BESTSELLERS

LOS ANGELES TIMES NOV. 5, 2017

Fiction

1. Manhattan Beach by Jennifer Egan (Scribner: $27) The first female diver at the Brooklyn Naval Yard during World War II seeks to uncover the reason for her father’s disappearance. 2. Turtles All the Way Down by John Green (Dutton: $19.99) In this YA novel, friendship and a love triangle are complicated by intense emotions, money and a mystery.

3. Origin by Dan Brown (Doubleday: $29.95) A discovery by a futurist and former student of Robert Langdon sends him on a quest to uncover the questions of human existence. 4. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (Penguin Press: $27) A new family and an adoption upend a quiet Cleveland suburb. 5. Uncommon Type by Tom Hanks (Knopf: $26.95) The debut work of fiction by the Oscar-winning actor is a collection of warm and witty short stories. 6. Legacy of Spies by John le Carré (Viking: $28) A retired British Secret Service agent is interrogated about his past and former colleague George Smiley. 7. Fresh Complaints by Jeffrey Eugenides (Farrar, Straus and Giroux: $27) A story collection featuring characters in the midst of personal and national emergencies. 8. A Column of Fire by Ken Follett (Viking: $36) Set in 1558 England, two lovers find themselves on opposite sides of a conflict between Catholics and Protestants.

9. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (Viking: $27) In 1922, a Russian count is sentenced to house arrest in a hotel for the rest of his life. 10. The Cuban Affair by Nelson DeMille (Simon & Schuster: $28.99) An Army veteran turned charter boat captain is hired to find $60 million stashed somewhere in Cuba.

Nonfiction

1. Grant Press: by $40) Ron A Chernow biography (Penguin of Ulysses and two-term S. Grant, U.S. Union president, general by the author of “Hamilton.” 2. Leonardo Isaacson (Simon da Vinci & by Schuster: Walter $35) biographer, The award-winning known for profiling geniuses, da Vinci. turns his attention to 3. What Happened by Hillary Rodham Clinton (Simon & Schuster: $18) The presidential candidate’s memoir of losing the 2016 election. 4. We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates (One World: $28)Eight essays previously published in the Atlantic, from each year of the Obama administration. 5. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil Degrasse Tyson (Norton: $18.95) A quick and easy introduction to the cosmos from the astrophysicist. 6. Devotion by Patti Smith (Yale University Press: $18) The rocker-writer’s exploration of the nature of creative invention. 7. The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump by Bandy X. Lee & Robert Jay Lifton (Thomas Dunne: $27.99) 27 psychiatrists and mental health experts give their assessments of the president.

8. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (Spiegel & Grau: $28) The comedian and host of “The Daily Show” recounts the challenges of growing up mixed-race under apartheid in South Africa. 9. Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders by Joshua Foer & Dylan Thuras (Workman: $35) A celebration of 700 of the world’s most curious places. 10. Hitler in Los Angeles by Steven J. Ross (Bloomsbury: $30) The rise of Nazism in 1930s Los Angeles and the Jewish leaders and spies who stopped it.