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New York Times bestsellers

May 19, 2015 at 7:00PM

“Gathering Prey” by John Sandford (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

FICTION

1. GATHERING PREY, by John Sandford. (Putnam) In the 25th installment of the Prey series, Lucas Davenport is on the trail of killers who have targeted a group of vagabonds called the Travelers.

2. MEMORY MAN, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) A police detective who left the force when his family was murdered relies on the extraordinary memory he developed as a result of a collision in his earlier football career to solve the case.

3. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins. (Riverhead) A psychological thriller set in the environs of London.

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; winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize.

5. GOD HELP THE CHILD, by Toni Morrison. (Knopf) Her mother's rejection shapes the life of a dark-skinned woman who is successful in business but personally unhappy.

6. THE BONE TREE, by Greg Iles. (Morrow/HarperCollins) In the second book of a trilogy, following "Natchez Burning," prosecutor Penn Cage comes up against the KKK.

7. THE LIAR, by Nora Roberts. (Putnam) Returning to her Smoky Mountain hometown, a woman discovers that her husband was a fraud who implicated her in his deceptions.

8. AT THE WATER'S EDGE, by Sara Gruen. (Spiegel & Grau) In the course of a search for the Loch Ness monster, a Philadelphia socialite uncovers secrets about her husband.

9. 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.

10. EARLY WARNING, by Jane Smiley. (Knopf) The second volume of the Last Hundred Years trilogy, following "Some Luck," covers the years 1953 to 1986.

NONFICTION

1. HOPE, by Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus with Mary Jordan and Kevin Sullivan. (Viking) Two of the women who were kidnapped by a Cleveland school bus driver and imprisoned, raped and abused by him until they escaped after 10 years tell their story.

2. THE ROAD TO CHARACTER, by David Brooks. (Random House) New York Times columnist extols personal virtues like kindness and honesty in a materialistic age.

3. AND THE GOOD NEWS IS … by Dana Perino. (Twelve) Fox News contributor and former press secretary to President George W. Bush reviews her life and career and shares lessons she has learned. (b)

4. BILL O'REILLY'S LEGENDS AND LIES, by David Fisher. (Holt) Stories of the American West; a companion volume to the Fox News series.

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

6. MISSOULA, by Jon Krakauer. (Doubleday) The author of "Into the Wild" discusses cases of acquaintance rape in Missoula, home of the University of Montana.

7. THE RESIDENCE, by Kate Andersen Brower. (Harper) Fifty years of White House lore, based on interviews with butlers, maids, chefs and other staff members.

8. 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.

9. ON THE MOVE, by Oliver Sacks. (Knopf) A memoir by the neurologist and writer, author of "Awakenings" and many other books.

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. THE WHOLE30, by Melissa Hartwig and Dallas Hartwig. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) An overview of a 30-day guide to better health and weight loss. (b)

3. BRAIN MAKER, by David Perlmutter with Kristin Loberg. (Little, Brown) A neurologist links brain health to the population of microbes inhabiting our bodies.

4. THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. (Northfield) How to communicate love in a way a spouse will understand — with quality time, affirmative words, gifts, acts of service, and physical touch.

5. GODDESSES NEVER AGE, by Christiane Northrup. (Hay House) A doctor reconfigures the psychology of aging. (b)

Rankings reflect sales at venues nationwide for the week ending May 2. 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.