3 JUST FOR THE SUMMER (Forever, $17.99). By Abby Jimenez. Despite a couple’s plans to keep things lighthearted, their summer fling turns serious.
4 HAPPY PLACE (Berkley, $19). By Emily Henry. At a friend group’s annual getaway, one couple hides that they have split.
5 NOT IN LOVE (Berkley, $19). By Ali Hazelwood. An engineer at a biotech start-up fights an attraction to the man planning a hostile takeover of her company.
6 A NOVEL LOVE STORY (Berkley, $19). By Ashley Poston. A woman finds herself trapped in the fictional town where her favorite romance novels take place.
7 THE HOUSEMAID IS WATCHING (Poisoned Pen, $17.99). By Freida McFadden. A former housemaid moves into her dream home and finds that the neighbors may be harboring secrets as dangerous as her own.
8 THIS SUMMER WILL BE DIFFERENT (Berkley, $19). By Carley Fortune. Though they vow to never repeat their one-night stand, a woman and her best friend’s brother find their chemistry may be impossible to resist.
9 THE HOUSEMAID (Grand Central, $12.99). By Freida McFadden. A woman with a troubled past is grateful for employment as a housemaid until things take a sinister turn.
10 A COURT OF MIST AND FURY (Bloomsbury, $19). By Sarah J. Maas. A woman struggles with her loyalty toward two warring courts.
1 THE ART THIEF (Vintage, $18). By Michael Finkel. More than 300 art objects were stolen by one man and kept in a secret room.
2 BRAIDING SWEETGRASS (Milkweed, $20). By Robin Wall Kimmerer. Essays by an indigenous scientist offer lessons in reciprocal awareness between people and plants.
3 THE HUNDRED YEARS’ WAR ON PALESTINE (Picador, $19.99). By Rashid Khalidi. A historian of the Middle East traces events from 1917 to 2017 to argue that the conflict between Israel and Gaza is a war of colonial conquest.
4 ALL ABOUT LOVE (Morrow, $16.99). By bell hooks. The first volume in the feminist’s “Love Song to the Nation” trilogy considers compassion as a form of love.
5 EVERYTHING I KNOW ABOUT LOVE (Harper Perennial, $18.99). By Dolly Alderton. A British journalist shares stories chronicling her attempts to find happiness and love.
6 THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE (Penguin, $19). By Bessel van der Kolk. A scientific look at how trauma can reshape a person’s body and brain.
7 KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Vintage, $18). By David Grann. A look at the FBI’s investigation of Native American deaths in 1920s Oklahoma.
8 WORLD TRAVEL (Ecco, $22). By Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever. Notes from the late television host and chef about his favorite travel spots are accompanied by essays from his friends and family.
9 CRYING IN H MART (Vintage, $17). By Michelle Zauner. A Korean American indie rock star chronicles her relationship with her mother and their shared culture.
10 WHAT AN OWL KNOWS (Penguin, $19). By Jennifer Ackerman. A scientific immersion into the world of owls and an exploration of their impact on human history.
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