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BEST-SELLERS: COMBINED PRINT AND E-BOOKS

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending Saturday, Feb. 24, 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, Feb. 24, 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. THE GREAT ALONE, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin’s)

A former prisoner of war returns from Vietnam and moves his family to Alaska, where they face tough conditions.

THIS WEEK: 1

LAST WEEK: 1

WEEKS ON LIST: 3

2. FIFTY FIFTY, by James Patterson and Candice Fox. (Little, Brown)

Detective Harriet Blue tries to clear her brother’s name and save a small Australian town from being massacred.

THIS WEEK: 2

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

3. RED SPARROW, by Jason Matthews. (Scribner)

A Russian intelligence officer trained in the art of seduction becomes entangled with a young CIA officer.

THIS WEEK: 3

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

4. 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: 4

LAST WEEK: 5

WEEKS ON LIST: 8

5. AN AMERICAN MARRIAGE, by Tayari Jones. (Algonquin)

A newlywed couple’s relationship is tested when the husband is sentenced to 12 years in prison.

THIS WEEK: 5

LAST WEEK: 4

WEEKS ON LIST: 3

6. 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: 6

LAST WEEK: 7

WEEKS ON LIST: 14

7. AGENT IN PLACE, by Mark Greaney. (Berkley)

The seventh book in the Gray Man series. Court Gentry gets the chance to end a brutal dictatorship.

THIS WEEK: 7

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

8. STILL ME, by Jojo Moyes. (Pamela Dorman/Viking)

Louisa Clark moves to New York and is torn between high society and the life she enjoys at a vintage clothing store.

THIS WEEK: 8

LAST WEEK: 6

WEEKS ON LIST: 4

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

An artist upends a quiet town outside Cleveland.

THIS WEEK: 9

LAST WEEK: 9

WEEKS ON LIST: 18

10. LOOK FOR ME, by Lisa Gardner. (Dutton)

Sgt. Detective D.D. Warren teams up with a torture survivor to find a missing teenager whose family was gunned down.

THIS WEEK: 10

LAST WEEK: 10

WEEKS ON LIST: 3

11. GENTLEMAN NINE, by Penelope Ward. (Penelope Ward)

Childhood friends reunited after college find their potential romance interrupted after one hires an escort.

THIS WEEK: 11

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

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

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

THIS WEEK: 12

LAST WEEK: 12

WEEKS ON LIST: 22

13. NIGHT MOVES, by Jonathan Kellerman. (Ballantine)

Homicide detective Milo Sturgis enlists psychologist Alex Delaware to help solve a John Doe case.

THIS WEEK: 13

LAST WEEK: 3

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

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

The story of a love triangle is told from several points of view.

THIS WEEK: 14

LAST WEEK: 13

WEEKS ON LIST: 7

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

Poetic approaches to surviving adversity and loss.

THIS WEEK: 15

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 52

E and P COMBINED NONFICTION

1. EDUCATED, by Tara Westover. (Random House)

The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

THIS WEEK: 1

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

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

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

THIS WEEK: 2

LAST WEEK: 1

WEEKS ON LIST: 8

3. OBAMA, by Pete Souza. (Little, Brown)

More than 300 pictures of the former president by his White House photographer, with behind-the-scenes stories.

THIS WEEK: 3

LAST WEEK: 13

WEEKS ON LIST: 11

4. ENLIGHTENMENT NOW, by Steven Pinker. (Viking)

A case for using reason, science and humanism to counter pessimistic views of Western civilization.

THIS WEEK: 4

LAST WEEK: 2

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

5. 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: 5

LAST WEEK: 3

WEEKS ON LIST: 42

6. 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: 6

LAST WEEK: 7

WEEKS ON LIST: 37

7. 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: 7

LAST WEEK: 4

WEEKS ON LIST: 5

8. EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON, by Kate Bowler. (Random House)

A divinity school professor examines her tacit beliefs when she learns she has late-stage colon cancer.

THIS WEEK: 8

LAST WEEK: 5

WEEKS ON LIST: 3

9. THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY, by Michio Kaku. (Doubleday)

The physicist describes how humans might develop civilization in outer space and possibly become immortal.

THIS WEEK: 9

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

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

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

THIS WEEK: 10

LAST WEEK: 8

WEEKS ON LIST: 9

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

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

THIS WEEK: 11

LAST WEEK: 9

WEEKS ON LIST: 19

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

The comedian recounts growing up in South Central Los Angeles and finding success after a period of homelessness.

THIS WEEK: 12

LAST WEEK: 15

WEEKS ON LIST: 12

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

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

THIS WEEK: 13

LAST WEEK: 14

WEEKS ON LIST: 6

14. BORN A CRIME, by Trevor Noah. (Spiegel & Grau)

A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the comedian, now the host of “The Daily Show.”

THIS WEEK: 14

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 28

15. ALL THE PIECES MATTER, by Jonathan Abrams. (Crown Archetype)

An oral history of the creation and development of the series “The Wire.”

THIS WEEK: 15

LAST WEEK: 6

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

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