New York Times bestsellers
Hardback fiction
1. Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders (Random House). Visiting the grave of his recently deceased young son in 1862, Lincoln encounters a cemetery full of ghosts. 2. Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman (Norton). A retelling of Norse folklore. 3. Echoes in Death by J. D. Robb (St. Martin's). Lt. Eve Dallas of the N.Y.P.D. investigates a fatal home invasion. By Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously. 4. Heartbreak Hotel by Jonathan Kellerman (Ballantine). The psychologist Alex Delaware and the L.A.P.D. Lt. Milo Sturgis investigate the mysterious death of an elderly woman. 5. Never Never by James Patterson and Candice Fox (Little, Brown). Harriet Blue, a Sydney sex crimes detective, is sent to the outback (the never never) to investigate the disappearance of a mine worker. The first in a new series. 6. by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central). A man who became a single father when his marriage and business collapsed learns to take a chance on a new love. 7. The Whistler by John Grisham (Doubleday). A whistleblower alerts a Florida investigator to judicial corruption involving the Mob and Indian casinos. 8. The Girl Before by J P Delaney (Ballantine). A sadistic architect builds a modern house that controls its (young, female) inhabitants in this psychological thriller, soon to be a major motion picture. 9. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday). A slave girl heads toward freedom on the network, envisioned as actual tracks and tunnels. 10. Right Behind You by Lisa Gardner (Dutton). The former F.B.I. profiler Pierce Quincy and his partner, Rainie Conner, foster a girl whose older brother murdered their drunken father. Now, eight years later, he has killed again.
Hardback nonfiction
1. Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance (HarperCollins). A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of America’s white working class through his own childhood in the Rust Belt. 2. This Life I Live by Rory Feek (W Publishing/Thomas Nelson). The songwriter describes his difficult childhood, love for his wife, and her death from cancer in 2016. 3. Killing the Rising Sun by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard (Holt). The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the final years of World War II. 4. The Magnolia Story by Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with Mark Dagostino (W Publishing/Thomas Nelson). The lives of the couple who star in the HGTV show “Fixer Upper.” 5. Big Agenda by David Horowitz (Humanix). A battle plan for the Trump White House. 6. The Book of Joy by Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu (Avery). A discussion between two spiritual leaders about how to find joy in the face of suffering. 7. Three Days in January by Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney (Morrow/HarperCollins). Eisenhower’s farewell address and his role in the Kennedy transition. 8. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (Spiegel & Grau). A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the comedian, now the host of "The Daily Show." 9. Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (Morrow/HarperCollins). The black women mathematicians who worked at then-segregated NASA. The basis of the movie. 10. You Are the Universe by Deepak Chopra and Menas Kafatos (Harmony). Defining a human universe in which each of us is a co-creator of reality.
Hardback miscellaneous
1. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman (Northfield). A guide to communicating love in a way that a spouse will understand. 2. You are a Badass by Jen Sincero (Running Press). Tips for the doubtful and self-effacing on roaring ahead through life, delivered with stories, insights and exercises. 3. The Lose Your Belly Diet by Travis Stork (Ghost Mountain). The doctor and talk-show host promotes an eating plan that includes improving "gut health."
Paperback fiction
1. A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman (Washington Square). An angry curmudgeon gets new next-door neighbors, and things are about to change for all of them — and others. 2. A Dog's Purpose by W. Bruce Cameron (Forge). From stray mutt to golden-haired puppy, a dog finds himself reincarnated over the years as he searches for his purpose in life. 3. The Shack by William P. Young (Windblown Media). A man whose daughter was abducted is invited to an isolated shack, apparently by God. 4. Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur (Andrews McMeel) A collection of poetry about love, loss, trauma and healing. 5. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Anchor). In the Republic of Gilead's dystopian future, men and women perform the services assigned to them. 6. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman (Washington Square). A girl is instructed to deliver a series of letters after her grandmother dies. 7. Bullseye by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge (Grand Central). 8. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (Berkley). Who will end up dead, and how, when three mothers with children in the same school become friends.
Paperback nonfiction
1. Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly (Morrow/HarperCollins). The story of four of the black female mathematicians known as "human computers" whose work at then-segregated NASA was key to launching John Glenn into space. 2. The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman (Norton). How a Warsaw couple sheltered Jews and members of the Resistance during World War II. 3. Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow (Penguin). First published in 2004, this biography of a founding father has been turned into the Broadway hip-hop musical “Hamilton.” 4. I Am Not Your Negro from texts by James Baldwin; edited by Raoul Peck (Vintage). 5. Lion by Saroo Brierley (New American Library/Berkley). The author was lost on a train in India at age 5, then adopted by a couple in Australia; he searched for and found his birth family as an adult. Originally published in 2014 as “A Long Way Home” and the basis for the 2016 movie. 6. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). How we make choices in our business and personal lives. 7. Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (Spiegel & Grau). 8. We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Anchor). The adapted text of the much-watched TED talk.