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New York Times bestsellers

The New York Times

November 28, 2017 at 4:54PM

This cover image released by Delacorte Press shows “The Midnight Line,” by Lee Child. (Delacorte Press/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

FICTION

1. The Midnight Line, by Lee Child. (Delacorte) Jack Reacher tracks down the owner of a pawned West Point class ring and stumbles upon a large criminal enterprise.

2. The Rooster Bar, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) Three students at a sleazy for-profit law school hope to expose the student-loan banker who runs it.

3. Origin, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday) A symbology professor goes on a perilous quest with a beautiful museum director.

4. Two Kinds of Truth, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown) While he investigates the murder of two pharmacists, an old case comes back to haunt Harry Bosch.

5. Typhoon Fury, by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison. (Putnam) Juan Cabrillo chases a Filipino insurgent during a megastorm.

6. The Noel Diary, by Richard Paul Evans. (Simon & Schuster) A romance writer delves into a stranger's past when his estranged mother leaves her extremely stuffed house to him.

7. Every Breath You Take, by Mary Higgins Clark and Alafair Burke. (Simon & Schuster) Laurie Moran investigates the murder of a wealthy widow who was pushed from the roof of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

8. The House of Unexpected Sisters, by Alexander McCall Smith. (Pantheon) During an investigation, Precious Ramotswe encounters a man from her past and a nurse who has her last name.

9. In This Moment, by Karen Kingsbury. (Howard Books) A lawyer defends a public high school principal who starts an after-school Bible study program.

10. Uncommon Type, by Tom Hanks. (Knopf) Seventeen short stories, each incorporating a typewriter, by the Academy Award-winning actor.

NONFICTION

1. Obama, by Pete Souza. (Little, Brown) More than 300 pictures of the former president by his White House photographer, with behind-the-scenes stories.

2. Leonardo da Vinci, by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster) A biography of the Italian Renaissance polymath that connects his work in various disciplines.

3. Bobby Kennedy, by Chris Matthews. (Simon & Schuster) The New York senator's journey from his formative years to his tragic run for president.

4. Grant, by Ron Chernow. (Penguin Press) A biography of the Union general of the Civil War and two-term U.S. president.

5. Sisters First, by Jenna Bush Hager and Barbara Pierce Bush. (Grand Central) How the twin daughters of former President George W. Bush grew up in the public eye.

6. Hacks, by Donna Brazile. (Hachette) An account of the Russian hacking of the Democratic National Committee and the fights within the party during the 2016 campaign.

7. Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans, by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. (Sentinel) Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson takes on the British in Louisiana.

8. What Unites Us, by Dan Rather and Elliot Kirschner. (Algonquin) A collection of essays that define the historical changes and essential institutions of America to suggest ways to overcome divisions within the country.

9. Killing England, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt) Major events and battles during the Revolutionary War are told from several perspectives.

10. We Were Eight Years in Power, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. (One World) A series of essays that cover each year of the Obama administration and the writer's own journey.