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New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
May 3, 2015
1. The Girl on the Train
by Paula Hawkins

A psychological thriller set in London.
2. The Liar
by Nora Roberts

After her husband's death, a woman returns with her daughter to her Smoky Mountain hometown, only to discover that her husband was a fraud who implicated her in his deceptions.
3. All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr

The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget-obsessed German boy before and during World War II; winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize.
4. Every Fifteen Minutes
by Lisa Scottoline

A psychiatrist becomes the target of a sociopath.
5. The Stranger
by Harlan Coben

Characters' lives begin to fall apart as a mysterious stranger discloses secrets to them; a stand-alone thriller.
6. The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah

Two sisters in World War II France: one struggling to survive in the countryside, the other joining the Resistance in Paris.
7. Miracle at Augusta
by James Patterson and Peter de Jonge 

A troubled famous golfer finds redemption in mentoring a talented teenager.
8. At the Water's Edge
by Sara Gruen

In the course of a search for the Loch Ness monster during World War II, a Philadelphia socialite uncovers secrets about her husband.
9. A Spool of Blue Thread
by Anne Tyler

Four generations of a family are drawn to a house in the Baltimore suburbs.
10. Hot Pursuit
by Stuart Woods

In the 33rd Stone Barrington novel, the New York lawyer pursues an attractive pilot and must deal with her stalker ex-boyfriend as well as intrigue in the Middle East.
11. The Patriot Threat
by Steve Berry

The former government operative Cotton Malone searches for a North Korean who may have acquired secret files.
12. NYPD Red 3
by James Patterson and Marshall Karp 

Detective Zach Jordan and his partner investigate the disappearance of a billionaire's son.
13. The Dream Lover
by Elizabeth Berg

A novel based on the life of the French writer George Sand.
14. Blood on Snow
by Jo Nesbø

A job goes wrong for an Oslo contract killer.
15. The Fifth Gospel
by Ian Caldwell

A mystery set in the Vatican in 2004 focuses on a controversial museum exhibit about the Shroud of Turin.
16. Inside the O'Briens
by Lisa Genova

A Boston cop and his family must contend with a diagnosis of Huntington's disease; by the author of Still Alice.
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A version of this list appears in the May 3, 2015 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending April 18, 2015.


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