Matthew Perry's 'Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing' is top new best seller this week

Colleen Hoover's "It Starts With Us" (Atria, 336 pp.), the sequel to her bestselling "It Ends With Us," continues its reign at No. 1 for the third straight week on USA TODAY's Best-Selling Books list. Following Hoover at No. 2 for this week's top nonfiction debut is Matthew Perry's memoir "Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing" (Flatiron Books, 272 pp.).

In his memoir, the actor writes candidly about his life behind the scenes of his hit sitcom "Friends." Perry chronicles his addiction battles with alcohol and drugs like Vicodin, Xanax and OyxContin, which led to frequent hospital visits and trips to rehab, while reflecting on the relationships that influenced him today.

Perry also delves into his personal life, including relationships with ex-girlfriends Julia Roberts and the late Jamie Tarses, and high-profile pals like Bruce Willis, whom he calls a "wonderful actor" and "a good-hearted man."

"I was thrilled to be around him because he knew how to live life," Perry writes. They would sit and talk for hours, which opened Perry's eyes to the fact that along with being the life of the party or a memorable actor, Willis was also a "good guy…and I would be his friend for life."

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Bono, Bob Dylan make music on best sellers list

Bono's “Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story” (Knopf, 576 pp.) debuts at No. 8 on this week's list. Inspired by the U2 frontman's near brush with death in 2016, "Surrender" elaborates on the experience along with his band and his life.

Throughout the 40 chapters of “Surrender” – each named for a U2 song with accompanying sketches by Bono – the man born Paul Hewson tunnels his way through personal heartache (the death of his beloved mother as a teen, his knotty relationship with his “da”); the challenges of existing as a rock-star-activist; and the fissures and feats experienced by his enduring band.

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While Bono organized his memoir by his own songs, fellow musician Bob Dylan's “The Philosophy of Modern Song” (Simon & Schuster, 352 pp.), which debuts at No. 15, organized the songs he reveres into a collection of essays, which includes meditations on The Who, Marty Robbins, Johnny Cash and The Clash.

“These songs didn’t come out of thin air, I didn’t just make them up out of whole cloth,” he told a rapt MusicCares audience in 2015. “It all came out of traditional music: traditional folk music, traditional rock ’n’ roll and traditional big-band swing orchestra music.”

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Contributing, Jenna Ryu, Melissa Ruggiere, Marco della Cava, USA TODAY

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