BESTSELLERS

LOS ANGELES TIMES JAN. 10, 2016

Fiction

1. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Scribner: $27) A blind French girl and a German teen struggle in occupied France during World War II.

2. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Riverhead: $26.95) A London commuter is a witness in a woman’s disappearance in this psychological thriller.

3. The Japanese Lover by Isabel Allende (Atria: $28) A Jewish woman in San Francisco has a doomed lifelong affair set amid major crises of the 20th century.

4. Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham (Doubleday: $28.95) An unorthodox lawyer working out of a van defends the riffraff of society.

5. Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff (Riverhead: $27.95) Secrets and lies between a husband and wife over a two-decade, seemingly perfect marriage.

6. Purity by Jonathan Franzen (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $28) A struggling college graduate is involved in a WikiLeaks-style group run by a charismatic guru.

7. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School by Jeff Kinney (Abrams: $13.95) Greg struggles to survive when his town unplugs and goes electronics free.

8. Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee (Harper: $27.99) A grown up Scout reveals a darker side of Maycomb 20 years after events in “To Kill a Mockingbird.” 9. Magnus Chase and the Gods of

Asgard by Rick Riordan (Hyperion: $19.99) A troubled kid learns he is the son of a Norse god intent on creating doomsday.

10. The Crossing by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown: $28) Retired Det. Harry Bosch reluctantly takes on a case involving his half brother’s client.

Nonfiction

1. The Tidying Life-ChangingUp by Marie Magic Kondo of (Ten Speedguide to Press: decluttering $16.99) yourA guru’s home and simplifying your life.

2. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel & Grau: $24) The hazards and hopes of black male life.

3. Thing Explainer by Randall Munroe (Houghton Mifflin: $24.95) Common words and drawings explain and simplify how things work and why.

4. H is for Hawk by Helen MacDonald (Grove Press: $26) Mourning the death of her father, a falconer resolves to train a goshawk.

5. M Train by Patti Smith (Knopf: $25) A collection of vignettes ruminating and reflecting on life, travels, coffee and mortality.

6. The Notorious RBG by Irin Carmon and Shana Knizhnik (Dey Street: $19.99) The life of the Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg inspired by a law student’s blog.

7. Killing Reagan by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard (Henry Holt: $30) The rise of Ronald Reagan from actor to president and his assassin attempt.

8. S.P.Q.R. by Mary Beard (Liveright: $35) A lively new history of the Roman Empire from classicist Mary Beard. 9. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli

Pirates by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger (Sentinel: $27.95) The little-known U.S. war against the Barbary pirates in 1801.

10. Destiny and Power by Jon Meacham (Random House: $35) An intimate portrait on the life of George Herbert Walker Bush.