NEW YORK TIMES
(PRINT AND E-BOOKS COMBINED)
FICTION
1 The Martian by Andy Weir. (Crown)
Abandoned by his crew, an astronaut embarks on a dogged quest to stay alive. THIS WEEK: 1 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 17
2 Devoted In Death by J.D. Robb. (Putnam)
Lt Eve Dallas races the clock to save a woman kidnapped by a couple on a murder spree; by Nora Roberts, writing pseudonymously. THIS WEEK: 2 LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1
3 Make Me by Lee Child. (Delacorte)
In his 20th appearance, Jack Reacher pries open a missing-persons case that takes him across the country and into the shadowy reaches of the Internet. THIS WEEK: 3 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2
4 The Girl In The Spider’s Web by David Lagercrantz. (Knopf )
Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander are back in this continuation of Steig Larsson’s Millennium series. THIS WEEK: 4 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 3
5 The End Game by Catherine Coulter and J.T. Ellison. (Putnam)
The FBI agent Nicholas Drummond and his partner, Mike Caine, investigate a violent environmental group with the help of the CIA and Mossad. THIS WEEK: 5 LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1
6 Hard Love by Meredith Wild. (Forever)
A newlywed’s hacker past catches up with him. THIS WEEK: 6 LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1
7 The Scam by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg. (Bantam)
The FBI agent Kate O’Hare and her con man partner, Nicholas Fox, pose as gamblers in order to bring down a casino magnate involved in money laundering. THIS WEEK: 7 LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1
8 The Girl On The Train by Paula Hawkins. (Riverhead)
A psychological thriller set in the environs of London is full of complications and betrayals. THIS WEEK: 8 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 36
9 Fates And Furies by Lauren Groff. (Riverhead)
A marriage viewed from two perspectives. THIS WEEK: 9 LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1
10 Gray Mountain by John Grisham. (Doubleday)
A downsized Wall Street lawyer joins a legal clinic in a small Virginia town, and litigates against the coal-mining industry. THIS WEEK: 10 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 21
NON-FICTION
1 Why Not Me? by Mindy Kaling. (Crown Archetype)
More personal essays from the comedian and actress. THIS WEEK: 1 LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1
2 The Boys In The Boat by Daniel James Brown. (Penguin)
The University of Washington’s eight-oar crew and their quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. THIS WEEK: 2 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 70
3 Fast Girl by Suzy Favor Hamilton with Sarah Tomlinson. (Dey St./ Morrow)
Bipolar disorder drove a former Olympic runner to become a highpriced Las Vegas escort until she received treatment. THIS WEEK: 3 LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1
4 Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates. (Spiegel & Grau)
A meditation on race in America, as well as a personal story by the national correspondent of The Atlantic, framed as a letter to his teenage son. THIS WEEK: 4 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 10
5 A Walk In The Woods by Bill Bryson. (Broadway)
A journey to rediscover America by trekking the 2,100 miles of the Appalachian Trail. First published in 1998; now a movie. THIS WEEK: 5 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 5
6 A Train In Winter by Caroline Moorehead. (Harper)
The fate of 230 Frenchwomen, members of the Resistance, sent to Auschwitz in 1943; originally published in 2011. THIS WEEK: 6 LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1
7 The Wright Brothers by David McCullough. (Simon & Schuster)
The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight. THIS WEEK: 7 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 20
8 Being Mortal by Atul Gawande. (Metropolitan/Holt)
The surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients at the end of life and how they can do better. THIS WEEK: 8 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 48
9 The Art Of Memoir by Mary Karr. (Harper)
The author of The Liars’ Club, Cherry and Lit offers instruction in memoir writing and discusses her favourite writers’ work. THIS WEEK: 9 LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1
10 I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb. (Little, Brown)
The experience of the Pakistani girl who advocated for women’s education and was shot by the Taliban. THIS WEEK: 10 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 30