BEST-SELLERS
Fiction
1. SEE ME, by Nicholas Sparks. A couple in love are threatened by secrets from the past.
2. THE SURVIVOR, by Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills. Counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp must control the damage from a leak of CIA documents. Mills finished the book for Flynn, who died in 2013.
3. THE MURDER HOUSE, by James Patterson and David Ellis. When bodies are found at a Hamptons estate where a series of grisly murders once occurred, a local detective and former New York City cop investigates.
4. A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS, by George R. R. Martin. A collection of three official prequels to A Song of Ice and Fire.
5. CITY ON FIRE, by Garth Risk Hallberg. Sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll in New York City in the 1970s.
6. ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, by Anthony Doerr. The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget-obsessed German boy before and during World War II.
7. THE GIRL IN THE SPIDER’S WEB, by David Lagercrantz. Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander are back in this continuation of Stieg Larsson’s Millennium series.
8. GO SET A WATCHMAN, by Harper Lee. In the mid-1950s, a grown-up Jean Louise Finch returns home to find that her adored father is not as perfect as she believed.
9. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins. A psychological thriller set in the environs of London.
10. MAKE ME, by Lee Child. In his 20th appearance, Jack Reacher takes on a missing-persons case that takes him into the shadowy reaches of the Internet.
Nonfiction
1. HUMANS OF NEW YORK STORIES, by Brandon Stanton. More photographs, this time accompanied by interviews, from the creator of the blog and the book Humans
of New York.
2. KILLING REAGAN, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. The host of The O’Reilly
Factor recounts the events surrounding the attempted assassination of President Reagan in 1981.
3. A MORE PERFECT UNION, by Ben Carson with Candy Carson. A discussion of the Constitution by the candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.
4. M TRAIN, by Patti Smith. A meditation on art, loss and the past by the musician and author of Just Kids.
5. A COMMON STRUGGLE, by Patrick J. Kennedy and Stephen Fried. The former Rhode Island representative, the son of Senator Ted Kennedy, describes his troubles with bipolar disorder and addiction and his subsequent advocacy for mental health care and research.
6. WHY NOT ME?, by Mindy Kaling. More personal essays from the comedian and actress.
7. BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. 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.
8. THE LAST OF THE PRESIDENT’S MEN, by Bob Woodward. More revelations from the Nixon White House, based on documents supplied by Alexander Butterfield, the aide who disclosed Nixon’s taping system. 9. UNFAITHFUL MUSIC AND DISAPPEARING INK, by Elvis Costello. The musician describes his childhood, life and career.
10. FURIOUSLY HAPPY, by Jenny Lawson. A humorous treatment of the author’s life with depression and anxiety disorder.
Paperback fiction
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2. THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. In this fable, a Spanish shepherd boy ventures to Egypt in search of treasure and his destiny.
3. MEMORY MAN, by David Baldacci. With the blessing and curse of perfect recall, a former police detective seizes a chance to solve his family’s murder.
4. GREY, by E. L. James. A Fifty Shades of Grey sequel, told from Christian’s point of view, revisits the tortured romance between the controlling billionaire and the unassuming Ana.
5. A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS, by Marlon James. This novel uses the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in 1976 to explore Jamaican politics, poverty, gang wars and drug trafficking; winner of this year’s Man Booker Prize.
Paperback nonfiction
1. THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown. American rowers pursue gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
2. I AM MALALA, by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb. The Nobel Peace Prize-winner and teenage activist recounts her path to learning.
3. YES PLEASE, by Amy Poehler. A humorous miscellany from the comedian and actress.
4. VOICES FROM CHERNOBYL, by Svetlana Alexievich. Interviews with people living with the after-effects of the 1996 explosion of the Russian nuclear reactor make up this testimonial history.
5. ONE NATION, by Ben Carson with Candy Carson. The candidate for the Republican presidential nomination on what Americans need to do to save the country’s future.
Source: New York Times