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THIS LAST WEEKS THIS LAST WEEKS WEEK WEEK Fiction ON LIST WEEK WEEK Nonfiction ON LIST 1 1 INTO THE WATER, by Paula Hawkins. (Riverhead) In this 4 1 1 ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY, by Neil deGrasse 4 psychological thriller by the author of “The Girl on the Train,” Tyson. (Norton) A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction women are found drowned in a river in an English town. to the universe. 2 DRAGON TEETH, by Michael Crichton. (Harper/HarperCollins) 1 2 2 OPTION B, by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant. (Knopf) 5 A college student joints a fossil-hunting expedition in the Sandberg’s experience after her husband’s sudden death and 19th-century West and is caught up in the rivalry between two Grant’s psychological research combine to provide insight on paleontologists. A recently discovered manuscript by Crichton, facing adversity and building resilience. who died in 2008. 3 3 THE VANISHING AMERICAN ADULT, by Ben Sasse. (St. 2 3 2 NO MIDDLE NAME, by Lee Child. (Delacorte) A complete 2 Martin’s) The Nebraska senator’s advice on how to raise resilient, collection of Jack Reacher stories. responsible children. 4 3 16TH SEDUCTION, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. 4 4 4 HILLBILLY ELEGY, by J. D. Vance. (HarperCollins) A Yale Law 44 (Little, Brown) In San Francisco, Detective Lindsay Boxer and the School graduate looks at the struggles of America’s white working Women’s Murder Club face their toughest case yet. class through his own childhood. 5 5 THE FIX, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) The detective Amos 6 5 6 KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, by David Grann. (Doubleday) 6 Decker (“Memory Man”) witnesses a murder-suicide that turns The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted out to be a matter of national security. Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil. The fledgling F.B.I. intervened, ineffectively. 6 4 SAME BEACH, NEXT YEAR, by Dorothea Benton Frank. (Morrow) 2 Two couples form a lifelong friendship during annual reunions on 6 7 SHATTERED, by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes. (Crown) An 6 one of South Carolina’s barrier islands. examination of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. 7 6 TESTIMONY, by Scott Turow. (Grand Central) A former Illinois 2 7 9 THE AMERICAN SPIRIT, by David McCullough. (Simon & 6 prosecutor joins the International Criminal Court to investigate a Schuster) A collection of speeches by the Pulitzer Prize-winning massacre in Bosnia. historian, focused on American values. 8 THE FROZEN HOURS, by Jeff Shaara. (Ballantine) A fictional 1 8 11 THIS FIGHT IS OUR FIGHT, by Elizabeth Warren. (Metropolitan/ 6 account of the Battle of Choisin Reservoir during the Korean War, Holt) The Massachusetts senator offers a program for Democratic where Americans battled Chinese forces and brutal temperatures. resistance to President Trump. 9 8 GOLDEN PREY, by John Sandford. (Putnam) Lucas Davenport, 5 9 12 THE OPERATOR, by Robert O’Neill. (Scribner) The 400-mission 5 now a U.S. Marshal, pursues a thief who robbed a drug cartel and career of a SEAL Team operator. (†) killed a child in Biloxi, Miss. 10 CHURCHILL AND ORWELL, by Thomas E. Ricks. (Penguin Press) 1 10 9 AGAINST ALL ODDS, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte) A mother 4 A dual biography of two independent thinkers. must learn to let her adult children make their own decisions. 11 5 PAPI, by David Ortiz with Michael Holley. (Houghton Mifflin 2 11 11 A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW, by Amor Towles. (Viking) A Russian 28 Harcourt) Looking back on 14 years with the Red Sox. count undergoes 30 years of house arrest. 12 10 COACH WOODEN AND ME, by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. (Grand 2 12 RICH PEOPLE PROBLEMS, by Kevin Kwan. (Doubleday) A family 1 Central) A life-changing 50-year friendship that began during battles over money in the final installment of the trilogy including Abdul-Jabbar’s student days at U.C.L.A. “Crazy Rich Asians” and “China Rich Girlfriend.” 13* 15 DO I MAKE MYSELF CLEAR?, by Harold Evans. (Little, Brown) 2 13 12 SINCE WE FELL, by Dennis Lehane. (Ecco/HarperCollins) A 3 Advice on writing well from a noted editor. woman struggles to understand who she really is, first searching for her father, then coping with a breakdown. 14 8 DEMOCRACY, by Condoleezza Rice. (Twelve) The former 3 secretary of state argues that the promotion of democracy should 14* 7 GWENDY’S BUTTON BOX, by Stephen King and Richard 2 shape America’s foreign policy. Chizmar. (Cemetery Dance) King returns to Castle Rock, Me., in this novella set in 1974. 15 14 BLACK PRIVILEGE, by Charlamagne Tha God. (Touchstone) 6 The radio personality presents his life story and offers advice for 15 15 ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, by Elizabeth Strout. (Random House) 5 success. A novel-in-stories about the lives of the inhabitants of the rural Illinois hometown of Lucy Barton, the protagonist of Strout’s previous novel.

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending May 27, 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 THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW June 11, 2017 by The New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Best Sellers

WEEKS THIS LAST WEEKS THIS LAST ON LIST WEEK WEEK Fiction ON LIST WEEK WEEK Nonfiction 1 1 INTO THE WATER, by Paula Hawkins. (Riverhead) In this 4 1 1 ASTROPHYSICS FOR PEOPLE IN A HURRY, by Neil deGrasse 4 psychological thriller by the author of “The Girl on the Train,” Tyson. (Norton) A straightforward, easy-to-understand introduction women are found drowned in a river in an English town. to the laws that govern the universe. 2 DRAGON TEETH, by Michael Crichton. (Harper) A paleontological 1 2 2 OPTION B, by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant. (Knopf) 5 rivalry plays out in 1870s Wyoming. Sandberg’s experience after her husband’s sudden death and Grant’s psychological research combine to provide insight on 3 6 THE HANDMAID’S TALE, by Margaret Atwood. (Houghton Mifflin 10 facing adversity and building resilience. Harcourt) In a dystopian future, men and women perform the services assigned to them. Originally published in 1986. 3 5 HILLBILLY ELEGY, by J. D. Vance. (HarperCollins) A Yale Law 44 School graduate looks at the struggles of the white working class 4 5 16TH SEDUCTION, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. 4 through the story of his own childhood. (Little, Brown) In San Francisco, Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club face their toughest case yet. 4 4 THE VANISHING AMERICAN ADULT, by Ben Sasse. (St. 2 Martin’s) The Nebraska senator’s advice on how to raise resilient, 5 8 THE FIX, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) The detective Amos 6 responsible children. Decker (“Memory Man”) witnesses a murder-suicide that turns out to be a matter of national security. 5 6 KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, by David Grann. (Doubleday) 6 The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted 6 9 NIGHT SCHOOL, by Lee Child. (Delacorte) Jack Reacher, still in 10 Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil. the Army, becomes involved in an investigation with elite agents from the F.B.I. and C.I.A. 6 3 ON TYRANNY, by Timothy Snyder. (Tim Duggan) Twenty lessons 9 from the 20th century about the course of tyranny. 7 3 NO MIDDLE NAME, by Lee Child. (Delacorte) A complete 2 collection of Jack Reacher stories. 7 7 SHATTERED, by Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes. (Crown) An 6 examination of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. 8 14 THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10, by Ruth Ware. (Scout) A travel writer 18 on a cruise is certain she has heard a body thrown overboard, but 8 8 THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE, by Diane Ackerman. (Norton) How a 16 no one believes her. Warsaw couple sheltered Jews and members of the Resistance during World War II. Originally published in 2007; now the basis 9 15 LILAC GIRLS, by Martha Hall Kelly. (Ballantine) A story of three 12 of a movie, women’s lives during and after World War II. 9 12 THE OPERATOR, by Robert O’Neill. (Scribner) The 400-mission 5 10 MILK AND HONEY, by Rupi Kaur. (Andrews McMeel) Poetic 21 career of a SEAL Team operator. approaches to surviving adversity and loss. 10 10 THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE, by Steven Pinker. 2 11 A MAN CALLED OVE, by Fredrik Backman. (Washington Square) 52 (Penguin) The Harvard psychologist argues that we are living A curmudgeon’s gruff exterior masks a generosity of spirit. in the most peaceable period of human existence, thanks to Originally published in Sweden in 2014. developments — government, literacy, trade — that make it possible for people to control their violent impulses. 12 JUST ONE TOUCH, by Maya Banks. (Avon) A woman with the 1 ability to heal attempts to escape from a religious cult. A Slow 11 THE AMERICAN SPIRIT, by David McCullough. (Simon & 5 Burn novel. Schuster) A collection of speeches by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, focused on American values. 13 7 SAME BEACH, NEXT YEAR, by Dorothea Benton Frank. (Morrow) 2 Two couples form a lifelong friendship during their annual 12 14 HIDDEN FIGURES, by Margot Lee Shetterly. (Morrow/ 23 reunions on one of South Carolina’s barrier islands. HarperCollins) The story of the black women mathematicians at then-segregated NASA and its precursor. The basis of the movie. 14 13 GOLDEN PREY, by John Sandford. (Putnam) Lucas Davenport, 5 now a U.S. Marshal, pursues a thief who robbed a drug cartel and 13 THIS FIGHT IS OUR FIGHT, by Elizabeth Warren. (Metropolitan/ 5 killed a child in Biloxi, Miss. Holt) The Massachusetts senator offers a program for Democratic resistance to President Trump. 15 AMERICAN GODS, by Neil Gaiman. (Morrow) A man just out of 4 prison becomes entangled in the schemes of an enigmatic grifter. 14 BORN A CRIME, by Trevor Noah. (Spiegel & Grau) A memoir 17 about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the comedian, now the host of “The Daily Show.” 15 CHURCHILL AND ORWELL, by Thomas E. Ricks. (Penguin Press) 1 A dual biography of two independent thinkers.

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending May 27, 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 THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW June 11, 2017 by The New York Times Print Paperback Best Sellers

THIS WEEKS THIS WEEKS WEEK Paperback Trade Fiction ON LIST WEEK Paperback Nonfiction ON LIST 1 THE HANDMAID’S TALE, by Margaret Atwood. (Anchor) 16 1 ON TYRANNY, by Timothy Snyder. (Tim Duggan) 13

2 THE WOMAN IN CABIN 10, by Ruth Ware. (Scout) 7 2 THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE, by Diane Ackerman. (Norton) 43

3 MILK AND HONEY, by Rupi Kaur. (Andrews McMeel) 59 3 HIDDEN FIGURES, by Margot Lee Shetterly. (Morrow/ 25 HarperCollins) 4 LILAC GIRLS, by Martha Hall Kelly. (Ballantine) 13 4 THE BETTER ANGELS OF OUR NATURE, by Steven Pinker. 2 (Penguin) 5 A MAN CALLED OVE, by Fredrik Backman. (Washington Square) 74 5 THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca 194 Skloot. (Broadway) 6 ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, by Anthony Doerr. (Scribner) 8 6 THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson. (Vintage) 337

7 THE NIGHTINGALE, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin’s Griffin) 5 7 ORIGINALS, by Adam Grant. (Penguin) 13

8 COMMONWEALTH, by Ann Patchett. (Harper Perennial) 4 8 EVICTED, by Matthew Desmond. (Broadway) 7

9 ALL THE MISSING GIRLS, by Megan Miranda. (Simon & 9 9 THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, 132 Schuster) Straus & Giroux) 10 THE WRONG SIDE OF GOODBYE, by Michael Connelly. (Grand 2 10 THE PERFECT HORSE, by Elizabeth Letts. (Ballantine) 1 Central)

THIS WEEKS THIS WEEKS WEEK Middle Grade Hardcover ON LIST WEEK Young Adult Hardcover ON LIST

1 THE DARK PROPHECY, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion) 4 1 LORD OF SHADOWS, by Cassandra Clare. (Margaret K. 1 Lester, a.k.a. Apollo, summons the help of demigods to restore an McElderry) Caught between the faerie courts and the laws of the Oracle and his rightful place on Olympus. (Ages 9 to 12) Clave. (Ages 14 to 17) 2 WONDER, by R. J. Palacio. (Knopf) A boy with a facial deformity 94 2 CRAZY HOUSE, by James Patterson and Gabrielle Charbonnet. 1 starts school. (Ages 8 to 12) (jimmy patterson) The wrong twin’s on death row. (Ages 14 to 17) 3 DOG MAN UNLEASHED, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) Only one 22 3 THE HATE U GIVE, by Angie Thomas. (Balzer & Bray) A 16-year- 13 hybrid hero can foil the criminally minded, again. (Ages 7 to 9) old girl sees a police officer kill her friend. (Ages 14 and up) 4 DOG MAN, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) A dog’s head is combined 39 4 GIRLING UP, by Mayim Bialik. (Philomel) Personal experience 3 with a policeman’s body to create this hybrid supercop hound. meets scientific fact in a girl’s guide to growing up. (Ages 12 and (Ages 7 to 9) up) 5 THE WILD ROBOT, by Peter Brown. (Little, Brown) A semi- 10 5 EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING, by Nicola Yoon. (Delacorte) For a 49 sentient automaton washes ashore, a shipwreck’s sole survivor. girl in a bubble, an online friendship comes to mean something (Ages 8 to 11) more. (Ages 12 to 17) 6 THE HIDDEN ORACLE, by Rick Riordan. (Disney-Hyperion) 40 6 THE SUN IS ALSO A STAR, by Nicola Yoon. (Delacorte) The story 29 Apollo, now a mortal teenager with acne, sets out to restore his of a girl, a boy, budding love and the universe. (Ages 12 to 17) tarnished reputation. (Ages 12 to 17) 7 ALEX AND ELIZA, by Melissa de la Cruz. (Putnam) As the 7 7 THE GIRL WHO DRANK THE MOON, by Kelly Barnhill. 21 Revolution unfolds, Eliza Schuyler meets a man named Hamilton. (Algonquin) A sacrificial girl is saved by a good witch. (Ages 10 (Ages 12 to 16) to 14) 8 LADY MIDNIGHT, by Cassandra Clare. (Margaret K. McElderry) 45 8 WOMEN IN SCIENCE, by Rachel Ignotofsky. (Ten Speed) Fifty 34 Shadowhunters grapple with occult murders and first love. (Ages women who have transformed science and technology. (Ages 8 13 to 17) to 12) 9 THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS, by Marieke Nijkamp. (Sourcebooks 52 9 AUGGIE & ME, by R. J. Palacio. (Knopf) A collection of three 39 Fire) An act of violence parsed from four perspectives. (Ages 14 stories from the “Wonder” series. (Ages 8 to 12) and up) 10 CAMP HALF-BLOOD CONFIDENTIAL, by Rick Riordan. (Disney- 3 10 STAR WARS: REBEL RISING, by Beth Revis. (Disney Lucasfilm) 4 Hyperion) The “real” guide to the demigod training camp and the A Rebel recruit, questions her dedication to the cause. (Ages 12 stories of associated heroes. (Ages 9 to 12) and up)

THIS WEEKS THIS WEEKS WEEK Picture Books ON LIST WEEK Series ON LIST

1 THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU WILL BE, by Emily Winfield 87 1 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. 428 Martin. (Random House) A celebration of future possibilities. (Amulet) The travails and challenges of adolescence. (Ages 9 to (Ages 3 to 7) 12) 2 DRAGONS LOVE TACOS 2, by Adam Rubin and Daniel Salmieri. 4 2 HARRY POTTER, by J. K. Rowling. (Scholastic) A wizard hones his 427 (Dial) Heading into the past for the seed of a taco tree to conjuring skills in the service of fighting evil. (Ages 10 and up) replenish the world’s supply. (Ages 3 to 5) 3 DESCENDANTS, by Melissa de la Cruz. (Disney-Hyperion) A 1 3 I WISH YOU MORE, by Amy Krouse Rosenthal. Illustrated by Tom 24 three-pronged prize pits teams against each other. (Ages 8 to 12) Lichtenheld. (Chronicle) A bounty of good wishes. (Ages 5 to 8) 4 CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS, written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey. 68 4 DRAGONS LOVE TACOS, by Adam Rubin. Illustrated by Daniel 171 (Scholastic) Boys and their principal fight evil. (Ages 7 to 10) Salmieri. (Dial) What to serve your dragon-guests. (Ages 3 to 5) 5 COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES, by Sarah J. Maas. 4 5 THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT, by Drew Daywalt. Illustrated by 205 (Bloomsbury) Feyre navigates divided worlds edging toward war. Oliver Jeffers. (Philomel) Colorful problems arise when Duncan’s (Ages 14 and up) crayons revolt. (Ages 3 to 7) 6 5TH WAVE, by Rick Yancey. (Putnam) A resistance force of 16 6 WHAT DO YOU DO WITH AN IDEA?, by Kobi Yamada. Illustrated 23 teenage soldiers rises up when invaders threaten life on Earth. by Mae Besom. (Compendium) Wrestling with a new idea, then (Ages 14 and up) giving it the room to grow. (Ages 5 to 8) 7 MISS PEREGRINE’S PECULIAR CHILDREN, by Ransom Riggs. 88 7 WE’RE ALL WONDERS, by R. J. Palacio. (Knopf) The protagonist 7 (Quirk/Penguin) Time travelers try to save their headmistress. from the novel “Wonder” stars in his own picture book. (Ages 4 (Ages 14 and up) to 8) 8 PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan. (Disney- 430 8 THE BOOK WITH NO PICTURES, by B. J. Novak. (Dial) Silly 133 Hyperion) A boy battles mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12) songs and sound effects. (Ages 4 to 8) 9 DORK DIARIES, by Rachel Renée Russell. (Simon & Schuster) 209 9 ADA TWIST, SCIENTIST, by Andrea Beaty. Illustrated by David 36 Time travelers try to save their headmistress. (Ages 9 to 13) Roberts. (Abrams) A girl emerges with a love of science. (Ages 5 to 7) 10 SUMMONER TRILOGY, by Taran Matharu. (Feiwel & Friends) 3 Fletcher’s talent for summoning lands him at an academy training 10 ROSIE REVERE, ENGINEER, by Andrea Beaty. Illustrated by 101 to fight in the Empire’s war against the orcs. (Ages 12 to 18) David Roberts. (Abrams) A young inventor learns to fail better. (Ages 4 to 8)

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 THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW June 11, 2017 by The New York Times Advice, How-To and Misc. and Monthly Best Sellers

THIS WEEKS THIS Business WEEK Advice, How-to and Miscellaneous ON LIST WEEK

MAKE YOUR BED, by William H. McRaven. (Grand Central) 8 1 HOW TO BE A BAWSE, by Lilly Singh. (Ballantine) 1 2 THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A ------, by Mark Manson. 24 2 UNSHAKABLE, by Tony Robbins with Peter Mallouk. (Simon & (HarperOne/HarperCollins) (†) Schuster) YOU ARE A BADASS, by Jen Sincero. (Running Press) 72 3 THE MAGNOLIA STORY, by Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines with 3 Mark Dagostino. (W Publishing/Thomas Nelson)

THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. (Northfield) 202 4 THE TRUTH ABOUT YOUR FUTURE, by Ric Edelman. (Simon & 4 Schuster) (†) 5 THE WHOLE30, by Melissa Hartwig. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) 85 5 TOOLS OF TITANS, by Tim Ferriss. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) (†) (†) 6 THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP, by Marie Kondo. 128 6 AN AMERICAN SICKNESS, by Elisabeth Rosenthal. (Penguin (Ten Speed) Press) 7 THE PLANT PARADOX, by Steven R. Gundry. (Harper Wave/ 4 7 WEALTH CAN’T WAIT, by David Osborn and Paul Morris. HarperCollins) (Greenleaf) (†) 8 SALT FAT ACID HEAT, by Samin Nosrat. Illustrated by Wendy 3 8 THE THIRD WAVE, by Steve Case. (Simon & Schuster) (†) MacNaughton. (Simon & Schuster) 9* THE WHOLE30 COOKBOOK, by Melissa Hartwig. (Houghton 13 9 YOU ARE A BADASS AT MAKING MONEY, by Jen Sincero. Mifflin Harcourt) (Viking) 10 TOOLS OF TITANS, by Tim Ferriss. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) 16 10 ORIGINALS, by Adam Grant. (Penguin) (†)

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 April. 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 THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW June 11, 2017 by The New York Times Monthly Best Sellers

THIS THIS WEEK Science WEEK Sports and Fitness 1 HIDDEN FIGURES, by Margot Lee Shetterly. (HarperCollins) 1 THE CUBS WAY, by Tom Verducci. (Crown/Archetype)

2 THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca 2 THE SECRETS OF MY LIFE, by Caitlyn Jenner with Buzz Skloot. (Broadway) Bissinger. (Grand Central) 3 WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR, by Paul Kalanithi. (Random 3 BALLPLAYER, by Chipper Jones with Carroll Rogers Walton. House) (Dutton) 4 SAPIENS, by Yuval Noah Harari. (Harper) 4 RETURN OF THE KING, by Brian Windhorst and Dave McMenamin. (Grand Central) 5 HEAD STRONG, by Dave Asprey. (Harper Wave/HarperCollins) (†) 5 SHOE DOG, by Phil Knight. (Scribner)

6 HOMO DEUS, by Yuval Noah Harari. (Harper/HarperCollins) 6 THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown. (Penguin)

7 THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, 7 CRAZY IS MY SUPERPOWER, by A. J. Mendez Brooks. (Crown/ Straus & Giroux) Archetype) 8 THE UNDOING PROJECT, by Michael Lewis. (Norton) 8 THE PHENOMENON, by Rick Ankiel and Tim Brown. (PublicAffairs) (†) 9 THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREES, by Peter Wohlleben. (Greystone) 9 UNSCRIPTED, by Ernie Johnson Jr. (Baker Books)

10 THE GENIUS OF BIRDS, by Jennifer Ackerman. (Penguin) 10 42 FAITH, by Ed Henry. (Thomas Nelson)

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 April. 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 June 11, 2017 by The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Editors’ Choice / Staff Picks From the Book Review

BLIND SPOT, by Teju Cole. (Random House, $40.) This CATTLE KINGDOM: The Hidden History of the OTIS REDDING: An Unfinished Life, by Jonathan lyrical essay in photographs paired with texts Cowboy West, by Christopher Knowlton. (Eamon Dolan/ Gould. (Crown Archetype, $30.) It’s hard to write about explores the mysteries of the ordinary. Cole’s ques- Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $29.) The 20-year grand era Redding; he died at 26 and no one has anything tioning, tentative habit of mind, suspending judg- of cowboys and cattle barons is a story of boom and nasty to say about him. Gould relies on interviews ment while hoping for the brief miracle of insight, is bust. Knowlton’s deft narrative is filled with sharp with his surviving family members and exhaustive a form of what used to be called humanism. observations about cowboys and fortune-hunters. research into his early years as a performer to tell his story. MY FAVORITE THING IS MONSTERS, by Emil Ferris. THEFT BY FINDING: Diaries (1977-2002), by David (Fantagraphics, paper, $39.99.) In this graphic novel, Sedaris. (Little, Brown, $28.) Over 25 years, these THE COMPLETE STORIES, by Leonora Carrington. Trans- drawn entirely on blue-lined notebook paper, a diaries mutate from a stress vent, to limbering-up lated by Kathrine Talbot and Anthony Kerrigan. (Dorothy, monster-loving 10-year-old in 1960s Chicago tries exercises for the kind of writing Sedaris is going to paper, $16.) The Surrealist painter and fabulist wrote to make sense of a neighbor’s death, her mother’s do, to rough drafts. His developing voice — grace- 25 fantastical and droll stories in English, Spanish decline from cancer, and her crush on another girl. ful, whining, hilarious — is the lifeline that pulls him and French. The story is punctuated by drawings of the covers through. of the horror magazines she loves. COCKFOSTERS: Stories, by Helen Simpson. (Knopf, TOWN IS BY THE SEA, by Joanne Schwartz. Illustrated $23.95.) Nine tales offer memorable characters, CHEMISTRY, by Weike Wang. (Knopf, $24.95.) A by Sydney Smith. (Groundwood/House of Anansi, $19.95; comic timing, originality, economy, poignancy and Chinese-American graduate student struggles to ages 5 to 9.) This evocation of daily life in a pictur- heart. Although they are entertaining, the mortality find her place in the world, arguing with her par- esque, run-down seaside town in the 1950s stirs and the passage of time is an underlying theme. ents about whether she can give up her Ph.D. and timeless, elemental emotions. The ocean light is wondering whether to marry her boyfriend. Wang’s contrasted with the coal mine far below, where a debut novel is both honest and funny. boy’s father works and where he is destined (and The full reviews of these and other recent books are on resigned) to follow. the web: nytimes.com/books.

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HERO OF THE EMPIRE: The Boer War, a Daring Es- DETROIT RESURRECTED: To Bankruptcy and Back, A MURDER OVER A GIRL: Justice, Gender, Junior cape and the Making of Winston Churchill, by Can- by Nathan Bomey. (Norton, $16.95.) Bomey, who High, by Ken Corbett. (Picador, $16.) In 2008, Brandon dice Millard. (Anchor, $17.) In his early 20s, motivated covered the bankruptcy for The Detroit Free Press, McInerney, 14, shot his classmate Larry King dead. by outsize ambition, Churchill headed off to war in recounts the mismanagement leading to the crisis, At the time of the murder, Larry’s sexuality and South Africa — though as a journalist, not a soldier from the cratering auto industry and racial inequi- gender identity were unsettled; though Brandon — in an episode that elevated his status in Britain ties, to the shortsighted politicians who allowed the confessed to the killing and was found to have neo- as a celebrity and a hero. city’s situation to deteriorate further rather than Nazi materials, an initial trial ended in a hung jury. reverse course. In this account, a psychologist examines the pos- MODERN LOVERS, by Emma Straub. (Riverhead, $16.) sible motives behind the crime. A group of college friends grapple with middle age ZERO K, by Don DeLillo. (Scribner, $16.) In DeLillo’s in Brooklyn, while their teenage children begin an 16th novel, Jeff joins his billionaire father at a des- HAG-SEED: William Shakespeare’s “The Tempest” affair. Andrew, Elizabeth, Zoe and Lydia were once ert compound offering “cryonic suspension,” where Retold, by Margaret Atwood. (Hogarth Shakespeare, in a band; while Elizabeth and Andrew split over the dead are frozen until resuscitation is possible. $15.) Atwood’s version unfolds in Canada, with the plans to make a movie about Lydia, Zoe’s marriage Pressures of life outside that technological utopia widower Felix, a theater festival’s former artistic threatens to disintegrate. Straub’s novel ranks as become acute when Jeff becomes involved with a director, living in exile. In contrast to the case of his “a wise, sophisticated romp through the pampered woman and her Ukrainian child, with political rami- inspiration, Prospero, his daughter is dead, and his middle-aged neuroses of urban softies,” our review- fications to follow. As our reviewer, Joshua Ferris, attempts to communicate with her result in a ten- er, Alex Kuczynski, wrote. put it, “Just as his characters plunge through con- der story shot through with humor. structed realities in quest of truer selves, so do we, as DeLillo’s readers, find in his pages something akin to insight of a gnostic order.” Joumana Khatib