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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

April 10, 2016

1

Fool Me Onceby Harlan Coben
A retired Army helicopter pilot faces combat-related nightmares and mysteries concerning the deaths of her husband and sister.

2

Private Parisby James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
Jack Morgan, the head of the Private global investigative agency, probes the murders of members of the French cultural elite.

3

The Nestby Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
Siblings in a dysfunctional New York family must grapple with a reduced inheritance.

4

Property of a Noblewomanby Danielle Steel
Two New Yorkers searching for the owner of an abandoned safe-deposit box reconstruct the history of a young woman and a forbidden love affair at the time of World War II.

5

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.

6

The Girl on the Trainby Paula Hawkins
A psychological thriller set in the environs of London is full of complications and betrayals.

7

The Summer Before the Warby Helen Simonson
Life in Sussex, England, at the beginning of World War I.

8

The Nightingaleby Kristin Hannah
Two sisters in World War II France: one struggling to survive in the countryside, the other joining the Resistance.

9

Off the Gridby C. J. Box
The 16th Joe Pickett novel features Nate Romanowski and a search for a domestic terror cell.

10

The Gangsterby Clive Cussler and Justin Scott
In 1906, the New York detective Isaac Bell contends with a crime boss.

11

After Youby Jojo Moyes
In a sequel to “Me Before You,” Louisa Clark tries to put her life back together after the death of Will Traynor.

12

Go Set a Watchmanby Harper Lee
In the mid-1950s, a grown-up Jean Louise Finch returns to Maycomb and realizes that her adored father is a racist.

13

My Name is Lucy Bartonby Elizabeth Strout
A woman struggles with memories of her impoverished and disturbing childhood.

14

The Steel Kissby Jeffery Deaver
Lincoln Rhyme and his new assistant, also a paraplegic, investigate a domestic terrorist who sabotages equipment.

15

Deep Blueby Randy Wayne White
Doc Ford, a Florida marine biologist and former government agent, tracks an American who is working with ISIS.

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Hardcover Nonfiction

April 10, 2016

1

When Breath Becomes Airby Paul Kalanithi

2

Seven Brief Lessons on Physicsby Carlo Rovelli

3

Between the World and Meby Ta-Nehisi Coates
Winner of the 2015 National Book Award for nonfiction. A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story, framed as a letter to the author's teenage son.

4

Smarter Faster Betterby Charles Duhigg
The science of productivity, from the author of “The Power of Habit.”

5

The Immortal Irishmanby Timothy Egan
The life of Thomas Francis Meagher, an Irish revolutionary who led New York's Civil War Irish Brigade.

6

Dark Moneyby Jane Mayer
An account of how the Koch brothers and other super-wealthy donors deployed their money to change American politics.

7

The Name of God is Mercyby Pope Francis with Andrea Tornielli
In a conversation with a Vatican reporter, the pontiff explores the cornerstone of his faith.

8

Being Mortalby 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

The Legends Clubby John Feinstein

10

Originalsby Adam Grant

11

The Road to Little Dribblingby Bill Bryson
An American expatriate travels around his adopted country, Britain.

12

Evictedby Matthew Desmond
How poor people repeatedly lose their homes while landlords profit.

13

And then All Hell Broke Looseby Richard Engel
NBC’s chief foreign correspondent discusses the Arab Spring and war in the Middle East.

14

Back from the Deadby Bill Walton

15

Playing to the Edgeby Michael V. Hayden
A former C.I.A. director defends his policies.