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LOS ANGELES TIMES SEPT. 17, 2017 Fiction weeks on list
1. Y is for Yesterday by Sue Grafton 2 (Marian Wood/Putnam: $29) P.I. Kinsey Millhone helps a family whose son is being blackmailed after 10 years in prison for sexual assault. 2. Glass Houses by Louise Penny 1 (Minotaur: $28.99) Chief Superintendent Gamache struggles after a body is discovered in Three Pines. 3. Mrs. Fletcher by Tom Perrotta 5 (Scribner: $26) A single mother has a sexual awakening after her son goes to college. 4. My Absolute Darling by Gabriel 1 Tallent (Riverhead: $27) A 14-year-old girl seeks escape from her abusive, survivalist father in the Mendocino hills. 5. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor 52 Towles (Viking: $27) In 1922, a Russian count is sentenced to house arrest in a hotel for the rest of his life.
6. Legacy of Spies by John le Carré 1 (Viking: $28) A retired, Cold War-era British spy is forced to revisit his actions and those of his colleague George Smiley.
7. Camino Island by John Grisham 14 (Doubleday: $28.95) A Florida bookstore owner, a struggling novelist and a heist from Princeton on a collision course. 8. Wonder by R.J. Palacio (Knopf: 150 $16.99) The trials and triumphs of a 10-year-old boy starting school for the first time. 9. The Room of White Fire by T. 2 Jefferson Parker (Putnam: $27) P.I. Roland Ford hunts down a dangerous, damaged soldier on the run. 10. The Late Show by Michael 7 Connelly (Little, Brown: $28) A female LAPD detective joins the overnight shift in Hollywood. Nonfiction 1. Astrophysics for People in a 18 Hurry by Neil Degrasse Tyson (Norton: $18.95) A quick and easy introduction to the cosmos from the astrophysicist. 2. Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance 55 (Harper: $27.99) The investor’s account of growing up poor in a white working-class neighborhood.
3. The Emigrant Edge by Brian 2 Buffini (Howard Books: $26) How to achieve the American dream from an Irish Immigrant who made it big. 4. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a 23
F*ck by Mark Manson (HarperOne: $24.99) How stopping to try to be positive all the time will make us become better, happier people. 5. Why Buddhism is True by Robert 4 Wright (Simon & Schuster: $27) How neuroscience and psychology are used to support Buddhist practices and meditation. 6. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate 14 by Al Franken (Twelve: $28) The senator from Minnesota’s memoir of his evolution from “Saturday Night Live“comedian to serious politician. 7. The End of Alzheimer’s by Dale 1 Bredesen (Avery: $27) Adoctor suggests he can prevent and reverse Alzheimer’s Disease and cognitive decline.
8. Coach Wooden and me by 12 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Grand Central: $29) The basketball Legend writes about his 50-year relationship with UCLA basketball coach John Wooden. 9. Make Your Bed by William H. 22 McRaven (Grand Central: $18) A graduation speech from Adm. William H. McRavenat the University of Texas. 10. The Book of Joy by 47 Archbishop Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama (Avery: $26) The Nobel Prize-winning spiritual leaders share their wisdom.