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BEST-SELLERS: COMBINED PRINT AND E-BOOKS

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending Saturday, Jan. 27, which were reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. Every week, thousands of diverse selling locations report their actual sales on hundreds of thousands of individual titles. The panel of reporting retailers is comprehensive and reflects sales in stores of all sizes and demographics across the United States. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books in a variety of popular e-reader formats. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by the publisher’s division. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales were barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores reported receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department and are separate from the Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Co. More information on rankings and methodology:www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology.

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Rankings reflect sales for the week ending Saturday, Jan. 27, which were reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. Every week, thousands of diverse selling locations report their actual sales on hundreds of thousands of individual titles. The panel of reporting retailers is comprehensive and reflects sales in stores of all sizes and demographics across the United States. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books in a variety of popular e-reader formats. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by the publisher’s division. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales were barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores reported receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department and are separate from the Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Co. More information on rankings and methodology:www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology.

E and P COMBINED FICTION

1. JUDGMENT ROAD, by Christine Feehan. (Berkley)

A killer must choose between his motorcycle club and a woman who works in a nearby bar.

THIS WEEK: 1

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

2. THE WOMAN IN THE WINDOW, by A.J. Finn. (Morrow)

A recluse who drinks heavily and takes prescription drugs may have witnessed a crime across from her Harlem town house.

THIS WEEK: 2

LAST WEEK: 2

WEEKS ON LIST: 4

3. FALL FROM GRACE, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte)

A widow left out of her husband’s will tries to make a new life as a fashion designer.

THIS WEEK: 3

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

4. THE WIFE BETWEEN US, by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. (St. Martin’s)

The events surrounding a hedge fund manager, his ex-wife and his fiancée are told from several points of view.

THIS WEEK: 4

LAST WEEK: 6

WEEKS ON LIST: 3

5. LITTLE FIRES EVERYWHERE, by Celeste Ng. (Penguin Press)

An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.

THIS WEEK: 5

LAST WEEK: 4

WEEKS ON LIST: 14

6. ORIGIN, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday)

A symbology professor goes on a perilous quest with a beautiful museum director.

THIS WEEK: 6

LAST WEEK: 5

WEEKS ON LIST: 17

7. BEFORE WE WERE YOURS, by Lisa Wingate. (Ballantine)

A South Carolina lawyer learns about the questionable practices of a Tennessee orphanage.

THIS WEEK: 7

LAST WEEK: 7

WEEKS ON LIST: 18

8. READY PLAYER ONE, by Ernest Cline. (Broadway)

It’s 2044, life on a resource-depleted Earth has grown increasingly grim, and the key to a vast fortune is hidden in a virtual-reality world.

THIS WEEK: 8

LAST WEEK: 14

WEEKS ON LIST: 10

9. ABOUT THAT KISS, by Jill Shalvis. (Avon)

The fifth book in the Heartbreaker Bay series.

THIS WEEK: 9

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

10. THE ROOSTER BAR, by John Grisham. (Doubleday)

Three students at a sleazy for-profit law school hope to expose the student-loan banker who runs it.

THIS WEEK: 10

LAST WEEK: 9

WEEKS ON LIST: 14

11. THE SUN AND HER FLOWERS, by Rupi Kaur. (Andrews McMeel)

A new collection of poetry from the author of “Milk and Honey.”

THIS WEEK: 11

LAST WEEK: 10

WEEKS ON LIST: 17

12. CITY OF ENDLESS NIGHT, by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. (Grand Central)

A New York City detective and an FBI special agent track down a killer who decapitates numerous victims.

THIS WEEK: 12

LAST WEEK: 1

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

13. SISTERS LIKE US, by Susan Mallery. (MIRA)

A mother’s high standards cast a shadow over her daughters who are dealing with divorce and pregnancy.

THIS WEEK: 13

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

14. MILK AND HONEY, by Rupi Kaur. (Andrews McMeel)

Poetic approaches to surviving adversity and loss.

THIS WEEK: 14

LAST WEEK: 11

WEEKS ON LIST: 50

15. NEED TO KNOW, by Karen Cleveland. (Ballantine)

A CIA analyst’s job and family are threatened when she discovers Russian agents in the United States.

THIS WEEK: 15

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

E and P COMBINED NONFICTION

1. FIRE AND FURY, by Michael Wolff. (Holt)

A journalist offers an inside account of the first year of the Trump White House.

THIS WEEK: 1

LAST WEEK: 1

WEEKS ON LIST: 4

2. ALL-AMERICAN MURDER, by James Patterson and Alex Abramovich with Mike Harvkey. (Little, Brown)

The story of Aaron Hernandez, the New England Patriots tight end convicted of first-degree murder.

THIS WEEK: 2

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

3. HORSE SOLDIERS, by Doug Stanton. (Scribner)

A small group of Special Forces operatives fought the Taliban on horseback shortly after Sept. 11. The basis of the movie “12 Strong.”

THIS WEEK: 3

LAST WEEK: 3

WEEKS ON LIST: 5

4. ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY, by Neil deGrasse Tyson. (Norton)

A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction to the laws that govern the universe.

THIS WEEK: 4

LAST WEEK: 4

WEEKS ON LIST: 38

5. LEONARDO DA VINCI, by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster)

A biography of the Italian Renaissance polymath that connects his work in various disciplines.

THIS WEEK: 5

LAST WEEK: 6

WEEKS ON LIST: 15

6. THE LAST BLACK UNICORN, by Tiffany Haddish. (Gallery)

The comedian recounts growing up in South Central Los Angeles, exacting revenge on an ex-boyfriend and finding success after a period of homelessness.

THIS WEEK: 6

LAST WEEK: 10

WEEKS ON LIST: 8

7. HILLBILLY ELEGY, by J.D. Vance. (HarperCollins)

A Yale Law School graduate looks at the struggles of the white working class through the story of his own childhood.

THIS WEEK: 7

LAST WEEK: 13

WEEKS ON LIST: 73

8. IT’S EVEN WORSE THAN YOU THINK, by David Cay Johnston. (Simon & Schuster)

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes how he believes the scope of the Trump presidency differs from all the others.

THIS WEEK: 8

LAST WEEK: 2

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

9. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, by David Grann. (Doubleday)

The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil.

THIS WEEK: 9

LAST WEEK: 14

WEEKS ON LIST: 33

10. NOTORIOUS RBG, by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik. (Dey Street)

A celebration of the life and career of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

THIS WEEK: 10

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

11. HAPPINESS IS A CHOICE YOU MAKE, by John Leland. (Sarah Crichton/Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

Wisdom and stories from six New Yorkers age 85 and older that challenge notions of aging.

THIS WEEK: 11

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

12. GRANT, by Ron Chernow. (Penguin Press)

A biography of the Union general of the Civil War and two-term president of the United States.

THIS WEEK: 12

LAST WEEK: 12

WEEKS ON LIST: 16

13. HOW DEMOCRACIES DIE, by Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt. (Crown)

The decline of democracies in Europe and Latin America and ways to avoid authoritarianism.

THIS WEEK: 13

LAST WEEK: 8

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

14. TRUMPOCRACY, by David Frum. (Harper)

A former speechwriter for George W. Bush argues how the current president might push America to become an illiberal democracy.

THIS WEEK: 14

LAST WEEK: 5

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

15. WHEN, by Daniel H. Pink. (Riverhead)

Research from several fields reveals the ideal time to make small decisions and big life changes.

THIS WEEK: 15

LAST WEEK: 11

WEEKS ON LIST: 3

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