New York Times Best Sellers at ACLS for June 19, 2016

Get the latest NYT Best Sellers at the Allegany County Library System.

FICTION (Combined Print & E-Book)

END OF WATCH by Stephen King.  The conclusion of the Bill Hodges trilogy.

ME BEFORE YOU, by Jojo Moyes. (Penguin.) A young woman who has barely been farther afield than her English village finds herself while caring for a wealthy, embittered quadriplegic. Originally published in 2012.

CROSS KILL by James Patterson.  Alex Cross thinks he’s seeing things when a killer thought long dead returns to action.

DISHONORABLE INTENTIONS by Stuart Woods.  The New York lawyer Stone Barrington and his latest girlfriend are pursued by her ex-husband, who has connections with the Russian mob.

AFTER YOU, by Jojo Moyes.  (Pamela Dorman/Viking). After the death of Will Traynor, Louisa Clark joins a grief support group that may lead her to new love.

THE HOUSE OF SECRETS  by Brad Meltzer and Tod Goldberg  The host of a conspiracy TV show is dead, his daughter injured and in the grip of amnesia.

BEFORE THE FALL by Noah Hawley. After a private jet crashes, a firestorm of media madness ensues.

THE GIRLS ON THE TRAIN by Paula Hawkins.  A psychological thriller set in the environs of London is full of complications and betrayals.

THE EMPEROR’S REVENGE by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison Juan Cabrillo teams up with a former C.I.A. colleague to thwart a plan involving the death of millions and international economic meltdown.

ZOO 2 by James Patterson and Max DiLallo Human mutation proves a curse and a blessing after another siege of beasts.

NONFICTION (Combined Print & E-Book)

BILL O’REILLY’S LEGENDS AND LIES: THE PATRIOTS by David Fisher (Holt) Stories of the American Revolution; a companion volume to the Fox News series.

ALEXANDER HAMILTON, by Ron Chernow. (Penguin.) A biography of the first Treasury secretary, a major author of the Federalist Papers and an advocate of strong central government. Originally published in 2004 and the basis of the Broadway play.

WHEN BREATH BECOMES AIR, by Paul Kalanithi. (Random House.) A memoir by a physician who received a diagnosis of Stage IV lung cancer at the age of 36.

GRUNT by Mary Roach The science that attempts to overcome the challenges soldiers face.

GRIT, by Angela Duckworth. (Scribner.) A psychologist argues that passion and perseverance are the keys to success.

HAMILTON: THE REVOLUTION, by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter. (Grand Central /Melcher Media.) The libretto of the Grammy- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, annotated by its creator, along with backstage photos, a production history and interviews with the cast.

BUT WHAT IF WE’RE WRONG? by Chuck Klosterman.  Imagining the contemporary world as it will appear to those for whom it will be the distant past.

THE BOYS IN THE BOAT  by Daniel James Brown.  The University of Washington’s eight-oar crew and their quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.

THE GENE by Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner)  This overview of the history and science of genetics also considers moral questions and prospects for future advances in treating disease. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “The Emperor of All Maladies.”

SHOE DOG, by Phil Knight. (Scribner.) A memoir by the founder of Nike.

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