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New York Times Best Seller lists

The New York Times Best Seller list is widely considered the preeminent list of best-selling books in the United States. It is updated online every Wednesday evening. Below are best seller lists for hardcover fiction and non-fiction. For more lists, visit our New York Times Children’s Best Sellers page or The New York Times’s Best Sellers page.

Hardcover Fiction

July 13, 2014

1

Invisibleby James Patterson and David Ellis
Searching for her sister’s killer, a former F.B.I. researcher finds a link between scores of unsolved cases.

2

Top Secret Twenty-oneby Janet Evanovich
The New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum pursues a popular used-car dealer who's been caught selling more than cars.

3

The Silkwormby Robert Galbraith
The private detective Cormoran Strike steps in when the author of a roman à clef set in literary London is murdered; by J. K. Rowling, writing pseudonymously.

4

Mr. Mercedesby Stephen King
In a race-against-the-clock thriller, a murderer's weapon is a luxury car, but now he's ready to take down thousands at once.

5

Written in My Own Heart's Bloodby Diana Gabaldon
Jamie Fraser and his family face challenges in the 18th and 20th centuries.

6

The Goldfinchby 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.

7

All Fall Downby Jennifer Weiner
A woman becomes addicted to pain medication.

8

All the Light We Cannot Seeby Anthony Doerr
The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget-obsessed German boy before and during World War II.

9

Cop Townby Karin Slaughter
In Atlanta in 1974, two women cops, both with something to prove, join in the search for a serial killer who is targeting the police.

10

The Vacationersby Emma Straub
Well-heeled New Yorkers and their friends spend two weeks in Majorca, a time when rivalries and secrets come to light.

11

The Hurricane Sistersby Dorothea Benton Frank
Three generations of women endure a stormy summer in South Carolina's Lowcountry.

12

The Matchmakerby Elin Hilderbrand
A Nantucketer finds her matchmaking skills tested on herself when her high school boyfriend arrives on the island.

13

Midnight in Europeby Alan Furst
A Spanish lawyer working in Paris on the eve of World War II joins a mission to help the Republican troops.

14

The One and Onlyby Emily Giffin
A woman who has grown up and made her life in a small, football-obsessed Texas town begins to expand her horizons.

15

The Invention of Wingsby 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.

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Hardcover Nonfiction

July 13, 2014

1

Hard Choicesby Hillary Rodham Clinton
Clinton’s memoir focuses on her years as secretary of state and her views about the American role in the world.

2

Blood Feudby Edward Klein
A journalist describes animosity behind the alliance between the Clinton and Obama families.

3

One Nationby Ben Carson with Candy Carson
Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon, now a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination, offers solutions to problems in health and education based on capitalism, not government.

4

Capital in the Twenty-first Centuryby Thomas Piketty
A French economist’s analysis of centuries of economic history predicts worsening inequality and proposes solutions.

5

Unbrokenby Laura Hillenbrand
An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II. Read by Edward Herrmann. 13 hours, 56 minutes unabridged.

6

Think Like a Freakby Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

7

I Am Malalaby Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb
The experience of the young Pakistani advocate for women’s education who was shot by the Taliban and won the Nobel Peace Prize.

8

The Romanov Sistersby Helen Rappaport
The story of the daughters of the last czar, who were executed in 1918.

9

The Closerby Mariano Rivera with Wayne Coffey

10

Carsickby John Waters
The cult-film director hitchhikes across the country.

11

Flash Boysby Michael Lewis

12

Lean inby Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell

13

David and Goliathby Malcolm Gladwell

14

Special Heartby Bret Baier with Jim Mills
A Fox News anchor on the challenges his family faced in caring for his son, who has congenital heart disease.

15

How Not to Be Wrongby Jordan Ellenberg
A mathematician shows how his discipline helps us think about problems of politics, medicine and commerce.