BESTSELLERS
LOS ANGELES TIMES APRIL 8, 2018
Fiction
1. Little Celeste Fires Ng Everywhere (Penguin Press: by $27) A new family and an adoption upend a quiet Cleveland suburb. 2. The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn (Morrow: $26.99) A twisted tale featuring a Manhattan recluse who spies on her neighbors. 3. An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (Algonquin: $26.95) A marriage is put to the test after the husband is wrongly imprisoned. 4. The Punishment She Deserves by Elizabeth George (Viking: $28) Detectives investigate the death of a deacon accused of a serious crime in a historic medieval town in England. 5. The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s: $28.99) A family discovers it is in peril after the father moves them to Alaska. 6. The Sparsholt Affair by Alan Hollinghurst (Knopf: $28.95) The winner of the Man Booker Prize explores complex relationships between fathers and sons spanning seven decades in England. 7. Islandborn by Junot Diaz (Dial: $17.99) A little girl uses the magic of memories and imagination to recall the island where she was born. 8. The Temptation of Forgiveness by Donna Leon (Atlantic Monthly Press: $26) Commissario Guido Brunetti uncovers a longstanding scam and troubles for a family friend. 9. Chicago by David Mamet (Custom House: $26.99) The playwright’s first novel in 20 years hearkens back to Prohibition-era mobsters and newspapermen. 10. The Power by Naomi Alderman (Little, Brown: $26) Women’s bodies become deadly weapons in this dystopian novel.
Nonfiction
1. Russian Roulette by Michael Isikoff & David Corn (Twelve: $30) Inside the investigation of President Trump’s campaign’s ties to Russia. 2. I’ve Been Thinking by Maria Shriver (Pamela Dorman Books: $20) The journalist shares bits of wisdom and inspiration on living a meaningful life. 3. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a
F*ck by Mark Manson (HarperOne: $24.99) How stopping to try to be positive all the time will make us become better, happier people. 4. I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara (Harper: $27.99) The years-long search for the Golden State Killer from the late wife of actor Patton Oswalt. 5. Educated by Tara Westover (Random House: $28) A young woman raised without schooling by survivalist parents describes her path to Cambridge University. 6. Secret Empires by Peter Schweizer (Harper: $28.99) What politicians do to enrich themselves and friends while in office. 7. 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson (Random House: $25.95) A hard-line, self-help manual of self-reliance and good behavior. 8. Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker (Viking: $35) A case for reason, science, progress and fact-based argument to revive values of enlightenment. 9. After/Image by Lynell George (Angel City Press: $30) Essays, photographs, and reportage reflecting on the past and present of Los Angeles. 10. Sapiens by Yuval Norah Harari (Harper: $35) An examination of humanity’s creation and evolution.