BESTSELLERS

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Fiction

1. The English Spy by Daniel Silva (Harper: $27.99) When a bomb kills a member of the British Royal Family, spy Gabriel Allon is tasked to track down her killer.

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2. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Scribner: $27) A blind French girl and a German teenager meet in occupied France during WWII.

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3. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Riverhead: $26.95) A London commuter is witness to a woman’s disappearance in this psychological thriller.

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4. The Cartel by Don Winslow (Knopf: $27.95) A DEA agent seeking revenge goes on a 10-year odyssey to take down a Mexican drug cartel kingpin.

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5. The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George (Crown: $25) The owner of floating bookstore on the Seine, prescribes the perfect books to heal readers.

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6. Finders Keepers by Stephen King (Scribner: $30) A high-schooler finds stolen manuscripts from a novelist who was killed years ago.

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7. In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume (Knopf: $27.95) Three planes in three months crash in the New Jersey hometown of a 15-year-old girl.

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8. Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll (Simon & Schuster: $25) A New York writer’s life is shaken when secrets from the past threaten her wedding day.

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9. China Rich Girlfriend by Kevin Kwan (Doubleday: $26.95) An engaged couple navigate the world of the groom’s wealthy and demanding family.

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10. The Festival of Insignificance by Milan Kundera (Harper: $23.99) Five middle-aged friends living in Paris reflect on life.

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Nonfiction

1. The Life-Changing Magic of

Tidying Up by Marie Kondo (Ten Speed Press: $16.99) A guru’s guide to decluttering your home and simplifying your life.

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2. Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari (Penguin Press: $28.95) A humorous look at the difficulties of dating in the contemporary era.

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3. Sick in the Head by Judd Apatow (Random House: $27) The director’s 30-year collection of interviews with comedians.

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4. The Wright Brothers by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster: $30) Behind the story of two Ohio bicycle mechanics who taught the world how to fly.

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5. Down the Rabbit Hole by Holly Madison (Dey Street: $25.99) The ex-girl-next-door opens up about life inside the Playboy Mansion.

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6. Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance (Ecco: $28.99) The entrepreneur’s journey from a rough upbringing in South Africa to success at Tesla and SpaceX.

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7. Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin (Simon & Schuster: $26) An anthropological memoir of Manhattan motherhood.

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8. Dead Wake by Erik Larson (Crown: $28) How the 1915 sinking of the Lusitania by the Germans pulled the United States into World War I.

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9. The Road to Character by David Brooks (Random House: $28) Rethinking our priorities by building strong inner lives filled with humility and moral depth.

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10. H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald (Grove Press: $26) Mourning the death of her father, a falconer resolves to train a goshawk.

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