BESTSELLERS

LOS ANGELES TIMES APRIL 15, 2018

Fiction

1. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (Penguin Press: $27) A new family and an adoption upend a quiet Cleveland suburb.

2. The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George (Viking: $28) Detectives investigate the death of a deacon accused of a serious crime in a historic medieval town in England.

3. To Die But Once by Jacqueline Winspear (Harper: $27.99) Maisie Dobbs investigates the disappearance of a young man working on a top secret job in the early days of World War II.

4. Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff by Sean Penn (Atria: $24) In the Oscar winner’s debut novel, a septic tank king dabbles as a government hitman.

5. The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn (Morrow: $26.99) A twisted tale featuring a Manhattan recluse who spies on her neighbors.

6. The Disappeared by C.J. Box(Putnam: $27) Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett contends with a demanding governor and a missing woman.

7. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (Algonquin: $26.95) A marriage is put to the test after the husband is wrongly imprisoned.

8. The Power by Naomi Alderman (Little, Brown: $26) Women’s bodies become deadly weapons in this dystopian novel.

9. The House of Broken Angels by Luis Alberto Urrea (Little, Brown: $27) A portrait of a Mexican-American family in San Diego and the complexities of immigration and heritage.

10. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s: $28.99) A family discovers it is in peril after the father moves them to Alaska.

Nonfiction

1. Invested by Danielle Town (Morrow: $24.99) A 12-month plan to financial freedom.

2. I’ve Been Thinking by Maria Shriver (Pamela Dorman Books: $20) The journalist shares bits of wisdom and inspiration on living a meaningful life.

3. Russian Roulette by Michael Isikoff & David Corn (Twelve: $30) Inside the investigation of President Trump’s campaign’s ties to Russia.

4. A Day in the Life of Marlon

Bundo by Jill Twiss (Chronicle: $18.99) A picture book about two boy bunnies who fall in love and get married.

5. Dear Madam President by Jennifer Palmieri (Grand Central: $20) Lessons learned for aspiring female leaders from Hillary Clinton’s communications director.

6. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a

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

7. 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson (Random House: $25.95) A hard-line, self-help manual of self-reliance and good behavior.

8. Secret Empires by Peter Schweizer (Harper: $28.99) What politicians do to enrich themselves and friends while in office.

9. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (Harper: $27.99) The years-long search for the Golden State Killer from the late wife of actor Patton Oswalt.

10. Educated by Tara Westover (Random House: $28) A young woman raised without schooling by survivalist parents describes her path to Cambridge University.