Bestsellers

July 9, 2017

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Hardcover Fiction

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A Florida bookstore owner, a struggling novelist and a heist from Princeton on a collision course.
(Doubleday: $28.95)
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A dirty New York cop on the force’s gang unit crosses the line.
(William Morrow: $27.99)
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An intergenerational story of love and hope that crosses the Indian subcontinent.
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A murder mystery about a man who writes Agatha Christie-style murder mysteries.
(Harper: $27.99)
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In 1922, a Russian count is sentenced to house arrest in a grand hotel for the rest of his life.
(Viking: $27)
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A married man's ex-girlfriend commits suicide and other stories from the Japanese writer.
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A single mother turns up dead in the new novel from the author of “The Girl on the Train.”
(Riverhead: $28)
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A suicidal German woman delays her plans when she travels to a French seaside village.
(Crown: $26)
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President Lincoln grieves the loss of his son and is haunted by ghosts.
(Random House: $28)
Read The Times' book review.
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A wealthy Singapore family comes together to fight over the estate of their dying matriarch in the new novel from the author of "Crazy Rich Asians."
(Doubleday: $27.95)
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J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne & John Tiffany
This script from the West End play finds adult Harry Potter working at the Ministry of Magic.
(Pottermore: $29.99)
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Apollo, God turned awkward mortal, journeys across North America with demigod friends on a quest to regain Zeus favor.
(Disney/Hyperion: $19.99)
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The trials and triumphs of a 10-year-old boy with a facial deformity starting prep school for the first time.
(Knopf: $16.99)
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After more than a decade apart, identical twin sisters switch summer homes and lives to save what's left of their splintered family.
(Little, Brown: $29.99)
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A former C.I.A. spy turned communist defector enlists his publisher brother to come to Moscow to edit his memoirs.
(Atria: $27)
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Jack Ryan Jr. helps thwart a global financial crisis.
(Putnam: $29)
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A collection of poetry about survival, love, loss, and femininity.
(Andrews McMeel: $19.99)
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A reimagining of the great Norse tales.
(Norton: $25.95)
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Detective Amos Decker witnesses a murder-suicide that turns out to be a matter of national security.
(Grand Central: $29)
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Two American families on a holiday cruise lose their children when they go ashore in Central America.
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Hardcover Nonfiction

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An easy-to-understand introduction to the universe and the forces that govern it.
(Norton: $18.95)
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The early years of the private diaries of the popular humorist.
(Little, Brown: $28)
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The Senator from Minnesota's memoir of his surprising evolution from Saturday Night Live comedian to serious politician.
(Twelve: $28)
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This memoir from the "Bad Feminist" author reveals her lifelong struggle with food and body image.
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The commencement speech from Navy Seal, Adm. William H. McRaven at the University of Texas.
(Grand Central: $18)
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From the author of "Black Hawk Down," the story of the centerpiece of the Tet Offensive during the American War in Vietnam.
(Atlantic Monthly: $30)
Read The Times' book review.
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A powerful memoir about the author’s childhood near Spokane and his troubled relationship with his mother.
(Little, Brown: $28)
Read The Times' book review.
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The Yale Law School graduate's account of growing up poor in a white working class neighborhood.
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An investigation into the systematic murder of Osage Native Americans for their oil in the 1920s.
(Doubleday: $28.95)
Read The Times' book review.
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The Nobel Prize-winning spiritual leaders share their wisdom.
(Avery: $26)
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A dual biography of the two British independent thinkers.
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A memoir by the cross-dressing British comedian.
(Blue Rider Press: $28)
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The case that trees in the forest are purposeful, social beings living in dynamic relationship with each other.
(Greystone Books: $24.95)
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The comedian's story of growing up poor in Philadelphia and his ups and downs in Hollywood.
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The basketball Legend writes about his 50-year relationship with UCLA basketball coach John Wooden.
(Grand Central: $29)
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The marriage of Ray Kroc, who made McDonald’s into a global empire, and his third wife, Joan, who gave away his billions.
(Dutton: $27)
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Sheryl Sandberg & Adam Grant
The Facebook chief operating officer shares how she overcame tragedy after the unexpected passing of her husband.
(Knopf: $25.95)
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The comedian and host of “The Daily Show” recounts the challenges of growing up mixed-race under apartheid in South Africa.
(Spiegel & Grau: $28)
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