BEST-SELLERS

June 28, 2015 at 2:31 a.m.

Fiction

  1. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins. A psychological thriller set in the environs of London.
  2. FINDERS KEEPERS, by Stephen King. 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. The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget-obsessed German boy before and during World War II; the winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize.
  4. IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT, by Judy Blume. 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. A surveillance expert monitors the activities of a newly resurgent Russia.
  6. ALL THE SINGLE LADIES, by Dorothea Benton Frank. Three friends in South Carolina’s low country grapple with the challenges of being unmarried.
  7. DEAD ICE, by Laurell K. Hamilton. The vampire hunter Anita Blake helps the FBI investigate zombie porn.
  8. LUCKIEST GIRL ALIVE, by Jessica Knoll. The life of a successful New York magazine writer is shaken when secrets from her past are revealed.
  9. MEMORY MAN, by David Baldacci. A police detective uses his extraordinary memory when tackling the case of his family’s murder.
  10. THE NIGHTINGALE, by Kristin Hannah. Two sisters in World War II France: one struggling to survive in the countryside, the other joining the Resistance in Paris.

Nonfiction

  1. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS, by David McCullough. The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight.
  2. PRIMATES OF PARK AVENUE, by Wednesday Martin. A memoir of life among the wealthy women of the Upper East Side in the satiric guise of an anthropological study.
  3. BILL O’REILLY’S LEGENDS AND LIES, by David Fisher. Stories of the American West; a companion volume to the Fox News series.
  4. THE ROAD TO CHARACTER, by David Brooks. The New York Times columnist extols personal virtues like kindness and honesty in a materialistic age.
  5. DEAD WAKE, by Erik Larson. The last voyage of the Lusitania, the passenger liner sunk by a German torpedo in 1915.
  6. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS …, by Dana Perino. The Fox News contributor and former press secretary under President George W. Bush reviews her life and career and discusses lessons she has learned.
  7. ¡ADIOS, AMERICA!, by Ann Coulter. The political commentator denounces immigrants and their liberal supporters.
  8. IT’S A LONG STORY, by Willie Nelson with David Ritz. The country music star discusses his life’s journey from selling encyclopedias to professional fame.
  9. BEING MORTAL, by Atul Gawande. 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. Musk’s life from his difficult South African childhood to his involvement in Internet startups like rocket company SpaceX and electric-car company Tesla.

Paperback fiction

  1. THE MARTIAN, by Andy Weir. After a dust storm forces his crew to abandon him, an astronaut embarks on a dogged quest to stay alive on Mars.
  2. THE GOLDFINCH, by Donna Tartt. 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. 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. 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. The bond between a wealthy Charleston girl, who grows up to become an abolitionist, and the slave she is given for her 11th birthday.

Paperback nonfiction

  1. THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown. A group of American rowers pursue gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games.
  2. I AM MALALA, by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb. 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. A memoir recounts the battlefield experiences in Iraq of a Navy SEALs sniper.
  4. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. Why some people succeed.
  5. WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. A woman’s account of the life-changing 1,100-mile solo hike she took along the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995.

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