Best sellers

From Publishers Weekly

Sun., Feb. 15, 2015

Fiction

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

2. “Private Vegas,” James Patterson/Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown, $28)

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

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

5. “Trigger Warning: Short Fictions and Disturbances,” Neil Gaiman (Morrow, $26.99)

6. “Crash & Burn,” Lisa Gardner (Dutton, $27.95)

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

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

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

10. “Funny Girl,” Nick Hornby (Riverhead, $27.95)

Nonfiction

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

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

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

4. “Scary Close: Dropping the Act and Finding True Intimacy,” Donald Miller (Thomas Nelson, $19.99)

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

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

7. “The Hundred-Year Marathon: China’s Secret Strategy to Replace America as the Global Superpower,” Michael Pillsbury (Holt, $30)

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

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

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

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