SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE BEST-SELLERS

Bay Area rankings for Jan. 1

HARDCOVER

FICTION Bay Area

1. DEMON COPPERHEAD

Barbara Kingsolver (Harper, $32.50)

2. LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY

Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday, $29)

3. A WORLD OF CURIOSITIES

Louise Penny (Minotaur, $29.99)

4. HORSE

Geraldine Brooks (Viking, $28)

5. TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW

Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf, $28)

6. THE PASSENGER

Cormac McCarthy (Knopf, $30)

7. TRUST

Hernan Diaz (Riverhead Books, $28)

8. STELLA MARIS

Cormac McCarthy (Knopf, $26)

9. BABEL *

R. F. Kuang (Harper Voyager, $27.99)

10. SEA OF TRANQUILITY *

Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf, $25)

NONFICTION Bay Area

1. THE LIGHT WE CARRY: Overcoming in Uncertain Times

Michelle Obama (Crown, $32.50) 2. AN IMMENSE WORLD: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us

Ed Yong (Random House, $30) 3. WHAT IF? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions

Randall Munroe (Riverhead Books, $30)

4. GO-TO DINNERS: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook

Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter, $35)

5. THE SONG OF THE CELL: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human

Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner, $32.50)

6. A BOOK OF DAYS

Patti Smith (Random House, $28.99)

7. THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODERN SONG Bob Dylan (Simon & Schuster, $45)

8. I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED

Jennette McCurdy (Simon & Schuster, $27.99)

9. SURRENDER: 40 Songs, One Story

Bono (Knopf, $34)

10. DINNER IN ONE: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals

Melissa Clark (Clarkson Potter, $29.99)

PAPERBACK

FICTION Bay Area

1. CUCKOO CLOUD LAND

Anthony Doerr (Scribner, $20)

2. CIRCE

Madeline Miller (Back Bay, $16.99) 3. THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO

Taylor Jenkins Reid (Washington Square Press, $17) 4. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES 2022

Andrew Sean Greer, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.) (Mariner, $17.99)

5. THE SONGS OF ACHILLES

Madeline Miller (Ecco, $17.99)

6. THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB

Richard Osman (Penguin, $17)

7. IT ENDS WITH US

Colleen Hoover (Atria, $16.99) 8. PROJECT HAIL MARY Andy Weir (Ballantine, $20)

9. THE SENTENCE

Louise Erdrich (Harper Perennial, $18) 10. THE MINISTRY FOR THE FUTURE *

Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit, $18.99)

NONFICTION Bay Area

1. BRAIDING SWEETGRASS: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed Editions, $20)

2. ALL ABOUT LOVE: New Visions

bell hooks (Morrow, $15.99)

3. ALL ABOUT ME!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business

Mel Brooks (Ballantine, $20)

4. FUZZ: When Nature Breaks the Law

Mary Roach (Norton, $16.95)

5. THESE PRECIOUS DAYS: Essays

Ann Patchett (Harper Perennial, $18)

6. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma

Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. (Penguin, $19)

7. ENTANGLED LIFE: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

Merlin Sheldrake (Random House, $18) 8. THE COASTS OF CALIFORNIA: A California Field Atlas

Obi Kaufmann (Heyday Books, $55) 9. SPIRITS OF SAN FRANCISCO: Voyages Through the Unknown City

Gary Kamiya, Paul Madonna (Illus.) (Bloomsbury Publishing, $18)

10. THE 2023 OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

Old Farmer’s Almanac (Old Farmer’s Almanac, $8.95) * New on list this week

Bay Area rankings based on sales in independent bookstores in the Bay Area during the week that ended Monday, Dec. 26. Rankings provided by the American Booksellers Association and Northern California Independent Booksellers Association.