BEST-SELLERS

Fiction

1. ROGUE LAWYER, by John Grisham. Attorney Sebastian Rudd hates injustice and the system and defends unpopular clients.

2. ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE,

by Anthony Doerr. The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget-obsessed German boy before and during World War II.

3. SEE ME, by Nicholas Sparks. A couple in love are threatened by secrets from the past.

4. THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS, by Stephen King. Twenty stories, some never before published.

5. CROSS JUSTICE, by James Patterson. Detective Alex Cross returns to Starksville, N.C., his hometown, for the first time in 35 years to help a cousin who has been accused of murder.

6. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins. A psychological thriller set in the environs of London.

7. THE MAGIC STRINGS OF FRANKIE

PRESTO, by Mitch Albom. A mystical tale of a guitar genius’ journey through 20th-century music.

8. THE GUILTY, by David Baldacci. Government hit man Will Robie investigates murder charges against his estranged father in their Mississippi hometown.

9. GO SET A WATCHMAN, by Harper Lee. In the mid-1950s, a grown-up Jean Louise Finch returns home to find that her adored father is not as perfect as she believed. 10. TOM CLANCY: COMMANDER IN CHIEF, by Mark Greaney. President Jack Ryan detects a pattern in outbreaks of violence around the world that point to the Russian president, but he must unite the Western allies before he can take action. Clancy died in 2013.

Nonfiction

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Factor recounts the events surrounding the attempted assassination of President Reagan in 1981. 2. THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE TRIPOLI PIRATES, by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. The war against the Barbary pirates in 1801.

3. HUMANS OF NEW YORK: STORIES,

by Brandon Stanton. Photographs and interviews from the creator of the blog and the book Humans of New York.

4. BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story by the Atlantic’s national correspondent.

5. WHAT IF?, by Randall Munroe. Scientific and often humorous answers to hypothetical questions.

6. DESTINY AND POWER, by Jon Meacham. A biography of George H.W. Bush.

7. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS, by David McCullough. The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight.

8. WHY NOT ME?, by Mindy Kaling. More personal essays from the comedian and actress.

9. SPQR, by Mary Beard. A concise history of ancient Rome.

10. THE WITCHES, by Stacy Schiff. An account of the Salem witch trials of 1692.

Paperback fiction

1. THE MARTIAN, by Andy Weir. Separated from his crew, an astronaut embarks on a quest to stay alive on Mars.

2. MY BRILLIANT FRIEND, by Elena Ferrante. The first installment in the author’s Neapolitan series, about the lifelong friendship between two women.

3. THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. A Spanish shepherd boy ventures to Egypt in search of treasure.

4. BROOKLYN, by Colm Toibin. An unsophisticated young Irishwoman leaves her home for New York in the 1950s.

5. THE MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, by Philip K. Dick. In this alternative history, the Allies lost World War II, and America is ruled by Japan and Nazi Germany.

Paperback nonfiction

1. THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown. American rowers pursue gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.

2. I AM MALALA, by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb. The Nobel Peace Prize winner and teenage activist recounts her path to learning.

3. YES PLEASE, by Amy Poehler. A humorous miscellany from the comedian.

4. IN THE HEART OF THE SEA, by Nathaniel Philbrick. The sinking of the New England whale ship Essex in 1820 by a sperm whale.

5. THE BIG SHORT, by Michael Lewis. The people who saw the real estate crash coming and made billions from their foresight.

Source: New York Times