Best sellers

From Publishers Weekly

Sun., April 5, 2015

Fiction

1. “The Girl on the Train,” Paula Hawkins (Riverhead, $26.95)

2. “The Stranger,” Harlan Coben (Dutton, $27.95)

3. “NYPD Red 3,” James Patterson/Marshall Karp (Little, Brown, $28)

4. “All the Light We Cannot See,” Anthony Doerr (Scribner, $27)

5. “Last One Home,” Debbie Macomber (Ballantine, $26)

6. “Prodigal Son,” Danielle Steel (Delacorte, $28)

7. “The Nightingale,” Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s, $27.99)

8. “The Assassin (An Isaac Bell Adventure),” Clive Cussler/Justin Scott (G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $28.95)

9. “A Spool of Blue Thread,” Anne Tyler (Knopf, $25.95)

10. “The Buried Giant,” Kazuo Ishiguro (Knopf, $26.95)

Nonfiction

1. “Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania,” Erik Larson (Crown, $28)

2. “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing,” Marie Kondo (Ten Speed, $16.99)

3. “Back in the Day Bakery Made with Love: More than 100 Recipes and Make-It-Yourself Projects to Create and Share,” Cheryl Day/Griffith Day (Artisan, $24.95)

4. “Get What’s Yours: The Secrets to Maxing Out Your Social Security,” Laurence J. Kotlikoff/Philip Moeller/Paul Solman (Simon & Schuster, $19.99)

5. “The 20/20 Diet: Turn Your Weight Loss Vision Into Reality,” Phil McGraw (Bird Street, $26)

6. “Becoming Steve Jobs: The Evolution of a Reckless Upstart into a Visionary Leader,” Brent Schlender/Rick Tetzeli (Crown, $30)

7. “Better Than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives,” Gretchen Rubin (Crown, $26)

8. “Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End,” Atul Gawande (Metropolitan, $26)

9. “Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography,” Laura Ingalls Wilder (South Dakota Historical Society, $39.95)

10. “Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II’s Most Audacious General,” Bill O’Reilly/Martin Dugard (Henry Hold, $30)

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