Bestsellers list Sunday, July 30
SOCAL BESTSELLERS
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Hardcover fiction
1. Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday: $29) In a sequel from the two-time Pulitzer winner, Ray Carney is pulled back into petty crime.
2. The Collector by Daniel Silva (Harper: $32) Art restorer-spy Gabriel Allon teams up with a master thief to find the world’s priciest painting.
3. 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.
4. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Entangled: $30) A young woman reluctantly enters a brutal dragon-riding war college in this YA fantasy.
5. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper: $32) The story of a boy born into poverty to a teenage single mother in Appalachia.
6. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday: $29) In the 1960s, a female chemist becomes a single parent, then a celebrity chef.
7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf: $28) Lifelong BFFs collaborate on a wildly successful video game.
8. 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.
9. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See (Scribner: $28) An orphan raised by her wealthy grandparents during China’s Ming dynasty trains to be a doctor but is forced into an arranged marriage.
10. The Guest by Emma Cline (Random House: $28) A woman spends a summer house-hopping covertly on Long Island.
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Hardcover nonfiction
1. The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (Penguin: $32) The music producer’s guidance on how to be a creative person.
2. The Art Thief by Michael Finkel (Knopf: $28) The true-crime tale of a genius art thief who kept all the spoils for himself.
3. The Wager by David Grann (Doubleday: $30) The story of the shipwreck of an 18th century British warship and a mutiny among the survivors.
4. Outlive by Peter Attia, Bill Gifford (Harmony: $32) A science-based self-help guide to living longer.
5. 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.
6. Glow by Stacie Stephenson (Harper Celebrate: $23) A functional medicine specialist details a morning mindfulness routine.
7. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (Simon & Schuster: $28) A memoir from the star of TV’s “iCarly” and “Sam & Cat.”
8. Pageboy by Elliot Page (Flatiron: $30) A personal memoir from the star of “Juno” and “The Umbrella Academy” explores his journey to self-realization.
9. Strip Tees by Kate Flannery (Henry Holt: $28) The memoir of an L.A. transplant losing her bearings while working for American Apparel.
10. Poverty, by America by Matthew Desmond (Crown: $28) The author of “Evicted” looks at poverty from a fresh perspective.
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Paperback fiction
1. Trust by Hernan Diaz (Riverhead: $17)
2. Beach Read by Emily Henry (Berkley: $16)
3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Washington Square: $17)
4. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Penguin: $18)
5. The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O’Farrell (Vintage: $17)
6. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Penguin: $18)
7. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury: $19)
8. It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria: $17)
9. It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria: $18)
10. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (HarperOne: $18)
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Paperback nonfiction
1. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (Vintage: $17)
2. Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris (Back Bay: $19)
3. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (Vintage: $17)
4. American Prometheus by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin (Vintage: $25)
5. All About Love by bell hooks (Morrow: $17)
6. Solito by Javier Zamora (Hogarth: $18)
7. The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin: $19)
8. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen: $13)
9. Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion (FSG: $17)
10. The White Album by Joan Didion (FSG: $17)
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