BEST-SELLERS

Fiction

1. THE BLACK BOOK by James Patterson and David Ellis. After a raid on a brothel that services Chicago’s elite, two people are dead and the madam’s black book has disappeared. Who is responsible?

2. MISSISSIPPI BLOOD by Greg Iles. Penn Cage, now the mayor of Natchez, Miss., investigates the secrets of his family and the South to save his and his father’s lives in the conclusion to the Natchez Burning trilogy.

3. NORSE MYTHOLOGY by Neil Gaiman. A retelling of Norse folklore.

4. VICIOUS CIRCLE by C. J. Box. Newly released from prison, Dallas Cates tries to exact revenge on Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett, who put him there.

5. IF NOT FOR YOU by Debbie Macomber. An unlikely relationship is tested.

6. THE WOMEN IN THE CASTLE by Jessica Shattuck. The widows of three men killed for attempting to assassinate Hitler take refuge together at the war’s end.

7. DANGEROUS GAMES by Danielle Steel. A television correspondent investigates damning allegations against the vice president of the United States. 8. THE CUTTHROAT by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. In 1911, searching for a young actress who has disappeared, detective Isaac Bell discovers a serial killer.

9. LINCOLN IN THE BARDO by George Saunders. Visiting the grave of his recently deceased young son in 1862, Lincoln encounters a cemetery full of ghosts.

10. A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW by Amor Towles. A Russian count undergoes 30 years of house arrest.

Nonfiction

1. OLD SCHOOL by Bill O’Reilly and Bruce Feirstein. A defense of old-school traditional values versus “snowflakes.”

2. HILLBILLY ELEGY by J. D. Vance. A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of America’s white working class through his childhood in the Rust Belt.

3. KILLING THE RISING SUN by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of The O’Reilly Factor recounts the final years of World War II.

4. A COLONY IN A NATION by Chris Hayes. The MSNBC host discusses race relations with a focus on the differences in policing in the white nation and its black colony.

5. THE CUBS WAY by Tom Verducci. The transformation of the Chicago Cubs under Theo Epstein and Joe Maddon and a celebration of their championship.

6. PORTRAITS OF COURAGE by George W. Bush. Paintings by the former president with brief biographies of members of the military who have served since 9/11.

7. THE MAGNOLIA STORY by Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino. The lives of the couple who star in the HGTV show Fixer Upper.

8. BIG AGENDA by David Horowitz. A battle plan for the Trump White House.

9. TRUMP’S WAR by Michael Savage. The radio host discusses the challenges President Trump faces as he strives to fulfill his promises.

10. BORN A CRIME by Trevor Noah. A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the comedian and host of The Daily Show.

Paperback fiction

1. THE SHACK by William P. Young. 2. MILK AND HONEY by Rupi Kaur. 3. A MAN CALLED OVE by Fredrik Backman. 4. BIG LITTLE LIES by Liane Moriarty. 5. NO MAN’S LAND by David Baldacci.

Paperback nonfiction

1. THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE by Diane Ackerman. 2. ON TYRANNY by Timothy Snyder. 3. HIDDEN FIGURES by Margot Lee Shetterly. 4. KILLING JESUS by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. 5. CORK DORK by Bianca Bosker. Source: New York Times