The Commercial Appeal

New York Times bestseller­s

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HARDBACK FICTION

1. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkinspsy­chological thriller set in London is full of (Riverhead). complicati­ons A and betrayals.

2. Finders Keepers by Stephen King (Scribner). A deranged reader’s infatuatio­n with a Salingeres­que novelist has dangerous consequenc­es in a sequel to “Mr. Mercedes.”

3. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Scribner). The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget-obsessed German boy before and during World War II.

4. In the Unlikely Event by Judy Blume (Knopf). Secrets are revealed and love stories play out against the backdrop of a series of panic-inducing plane crashes in 1950s New Jersey.

5. Radiant Angel by Nelson DeMille (Grand Central). A surveillan­ce expert monitors the activities of a newly resurgent Russia.

6. All the Single Ladies by Dorothea Benton Frank (Morrow/ HarperColl­ins). Three friends in South Carolina’s Lowcountry grapple with the challenges of being unmarried.

7. Dead Ice by Laurell K. Hamilton (Berkley). The vampire hunter Anita Blake helps the FBI investigat­e zombie porn.

8. Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll (Simon & Schuster). The life of a successful New York magazine writer is shaken when secrets from her past are revealed.

9. Memory Man by David Baldacci (Grand Central). A police detective who left the force when his family was murdered teams with his former partner to solve the case, relying on the extraordin­ary memory he developed as a result of a collision in his earlier football career.

10. The Nightingal­e by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s). Two sisters in World War II France: one struggling to survive in the countrysid­e, the other joining the Resistance in Paris.

HARDBACK NONFICTION

1. The Wright Brothers by David McCullough from (Simon & Schuster). The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight.

2. Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin (Simon & Schuster). A memoir of life among the wealthy women of the Upper East Side, in the satirical guise of an anthropolo­gical study.

3. Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies by David Fisher (Holt). Stories of the American West; a companion volume to the Fox News series.

4. The Road to Character by David Brooks (Random House). The Times columnist extols personal virtues such as kindness and honesty in a materialis­tic age.

5. Dead Wake by Erik Larson (Crown). The last voyage of the Lusitania, the passenger liner sunk by a German torpedo in 1915; by the author of “The Devil in the White City.”

6. And the Good News Is ... by Dana Perino (Twelve). The Fox News contributo­r and former press secretary under President George W. Bush reviews her life and career.

7. ¡ADIOS, AMERICA! by Ann Coulter (Regnery). The political commentato­r denounces immigrants and their liberal supporters.

8. It’s a Long Story by Willie Nelson with David Ritz (Little, Brown). The country music star discusses his life’s journey, from selling encycloped­ias to profession­al fame.

9. Being Mortal by Atul Gawande (Metropolit­an/Holt). The surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients at the end of life and how they can do better.

10. Elon Musk by Ashlee Vance (Ecco/HarperColl­ins. A technology writer follows Musk’s life from his difficult South African childhood to his involvemen­t in Internet startups like the rocket company SpaceX.

HARDBACK MISCELLANE­OUS

1. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo (Ten Speed). Declutteri­ng with an unconventi­onal method for discarding things all at once and organizing your space.

2. The 22-Day Revolution by Marco Borges (Celebra). Changing your life through a plant-based diet.

3. Triggers by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter (Crown Business). How to resist the tug of habit and embrace change.

4. The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman (Northfield). How to communicat­e love in a way a spouse will understand.

5. The Whole30 by Dallas Hartwig (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Overview of a 30-day guide to better health and weight loss.

PAPERBACK FICTION

1. The Martian by Andy Weir (Broadway). After a dust storm forces his crew to abandon him, an astronuat embarks on a dogged quest to stay alive on Mars.

2. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Back Bay/Little, Brown). After his mother is killed in a museum explosion, a young man grapples with the world alone while hiding a prized Dutch painting.

3. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (HarperOne/HarperColl­ins). In this fable, a Spanish shepherd boy ventures to Egypt in search of treasure and his destiny.

4. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Vintage). After a pandemic, a small troupe of actors and musicians dedicate themselves to keeping the remnants of art and humanity alive.

5. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin). The bond between a wealthy Charleston girl, who grows up to become an abolitioni­st, and a slave she is given for her 11th birthday.

6. Leaving Time by Jodi Picoult (Ballantine). After searching for her mother, who has disappeare­d, for more than 10 years, a woman employs a psychic and a detective; includes the novella “Larger Than Life.”

7. The Vacationer­s by Emma Straub (Riverhead). Well-heeled New Yorkers and their friends spend two weeks in Majorca, a time when rivalries and secrets come to light.

8. The Husband’s Secret by Liane Moriarty (Berkley). Cecilia Fitzpatric­k — successful businesswo­man, devoted wife and mother — finds a letter that throws everything into doubt.

9. Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (Penguin). Tragedy tears away at a Chinese-American family in 1970s Ohio.

10. Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline (Morrow/ HarperColl­ins). A historical novel about orphans swept off the streets of New York and sent to the Midwest in the 1920s.

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James (Penguin Books). A group of American rowers pursue gold at the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin.

2. I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb (Little, Brown). The Nobel Peace Prize-winner and teenage activist recounts her path to learning.

3. American Sniper by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice (Harper/HarperColl­ins). A memoir about battlefiel­d experience­s in Iraq by the Navy SEAL sniper.

4. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell (Back Bay/Little, Brown). Why some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunit­ies as well as talent.

5. Wild by Cheryl Strayed (Vintage). A life-changing hike along the Pacific Crest Trail.

6. Unbroken by Laura Hillenbran­d (Random House). An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II after his plane went down over the Pacific.

7. The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Scribner). The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she was constantly on the move.

8. Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). How we make choices in business and personal life.

9. David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell (Little Brown). How disadvanta­ges can work in our favor; by the author of “The Tipping Point” and “Blink.”

10. Quiet by Susan Cain (Broadway). Introverts — approximat­ely one-third of the population — are undervalue­d in American society.

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