BEST ON THE SHELF

FICTION

1 (2) Barkskins: A Novel (2 Annie wks) Proulx 2 (1) End of Watch: A Novel (3 wks) Stephen King 3 (3) The Noise of Time (7 wks) Julian Barnes Examines a musician’s life in Communist Russia. 4 (6) The High Mountains of Portugal: A Novel (21 wks) Yann Martel This is a new novel by the author of Life of Pi. 5 (5) Children of Earth and Sky (7 wks) Guy Gavriel Kay The latest magical history by the author of Under Heaven. 6 (9) Homegoing (2 wks) Yaa Gyasi A novel that sweeps through 300 years in Ghana. 7 (7) A Hero of France: A Novel (4 wks) Alan Furst 8 (4) The Girls: A Novel (2 wks) Emma Cline This is a debut novel about a group of teenage girls 9 (-) Everyone Brave is Forgiven (6 wks) Chris Cleave 10 (13) The Course of Love (2 wks) Alain De Botton

NON-FICTION

1 (1) When Breath Becomes Air (23 wks) Paul Kalanithi & Abraham Verghese A young neurosurgeon faces a terminal diagnosis. 2 (3) The Rainbow Comes and Goes (12 wks) Anderson Cooper & Gloria Vanderbilt This book is subtitled: A Mother and Son On Life, Love, and Loss. 3 (5) Tribe: Homecoming and Belonging (3 wks) Sebastian Junger This book takes a critical look at post-traumatic stress disorder. 4 (2) The Gene: An Intimate History (6 wks) Siddhartha Mukherjee A look at our genes. 5 (4) The View from the Cheap Seats (4 wks) Neil Gaiman Selected pieces of non-fiction. 6 (6) Dark Money (19 wks) Jane Mayer 7 (7) The Idea of Canada (9 wks) David Johnston 8 (-) Grunt (1 wk) Mary Roach 9 (10) The Reason You Walk (39 wks) Wab Kinew A moving story of father-son reconciliation told by a charismatic aboriginal star. 10 (13) Gratitude (26 wks) Oliver Sacks

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