The Newsmax Rising Bestsellers list will do more than stimulate your mind. These reads may challenge your beliefs, broaden your perspectives, excite your curiosities, or widen your imagination.
These books may not necessarily appear on the official New York Times list of bestsellers, but they’re the ones our Newsmax audience is reading, talking about, sharing with friends, and even buying.
Here are the Newsmax Rising Bestsellers for the week of September 10, 2018:
1. "The Grave Above the Grave" by Bernard Kerik (Humanix Books) — He saw first-hand the 9/11 carnage in New York City, and now the former NY Police Commissioner imagines how the next attack could happen. In this explosive new thriller, Kerik tells the story of NYPD Commissioner Rick Raymond who, while battling a cop killer with Islamic terror ties, uncovers a plot to launch another devastating attack on the city. As he races against the clock, Raymond also must juggle the pressures of a grandstanding mayor, a disreputable reporter, and a secret love — who just happens to be the district attorney. (Fiction)
2. “Gold Is a Better Way: A Self-Help Book for the Everyday Investor” by Adam Baratta (Morgan James Publishing) — “Gold Is A Better Way” is a metaphor for sound investing. Baratta strips away all the confusion and complexities surrounding investing and breaks down investment concepts and the simple fundamentals driving markets. He provides a roadmap for how to win at the game of investing and, more importantly, explains the “why” so readers can continue to win. (Non-Fiction)
3. “Secret Empires: How the American Political Class Hides Corruption and Enriches Family” by Peter Schweizer (HarperCollins) — Schweizer has been fighting corruption — and winning — for years. While attention has been directed at the Trump administration, the media have barely looked into questionable deals made by those close to Barack Obama, Joe Biden, John Kerry, Mitch McConnell, and lesser-known politicians — until now. “The astonishing widespread massive corruption of some of the biggest names in American politics that Peter Schweizer reveals in his new blockbuster expose is shocking, startling, stunning — and sickening.” wrote The Washington Times. (Non-Fiction)
4. “Positive Populism: Revolutionary Ideas to Rebuild Economic Security, Family, and Community in America” by Steve Hilton (Random House) — Per GoodReads: “For too long, populism has been defined by those who despise it. By focusing on what populism is for, and not just what it's against, Hilton provides a coherent philosophy and practical blueprint for how the movement can have an impact beyond one election cycle, and in people's everyday lives.” (Non-Fiction)
5. “Spygate: The Attempted Sabotage of Donald J. Trump” by Dan Bongino (Post Hill Press) — Former Secret Service agent Bongino, who previously wrote “The Fight,” “Protecting the President,” and “Life Inside the Bubble,” teams up with journalist D.C. McAllister in his latest. “An explosive account of the biggest scandal in American history, and the political players that tried to pull it off,” according to Sean Hannity. (Non-Fiction)
6. “The Plot to Destroy Trump: How the Deep State Fabricated the Russian Dossier to Subvert the President” by Theodore Roosevelt Malloch (Skyhorse Publishing) — Ripped from the pages of today’s headlines, with insightful analysis, Malloch weaves the reader through the attempts by members of the entrenched bureaucracy to undermine the agenda of the 45th president. (Non-Fiction)
7. “Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence” by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard (Henry Holt and Co) — In this latest addition to the meticulously researched “Killing” series, the former Fox titan known for his “No Spin News” tells the story of our nation’s founding through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and England's King George III. (Non-Fiction)
8. “Educated: A Memoir” by Tara Westover (Random House) — The author grew up in a household of Idaho survivalists who forbade physicians and hospitals. She rose from self-education to earning a Cambridge University Ph.D. “‘Educated’ is an account of the struggle for self-invention. It is a tale of fierce family loyalty and of the grief that comes with severing the closest of ties,” writes GoodReads. (Non-Fiction)
9. “Billionaire at the Barricades: The Populist Revolution from Reagan to Trump” by Laura Ingraham (St. Martin's Press) — This latest read from the talk radio and TV host describes the revolution Americans participated in on November 8, 2016, that resulted in the surprise election of Donald Trump. But the revolution didn’t begin with Trump — it started 36 years earlier with Ronald Reagan. (Non-Fiction)
10. “The Perfect Couple” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown and Company) — Hilderbrand proves once again why she’s the queen of the summer beach read with her latest, “a novel about the many ways family can fill our lives with love . . . if they don't kill us first.” When a Nantucket wedding ends in disaster before it even begins, Police Chief Ed Kapenash “discovers that every wedding is a minefield — and no couple is perfect.” GoodReads. (Fiction)
More Rising Bestseller Lists:
• Week of August 27, 2018
• Week of August 13, 2018
• Week of July 30, 2018
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