FICTION
1. Anxious People, by Fredrik Backman. (Atria) A failed bank robber holds a group of strangers hostage at an apartment open house.
2. Shadows in Death, by J.D. Robb. (St. Martin's) The 51st book of the "In Death" series. A hit man with possible connections to Eve Dallas' husband is seen near the scene of a crime.
3. One by One, by Ruth Ware. (Gallery/Scout) An avalanche tests the bonds of co-workers from a London-based tech startup on a corporate retreat in the French Alps.
4. All the Devils Are Here, by Louise Penny. (Minotaur) The 16th book in the "Chief Inspector Gamache" series. When his billionaire godfather is attacked, Gamache uncovers secrets hidden throughout Paris.
5. The Vanishing Half, by Brit Bennett. (Riverhead) The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern Black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity but their fates intertwine.
6. Transcendent Kingdom, by Yaa Gyasi. (Knopf) A Ph.D. candidate in neuroscience looks to the hard sciences and her childhood faith to potentially help her grieving Ghanaian immigrant family.
7. The Harbinger II, by Jonathan Cahn. (FrontLine) Nouriel, Ana Goren and a figure known as "the prophet" return as revelations are unlocked.
8. 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.