BESTSELLERS
LOS ANGELES TIMES MARCH 26, 2017 Fiction
1. Lincoln in the Bardo by George 4 Saunders (Random House: $28) President Lincoln grieves the loss of his son and is haunted by ghosts.
2. Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman 6 (Norton: $25.95) A reimagining of the great Norse tales of Thor and the other gods.
3. Exit West by Mohsin Hamid 1 (Riverhead: $26) Two refugees begin a romance and find home with the help of magical realism.
4. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor 27 Towles (Viking: $27) In 1922, a Russian count is sentenced to house arrest in a grand hotel for the rest of his life.
5. The Refugees by Viet Thanh 5 Nguyen (Grove Press: $25) A collection of short stories exploring immigration, identity, love and family.
6. Wonder by R.J. Palacio (Knopf: 135 $16.99) The trials and triumphs of a 10-year-old boy starting school for the first time.
7. Rad Women Worldwide by Kate 5 Schatz (Ten Speed Press: $15.99) An illustrated collection of 40 diverse profiles of females who shaped the world.
8. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double 19 Down by Jeff Kinney (Abrams: $13.95) Greg and Rowley try to make a scary movie after finding an old video camera.
9. The Girl Before by J.P. Delaney 6 (Ballantine: $27) A sadistic architect builds a modern house that controls its female inhabitants.
10. A Horse Walks Into a Bar by 1 David Grossman (Knopf: $25.95) A novel about an outrageous Israeli standup comedian.
Nonfiction
1. South and West by Joan Didion 1 (Knopf: $21) Excerpts from the author’s unpublished notebooks from a Southern road trip and Patty Hearst’s trial. 2. Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance 30 (Harper: $27.99) The investment banker’s account of growing up poor in Appalachia. 3. Portraits of Courage by George 2 W. Bush (Crown: $35) Paintings and stories of America’s military veterans by former President George W. Bush.
4. Dear Ijeawele by Chimamanda 1 Ngozi Adichie (Knopf: $15) A feminist manifesto in 15 suggestions about raising girls to become a strong, independent women.
5. Blitzed by Norman Ohler 1 (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt: $28) A look at drugs in Nazi Germany, particularly the Third Reich’s use of methamphetamines. 6. The Book of Joy by Archbishop 23 Desmond Tutu and the Dalai Lama (Avery: $26) The spiritual leaders share their wisdom. 7. Homo Deus by Yuval Noah Harari 3 (Harper: $35) A look into the future of humanity by the author of “Sapiens.”
8. High Noon by Glenn Frankel 2 (Bloomsbury: $28) The making of the Oscar winning, classic Western during the height of the Hollywood blacklist. 9. When Breath Becomes Air by 48 Paul Kalanithi (Random House: $25) A posthumously published memoir by a young neurosurgeon faced with a terminal cancer.
10. Killing the Rising Sun by Bill 25 O’Reilly & Martin Dugard (Holt: $30) The battles with Japan in the Pacific during WWII and the decision to drop the atomic bomb.