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Amanda Gorman, student, poet, author and activist, on the Charles River near Harvard University in Cambridge
Amanda Gorman, student, poet, author and activist, on the Charles River near Harvard University in Cambridge. October 24, 2017. The 19-year-old is a sophomore at Harvard, started a youth literacy group called One Pen One Page, and is the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate. (Photo: NYTimes)
1. A Gambling Man, by David Baldacci اضافة اعلان

(Grand Central)

Aloysius Archer, a World War II veteran, seeks to apprentice with Willie Dash, a private eye, in a corrupt California town.

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WEEKS ON LIST: 1



2. Ocean Prey, by John Sandford

(Putnam)

The 31st book in the “Prey” series. When federal officers are killed, Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers team up to investigate matters.

THIS WEEK: 2

LAST WEEK: 1

WEEKS ON LIST: 2



3. The Hill We Climb, by Amanda Gorman

(Viking)

The poem read on President Joe Biden’s Inauguration Day, by the youngest poet to write and perform an inaugural poem.

THIS WEEK: 3

LAST WEEK: 2

WEEKS ON LIST: 4



4. The Four Winds, by Kristin Hannah

(St. Martin’s)

As dust storms roll during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose between saving the family and farm or heading West.

THIS WEEK: 4

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WEEKS ON LIST: 12



5. 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.

THIS WEEK: 5

LAST WEEK: 5

WEEKS ON LIST: 127

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