New York Times Bestseller List

Sales period of April 22-28

Fiction

1. Funny Story, by Emily Henry. (Berkley) After their exes run off together, Daphne and Miles form a friendship and concoct a plan involving misleading photos.
   
2. The Women, by Kristen Hannah. (St. Martin's) In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.
3. A Calamity of Souls, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) Lawyers from different backgrounds represent a Black man charged with killing a wealthy white couple in Virginia in 1968.
4. The Covenant of Water, by Abraham Verghese (Grove) Three generations of a family living on South India’s Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning.
5. Fourth Wing, by Rebecca Yarros. (Red Tower) Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.
6. Iron Flame, by Rebecca Yarros. (Red Tower) The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves.
   
7. Table For Two, by Amor Towles. (Viking) A collection of six short stories based in New York City around the year 2000 and a novella set during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
8. The Familiar, by Leigh Bardugo. (Flatiorn) Luzia Cotado encounters dangers when her magic draws the attention of the disgraced secretary to Spain's king.
9. Extinction, by Doublas Preston. (Forge) A Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent and a county sheriff look into misdeeds involving kidnapping, murder and genetic manipulation.

Nonfiction

1. The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt. (Penguin Press) A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.
2. An Unfinished Love Story, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. (Simon & Schuster) A trove of items collected by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s late husband inspired an appraisal of central figures and pivotal moments of the 1960s.
3. Shakespear: The Man Who Pays the Rent, by Judi Dench with Brendan O'Hea. (St. Martin's) Through a series of conversations, the award-winning actress describes her work on Shakespearean roles over her long career.
   
4. The Wager, by David Grann. (Doubleday) The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.
5. Somehow, by Anne Lamott. (Riverhead) Meditations and stories about the transformational power of love by the author of “Dusk, Night, Dawn” and “Bird by Bird.”
   
6. Outlive, by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford. (Harmony) A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

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