New York Times bestsellers
HARDBACK FICTION
1. Inferno by Dan Brown (Doubleday). The symbologist Robert Langdon, on the run in Florence, must decipher a series of codes created by a Dante-loving scientist. 2. And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini (Riverhead). A multigenerational family saga centers on a brother and sister born in Afghanistan; from the author of “The Kite Runner.” 3. Revenge Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger (Simon & Schuster). Andrea Sachs is now running a bridal magazine. 4. The Kill Room by Jeffery Deaver (Grand Central). The quadriplegic forensics expert Lincoln Rhyme investigates the political assassination of a U. S. citizen. 5. Ladies’ Night by Mary Kay Andrews (St. Martin’s). After separating from her husband, a lifestyle blogger moves in with her mother and attends divorce counseling sessions. 6. Zero Hour by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown (Putnam). Kurt Austin, Joe Zavala and the rest of the Numa team search for a physicist’s machine, buried in an ocean trench, that can cause deadly earthquakes in the 11th Numa Files novel.
7. Deeply Odd by Dean Koontz (Bantam). Odd Thomas, who can communicate with the dead, must forestall a crime by discovering the three innocent people who have been targeted by an evil killer.
8. The Hit by David Baldacci (Grand Central, $27.99). Government hit man Will Robie uncovers a serious threat as he attempts to take out a fellow assassin who has gone rogue.
9. Silken Prey by John Sandford (Putnam). Lucas Davenport is drawn into the investigation of a Minnesota political scandal and the disappearance of an operative.
10. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown, $25). A woman disappears on the day of her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer?
HARDBACK NONFICTION
1. Happy, Happy, Happy by Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach (Howard Books). The Duck Commander pays tribute to “faith, family and ducks.” 2. Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell (Knopf, $24.95). The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence. 3. American Gun by Chris Kyle with William Doyle (Morrow/ HarperCollins). Kyle, a former member of the Navy SEALs who was shot to death in Texas in February, tells how 10 firearms changed U.S. history. 4. The Guns at Last Light by Rick Atkinson (Holt). The final volume of the Liberation Trilogy describes the Allied victory in Europe, from D-Day in June 1944 to the German surrender 11 months later. 5. Eleven Rings by Phil Jackson and Hugh Delehanty (Penguin Press). An autobiography by the successful coach, who led his teams — the Chicago Bulls six times, and the Los Angeles Lakers five — to NBA championships. 6. Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls by David Sedaris (Little, Brown, $27). Essays from the humorist on subjects like French dentistry and a North Carolina Costco. 7. Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan (Crown Archetype). Life with five kids in a two-bedroom New York City apartment. 8. Keep It Pithy by Bill O’Reilly (Crown Archetype). A “highlight reel” of previous writings, updated, from the host of “The O’Reilly Factor.” 9. The Duck Commander Family by Willie and Korie Robertson with Mark Schlabach (Howard Books). Behind the scenes at the A&E show “Duck Dynasty.” 10. Revolutionary Summer by Joseph J. Ellis (Knopf). This account of the fateful summer of 1776 weaves the political (Continental Congress) and the military (Continental Army).
HARDBACK MISCELLANEOUS
1. Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman (Little, Brown & Co.). A plan for achieving fast and sustained weight loss. 2. The 100 by Jorge Cruise (Morrow/HarperCollins). A fourweek, low-sugar weight-loss plan. 3. Finerman’s Rules by Karen Finerman (Grand Central Publishing). Advice for women on making good decisions both personally and professionally. 4. The End of Diabetes by Joel Fuhrman (HarperOne/ HarperCollins). Eating nutrient-dense foods to avoid diabetes. 5. Wheat Belly by William Davis (Rodale). An examination of wheat in modern diets and an argument for its elimination.
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. Entwined With You by Sylvia Day (Berkley). Eve and Gideon face the demons of their pasts and accept the consequences of their obsessive desires; a Crossfire novel. 2. Joyland by Stephen King (Hard Case Crime). In North Carolina in 1973, a college student working at an amusement park confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever. 3. World War Z by Max Brooks ( Three Rivers, $14.95). An “oral history” of an imagined Zombie War. 4. Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter (Harper Perennial, $15.99). Ruins both emotional and architectural, in Italy, Hollywood and elsewhere, figure in this sweeping novel. 5. Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper Perennial). A woman’s life expands as a visitation of butterflies brings scientific truths to rural Tennessee. 6. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James (Vintage, $15.95). First book in an erotic trilogy. 7. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (HarperOne). In this fable, a Spanish shepherd boy ventures to Egypt in search of treasure and his destiny. 8. The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (Scribner, $16). An Australian lighthouse keeper and his wife decide to keep a baby who has washed ashore. 9. A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin (Bantam). In the frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are mustering; Book 1 of “A Song of Ice and Fire.” 10. Life of Pi by Yann Martel (Mariner/Houghton Mifflin, $14 and $15.95). An allegory on the high seas, in which a teenage boy and a 450-pound tiger are thrown together in a lifeboat after a shipwreck.
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander (Simon & Schuster, $15.99). A neurosurgeon’s journey into the afterlife. 2. Wild by Cheryl Strayed (Vintage, $15.95). A woman’s account of a life-changing 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail in the summer of 1995. 3. American Sniper by Chris Kyle (Harper/HarperCollins, $9.99). Memoir by the Navy SEAL sniper killed in Texas. 4. Quiet by Susan Cain (Broadway, $16). Introverts — one-third of the population — are undervalued in American society. 5. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $16.99). Why some people succeed. 6. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner). The author recalls her bizarre childhood. 7. Control by Glenn Beck and others ( Threshold Editions/ Mercury Radio Arts). An argument against gun restriction laws. 8. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Broadway, $16). The story of an African-American woman whose cancerous cells were extensively cultured without her permission in 1951. 9. A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah (Sarah Crichton/Farrar, Straus & Giroux). A former child soldier’s killing spree and return to humanity. 10. America the Beautiful by Ben Carson with Candy Carson (Zondervan, $14.99). The nation’s future informed by its past.