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BEST-SELLERS: COMBINED PRINT AND E-BOOKS

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending Saturday, Sept. 22, 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. 22, 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. LETHAL WHITE, by Robert Galbraith. (Mulholland/Little, Brown)

The fourth book in the Cormoran Strike series. Detectives Strike and Ellacott investigate a crime a young man may have witnessed as a child; by JK Rowling, writing pseudonymously.

THIS WEEK: 1

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

2. TIME’S CONVERT, by Deborah Harkness. (Penguin)

During his lover’s journey to immortality, a vampire’s past returns to haunt them both.

THIS WEEK: 2

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

3. 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: 3

LAST WEEK: 11

WEEKS ON LIST: 30

4. 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: 4

LAST WEEK: 1

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

5. 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: 5

LAST WEEK: 3

WEEKS ON LIST: 15

6. WHY NOT TONIGHT, by Susan Mallery. (HQN)

The cheerful Natalie Kaleta begins an affair with the brooding glass artist Ronan Mitchell during a mudslide.

THIS WEEK: 6

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

7. VAMPIRES LIKE IT HOT, by Lynsay Sands. (Avon)

Will Jess give up her current life for the chance to be with Raffaele forever?

THIS WEEK: 7

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

8. 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: 8

LAST WEEK: 14

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

9. 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: 9

LAST WEEK: 6

WEEKS ON LIST: 7

10. 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: 10

LAST WEEK: 7

WEEKS ON LIST: 3

11. TAILSPIN, by Sandra Brown. (Grand Central)

A pilot navigates treacherous situations when he attempts to deliver a mysterious black box to a doctor in Georgia.

THIS WEEK: 11

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 5

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

Lt. Eve Dallas investigates a mysterious act of terror.

THIS WEEK: 12

LAST WEEK: 5

WEEKS ON LIST: 3

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

Juan Cabrillo and his crew fight two destructive adversaries.

THIS WEEK: 13

LAST WEEK: 2

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

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

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

THIS WEEK: 14

LAST WEEK: 8

WEEKS ON LIST: 3

15. 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: 15

LAST WEEK: 10

WEEKS ON LIST: 6

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: 1

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

2. IN PIECES, by Sally Field. (Grand Central)

A memoir by the two-time Academy Award and three-time Emmy Award winner.

THIS WEEK: 2

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

3. LEADERSHIP, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. (Simon & Schuster)

The challenges that shaped the leadership abilities of four presidents: Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson.

THIS WEEK: 3

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

4. 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: 4

LAST WEEK: 2

WEEKS ON LIST: 31

5. THESE TRUTHS, by Jill Lepore. (Norton)

An investigation of truth in America traced through its intertwining histories of politics, law, technology and journalism.

THIS WEEK: 5

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

6. THE DEEP STATE, by Jason Chaffetz. (Broadside)

The former Republican congressman alleges that parts of the federal bureaucracy try to undermine President Donald Trump.

THIS WEEK: 6

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

7. 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: 7

LAST WEEK: 4

WEEKS ON LIST: 3

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

How Homo sapiens became Earth’s dominant species.

THIS WEEK: 8

LAST WEEK: 8

WEEKS ON LIST: 40

9. 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: 9

LAST WEEK: 7

WEEKS ON LIST: 9

10. 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: 10

LAST WEEK: 9

WEEKS ON LIST: 63

11. THE SPY AND THE TRAITOR, by Ben Macintyre. (Crown/Archetype)

The story of Oleg Gordievsky, a KGB spy who secretly worked for the British intelligence service, and Aldrich Ames, a CIA officer who was a KGB double agent.

THIS WEEK: 11

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

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

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

THIS WEEK: 12

LAST WEEK: 6

WEEKS ON LIST: 2

13. HEARTLAND, by Sarah Smarsh. (Scribner)

The author, who was born into a family of Kansas wheat farmers and teenage mothers, uses her personal history to explore the difficulties faced by the working class in America.

THIS WEEK: 13

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

14. ADDICTED TO OUTRAGE, by Glenn Beck. (Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts)

The conservative commentator encourages self-reflection and personal responsibility by Americans across the political spectrum.

THIS WEEK: 14

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

15. BILLION DOLLAR WHALE, by Tom Wright and Bradley Hope. (Hachette)

How Jho Low siphoned off an investment fund to finance elections, buy luxury real estate and produce Hollywood films on the heels of the 2008 financial crisis.

THIS WEEK: 15

LAST WEEK: —

WEEKS ON LIST: 1

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