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New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers January 21, 2018
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| 1. The Woman in the Window by A. J. FinnA recluse who drinks heavily and takes prescription drugs may have witnessed a crime across from her Harlem townhouse. |
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| 2. Origin by Dan BrownA symbology professor goes on a perilous quest with a beautiful museum director. |
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| 3. The Rooster Bar by John GrishamThree students at a sleazy for-profit law school hope to expose the student-loan banker who runs it. |
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| 5. Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardA 13-year-old boy comes of age in Mississippi while his black mother takes him and his toddler sister to pick up their white father, who is getting released from the state penitentiary. |
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| 6. Robicheaux by James Lee BurkeA bereaved detective confronts his past and works to clear his name when he becomes a suspect during an investigation into the murder of the man who killed his wife. |
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| 7. Unbound by Stuart WoodsThe 44th book in the Stone Barrington series. |
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| 8. The People vs. Alex Cross by James PattersonDetective Cross takes on a case even though he has been suspended from the department and taken to federal court to stand trial on murder charges. |
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| 10. Before We Were Yours by Lisa WingateA South Carolina lawyer learns about the questionable practices of a Tennessee orphanage. |
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| 11. Year One by Nora RobertsWhen a pandemic strikes and the world turns into chaos, several travelers head west to find a new life. |
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| 12. Artemis by Andy WeirA small-time smuggler living in a lunar colony schemes to pay off an old debt by pulling off a challenging heist. |
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| 14. End Game by David BaldacciJessica Reel and Will Robie fight a dangerous adversary in Colorado. |
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| 15. The Power by Naomi AldermanYoung women around the world suddenly have the ability to generate harmful electric shocks. |
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