Newsmax Rising Bestsellers – Week of March 21, 2022

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 buying.

Here are the Newsmax Rising Bestsellers for the week of March 21, 2022:

1. “Splintered: Critical Race Theory and the Progressive War on Truth’’ by Jonathan Butcher (Bombardier Books) Butcher, a fellow in the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation, argues that Critical Race Theory has hijacked the U.S. education system on every level. He discusses why parents, students, educators, and policymakers must reject this “divisive and anti-American theory’s obsession with skin color and prejudice.’’ The challenge, according to Butcher, is that K-12 instruction has been hijacked by critical race theorists who are “skeptical” of representative government and the freedoms Americans cherish. (Nonfiction)

2. “The Avoidable War: The Dangers of a Catastrophic Conflict between the US and Xi Jinping's China’’ by Kevin Rudd (PublicAffairs) Rudd, the ex-prime minister of Australia prime minister and president and CEO of the Asia Society, believes a war between China and the U.S. would be catastrophic, deadly, and destructive — but unfortunately, it is no longer unthinkable. The relationship between the superpowers “rests on a seismic fault of cultural misunderstanding, historical grievance, and ideological incompatibility,’’ according to the author, who adds, “Their militaries play a dangerous game of chicken, corporations steal intellectual property, intelligence satellites peer, and AI technicians plot. The capacity for either country to cross a fatal line grows daily.’’ (Nonfiction)

3. “The Recovery Agent’’ by Janet Evanovich (Atria Books) The latest entry from the bestselling thriller writer follows insurance fraud investigator Gabriela Rose, whose specialty is locating missing heirlooms and pilfered assets. Using a map drawn by her pirate ancestor, Blackbeard, Gabriela goes in search of a long-lost treasure — a hunt that has her racing around the Caribbean, Ecuador, Costa Rica, New York City, California wine country and the jungles of Peru. (Fiction)

4. “Stirring the Pot with Benjamin Franklin: A Founding Father's Culinary Adventures’’ by Rae Katherine Eighmey (Smithsonian Institution Press) Eighmey, a noted food historian, reviews Franklin’s lifelong love of, and experimentation with, food. He dabbled in vegetarianism, convinced colleagues to swap their breakfasts of beer and bread for porridge and better health, tried to cook turkeys with electricity and built a state-of-the-art oven for his wife. Franklin also saw food as a key to understanding the developing culture of the United States, penning essays touting maize as the defining grain of America. The book also features some 62 recipes from the various stages of Franklin’s life. (Nonfiction)

5. “Against All Odds: A True Story of Ultimate Courage and Survival in World War II’’ by Alex Kershaw (Dutton Caliber) The book tells the untold story of four of the most decorated soldiers of World War II — all Medal of Honor recipients — from the beaches of French Morocco to Hitler’s own mountaintop fortress. They include: Maurice “Footsie” Britt, a former professional football player; Michael Daly, a West Point dropout; Keith Ware, who would also serve in Vietnam; and Audie Murphy, whose heroic exploits led to a movie career. (Nonfiction)