his family’s plans.

 

 

F FAWCETT

10

 

When Harrow takes an interest in a winged beast new to the area, old enemies turn up to get their revenge on her.

 

 

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11

 

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

 

 

F ALBOM

12

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

13

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

 

 

F KINGSOLVER

14

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

 

 

F VERGHESE

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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

Nonfiction

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TITLE

SUMMARY

CALL NUMBER

1

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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2

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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3

 

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

 

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4

 

The author of “American Carnage” looks at divisions within the American evangelical movement.

 

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5

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

 

 

BIO SPEARS

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

 

 

BIO PERRY

8

 

Stories, essays and photographs exploring race and identity in America.

 

 

ON-ORDER

9

 

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

 

BIO MCCURDY

10

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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11

 

A couple with small children choose to have an open marriage.

 

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12

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted” examines the ways in which affluent Americans keep poor people poor.

 

 

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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

A biography of the civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., which includes new archival material and reflections from some who worked, lived and fought with him.

 

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An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it.

 

616.8521

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