By Becky Meloan

Fiction

1 NEVER FLINCH (Scribner, $32). By Stephen King. While protecting a client from her fanatical stalker, P.I. Holly Gibney becomes enmeshed in a police investigation into a serial killer. Subscribe for unlimited access to The Post You can cancel anytime. Subscribe

2 THE EMPEROR OF GLADNESS (Penguin Press, $30). By Ocean Vuong. A transformative friendship develops between an elderly widow and the young man who is her caretaker.

3 GREAT BIG BEAUTIFUL LIFE (Berkley, $29). By Emily Henry. Two writers vie for the chance to write the biography of a famously reclusive subject.

4 MY FRIENDS (Atria, $29.99). By Fredrik Backman. An aspiring artist learns the story behind the people depicted in a famous painting.

5 JAMES (Doubleday, $28). By Percival Everett. A reimagin

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