Paperback Fiction

by Celeste Ng (Penguin, ISBN: 9780143135166); Weeks on List: 1 "A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of a picture-perfect family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Now a Hulu original series."

by Sally Rooney (Hogarth, ISBN: 9781984822185); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 5 "Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship."

by Richard Powers (Norton, ISBN: 9780393356687); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: 51 "National Book Award-winner Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world."

by Heather Morris (Harper, ISBN: 9780062797155); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: * "A testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions. A September 2018 Indie Next List Great Read."

by A. J. Finn (Morrow, ISBN: 9780062678423); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: * "Finn's smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense is soon to be a major motion picture."

by Peter Heller (Vintage, ISBN: 9780525563532); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: 3 "Heller's gripping novel about two college students on a wilderness canoe trip."

by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine, ISBN: 9781524798642); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: 7 "A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup."

by Rosie Walsh (Penguin, ISBN: 9780525522799); Last week: 8; Weeks on List: 34 "Seven perfect days. Then he disappeared. Ghosted is a love story with a secret at its heart."

by Martha Hall Kelly (Ballantine, ISBN: 9781524796396); Last week: 9; Weeks on List: 2 "Kelly's remarkable prequel to her bestselling novel Lilac Girls, set a generation earlier and also inspired by true events."

by Stephen King (Gallery, ISBN: 9781982148249); Last week: 12; Weeks on List: 5 "An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. With The Outsider, King has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable novels."