FICTION
1. Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens. (Putnam) A woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
2. Cemetery Road, by Greg Iles. (Morrow) Journalist Marshall McEwan returns to his hometown, which is shaken by two deaths and an economy on the brink.
3. Daisy Jones & the Six, by Taylor Jenkins Reid. (Ballantine) A fictional oral history charting the rise and fall of a '70s rock 'n' roll band.
4. Silent Night, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte) After tragedy strikes, a child TV star loses her memory and ability to speak.
5. The Chef, by James Patterson with Max DiLallo. (Little, Brown) Caleb Rooney, a police detective and celebrity food truck chef, must clear his name of murder allegations.
6. The Last Romantics, by Tara Conklin. (Morrow) A family crisis tests the bonds and ideals of a renowned poet and her siblings.
7. The Malta Exchange, by Steve Berry. (Minotaur) The 14th book in the Cotton Malone series. The former Justice Department operative tangles with a rogue cardinal and an ancient sect of knights.
8. The Silent Patient, by Alex Michaelides. (Celadon) Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.