New York Times bestsellers

FICTION

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

2. THE SHADOWS, by J.R. Ward. (New American Library) Book 13 of the Black Dagger Brotherhood series.

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

4. 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.

5. THE PATRIOT THREAT, by Steve Berry. (Minotaur) Former government operative Cotton Malone searches for a North Korean who may have acquired Treasury Department files.

6. AT THE WATER'S EDGE, by Sara Gruen. (Spiegel & Grau) A Philadelphia socialite travels to the Scottish Highlands with her husband and his friend, who are searching for the Loch Ness monster. She falls in love with the countryside and its people and uncovers secrets about her husband and family.

8. 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.

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

10. 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.

NONFICTION

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

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

4. 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.

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. IN DEFENSE OF A LIBERAL EDUCATION, by Fareed Zakaria. (Norton) A case for the centrality of the curriculum in the sciences and humanities.

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

9. 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.

10. PIONEER GIRL, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. (South Dakota 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.

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 to getting all you're eligible for when you do.

4. 10-DAY GREEN SMOOTHIE CLEANSE, by J.J. Smith. (Atria) Beverages of combined leafy greens and fruits are the basis for a weight loss and health plan.

5. 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.