The week’s bestselling books, Jan. 14
Hardcover fiction
1. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (Riverhead: $28) The discovery of a skeleton in Pottstown, Pa., opens out to a story of integration and community.
2. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett (Harper: $30) At a Michigan orchard, a woman tells her three daughters about a long-ago romance.
3. 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.
4. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros (Entangled: Red Tower Books: $30) In the sequel to the bestselling “Fourth Wing,” the dragon-rider faces even greater tests.
5. North Woods by Daniel Mason (Random House: $28) A sweeping historical tale focused on a single house in the New England woods.
6. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Entangled: Red Tower Books: $30) A young woman reluctantly enters a brutal dragon-riding war college in this YA fantasy.
7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf: $28) Lifelong BFFs collaborate on a wildly successful video game.
8. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt (Ecco: $30) A giant Pacific octopus bonds with a widowed worker at a Washington state aquarium and tries to help her solve the mystery of her long-missing son.
9. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper: $32) The story of a boy born into poverty to a teenage single mother in Appalachia.
10. Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (Hanover Square: $20) A Tokyo cafe gives customers the chance to travel back in time.
…
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 Wager by David Grann (Doubleday: $30) The story of the shipwreck of an 18th-century British warship and a mutiny among the survivors.
3. 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.
4. Oath and Honor by Liz Cheney (Little, Brown: $32) The former GOP representative recounts her fight to impeach and investigate Donald Trump.
5. The Art Thief by Michael Finkel (Knopf: $28) The true-crime tale of a genius art thief who kept all the spoils for himself.
6. Prequel by Rachel Maddow (Crown: $32) The MSNBC anchor chronicles the fight against a pro-Nazi American group during World War II.
7. How to Know a Person by David Brooks (Random House: $30) The New York Times columnist explores the power of seeing and being seen.
8. My Name Is Barbra by Barbra Streisand (Viking: $47) The multi-hyphenate icon dishes on her career in music and Hollywood.
9. Elon Musk by Walter Isaacson (Simon & Schuster: $35) The life of the world’s richest man.
10. The Path to Paradise by Sam Wasson (Harper: $33) A biography of Francis Ford Coppola focusing on his founding of Zoetrope studios.
…
Paperback fiction
1. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Atria: $17)
2. Trust by Hernan Diaz (Riverhead: $17)
3. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Scribner: $19)
4. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Penguin: $18)
5. A Court of Mist and Fury by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury: $19)
6. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Ecco: $18)
7. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (Anchor: $18)
8. Bookshops & Bonedust by Travis Baldree (Tor: $18)
9. The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes (Dutton: $18)
10. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Penguin: $18)
…
Paperback nonfiction
1. All About Love by bell hooks (Morrow: $17)
2. The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi (Picador: $20)
3. The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin: $19)
4. The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown (Penguin: $19)
5. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen: $13)
6. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (Vintage: $18)
7. Solito by Javier Zamora (Hogarth: $18)
8. The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron (TarcherPerigee: $19)
9. Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton (Harper: $19)
10. Just Kids by Patti Smith (Ecco: $19)
More to Read
Sign up for our Book Club newsletter
Get the latest news, events and more from the Los Angeles Times Book Club, and help us get L.A. reading and talking.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.