Paperback Fiction

by Delia Owens (Putnam, ISBN: 9780735219106); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 2 "Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder."

by Madeline Miller (Ecco, ISBN: 9780062060624); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: 32 "Miller's monumental debut novel is an action-packed adventure and epic love story that brilliantly re-imagines Homer's enduring masterwork, The Iliad."

by Madeline Miller (Back Bay, ISBN: 9780316556323); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: 52 "Miller's masterful follow-up to The Song of Achilles is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world."

by Kate Quinn (Morrow, ISBN: 9780062943477); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 5 "A breathtaking World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over. A March 2021 Indie Next List Great Read."

by TJ Klune (Tor, ISBN: 9781250217318); Last week: 10; Weeks on List: 13 "Klune's novel is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place."

by James McBride (Riverhead Books, ISBN: 9780735216730); Last week: 8; Weeks on List: 10 "National Book Award winner McBride's wise and witty novel about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting."

by Ann Patchett (Harper Perennial, ISBN: 9780062963680); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: 14 "Patchett's moving novel explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go."

by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, ISBN: 9780143111399); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: 3 "An inspiring, unforgettable novel of one woman's bold struggle to realize the passion and potential inside her, while living in a time, place, and culture devised to silence her."

by Charles Yu (Vintage, ISBN: 9780307948472); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: 21 "Yu's deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play. Winner of the 2020 National Book Award."

by Viet Thanh Nguyen (Grove Press, ISBN: 9780802124944); Last week: 13; Weeks on List: * "Nguyen's blistering novel of identity, politics, and America is a 2016 Indies Choice Adult Fiction Honor Book and winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction."