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Bay Area rankings for Feb. 26
HARDCOVER FICTION Bay Area
1. LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY
Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday, $29)
2. DEMON COPPERHEAD Barbara Kingsolver (Harper, $32.50)
3. TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW
Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf, $28)
4. VICTORY CITY
Salman Rushdie (Random House, $30)
5. HORSE
Geraldine Brooks (Viking, $28)
6. TRUST
Hernan Diaz (Riverhead Books, $28)
7. BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLD
Toshikazu Kawaguchi (Hanover Square Press, $19.99)
8. SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE *
Claire Keegan (Grove Press, $20)
9. BABEL
R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager, $27.99)
10. STONE BLIND
Natalie Hayes (Harper, $30)
NONFICTION Bay Area
1. SPARE
Prince Harry the Duke of Sussex (Random House, $36)
2. THE CREATIVE ACT: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin (Penguin Press, $32)
3. PALO ALTO: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World *
Malcolm Harris (Little, Brown, $36)
4. ATOMIC HABITS: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear (Avery, $27)
5. THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE
Charlie Mackesy (HarperOne, $22.99)
6. THE SONG OF THE CELL: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human *
Siddhartha Mukherjee (Scribner, $32.50)
7. I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED
Jennette McCurdy (Simon & Schuster, $27.99)
8. UNSCRIPTED: The Epic Battle for the Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy *
James B. Stewart, Rachel Abrams (Penguin Press, $32) 9. 8 RULES OF LOVE: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go
Jay Shetty (Simon & Schuster, $28.99)
10. AN IMMENSE WORLD: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us Ed Yong (Random House, $30)
PAPERBACK FICTION Bay Area
1. THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO
Taylor Jenkins Reid (Washington Square Press, $17)
2. THE MAID
Nita Prose (Ballantine, $18)
3. IT ENDS WITH US
Colleen Hoover (Atria, $16.99)
4. CLOUD CUCKOO LAND
Anthony Doerr (Scribner, $20)
5. DAISY JONES & THE SIX *
Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine, $17)
6. VIOLETA
Isabel Allende (Ballantine, $18)
7. THE SONGS OF ACHILLES Madeline Miller (Ecco, $17.99)
8. IT STARTS WITH US
Colleen Hoover (Atria, $17.99)
9. UNDER THE WHISPERING DOOR *
TJ Klune (Tor, $18.99)
10. KLARA AND THE SUN *
Kazuo Ishiguro (Vintage, $16.96)
NONFICTION Bay Area
1. CASTE: The Orgins of Our Discontents *
Isabel Wilkerson (Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20)
2. ALL ABOUT LOVE: New Visions
bell hooks (Morrow, $15.99)
3. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. (Penguin, $19)
4. BRAIDING SWEETGRASS: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed Editions, $20)
5. DOPAMINE NATION: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke (Dutton, $18)
6. ENTANGLED LIFE: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake (Random House, $18)
7. STOLEN FOCUS: Why You Can’t Pay Attention—and How to Think Deeply Again
Johann Hari (Crown, $18)
8. THESE PRECIOUS DAYS: Essays *
Ann Patchett (Harper Perennial, $18) 9. ALL THAT THE RAIN PROMISES AND MORE *
David Arora (Ten Speed Press, $17.99)
10. THE FOUR AGREEMENTS: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen, $12.95)
*New on list this week
Bay Area rankings based on sales in independent bookstores in the Bay Area during the week that ended Monday, Feb. 20. Rankings provided by the American Booksellers Association and Northern California Independent Booksellers Association.