BEST ON THE SHELF
FICTION
1 (1) 10 wks Barkskins: A Novel Annie Proulx A novel about woodcutters in New France, by the author of The Shipping News. 2 (3) 6 wks Do Not Say We Have Nothing Madeleine Thien This Vancouver author’s book was just longlisted for the Man Booker Prize. 3 (4) 2 wks The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead This book about slavery was chosen as a new Oprah book club pick. 4 (2) 10 wks The Girls: A Novel Emma Cline This is a debut novel about a group of teenage girls. 5 (6) 5 wks Truly Madly Guilty Liane Moriarty This tale of friendships, marriage and tragedy hinges on a backyard barbecue gone wrong.
6 (8) 29 wks The High Mountains of Portugal: A Novel Yann Martel 7 (12) 2 wks Three Sisters, Three Queens Philippa Gregory This book is about Katherine of Aragon and her sisters Margaret and Mary, who will become the Queens of England, Scotland and France. 8 (5) 4 wks Heroes of the Frontier Dave Eggers 9 (7) 5 wks Julian Fellowes’s Belgravia Julian Fellowes 10 (10) 10 wks Homegoing Yaa Gyasi A novel that sweeps through 300 years in Ghana.
NON- FICTION
1 (-) 1 wk The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo Amy Schumer Comedian Amy Schumer writes a book of personal essays. 2 (1) 31 wks When Breath Becomes Air Paul Kalanithi & Abraham Verghese A young neurosurgeon faces a terminal diagnosis. 3 (6) 13 wks Who Rules the World? Noam Chomsky 4 (9) 5 wks Van Gogh’s Ear Bernadette Murphy A noted historian sets out to find out what happened when the artist cut off his own ear. 5 (2) 12 wks Tribe: Homecoming and Belonging Sebastian Junger This book takes a look at post-traumatic stress disorder.
6 (10) 12 wks The View from the Cheap Seats Neil Gaiman 7 (3) 20 wks The Rainbow Comes and Goes Anderson Cooper & Gloria Vanderbilt.
8 (5) 14 wks The Gene: An Intimate History Siddhartha Mukherjee 9 (7) 4 wks White Trash Nancy Isenberg This book is subtitled: The 400Year Untold History of Class in America. 10 (4) 52 wks Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates A black American father shares life lessons with his son.