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NYT Bestsellers: March 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

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

 

 

F HANNAH

2

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

 

 

SF YARROS

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

The third book in the Crescent City series. Bryce wants to return home while Hunt is trapped in Asteri's dungeons.

 

 

SF MAAS

5

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

6

 

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

 

F ELSTON

7

The 16th book in the Michael Bennett series. Bennett teams up with a sniper.

 

 

F PATTERSON

8

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

 

F GARMUS

9

A century-old mystery brings Corvina Clemm and Vad Deverell together at a university based in a castle at the top of a mountain with a dark history.

 

 

F RUNYX

10

The second book in the Sworn Soldier series. Local superstitions greet a retired soldier returning home from a war.

 

 

F KINGFISHER

11

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

12

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

 

 

F MICHAELIDES

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 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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A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

 

 

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3

The MSNBC host details how the wife of the civil rights leader Medgar Evers carried forward their legacy after his assassination in 1963.

 

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4

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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5

The stage and screen actor traces his life from his childhood in Harlem to becoming a pop culture icon.

 

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6

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

 

 

BIO SPEARS

7

 

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

 

 

BIO PERRY

8

 

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

 

 

BIO MCCURDY

9

 

A look at the lives of seven presidents after their time in the White House.

 

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10

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

11

 

An overview of Black Republicanism from the time of President Lincoln to the present.

 

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12

The president and chief executive of the National Constitution Center reframes a famous phrase.

 

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13

 

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

 

 

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14

A longtime writer for The New Yorker profiles reporters and shares stories from his time as a journalist.

 

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The director, writer and producer recounts his four decades of working in Hollywood.

 

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