Houston Chronicle Sunday

BESTSELLER­S

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FICTION

1. 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.

2. The Cabinet of Dr. Leng By Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The 21st book in the “Pendergast” series. Constance Greene travels back in time to prevent the deaths of her siblings.

3. 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.

4. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

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

5. How to Sell a Haunted House

By Grady Hendrix. After her parents die, Louise encounters more than she expected in dealing with the family home.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. The Boys From Biloxi

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

9. Demon Copperhead

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

10. 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.

NONFICTION

1. Spare

By Prince Harry. The Duke of Sussex details struggles with the royal family, the loss of his mother 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. The Nazi Conspiracy

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

4. I’m Glad My Mom Died

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

5. Straight Shooter By Stephen A. Smith. The ESPN analyst recounts the highs and lows of his life and career.

6. Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

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

7. Master Slave Husband Wife

By Ilyon Woo. In 1848, Ellen Craft, disguised as a disabled white man, and her husband, William, posing as that man’s slave, achieved freedom only to have to flee again.

8. An Immense World

By Ed Yong. The Pulitzer Prizewinni­ng science writer explains the sensory perception­s and ways of communicat­ion used by a variety of animals.

9. Rough Sleepers

By Tracy Kidder. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author chronicles Jim O’Connell’s work to provide medical care to Boston’s unhoused population.

10. Crying in H Mart

By Michelle Zauner. The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

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