BESTSELLERS
LOS ANGELES TIMES JULY 30, 2017
Fiction
1. House of Spies by Daniel Silva (Harper: $28.99) Israeli art restorer and spy Gabriel Allon hunts down a shadowy ISIS terrorist.
2. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles (Viking: $27) In 1922, a Russian count is sentenced to house arrest in a hotel for the rest of his life. 3. The Land of Stories: Worlds Collide by Chris Colfer (Little, Brown: $19.99) Fairy tale characters and the human world collide. 4. The Force by Don Winslow (William Morrow: $27.99) A dirty New York cop on the force’s gang unit crosses the line. 5. Camino Island by John Grisham (Doubleday: $28.95) A Florida bookstore owner, a struggling novelist and a heist from Princeton on a collision course. 6. The Ministry of Utmost Happiness by Arundhati Roy (Knopf: $28.95) An intergenerational story of love and hope that crosses the Indian subcontinent. 7. Do Not Become Alarmed by Maile Meloy (Riverhead: $27) Two American families on a holiday cruise lose their children when they go ashore in Central America. 8. Wonder by R.J. Palacio (Knopf: $16.99) The trials and triumphs of a 10-year-old boy starting school for the first time. 9. Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz (Harper: $27.99) A murder mystery about a man who writes Agatha Christie-style murder mysteries. 10. The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson (Morrow: $35) Quantum physics meets practical magic in this farcical sci-fi fantasy.
Nonfiction
1. Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil Degrasse Tyson (Norton: $18.95) A quick and easy introduction to the cosmos from the astrophysicist. 2. Hillbilly (Harper:Marine and Elegy $27.99)Yale by Law The J.D. School formerVance graduate’spoor in a white account working-classof growing up 3. neighborhood.Al by Franken,Al Franken Giant (Twelve:of the $28) Senate The senator memoir fromof his Minnesota’ssurprising evolutionLive” comedianfrom “Saturdayto serious Night politician 4. The F*ck Subtleby Mark Art Mansonof Not Giving a (HarperOne:stopping to try $24.99)to be positiveHow all the time will make us become better, happier people. 5. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics by Carlo Rovelli (Riverhead: $18) An introduction to modern physics. 6. Theft by Finding: Diaries (1977-2002) by David Sedaris (Little, Brown: $28) The early years of the private diaries of the popular humorist. 7. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me by Sherman Alexie (Little, Brown: $28) A powerful memoir about the author’s childhood near Spokane and his troubled relationship with his mother. 8. Make Your Bed by William H. McRaven (Grand Central: $18) A graduation speech from Adm. William H. McRaven at the University of Texas. 9. Dangerous by Milo Yiannopoulos (Dangerous Books: $30) The alt-right provocateur criticizes political correctness.
10. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah (Spiegel & Grau: $28) The comedian and host of “The Daily Show” recounts the challenges of growing up mixed-race under apartheid in South Africa.