BEST ON THE SHELF

FICTION

1 (1) Go Set a Watchman: A Novel (2 wks)

Harper Lee The followup novel to the classic To Kill a Mockingbird

2 (2) Armada (1 wk)

Ernest Cline This science-fiction novel combines video games and fantasy.

3 (3) The Little Paris Bookshop: A Novel (5 wks)

Nina George This novel has been described as a love letter to books.

4 (-) The Novel Habits of Happiness (1 wk)

Alexander McCall Smith

The latest Isabel Dalhousie novel.

5 (8) The Nightingale (18 wks)

Kristin Hannah This book is about two sisters in occupied France during the Second World War.

6 (9) A God in Ruins (12 wks)

Kate Atkinson This book is a companion novel to Life After Life.

7 (6) The Green Road (9 wks)

Anne Enright This is a family story set in a small town on the Irish coast.

8 (7) Finders Keepers: A Novel (8 wks) Stephen King This novel is about a reader who is obsessed with a reclusive writer.

9 (5) Seveneves: A Novel (10 wks)

Neal Stephenson A new science-fiction novel from the author of Anathem and Reamde.

10 (15) The Night Stages (15 wks)

Jane Urquhart The author of The Stone Carvers spins a tale of sibling angst and a bicycle race.

NON-FICTION

1 (-) Between the World and Me (1 wk)

Ta-Nehisi Coates A black American father shares life lessons with his son.

2 (1) Letters to My Grandchildren (10 wks)

David Suzuki This book is a collection of letters that the noted environmentalist has written to his grandchildren.

3 (2) H is for Hawk (21 wks)

Helen Macdonald A memoir about a woman and her relationship with a hawk.

4 (9) Secret Garden: 20 Postcards (2 wks)

Johanna Basford A book of drawings for artists and gardeners.

5 (3) The Shepherd’s Life (11 wks)

James Rebanks This book is subtitled Modern Dispatches from an Ancient Landscape.

6 (4) The Brain’s Way of Healing (26 wks)

Norman Doidge This book is subtitled Remarkable Discoveries and Recoveries from the Frontiers of Neuroplasticity.

7 (8) Sapiens (24 wks)

Yuval Harari This book is subtitled A Brief History of Humankind.

8 (7) Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania (20 wks)

Erik Larson The bestselling author brings us an enthralling tale of the sinking of the Lusitania.

9 (10) On the Move: A Life (13 wks)

Oliver Sacks A memoir by neurologist Oliver Sacks.

10 (5) This Changes Everything (38 wks)

Naomi Klein This book is subtitled Capitalism versus the Climate, and is by the author of No Logo and The Shock Doctrine.