#Theredheadedauthor Presents the May 2020 New York Times TOP 10 Best Sellers – FICTION

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, here it is… The independently ranked top 10 Fiction selections for May 2020!

If you’ve read any of the TOP 10 selections and recommend them, please comment below and let me know. If you see something you like and plan to pick up a copy, you can do so by clicking on the cover image, the title or the [BUY IT HERE] button.

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#1 Masked Prey

by John Sandford

The 30th book in the Prey series. Washington politicians ask Lucas Davenport to look into someone who is targeting their children.


#2 Little Fires Everywhere

by Celeste Ng

An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.


#3 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.


#4 American Dirt

by Jeanine Cummins

A book seller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.


#5 The Silent Patient

by Alex Michaelides

Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.


#6 The Last Emperox

by John Scalzi

The third book in the Interdependency series. As an interstellar pathway collapses, Emperox Grayland II fights to save humanity.


#7 The Boy From the Woods

by Harlan Coben

When a girl goes missing, a private investigator’s feral childhood becomes an asset in the search.


#8 The Woman in the Window

by A.J. Finn

A recluse who drinks heavily and takes prescription drugs may have witnessed a crime across from her Harlem townhouse.


#9 The Tattooist of Auschwitz

by Heather Morris

A concentration camp detainee tasked with permanently marking fellow prisoners falls in love with one of them.


#10 Savage Son

by Jack Carr

The third book in the Terminal List series. The Russian mafia targets a former Navy SEAL who is recovering from brain surgery.


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#Theredheadedauthor Presents the June 2019 New York Times TOP 10 Best Sellers – FICTION

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.

If you’ve read any of the TOP 10 selections and recommend them, please comment below and let me know. If you see something you like and plan to pick up a copy, you can do so by clicking on the title or the [BUY IT HERE] button.

#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.