BESTSELLERS

MAY 19, 2019

Fiction

1. Normal (Hogarth: People $26) A by high Sally school Rooney star athlete and a loner connect while attending Dublin’s Trinity College.

2. 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 becomes a murder suspect.

3. Machines Like Me by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese: $26.95) A love triangle between a couple and a synthetic human set in an alternative 1980s London.

4. Diary of an Awesome Friendly

Kid by Jeff Kinney (Amulet: $13.99) Rowley Jefferson agrees to be the biographer for his best friend, Greg Heffley, while writing in a diary of his own.

5. Circe by Madeline Miller (Little, Brown: $27) A retelling of the story of Circe, who draws the wrath of both men and gods.

6. Past Tense by Lee Child (Delacorte: $28.99) Jack Reacher investigates the New England town where his father was born.

7. Dark Sacred Night by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown: $29) Detectives Harry Bosch and Renee Ballard join forces to solve a cold case in Los Angeles.

8. Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi (Henry Holt: $18.99) A fight to restore magic to the land of Orïsha.

9. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Balzer + Bray: $17.99) A 16-year-old girl witnesses the police shooting of her childhood friend.

10. Spy School British Invasion by Stuart Gibbs (Simon & Schuster: $17.99) Stranded in Mexico, spy school friends try to take down an evil organization.

Nonfiction

1. Educated by Tara Westover (Random House: $28) A young woman raised without schooling by survivalists describes her path to Cambridge University.

2. Working by Robert A. Caro (Knopf: $25) A brief look into the writing process of the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer.

3. The Library Book by Susan Orlean (Simon & Schuster: $28) The story of the 1986 fire at the Los Angeles Public Library.

4. Save Me the Plums by Ruth Reichl (Random House: $27) The former editor of Gourmet Magazine shares an insider account of the world of food culture.

5. Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Schmidt (HarperBusiness: $28.99) Management lessons from legendary coach and business executive Bill Campbell,

6. Nearing Ninety by Judith Viorst (Simon & Schuster: $17) A new poetry collection focuses on what it means to be an impending nonagenarian.

7. The Moment of Lift by Melinda Gates (Flatiron: $26.99) The philanthropist shares stories of empowering women to improve society.

8. Life Will Be the Death of Me by Chelsea Handler (Spiegel & Grau: $27) A presidential election, her brother’s death and a midlife crisis, fuel the new memoir from the author and comedian.

9. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson (HarperOne: $24.99) How not being positive all the time will make us become happier people.

10. The Second Mountain by David Brooks (Random House: $28) How to lead a meaningful life in a self-centered world.