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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, our NYT Best Sellers for Teens page , or The New York Times's Best Sellers page.

Hardcover Fiction

July 3, 2016

1

End of Watchby Stephen King
The conclusion of the Bill Hodges trilogy.

2

Foreign Agentby Brad Thor
The counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath searches for an informant who compromised an American mission in Syria.

3

The Girlsby Emma Cline
In the summer of 1969, a California teenager is drawn to a Manson-like cult.

4

Tom Clancy: Duty and Honorby Grant Blackwood
A secretive German organization is trying to kill Tom Clancy’s character Jack Ryan Jr. (Clancy died in 2013.)

5

Here's to Usby Elin Hilderbrand
Sparks fly as a celebrity chef’s ex-wives pile into a small cabin in Nantucket to join his widow for the reading of his will.

6

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

7

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.

8

Before the Fallby Noah Hawley
After a private jet crashes, a firestorm of media madness ensues.

9

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.

10

The Emperor's Revengeby Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison
Juan Cabrillo teams up with a former C.I.A. colleague to thwart a plan involving the death of millions and international economic meltdown.

11

Barkskinsby Annie Proulx
The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist traces the destruction of the world’s forests over 300 years as it follows the descendants of two families.

12

The House of Secretsby Brad Meltzer and Tod Goldberg
The host of a conspiracy TV show is dead, his daughter is injured and has lost her memory, and questions proliferate.

13

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.

14

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.

15

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

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Hardcover Nonfiction

July 3, 2016

1

Bill O'reilly's Legends and Lies: the Patriotsby David Fisher
Stories of the American Revolution; a companion volume to the Fox News series.

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

When Breath Becomes Airby Paul Kalanithi
A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36.

4

Gritby Angela Duckworth

5

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

6

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

7

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.”

8

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.

9

Every Little Stepby Bobby Brown with Nick Chiles
The performer looks back at his career, his tumultuous marriage to Whitney Houston and his relationship with their daughter, Bobbi Kristina.

10

Shoe Dogby Phil Knight

11

Invisible Influenceby Jonah Berger
A marketing professor at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School explores the complexities of social influence.

12

Tribeby Sebastian Junger
How modern society’s loss of the sense of belonging — now achieved mostly in the military and in disasters — has led to income inequality, incivility and mental disorders like PTSD.

13

Gruntby Mary Roach

14

But What if We're Wrong?by Chuck Klosterman
Imagining the contemporary world as it will appear to those for whom it will be the distant past.

15

Red Platoonby Clinton Romesha
The deadly 13-hour battle for a remote combat outpost in Afghanistan in 2009, by a soldier who received the Medal of Honor.