Paperback Fiction

by Richard Powers (Norton, ISBN: 9780393356687); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: 42 "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 Celeste Ng (Penguin, ISBN: 9780735224315); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 37 "A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of a picture-perfect family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives."

by Heather Morris (Harper, ISBN: 9780062797155); Last week: 3; 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: 5; Weeks on List: 46 "Finn's smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense is soon to be a major motion picture."

by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper Perennial, ISBN: 9780062684738); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 14 "Kingsolver's timely novel interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and compassion in times of great upheaval."

by Lisa Wingate (Ballantine, ISBN: 9780425284704); Last week: 8; Weeks on List: 35 "Wingate's novel, which is based on a notorious adoption scandal, is a riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale that reminds us the heart never forgets where we belong."

by Frances Liardet (Putnam, ISBN: 9780735218871); Last week: 11; Weeks on List: 3 "Spanning the sweep of the 20th century, We Must Be Brave explores the fierce love that we feel for our children and the power of that love to endure."

by Amor Towles (Penguin, ISBN: 9780143110439); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: 43 "Towles' transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel."

by Liane Moriarty (Flatiron Books, ISBN: 9781250069832); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: 16 "Could 10 days at a health resort really change you forever? In Liane Moriarty's novel, nine perfect strangers are about to find out."

by Bernardine Evaristo (Grove Press/Black Cat, ISBN: 9780802156983); Last week: 9; Weeks on List: 7 "Girl, Woman, Other is a polyphonic and richly textured social novel of black British history. Co-winner of the 2019 Booker Prize."