New York Times Bestseller List

Sales period of November 17-23

1. A Minute To Midnight, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) When Atlee Pine returns to her hometown to investigate her sister's kidnapping from 30 years ago, she winds up tracking a potential serial killer.
2. When The Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens. (Putnam)  In a quiet town, a woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
3. The Guardians, by John Grisham. (Doubleday)  Cullen Post, a lawyer and Episcopal minister, antagonizes some ruthless killers when he takes on a wrongful conviction case.
4. Twisted Twenty-Six, by Janet Evanovich. (Putnam) The 26th book in the Stephanie Plum series. A New Jersey gangster's associates go after a bounty hunter's widowed grandmother.
   
5. Blue Moon, by Lee Child. (Delacorte) Jack Reacher gets caught up in a turf war between Ukrainian and Albanian gangs.
6. The Dutch House, by Ann Patchett. (Harper)  A sibling relationship is impacted when the family goes from poverty to wealth and back again over the course of many decades.
   
7. The Night Fire, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown)  Harry Bosch and Renee Ballard return to take up a case that held the attention of Bosch's mentor.
8. The Institute, by Stephen King. (Scribner)  Children with special talents are abducted and sequestered in an institution where the sinister staff seeks to extract their gifts.
9. Olive, Again, by Elizabeth Strout. (Random House)  In a follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Olive Kitteridge," new relationships, including a second marriage, are encountered in a seaside town in Maine.

Non-Fiction

1. Me, by Elton John. (Holt) The multi-award-winning solo artist's first autobiography chronicles his career, relationships and private struggles.
2. Becoming, by Michelle Obama. (Crown)  The former first lady describes her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White House, and how she balanced work, family and her husband's political ascent.
3. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers, by Brian Kilmeade. (Sentinel)  The "Fox & Friends" host gives an account of the battle against the Mexican Army in 1836.
   
4.  Finding Chika, by Mitch Albom. (Harper)  Lessons learned by the Alboms when they bring a Haitian orphan with a life-threatening illness into their family.
5. Educated, by Tara Westover. (Random House)  The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
6. The Body, by Bill Bryson. (Doublesday)  An owner's manual of the human body covering various parts, functions and what happens when things go wrong.