And in fiction, new series novels from Elizabeth Strout (on Lucy Barton), Richard Osman (on the Thursday Murder Club) and Andrew Sean Greer (on Arthur Less). Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Sept. 24.
New books consider today's political scene, of course, but there are works by Ben Macintyre, Nina Totenberg (on Justice Ginsburg), Buzz Bissinger and Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner and, as always, Jim Patterson and Stephen King. These hardcover rankings reflect sales for the week ended Sept. 17.