The Mercury News

Best-sellers

- Diane Ackerman

Data from the Northern California Independen­t Bookseller­s Associatio­n for the week ending July 16.

FICTION 1. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness: Arundhati Roy 2. Magpie Murders: Anthony Horowitz 3. A Gentleman in Moscow: Amor Towles 4. House of Spies: Daniel Silva 5. Camino Island: John Grisham 6. Into the Water: Paula Hawkins 7. Men Without Women: Haruki Murakami 8. The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.: Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland, Morrow, $35, 9780062409­164 9. Norse Mythology: Neil Gaiman 10. The Essex Serpent: Sarah Perry

NONFICTION 1. Astrophysi­cs for People in a Hurry: Neil deGrasse Tyson 2. Al Franken, Giant of the Senate: Al Franken 3. Hillbilly Elegy: J.D. Vance 4. Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002): David Sedaris 5. Born a Crime: Trevor Noah 6. The Book of Joy: The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu 7. Hunger: Roxane Gay 8. Option B: Sheryl Sandberg, Adam Grant, Knopf, $25.95, 9781524732­684 9. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck: Mark Manson 10. Behave: Robert M. Sapolsky

TRADE FICTION 1. All the Light We Cannot See: Anthony Doerr 2. Commonweal­th: Ann Patchett 3. The Handmaid’s Tale: Margaret Atwood 4. Milk and Honey: Rupi Kaur 5. Homegoing: Yaa Gyasi 6. The Woman in Cabin 10: Ruth Ware 7. The Sympathize­r: Viet Thanh Nguyen 8. Lilac Girls: Martha Hall Kelly 9. A Man Called Ove: Fredrik Backman 10. Today Will Be Different: Maria Semple

TRADE NONFICTION 1. No Is Not Enough: Naomi Klein 2. On Tyranny: Timothy Snyder 3. The Soul of an Octopus: Sy Montgomery 4. Alexander Hamilton: Ron Chernow 5. The Genius of Birds: Jennifer Ackerman 6. The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu: Joshua Hammer 7. Lab Girl: Hope Jahren 8. Evicted: Matthew Desmond 9. White Trash: Nancy Isenberg 10. The Zookeeper’s Wife:

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