NEW YORK TIMES

FICTION

1 The Games by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan. (Little, Brown) Hired by Olympic organisers to protect the Rio games, Jack Morgan of Private, an international security and consulting firm, encounters dangerous threats. THIS WEEK: 1 LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1

2 Me Before You by Jojo Moyes. (Penguin) A woman who has barely been beyond her English village finds herself while caring for a wealthy, embittered quadriplegic. THIS WEEK: 2 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 22

3 First Comes Love by Emily Giffin. (Ballantine) Two sisters — one a successful lawyer with a small child and an unhappy marriage, the other a single teacher who yearns to be a mother — struggle toward forgiveness after 15 years of estrangement. THIS WEEK: 3 LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1

4 Shadow Rider by Christine Feehan. (Jove) A woman seeking a new life catches the attention of the head of a powerful family. THIS WEEK: 4 LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1

5 The Girls by Emma Cline. (Random House) In the summer of 1969, a California teenager is drawn to a Manson-like cult. THIS WEEK: 5 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 3

6 End Of Watch by Stephen King. (Scribner) Bad-guy Brady acquires psychic powers in the conclusion of the Bill Hodges trilogy. THIS WEEK: 6 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 4

7 Here’s To Us by Elin Hilderbrand. (Little, Brown) Sparks fly as a celebrity chef’s ex-wives pile into a small cabin in Nantucket to join his widow for the reading of his will. THIS WEEK: 7 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 3

8 The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins. (Riverhead) A psychological thriller set in the environs of London is full of complications and betrayals. THIS WEEK: 8 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 71

9 After You by Jojo Moyes. (Pamela Dorman/Viking) After the death of Will Traynor, Louisa Clark joins a grief support group that may lead her to new love. THIS WEEK: 9 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 11

10 Foreign Agent by Brad Thor. (Emily Bestler/Atria) The counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath searches for an informant who has compromised a U.S. mission in Syria. THIS WEEK: 10 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 3

NON-FICTION

Crisis Of Character by Gary J. Byrne with Grant M. Schmidt. (Center Street) A former Secret Service officer claims to have witnessed scandalous behaviour by the Clintons. THIS WEEK: 1 LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST:

1 2 Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow. (Penguin)

A biography of the first US Treasury secretary, a major author of the Federalist Papers and an advocate of strong central government. THIS WEEK: 2 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 27

3 When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi. (Random House)

A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36. THIS WEEK: 3 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 25

4 Bill O’Reilly’s Legends And Lies: The Patriots by David Fisher. (Holt)

Stories of the American Revolution; a companion volume to the Fox News series. THIS WEEK: 4 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 6

5 My Lucky Life In And Out Of Show Business by Dick Van Dyke. (Crown Archetype)

A memoir by the performer, who calls himself “a simple song-anddance man”. THIS WEEK: 5 LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 3

6 Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter. (Grand Central/Melcher Media)

The libretto of the Grammy-, Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, annotated by its creator, along with backstage photos, a production history and interviews with the cast. THIS WEEK: 6 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 11

7 Grit by Angela Duckworth. (Scribner)

A psychologist argues that passion and perseverance are the keys to success. THIS WEEK: 7 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 9

8 Tribe by Sebastian Junger. (Twelve)

How modern society’s loss of the sense of belonging — now achieved mostly in the military and in disasters — has led to income inequality, incivility and disorders like PTSD. THIS WEEK: 8 LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 4

9 Wake Up America by Eric Bolling. (St. Martin’s)

The Fox News Channel personality describes nine key American virtues that he maintains are under attack by President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. THIS WEEK: 9 LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1

10 The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown. (Penguin)

The University of Washington’s eight-oar crew and their quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. THIS WEEK: 10 LAST WEEK: 13 WEEKS ON LIST: 110