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1 Hardcover FICTION NONFICTION 1. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27 2. The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $ A God in Ruins Kate Atkinson, Little Brown, $28 4. God Help the Child Toni Morrison, Knopf, $ Memory Man David Baldacci, Grand Central, $28 6. A Spool of Blue Thread Anne Tyler, Knopf, $ At the Water s Edge Sara Gruen, Spiegel & Grau, $28 8. The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin s, $ th Deadly Sin James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $ Early Warning Jane Smiley, Knopf, $ The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $ The Bone Tree Greg Iles, Morrow, $ Gathering Prey John Sandford, Putnam, $ The Fifth Gospel Ian Caldwell, S&S, $ The Liar Nora Roberts, Putnam, $ Rock With Wings Anne Hillerman, Harper, $ The Wright Brothers David McCullough, S&S, $30 2. The Road to Character David Brooks, Random House, $28 3. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $ Dead Wake Erik Larson, Crown, $28 5. H Is for Hawk Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $26 6. Missoula Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $ Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26 8. On the Move Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $ Very Good Lives J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $ Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich Peter Schweizer, Harper, $ It s a Long Story: My Life Willie Nelson, Little Brown, $ Yes Please Amy Poehler, Dey Street, $ And the Good News Is... Dana Perino, Twelve, $ Between You & Me Mary Norris, Norton, $ The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation Melissa Rivers, Crown Archetype, $26 Other Indie Favorites The Turner House: A Novel, by Angela Flournoy (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $23) The greatest testament to the skill of a writer is the ability to make what might seem alien to the reader completely recognizable and utterly engaging. Such was my experience reading The Turner House. Mine is a tiny white family from a small town with no sense of heritage, yet during every moment I spent with the Turners a family of 13 children shaped by the Great Migration to Detroit I felt at home. Their struggles and joys are universal yet told with an exacting eye that always finds the perfect detail. This is a truly impressive debut. Kim Fox, Schuler Books & Music, Grand Rapids, MI The Memory Painter: A Novel, by Gwendolyn Womack (Picador, $26) Most of us can t remember our early childhoods. What if, thanks to a powerful experimental pharmaceutical, you could access ancient memories not your own, but other people s and acquire their skill sets and languages, too? Neurogenetics may be a new frontier, but for artist Bryan Pierce, it s not about a drug, it s all about dreams dreams in which he might be re-experiencing lives stretching back millennia and gaining dangerous knowledge. Womack couples modern science with imaginative concepts of time, history, and myth in this masterful debut. Barbara Peters, The Poisoned Pen, Scottsdale, AZ = Debut = On the Rise

2 Paperback FICTION NONFICTION.org 1. The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Back Bay, $20 2. Euphoria Lily King, Grove Press, $16 3. The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $17 4. Leaving Time Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $16 5. The Narrow Road to the Deep North Richard Flanagan, Vintage, $ The Children Act Ian McEwan, Anchor, $15 7. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $ Orphan Train Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $ The Husband s Secret Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $ One More Thing B.J. Novak, Vintage, $ The Martian Andy Weir, Broadway, $ The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion, S&S, $ Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $ The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry Gabrielle Zevin, Algonquin, $ The One & Only Emily Giffin, Ballantine, $ Revival Stephen King, Gallery, $17 1. The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17 2. David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18 3. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $ The Opposite of Loneliness Marina Keegan, Scribner, $ % Happier Dan Harris, Dey Street, $ What the Dog Knows Cat Warren, Touchstone, $16 7. Tibetan Peach Pie Tom Robbins, Ecco, $ Talk Like TED Carmine Gallo, St. Martin s Griffin, $ We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $ The Lady in Gold Anne-Marie O Connor, Vintage, $ Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $ The Sixth Extinction Elizabeth Kolbert, Picador USA, $ Flash Boys Michael Lewis, Norton, $ How to Love Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $ American Sniper Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Morrow, $15.99 MASS MARKET 1. Personal Lee Child, Dell, $ American Sniper Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Harper, $ The Target David Baldacci, Vision, $10 4. A Game of Thrones George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $ Whiskey Beach Nora Roberts, Jove, $ Bossypants Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur/Little Brown, $9 7. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Grand Central, $ The Longest Ride Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $8 9. The Lost Island Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $8 10. Identical Scott Turow, Vision, $10 Another Indie Favorite The Sea Inside, by Philip Hoare (Melville House, $17.95) Part poetic introspective, part elegy laced with a slow sense of wonder, Hoare s new book is a uniquely refreshing work. In some ways it is a memoir; in others a naturalistic account of travel and contemplation. The result, however, is neither autobiography nor another volume in environmentalist polyphony but the genuine and comfortably deliberate thoughts of a man who, in our age, still looks to the sea and its myriad life forms with the wonder of an explorer of old. It is bracing to discover a voice that conjures the magic of nature without the heavy hand of dogma. Brian Boecki, Between the Covers, Harbor Springs, MI = Debut = On the Rise

3 Children s EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE READERS YOUNG ADULT 1. Wonder R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $ Flora and Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures Kate DiCamillo, K.G. Campbell (Illus.), Candlewick, $ Sisters Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $ The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $ Minecraft: Construction Handbook Scholastic, $ Smile Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $ The Princess in Black Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick, $ Rad American Women A-Z Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl (Illus.), City Lights Books, $ Drama Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $ Minecraft: Combat Handbook Scholastic, $ Darth Vader and Friends Jeffrey Brown, Chronicle, $ El Deafo Cece Bell, Amulet, $ Roller Girl Victoria Jamieson, Dial, $ Minecraft: Redstone Handbook Scholastic, $ Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson, Nancy Paulsen Books, $16.99 Another Indie Favorite for Ages 9 to 12 The Map to Everywhere, by Carrie Ryan and John Parke Davis (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17) When Marrill climbs aboard a ship in the middle of a desert parking lot, she s thinking only of helping her mother, not saving the world. Soon she has sailed into an unknown world where her only chance at returning home is the magical Map to Everywhere. Marrill and a decidedly forgettable master thief named Fin, a curiously tattooed Pirate Stream captain, and a determined wizard,must traverse remarkable and sometimes dangerous lands to locate the map that will save or possibly destroy those that seek it. Sara Grochowski, Brilliant Books, Traverse City, MI 1. Paper Towns John Green, Speak, $ Saint Anything Sarah Dessen, Viking Books for Young Readers, $ Looking for Alaska (Special 10th Anniversary Edition) John Green, Dutton, $ An Ember in the Ashes Sabaa Tahir, Razorbill, $ An Abundance of Katherines John Green, Speak, $ The Fault in Our Stars John Green, Speak, $ The Giver Lois Lowry, Harcourt, $ The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf, $ Will Grayson, Will Grayson John Green, David Levithan, Speak, $ Red Queen Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $ If I Stay Gayle Forman, Speak, $ Mosquitoland David Arnold, Viking, $ We All Looked Up Tommy Wallach, Simon & Schuster, $ I ll Give You the Sun Jandy Nelson, Dial, $ I Will Always Write Back: How One Letter Changed Two Lives Martin Ganda, Caitlin Alifirenka, Little Brown, $18 Indies Introduce Another Indie Favorite for Teen Readers Solitaire, by Alice Oseman (HarperTeen, $17.99) Tori Spring is a typical mopey teen. She feels most at home on the Internet and regards her peers with equal parts disdain and distrust. She worries about her brother, who has a serious eating disorder, and feels increasingly distant from her best friend, whose life seems more and more to revolve around boys and parties. A friend from the past, a mysterious stranger, and an anonymous pranking organization called Solitaire will push Tori toward more actively engaging with her life. Sarah Sawyers-Lovett, Big Blue Marble Bookstore, Philadelphia, PA = Debut

4 Children s CHILDREN S ILLUSTRATED FICTION SERIES 1. Oh, the Places You ll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $ Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $ The Day the Crayons Quit Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $ The Book With No Pictures B.J. Novak, Dial, $ The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend Dan Santat, Little Brown, $17 6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $ Love You Forever Robert Munsch, Sheila McGraw (Illus.), Firefly, $ Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $ Home Carson Ellis, Candlewick, $ Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $ Playtown: Airport Roger Priddy, Priddy Books, $ Sam & Dave Dig a Hole Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $ Pete the Cat s Groovy Guide to Life James Dean, et al., Harper, $ On the Night You Were Born Nancy Tillman, Feiwel & Friends, $ Llama Llama Red Pajama Anna Dewdney, Viking Books for Young Readers, $ Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House 2. Elephant & Piggie Mo Willems, Hyperion 3. The Selection Kiera Cass, HarperTeen New in Series: The Heir 4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Amulet (hardcover) 5. The Maze Runner James Dashner, Delacorte 6. Divergent Veronica Roth, Katherine Tegen Books 7. Big Nate Lincoln Peirce, Balzer + Bray/Andrews McMeel 8. The Heroes of Olympus Rick Riordan, Hyperion 9. Ivy & Bean Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle 10. The Penderwicks Jeanne Birdsall, Knopf Another Indie Favorite Maple & Willow Together, by Lori Nichols (Nancy Paulsen Books, $16.99) After falling in love with little Maple, readers have the pleasure of meeting her baby sister, Willow, and seeing them grow up together and act just like real sisters with lots of imagination, little disagreements, a few arguments, and then a whole lot of making up. This story had me smiling and holding both of my own little girls close as we read it over and over. Absolutely precious. Beth Page, Auntie s Bookstore, Spokane, WA = Debut

5 = Debut Indie Bestsellers Fiction HARDCOVER 1. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27 2. The Girl on the Train Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $ A God in Ruins Kate Atkinson, Little Brown, $28 4. God Help the Child Toni Morrison, Knopf, $ Memory Man David Baldacci, Grand Central, $28 6. A Spool of Blue Thread Anne Tyler, Knopf, $ At the Water s Edge Sara Gruen, Spiegel & Grau, $28 8. The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin s, $ th Deadly Sin James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little Brown, $ Early Warning Jane Smiley, Knopf, $ The Buried Giant Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $ The Bone Tree Greg Iles, Morrow, $ Gathering Prey John Sandford, Putnam, $ The Fifth Gospel Ian Caldwell, S&S, $ The Liar Nora Roberts, Putnam, $ Rock With Wings Anne Hillerman, Harper, $27.99 PAPERBACK 1. The Goldfinch Donna Tartt, Back Bay, $20 2. Euphoria Lily King, Grove Press, $16 3. The Invention of Wings Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $17 4. Leaving Time Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $16 5. The Narrow Road to the Deep North Richard Flanagan, Vintage, $ The Children Act Ian McEwan, Anchor, $15 7. Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $ Orphan Train Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $ The Husband s Secret Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $ One More Thing B.J. Novak, Vintage, $ The Martian Andy Weir, Broadway, $ The Rosie Project Graeme Simsion, S&S, $ Americanah Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $ The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry Gabrielle Zevin, Algonquin, $ The One & Only Emily Giffin, Ballantine, $ Revival Stephen King, Gallery, $17 = Debut = On the Rise

6 = On the Rise Indie Bestsellers Nonfiction HARDCOVER 1. The Wright Brothers David McCullough, S&S, $30 2. The Road to Character David Brooks, Random House, $28 3. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $ Dead Wake Erik Larson, Crown, $28 5. H Is for Hawk Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $26 6. Missoula Jon Krakauer, Doubleday, $ Being Mortal Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26 8. On the Move Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $ Very Good Lives J.K. Rowling, Little Brown, $ Clinton Cash: The Untold Story of How and Why Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill and Hillary Rich Peter Schweizer, Harper, $ It s a Long Story: My Life Willie Nelson, Little Brown, $ Yes Please Amy Poehler, Dey Street, $ And the Good News Is... Dana Perino, Twelve, $ Between You & Me Mary Norris, Norton, $ The Book of Joan: Tales of Mirth, Mischief, and Manipulation Melissa Rivers, Crown Archetype, $26 PAPERBACK 1. The Boys in the Boat Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17 2. David and Goliath Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18 3. Wild Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $ The Opposite of Loneliness Marina Keegan, Scribner, $ % Happier Dan Harris, Dey Street, $ What the Dog Knows Cat Warren, Touchstone, $16 7. Tibetan Peach Pie Tom Robbins, Ecco, $ Talk Like TED Carmine Gallo, St. Martin s Griffin, $ We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $ The Lady in Gold Anne-Marie O Connor, Vintage, $ Unbroken Laura Hillenbrand, Random House, $ The Sixth Extinction Elizabeth Kolbert, Picador USA, $ Flash Boys Michael Lewis, Norton, $ How to Love Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $ American Sniper Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Morrow, $15.99 = Debut