NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLERS

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending Aug. 1.

FICTION

1. DEADLOCK, by Catherine Coulter. (Gallery) The 24th book in the “FBI Thriller” series. A young wife, a psychopath and three red boxes puzzle agents Savich and Sherlock. (Weeks on the list, 1)

2. 1ST CASE, by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts. (Little, Brown) After getting kicked out of MIT, Angela Hoot interns with the FBI and tracks the murderous siblings known as the Poet and the Engineer. (1)

3. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, by Delia Owens. (Putnam) In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect. (99)

4. THE VANISHING HALF, by Brit Bennett. (Riverhead) The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern Black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity but their fates intertwine.

(9) 5. THE ORDER, by Daniel Silva. (Harper) The 20th book in the “Gabriel Allon” series. The art restorer and spy cuts his family’s vacation short to investigate whether Pope Paul VII was murdered. (3)

6. NEAR DARK, by Brad Thor. (Emily Bestler/Atria) The 19th book in the “Scot Harvath” series. With a bounty on his head, Harvath makes an alliance with a Norwegian intelligence operative. (2)

7. THE GUEST LIST, by Lucy Foley. (Morrow) A wedding between a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of Ireland turns deadly. (9)

8. 28 SUMMERS, by Elin Hilderbrand. (Little, Brown) A relationship that started in 1993 between Mallory Blessing and Jake McCloud comes to light while she is on her deathbed and his wife runs for president. (7)

9. THEN SHE WAS GONE, by Lisa Jewell. (Atria) Ten years after her daughter disappears, a woman tries to get her life in order but remains haunted by unanswered questions. (5)

10. AMERICAN DIRT, by Jeanine Cummins. (Flatiron) A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel. (28) 11. GOLDEN IN DEATH, by J.D. Robb. (St. Martin’s) The 50th book of the “In Death” series. Eve Dallas seeks the sender of packages that give off toxic fumes. (5)

12. LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, by Celeste Ng. (Penguin Press) An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland. (77)

13. THE END OF HER, by Shari Lapena. (Pamela Dorman) The parents of colicky twin girls have other trouble delivered in the form of suspicions surrounding the husband’s first wife’s death. (1)

14. CAMINO WINDS, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) The line between fact and fiction becomes blurred when an author of thrillers is found dead after a hurricane hits Camino Island. (14)

15. MEXICAN GOTHIC, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. (Del Rey) In 1950s Mexico, a debutante travels to a distant mansion where family secrets of a faded mining empire have been kept hidden. (2)

NONFICTION

1. TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH, by Mary L. Trump. (Simon & Schuster) The clinical psychologist gives her assessment of events and patterns inside her family and how they shaped President Donald Trump. (3) 2. WHITE FRAGILITY, by Robin DiAngelo. (Beacon Press) Historical and cultural analyses on what causes defensive moves by white people and how this inhibits crossracial dialogue. (19)

3. ON TYRANNY, by Timothy Snyder. (Tim Duggan) Twenty lessons from the 20th century about the course of tyranny. (23)

4. HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST, by Ibram X. Kendi. (One World) A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism. (14)

5. UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. (Dial) The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice. (21)

6. THE ANSWER IS …, by Alex Trebek. (Simon & Schuster) Who is the Canadian American game show host whose pronunciation of the word “genre” has been shared widely on social media? (2)

7. BEGIN AGAIN, by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (Crown) An appraisal of the life and work of James Baldwin, the Black Lives Matter movement and the Trump presidency. (5)

8. HOW TO DESTROY AMERICA IN THREE EASY STEPS, by Ben Shapiro. (Broadside) The conservative commentator describes what he perceives as threats to American history, ideals and culture. (2)

9. THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED, by John Bolton. (Simon & Schuster) The former national security adviser gives his account of the 17 months he spent working for President Donald Trump. (6)

10. SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE, by Ijeoma Oluo. (Seal) A look at the contemporary racial landscape of the United

States. (11)

11. INTIMATIONS, by Zadie Smith. (Penguin) Six essays exploring topics, such as isolation, compassion and the relationship between time and work. (1)

12. BREATH, by James Nestor. (Riverhead) A re-examination of a basic biological function and a look at the science behind ancient breathing practices. (2)

13. I’LL BE GONE IN THE DARK, by Michelle McNamara. (Harper)

The late true-crime journalist’s search for a serial murderer. (16)

14. EDUCATED, by Tara Westover. (Random House) The daughter of survivalists educates herself enough to leave home for university. (121)

15. THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE, by Erik Larson. (Crown) An examination of the leadership of Winston Churchill. (23)