NYT Crime and Punishment
Bestseller List for January 15, 2017
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY
Erik Larson
Vintage
9780375725609
0-375-72560-1
A story of how an architect and a serial killer were linked by the Chicago World's Fair of 1893. Originally published in 2003.
JUST MERCY
Bryan Stevenson
Spiegel & Grau
9780812984965
0-8129-8496-X
A law professor and MacArthur grant recipient's memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death. Originally published in 2014.
FILTHY RICH
James Patterson and John Connolly with Tim Malloy
Little, Brown
9780316274050
0-316-27405-4
The story of a South Florida financier convicted of soliciting sex from underage girls.
MY OWN WORDS
Ruth Bader Ginsburg with Mary Hartnett and Wendy W. Williams
Simon & Schuster
9781501145247
1-5011-4524-X
A collection of articles and speeches by the Supreme Court justice.
NOTORIOUS RBG
Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik
Dey Street/Morrow
9780062415837
0-06-241583-2
A celebration of the life and career of the Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
THE MIDNIGHT ASSASSIN
Skip Hollandsworth
Holt
9780805097689
0-8050-9768-6
The hunt for America's first serial killer in Austin, Tex., in 1885.
ADNAN'S STORY
Rabia Chaudry
St. Martin's
9781250087119
1-250-08711-2
A friend of Adnan Syed, whose murder case was the focus of the popular podcast “Serial,” maintains his innocence.
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
Piper Kerman
Spiegel & Grau
9780385523394
0-385-52339-4
A memoir about a year in a women’s prison; the basis for the Netflix series. Originally published in 2010.
RED NOTICE
Bill Browder
Simon & Schuster
9781476755748
1-4767-5574-4
A successful American hedge fund manager in Russia was expelled by kleptocrats who then seized his property.
SISTERS IN LAW
Linda Hirshman
Harper/HarperCollins
9780062238474
0-06-223847-7
The contrasting careers of the Supreme Court justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg.