Bestsellers List Sunday, June 11
SoCal bestsellers
Hardcover fiction
1. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (Grove: $32) An epic novel follows three generations of a family in southern India from 1900 through 1977.
2. Happy Place by Emily Henry (Berkley: $27) A couple who have split up pretend to be together while on vacation with friends.
3. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf: $28) Lifelong BFFs collaborate on a wildly successful video game.
4. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper: $33) The story of a boy born into poverty to a teenage single mother in Appalachia.
5. Yellowface by R. F. Kuang (Morrow: $30) After a young and successful author dies in a freak accident, a struggling writer steals her just-finished manuscript.
6. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday: $29) In the 1960s, a female chemist goes on to be a single parent, then a celebrity chef.
7. The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (Putnam: $28) Five close friends gather 28 years after their college graduation.
8. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano (Dial: $28) A college student from a home broken by tragedy falls in love with a woman who has strong bonds with her sisters.
9. The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks, R. Sikoryak (Illus.) (Knopf: $33) The actor’s multigenerational novel about comic books and Hollywood.
10. Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea (Little, Brown: $29) In 1943 a New York woman enlists in the Red Cross and is sent to Europe.
Hardcover nonfiction
1. The Wager by David Grann (Doubleday: $30) The story of the shipwreck of an 18th-century British warship and a mutiny among the survivors.
2. The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (Penguin: $32) The music producer’s guidance on how to be a creative person.
3. King by Jonathan Eig (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $35) A biography of civil rights icon the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
4. On Our Best Behavior by Elise Loehnen (Dial: $28) The author links societal expectations for the behavior of women to Christianity’s Seven Deadly Sins.
5. Monsters by Claire Dederer (Knopf: $28) The author explores the dilemma of art created by those with major legal, ethical or moral issues.
6. Atomic Habits by James Clear (Avery: $27) The self-help expert’s guide to building good habits and breaking bad ones via tiny changes in behavior.
7. Walking With Sam by Andrew McCarthy (Grand Central: $28) The actor and travel writer chronicles a trek of 500 miles across Spain’s Camino de Santiago with his teenage son.
8. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse by Charlie Mackesy (HarperOne: $23) A modern fable explores life’s universal lessons through four archetypes.
9. Stay True by Hua Hsu (Doubleday: $26) A personal memoir from the journalist focusing on the loss of a close friend.
10. Outlive by Peter Attia, Bill Gifford (Harmony: $32) A science-based self-help guide to living longer.
Paperback fiction
1. Trust by Hernan Diaz (Riverhead: $17)
2. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Ecco: $18)
3. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Penguin: $18)
4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Washington Square: $17)
5. Daisy Jones & the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine: $17)
6. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Penguin: $18)
7. Circe by Madeline Miller (Back Bay: $19)
8. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (HarperOne: $18)
9. The Maid by Nita Prose (Ballantine: $18)
10. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave (Simon & Schuster: $18)
Paperback nonfiction
1. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (Vintage: $17)
2. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (Vintage: $17)
3. Quietly Hostile by Samantha Irby (Vintage: $17)
4. Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris (Back Bay: $19)
5. All About Love by bell hooks (Morrow: $17)
6. The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber, David Wengrow (Picador: $25)
7. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen: $13)
8. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed: $20)
9. The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin: $19)
10. Bad Mexicans by Kelly Lytle Hernández (Norton: $20)
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