The New York Times © Best Sellers
Authoritatively ranked lists of books sold in the United States, sorted by format and genre
Expeditions for the week of
1
ATLAS OBSCURA
A dense (nearly 500 pages) richly documented ultimate explorer's guide to more than 700 hidden marvels, events and curiosities around the world.
2
DEAD WAKE
The last voyage of the Lusitania, the passenger liner sunk by a German torpedo in 1915; by the author of “The Devil in the White City.”
3
SULLY
A memoir by the pilot who performed the successful emergency landing of a plane with 155 passengers on the Hudson River in 2009. The basis for the movie.
4
WILD
A woman’s account of the life-changing 1,100-mile solo hike she took along the Pacific Crest Trail in 1995. A 2014 movie.
5
BARBARIAN DAYS
This Pulitzer Prize-winning surfing chronicle and memoir by a New Yorker writer celebrates a lifelong obsession.
6
THE INVENTION OF NATURE
The life of the visionary German explorer, scientist and naturalist, Alexander von Humboldt.
7
THE WRIGHT BROTHERS
The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight.
8
IN THE HEART OF THE SEA
The sinking of the New England whaleship Essex in 1820, by a sperm whale. The basis of the movie.
9
THE OREGON TRAIL
The author and his brother travel 2,000 miles by mule and wagon from Missouri to Oregon.
