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New York Times bestsellers

April 5, 2016 at 4:25PM

Caption (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

FICTION

1. Private Paris, by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan. (Little, Brown) Jack Morgan, the head of the Private global investigative agency, probes the murders of members of the French cultural elite.

2. Property of a Noblewoman, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte) Two New Yorkers searching for the owner of an abandoned safe-deposit box reconstruct the history of a young woman and a love affair at the time of World War II.

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. 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. (x)

5. Off the Grid, by C.J. Box. (Putnam) The 16th Joe Pickett novel features Nate Romanowski and a search for a domestic terror cell.

6. The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins. (Riverhead) A psychological thriller set in the environs of London.

7. Deep Blue, by Randy Wayne White. (Putnam) Doc Ford, a Florida marine biologist and former government agent, tracks an American who is working with ISIS.

8. The Gangster, by Clive Cussler and Justin Scott. (Putnam) In the ninth book in this series, set in 1906, New York detective Isaac Bell contends with a crime boss.

9. Dark Promises, by Christine Feehan. (Berkley) A Carpathian novel in the Dark series.

10. The Steel Kiss, by Jeffery Deaver. (Grand Central) Lincoln Rhyme and his new assistant, also a paraplegic, investigate a domestic terrorist who sabotages equipment.

NONFICTION

1. When Breath Becomes Air, by Paul Kalanithi. (Random House) A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36.

2. Dark Money, by Jane Mayer. (Doubleday) An account of how the Koch brothers and other superwealthy donors deployed their money to change American politics.

3. Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. (Spiegel & Grau) A meditation on race in America; winner of National Book Award.

4. The Immortal Irishman, by Timothy Egan. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) The life of Thomas Francis Meagher, an Irish revolutionary who fled to America and became the general of New York's Irish Brigade during the Civil War. (x)

5. Smarter Faster Better, by Charles Duhigg. (Random House) The science of productivity, from the author of "The Power of Habit."

6. Being Mortal, by Atul Gawande. (Metropolitan/Holt) A surgeon and New Yorker writer considers how doctors fail patients at the end of life and how they can do better.

7. The Name of God Is Mercy, by Pope Francis with Andrea Tornielli. (Random House) The pontiff explores the cornerstone of his faith.

8. The Legends Club, by John Feinstein. (Doubleday) A sportswriter's account of three famous basketball coaches and their rivalry. (x)

9. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics, by Carlo Rovelli. (Riverhead) An introduction to modern physics.

10. Evicted, by Matthew Desmond. (Crown) How poor people repeatedly lose their homes while landlords profit.

Advice, How-To, Miscellaneous

1. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up, by Marie Kondo. (Ten Speed) A guide to decluttering by discarding expendable objects.

2. Eat Fat, Get Thin, by Mark Hyman. (Little, Brown) The benefits of dietary fat for weight loss and health.

3. The Five Love Languages, by Gary Chapman. (Northfield) A guide to communicating love in a way your spouse will understand.

4. Cravings, by Chrissy Teigen with Adeena Sussman. (Clarkson Potter) The model and television personality's cooking tips and recipes. (b)

5. Spark Joy, by Marie Kondo. (Ten Speed) An illustrated companion to "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up."

Rankings reflect sales at venues nationwide for the week ending March 19. 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.