Houston Chronicle Sunday

BESTSELLER­S

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FICTION

1. Hell Bent By Leigh Bardugo. The second book in the “Alex Stern” series. Alex risks her future at Lethe and Yale to get Darlington out of purgatory.

2. The House of Wolves

By James Patterson and Mike Lupica. After her father is murdered, Jenny Wolf becomes the head of a powerful family in California.

3. Lessons in Chemistry

By Bonnie Garmus. A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.

4. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

By Gabrielle Zevin. Two friends find their partnershi­p challenged in the world of video-game design.

5. The House in the Pines

By Ana Reyes. Seven years after witnessing her best friend drop dead, Maya returns to her Berkshires hometown to piece together what happened.

6. Demon Copperhead

By Barbara Kingsolver. A reimaginin­g of Charles Dickens’ “David Copperfiel­d” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

7. The Boys From Biloxi

By John Grisham. Two childhood friends follow in their fathers’ footsteps, which puts them on opposite sides of the law.

8. Fairy Tale

By Stephen King. A high school kid inherits a shed that is a portal to another world where good and evil are at war.

9. Without a Trace

By Danielle Steel. Charles Vincent meets someone who ignites his passion and must decide whether to walk away from his perfect-from-the-outside life. 10. Mad Honey

By Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan. After returning to her hometown, Olivia McAfee’s son is accused of killing his crush.

NONFICTION

1. Spare

By Prince Harry. The Duke of Sussex details his struggles with the royal family, loss of his mother, service in the British army and marriage to Meghan Markle.

2. The Light We Carry

By Michelle Obama. The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.

3. I’m Glad My Mom Died

By Jennette McCurdy. The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationsh­ip with her mother.

4. The Nazi Conspiracy

By Brad Meltzer and Josh Mensch. The story of a Nazi plot to kill President Roosevelt, Josef Stalin and Winston Churchill.

5. An Immense World

By Ed Yong. Science writer explains the sensory perception­s and ways of communicat­ion used by a variety of animals.

6. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

By Matthew Perry. “Friends” actor shares stories from his childhood and his struggles with sobriety.

7. The Revolution­ary

By Stacy Schiff. Biographer details Samuel Adams’ contributi­ons to the American Revolution.

8. The Myth of Normal

By Gabor Maté with Daniel Maté. The potential ways in which trauma and stress from modern-day living can affect our physical health.

9. The Song of the Cell

By Siddhartha Mukherjee. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author chronicles the discovery of cells and describes how modern medicine uses them.

10. Good for a Girl

By Lauren Fleshman. The champion distance runner chronicles her journey in sports and articulate­s obstacles for female athletes.

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