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New York Times bestsellers

February 17, 2015 at 6:57PM

This undated image provided by the South Dakota Historical Society Press shows the book cover for "Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography.î The autobiography of prairie author Laura Ingalls Wilder, which gives a grittier view of frontier living than her popular "Little House" series for children, is proving to be a blockbuster for the South Dakota Historical Society Press. The book edited by Pamela Smith Hill, was released in November 2014 by the small state-owned publishing house. The memoir, written for an adult audience, was the No. 1 best-seller on Amazon.com in late January and was still in the Top 10 on Friday, at No. 6. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the South Dakota Historical Society Press) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

FICTION

1. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins. (Riverhead) A psychological thriller set in London is full of complications and betrayals.

2. ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, by Anthony Doerr. (Scribner) The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget-obsessed German boy before and during World War II.

3. PRIVATE VEGAS, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown) Jack Morgan, the head of an investigative firm, uncovers a murder ring in Las Vegas.

4. GRAY MOUNTAIN, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) In a small Virginia town, a downsized Wall Street lawyer becomes involved in litigation against the mining industry.

5. SAINT ODD, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam) In the conclusion to the Odd Thomas series, Odd returns home to small-town California to meet one last challenge.

6. THE BOSTON GIRL, by Anita Diamant. (Scribner) The daughter of Jewish immigrants grows up in early-20th-century Boston; by the author of "The Red Tent."

7. FIRST FROST, by Sarah Addison Allen. (St. Martin's) When a stranger shows up in Bascom, N.C., the Waverley women must make choices they have never confronted before.

8. THE ESCAPE, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) John Puller, a special agent with the Army, hunts for his brother, who was convicted of treason and has escaped from prison.

9. BIG LITTLE LIES, by Liane Moriarty. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam) Who will end up dead, and how, when three mothers with children in the same school become friends?

10. STATION ELEVEN, by Emily St. John Mandel. (Knopf) A traveling theater company looks for an audience among a global pandemic's survivors.

NONFICTION

1. BEING MORTAL, by Atul Gawande. (Metropolitan/Holt) The surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients at the end of life and offers suggestions for how they can do better.

2. PIONEER GIRL, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. (South Dakota State Historical Society) The writer's autobiography, the source of her Little House on the Prairie books, completed in 1930 and never published, is annotated by a biographer.

3. YES PLEASE, by Amy Poehler. (Dey Street/Morrow) A humorous miscellany from the comedian and actress, a "Saturday Night Live" alumna and the star of "Parks and Recreation."

4. GOD, GUNS, GRITS AND GRAVY, by Mike Huckabee. (St. Martin's) The former Arkansas governor offers his take on our fractious American culture. (b)

5. KILLING PATTON, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt) The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts the death of Gen. George S. Patton in December 1945.

6. THE REAPER, by Nicholas Irving with Gary Brozek. (St. Martin's) A memoir by a deadly special operations sniper deployed to Afghanistan.

7. WHAT IF? by Randall Munroe. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Scientific (but often humorous) answers to hypothetical questions, based in part on the author's website, xkcd.com.

8. GHETTOSIDE, by Jill Leovy. (Spiegel & Grau) The investigation of a young black man's murder in 2007 raises questions about race and the criminal justice system.

9. NOT THAT KIND OF GIRL, by Lena Dunham. (Random House) Essays, mostly humorous, from the creator and star of "Girls."

10. DEEP DOWN DARK, by Héctor Tobar. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) An account, based on interviews, of the experience of the 33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground for 69 days in 2010 and, incredibly, rescued.

Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous

1. THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP, by Marie Kondo. (Ten Speed) Decluttering by discarding things all at once and organizing your space.

2. ZILLOW TALK, by Spencer Rascoff and Stan Humphries. (Grand Central) A guide to real estate in a technology-driven world. (b)

3. THE 20/20 DIET, by Phil McGraw. (Bird Street) A weight-loss plan centered around 20 key foods.

4. ZERO BELLY DIET, by David Zinczenko. (Ballantine) A diet that includes menus, recipes and exercises to target stomach fat.

5. MONEY: MASTER THE GAME, by Tony Robbins. (Simon & Schuster) Seven steps aimed at finding financial security and creating an income for life. (b)

Rankings reflect sales at venues nationwide for the week ending Jan. 31. An (x) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some sellers report receiving bulk orders.