Copyright © 2017
by The New York Times

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW

July 16, 2017

Print Hardcover Best Sellers
THIS
WEEK

LAST
WEEK

 1 

1 

Fiction
CAMINO ISLAND, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) A search for
stolen rare manuscripts leads to a Florida island.

WEEKS
ON LIST

4

MURDER GAMES, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan.
 2  (Little,
Brown) An expert on serial murder becomes involved in the

1

OF FORCE, by Brad Thor. (Atria/Emily Bestler) The
 3  USE
counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath is called in when a

1

DUCHESS, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte) A 19th-century
 4  THE
British duke’s daughter, disinherited by her half brothers, flees to

1

SEVEN STONES TO STAND OR FALL, by Diana Gabaldon.
 5  (Delacorte)
A collection of Outlander short fiction.

1

hunt for a New York City killer.

missing terrorism suspect drowns off the Italian coast.

Paris to make a new life.

 6 

3 

 7 

4 

 8 

2 

 9 

6 

 10 

9 

 11 

5 

THE IDENTICALS, by Elin Hilderbrand. (Little, Brown)
Complications in the lives of identical twins who were raised
separately by divorced parents on Nantucket and Martha’s
Vineyard.
INTO THE WATER, by Paula Hawkins. (Riverhead) In this
psychological thriller by the author of “The Girl on the Train,”
women are found drowned in a river in an English town.
THE SILENT CORNER, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam) An F.B.I.
agent investigates an alarming surge in suicides, including her
husband’s. The first in a new series.
TOM CLANCY: POINT OF CONTACT, by Mike Maden. (Putnam)
Jack Ryan Jr. helps thwart a global financial crisis. (Tom Clancy
died in 2013.)
COME SUNDOWN, by Nora Roberts. (St. Martin’s) Years after she
was kidnapped, a woman returns to her family’s Montana ranch.
DANGEROUS MINDS, by Janet Evanovich. (Bantam) Emerson
Knight, an eccentric millionaire, and Riley Moon, a financial
analyst, search for a missing island.

 12*  8 

DRAGON TEETH, by Michael Crichton. (Harper/HarperCollins)
A paleontological rivalry plays out in 1870s Wyoming. A recently
discovered manuscript by Crichton, who died in 2008.

 13 

11 

THE MINISTRY OF UTMOST HAPPINESS, by Arundhati Roy.
(Knopf) A sprawling novel of modern India by the author of “The
God of Small Things.”

 14 

7 

 15 

15 

KISS CARLO, by Adriana Trigiani. (Harper/HarperCollins)
Extended Italian-American families work, feud and fall in love in
the Philadelphia area in 1949.
A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW, by Amor Towles. (Viking) A Russian
count undergoes 30 years of house arrest.

THIS
WEEK

LAST
WEEK

AMERICANISM, by Mark R. Levin. (Threshold
 1  REDISCOVERING
Editions) The radio host argues that the founding fathers would be

 2 

2 

 3 

1 

5

2

6

4

2

32

HILLBILLY ELEGY, by J. D. Vance. (HarperCollins) A Yale Law
School graduate looks at the struggles of America’s white working
class through his own childhood.
ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY, by Neil deGrasse
Tyson. (Norton) A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction
to the universe.

THE SWAMP, by Eric Bolling. (St. Martin’s) The Fox News host
 4  suggests
how Donald Trump can fight corruption and cronyism in

1

49

9

1

Washington. (†)

UNDERSTANDING TRUMP, by Newt Gingrich. (Center Street) The
former House speaker explains the president’s philosophy and
political agenda. (†)

 5 

4 

 6 

3 

 7 

7 

 8 

6 

THEFT BY FINDING, by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown) Excerpts
from the writer’s diaries, 1977-2002.

5

 9 

5 

I CAN’T MAKE THIS UP, by Kevin Hart with Neil Strauss. (37
INK/Atria) The comedian’s personal and professional life.

4

 10 

9 

 11 

8 

 12 

11 

HUNGER, by Roxane Gay. (Harper/HarperCollins) The fiction
writer and essayist’s memoir about life as a “woman of size.”

3

 13 

10 

HUE 1968, by Mark Bowden. (Atlantic Monthly) An account of the
battle that changed the American approach to Vietnam.

4

 14 

12 

2

3

WEEKS
ON LIST

shocked by the expansion of modern government. (†)

3

9

Nonfiction

AL FRANKEN, GIANT OF THE SENATE, by Al Franken. (Twelve)
A memoir by the Democratic senator from Minnesota and former
“Saturday Night Live” writer and performer.
OPTION B, by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant. (Knopf)
Sandberg’s experience after her husband’s sudden death and
Grant’s psychological research combine to provide insight on
facing adversity and building resilience.

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.
BILL O’REILLY’S LEGENDS AND LIES: THE CIVIL WAR, by
David Fisher. (Holt) Stories of the Civil War; a companion to the
Fox historical docudrama.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME, by Sherman Alexie.
(Little, Brown) The Indian writer’s memoir of his complicated
relationship with his mother.

THE BOOK OF JOY, by the Dalai Lama and Desmond Tutu with
 15   Douglas
Abrams. (Avery) Two spiritual leaders discuss how to find

3

5

10

11

4

3

30

joy in the face of suffering.

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 1, which are 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. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively
tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals,
workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above.
A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report 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 Company. More information on rankings and full methodology:
www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology.

 THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW

Copyright © 2017
by The New York Times

July 16, 2017

Combined Print & E-Book Best Sellers
LAST
THIS
WEEK WEEK

Fiction

 1 

CAMINO ISLAND, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) A search for
stolen rare manuscripts leads to a Florida island.

1 

WEEKS
ON LIST

4

OF FORCE, by Brad Thor. (Atria/Emily Bestler) The
 2  USE
counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath is called in when a

1

MURDER GAMES, by James Patterson and Howard Roughan.
 3  (Little,
Brown) An expert on serial murder becomes involved in

1

missing terrorism suspect drowns off the Italian coast.

the hunt for a New York City killer who leaves a playing card at the
crime scene.

THIS
LAST
WEEK WEEK

 1 

1 

Nonfiction
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.

WEEKS
ON LIST

49

AMERICANISM, by Mark R. Levin. (Threshold
 2  REDISCOVERING
Editions) The radio host argues that the founding fathers would be

1

THE SWAMP, by Eric Bolling. (St. Martin’s) The Fox News host
 3  suggests
how Donald Trump can fight corruption and cronyism in

1

shocked by the expansion of modern government.

Washington.

ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY, by Neil deGrasse
Tyson. (Norton) A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction
to the laws that govern the universe.

DUCHESS, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte) A 19th-century
 4  THE
British duke’s daughter, disinherited by her half brothers, flees to

1

 4 

2 

SEVEN STONES TO STAND OR FALL, by Diana Gabaldon.
 5  (Delacorte)
A collection of Outlander short fiction.

1

 5 

4 

 6 

3 

 7 

9 

 8 

5 

 9 

7 

9

 10 

8 

BEHOLD THE DREAMERS, by Imbolo Mbue. (Random House)
 11   The
American Dream meets the class divide in a tale of West

1

 11 

6 

I CAN’T MAKE THIS UP, by Kevin Hart with Neil Strauss. (37
INK/Atria) The comedian’s personal and professional life.

4

HARBOR, by RaeAnne Thayne. (HQN) A techie forms
 12   aSERENITY
new family when a schoolteacher starts caring for his half

 12 

10 

HUNGER, by Roxane Gay. (Harper/HarperCollins) The fiction
writer and essayist’s memoir about life as a “woman of size.”

3

1

11 

THE DAY OF THE DUCHESS, by Sarah MacLean. (Avon) In the
 13   third
installment in the Scandal and Scoundrel series, a duke in

 13 
1

Paris to make an unconventional new life.

 6 

4 

 7 

5 

 8 

8 

THE IDENTICALS, by Elin Hilderbrand. (Little, Brown)
Complications in the lives of identical twins who were raised
by their divorced parents, one on Nantucket, one on Martha’s
Vineyard.
THE HANDMAID’S TALE, by Margaret Atwood. (Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt) In a dystopian future, men and women perform the
services assigned to them.
THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10, by Ruth Ware. (Scout) A travel writer
on a cruise is certain she has heard a body thrown overboard, but
no one believes her.

HIGH STAKES, by Fern Michaels. (Zebra) The men of the
 9  Sisterhood
investigate the shady dealings of a drug-trafficking

3

15

23

1

front.

 10 

7 

INTO THE WATER, by Paula Hawkins. (Riverhead) In this
psychological thriller by the author of “The Girl on the Train,”
drowned women are found in an English river town.

African immigrants finding their footing.

brother.

desperate need of an heir turns to his estranged wife.

 14 

6 

COME SUNDOWN, by Nora Roberts. (St. Martin’s) Years after she
was kidnapped, a woman returns to her family’s Montana ranch.

 15 

10 

MILK AND HONEY, by Rupi Kaur. (Andrews McMeel) Poetic
approaches to surviving adversity and loss.

5

25

UNDERSTANDING TRUMP, by Newt Gingrich. (Center Street) The
former House speaker explains the president’s philosophy and
political agenda.
AL FRANKEN, GIANT OF THE SENATE, by Al Franken. (Twelve)
A memoir by the Democratic senator from Minnesota and former
“Saturday Night Live” writer and performer.
OPTION B, by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant. (Knopf)
Sandberg’s experience after her husband’s sudden death and
Grant’s psychological research combine to provide insight on
facing adversity and building resilience.
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.
THEFT BY FINDING, by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown) Excerpts
from the writer’s diaries, 1977-2002.
HUE 1968, by Mark Bowden. (Atlantic Monthly) An account of the
Tet offensive battle that was a turning point in the American war
in Vietnam.

BILL O’REILLY’S LEGENDS AND LIES: THE CIVIL WAR, by
David Fisher. (Holt) Stories of the Civil War; a companion to the
Fox historical docudrama.

9

3

5

10

11

5

4

4

SMEAR, by Sharyl Attkisson. (Harper/HarperCollins) How
 14   THE
political operatives and fake news can control what you think and

1

IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca
 15   THE
Skloot. (Broadway) The story of a woman whose cancer cells were

86

how you vote.

cultured without her permission in 1951. Originally published in
2010 and the basis of the HBO movie.

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 1, which are 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. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. 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 publisher’s division. Among the categories not actively tracked at this
time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A
dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report 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 Company. More information on rankings and full methodology:
www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology.

 Copyright © 2017
by The New York Times

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW

July 16, 2017

Print Paperback Best Sellers
THIS
WEEK

Paperback Trade Fiction

WEEKS
ON LIST

THIS
WEEK

Paperback Nonfiction

WEEKS
ON LIST

THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10, by Ruth Ware. (Scout)
THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca
 1 12
 1 199
Skloot. (Broadway)
THE HANDMAID’S TALE, by Margaret Atwood. (Anchor)
THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner) (†)
 2 21
 2 380
MILK AND HONEY, by Rupi Kaur. (Andrews McMeel)
ON TYRANNY, by Timothy Snyder. (Tim Duggan)
 3 64
 3 18
LILAC GIRLS, by Martha Hall Kelly. (Ballantine)
THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE, by Diane Ackerman. (Norton)
 4 18
 4 48
ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, by Anthony Doerr. (Scribner)
HIDDEN FIGURES, by Margot Lee Shetterly. (Morrow/
 5 13
 5 30
HarperCollins)
THE COUPLE NEXT DOOR, by Shari Lapena. (Penguin)
THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson. (Vintage)
 6* 5
 6* 342
BEHOLD THE DREAMERS, by Imbolo Mbue. (Random House)
NO IS NOT ENOUGH, by Naomi Klein. (Haymarket)
 7 1
 7 3
A MAN CALLED OVE, by Fredrik Backman. (Washington Square)
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, by Ron Chernow. (Penguin)
 8 79
 8 81
THE NIGHTINGALE, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin’s Griffin)
OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown)
 9 10
 9* 235
ALL THE MISSING GIRLS, by Megan Miranda. (Simon &
WE ARE NEVER MEETING IN REAL LIFE, by Samantha Irby.
 10* 14
 10 3
Schuster)
(Vintage)

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 1, which are 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. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively
tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals,
workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above.
A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report 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 Company. More information on rankings and full methodology:
www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology.

 Copyright © 2017
by The New York Times

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW

July 16, 2017

Children’s Best Sellers
THIS
WEEK

Middle Grade Hardcover

WEEKS
ON LIST

THIS
WEEK

Young Adult Hardcover

WEEKS
ON LIST

WONDER, by R. J. Palacio. (Knopf) A boy with a facial deformity
THE HATE U GIVE, by Angie Thomas. (Balzer & Bray) A 16-year 1 99
 1 18
starts school. (Ages 8 to 12)
old girl sees a police officer kill her friend. (Ages 14 and up)
THE DARK PROPHECY, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion)
GENERATION ONE, by Pittacus Lore. (HarperCollins) The Garde
 2 9
 2 1
Lester, a.k.a. Apollo, summons the help of demigods to restore an
creates an academy to train teenagers with superpowers. (Ages

Oracle. (Ages 9 to 12)

14 to 17)

DOG MAN UNLEASHED, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) Only one
LORD OF SHADOWS, by Cassandra Clare. (Margaret K.
 3 27
 3 6
hybrid hero can foil the criminally minded, again. (Ages 7 to 9)
McElderry) Caught between the faerie courts and the Clave laws.
 44
DOG MAN, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) A dog’s head is combined

 4

with a policeman’s body to create this hybrid supercop hound.
(Ages 7 to 9)

 1
GOOD NIGHT STORIES FOR REBEL GIRLS, by Elena Favilli and

 5

Francesca Cavallo. (Timbuktu Labs) Fairy tale versions of the lives
of 100 influential women. (Ages 7 and up)

(Ages 14 to 17)

ONCE AND FOR ALL, by Sarah Dessen. (Viking) Can the harder 4 4
hearted Louna reform the more romantically casual Ambrose?

(Ages 12 to 16)

ONE OF US IS LYING, by Karen M. McManus. (Delacorte) For five
 5 2
students, a detour into detention ends in murder. (Ages 14 to 18)

MIDDLE SCHOOL MAYHEM, by Rachel Renée Russell. (Simon
CRAZY HOUSE, by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet.
 6 4
 6 6
& Schuster) Max is trapped in the school with three bumbling
(Jimmy Patterson) The wrong twin’s on death row. (Ages 14 to 17)

thieves. (Ages 8 to 12)

 3
POTTYMOUTH AND STOOPID, by James Patterson and Chris

MIDNIGHT JEWEL, by Richelle Mead. (Razorbill) A masked Mira
 7 1
fights injustice when she’s not learning the codes of the Glittering

 44
GRAVITY FALLS: JOURNAL 3, by Rob Renzetti and Alex Hirsch.

THE GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TO VICE AND VIRTUE, by Mackenzi
 8 1
Lee. (Katherine Tegen) Romance and racism on a misbegotten

 26
THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON, by Kelly Barnhill.

ALEX AND ELIZA, by Melissa de la Cruz. (Putnam) As the
 9 12
Revolution unfolds, Eliza Schuyler meets a man named Hamilton.

 45
THE HIDDEN ORACLE, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion) Apollo

NOW I RISE, by Kiersten White. (Delacorte) A female Vlad the
 10 1
Impaler makes tough choices in the face of betrayal. (Ages 15

 7

Grabenstein. Illustrated by Stephen Gilpin. (Jimmy Patterson) Two
middle schoolers try to thwart bullies with humor. (Ages 8 to 12)

 8

Illustrated by Andy Gonsalves and Stephanie Ramirez. (Disney
Press) More monsters and mysteries. (Ages 8 to 12)

 9

(Algonquin) A sacrificial girl is saved by a good witch. (Ages 10
to 14)

 10

sets out to restore his tarnished reputation. (Ages 12 to 17)

Court. (Ages 12 to 17)

18th-century Grand Tour. (Ages 12 to 18)

(Ages 12 to 16)

and up)

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 1, which are 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. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively
tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals,
workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above.
A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report 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 Company. More information on rankings and full methodology:
www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology.

 Copyright © 2017
by The New York Times

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW

July 16, 2017

Children’s Best Sellers
THIS
WEEK

Picture Books

WEEKS
ON LIST

THIS
WEEK

Series

WEEKS
ON LIST

SHE PERSISTED, by Chelsea Clinton. Illustrated by Alexandra
CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS, written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey.
 1 5
 1 73
Boiger. (Philomel) Bringing to life 13 American women who
(Scholastic) Boys and their principal fight evil. (Ages 7 to 10)

changed the world. (Ages 4 to 8)

 9
DRAGONS LOVE TACOS 2, by Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri.

 2

(Dial) Heading into the past for the seed of a taco tree. (Ages 3
to 5)

DRAGONS LOVE TACOS, by Adam Rubin. Illustrated by Daniel
 3 176
Salmieri. (Dial) What to serve your dragon-guests. (Ages 3 to 5)

HARRY POTTER, by J. K. Rowling. (Scholastic) A wizard hones his
 2 432
conjuring skills in the service of fighting evil. (Ages 10 and up)
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney.
 3 433
(Amulet) The travails and challenges of adolescence. (Ages 9 to

12)

 92
THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU WILL BE, by Emily Winfield

WHO WAS/IS . . . ?, by Jim Gigliotti and others; various
 4 15
illustrators. (Grosset & Dunlap) Biographies unlock legendary

 49
WAITING IS NOT EASY!, by Mo Willems. (Hyperion) Impatient

DESCENDANTS, by Melissa de la Cruz. (Disney-Hyperion) A
 5 6
three-pronged prize pits teams against each other. (Ages 8 to 12)

 250
PRESS HERE, by Hervé Tullet. (Handprint/Chronicle) A whimsical

MISS PEREGRINE’S PECULIAR CHILDREN, by Ransom
 6 93
Riggs. (Quirk/Penguin) Time travelers try to save their beloved

 4
 5
 6

Martin. (Random House) A celebration of future possibilities.
(Ages 3 to 7)

Gerald has to wait for Piggie’s promised surprise. (Ages 2 to 7)

dance of color and motion, at the touch of a finger. (Ages 4 to 8)

lives. (Ages 8 to 11)

headmistress. (Ages 14 and up)

THE LEGEND OF ROCK PAPER SCISSORS, by Drew Daywalt.
MERCY WATSON, by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by Chris Van
 7 4
 7 3
Illustrated by Adam Rex. (Balzer & Bray) Three great warriors edge
Dusen. (Candlewick) The adventures of an irrepressible adopted

toward the ultimate decisive grudge match. (Ages 4 to 8)

pig. (Ages 6 to 9)

THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT, by Drew Daywalt. Illustrated by
PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan. (Disney 8 210
 8 435
Oliver Jeffers. (Philomel) Problems arise when Duncan’s crayons
Hyperion) A boy battles mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12)

revolt. (Ages 3 to 7)

 28
WHAT DO YOU DO WITH AN IDEA?, by Kobi Yamada. Illustrated

 9

by Mae Besom. (Compendium) Giving a new idea the room to
grow. (Ages 5 to 8)

I WISH YOU MORE, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Illustrated by Tom
 10 29
Lichtenheld. (Chronicle) A bounty of good wishes. (Ages 5 to 8)

I SURVIVED, by Lauren Tarshis. (Scholastic) One boy’s tale of
 9 27
living through dangerous historical events. (Ages 9 to 11)
MAGIC TREE HOUSE, by Mary Pope Osborne. Illustrated by Sal
 10 289
Murdocca. (Stepping Stone/Random House) These siblings can

overcome space and time. (Ages 6 to 9)

Picture Book rankings include hardcover sales only. Series rankings include all print and e-book sales. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets
proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides,
e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. 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
Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology.

 Copyright © 2017
by The New York Times

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW

July 16, 2017

Advice, How-To and Misc. and Monthly Best Sellers
THIS
WEEK

Advice, How-to and Miscellaneous

WEEKS
ON LIST

THIS
WEEK

Business

THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A ----------, by Mark Manson.
 1 
 1 29
(HarperOne/HarperCollins) (†)

THE MAGNOLIA STORY, by Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with
Mark Dagostino. (W Publishing/Thomas Nelson)

YOU ARE A BADASS, by Jen Sincero. (Running Press)
 2 
 2 77

WOMEN WHO WORK, by Ivanka Trump. (Portfolio/Penguin) (†)

MAKE YOUR BED, by William H. McRaven. (Grand Central)
 3 
 3 13

YOU ARE A BADASS AT MAKING MONEY, by Jen Sincero.
(Viking)

THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. (Northfield)
 4 
 4 207

TOOLS OF TITANS, by Tim Ferriss. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
(†)

THE LOSE YOUR BELLY DIET, by Travis Stork. (Ghost Mountain)
 5 
 5 12

GRIT, by Angela Duckworth. (Scribner)

THE WHOLE30, by Melissa Hartwig. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt)
 6 
 6 90
(†)

ORIGINALS, by Adam Grant. (Penguin)

THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP, by Marie Kondo.
 7 
 7 133
(Ten Speed)

UNSHAKABLE, by Tony Robbins with Peter Mallouk. (Simon &
Schuster)

UNINVITED, by Lysa TerKeurst. (Thomas Nelson) (†)
 8 
 8 28

THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar,
Straus & Giroux)

THUG KITCHEN, by the staff of Thug Kitchen. (Rodale) (†)
 9 
 9 58

AMERICAN KINGPIN, by Nick Bilton. (Portfolio)

BLAST THE SUGAR OUT!, by Ian K. Smith. (St. Martin’s)
 10 
 10 4

SHOE DOG, by Phil Knight. (Scribner)

The category Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous Best Sellers includes both print and e-book sales. The titles ranked in these monthly Best-Seller Lists are selected by the Best-Seller List editors
from among all adult nonfiction print and e-book titles reported to The New York Times during May. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively
from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a title’s sales are barely distinguishable from those
of the title ranked above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report 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 Company. More information on rankings and full methodology:
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THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW

July 16, 2017

Monthly Best Sellers
THIS
WEEK

Science

THIS
WEEK

Sports and Fitness

 1 

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

 1 

PAPI, by David Ortiz with Michael Holley. (Houghton Mifflin
Harcourt)

 2 

HIDDEN FIGURES, by Margot Lee Shetterly. (HarperCollins)

 2 

THE SECRETS OF MY LIFE, by Caitlyn Jenner with Buzz
Bissinger. (Grand Central)

 3 

THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca
Skloot. (Broadway)

 3 

COACH WOODEN AND ME, by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. (Grand
Central)

 4 

WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR, by Paul Kalanithi. (Random
House)

 4 

TEAMMATE, by David Ross with Don Yaeger. (Hachette Books)

 5 

SAPIENS, by Yuval Noah Harari. (Harper)

 5 

THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown. (Penguin)

 6 

THE RADIUM GIRLS, by Kate Moore. (Sourcebooks)

 6 

SHOE DOG, by Phil Knight. (Scribner)

 7 

BEHAVE, by Robert M. Sapolsky. (Penguin Press)

 7 

BALLPLAYER, by Chipper Jones with Carroll Rogers Walton.
(Dutton)

 8 

THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar,
Straus & Giroux)

 8 

THE CUBS WAY, by Tom Verducci. (Crown/Archetype)

 9 

THE GENE, by Siddhartha Mukherjee. (Scribner)

 9 

THE PUSH, by Tommy Caldwell. (Viking)

 10 

DRAWDOWN, edited by Paul Hawken. (Penguin)

 10 

RETURN OF THE KING, by Brian Windhorst and Dave
McMenamin. (Grand Central)

The category Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous Best Sellers includes both print and e-book sales. The titles ranked in these monthly Best-Seller Lists are selected by the Best-Seller List editors
from among all adult nonfiction print and e-book titles reported to The New York Times during May. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively
from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a title’s sales are barely distinguishable from those
of the title ranked above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report 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 Company. More information on rankings and full methodology:
www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology.

 Copyright © 2017
by The New York Times

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW

July 16, 2017

Editors’ Choice / Staff Picks From the Book Review
HUE 1968: A Turning Point of the American War
in Vietnam, by Mark Bowden. (Atlantic Monthly, $30.)

With his signature blend of deep reporting and
characterdriven storytelling, the author of “Black
Hawk Down” offers a look at the 24-day battle
that exposed the hollowness of American claims
about the Vietnam War.
THE CHICKENSHIT CLUB: Why the Justice Department Fails to Prosecute Executives, by Jesse Eisinger. (Simon & Schuster, $28.) Why was virtually no

one prosecuted for causing the 2008 financial crisis? A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines
the cultural shifts in the legal and business worlds
since the turn of the century that led to solicitous
attitudes toward corporations.
MAKING RENT IN BED-STUY: A Memoir of Trying to
Make It in New York City, by Brandon Harris. (Amistad/HarperCollins; paper, $15.99.) In this searing de-

but memoir, an African-American critic describes
his life as an aspiring filmmaker in a historically
black neighborhood, analyzing gentrification and
millennial culture.

BEHAVE: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and
Worst, by Robert M. Sapolsky. (Penguin Press, $35.)

This quirky, opinionated and magisterial synthesis of psychology and neurobiology offers a wild
and mind-opening ride into a better understanding of just where our behavior comes from.
BEAUTIFUL ANIMALS, by Lawrence Osborne. (Hogarth, $25.) On a Greek island, two wealthy young

women encounter a handsome Syrian refugee,
whom they endeavor to help with disastrous results. Osborne is a psychologically acute observer
of privilege as the novel takes on the tone of an
existential noir.
RETURN TO GLORY: The Story of Ford’s Revival
and Victory at the Toughest Race in the World,
by Matthew DeBord. (Atlantic Monthly, $26.) This

page-turning combination of business book and
adventure saga tells the tale of the Ford Motor
Company’s triumphant return to championship
competition at the endurance race called the 24
Hours of Le Mans.

THE HUE AND CRY AT OUR HOUSE: A Year Remembered, by Benjamin Taylor. (Penguin; paper, $16.)

A sixth grader’s chance meeting with President
Kennedy on the morning of his assassination
opens this touching and eloquent self-portrait of
an odd, bewildered boy born into the frightening
middle of the 20th century.

LOVE LIKE BLOOD, by Mark Billingham. (Atlantic
Monthly, $26.) Detective Inspector Tom Thorne in-

vestigates the murder of a Bangladeshi teenager
in a novel that probes the phenomenon of honor
killings and casts doubt on the work of the Metropolitan Police’s Honor Crimes Unit.
STANDARD DEVIATION, by Katherine Heiny. (Knopf,
$25.95.) This humorous and insightful first novel,

the portrait of a New York City marriage, is full of
sly charm.
The full reviews of these and other recent books are on
the web: nytimes.com/books.

Paperback Row
BEING A BEAST: Adventures Across the Species
Divide, by Charles Foster. (Picador, $16.) “I want to

know what it is like to be a wild thing,” Foster, a
British naturalist, writes in this dispatch from
the animal world. To that end, he stripped naked,
ate earthworms, was hunted by bloodhounds and
attempted to catch fish with his teeth — all to
experience the natural world as do naked Welsh
badgers, London foxes and Exmoor otters.

WE COULD BE BEAUTIFUL, by Swan Huntley. (Anchor,
$16.) With an apartment in the West Village and a

hefty trust fund, Catherine has nearly everything
— except a husband. When she meets William,
they appear to be an ideal match, until a secret
threatens to derail the engagement. Huntley’s debut novel is equal parts psychological thriller and
sendup of New York’s social elite.

WHISTLESTOP: My Favorite Stories From Presidential Campaign History, by John Dickerson. (Twelve,
$16.99.) The author, the political director of CBS

News and the host of “Face the Nation,” reflects
on decades of election cycles: their memorable
collapses and comebacks, surprise upsets and victories. As he puts it, “News is what surprises us,
which is why the political press always has news:
Voters are always undoing our certainties.”
MISS JANE, by Brad Watson. (Norton, $15.95.) Draw-

ing on the real-life experiences of his great-aunt,
Watson tells the story of Miss Jane Chisolm, a
woman in rural Mississippi with an isolating and
rare birth defect. The condition was an obstacle to
sexual or romantic relationships, but Jane sought
wholeness through other means. “The complexity and drama of Watson’s gorgeous work here is
life’s as well,” our reviewer, Amy Grace Loyd, said.
“Sometimes heroism lies in combating our helplessness, sometimes in accepting it.”

HOW THE POST OFFICE CREATED AMERICA: A History, by Winifred Gallagher. (Penguin, $18.) The post

office — established even before the Declaration
of Independence was signed — was long a symbol
of the United States’ commitment to democratic
values, ensuring that citizens across all the
colonies were informed. Now, with the office in
jeopardy, Gallagher urges a reconsideration of its
future.
GOODNIGHT, BEAUTIFUL WOMEN: STORIES, by Anna
Noyes. (Grove, $16.) The women in Noyes’s collec-

tion are tested — by sexual abuse, terminal illness, poverty and young widowhood. In the opening story, a woman struggles to understand her
husband’s apparent suicide by drowning. “The
stories may sound grim,” our reviewer, Elizabeth
Poliner, said, “but they consistently sparkle with
expressive detail.”

Joumana Khatib