New York Times Bestsellers List: 1 HOPE TO DIE, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown.) Detective Alex Cross’s family is kidnapped by a madman who wants to turn Cross into a perfect killer. 2 THE ESCAPE, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central.) John Puller, a special agent with the Army, hunts for his brother, who was convicted of treason and has escaped from prison. 3 GONE GIRL, by Gillian Flynn. (Crown.) A woman disappears on the day of her fifth anniversary; is her husband a killer? 4 GRAY MOUNTAIN, by John Grisham. (Doubleday.) A lawyer joins a legal clinic in a small Virginia town, and becomes involved in litigation against the coal mining industry. 5 THE BURNING ROOM, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown.) The Los Angeles detective Harry Bosch and his new partner investigate two long-unsolved cases. 6 CAPTIVATED BY YOU, by Sylvia Day. (Berkley.) Eva and Gideons love is threatened by old wounds; a Crossfire novel. 7 REVIVAL, by Stephen King. (Scribner.) The continuing relationship over five decades between a disgraced clergyman and a drug-addicted musician whom he mentored as a boy. 8 BIG LITTLE LIES, by Liane Moriarty. (Amy Einhorn/Putnam.) Who will end up dead, and how, when three mothers with children in the same school become friends? 9 ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, by Anthony Doerr. (Scribner.) The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget-obsessed German boy before and during World War II. 10 THE DARKEST TOUCH, by Gena Showalter. (Harlequin.) The immortal warrior Torin, whose touch causes sickness and death, is tempted by a powerful beauty who has escaped a centuries-long imprisonment; a Lords of the Underworld novel. 11 BETRAYED, by Lisa Scottoline. (St. Martins.) Judy Carrier, a lawyer at Rosato & Associates, investigates the death of her aunt’s housekeeper while dealing with her own emotional upheavals. 12 DARK PLACES, by Gillian Flynn. (Broadway.) A woman who was spared when her mother and sisters were murdered begins to reinvestigate the case against her imprisoned brother. 13 LEAVING TIME, by Jodi Picoult. (Ballantine.) After searching for her mother, who has disappeared, for more than 10 years, a woman employs a psychic and a private detective. 14 FLESH AND BLOOD, by Patricia Cornwell. (Morrow/HarperCollins.) Dr. Kay Scarpetta pursues a sniper who may be a vigilante; the 22nd Scarpetta novel. 15 NEVER JUDGE A LADY BY HER COVER, by Sarah MacLean. (Avon/HarperCollins.) By day, shes Lady Georgiana, ruined sister to a duke. But in Londons darkest corners, shes Chase, the owner of a legendary casino.
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