1. 1984
(Signet, $9.99). By George Orwell. A novel of the perils of a totalitarian police state. [8]
(Forge , $14.99) . By W. Bruce Cameron. A devoted dog finds meaning in his bond with the humans he loves. [7]
(Washington Square, $16). By Fredrik Backman. An old crank might just be softened by his new neighbors. [36]
(Signet, $9.99). By Sinclair Lewis. A populist president becomes a dictator. [1]
5. MY GRANDMOTHER ASKED ME TO TELL YOU SHE’S SORRY
(Washington Square, $16). By Fredrik Backman. The death of her grandmother sends a little girl on an epic journey of absolution. [5]
(Anchor, $15.95). By Margaret Atwood. A dystopian novel set in a theocratic-totalitarian state. [1]
(Dell, $8.99). By Danielle Steel. Four women share an apartment and their lives, in New York. [1]
8. THE WIDOW
(Berkley, $16). By Fiona Barton. A woman may not be telling the truth about her late husband’s crime. [1]
(Vintage, $11.95). By Sandra Cisneros. A Latina girl comes of age in Chicago. [4]
10. ANIMAL FARM
(Signet, $9.99). By George Orwell. Animals stage a worker’s coup on a farm, then devolve into a totalitarian state in this classic broadside against Stalinism. [8]
(William Morrow, $15.99). By Margot Lee Shetterly. [8]
(Anchor, $7.95). By Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. [7]
(Andrews McMeel, $14.99) By Rupi Kaur. A collection of poetry and prose about survival. [33]
(Top Shelf, $49.99). By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell. [4]
5. YOU ARE A BADASS: HOW TO STOP DOUBTING YOUR GREATNESS AND START LIVING AN AWESOME LIFE
(Running Press, $16). By Jen Sincero. [46]
(Ballantine, $16.99). By Donald J. Trump and Tony Schwartz. The mogul and president-elect on closing the deal. [6]
7. THE 5 LOVE LANGUAGES: THE SECRET TO LOVE THAT LASTS
(Northfield, $15.99). By Gary D. Chapman. [210]
8. DARK MONEY: THE HIDDEN HISTORY OF THE BILLIONAIRES BEHIND THE RISE OF THE RADICAL RIGHT
(Anchor, $17). By Jane Mayer. [1]
(Top Shelf Productions , $14.95). By John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell. A graphic novel about Lewis’s civil rights experiences. [12]
(Penguin, $20). By Ron Chernow. [63]
(Doubleday, $26.95). By Colson Whitehead. A young slave makes a desperate bid for freedom. [22]
2. NEVER NEVER
(Little, Brown, $28). By James Patterson and Candice Fox. The brother of a top sex crimes investigator is arrested for the murder of three young women. [2]
3. THE WHISTLER
(Doubleday, $28.95). By John Grisham. A Florida judge may be taking mafia-linked bribes. [14]
4. COMMONWEALTH
(Harper, $27.99). By Ann Patchett. A chance encounter disrupts two marriages and the lives of six children. [15]
(Ballantine, $27). By J.P. Delaney. Two women are destroyed when they choose to live in a mysterious house. [1]
6. THE MISTRESS
(Delacorte, $28.99). By Danielle Steel. A painter falls in love with the beautiful mistress of a Russian billionaire. [4]
(Viking, $27). By Amor Towles. A Russian aristocrat is under house arrest in Moscow. [6]
8. THE CHEMIST
(Little, Brown, $28). By Stephenie Meyer. An agent for the government’s most secret agency knows too much and must be eliminated. [4]
(Knopf, $25.95). By Elliot Ackerman. A love story set on the Turkish border with Syria. [1]
(Atlantic Monthly, $25). By Emily Fridlund. A girl comes of age in a declining counter-culture commune. [1]
1. HILLBILLY ELEGY: A MEMOIR OF A FAMILY AND CULTURE IN CRISIS
(Harper, $27.99). By J.D. Vance. [27]
2. GOSNELL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF AMERICA’S MOST PROLIFIC SERIAL KILLER
(Regnery, $27.99). By Ann McElhinney and Phelim McAleer. [1]
(HMH, $28). By Tim Ferriss. [6]
4. THREE DAYS IN JANUARY: DWIGHT EISENHOWER’S FINAL MISSION
(William Morrow, $28.99). By Bret Baier. [3]
5. ATLAS OBSCURA: AN EXPLORER’S GUIDE TO THE WORLD’S HIDDEN WONDERS
(Workman, $35). By Joshua Foer and Dylan Thuras. [6] [7]
6. TEARS WE CANNOT STOP: A SERMON TO WHITE AMERICA
(St. Martin's, $24.99). By Michael Eric Dyson [2]
(William Morrow, $27.99). By Margot Lee Shetterly. [5]
(Spiegel and Grau, $24). By Ta-Nehisi Coates. A black father writes his son a letter about race in America. [59]
9. JESUS ALWAYS: EMBRACING JOY IN HIS PRESENCE
(Thomas Nelson, $15.99). By Sarah Young. [16]
10. OWN IT: THE POWER OF WOMEN AT WORK
(Crown Business, $27). By. Sallie Krawcheck. [1]
Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Jan. 29.