New York Times bestsellers: A burlesque dancer, and a look at white radicalization in the U.S.

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended July 16, which were reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles.

Every week, thousands of diverse selling locations report their actual sales on hundreds of thousands of individual titles. The panel of reporting retailers is comprehensive and reflects sales in stores of all sizes and demographics across the United States. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books in a variety of popular e-reader formats. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by the publisher’s division.

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An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales were barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores reported receiving bulk orders.

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1. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, by Delia Owens. (Putnam) In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.

2. IT ENDS WITH US, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria) A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.

3. VERITY, by Colleen Hoover. (Grand Central) Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth.

4. THE 6:20 MAN, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) When his ex-girlfriend turns up dead in his office building, an entry-level investment analyst delves into the halls of economic power.

5. UGLY LOVE, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria) Tate Collins and Miles Archer, an airline pilot, think they can handle a no-strings-attached arrangement. But they can’t.

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6. THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO, by Taylor Jenkins Reid. (Washington Square/Atria) A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.

7. THE IT GIRL, by Ruth Ware. (Scout) A decade after her first year at Oxford, an expectant mother looks into the mystery of her former best friend’s death.

8. THE HOTEL NANTUCKET, by Elin Hilderbrand. (Little, Brown) The new general manager of a hotel far from its Gilded Age heyday deals with the complicated pasts of her guests and staff.

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9. NOVEMBER 9, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria) Is Ben using his relationship with Fallon as fodder for his novel?

10. BOOK LOVERS, by Emily Henry. (Berkley) While on vacation in North Carolina, a literary agent keeps running into an editor.

11. EVERY SUMMER AFTER, by Carley Fortune. (Berkley) The love story of Percy and Sam is told over the course of six summers and one weekend.

12. PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION, by Emily Henry. (Berkley) Opposites Poppy and Alex meet to vacation together one more time in hopes of saving their relationship.

13. BEACH READ, by Emily Henry. (Berkley) A relationship develops between a literary fiction author and a romance novelist as they both try to overcome writer’s block.

14. SPARRING PARTNERS, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) Three novellas: “Homecoming,” “Strawberry Moon” and “Sparring Partners.”

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15. RISING TIGER, by Brad Thor. (Atria/Emily Bestler) The 21st book in the Scot Harvath series. The American spy faces dangers on a mission in an unfamiliar culture.

1. TANQUERAY, by Stephanie Johnson and Brandon Stanton. (St. Martin’s) A profile of a performer who was a well-known burlesque dancer in New York City.

2. THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVITUDE, by Mark Leibovich. (Penguin Press) A staff writer at The Atlantic details how some Republicans shifted their loyalty to Donald Trump.

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3. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, by Bessel van der Kolk. (Penguin) How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.

4. BATTLE FOR THE AMERICAN MIND, by Pete Hegseth with David Goodwin. (Broadside) The “Fox & Friends Weekend” host makes his case for what he calls classical Christian education.

5. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown) The humorist portrays personal and public upheavals of his life in its seventh decade and the world in the time of a pandemic.

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6. LEADERSHIP, by Henry Kissinger. (Penguin Press) The former secretary of state profiles the statecraft strategies of Richard Nixon, Margaret Thatcher and others.

7. FINDING ME, by Viola Davis. (HarperOne) The multiple award-winning actress describes the difficulties she encountered before claiming her sense of self and achieving professional success.

8. CRYING IN H MART, by Michelle Zauner. (Knopf) The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

9. THEY WANT TO KILL AMERICANS, by Malcolm Nance. (St. Martin’s) The author of “The Plot to Hack America” examines radicalization and terror threats within the United States.

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10. KILLING THE KILLERS, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (St. Martin’s) The 11th book in the conservative commentator’s “Killing” series gives an account of the global war against terrorists.

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11. JAMES PATTERSON, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown) The author’s life, from growing up in small-town New York to working in the advertising industry to becoming a successful storyteller.

12. WHY WE DID IT, by Tim Miller. (Harper) The former Republican political operative assesses why some centrist conservatives fell under the sway of Donald Trump.

13. BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. (Milkweed Editions) A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.

14. AN IMMENSE WORLD, by Ed Yong. (Random House) The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer explains the sensory perceptions and ways of communication used by a variety of animals.

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15. EDUCATED, by Tara Westover. (Random House) The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.

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The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department and are separate from the Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Co. More information on rankings and methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology.