Amanda Gorman debuts at No. 1 with ‘Call Us What We Carry’

FICTION 1. Call Us What We Carry By Amanda Gorman. A debut collection of poems on identity and history by the presidential inaugural poet who wrote "The Hill We Climb." 2. The Judge's List By John…

FICTION

1. Call Us What We Carry

By Amanda Gorman. A debut collection of poems on identity and history by the presidential inaugural poet who wrote “The Hill We Climb.”

2. The Judge’s List

By John Grisham. The second book in the “Whistler” series. Investigator Lacy Stoltz goes after a serial killer and closes in on a sitting judge.

3. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone

By Diana Gabaldon. The ninth book in the “Outlander” series. As the Revolutionary War moves closer to Fraser’s Ridge, Claire and Jamie reunite with their daughter and her family.

4. The Stranger in the Lifeboat

By Mitch Albom. After a ship explodes, 10 people struggling to survive pull a man who claims to be the Lord out of the sea.

5. The Lincoln Highway

By Amor Towles. Two friends who escaped from a juvenile work farm take Emmett Watson on an unexpected journey.

6. Wish You Were Here

By Jodi Picoult. Diana O’Toole reevaluates her seemingly perfect life when a pandemic disrupts her vacation in the Galápagos Islands.

7. The Wish

By Nicholas Sparks. Maggie Dawes, a renowned travel photographer, struggles with a medical diagnosis over Christmas.

8. Fear No Evil

By James Patterson. The 29th book in the “Alex Cross” series. Cross fights the mastermind who has stalked him for years.

9. Cloud Cuckoo Land

By Anthony Doerr. An interconnected cast of dreamers and outsiders are in dangerous and disparate settings past, present and future.

10. The Midnight Library

By Matt Haig. Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.

NONFICTION

1. All American Christmas

By Rachel Campos-Duffy and Sean Duffy. A collection of holiday memories from members of the staff of Fox News.

2. The Storyteller

By Dave Grohl. A memoir by the musician known for his work with Foo Fighters and Nirvana.

3. The 1619 Project

Edited by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Caitlin Roper, Ilena Silverman and Jake Silverstein. Viewing America’s entanglement with slavery and its legacy, in essays adapted and expanded from The New York Times Magazine.

4. Will

By Will Smith with Mark Manson. The actor, producer and musician tells his life story and lessons he learned along the way.

5. The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present

By Paul McCartney. A two-volume celebration of 154 songs, with handwritten texts, paintings and photographs from the songwriter’s archives.

6. For Such a Time As This

By Kayleigh McEnany. The former White House press secretary gives an account of her journey.

7. There and Back

吉米的下巴。照片和期待的故事itions on all seven continents by the Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker.

8. The President and the Freedom Fighter

By Brian Kilmeade. The Fox News host gives an account of the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.

9. The Real Anthony Fauci

By Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The anti-vaccine advocate gives his take on the chief medical adviser to the president.

10. The Beatles: Get Back

By the Beatles. The story of the making of the band’s final album, gathered from transcripts of their conversations.

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