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New York Times bestsellers

October 27, 2015 at 6:23PM

This photo provided by Simon and Schuster/Emily Bestler Books shows the cover of the book, "The Survivor," by Vince Flynn. (Simon and Schuster/Emily Bestler Books via AP) (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

FICTION

1. THE SURVIVOR, by Vince Flynn and Kyle Mills. (Emily Bestler/Atria) Counterterrorism operative Mitch Rapp must control the damage from a leak of CIA documents. Mills finished the book for Flynn, who died in 2013.

2. A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS, by George R.R. Martin. (Bantam) The third of three official prequels to "A Song of Ice and Fire."

3. THE MURDER HOUSE, by James Patterson and David Ellis. (Little, Brown) When bodies are found at a Hamptons estate where a series of grisly murders once occurred, a local detective and former New York City cop investigates.

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 GIRL IN THE SPIDER'S WEB, by David Lagercrantz. (Knopf) Mikael Blomkvist and Lisbeth Salander are back in this continuation of Stieg Larsson's Millennium series. (x)

6. GO SET A WATCHMAN, by Harper Lee. (Harper) In the mid-1950s, a grown-up Jean Louise Finch returns home to find that her adored father is not as perfect as she believed.

7. MAKE ME, by Lee Child. (Delacorte) In his 20th appearance, Jack Reacher takes on a missing-persons case that takes him into the shadowy reaches of the Internet.

8. SHADOWS OF SELF, by Brandon Sanderson. (Tor/Tom Doherty) In a follow-up to "The Alloy of Love," the Mistborn world is shaken by terrorism and assassination.

9. AFTER YOU, by Jojo Moyes. (Pamela Dorman/Viking) In a sequel to "Me Before You," Louisa Clark tries to put her life back together after the death of Will Traynor and joins a grief support group that may lead her to new love.

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

NONFICTION

1. KILLING REAGAN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt) The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts the events surrounding the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan in 1981.

2. A MORE PERFECT UNION, by Ben Carson with Candy Carson. (Sentinel) A discussion of the Constitution by the candidate for the Republican presidential nomination.

3. M TRAIN, by Patti Smith. (Knopf) A meditation on art, loss and the past by a musician and author of "Just Kids."

4. A COMMON STRUGGLE, by Patrick J. Kennedy and Stephen Fried. (Blue Rider) The former Rhode Island representative, the son of Sen. Ted Kennedy, describes his troubles with bipolar disorder and addiction and his subsequent advocacy for mental health care and research.

5. WHY NOT ME? by Mindy Kaling. (Crown Archetype) More personal essays from the comedian and actress.

6. ROSEMARY, by Kate Clifford Larson. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) The tragic story of the Kennedys' intellectually disabled oldest daughter.

7. BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. (Spiegel & Grau) A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story by the Atlantic's national correspondent, framed as a letter to his teenage son.

8. THE COURAGE TO ACT, by Ben S. Bernanke. (Norton) A history of the financial crisis beginning in 2007, by a former chairman of the Federal Reserve.

9. FURIOUSLY HAPPY, by Jenny Lawson. (Flatiron) A humorous treatment of the author's life with depression and anxiety disorder.

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

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.

2. THE POWER OF I AM, by Joel Osteen. (FaithWords) Pastor/author says you can determine your success or failure and your destiny with the words you use to speak about yourself. (b)

3. BIG MAGIC, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Riverhead) Author of "Eat, Pray, Love" suggests ways to overcome obstacles to living a creative life, one driven more strongly by curiosity than by fear.

4. RISING STRONG, by Brené Brown. (Spiegel & Grau) Social scientist examines commonalities in the stories of people who have regained their footing in the midst of struggle.

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

Rankings reflect sales at venues nationwide for the week ending Oct. 10. 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.