Best-sellers

Fiction

  1. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins. A psychological thriller set in the environs of London.

  2. 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; winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize.

  3. FINDERS KEEPERS, by Stephen King. A deranged reader's infatuation with a Salingeresque novelist has dangerous consequences in a sequel to Mr. Mercedes.

  4. TOM CLANCY UNDER FIRE, by Grant Blackwood. A former collaborator continues Clancy's series about the covert intelligence expert Jack Ryan Jr.

  5. THE PRESIDENT'S SHADOW, by Brad Meltzer. In the third Culper Ring novel, a member of a secret society charged with protecting the presidency becomes involved when a severed arm is found in the White House Rose Garden.

  6. THE RUMOR, by Elin Hilderbrand. Two friends on Nantucket must deal with damaging gossip about themselves and their husbands.

  7. RADIANT ANGEL, by Nelson DeMille. A surveillance expert monitors the activities of a newly resurgent Russia.

  8. COUNTRY, by Danielle Steel. After her husband's sudden death, a woman falls in love with a country music superstar.

  9. IN THE UNLIKELY EVENT, by Judy Blume. Secrets are revealed and love stories play out against the backdrop of a series of plane crashes in 1950s New Jersey.

  10. MEMORY MAN, by David Baldacci. A police detective uses his extraordinary memory when tackling the case of his family's murder.

Nonfiction

  1. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS, by David McCullough. The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight.

  2. MODERN ROMANCE, by Aziz Ansari with Eric Klinenberg. The comedian enlists a sociologist to help him understand today's dating scene.

  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. DEAD WAKE, by Erik Larson. The last voyage of the Lusitania, the passenger liner sunk by a German torpedo in 1915.

  5. 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.

  6. THE ROAD TO CHARACTER, by David Brooks. The New York Times columnist extols personal virtues like kindness and honesty in a materialistic age.

  7. SICK IN THE HEAD, by Judd Apatow. Thirty years' worth of the filmmaker's interviews with comedians.

  8. 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.

  9. ¡ADIOS, AMERICA!, by Ann Coulter. The political commentator denounces immigrants and their liberal supporters.

  10. 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.

Paperback fiction

  1. GREY, by E. L. James. A sequel, told from Christian's point of view, revisits the tortured romance between the controlling billionaire and unassuming Ana.

  2. 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.

  3. THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. In this fable, a Spanish shepherd boy ventures to Egypt in search of treasure and his destiny.

  4. 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.

  5. DARK PLACES, by Gillian Flynn. A woman who, as a child, was spared when her mother and sisters were murdered begins to re-investigate the case against her imprisoned brother.

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. UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. An Olympic runner's story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II after his plane went down over the Pacific.

  4. OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. Why some people succeed.

  5. AMERICAN SNIPER, by Chris Kyle with Scott McEwen and Jim DeFelice. A memoir recounts the battlefield experiences in Iraq of a Navy SEALs sniper.

Source: New York Times

Editorial on 07/05/2015

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