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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

June 5, 2016

1

The Firemanby Joe Hill
During an epidemic that causes people to spontaneously combust, an infected New Hampshire nurse fights to stay alive, aided by a mysterious figure known as the Fireman.

2

15th Affairby James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
A brutal murder threatens the domestic happiness of the San Francisco police detective Lindsay Boxer, who turns for help to the Women's Murder Club.

3

The Weekendersby Mary Kay Andrews
On North Carolina’s Belle Isle, a woman investigates her husband’s shady financial affairs after his mysterious death.

4

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

5

The Last Mileby David Baldacci
In a sequel to “Memory Man,” Amos Decker, a detective with an extraordinary memory, investigates the case of a convicted killer who wins a last-minute reprieve.

6

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

7

Beyond the Ice Limitby Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
In a sequel to “The Ice Limit” (2000), Gideon Crew pursues a meteorite that has sunk to the ocean floor. Or is it only a meteorite?

8

Everybody's Foolby Richard Russo
We’re back in North Bath, N.Y., in a sequel to “Nobody’s Fool.”

9

Extreme Preyby John Sandford
Lucas Davenport is in Iowa trying to foil a plot to assassinate a Hillary Clinton-like candidate.

10

The Highwaymanby Craig Johnson
Wyoming’s Sheriff Walt Longmire (the inspiration of the Netflix series “Longmire”) encounters the supernatural in this novella.

11

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.

12

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.

13

The Apartmentby Danielle Steel
Four young women share a Hell’s Kitchen loft.

14

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

15

The Second Life of Nick Masonby Steve Hamilton
A deal with a fellow inmate, a crime boss, springs Nick Mason from prison, but he must become an assassin.

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Hardcover Nonfiction

June 5, 2016

1

The Geneby Siddhartha Mukherjee
An overview of the history and science of genetics by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Emperor of All Maladies.”

2

Hamilton: the Revolutionby Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter
The libretto of the award-winning musical, with backstage photos, a production history and interviews with the cast.

3

Gritby Angela Duckworth

4

When Breath Becomes Airby Paul Kalanithi

5

Valiant Ambitionby Nathaniel Philbrick
The relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold.

6

The Rainbow Comes and Goesby Anderson Cooper and Gloria Vanderbilt
Mother and son discuss their relationship and difficult family history.

7

Shoe Dogby Phil Knight

8

Five Presidentsby Clint Hill with Lisa McCubbin
A retired Secret Service agent discusses his experience with presidents from Eisenhower to Ford.

9

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.

10

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.

11

Seven Brief Lessons on Physicsby Carlo Rovelli

12

The Romanovsby Simon Sebag Montefiore
A full history of the dynasty, from rise to apogee to fall.

13

32 Yolksby Eric Ripert with Veronica Chambers
The chef and co-owner of the New York restaurant Le Bernardin recalls his childhood and culinary education in France, including a stint in the terrifying Paris kitchen of Joël Robuchon.

14

Old Ageby Michael Kinsley
Essays, both serious and humorous, about aging and death, based in part on Kinsley’s experience with Parkinson’s disease and aimed at his fellow baby boomers.

15

The Big Pictureby Sean Carroll