SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BESTSELLERS Jan. 3

HARDCOVER FICTION Bay Area

1. THE VANISHING HALF

Brit Bennett ( Riverhead Books; $ 27)

2. READY PLAYER TWO

Ernest Cline ( Ballantine; $ 28.99)

3. HAMNET

Maggie O’Farrell ( Knopf; $ 26.95)

4. MEXICAN GOTHIC

Silvia Moreno- Garcia ( Del Rey; $ 27)

5. THE SEARCHER

Tana French ( Viking; $ 27)

6. THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY

Matt Haig ( Viking; $ 26)

7. DEACON KING KONG

James McBride ( Riverhead Books; $ 28)

8. TRANSCENDENT KINGDOM

Yaa Gyasi ( Knopf; $ 27.95)

9. THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE

V. E. Schwab ( Tor; $ 26.99)

10. THE LYING LIFE OF ADULTS

Elena Ferrante ( Europa Editions; $ 26)

NONFICTION Bay Area

1. A PROMISED LAND

Barack Obama ( Crown; $ 45)

2. CASTE: The Origins of Our Discontents

Isabel Wilkerson ( Random House; $ 32)

3. THE BEST OF ME

David Sedaris ( Little, Brown; $ 30)

4. MODERN COMFORT FOOD

Ina Garten ( Clarkson Potter; $ 35)

5. THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE

Charlie Mackesy ( HarperOne; $ 22.99)

6. THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE

Erik Larson ( Crown; $ 32)

7. OTTOLENGHI FLAVOR

Yotam Ottolenghi, Et Al ( Ten Speed Press; $ 35)

8. SALT, FAT, ACID, HEAT

Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton ( Illus.) ( S& S; $ 35)

9. UNTAMED

Glennon Doyle ( The Dial Press; $ 28)

10. DESSERT PERSON *

Claire Saffitz ( Clarkson Potter; $ 35)

PAPERBACK FICTION Bay Area

1. THE OVERSTORY

Richard Powers ( Norton; $ 18.95)

2. INTERIOR CHINATOWN

Charles Yu ( Vintage; $ 16)

3. SHUGGIE BAIN

Douglas Stuart ( Grove Press; $ 17)

4. CIRCE

Madeline Miller ( Back Bay; $ 16.99)

5. THE WATER DANCER

Ta- Nehisi Coates ( One World; $ 18)

6. THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT

Walter Tevis ( Vintage; $ 16.95)

7. NORMAL PEOPLE

Sally Rooney ( Hogarth; $ 17)

8. HOME BODY

Rupi Kaur ( Andrews McMeel; $ 16.99)

9. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2020

Curtis Sittenfeld, Heidi Pitlor ( Eds.) ( Mariner; $ 16.99)

10. DEVOTIONS

Mary Oliver ( Penguin; $ 20)

NONFICTION Bay Area

1. BRAIDING SWEETGRASS

Robin Wall Kimmerer ( Milkweed Editions; $ 18)

2. THE TRUTHS WE HOLD

Kamala Harris ( Penguin; $ 18)

3. SAPIENS: A Brief History of Humankind

Yuval Noah Harari ( Harper Perennial; $ 24.99)

4. MY OWN WORDS

Ruth Bader Ginsburg ( S& S; $ 18)

5. BORN A CRIME

Trevor Noah ( One World; $ 18)

6. THE FORESTS OF CALIFORNIA: A California Field Atlas

Obi Kaufmann ( Heyday Books; $ 55)

7. SAPIENS: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind ( Vol. 1)

Yuval Noah Harari ( Harper Perennial; $ 25.99)

8. CONVERSATIONS WITH RGB

Jeffrey Rosen ( Picador; $ 18)

9. THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS

Isabel Wilkerson ( Vintage; $ 17.95)

10. DEAR GIRLS

Ali Wong ( Random House; $ 18)