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BEST-SELLERS: COMBINED PRINT AND E-BOOKS

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending Saturday, Sept. 15, 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, Sept. 15, 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. JUROR #3, by James Patterson and Nancy Allen. (Little, Brown)

Ruby Bozarth defends a college football star charged in a felony case complicated by a second murder.

THIS WEEK: 1

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

2. SHADOW TYRANTS, by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison. (Putnam)

Juan Cabrillo and his crew fight two destructive adversaries.

THIS WEEK: 2

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

3. CRAZY RICH ASIANS, by Kevin Kwan. (Anchor)

A New Yorker gets a surprise when she spends the summer with her boyfriend in Singapore.

THIS WEEK: 3

LAST WEEK: 2

WEEKS ON LIST: 14

4. THE FORBIDDEN DOOR, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam)

Jane Hawk, a former FBI agent, must stop a secret group using mind-control technology.

THIS WEEK: 4

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

5. LEVERAGE IN DEATH, by J.D. Robb. (St. Martin’s)

Lt. Eve Dallas investigates a mysterious act of terror.

THIS WEEK: 5

LAST WEEK: 1

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

6. CHINA RICH GIRLFRIEND, by Kevin Kwan. (Anchor)

The second book in the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy. As her wedding draws near, Rachel Chu discovers her birth father.

THIS WEEK: 6

LAST WEEK: 6

WEEKS ON LIST: 6

7. THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ, by Heather Morris. (Harper)

A concentration camp detainee tasked with permanently marking fellow prisoners falls in love with one of them.

THIS WEEK: 7

LAST WEEK: 9

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

8. A SIMPLE FAVOR, by Darcey Bell. (Harper)

A single mother’s life is rattled when her best friend disappears.

THIS WEEK: 8

LAST WEEK: 15

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

9. IN HIS FATHER’S FOOTSTEPS, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte)

The successful son of two Holocaust survivors struggles to become his own person after his marriage falls apart.

THIS WEEK: 9

LAST WEEK: 3

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

10. RICH PEOPLE PROBLEMS, by Kevin Kwan. (Anchor)

The final book in the Crazy Rich Asians trilogy. Rivalries and jealousies arise among privileged families.

THIS WEEK: 10

LAST WEEK: 8

WEEKS ON LIST: 5

11. ORIGIN, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday)

After reconnecting with one of his first students, who is now a billionaire futurist, symbology professor Robert Langdon must go on a perilous quest with a beautiful museum director.

THIS WEEK: 11

LAST WEEK: 13

WEEKS ON LIST: 29

12. THE FALLEN, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central)

Amos Decker, known as the Memory Man, puts his talents toward solving a string of murders in a Rust Belt town.

THIS WEEK: 12

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 11

13. ROBERT B. PARKER’S COLORBLIND, by Reed Farrel Coleman. (Putnam)

Police chief Jesse Stone works to solve racially motivated crimes and to clear the department’s first black female deputy.

THIS WEEK: 13

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

14. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, by Delia Owens. (Putnam)

In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

THIS WEEK: 14

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

15. ELEANOR OLIPHANT IS COMPLETELY FINE, by Gail Honeyman. (Penguin)

A young woman’s well-ordered life is disrupted by the IT guy from her office.

THIS WEEK: 15

LAST WEEK: 14

WEEKS ON LIST: 14

E and P COMBINED NONFICTION

1. FEAR, by Bob Woodward. (Simon & Schuster)

Based on hours of interviews with sources, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes debates and decision-making within the Trump White House.

THIS WEEK: 1

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

2. 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: 2

LAST WEEK: 3

WEEKS ON LIST: 30

3. THE RESTLESS WAVE, by John McCain and Mark Salter. (Simon & Schuster)

A memoir by the recently deceased Republican senator from Arizona.

THIS WEEK: 3

LAST WEEK: 5

WEEKS ON LIST: 7

4. 21 LESSONS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY, by Yuval Noah Harari. (Spiegel & Grau)

Technological, political and social issues in the modern era, and the choices individuals might consider in facing them.

THIS WEEK: 4

LAST WEEK: 2

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

5. UNHINGED, by Omarosa Manigault Newman. (Gallery)

The reality TV star and former White House staffer describes her time and relationship with Donald Trump.

THIS WEEK: 5

LAST WEEK: 9

WEEKS ON LIST: 5

6. ACCESSORY TO WAR, by Neil deGrasse Tyson and Avis Lang. (Norton)

Observations of the two-way relationship between science and military power.

THIS WEEK: 6

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

7. THE RUSSIA HOAX, by Gregg Jarrett. (Broadside)

The Fox News analyst makes his case against the FBI investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.

THIS WEEK: 7

LAST WEEK: 6

WEEKS ON LIST: 8

8. SAPIENS, by Yuval Noah Harari. (Harper)

How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.

THIS WEEK: 8

LAST WEEK: 1

WEEKS ON LIST: 39

9. 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: 9

LAST WEEK: 10

WEEKS ON LIST: 62

10. THE CODDLING OF THE AMERICAN MIND, by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt. (Penguin Press)

An investigation of cultural trends that the authors argue are failing the next generation.

THIS WEEK: 10

LAST WEEK: 8

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

11. EVERY DAY IS EXTRA, by John Kerry. (Simon & Schuster)

A memoir by the former Massachusetts senator, secretary of state and 2004 Democratic presidential nominee.

THIS WEEK: 11

LAST WEEK: 7

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

12. CONTEMPT, by Ken Starr. (Sentinel)

The former independent counsel recounts his investigation of the Clinton administration and its outcomes.

THIS WEEK: 12

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

13. BAD BLOOD, by John Carreyrou. (Knopf)

The rise and fall of Theranos, the biotech startup that failed to deliver on its promise to make blood testing more efficient.

THIS WEEK: 13

LAST WEEK: 12

WEEKS ON LIST: 17

14. GRIT, by Angela Duckworth. (Scribner)

A psychologist argues that passion and perseverance are the keys to success.

THIS WEEK: 14

LAST WEEK: 13

WEEKS ON LIST: 18

15. LIARS, LEAKERS AND LIBERALS, by Jeanine Pirro. (Center Street)

The legal analyst and Fox News host argues in favor of President Donald Trump.

THIS WEEK: 15

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 8

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