BEST-SELLERS
Fiction
1. THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE, by Stephen King. A new entry in the Dark Tower epic western-fantasy series; this novel, King says, is “Dark Tower 4.5.”
2. THE INNOCENT, by David Baldacci. A hit man who has become a target of the government rescues a teenage girl whose parents have been murdered and who may be at the center of a dangerous conspiracy.
3. CALICO JOE, by John Grisham. A pitcher beans a promising rookie, ending both their careers; years later, the pitcher’s son brings them together.
4. THE WITNESS, by Nora Roberts. A programmer hides from the Russian mob in the Ozarks.
5. CRYSTAL GARDENS, by Amanda Quick. In the first book of a new Victorian series, Ladies of Lantern Street, a paranormal investigator is stalked by an assassin; by Jayne Ann Krentz, writing pseudonymously.
6. GUILTY WIVES, by James Patterson and David Ellis. Four friends in Monte Carlo for a luxurious girls’ vacation find themselves in prison, accused of a crime.
7. THE LOST YEARS, by Mary Higgins Clark. A biblical scholar who made an amazing discovery is murdered.
8. UNNATURAL ACTS, by Stuart Woods. New York lawyer Stone Barrington becomes involved in the family problems of a billionaire hedge fund manager.
9. THE SHOEMAKER’S WIFE, by Adriana Trigiani. Childhood sweethearts in turn-of-the20th-century Italy meet again in America.
10. SACRE BLEU, by Christopher Moore. Did Vincent van Gogh really kill himself? His friends in the 19th-century Parisian art world set out to discover the truth.
Nonfiction
1. DRIFT, by Rachel Maddow. America’s path to war has become too easy, with excessive power ceded to the executive branch, the MSNBC host argues.
2. LOTS OF CANDLES, PLENTY OF CAKE, by Anna Quindlen. The journalist and novelist, now nearly 60, looks back at her experiences and those of her generation.
3. PRAGUE WINTER, by Madeleine Albright with Bill Woodward. The former secretary of state describes her family’s life in Czechoslovakia, where she was born; their exile in London during World War II; their return to their homeland after the war and their final move to the United States in 1948.
4. IMAGINE, by Jonah Lehrer. An account of the science of creativity argues that it is not a gift but a thought process that can be learned.
5. THE PRESIDENTS CLUB, by Nancy Gibbs and Michael Duffy. Two journalists examine the relationships between sitting presidents and their predecessors.
6. LET’S PRETEND THIS NEVER HAPPENED, by Jenny Lawson. A blogger recalls her unusual upbringing.
7. KILLING LINCOLN, by Bill O’reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of “The O’reilly Factor” recounts the events surrounding the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
8. THE POWER OF HABIT, by Charles Duhigg. A Times reporter’s account of the science behind how we form, and break, habits.
9. MRS. KENNEDY AND ME, by Clint Hill with Lisa Mccubbin. Recollections of the Secret Service agent assigned to guard Jacqueline Kennedy.
10. THE BIG MISS, by Hank Haney. The golf coach’s memoir describes his six eventful years with Tiger Woods.
Paperback fiction
1. FIFTY SHADES OF GREY, by E.L. James. An inexperienced college student falls in love with a tortured man who has particular sexual tastes; the first book in an erotic trilogy.
2. FIFTY SHADES DARKER, by E.L. James. Daunted by Christian’s dark secrets, Ana ends their relationship—but desire still dominates her every thought; the second book in an erotic trilogy.
3. FIFTY SHADES FREED, by E.L. James. Reunited, Ana and Christian face a world of possibilities, and unexpected challenges; the final volume in an erotic trilogy.
4. THE LUCKY ONE, by Nicholas Sparks. A Marine returning home sets out to track down the woman whose photo he found in Iraq.
5. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, by Seth Grahame-smith. A journal reveals Lincoln’s fight against the undead; by the author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies.
Paperback nonfiction
1. HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. A father recounts his 3-year-old son’s encounter with Jesus and the angels during an emergency appendectomy.
2. BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey. A memoir from the former “Saturday Night Live” star and creator of “30 Rock.” 3. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA
LACKS, by Rebecca Skloot. The story of an African-american woman whose cancerous cells were extensively cultured without her permission in 1951.
4. THE NEW JIM CROW, by Michelle Alexander. Taking aim at the war on drugs and its impact on black men.
5. MOONWALKING WITH EINSTEIN, by Joshua Foer. A journalist who covered a mnemonics championship tries competing himself.