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New York Times bestsellers

April 14, 2015 at 4:04PM

“The Girl on the Train,” by Paula Hawkins (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

FICTION

1. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins. (Riverhead) A psychological thriller set in London.

2. THE STRANGER, by Harlan Coben. (Dutton) Characters' lives begin to fall apart as a mysterious stranger discloses secrets to them; a stand-alone thriller.

3. 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.

4. NYPD RED 3, by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. (Little, Brown) Investigating the disappearance of a billionaire's son, detective Zach Jordan and his partner (and ex-girlfriend) find themselves in the midst of a conspiracy.

5. A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD, by Anne Tyler. (Knopf) Four generations of a family are drawn to a house in the Baltimore suburbs.

6. THE NIGHTINGALE, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin's) Two sisters in World War II France: one struggling to survive in the countryside, the other joining the Resistance in Paris.

7. THE BURIED GIANT, by Kazuo Ishiguro. (Knopf) In a semi-historical ancient Britain, an elderly couple set out in search of their son.

8. CUBA STRAITS, by Randy Wayne White. (Putnam) Danger abounds as Doc Ford investigates the disappearance of a cache of letters obtained by a friend who sells collectibles — letters written to a previously unknown girlfriend by Fidel Castro.

9. ENDANGERED, by C.J. Box. (Putnam) When his 18-year-old ward is found beaten in a ditch, Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett suspects her boyfriend, a rodeo star.

10. A DANGEROUS PLACE, by Jacqueline Winspear. (Harper) Psychologist turned private investigator Maisie Dobbs is drawn into political intrigue in Gibraltar in 1937 while looking into a murder.

NONFICTION

1. DEAD WAKE, by Erik Larson. (Crown) The last voyage of the Lusitania, by the author of "The Devil in the White City."

2. BECOMING STEVE JOBS, by Brent Schlender and Rick Tetzeli. (Crown Business) How Jobs, who started out as a brash young genius, developed a more mature management style.

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

4. 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.

5. H IS FOR HAWK, by Helen Macdonald. (Grove) A grief-stricken British woman decides to raise a goshawk, a fierce bird that is notoriously difficult to tame.

6. WHERE YOU GO IS NOT WHO YOU'LL BE, by Frank Bruni. (Grand Central) A New York Times columnist urges students and their parents to give up the high-stakes competition for Ivy League admission and consider other types of schools and other measures of success.

7. 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.

8. HERETIC, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali. (Harper) The author of "Infidel" and "Nomad" argues that fundamental doctrines of Islam must change for it to be compatible with democracy.

9. YES PLEASE, by Amy Poehler. (Dey Street/Morrow) A humorous miscellany from the comedian and actress.

10. EVERY DAY I FIGHT, by Stuart Scott with Larry Platt. (Blue Rider) A memoir by the ESPN anchor and commentator, who died of cancer in January 2015.

Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous

1. THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP, by Marie Kondo. (Ten Speed) A guide to decluttering by discarding expendable objects all at once and taking charge of your space.

2. GET WHAT'S YOURS, by Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Philip Moeller and Paul Solman. (Simon & Schuster) A guide to deciding when to claim Social Security benefits and getting all you're eligible for when you do.

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

4. BETTER THAN BEFORE, by Gretchen Rubin. (Crown) The author of "The Happiness Project" reviews research and experience to determine how to form good habits and extinguish bad ones.

5. 10-DAY GREEN SMOOTHIE CLEANSE, by JJ Smith. (Atria) Beverages of combined leafy greens and fruits are the basis for a weight loss and health plan.

Rankings reflect sales at venues nationwide for the week ending March 28. 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.