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LOS ANGELES TIMES AUG. 26, 2018
Fiction weeks on list 1. My Year of Rest and Relaxation 5 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 5 (Harper: $28.99) Art restorer and assassin Gabriel Allon battles the Russians to decide the fate of postwar global order.
3. Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon 2 (Riverhead: $26) A young woman at an elite American university is drawn into domestic terrorism by a North Korean cult.
4. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor 100 Towles (Viking: $27) In 1922, a Russian count is sentenced to house arrest in a grand hotel for the rest of his life.
5. Circe by Madeline Miller (Little, 17 Brown: $27) A retelling of the story of Circe, banished to an island where she draws the wrath of both men and gods.
6. Warlight by Michael Ondaatje 12 (Knopf: $26.95) In the aftermath of WWII, two teenagers are left in the care of a mysterious man.
7. The President is Missing by Bill 10 Clinton and James Patterson (Little, Brown: $30) In this unprecedented collaboration, President Johnathan Lincoln Duncan goes undercover to save America from a cyberattack.
8. Clock Dance by Anne Tyler 5 (Knopf: $26.95) A widow flies across the country to look after a woman she’s never met.
9. A Double Life by Flynn Berry 2 (Viking: $26) A daughter’s long-lost father is the suspect in a notorious murder case.
10. The Hate U Give by Angie 34 Thomas (Balzer + Bray: $17.99) A 16-year-old girl witnesses the police shooting of her childhood friend.
Nonfiction
1. Calypso by David Sedaris (Little, 11 Brown: $28) Comedic stories on mortality, middle age and a beach house.
2. Educated by Tara Westover 24 (Random House: $28) A young woman raised without schooling by survivalists parents describes her path to Cambridge University.
3. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a 71
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.
4. Everything Trump Touches Dies 1 by Rick Wilson (Free Press: $27) A lifelong conservative delivers his withering critique of President Trump.
5. How to Change Your Mind by 12 Michael Pollan (Penguin Press: $28) A personal account of how psychedelics may help the mentally ill.
6. The Russia Hoax by Gregg Jarrett 3 (Broadside: $28.99) The Fox News analyst makes the case that Hillary Clinton collaborated with Russia and tried to frame Donald Trump.
7. The Death of Truth by Michiko 4 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 5 Hollis (Thomas Dunne: $22.99) Tips for living a joy-filled life.
9. Ninety-Nine Glimpses of 1
Princess Margaret by Craig Brown (Farrar, Straus and Giroux: $28) A freewheeling, witty and experimental biography of Queen Elizabeth’s sister.
10. Bad Blood by John Carreyrou 8 (Knopf: $27.95) The rise and fall of Theranos, the biotech startup that failed to deliver on its promise to make blood testing more efficient.