BESTSELLERS
LOS ANGELES TIMES JAN. 27, 2019 Fiction
1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Dellia Owens (G.P. Putnam’s Sons: $26) A young woman living on her own in the coastal marshes of North Carolina must engage with the people around her.
2. There There by Tommy Orange (Knopf: $25.95) A powerful tale of contemporary Native American life. 3. My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh (Penguin Press: $26) A New Yorker deals with depression, relationships and an inept therapist.
4. The New Iberia Blues by James Lee Burke (Simon & Schuster: $27.99) Det. Robicheaux and his new partner investigate the death of a young woman by crucifixion.
5. Verses for the Dead by Douglas Preston (Grand Central: $28) Agent Pendergast and his partner track a killer who removes hearts and leaves handwritten letters.
6. Circe by Madeline Miller (Little, Brown: $27) A retelling of the story of Circe, who draws the wrath of both men and gods.
7. Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild by Dav Pilkey (Graphix : $9.99) A heroic hound and his pals work to prove his innocence for a crime he didn’t commit.
8. My Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite (Doubleday: $22.95) A nurse with a flair for cleaning helps cover up her sister’s habit of killing her boyfriends.
9. Fire & Blood by George R. R. Martin (Bantam: $35) The first volume of a two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros.
10. Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown:$29) Detectives Harry Bosch and Renne Ballard join forces to solve a cold case in Los Angeles. Nonfiction
1. Becoming by Michelle Obama (Crown: $32.35) The former first lady recounts her childhood in Chicago, meeting Barack and their years in the White House.
2. Be Fearless by Jean Case (Simon & Schuster: $25) A call to action for those seeking transformational change in their lives.
3. The Library Book by Susan Orlean (Simon & Schuster: $15) The story of the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Public Library.
4. Educated by Tara Westover (Random House: $28) A young woman raised without schooling by survivalists describes her path to Cambridge University.
5. The Life-Changing Magic of
Tidying Up by Marie Kondo (Ten Speed Press: $16.99) The cleaning guru’s method to decluttering your home and simplifying your life.
6. Hollywood's Eve by Lili Anolik (Scribner: $26) A secret history of Los Angeles as told by the notorious “it” girl turned writer during the 1960s art scene.
7. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a
F*ck by Mark Manson (Harper One: $24.99) How not being positive all the time will make us become happier people.
8. The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris (Penguin Press: $30) The senator from California discusses the role of leadership in challenging times.
9. Brief Answers to the Big
Questions by Stephen Hawking (Bantam: $25) Final thoughts on the biggest questions facing humankind from the late scientist and mathematician.
10. The Point of it All by Charles Krauthammer (Crown: $28) A collection of essays, speeches and unpublished writings by the late conservative columnist.