Copyright © 2014 by The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW July 20, 2014 Print Hardcover Best Sellers Fiction THIS WEEK LAST WEEK 1 1 INVISIBLE, by James Patterson and David Ellis. (Little, Brown) A former F.B.I. researcher finds a link between scores of apparently unconnected unsolved cases.   2 2 3 THE SILKWORM, by Robert Galbraith. (Mulholland/Little, Brown) The private detective Cormoran Strike in literary London; by J. K. Rowling, writing pseudonymously. 3 TOP SECRET TWENTY-ONE, by Janet Evanovich. (Bantam) The New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum pursues a dealer who sells more than used cars. 3 MR. MERCEDES, by Stephen King. (Scribner) A driver plows into a crowd, killing eight. The killer then taunts a suicidal ex-cop, who must stop another, deadlier attack. 5 3 2 4 4 CITY, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam) A musician, part of a 5 THE famous family, looks back over the events of his life, beginning WEEKS ON LIST 1 during his childhood in the 1960s. 6* 6 7 5 WRITTEN IN MY OWN HEART’S BLOOD, by Diana Gabaldon. (Delacorte) Jamie Fraser and his family face challenges in the 18th and 20th centuries. 4 8 7 ALL FALL DOWN, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria) A woman becomes addicted to pain medication. 3 9 8 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.  9 10 10 THE VACATIONERS, by Emma Straub. (Riverhead) An Upper West Side couple, their children and their friends confront life’s changes during two weeks in Mallorca. 4 THE GOLDFINCH, by Donna Tartt. (Little, Brown)  A painting smuggled out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a bombing becomes a boy’s prize, guilt and burden. 37 PLUS ONE, by Jojo Moyes. (Pamela Dorman/Viking) An 11 ONE obnoxious tech millionaire comes to the rescue of a single mom 1 SHAKESPEARE’S THE JEDI DOTH RETURN, by 12 WILLIAM Ian Doescher. (Quirk Books) Jabba the Hutt, Ewoks and the 1 13 THE HURRICANE SISTERS, by Dorothea Benton Frank. (Morrow/ HarperCollins) Three generations of women endure a stormy summer in South Carolina’s Lowcountry. 5 14* 12 THE MATCHMAKER, by Elin Hilderbrand. (Little, Brown) A Nantucket resident’s life is shaken by a diagnosis and the return to the island of her high school sweetheart.  4 15 THE INVENTION OF WINGS, by Sue Monk Kidd. (Viking) A wealthy Charleston girl, Sarah Grimké, who will grow up to be an abolitionist, is given a slave for her 11th birthday.  23 THE CARE AND MANAGEMENT OF LIES, by Jacqueline Winspear. (Harper) A young wife runs the family farm during her husband’s absence during World War I. 1 THIS WEEK Fiction Extended 17 BORN OF FURY, by Sherrilyn Kenyon. (St. Martin’s) 18 THE ONE AND ONLY, by Emily Giffin. (Ballantine) 19 MIDNIGHT IN EUROPE, by Alan Furst. (Random House) 20 THE HUSBAND’S SECRET, by Liane Moriarty. (Amy Einhorn/ Putnam) 21 FOR ALL TIME, by Jude Deveraux. (Ballantine) 22 THE TARGET, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) 23 COP TOWN, by Karin Slaughter. (Delacorte) 24 SKIN GAME, by Jim Butcher. (Roc) 25 I AM PILGRIM, by Terry Hayes. (Atria/Emily Bestler Books) and her kids heading for a math contest that could change their lives. redemption of Anakin Skywalker, all in iambic pentameter. 11 15 16* Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending July 5, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books. Copyright © 2014 by The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW July 20, 2014 Print Hardcover Best Sellers Nonfiction THIS WEEK LAST WEEK 1 2 BLOOD FEUD, by Edward Klein. (Regnery) A journalist describes animosity behind the alliance between the Clinton and Obama families. 2 2 1 HARD CHOICES, by Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Simon & Schuster) Clinton’s memoir focuses on her years as secretary of state and her views about the American role in the world. 4 UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House) An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. 176 ONE NATION, by Ben Carson with Candy Carson. (Sentinel) Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon, now a Fox News contributor, offers solutions to problems in health and education based on capitalism, not government. 7 CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, by Thomas Piketty. (Belknap/Harvard University) A French economist’s analysis of centuries of economic history predicts worsening inequality and proposes solutions. 13 3 5 4 3 5 4 6 6 THINK LIKE A FREAK, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. (Morrow/HarperCollins) How to solve problems creatively, from the authors of “Freakonomics.” OF A MAD DIVA, by Joan Rivers. (Berkley) Humorous 7 DIARY reflections about life, pop culture and celebrities.  WEEKS ON LIST 8 Nonfiction Extended 17 THINGS THAT MATTER, by Charles Krauthammer. (Crown Forum) 18 SPECIAL HEART, by Bret Baier with Jim Mills. (Center Street) 19 AMERICA, by Dinesh D’Souza. (Regnery) 20 HAATCHI AND LITTLE B, by Wendy Holden. (Thomas Dunne) 21 FIERCE PATRIOT, by Robert L. O’Connell. (Random House) 22 THRIVE, by Arianna Huffington. (Harmony) 23 HUMANS OF NEW YORK, by Brandon Stanton. (St. Martin’s) 24 NO PLACE TO HIDE, by Glenn Greenwald. (Metropolitan/Holt) 25 FINDING ME, by Michelle Knight with Michelle Burford. (Weinstein) 1 8 7 I AM MALALA, by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb. (Little, Brown) The experience of the Pakistani girl who advocated for women’s education and was shot by the Taliban. 28 9* 11 FLASH BOYS, by Michael Lewis. (Norton) The world of highfrequency computer-driven trading; from the author of “Liar’s Poker.” 14 10 13 DAVID AND GOLIATH, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown) How disadvantages can work in our favor. 38 11* 12 LEAN IN, by Sheryl Sandberg with Nell Scovell. (Knopf) The chief operating officer of Facebook urges women to pursue their careers without ambivalence. 66 12 8 THE ROMANOV SISTERS, by Helen Rappaport. (St. Martin’s) The story of the daughters of the last czar, who were executed in 1918. 3 13 9 THE CLOSER, by Mariano Rivera with Wayne Coffey. (Little, Brown) A memoir by the great Yankees pitcher.  9 14 15 HOW NOT TO BE WRONG, by Jordan Ellenberg. (Penguin Press) A mathematician shows how his discipline helps us think about problems of politics, medicine and commerce. 3 JESUS, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt) The 15 KILLING host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the events leading up to THIS WEEK 36 Jesus’ execution. 16* 10 CARSICK, by John Waters. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) The cult-film director hitchhikes across the country. 5 Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending July 5, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books. Copyright © 2014 by The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW July 20, 2014 Print Paperback Best Sellers THIS WEEK Trade Fiction WEEKS ON LIST GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. (Broadway) A woman disappears 1 11 from her Missouri home on her fifth anniversary; is her bitter, oddly evasive husband a killer? ORPHAN TRAIN, by Christina Baker Kline. (Morrow/ 2 46 HarperCollins) A historical novel about orphans swept off the streets of New York and sent to the Midwest in the 1920s.  THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Penguin) 3 2 A 19th-century botanist’s pursuits take her to Tahiti and deep into the mysteries of evolution; by the author of “Eat, Pray, Love.” AND THE MOUNTAINS ECHOED, by Khaled Hosseini. (Riverhead) 4 5 A multigenerational family saga, by the author of “The Kite THIS WEEK THE SUMMER WIND, by Mary Alice Monroe. (Gallery Books) 18 3 For years Dora played the role of perfect wife and mother in a loveless marriage. Now, with her world crumbling, her sojourn on Sullivan’s Island is a chance for healing and discovery; Book 2 of the Lowcountry Summer trilogy. INFERNO, by Dan Brown. (Anchor) The symbologist Robert 19* 9 Langdon, on the run in Florence, must decipher a series of codes created by a Dante-loving scientist. THE GIRL YOU LEFT BEHIND, by Jojo Moyes. (Penguin) A 20 2 portrait is the catalyst linking two stories of love, loss and sacrifice, one set in France during World War I, the other in 21stcentury London. Runner,” centering on a brother and sister from a remote, impoverished village in Afghanistan. THE ALCHEMIST, by Paulo Coelho. (HarperOne/HarperCollins) In 5 311 this fable, a Spanish shepherd boy ventures to Egypt in search of Trade Fiction Extended treasure and his destiny. THE CUCKOO’S CALLING, by Robert Galbraith. (Mulholland/ 6 10 21 Little, Brown) The struggling detective and former military man Cormoran Strike investigates a London supermodel’s suicide; by J.K. Rowling, writing pseudonymously. THE SILVER STAR, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner) When their 7 5 artistic but irresponsible mother takes off to find herself in 1970, a 12-year-old California girl and her big sister join the rest of their family in Virginia. DARK PLACES, by Gillian Flynn. (Broadway) A woman who, as 8 49 a child, was spared when her mother and sisters were murdered begins to reinvestigate the case against her imprisoned brother. Trade Fiction cont’d. BAD MONKEY, by Carl Hiaasen. (Grand Central) 22 SHARP OBJECTS, by Gillian Flynn. (Broadway) 23 THE LIGHT BETWEEN OCEANS, by M. L. Stedman. (Scribner) 24 THE SECRET HISTORY, by Donna Tartt. (Vintage) 25 BEAUTIFUL RUINS, by Jess Walter. (Harper Perennial) DOCTOR SLEEP, by Stephen King. (Gallery Books) Now grown up, 9 4 Dan, the boy with psycho-intuitive powers in “The Shining,” must save a very special girl from a tribe of murderous paranormals. THE PRIME MINISTER’S SECRET AGENT, by Susan Elia 10 1 MacNeal. (Bantam) When three ballerinas fall strangely ill in Glasgow, the World War II spy and code breaker Maggie Hope partners with MI5 to uncover the truth behind their unusual symptoms. THE OCEAN AT THE END OF THE LANE, by Neil Gaiman. 11 5 (Morrow/HarperCollins) A middle-aged man recalls his lonely boyhood in Sussex, England, and his friendship with a remarkable girl. THE LOWLAND, by Jhumpa Lahiri. (Vintage) After his radical 12* 3 brother is killed, an Indian scientist brings his widow to join him in America.  AMERICANAH, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. (Anchor) Young 13 18 and in love, Ifemelu and Obinze leave military-ruled Nigeria for the West. Ifemelu finds academic success in America, while Obinze plunges into a dangerous, undocumented life in London. ME BEFORE YOU, by Jojo Moyes. (Penguin) A young woman who 14 49 has barely been farther afield than her English village finds herself while caring for a wealthy, embittered quadriplegic. THE LONGEST RIDE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central) The 15* 9 lives of two couples converge unexpectedly. While 91-year-old Ira is visited by his beloved wife (who passed away years earlier), Sophia, a college student, is enthralled by a young cowboy. THE ROSIE PROJECT, by Graeme Simsion. (Simon & Schuster) 16 5 A genetics professor with Asperger’s syndrome becomes involved with an unconventional woman. WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE, by Maria Semple. (Back 17 60 Bay/Little, Brown) A teenage daughter compiles emails, official documents and secret correspondence in an effort to find her eccentric mother. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending July 5, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books. THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW Copyright © 2014 by The New York Times July 20, 2014 Print Paperback Best Sellers THIS WEEK Mass-Market Fiction WEEKS ON LIST THIS WEEK Mass-Market cont’d. HOTSHOT, by Julie Garwood. (Signet) Peyton Lockhart and her TAKEDOWN TWENTY, by Janet Evanovich. (Bantam) The New 18 1 1 3 sisters have inherited Bishop’s Cove, a charming oceanfront Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum pursues a powerful mobster resort. But some want to sabotage their success, so Peyton enlists the help of her childhood friend, the F.B.I. agent Finn MacBain. on the lam.  A GAME OF THRONES, by George R. R. Martin. (Bantam) In the 2 165 frozen wastes to the north of Winterfell, sinister and supernatural forces are mustering; Book 1 of “A Song of Ice and Fire.” THE ESCAPE, by Mary Balogh. (Dell) After the Napoleonic wars, 3* 1 a hopeful widow and a resilient war hero discover the promise of love’s magic and new beginnings. THE PROMISE, by Robyn Carr. (Harlequin Mira) Love blossoms 4 2 between a widowed doctor in Thunder Point, Ore., and the BONES OF THE LOST, by Kathy Reichs. (Pocket Books) The 19 3 investigation of a hit-and-run leads the forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan into the world of human trafficking. A VISION IN VELVET, by Juliet Blackwell. (Signet) Lily Ivory hopes 20 1 to find some great vintage fashions when she buys an antique trunk full of old clothes, but she may have gotten more than she bargained for; a Witchcraft mystery. physician’s assistant who applies for a job at his clinic. BOMBSHELL, by Catherine Coulter. (Jove) The F.B.I. agents 5 2 Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock have their hands full when the grandson of a former Federal Reserve chairman is found murdered at the foot of the Lincoln Memorial. Mass-Market Extended INFERNO, by Dan Brown. (Anchor) The symbologist Robert 21 6 9 Langdon, on the run in Florence, must decipher a series of codes created by a Dante-loving scientist. THE PERFECT HOPE, by Nora Roberts. (Jove) Sparks fly 7 1 after a New Year’s Eve kiss between the tough-as-nails Ryder Montgomery and Hope Beaumont, the innkeeper of his bed-andbreakfast; the final volume of the Inn BoonsBoro trilogy. 22 DEADLINE, by Sandra Brown. (Vision) 23 A FEAST FOR CROWS, by George R. R. Martin. (Bantam) A DANCE WITH DRAGONS, by George R. R. Martin. (Bantam) In 24 8* 36 the aftermath of a colossal battle, the Seven Kingdoms face new threats; Book 5 of “A Song of Ice and Fire.” SECOND HONEYMOON, by James Patterson and Howard 9 3 Roughan. (Vision) As he investigates the murder of a pair of THE 9TH GIRL, by Tami Hoag. (Signet) 25 ROBERT LUDLUM’S THE BOURNE RETRIBUTION, by Eric Van Lustbader. (Grand Central) SOME ENCHANTED ECLAIR, by Bailey Cates. (Signet) newlyweds, the F.B.I. agent John O’Hara crosses paths with Special Agent Sarah Brubaker, who’s hunting another serial killer. UNTIL WE TOUCH, by Susan Mallery. (Harlequin) After a family 10 2 tragedy, a P.R. executive keeps everyone in Fool’s Gold, Calif., at arm’s length. That includes the employee who has feelings for him. KISS AND TELL, by Fern Michaels. (Zebra/Kensington) When 11 2 a string of anonymous emails suggests shady dealings at an assisted-living facility, the Sisterhood members Myra Rutledge and Annie de Silva are ready to beat a con artist at his own game. A CLASH OF KINGS, by George R. R. Martin. (Bantam) From the 12* 120 citadel of Dragonstone to the shores of Winterfell, factions vie for control of a divided land; Book 2 of “A Song of Ice and Fire.” OUTLANDER, by Diana Gabaldon. (Dell) The first volume of the 13 4 series featuring Jamie Fraser, an 18th-century Scottish warrior, and Claire Randall, a World War II-era nurse who has been sucked back across two centuries to be at his side; first published in 1991. WHEN DAY BREAKS, by Maya Banks. (Berkley) Swanson, part 14 2 of an elite, family-run task force, is called upon to protect a supermodel. ENDER’S GAME, by Orson Scott Card. (Tor) To develop a secure 15* 89 defense against a hostile alien race’s next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. ON SUNSET BEACH, by Mariah Stewart. (Ballantine) In St. 16 1 Dennis, Md., a New York gallery owner crosses paths with a newspaperman haunted by his military experiences in war-torn Africa. A STORM OF SWORDS, by George R. R. Martin. (Bantam) Wars 17* 115 continue to rage over the Iron Throne as alliances are made and broken; Book 3 of “A Song of Ice and Fire.” Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending July 5, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books. Copyright © 2014 by The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW July 20, 2014 Print Paperback Best Sellers Nonfiction THIS WEEK WEEKS ON LIST THIS WEEK Nonfiction Extended ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, by Piper Kerman. (Spiegel & 21 1 48 Grau) A memoir about a year in a women’s prison. The basis for the Netflix series. 22 6 THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown. (Penguin) 2 A group of American rowers pursued gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games. 23 190 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. 3 (Thomas Nelson) A young boy’s encounter with Jesus and the 24 THE DEVIL IN THE WHITE CITY, by Erik Larson. (Vintage) OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown) Why 25 4 161 some people succeed — it has to do with luck and opportunities BLINK, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown) BOSSYPANTS, by Tina Fey. (Back Bay/Little, Brown) HOW CHILDREN SUCCEED, by Paul Tough. (Mariner/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) ONE SUMMER, by Bill Bryson. (Anchor) angels. as well as talent. 5 354 THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner) The author recalls a bizarre childhood during which she was constantly on the move. (†) PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander. (Simon & Schuster) A 6 89 neurosurgeon recounts his near death experience during a coma. LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. (Back 7 116 Bay/Little, Brown) A harrowing Navy SEALs operation. A LONG WAY GONE, by Ishmael Beah. (Sarah Crichton/Farrar, 8 81 Straus & Giroux) A former child soldier’s killing spree and return to humanity. 9 * 5 LET’S EXPLORE DIABETES WITH OWLS, by David Sedaris. (Back Bay/Little, Brown) A humorist returns with more wry takes on contemporary life. THE POWER OF HABIT, by Charles Duhigg. (Random House) The 10 26 science behind how we form, and break, habits.  IS EVERYONE HANGING OUT WITHOUT ME?, by Mindy Kaling. 11 64 (Three Rivers) The comedian and actress offers essays about her life. 12 13 BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL FOREVERS, by Katherine Boo. (Random House) A journalist reports on families seeking better lives in a Mumbai slum. QUIET, by Susan Cain. (Broadway) Introverts are undervalued in 13 75 American society. WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. (Vintage) A life-changing hike along the 14 67 Pacific Crest Trail. THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca 15 168 Skloot. (Broadway) A woman’s cancer cells were cultured without her permission in 1951. 16 * 28 THE OTHER WES MOORE, by Wes Moore. (Spiegel & Grau) A tale of two Wes Moores: the author, a Rhodes scholar; the other, a man in prison. THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, 17 65 Straus & Giroux) How we make choices in business and personal life. 18 42 BRAIN ON FIRE, by Susannah Cahalan. (Simon & Schuster) Doctors struggle to discover why a young reporter suddenly experiences seizures, hallucinations and eventually near catatonia. FREAKONOMICS, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. 19* 113 (Harper Perennial) How to apply economic theory to almost everything. 20 4 LAWRENCE IN ARABIA, by Scott Anderson. (Anchor) A history of the Arab revolt against the Turks in World War I focuses on T. E. Lawrence and other international adventurers. Rankings reflect sales, for the week ending July 5, at many thousands of venues where a wide range of general interest books are sold nationwide. These include hundreds of independent book retailers (statistically weighted to represent all such outlets); national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket, discount department stores and newsstands. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Among those categories not actively tracked are: perennial sellers; required classroom reading; text, reference and test preparation guides; journals and workbooks; calorie counters; shopping guides; comics and crossword puzzles. Expanded rankings are available on the Web: nytimes.com/books. Copyright © 2014 by The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW July 20, 2014 Best Sellers Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous THIS WEEK Advice WEEKS ON LIST Advice cont’d THIS WEEK WEEKS ON LIST LAUNCH, by Jeff Walker. (Morgan James) A manual for creating IT STARTS WITH FOOD, by Dallas Hartwig and Melissa Hartwig. 1 1 11 9 a product or building a business, from an innovator of online (Victory Belt) A 30-day plan for sustaining wellness and balance. marketing. (†) 2 1 HOW THE WORLD SEES YOU, by Sally Hogshead. (Harper/ HarperCollins) A method of assessing yourself in order to build better relationships. (†) THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. (Northfield) 3 65 How to communicate love in a way a spouse will understand. ALL IN STARTUP, by Diana Kander. (Wiley) Counterintuitive 4 1 principles and allegorical stories demonstrate the entrepreneurial process. (†) WHAT TO EXPECT WHEN YOU’RE EXPECTING, by Heidi Murkoff 12* 61 and Sharon Mazel. (Workman) Advice for parents-to-be. (†) WHEAT BELLY, by William Davis. (Rodale) An examination of the 13 59 role wheat plays in modern diets. THE CONSCIOUS PARENT, by Shefali Tsabary. (Namaste) How to 14 3 learn from the emotional and spiritual lessons of parenting. THE PALEO KITCHEN, by Juli Bauer and George Bryant. (Victory 15 4 Belt) Recipes and tips for those embracing the Paleolithic diet. THE DOCTOR’S DIET, by Travis Stork. (Bird Street) A flexible HYPERBOLE AND A HALF, by Allie Brosh. (Touchstone) Illustrated 5 18 16* 24 program aimed at healthy eating and weight loss. personal anecdotes from the author of the popular blog. INSTINCT, by T. D. Jakes. (FaithWords) The power of turning HANDS FREE MAMA, by Rachel Macy Stafford. (Zondervan) 6 9 17 3 intuition into action. Strategies for eliminating distractions and spending time with THE GIFTS OF IMPERFECTION, by Brene Brown. (Hazelden) 7 41 Embracing who you are, not who you should be. 8 18 EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW I LEARNED FROM A LITTLE 9 GOLDEN BOOK, by Diane E. Muldrow. (Golden Books) Life tips and illustrations from 61 of the children’s classics. 41 GRAIN BRAIN, by David Perlmutter with Kristin Loberg. (Little, Brown) The effect of carbohydrates on the brain, and how to reverse it. #GIRLBOSS, by Sophia Amoruso. (Portfolio/Penguin/Putnam) An 10 9 online fashion retailer traces her path to success. friends and loved ones. 18 17 THE SECRET, by Rhonda Byrne. (Atria) The “Law of Attraction” as 19 a key to getting what you want. 47 DARING GREATLY, by Brene Brown. (Gotham) How the courage to be vulnerable changes the way we live, love, parent and lead. (†) THE BLOOD SUGAR SOLUTION 10-DAY DETOX DIET, by Mark 20 19 Hyman. (Little, Brown) This program offers help for achieving fast and sustained weight loss. The category Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous Best Sellers includes both e-book and print book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a title’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the title ranked above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Copyright © 2014 by The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW July 20, 2014 Children’s Best Sellers THIS WEEK Picture Books WEEKS ON LIST THIS WEEK Series WEEKS ON LIST DIVERGENT, by Veronica Roth. (HarperCollins Publishers) A girl THE DAY THE CRAYONS QUIT, by Drew Daywalt. Illustrated by 1 37 1 54 must prove herself in a dystopia that has been divided into five Oliver Jeffers. (Philomel) A colorful problem arises when Duncan’s crayons revolt. (Ages 3 to 7) factions. (Ages 14 and up) THE MAZE RUNNER, by James Dashner. (Random House GOODNIGHT, GOODNIGHT, CONSTRUCTION SITE, by Sherri 2 91 2 144 Publishing) Amnesiac teenagers endure a series of trials. (Ages Duskey Rinker and Tom Lichtenheld. (Chronicle) Trucks at sunset. (Ages 4 to 8) 12 and up) THE MORTAL INSTRUMENTS, by Cassandra Clare. (Simon & THE PIGEON NEEDS A BATH!, by Mo Willems. (Hyperion) A filthy 3 147 3 14 Schuster) A world of demons and warriors. (Ages 14 and up) bird is persuaded to bathe. (Ages 3 to 7) GIVER QUARTET, by Lois Lowry. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt MY NEW FRIEND IS SO FUN!, by Mo Willems. (Hyperion) Gerald 4 46 4 5 Publishing) Exploring human connection in a postapocalyptic must deal with the fact that Piggie has a new pal. (Ages 6 to 8) DRAGONS LOVE TACOS, by Adam Rubin. Illustrated by Daniel 5 29 Salmieri. (Dial) What to serve your dragon-guests. (Ages 3 to 5) PRESS HERE, by Hervé Tullet. (Handprint/Chronicle) A dance of 6 147 color. (Ages 4 to 8) LOCOMOTIVE, by Brian Floca. (Richard Jackson/Atheneum) A 7 23 family’s 1869 journey across America on the newly completed transcontinental railroad. (Ages 4 to 10) JOURNEY, by Aaron Becker. (Candlewick) A lonely girl draws a red 8 33 door on her bedroom wall and enters an imaginary world. (Ages 4 to 8) world. (Ages 12 to 18) THE SELECTION, by Kiera Cass. (HarperTeen) A competition 5 9 offers girls a chance to escape a life laid out since birth. (Ages 13 and up) DORK DIARIES, by Rachel Renée Russell. (Simon & Schuster) 6 102 Nikki Maxwell navigates the halls of middle school. (Ages 9 to 13) MIDDLE SCHOOL, by James Patterson and others. (Little, Brown 7 12 & Company) More adventures with Rafe. (Ages 8 to 12) THE SHIVER TRILOGY, by Maggie Stiefvater. (Scholastic) Love 8 6 among the werewolves of Mercy Falls. (Ages 13 and up) DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. PETE THE CAT AND HIS MAGIC SUNGLASSES, by Kimberly and 9 285 9 13 (Abrams Books) The travails of adolescence, in cartoons. (Ages 9 James Dean. Illustrated by James Dean. (Harper/HarperCollins) Seeing things in a new way. (Ages 3 to 7) to 12) GRISHA TRILOGY, by Leigh Bardugo. (Henry Holt & Company) DUCK AND GOOSE GO TO THE BEACH, by Tad Hills. (Schwartz & 10 2 10 2 Can Alina save Ravka from the Darkling? (Ages 13 and up) Wade) Two feathered friends visit the ocean. (Ages 3 to 7) The categories of Middle Grade, Young Adult and Series include e-sales and print sales. Picture Book rankings are print only. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Copyright © 2014 by The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW July 20, 2014 Children’s Best Sellers THIS WEEK Middle Grade WEEKS ON LIST THIS WEEK Young Adult WEEKS ON LIST THE FAULT IN OUR STARS, by John Green. (Penguin Group) A WONDER, by R. J. Palacio. (Knopf Doubleday Publishing) A boy 1 84 1 84 16-year-old heroine faces the medical realities of cancer. (Ages with a facial deformity enters a mainstream school. (Ages 8 to 12) FROZEN, by RH Disney. (Random House Publishing) The junior 2 32 novelization of the movie, based on “The Snow Queen.” (Ages 8 to 12) 14 and up) IF I STAY, by Gayle Forman. (Penguin Group) A young cellist falls 2 14 into a coma after she suffers an accident. (Ages 12 and up) LOOKING FOR ALASKA, by John Green. (Penguin Group) A boy OUT OF MY MIND, by Sharon M. Draper. (Simon & Schuster) A 3 84 3 38 seeking excitement finds that and more when he meets a girl brilliant girl with cerebral palsy longs for a way to speak. (Ages 10 named Alaska. (Ages 14 to 17) to 13) PAPER TOWNS, by John Green. (Penguin Group) After a night of THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, by Katherine Applegate. 4 70 4 73 mischief, the girl Quentin loves disappears. (Ages 14 and up) (HarperCollins Publishers) A gorilla living in a mall meets an elephant. (Ages 8 to 12) THE CARE AND KEEPING OF YOU 1, by Valorie Schaefer. 5 56 Illustrated by Josee Masse. (American Girl Publishing) The changing body. (Ages 8 to 12) RUSH REVERE AND THE FIRST PATRIOTS, by Rush Limbaugh. 6 17 (Simon & Schuster) A time traveler arrives in Boston in 1765. (Ages 8 to 12) FLORA AND ULYSSES, by Kate DiCamillo. Illustrated by K. G. 7 39 Campbell. (Candlewick) A rodent with unusual powers. (Ages 9 to 12) THE STAFF OF SERAPIS, by Rick Riordan. (Disney Publishing 8 7 Worldwide) A magician and a goddess’s daughter face down ancient enemy; a stand-alone e-book. (Ages 9 to 12) A LONG WALK TO WATER, by Linda Sue Park. (Houghton Mifflin 9 23 Harcourt Publishing) A Sudanese tale of survival. (Ages 10 to 14) THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. (Knopf Doubleday 5 83 Publishing) A girl saves books from Nazi burning; now a movie. (Ages 14 and up) AN ABUNDANCE OF KATHERINES, by John Green. (Penguin 6 43 Group) Colin Singleton wants to break the pattern of being dumped. (Ages 12 and up) ELEANOR AND PARK, by Rainbow Rowell. (St. Martin’s Press) 7 31 The world opposes the love of two outcast teenagers. (Ages 14 to 18) MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN, by 8 60 Ransom Riggs. (Quirk Books) An island, an abandoned orphanage and a collection of curious photographs. (Ages 12 and up) WHERE SHE WENT, by Gayle Forman. (Penguin Group) A rock 9 4 star and a cellist reunite for an evening in New York City. (Ages 12 and up) THIRTEEN REASONS WHY, by Jay Asher. (Penguin Group) Before ESCAPE FROM MR. LEMONCELLO’S LIBRARY, by Chris 10 45 10 5 she commits suicide, a girl sends recordings to 13 people. (Ages Grabenstein. (Random House Publishing) After spending the night in a locked, futuristic library, a group must find its way out.  (Ages 9 to 12) 12 and up) Middle Grade Extended Young Adult Extended 11 RUSH REVERE AND THE BRAVE PILGRIMS, by Rush Limbaugh. (Simon & Schuster) 11 WE WERE LIARS, by E. Lockhart. (Delacorte Press) 12 THE CARE AND KEEPING OF YOU 2, by Cara Natterson. Illustrated by Josee Masse. (American Girl Publishing) 12 WILL GRAYSON, WILL GRAYSON, by John Green and David Levithan. (Penguin Group) 13 WHEN YOU REACH ME, by Rebecca Stead. (Random House Publishing) 13 THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, by Stephen Chbosky. (Simon & Schuster) 14 COUNTING BY 7s, by Holly Goldberg Sloan. (Penguin Group) 14 HOLLOW CITY, by Ransom Riggs. (Quirk Books) 15 THE GLASS SENTENCE, by S. E. Grove. (Penguin Group) 15 THE ABSOLUTELY TRUE DIARY OF A PART-TIME INDIAN, by Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney. (Little, Brown & Company) The categories of Middle Grade, Young Adult and Series include e-sales and print sales. Picture Book rankings are print only. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. Copyright © 2014 by The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW July 20, 2014 E-Book Best Sellers THIS WEEK LAST WEEK Fiction OBLIVION, by Jamie McGuire. (Atria) Just when 1 BEAUTIFUL Trenton Maddox thinks his life is returning to normal, he sets eyes WEEKS ON LIST 1 on Cami Camlin; a Maddox Brothers novel. 2 3 4 5 1 2 16 5 INVISIBLE, by James Patterson and David Ellis. (Little, Brown) Searching for her sister’s killer, a former F.B.I. researcher finds a link between scores of apparently unconnected unsolved cases. Now she must convince her boss and her former boyfriend that this killer is real. 2 TOP SECRET TWENTY-ONE, by Janet Evanovich. (Bantam) The New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum pursues a dealer who sells more than used cars. 3 THE NEIGHBOR, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam) In 1967, a secretive new neighbor takes up residence next door to a young brother and sister in a troubled family; a short-story prequel to “The City.” 5 THE SILKWORM, by Robert Galbraith. (Mulholland/Little, Brown) The private detective Cormoran Strike steps in when the author of a roman à clef set in literary London is murdered; by J. K. Rowling, writing pseudonymously. 3 CITY, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam) A musician, part of a 7 THE famous family, looks back over the events of his life, beginning 1 during his childhood in the 1960s. THE GOLDFINCH, by Donna Tartt. (Little, Brown) A painting smuggled out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a bombing becomes a boy’s prize, guilt and burden. 37 ALL FALL DOWN, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria) A woman becomes addicted to pain medication. PLUS ONE, by Jojo Moyes. (Pamela Dorman/Viking) An 10 ONE obnoxious tech millionaire comes to the rescue of a single mom 9 9 12 MR. MERCEDES, by Stephen King. (Scribner) A driver plows into a crowd at a job fair, killing eight. The killer then taunts a suicidal ex-cop, who must stop a deadlier attack. LORD, by Anthony Ryan. (Ace) Vaelin Al Sorna will find to 13 TOWER his great regret that when faced with annihilation, even the most ESCAPE, by Mary Balogh. (Dell) After the Napoleonic wars, 14 THE a hopeful widow and a resilient war hero discover the promise of 1 ALL TIME, by Jude Deveraux. (Ballantine) The second novel 15 FOR in the Nantucket Brides trilogy features another generation of the 1 CAME YOU, by Jill Shalvis. (Berkley) A veterinary intern’s 16 THEN one-night stand at a Reno vet conference turns out to be her new 1 17 17 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, when their paths eventually cross.  6 18 18 UNLUCKY 13, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown) With the return of a killer who was presumed dead, the San Francisco detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women’s Murder Club take action. 9 19 22 GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. (Crown) A woman disappears on the day of her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer? 96 20 21 ORPHAN TRAIN, by Christina Baker Kline. (Morrow/HarperCollins) A historical novel about orphans swept off the streets of New York and sent to the Midwest in the 1920s. 24 21 20 THE TARGET, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) As the government hit man Will Robie and his partner, Jessica Reel, prepare for a mission, they face a new adversary. 11 boss in Idaho; an Animal Magnetism novel. 2 3 falls into a world of monsters and knights beneath the London streets. 1 THE LINE, by Jaci Burton. (Berkley) A dashing 23 STRADDLING athlete drops everything to come to the aid of his late college 1 OF FURY, by Sherrilyn Kenyon. (St. Martin’s) The League 24 BORN assassin Sumi Antaxas faces a far better-skilled target than any 1 mentor’s daughter; a Play-by-Play novel. 1 she’s faced before; a League novel. coincidences, she begins to see everyone in her world for who they really are; the conclusion to the series. 12 WEEKS ON LIST by Neil Gaiman. (HarperCollins Publishers) In 22 NEVERWHERE, Gaiman’s first novel, originally published in 1997, a businessman and her kids heading for a math contest that could change their lives. PART FOUR, by Deborah Bladon. (Deborah Bladon) As 11 PULSE: Jessica weaves her way through a maze of lies, half-truths and Fiction Cont’d. Montgomery-Taggerts. 1 7 LAST WEEK love’s magic and new beginnings. BOX, by Cathryn Fox and others. (Various publishers) A 6 SPICE collection of 16 steamy stories. 8 THIS WEEK 25 5 15 THE HUSBAND’S SECRET, by Liane Moriarty. (Amy Einhorn/ Putnam) A woman’s life is upended when she discovers a letter from her husband she was not meant to read until after his death. 49 1 reluctant hand must eventually draw a sword; a Raven’s Shadow novel. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 5, for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by vendors offering a wide range of titles. The venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket and discount department stores; and newsstands. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books. E-book sales are tracked for fiction and general nonfiction titles. E-book sales for advice & how-to books, children’s books and graphic books will be tracked at a future date. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. E-books available exclusively from a single vendor will be tracked at a future date. The universe of print book dealers is well established, and sales of print titles are statistically weighted to represent all outlets nationwide. The universe of e-book publishers and vendors is rapidly emerging, and until the industry is settled sales of e-books will not be weighted. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, comics, crossword puzzles and self-published books. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Royalty Share, a firm that provides accounting services to publishers, is assisting The Times in its corroboration of e-book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders. (A full version of this method is on the combined list page). Copyright © 2014 by The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW July 20, 2014 E-Book Best Sellers Nonfiction THIS WEEK LAST WEEK 1 9 UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House) An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II after his plane went down over the Pacific. 2 4 ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, by Piper Kerman. (Spiegel & Grau) A memoir by a Brooklyn woman whose relationship with a drug runner gets her sentenced to a year in prison. The basis for the Netflix series, originally published in 2010. 3 2 BLOOD FEUD, by Edward Klein. (Regnery) A journalist describes animosity behind the alliance between the Clinton and Obama families. 2 THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown. (Viking) The University of Washington’s eight-oar crew and their quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. 24 4 10 WEEKS ON LIST 179 49 TWO, by Gillian Gill. (Ballantine) An account of Queen 5 WE Victoria’s marriage to Prince Albert; first published in 2009. 1 6 by Jon Meacham. (Random House) An account of the friendship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill; first published in 2003. 1 FRANKLIN AND WINSTON, 7 6 I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, by Maya Angelou. (Random House) A memoir of childhood and adolescence by the poet, who died in May. 6 8 5 I DIDN’T COME HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS, by Courtney Robertson with Deb Baer. (It Books/HarperCollins) A winner of “The Bachelor” shares her reality-TV story. 9 8 THE NAZI OFFICER’S WIFE, by Edith H. Beer with Susan Dworkin. (HarperCollins) The story of a Jewish woman in 1930s Vienna who, with the help of friends, moved to Munich, hid her identity and married a Nazi Party member, thus saving her life. 10 1 IT LOOKED DIFFERENT ON THE MODEL, by Laurie Notaro. (Villard) Humorous tales of marriage, family and missteps. 11 14 ETCHED IN SAND, by Regina Calcaterra. (Morrow) Five siblings survive childhood abuse, foster care and homelessness on Long Island. 12 by Sid Roth and Lonnie Lane. (Destiny Image) Ten stories of experiencing heaven. HEAVEN IS BEYOND YOUR WILDEST EXPECTATIONS, THIS WEEK LAST WEEK 13 17 LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. (Little, Brown) The only survivor of a Navy SEALs operation in northern Afghanistan describes the battle, his comrades and his courageous escape. The basis of the movie. 14 15 SISTER QUEENS, by Julia Fox. (Ballantine) A study of the noble, tragic lives of Katherine of Aragon and Juana, Queen of Castile. Nonfiction cont’d. SWANS, by Jung Chang. (Touchstone) The story of three 15 WILD generations of women in 20th-century China. 16 16 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson) A father recounts his 3-year-old son’s encounter with Jesus and the angels during an emergency appendectomy. 17 13 HARD CHOICES, by Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Simon & Schuster) Clinton’s memoir focuses on her years as secretary of state and her views about the American role in the world. WEEKS ON LIST 58 2 1 145 4 YOU LIVED HERE, I’D KNOW YOUR NAME, by Heather Lende. 18 IF(Algonquin) Life in small-town Alaska. Originally published in 2005. 6 OF A MAD DIVA, by Joan Rivers. (Berkley) Humorous 19 DIARY reflections about life, pop culture and celebrities. 1 20 22 QUIET, by Susan Cain. (Crown) Introverts — one-third of the population — are undervalued in American society. 2 21 19 THINK LIKE A FREAK, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. (Morrow/HarperCollins) How to solve problems creatively, from the authors of “Freakonomics.” 16 22 24 WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. (Knopf) A woman’s account of the lifechanging 1,100-mile solo hike she took along the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995. 102 23 21 IS EVERYONE HANGING OUT WITHOUT ME?, by Mindy Kaling. (Crown) Observations from the comedy writer and actress. 26 2 12 CHIMPSKY, by Elizabeth Hess. (Bantam) The life of a 24 NIM chimpanzee that was the subject of a radical language experiment 8 1 in the 1970s; first published in 2008. 25 by Ben C. Carson and Candy Carson. (Zondervan) A doctor explores what makes America great. AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL, 1 76 11 Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 5, for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by vendors offering a wide range of titles. The venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket and discount department stores; and newsstands. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books. E-book sales are tracked for fiction and general nonfiction titles. E-book sales for advice & how-to books, children’s books and graphic books will be tracked at a future date. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. E-books available exclusively from a single vendor will be tracked at a future date. The universe of print book dealers is well established, and sales of print titles are statistically weighted to represent all outlets nationwide. The universe of e-book publishers and vendors is rapidly emerging, and until the industry is settled sales of e-books will not be weighted. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, comics, crossword puzzles and self-published books. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Royalty Share, a firm that provides accounting services to publishers, is assisting The Times in its corroboration of e-book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders. (A full version of this method is on the combined list page). THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW Copyright © 2014 by The New York Times July 20, 2014 Combined Print & E-Book Best Sellers THIS LAST WEEK WEEK Fiction 1 1 INVISIBLE, by James Patterson and David Ellis. (Little, Brown) Searching for her sister’s killer, a former F.B.I. researcher finds a link between scores of unsolved cases. 2 2 2 TOP SECRET TWENTY-ONE, by Janet Evanovich. (Bantam) The New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum pursues a dealer who sells more than used cars. 3 THE SILKWORM, by Robert Galbraith. (Mulholland/Little, Brown) The private detective Cormoran Strike steps in when the author of a roman à clef set in literary London is murdered; by J. K. Rowling, writing pseudonymously. 3 OBLIVION, by Jamie McGuire. (Atria) Just when 4 BEAUTIFUL Trenton Maddox thinks his life is returning to normal, he sets eyes 1 CITY, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam) A musician, part of a 5 THE famous family, looks back over the events of his life, beginning 1 3 4 WEEKS ON LIST on Cami Camlin; a Maddox Brothers novel. during his childhood in the 1960s. 6 THE GOLDFINCH, by Donna Tartt. (Little, Brown) A painting smuggled out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a bombing becomes a boy’s prize, guilt and burden. 37 NEIGHBOR, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam) In 1967, a secretive 7 THE new neighbor takes up residence next door to a young brother 1 7 and sister in a troubled family; an e-book short-story prequel to “The City.” 8 10 GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. (Crown) A woman disappears on the day of her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer? THIS WEEK Fiction Extended 16 ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, by Anthony Doerr. (Scribner) 17 TOWER LORD, by Anthony Ryan. (Ace) 18 PULSE - PART FOUR, by Deborah Bladon. (Deborah Bladon) 19 FOR ALL TIME, by Jude Deveraux. (Ballantine) 20 THE PROMISE, by Robyn Carr. (Harlequin Mira) 21 THEN CAME YOU, by Jill Shalvis. (Berkley) 22 BORN OF FURY, by Sherrilyn Kenyon. (St. Martin’s Press) 23 THE TARGET, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) 24 UNLUCKY 13, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown) 25 THE HUSBAND’S SECRET, by Liane Moriarty. (Amy Einhorn/ Putnam) 84 BOX, by Raine Miller, Cathryn Fox and others. (Various 9 SPICE publishers) A collection of 16 steamy stories. 1 10 8 MR. MERCEDES, by Stephen King. (Scribner) A driver plows into a crowd at a job fair, killing eight. The killer then taunts a suicidal ex-cop, who must stop a deadlier attack. 5 11 9 ALL FALL DOWN, by Jennifer Weiner. (Atria) A woman becomes addicted to pain medication. 3 ESCAPE, by Mary Balogh. (Dell) After the Napoleonic wars, 12 THE a hopeful widow and a resilient war hero discover the promise of 1 PLUS ONE, by Jojo Moyes. (Pamela Dorman/Viking) An 13 ONE obnoxious tech millionaire comes to the rescue of a single mom 1 love’s magic and new beginnings. and her kids heading for a math contest. 14 14 ORPHAN TRAIN, by Christina Baker Kline. (Morrow/ HarperCollins) A historical novel about orphans swept off the streets of New York and sent to the Midwest in the 1920s. 15 12 WRITTEN IN MY OWN HEART’S BLOOD, by Diana Gabaldon. (Delacorte) In the eighth Outlander time-traveling romance, Jamie Fraser and his family face challenges in the 18th and 20th centuries. 24 4 Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 5, for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. The sales venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket and discount department stores; and newsstands. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books in a variety of popular e-reader formats. E-book sales are tracked for fiction and general nonfiction titles. E-book sales for advice & how-to books, children’s books and graphic books will be tracked at a future date. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. E-books available exclusively from a single vendor will be tracked at a future date. The universe of print book dealers is well established, and sales of print titles are statistically weighted to represent all outlets nationwide. The universe of e-book publishers and vendors is rapidly emerging, and until the industry is settled sales of e-books will not be weighted. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, comics, crossword puzzles and self-published books. The appearance of a ranked title reflects the fact that sales data from reporting vendors has been provided to The Times and has satisfied commonly accepted industry standards of universal identification (such as ISBN13 and EISBN13 codes). Publishers and vendors of all ranked titles conformed in timely fashion to The New York Times Best Seller Lists requirement to allow for independent corroboration of sales for that week. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Weekly sales of both print books and e-books are reported confidentially to The New York Times. The Best Seller Lists are prepared by the News Surveys and Election Analysis Department of The New York Times. Royalty Share, a firm that provides accounting services to publishers, is assisting The Times in its corroboration of e-book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders. THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW Copyright © 2014 by The New York Times July 20, 2014 Combined Print & E-Book Best Sellers LAST THIS WEEK WEEK Nonfiction WEEKS ON LIST 1 7 UNBROKEN, by Laura Hillenbrand. (Random House) An Olympic runner’s story of survival as a prisoner of the Japanese in World War II. 160 2 1 BLOOD FEUD, by Edward Klein. (Regnery) A journalist describes animosity behind the alliance between the Clinton and Obama families. 2 3 3 4 5 ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK, by Piper Kerman. (Spiegel & Grau) A Brooklyn woman’s prison memoir. The basis for the Netflix series, originally published in 2010. 27 5 THE BOYS IN THE BOAT, by Daniel James Brown. (Viking) The University of Washington’s eight-oar crew and their quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. 7 2 HARD CHOICES, by Hillary Rodham Clinton. (Simon & Schuster) Clinton’s memoir focuses on her years as secretary of state and her views on America’s role in the world. 4 6 8 7 11 HEAVEN IS FOR REAL, by Todd Burpo with Lynn Vincent. (Thomas Nelson) A 3-year-old’s encounter with Jesus during an appendectomy; the basis of the movie. 123 LONE SURVIVOR, by Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson. (Little, Brown) The only survivor of a Navy SEALs operation in northern Afghanistan describes the battle and his escape. First published in 2007; the basis for the movie. 26 8 10 ONE NATION, by Ben Carson with Candy Carson. (Sentinel) Carson, a retired pediatric neurosurgeon, now a Fox News contributor, offers solutions to problems in health and education based on capitalism, not government. 7 9 12 THINK LIKE A FREAK, by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner. (Morrow/HarperCollins) How to solve problems creatively, from the authors of “Freakonomics.” 8 10 13 CAPITAL IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY, by Thomas Piketty. (Belknap/Harvard University) A French economist’s analysis of centuries of economic history predicts worsening inequality and proposes solutions. TWO, by Gillian Gill. (Ballantine) An account of Queen 11 WE Victoria’s marriage to Prince Albert; first published in 2009. 12 14 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown) Why some people succeed; from the author of “Blink” and “The Tipping Point.” OF A MAD DIVA, by Joan Rivers. (Berkley) Humorous 13 DIARY reflections about life, pop culture and celebrities. GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner) The author 14 THE recalls a bizarre childhood during which she was constantly moved THIS WEEK Nonfiction Extended 16 I DIDN’T COME HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS, by Courtney Robertson with Deb Baer. (It Books/HarperCollins) 17 QUIET, by Susan Cain. (Crown) 18 I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS, by Maya Angelou. (Random House) 19 PROOF OF HEAVEN, by Eben Alexander. (Simon & Schuster) 20 IS EVERYONE HANGING OUT WITHOUT ME?, by Mindy Kaling. (Three Rivers Press) 21 WILD, by Cheryl Strayed. (Knopf) 22 THE NAZI OFFICER’S WIFE, by Edith H. Beer with Susan Dworkin. (Morrow) 23 IT LOOKED DIFFERENT ON THE MODEL, by Laurie Notaro. (Villard) 24 ETCHED IN SAND, by Regina Calcaterra. (Morrow/HarperCollins) 25 HEAVEN IS BEYOND YOUR WILDEST EXPECTATIONS, by Sid Roth and Lonnie Lane. (Destiny Image) 11 1 37 1 41 from place to place. AND WINSTON, by Jon Meacham. (Random House) 15 FRANKLIN An account of the friendship between Franklin D. Roosevelt and 1 Winston Churchill; first published in 2003. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 5, for books sold in both print and electronic formats as reported by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. The sales venues for print books include independent book retailers; national, regional and local chains; online and multimedia entertainment retailers; university, gift, supermarket and discount department stores; and newsstands. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books in a variety of popular e-reader formats. E-book sales are tracked for fiction and general nonfiction titles. E-book sales for advice & how-to books, children’s books and graphic books will be tracked at a future date. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. E-books available exclusively from a single vendor will be tracked at a future date. The universe of print book dealers is well established, and sales of print titles are statistically weighted to represent all outlets nationwide. The universe of e-book publishers and vendors is rapidly emerging, and until the industry is settled sales of e-books will not be weighted. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, comics, crossword puzzles and self-published books. The appearance of a ranked title reflects the fact that sales data from reporting vendors has been provided to The Times and has satisfied commonly accepted industry standards of universal identification (such as ISBN13 and EISBN13 codes). Publishers and vendors of all ranked titles conformed in timely fashion to The New York Times Best Seller Lists requirement to allow for independent corroboration of sales for that week. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Weekly sales of both print books and e-books are reported confidentially to The New York Times. The Best Seller Lists are prepared by the News Surveys and Election Analysis Department of The New York Times. Royalty Share, a firm that provides accounting services to publishers, is assisting The Times in its corroboration of e-book sales. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above it. A dagger (†) indicates that some retailers report receiving bulk orders. Copyright © 2014 by The New York Times THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK RE­­VIEW July 20, 2014 Editor’s Choice ELEPHANT COMPANY: The Inspiring Story of an Unlikely Hero and the Animals Who Helped Him Save Lives in World War II, b y Vicki Constantine Croke. (Random House, $28.) A rich portrait of a fascinat- ing Englishman in extraordinary times. THE OWL WHO LIKED SITTING ON CAESAR: Living With a Tawny Owl, b y Martin Windrow. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $26.) Windrow has written a touching ac- count of the bird that changed his life. PREPARING THE GHOST: An Essay Concerning the Giant Squid and Its First Photographer, b y Matthew Gavin Frank. (Liveright/Norton, $22.95.) The squid inspires lyrical, wide-ranging ruminations. CHINA’S SECOND CONTINENT: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa, b y Howard W. French. (Knopf, $27.95.) French delves into the actual lives of the Chinese who have uprooted themselves to live and work in Africa. DYING EVERY DAY: Seneca at the Court of Nero, b y James Romm. (Knopf, $27.95.) A classicist tries to unravel the enigma of the Stoic philosopher who was the Roman emperor Nero’s adviser. THE YEAR SHE LEFT US, b y Kathryn Ma. (Harper, $25.99.) In Ma’s haunting first novel, a girl adopted from China finds it difficult to situate herself in American life. THE PAINTER, b y Peter Heller. (Knopf, $24.95.) The protagonist of Heller’s moving second novel is a painter with violent impulses trying to start over, but whose past catches up with him. LIKE NO OTHER, by Una LaMarche. (Razorbill, $17.99; ages 12 to 16.) A Hasidic girl and a West Indian boy fall in love in this young adult novel. WATCH OUT FOR THE CROCODILE, b y Lisa Moroni. Illustrated by Eva Eriksson. (Gecko, $34.99; ages 4 to 8.) A vivid imagination blooms in the woods. The full reviews of these and other recent books are on the web: nytimes.com/books. Paperback Row MY LUNCHES WITH ORSON: Conversations Between Henry Jaglom and Orson Welles, edited by Peter Biskind. (Picador, $16.) From 1983 until his death in 1985, Orson Welles met the director Henry Jaglom regularly for lunch at the Hollywood restaurant Ma Maison. Their recorded conversations capture Welles at his most provocative: reflecting on the highs and lows of his career and sharing acerbic observations on politics, literature and Hollywood. DIRTY LOVE, by Andre Dubus III. (Norton, $14.95.) Set in old mill towns north of Boston, these four linked stories expose their characters’ bottomless needs and stubborn weaknesses. In one, a middleaged project manager discovers his wife’s infidelity and struggles to comprehend that their marriage is over; in another, a troubled high school dropout contemplates slipping out the back door from the only safe haven she can claim. THE SKIES BELONG TO US: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking, by Brendan I. Koerner. (Broadway, $16.) This true-crime story returns to the freewheeling days of the 1960s and ’70s, when commercial flights were hijacked with alarm- ing regularity. Koerner zeroes in on one young couple — an Army veteran and a would-be hippie — who in 1972 seized Western Airlines Flight 701, demanding money, safe passage to Algeria and freedom for the political activist Angela Davis. QUESTIONS OF TRAVEL, by Michelle de Kretser. (Back Bay/Little, Brown, $16.) Evoking and subverting the literary travelogue, de Kretser’s artful novel alternates between the uprooted lives of Laura Fraser, an Australian who succumbs to wanderlust and sets off to see the world; and Ravi Mendis, a Sri Lankan political exile who wants only to see a bit of Australia and make a living. THE CANCER CHRONICLES: Unlocking Medicine’s Deepest Mystery, by George Johnson. (Vintage, $15.95.) When Johnson’s wife received a diagnosis of uterine cancer in 2003, he set out to learn all he could about the disease and the people who devote their careers to understanding and fighting it. “Among a small cluster of very good recent books on cancer, . . . Johnson’s stands out as especially illuminating, forceful and, in its own quiet way, profound,” David Quammen said here. THE SIGNATURE OF ALL THINGS, by Elizabeth Gilbert. (Penguin, $17.) In Gilbert’s expansive, sumptuous novel, Alma Whittaker, an eminent 19th-century botanist from Philadelphia, is driven to understand “how the world was regulated, . . . the master clockwork behind everything.” As she delves into the mysteries of evolution, she falls in love with a man who draws her into the realm of the spiritual. LA FOLIE BAUDELAIRE, by Roberto Calasso. Translated by Alastair McEwen. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $18.) Calasso has written books on myriad subjects — Greek and Hindu mythology, Talleyrand and his age, Tiepolo and his bizarre etchings. Here he turns his attention to the cradle of modernity: the poets and writers of 19th-century Paris, with Charles Baudelaire as the central, in some ways seminal, figure. Ihsan Taylor