BEST-SELLERS

Fiction

1. The Rising Sea: By Clive Cussler and Graham Brown. A scientific team searches the globe for the threat causing sea levels to rise at an alarming rate.

2. The Great Alone: By Kristin Hannah. A former prisoner of war returns from Vietnam and moves his family to Alaska, where they face tough conditions.

3. The Escape Artist: By Brad Meltzer. Nola Brown, a painter and trained soldier, discovers a military secret that traces back to Harry Houdini.

4. Little Fires Everywhere: By Celeste Ng. An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.

5. The Woman in the Window: By A.J. Finn. A recluse who drinks heavily and takes prescription drugs may have witnessed a crime across from her Harlem townhouse.

6. An American Marriage: By Tayari Jones. A newlywed couple’s relationship is tested when the husband is sentenced to 12 years in prison.

7. Before We Were Yours: By Lisa Wingate. A South Carolina lawyer learns about the questionable practices of a Tennessee orphanage.

8. The Flight Attendant: By Chris Bohjalian. After waking up next to a dead man in a hotel room in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, a binge drinker pieces together the previous night’s events.

9. Caribbean Rim: By Randy Wayne White. The 25th book in the Doc Ford series. The marine biologist searches for a state agency official and rare Spanish coins.

10. Fifty Fifty: By James Patterson and Candice Fox. Detective Harriet Blue tries to clear her brother’s name and save a small Australian town from being massacred.

Nonfiction

1. Russian Roulette: By Michael Isikoff and David Corn. Details of the 2016 presidential election, with an emphasis on Russia’s possible involvement.

2. Fire and Fury: By Michael Wolff. A journalist offers an inside account of the first year of the Trump White House.

3. Educated: By Tara Westover. The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

4. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark : By Michelle McNamara. The late truecrime journalist’s search for the serial murderer and rapist known as “the Golden State Killer.”

5. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry: By Neil deGrasse Tyson. A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the universe.

6. Enlightenment Now: By Steven Pinker. A case for using reason, science and humanism to counter pessimistic views of Western civilization.

7. Obama: By Pete Souza. More than 300 pictures of the former president by his White House photographer, with behind-the-scenes stories.

8. The Last Black Unicorn: By Tiffany Haddish. The comedian recounts growing up in South-Central Los Angeles and finding success after a period of homelessness.

9. Killers of the Flower Moon: By David Grann. The story of a murder rampage in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians.

10. Leonardo Da Vinci: By Walter Isaacson. A biography of the Italian Renaissance polymath that connects his work in various disciplines.