The Mercury News

Best-sellers

Data from the Northern California Independen­t Bookseller­s Associatio­n for the week ending Oct. 1:

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FICTION

1. A Legacy of Spies: John le Carré 2. My Absolute Darling: Gabriel Tallent

3. A Gentleman in Moscow: Amor Towles

4. Little Fires Everywhere: Celeste Ng

5. The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye: David Lagercrant­z 6. Forest Dark: Nicole Krauss 7. Sing, Unburied, Sing: Jesmyn Ward 8. The Golden House: Salman Rushdie 9. Glass Houses: Louise Penny 10. A Column of Fire: Ken Follett

NONFICTION

1. What Happened: Hillary Rodham Clinton

2. Astrophysi­cs for People in a Hurry: Neil deGrasse Tyson

3. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck: Mark Manson

4. Braving the Wilderness: Brene Brown

5. Hillbilly Elegy: J.D. Vance 6. Fantasylan­d: Kurt Andersen

7. Coming to My Senses — The Making of a Countercul­ture Cook: Alice Waters

8. Unbelievab­le: Katy Tur

9. Why Buddhism Is True:

Robert Wright

10. Between the World and Me: Ta-Nehisi Coates

TRADE FICTION

1. The Handmaid’s Tale: Margaret Atwood

2. Homegoing: Yaa Gyasi 3. Milk and Honey: Rupi Kaur

4. All the Light We Cannot See: Anthony Doerr

5. The Girl from Venice: Martin Cruz Smith 6. Commonweal­th: Ann

Patchett 7. It: Stephen King

8. The Sympathize­r: Viet

Thanh Nguyen 9. A Man Called Ove: Fredrik Backman

10. The Woman in Cabin 10: Ruth Ware

TRADE NONFICTION

1. Being Mortal: Atul Gawande 2. SnyderOn Tyranny: Timothy 3. Evicted: Matthew Desmond 4. Born to Run: Bruce Springstee­n 5. The Glass Castle: Jeannette Walls 6. Hero of the Empire: Candice Millard 7. The Soul of an Octopus: Sy Montgomery

8. The Four Agreements — A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom: Don Miguel Ruiz 9. You Are a Badass: Jen Sincero

10. The Lion in the Living Room: Abigail Tucker

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