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The sunday times guide to the best holiday books opens with 50 great fiction choices from popular novels to crime. plus, below, our 50 non-fiction picks, from memoir and history to current affairs and art.

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Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Bloomsbury £12.99/ebk £9.09 A supersmart story of race, class and motherhood, about a black babysitter accused of kidnapping her white charge.

Late in the Day by Tessa Hadley Vintage £8.99 pbk/ebk £8.99 A wonderfully involving and subtle tale about how an unexpected death upsets the balance between two longstanding couples.

Starve Acre by Andrew Michael Hurley John Murray £8.99 pbk/ebk £4.99 This sensuous and vivid gothic terror tale, set in a haunted house, is the best novel yet from the author of The Loney .

The Mist by Ragnar Jonasson Michael Joseph £14.99/ebk £14.99 Jonasson puts himself up there with the best with this clever tale of an Icelandic cop and the

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The New York Times Best Sellers - March 12, 2023

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THINGS WE HIDE FROM THE LIGHT

by Lucy Score

The second book in the Knockemout series. A woman with some secrets and the chief of police have different ideas about where things are headed.

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19 weeks on the list

IT STARTS WITH US

by Colleen Hoover

In the sequel to “It Ends With Us,” Lily deals with her jealous ex-husband as she reconnects with her first boyfriend.

89 weeks on the list

IT ENDS WITH US

A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.

16 weeks on the list

LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY

by Bonnie Garmus

A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.

by Mark Greaney

The 12th book in the Gray Man series. Stolen records, the Russian mafia and the C.I.A. complicate things for Court Gentry and his lover.

• Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction

7 weeks on the list

by Prince Harry

The Duke of Sussex details his struggles with the royal family, loss of his mother, service in the British Army and marriage to Meghan Markle.

IT'S OK TO BE ANGRY ABOUT CAPITALISM

by Bernie Sanders with John Nichols

The Vermont senator depicts the impact capitalism has on key areas of our lives and ways to address this.

131 weeks on the list

THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE

by Bessel van der Kolk

How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

29 weeks on the list

I'M GLAD MY MOM DIED

by Jennette McCurdy

The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

15 weeks on the list

THE LIGHT WE CARRY

by Michelle Obama

The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.

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42 weeks on the list

22 weeks on the list

TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW

by Gabrielle Zevin

Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.

I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU

by Rebecca Makkai

A film professor and podcaster is invited back to teach a course at the boarding school where her roommate was murdered.

3 weeks on the list

SOMEONE ELSE'S SHOES

by Jojo Moyes

Drastic changes and a pair of six-inch high Christian Louboutin red crocodile shoes shake up the lives of two women.

DEMON COPPERHEAD

by Barbara Kingsolver

A reimagining of Charles Dickens’s “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

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2 weeks on the list

WALK THE BLUE LINE

by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann with Chris Mooney

A collection of stories about police officers.

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95 weeks on the list

4 weeks on the list

HEART BONES

After an unexpected death prevents her from going to Penn State and and forces her to move in with her absent father, Beyah Grim has a summer fling with the rich guy next door.

DAISY JONES & THE SIX

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

A fictional oral history charting the rise and fall of a ’70s rock ’n’ roll band.

• Paperback Nonfiction

227 weeks on the list

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ALL ABOUT LOVE

by bell hooks

The late feminist icon explores the causes of a polarized society and the meaning of love.

by Isabel Wilkerson

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today.

150 weeks on the list

BRAIDING SWEETGRASS

by Robin Wall Kimmerer

A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.

351 weeks on the list

THINKING, FAST AND SLOW

by Daniel Kahneman

When we can and cannot trust our intuitions in making business and personal decisions.

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YOUNG FOREVER

by Mark Hyman

170 weeks on the list

ATOMIC HABITS

by James Clear

6 weeks on the list

THE CREATIVE ACT

by Rick Rubin with Neil Strauss

8 RULES OF LOVE

by Jay Shetty

169 weeks on the list

THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE

by Charlie Mackesy

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209 weeks on the list

by Alan Gratz

Three children in three different conflicts look for safe haven.

THE HUMAN KABOOM

by Adam Rubin

Six humorous tales, all with the same explosive title.

385 weeks on the list

by R.J. Palacio

A boy with a facial deformity starts school.

142 weeks on the list

THE COMPLETE COOKBOOK FOR YOUNG CHEFS

by America's Test Kitchen Kids

Over 100 kid-tested recipes from America's Test Kitchen.

76 weeks on the list

LITTLE LEADERS

by Vashti Harrison

The biographies of 40 African-American women who made a difference.

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HOW TO CATCH A LEPRECHAUN

by Adam Wallace. Illustrated by Andy Elkerton

This is the year you'll finally catch a leprechaun.

21 weeks on the list

LOVE FROM THE CRAYONS

by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers

The Crayons show the colors of love.

341 weeks on the list

THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU WILL BE

by Emily Winfield Martin

A celebration of future possibilities.

36 weeks on the list

PETE THE CAT: BIG EASTER ADVENTURE

by James Dean and Kimberly Dean

A certain rabbit needs Pete's help.

THE GOOD EGG PRESENTS: THE GREAT EGGSCAPE!

by Jory John. Illustrated by Pete Oswald

Good Egg and his pals escape their carton!

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728 weeks on the list

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID

written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney

The travails and challenges of adolescence.

74 weeks on the list

A GOOD GIRL'S GUIDE TO MURDER

by Holly Jackson

Pippa Fitz-Amobi solves murderous crimes.

727 weeks on the list

HARRY POTTER

by J.K. Rowling

A wizard hones his conjuring skills in the service of fighting evil.

26 weeks on the list

THE INHERITANCE GAMES

by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Avery Grambs tries to figure out why an inheritance from a stranger was bestowed upon her.

662 weeks on the list

PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS

by Rick Riordan

A boy battles mythological monsters.

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8 weeks on the list

NICK AND CHARLIE

by Alice Oseman

Nick and Charlie question whether their love is strong enough to survive being apart when Nick leaves for university.

13 weeks on the list

FIVE SURVIVE

Six friends on a spring break road trip in an R.V. are the target of a sniper.

THE STOLEN HEIR

by Holly Black

Runaway Queen Suren and Prince Oak embark on a deadly and dangerous mission to the north.

265 weeks on the list

ONE OF US IS LYING

by Karen M. McManus

For five students, a detour into detention ends in murder.

THE FIRST TO DIE AT THE END

by Adam Silvera

In this prequel to "They Both Die at the End," Orion and Valentino attend the premiere of Death-Cast in Times Square.

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