New York Times Best Sellers
Fiction 1. THE STRANGER IN THE LIFEBOAT
by Mitch Albom (Harper) After a ship explodes, nine people struggling to survive pull a man who claims to be the Lord out of the sea.
2. THE JUDGE’S LIST
by John Grisham (Doubleday)
The second book in the Whistler series. Investigator Lacy Stoltz goes after a serial killer and closes in on a sitting judge.
3. GAME ON
by Janet Evanovich (Atria)
The 28th book in the Stephanie Plum series. Diesel and Stephanie track the international computer hacker Oswald Wednesday.
4. BETTER OFF DEAD
by Lee Child and Andrew Child (Delacorte)
The 26th book in the Jack Reacher series. Reacher helps an FBI agent look for her missing brother and takes on a foe named Dendoncker.
5. THE WISH
by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central) Maggie Dawes, a renowned travel photographer, struggles with a medical diagnosis over Christmas.
6. THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY
by Amor Towles (Viking)
Two friends who escaped from a juvenile work farm take Emmett Watson on an unexpected journey to New York City in 1954.
7. CLOUD CUCKOO LAND
by Anthony Doerr (Scribner) An interconnected cast of dreamers and outsiders are in dangerous and disparate settings past, present and future.
8. STATE OF TERROR
by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny (Simon & Schuster, St. Martin’s) In the wake of the previous administration’s mishandling of international affairs, the new Secretary of State Ellen Adams confronts interconnected global threats.
9. APPLES NEVER FALL
by Liane Moriarty (Holt)
The Delaney siblings suspect their father of causing the disappearance of their mother.
10. OUR COUNTRY FRIENDS by Gary Shteyngart (Random House)
Nonfiction 1. THE LYRICS: 1956 TO THE PRESENT
by Paul McCartney (Liveright) A two-volume celebration of 154 songs, with handwritten texts, paintings and photographs from the songwriter’s archives.
2. IMMUNE
by Philipp Dettmer (Random House) The founder of the YouTube channel Kurzgesagt gives an overview of elements of the body’s immune system.
3. THE PRESIDENT AND THE FREEDOM FIGHTER
by Brian Kilmeade (Sentinel)
The Fox News host gives an account of the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.
4. THE STORYTELLER
by Dave Grohl (Dey Street)
A memoir by the musician known for his work with Foo Fighters and Nirvana.
5. BEST WISHES, WARMEST REGARDS
by Daniel Levy and Eugene Levy (Black Dog & Leventhal)
Character profiles, major story moments and behind-the-scenes tales from the Emmy Award-winning series “Schitt’s Creek.”
6. WOKE UP THIS MORNING
by Michael Imperioli and Steve Schirripa with Philip Lerman (Morrow)
An oral history of “The Sopranos” by two of its stars who host the podcast “Talking Sopranos.”
7. GOING THERE
by Katie Couric (Little, Brown)
The former anchor of the “CBS Evening News” and “Today” describes some of the personal and professional challenges she faced.
8. RENEGADES
by Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen (Crown)
Conversations between the 44th president and the multiple award-winning musician on a range of topics.
9. TO RESCUE THE REPUBLIC
by Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney (Custom House)
The Fox News chief political anchor recounts challenges faced by Ulysses S. Grant.
10. TASTE
by Stanley Tucci (Gallery)