FICTION
1. Where the Crawdads Sing, by Delia Owens. (Putnam) A woman who survived alone in a marsh becomes a murder suspect.
2. Backlash, by Brad Thor. (Emily Bestler/Atria) Cut off from any support, Scot Harvath fights to get his revenge.
3. Summer of '69, by Elin Hilderbrand. (Little, Brown) The Levin family undergoes dramatic events with a son in Vietnam, a daughter in protests and dark secrets hiding beneath the surface.
4. Lost and Found, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte) A photographer embarks on a road trip to reconnect with three men she might have married.
5. City of Girls, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Riverhead) An 89-year-old Vivian Morris looks back at the direction her life took when she entered the 1940s New York theater scene.
6. Unsolved, by James Patterson and David Ellis. (Little, Brown) A string of seemingly accidental and unrelated deaths confounds FBI Agent Emmy Dockery.
7. Mrs. Everything, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria) The story of two sisters, Jo and Bethie Kaufman, and their life experiences as the world around them changes drastically from the 1950s.
8. Big Sky, by Kate Atkinson. (Little, Brown) Detective Jackson Brodie uncovers a sinister network in a sleepy seaside town.