BESTSELLERS

LOS ANGELES TIMES AUG. 19, 2018

Fiction

1. My Year of Rest and Relaxation 4 by Ottessa Moshfegh (Penguin Press: $26) A young New Yorker circa 2000 deals with depression, relationships and an inept therapist.

2. The Other Woman by Daniel Silva 4 (Harper: $28.99) Art restorer and assassin Gabriel Allon battles the Russians to decide the fate of postwar global order.

3. Clock Dance by Anne Tyler 4 (Knopf: $26.95) A widow flies across the country to look after a woman she’s never met.

4. There There by Tommy Orange 9 (Knopf: $25.95) A taut and powerful story of contemporary Native American life.

5. A Double Life by Flynn Berry 1 (Viking: $26) A daughter’s long-lost father is the suspect in a notorious murder case.

6. The President is Missing by Bill 9 Clinton and James Patterson (Little, Brown: $30) In this unprecedented collaboration, President Johnathan Lincoln Duncan goes undercover to save America from a cyberattack.

7. Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon 1 (Riverhead: $26) A young woman at an elite American university is drawn into domestic terrorism by a North Korean cult.

8. The Hate U Give by Angie 33 Thomas (Balzer + Bray: $17.99) A 16-year-old girl witnesses the police shooting of her childhood friend.

9. Florida by Lauren Groff 8 (Riverhead: $27) Hazards both environmental and emotional darken the edges of this short-story collection.

10. Thrawn: Alliances by Timothy 1 Zahn (Del Rey: $28.99) Darth Vader and Grand Admiral Thrawn deal with a disturbance in the force and threat to the Empire.

Nonfiction

1. Calypso by David Sedaris (Little, 10 Brown: $28) Comedic stories on mortality, middle age and a beach house.

2. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a 70

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.

3. Educated by Tara Westover 23 (Random House: $28) A young woman raised without schooling by survivalists parents describes her path to Cambridge University.

4. The Russia Hoax by Gregg Jarrett 2 (Broadside: $28.99) An illicit scheme to clear Hillary Clinton and frame Donald Trump from the Fox News analyst.

5. You’re on an Airplane by Parker 1 Posey (Blue Rider Press: $28) The independent film actress opens up about acting, fame and her colorful Southern childhood.

6. 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. 23 Peterson (Random House: $25.95) A hard-line, self-help manual of self-reliance and good behavior.

7. The Death of Truth by Michiko 3 Kakutani (Tim Duggan Books: $22) The former NY Times book critic examines the decay of truth in the Trump era.

8. Girl, Wash Your Face by Rachel 4 Hollis (Thomas Dunne: $22.99) Tips for living a joy-filled life.

9. The Book of Joy by Archbishop 73 Desmond Tutu and The Dalai Lama (Avery: $26) The Nobel Prize-winning spiritual leaders share their wisdom.

10. Astrophysics for People in a 63

Hurry by Neil Degrasse Tyson (Norton: $18.95) An easy-to-understand introduction to the universe and the forces that govern it.