San Francisco Chronicle - (Sunday)
SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BESTSELLERS
Feb. 28
HARDCOVER FICTION Bay Area
1. THE FOUR WINDS
Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s; $28.99)
2. THE VANISHING HALF
Brit Bennett (Riverhead Books; $27)
3. THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY
Matt Haig (Viking; $26)
4. WE RUN THE TIDES
Vendela Vida (Ecco; $2699)
5. HAMNET
Maggie O’Farrell (Knopf; $26.95)
6. A COURT OF SILVER FLAMES *
Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury Publishing; $28)
7. MEXICAN GOTHIC
Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey; $27)
8. THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE
V.E. Schwab (Tor; $26.99)
9. ANXIOUS PEOPLE
Fredrik Backman (Atria; $28)
10. MY YEAR ABROAD
Chang-rae Lee (Riverhead Books; $28)
NONFICTION Bay Area
1. THE SUM OF US: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together *
Heather McGhee (One World; $28)
2. CASTE: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson (Random House; $32)
3. LET ME TELL YOU WHAT I MEAN
Joan Didion (Knopf; $23)
4. HOW TO AVOID A CLIMATE DISASTER *
Bill Gates (Knopf; $26.95)
5. A PROMISED LAND
Barack Obama (Crown; $45)
6. THINK AGAIN *
Adam Grant (Viking; $28)
7. FOUR HUNDRED SOULS
Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain (Eds.) (One World; $32)
8. A SWIM IN A POND IN THE RAIN
George Saunders (Random House; $28)
9. UNTAMED
Glennon Doyle (The Dial Press; $28)
10. THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE
Charlie Mackesy (HarperOne; $22.99)
PAPERBACK FICTION Bay Area
1. INTERIOR CHINATOWN
Charles Yu (Vintage; $16)
2. THE DUTCH HOUSE
Ann Patchett (Harper Perennial; $17)
3. THE SONG OF ACHILLES
Madeline Miller (Ecco; $16.99)
4. SHUGGIE BAIN
Douglas Stuart (Grove Press; $17)
5. DEACON KING KONG
James McBride (Riverhead Books; $17)
6. CIRCE
Madeline Miller (Back Bay; $16.99)
7. THE OVERSTORY
Richard Powers (Norton; $18.95)
8. THE WATER DANCER
Ta-Nehisi (One World; $18)
9. WRITERS & LOVERS *
Lily King (Grove Press; $17)
10. A CHILDREN’S BIBLE *
Lydia Millet (Norton; $15.95)
NONFICTION Bay Area
1. BRAIDING SWEETGRASS
Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed Editions; $18)
2. THE BODY
Bill Bryson (Anchor Books; $17)
3. SAPIENS
Yuval Noah Harari (Harper Perennial; $24.99)
4. THE COLOR OF LAW
Richard Bryson, (Anchor Books; $17)
5. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin; $19)
6. BORN A CRIME *
Trevor Noah (One World; $18)
7. GOLDEN GATES: The Housing Crisis and a Reckoning for the American Dream *
Conor Dougherty (Penguin; $18)
8. ALL THAT THE RAIN PROMISES AND MORE
David Arora (Ten Speed Press; $17.99)
9. THE SYSTEM: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It *
Robert B. Reich (Vintage; $16)
10. THE FIRE NEXT TIME
James Baldwin (Vintage; $13.95)
* New on list this week
Bay Area rankings based on sales in independent bookstores in the Bay Area during the week that ended Monday, Feb. 22. Rankings provided by the American Booksellers Association and Northern California Independent Booksellers Association.