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NYT Best Sellers: January 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

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

2

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

 

F HANNAH

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

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

 

F MOORE

5

The fifth book in the Stormlight Archive series. The fate of the Cosmere is imperiled as the fighting and chaos reach an apex.

 

ON-ORDER

6

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

 

LT-F ROONEY

7

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

8

The 33rd book in the Alex Cross series. Three candidates to the Supreme Court are violently attacked.

ON-ORDER

9

 

A coal merchant discovers something that causes turmoil in a small Irish town controlled by the church in 1985; the basis of the film.

 

F KEEGAN

10

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

 

SF YARROS

11

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

 

F ESPACH

12

The third book in the 6:20 Man series. Devine digs into the deaths of an orphan’s parents and uncovers a large conspiracy.

 

F BALDACCI

13

The 31st book in the Stephanie Plum series. Caught between two fiancés and not knowing what to do, Plum gets back to business as a bounty hunter.

 

M EVANOVICH

14

A dozen short stories that explore darkness in literal and metaphorical forms.

 

F KING

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A semi-famous artist leaves her family behind to drive herself across country but takes a detour to a nondescript motel.

 

F JULY

Nonfiction

RANK TITLE SUMMARY CALL NUMBER
1

 

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

 

Ask Circulation Desk

2

 

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

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

BIO GARTEN

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.

 

Ask Circulation Desk

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

Ask Circulation Desk

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

 

ON-ORDER

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

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8 A former high school government and law teacher profiles lesser-known Americans who made an impact.

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9 Presley’s memoir, completed by her daughter, explores her relationships and challenges.

BIO PRESLEY

10

 

The conservative commentator evaluates the legacies of American presidents.

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11 The author of “Between the World and Me” travels to three locations to uncover the dissonance between the realities on the ground and the narratives shaped about them.

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12

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

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13

 

The author of “Sapiens” delves into how societies and political systems have used information and gives a warning about artificial intelligence.

 

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14 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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