As an avid reader of fiction (and an author who one day hopes to make the list) I LOVE-LOVE-LOVE checking out the New York Times Best Seller list. So, I’ve decided to start sharing their independently ranked top 10 right here on my website for my readers.

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#1 WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
by Delia Owens
In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
#2 THE NIGHT WINDOW
by Dean Koontz
The fifth book in the Jane Hawk series. The former F.B.I. agent pursues a slew of bad guys, including a Vegas mob boss.


#3 THE 18TH ABDUCTION
by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
The 18th book in the Women’s Murder Club series. Lindsay Boxer investigates the disappearance of three female teachers.
#4 THE MISTER
by E L James
Maxim Trevelyan inherits several estates and beds his cleaner Alessia Demachi, an Albanian piano prodigy who has been trafficked into England.


#5 PAST TENSE
by Lee Child
Jack Reacher explores the New England town where his father was born and a Canadian couple now find themselves stranded.
#6 REDEMPTION
by David Baldacci
The fifth book in the Memory Man series. The first man Amos Decker put behind bars asks to have his name cleared.


#7 A GAME OF THRONES
by George R.R. Martin
In the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are mustering. Basis of the HBO series.
#8 BLESSING IN DISGUISE
by Danielle Steel
Isabelle McAvoy faces challenges as she raises three daughters from three separate fathers on her own.


#9 NEON PREY
by John Sandford
The 29th book in the Prey series. Lucas Davenport goes after a serial killer.
#10 THE NEVER GAME
by Jeffery Deaver
Colter Shaw, the son of a survivalist family, probes the underbelly of Silicon Valley to go after a kidnapper.
