FICTION
1. Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens. (Putnam) 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. Liar Liar, by James Patterson and Candice Fox. (Little, Brown) Detective Harriet Blue has become a dangerous fugitive from the law as she pursues murderer Regan Banks.
3. The Reckoning, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) A decorated World War II veteran shoots and kills a pastor inside a Mississippi church.
4. Turning Point, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte) Four American trauma doctors face difficult choices when they join a mass-casualty training program in Paris.
5. An Anonymous Girl, by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. (St. Martin's) Jessica Farris' life unravels when she signs up for Dr. Shields' psychology study.
6. Fire and Blood, by George R.R. Martin. (Bantam) Set 300 years before the events of "A Game of Thrones," this is the first volume of the two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros.
7. The Only Woman in the Room, by Marie Benedict. (Sourcebooks Landmark) Hedy Lamarr flees to Hollywood, where she becomes a screen star and develops technology that might combat the Nazis.
8. The New Iberia Blues, by James Lee Burke. (Simon & Schuster) Detective Dave Robicheaux and his new partner, Bailey Ribbons, investigate the death of a young woman by crucifixion.
