Best sellers

From Publishers Weekly

Sun., Feb. 1, 2015

Fiction

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

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

3. “Saint Odd (An Odd Thomas Novel),” Dean Koontz (Bantam, $28)

4. “Gray Mountain,” John Grisham (Doubleday, $28.95)

5. “Burned (A Fever Novel),” Karen Marie Moning (Delacorte, $27)

6. “First Frost,” Sarah Addison Allen (St. Martin’s, $25.99)

7. “Hope to Die (An Alex Cross Novel),” James Patterson (Little, Brown, $29)

8. “Cold Cold Heart,” Tami Hoag (Dutton, $27.95)

9. “Insatiable Appetites (Stone Barrington),” Stuart Woods (Putnam, $27.95)

10. “The Escape (John Puller Series),” David Baldacci (Grand Central, $28)

Nonfiction

1. “Zero Belly Diet: Lose Up to 16 lbs. in 14 Days!,” David Zinczenko (Ballantine, $26)

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

3. “Gods, Guns, Grits, and Gravy,” Mike Huckabee (St. Martin’s, $26.99)

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

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

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

7. “Money: Master the Game: 7 Simple Steps To Financial Freedom,” Tony Robbins (Simon & Schuster, $28)

8. “Yes Please,” Amy Poehler (HarperCollins/Dey Street, $28.99)

9. “Make It Ahead: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook,” Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter, $35)

10. “41: A Portrait of My Father,” George W. Bush (Crown, $28)

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