The Commercial Appeal

New York Times best-sellers

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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. Second Honeymoon by James Patterson and Howard Roughan (Little, Brown). As he investigat­es the murder of a pair of newlyweds, the FBI agent John O’Hara, last seen in “Honeymoon” (2005), is targeted by a serial killer. 3. 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.” 4. The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman (Morrow/HarperColl­ins). A middle-aged man recalls his lonely boyhood and his friendship with a remarkable girl. 5. Bad Monkey by Carl Hiaasen (Knopf). A defrocked Miami cop turned restaurant inspector investigat­es a grisly murder. 6. The Eye of God by James Rollins (Morrow/HarperColl­ins). As the end of the world looms, Cmdr. Gray Pierce and Sigma Force race to uncover an ancient mystery. 7. Beautiful Day by Elin Hilderbran­d (Reagan Arthur/Little, Brown). Various sorts of disaster threaten a Nantucket wedding. 8. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Crown). A woman disappears on her fifth anniversar­y; is her husband a killer? 9. The Heist by Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg (Bantam). In the first book of a new series, Kate O’Hare, an FBI special agent, teams up with Nicolas Fox, a handsome con man, to catch a corrupt investment banker in hiding. 10. The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls (Scribner). When their irresponsi­ble mother takes off, a 12-year-old California girl and her sister join the rest of their family in Virginia.

HARDBACK NONFICTION

1. 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. 2. Happy, Happy, Happy by Phil Robertson with Mark Schlabach (Howard Books). The Duck Commander pays tribute to “faith, family and ducks.” 3. 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. 4. Dad Is Fat by Jim Gaffigan (Crown Archetype). Life with five kids in a two-bedroom New York City apartment. 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. 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. 7. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbran­d (Random House). An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. 8. 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. 9. The Astronaut Wives Club by Lily Koppel (Grand Central). The wives of the Mercury Seven astronauts, friends for more than 50 years. 10. The Duck Commander Family by Willie and Korie Robertson with Mark Schlabach (Howard Books). Behind the scenes at the A&E show “Duck Dynasty.”

HARDBACK MISCELLANE­OUS

1. Shred — The Revolution­ary Diet by Ian K. Smith (St. Martin’s). A six-week system that combines meal spacing and other elements. 2. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman (Northfield). How to communicat­e love in a way a spouse will understand. 3. Youtility by Jay Baer (Portfolio/Penguin). A marketing plan to provide free, useful informatio­n as a way of building customer relationsh­ips. 4. Wheat Belly by William Davis (Rodale). An examinatio­n of wheat in modern diets and an argument for its eliminatio­n. 5. Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman (Little, Brown & Co.). A plan for achieving fast and sustained weight loss.

PAPERBACK FICTION 1. 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. 2. World War Z by Max Brooks ( Three Rivers, $14.95). An “oral history” of an imagined Zombie War. 3. 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. 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. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James (Vintage, $15.95). First book in an erotic trilogy. 6. Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper Perennial). A woman’s life expands as a visitation of butterflie­s brings scientific truths to rural Tennessee. 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. 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. 9. Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple (Back Bay/ Little, Brown). A teenage daughter compiles e-mails, official documents and secret correspond­ence in an effort to find her eccentric mother. 10. The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman (Scribner). An Australian lighthouse keeper and his wife decide to keep a baby who has washed ashore.

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander (Simon & Schuster, $15.99). A neurosurge­on’s journey into the afterlife. 2. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $16.99). Why some people succeed. 3. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner). The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she was constantly on the move. 4. 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. 5. 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. 6. Quiet by Susan Cain (Broadway, $16). Introverts — one-third of the population — are undervalue­d in American society. 7. American Sniper by Chris Kyle (Harper/HarperColl­ins, $9.99). Memoir by the Navy SEAL sniper killed in Texas. 8. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). The winner of the Nobel in economic science discusses how we make choices in business and personal life. 9. Heaven is for Real by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent ( Thomas Nelson). A boy’s encounter with Jesus and the angels. 10. Bossypants by Tina Fey (Back Bay/Little, Brown). A memoir from the former “Saturday Night Live” star and creator of “30 Rock.”

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