New York Times Best Sellers at ACLS for June 26, 2016
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Get the latest NYT Best Sellers at the Allegany County Library System.
FICTION (Combined Print & E-Book)
BAY OF SIGHS by Nora Roberts. In this second installment of the Guardians trilogy, Sawyer brings the group to the island of Capri, where he’s drawn to the mermaid Annika.
ME BEFORE YOU, by Jojo Moyes. (Penguin.) A young woman who has barely been farther afield than her English village finds herself while caring for a wealthy, embittered quadriplegic. Originally published in 2012.
FOREIGN AGENT by Brad Thor. The counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath searches for an informant who has compromised an American mission in Syria.
END OF WATCH by Stephen King. The conclusion of the Bill Hodges trilogy.
THE NIGHTINGALE by Kristin Hannah. Two sisters are separated in World War II France: one in the countryside, the other in Paris.
HERE’S TO US by Elin Hilderbrand. Sparks fly as a celebrity chef’s ex-wives pile into a small cabin in Nantucket to join his widow for the reading of his will.
TOM CLANCY: DUTY AND HONOR by Grant Blackwood. A secretive German organization is trying to kill Tom Clancy’s character Jack Ryan Jr. (Clancy died in 2013.)
THE GIRLS by Emma Cline. In the summer of 1969, a California teenager is drawn to a Manson-like cult.
CROSS KILL by James Patterson. Alex Cross thinks he’s seeing things when a killer thought long dead returns to action.
AFTER YOU, by Jojo Moyes. (Pamela Dorman/Viking). After the death of Will Traynor, Louisa Clark joins a grief support group that may lead her to new love.
NONFICTION (Combined Print & E-Book)
BILL O’REILLY’S LEGENDS AND LIES: THE PATRIOTS by David Fisher Stories of the American Revolution; a companion volume to the Fox News series.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, by Ron Chernow. A biography of the first Treasury secretary, a major author of the Federalist Papers and an advocate of strong central government. Originally published in 2004 and the basis of the Broadway play.
FURIOUSLY HAPPY, by Jenny Lawson. A humorous treatment of the author’s experience of depression and anxiety disorder.
HAMILTON: THE REVOLUTION, by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter. (Grand Central /Melcher Media.) The libretto of the Grammy- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, annotated by its creator, along with backstage photos, a production history and interviews with the cast.
WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR, by Paul Kalanithi. A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36.
CLAPTON, by Eric Clapton. The renowned rock guitarist looks back on his life and his music; first published in 2007.
GRIT, by Angela Duckworth. A psychologist argues that passion and perseverance are the keys to success.
EVERY LITTLE STEP, by Bobby Brown with Nick Chiles. The performer looks back at his career, his tumultuous marriage to Whitney Houston and his relationship with their daughter, Bobbi Kristina.
THE BOYS IN THE BOAT by Daniel James Brown. The University of Washington’s eight-oar crew and their quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
FIVE PRESIDENTS, by Clint Hill with Lisa McCubbin. A retired Secret Service agent discusses his experience with presidents from Eisenhower to Ford.