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BEST-SELLERS

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Fiction

1. End of Watch: By Stephen King. The conclusion of the Bill Hodges trilogy. 2. The Girls: By Emma Cline. In the summer of 1969, a California teenager is drawn to a Manson-like cult. 3. Here’s to Us: By Elin Hilderbran­d. Sparks fly as a celebrity chef’s ex-wives pile into a small cabin in Nantucket to join his widow for the reading of his will. 4. Tom Clancy: Duty and Honor: By Grant Blackwood. A secretive German organizati­on is trying to kill Tom Clancy’s character Jack Ryan Jr. (Clancy died in 2013.) 5. The Girl on the Train: By Paula Hawkins. A psychologi­cal thriller set in the environs of London. 6. Foreign Agent: By Brad Thor. The counterter­rorism operative Scot Harvath searches for an informant who compromise­d a U.S. mission in Syria. 7. After You: By Jojo Moyes. In a sequel to “Me Before You,” Louisa Clark tries to put her life back together after the death of Will Traynor. 8. The Pursuit: By Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg. The FBI agent Kate O’Hare and her con man partner, Nick Fox, face off against a dangerous ex-Serbian military officer. 9. Before the Fall: By Noah Hawley. After a private jet crashes, a firestorm of media madness ensues. 10. Sweetbitte­r: By Stephanie Danler. A woman moves to New York and experience­s a sensual awakening while working at a famous restaurant.

Nonfiction

1. Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies: The Patriots: By David Fisher. Stories of the American Revolution; a companion volume to the Fox News series. 2. Hamilton: The Revolution: By Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter. The libretto of the Grammy-, Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, annotated by its creator, along with backstage photos, production history and interviews with the cast. 3. Grit: By Angela Duckworth. A psychologi­st argues that passion and perseveran­ce are the keys to success. 4. When Breath Becomes Air: By Paul Kalanithi. A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer. 5. Between the World and Me: By Ta-Nehisi Coates. A meditation on race in America. 6. The Rainbow Comes and Goes: By Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vander- bilt. Mother and son discuss their relationsh­ip and difficult family history. 7. The Gene: By Siddhartha Mukherjee. This overview of the history and science of genetics also considers moral questions and prospects for advances in treating disease. 8. White Trash: By Nancy Isenberg. The role of the white poor in American history. 9. Shoe Dog: By Phil Knight. A memoir by the founder of Nike. 10. Grunt: By Mary Roach. The science that attempts to overcome the challenges soldiers face.

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