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1 Hardcover FICTION NONFICTION 1. Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman, Norton, $ Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Random House, $28 3. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 4. The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $ Mississippi Blood Greg Iles, Morrow, $ Exit West Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead, $26 7. The Women in the Castle Jessica Shattuck, Morrow, $ In This Grave Hour Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $ The Black Book James Patterson, Little Brown, $ The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane Lisa See, Scribner, $ The Whistler John Grisham, Doubleday, $ Celine Peter Heller, Knopf, $ A Piece of the World Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $ The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley Hannah Tinti, Dial Press, $ Commonwealth Ann Patchett, Harper, $ Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $ The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $ The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26 4. Old School: Life in the Sane Lane Bill O Reilly, Bruce Feirstein, Holt, $27 5. South and West Joan Didion, Knopf, $21 6. The Stranger in the Woods Michael Finkel, Knopf, $ Unshakeable Tony Robbins, S&S, $26 8. When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25 9. A Colony in a Nation Chris Hayes, Norton, $ Homo Deus Yuval Noah Harari, Harper, $ Born a Crime Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $ Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $ Killing the Rising Sun Bill O Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $ Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, Talentsmart, $ The Undoing Project Michael Lewis, Norton, $ The Rules Do Not Apply Ariel Levy, Random House, $27 Other Indie Favorites Mercies in Disguise: A Story of Hope, a Family s Genetic Destiny, and the Science That Rescued Them, by Gina Kolata (St. Martin s Press, $25.99) This is the tale of a family that has shown remarkable strength in the face of adversity. Kolata does a wonderful job showing us the Baxleys joy and heartbreak by chronicling their decisions, their doubts, their fears; the decision to be genetically tested for a devastating illness seemed agonizing and the consequences of living with the outcome even more so. The strength shown by Amanda and the Baxley family made this one of the most amazing stories that I have ever had the privilege to read. I thank them for sharing their story with me; it was truly inspirational. Austin Wheeling-Goodson, Burry Bookstore, Hartsville, SC Girl in Disguise: A Novel, by Greer Macallister (Sourcebooks Landmark, $25.99) I m a resourceful and strong young woman, there is no other option. That s the concept behind Greer Macallister s telling of the real, honest-to-goodness life of Kate Warne, the first female Pinkerton detective. Kate is a widow with no money and no honest prospects, and she is desperate. Her unconventional upbringing taught her flexibility, and, after spotting Pinkerton s ad, she won t take no for an answer. Kate is hired as an agent and, having proved her value, is soon hiring and training more female agents and serving as a spy as the U.S. prepares to split apart. Girl in Disguise is a delight: entertaining and a nonstop read. Becky Milner, Vintage Books, Vancouver, WA = On the Rise

2 Paperback FICTION NONFICTION.org 1. A Man Called Ove 2. Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17 3. Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ The Handmaid s Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $ All the Missing Girls Megan Miranda, S&S, $16 6. A Dog s Purpose W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $ Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $16 8. In a Dark, Dark Wood Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16 9. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She s Sorry 10. The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $ The Summer Before the War Helen Simonson, Random House, $ Britt-Marie Was Here 13. No Man s Land David Baldacci, Grand Central, $ The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $ The Sellout Paul Beatty, Picador USA, $16 1. The Zookeeper s Wife Diane Ackerman, Norton, $ Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $ On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $ You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16 5. Originals Adam Grant, Penguin, $17 6. Furiously Happy Jenny Lawson, Flatiron, $ Dark Money Jane Mayer, Anchor, $17 8. Lab Girl Hope Jahren, Vintage, $16 9. The Immortal Irishman Timothy Egan, Mariner, $ We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $ HBR s 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence Harvard Business School Press, $ Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $ How Google Works Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Grand Central, $ Killing Jesus: A History Bill O Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin s Griffin, $ Strong Is the New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves Kate T. Parker, Workman, $17.95 MASS MARKET George Orwell, Signet, $ Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $ End of Watch Stephen King, Pocket, $ The Last Mile David Baldacci, Vision, $ The Obsession Nora Roberts, Berkley, $ Rogue Lawyer John Grisham, Dell, $ A Dog s Purpose W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $ The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $ The Black Widow Daniel Silva, Harper, $ The Drifter Nick Petrie, Putnam, $8.99 Another Indie Favorite Sweetbitter: A Novel, by Stephanie Danler (Vintage, $16) Sweetbitter has bite. Our heroine, Tess, moves from nowhere to New York, where her life is going to officially begin. Yes, she's had a childhood and been to college, but none of that counts. Nothing starts counting until she crosses the river and starts working at a restaurant downtown. While she s there, she falls in love and obsession, finds a life, and starts to find herself. The writing is sharp, and the story is fierce and electric, as if you have to read carefully or you might hurt yourself. Even still, I could not stop. Tyler Goodson, Avid Bookshop, Athens, GA

3 Children s EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS YOUNG ADULT 1. The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $ Ghosts 3. Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $ Smile 5. Drama 6. Pokémon Deluxe Essential Handbook Scholastic, $ Fish in a Tree Lynda Mullaly Hunt, Puffin, $ Sisters 9. Roller Girl Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $ A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L Engle, Square Fish, $ The Playbook: 52 Rules to Aim, Shoot, and Score in This Game Called Life Kwame Alexander, HMH Books for Young Readers, $ Rad Women Worldwide Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl (Illus.), Ten Speed Press, $ Hidden Figures (Young Readers Edition) Margot Lee Shetterly, Harper, $ The Inquisitor s Tale Adam Gidwitz, Hatem Aly (Illus.), Dutton, $ Beauty and the Beast (Novelization) Elizabeth Rudnick, Disney Press, $ The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $ Reasons Why Jay Asher, Razorbill, $ Everything, Everything Nicola Yoon, Ember, $ Strange the Dreamer Laini Taylor, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $ Beauty and the Beast: Lost in a Book Jennifer Donnelly, Disney Press, $ Carve the Mark Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books, $ The Sun Is Also a Star Nicola Yoon, Delacorte, $ Caraval Stephanie Garber, Flatiron, $ We Are Okay Nina LaCour, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $ The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $ A Monster Calls Patrick Ness, Candlewick, $ Just Fly Away Andrew McCarthy, Algonquin Young Readers, $ The Fault in Our Stars John Green, Speak, $ The United States Constitution: What It Says, What It Means Oxford University Press, $ The Giver Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99 For Ages 9 to 12 The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl: Squirrel Meets World, by Shannon Hale, Dean Hale (Marvel Press, $13.99) I really enjoyed this book. It is a great middle reader for all kids, but it s especially empowering for girls. There are many funny scenes portrayed in this story: a posse of squirrels that adore babies, an urban legend, LARPers, and many, many conversations between the reader and Squirrel Girl herself. This newfangled superhero is all heart well, heart and bushy tail and her adventures are fantastic. Dwi Grandison, Hockessin Bookshelf, Hockessin, DE For Teen Readers A Crown of Wishes, by Roshani Chokshi (St. Martin s Griffin, $18.99) A battle-ready princess and clever prince are offered the opportunity to compete for wishes they desperately need. With the tricky god of fortune in charge, though, the only guarantee is a story full of twists and turns. Full of challenges, riddles, and magic, A Crown of Wishes delivers the same lush worldbuilding and beautiful storytelling as Chokshi s debut novel, A Star- Touched Queen. Readers will be transported to a world of myth and legend, where no one is who they seem and nothing matters but the story. Shelby Daniel-Wayman, Fair Isle Books, Lombard, IL

4 Children s CHILDREN S ILLUSTRATED FICTION SERIES 1. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $ The Easter Egg Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam s Sons Books for Young Readers, $ Mighty, Mighty Construction Site Sherri Duskey Rinker, Tom Lichtenheld (Illus.), Chronicle, $ Triangle Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $ Ada Twist, Scientist Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $ Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $ The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $ Baby Bunny Yu-Hsuan Huang, Chronicle, $ We re All Wonders R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $ Not Quite Narwhal Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $ Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $ A Is for Activist Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $ We re Going on an Egg Hunt Laura Hughes, Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children s Books, $ Oh, the Places You ll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $ I Am a Bunny Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden, $ Harry Potter J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books 2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet 3. Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House 4. Elephant & Piggie Mo Willems, Hyperion 5. Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix 6. Dork Diaries Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin 7. The Land of Stories Chris Colfer, Brandon Dorman (Illus.), Little Brown 8. Wings of Fire Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic 9. Amulet Kazu Kibuishi, Graphix 10. The Princess in Black Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick All Fiction Series titles are hardcover and paperback unless noted. For Ages 4 to 8 Tidy, by Emily Gravett (Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99) Perfect for Earth Day, this fun picture book shows just what can happen when Badger takes tidying up just a bit too far. Between the ungroomed foxes, untidy birds, messy leaves, and dirty, dirty mud, Badger just isn t happy until the forest is perfect and desolate and barren. But when his belly begins to rumble from the lack of nuts and berries, he sets his priorities straight and learns to care for the forest just as it is. Angie Tally, The Country Bookshop, Southern Pines, NC

5 Fiction HARDCOVER PAPERBACK 1. Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman, Norton, $ A Man Called Ove 2. Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders, Random House, $28 2. Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $17 3. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles, Viking, $27 4. The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $ Mississippi Blood Greg Iles, Morrow, $ Exit West Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead, $26 7. The Women in the Castle Jessica Shattuck, Morrow, $ In This Grave Hour Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $ The Black Book James Patterson, Little Brown, $ The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane Lisa See, Scribner, $ The Whistler John Grisham, Doubleday, $ Celine Peter Heller, Knopf, $ A Piece of the World Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $ The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley Hannah Tinti, Dial Press, $ Commonwealth Ann Patchett, Harper, $ Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $ The Handmaid s Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $ All the Missing Girls Megan Miranda, S&S, $16 6. A Dog s Purpose W. Bruce Cameron, Forge, $ Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $16 8. In a Dark, Dark Wood Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16 9. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She s Sorry 10. The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $ The Summer Before the War Helen Simonson, Random House, $ Britt-Marie Was Here 13. No Man s Land David Baldacci, Grand Central, $ The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $ The Sellout Paul Beatty, Picador USA, $16

6 Nonfiction HARDCOVER PAPERBACK 1. Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance, Harper, $ The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $ The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Avery, $26 4. Old School: Life in the Sane Lane Bill O Reilly, Bruce Feirstein, Holt, $27 5. South and West Joan Didion, Knopf, $21 6. The Stranger in the Woods Michael Finkel, Knopf, $ Unshakeable Tony Robbins, S&S, $26 8. When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25 9. A Colony in a Nation Chris Hayes, Norton, $ Homo Deus Yuval Noah Harari, Harper, $ Born a Crime Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $ Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $ Killing the Rising Sun Bill O Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $ Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, Talentsmart, $ The Undoing Project Michael Lewis, Norton, $ The Rules Do Not Apply Ariel Levy, Random House, $27 1. The Zookeeper s Wife Diane Ackerman, Norton, $ Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly, Morrow, $ On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $ You Are a Badass Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16 5. Originals Adam Grant, Penguin, $17 6. Furiously Happy Jenny Lawson, Flatiron, $ Dark Money Jane Mayer, Anchor, $17 8. Lab Girl Hope Jahren, Vintage, $16 9. The Immortal Irishman Timothy Egan, Mariner, $ We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $ HBR s 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence Harvard Business School Press, $ Evicted Matthew Desmond, Broadway, $ How Google Works Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Grand Central, $ Killing Jesus: A History Bill O Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin s Griffin, $ Strong Is the New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves Kate T. Parker, Workman, $17.95 = On the Rise