hardcover fiction
1. James by Percival Everett (Doubleday: $28) An action-packed reimagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
2. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (Farrar, Strauss, Giroux: $29) Two grieving brothers come to terms with their history and their loved ones.
3. On All Fours by Miranda July (Riverhead Books: $29) A woman transforms her family life in this irreverent and tender novel.
4. Small Things Like These by Claire Keegan (Grove Press: $20) During the 1985 Christmas season, a coal merchant in an Irish village makes a troubling discovery.
5. The City and Its Uncertain Walls by Haruki Murakami (Knopf: $35) A love story and an ode to books and the libraries that house them.
6. The Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Press: $30) An intimate portrait of coming of age in dangerous times.
7. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Riverhead Books: $30) Two worlds collide when a teenager disappears from an Adirondack summer camp.
8. Martyrs! by Kaveh Akbar (Knopf: $28) An Iranian immigrant orphan sets out to discover his family’s secrets.
9. The Playground by Richard Powers (WW Norton & Co.: $30) Set in the Pacific, this novel explores one of the last truly unexplored places.
10. The Wedding People by Alison Espach (Henry Holt & Co.: $29) Unexpected wedding guests receive surprise help on their new journey.
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hardcover nonfiction
1. Be Ready When the Luck Happens by Ina Garten (Crown: $34) Barefoot Contessa tells the story of her rise in the food world.
2. Cher by Cher (Dey Street Books: $36) The superstar reveals her true story in the first of a two-part memoir.
3. The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (illustrator) (Scribner: $20) Author of “Braiding Sweetgrass,” about gratitude, reciprocity, community, and lessons from the natural world.
4. Patriot by Alexei Navalny (Knopf $35) The memoir of an opposition leader who paid the ultimate price.
5. A Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Oneworld: $30) The National Book Award winner travels to three conflict zones to explore how the stories we tell and the stories we don’t tell shape our reality. .
6. Didion and Babitz by Lili Anolik (Scribe: $30) Eve Babitz’s diary-like letters provide a window into her fellow literary giant Joan Didion.
7. Revenge of the Turning Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown, Inc.: $32) The bestselling author reframes the lessons of his first book 25 years later.
8. Carson the Magnificent by Bill Zehme (Simon & Schuster: $30) A 20-year-in-the-making biography of the entertainer who redefined late-night television and reshaped American culture.
9. The Wager by David Grann (Doubleday: $30) The story of an 18th-century British warship shipwreck and the survivors’ rebellion.
10. The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides (Doubleday: $35) The epic story of Captain James Cook’s final voyage.
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paperback fiction
1. Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Grove Press: $17)
2. “Demon Copperhead” by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper Perennial: $22)
3. “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow” by Gabriel Zevin (Vintage: $19)
4. North Woods by Daniel Mason (Random House Trade Paperback: $18)
5. “Project Hail Mary” by Andy Weir (Ballantine’s: $20)
6. The Best American Short Stories 2024 by Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (editors) (Mariner Books: $20)
7. My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante (European version: $17)
8. The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters (Catapult: $18)
9. The Hunter by Tana French (Penguin: $19)
10. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yaros (Entangled: Red Tower Books: $21)
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paperback nonfiction
1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan (Knopf: $35)
2. “On Tyranny” by Timothy Snyder (Prize: $12)
3. “The Art Thief” by Michael Finkel (Vintage: $18)
4. Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe (Vintage: $20)
5. All the Beauty in the World by Patrick Bringley (Simon & Schuster: $19)
6. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed Edition: $20)
7. All About Love by Bell Hooks (Tomorrow: $17)
8. World Travel by Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever (Ecco: $22)
9. “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron (TarcherPerigee: $20)
10. Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey (Crown: $20)
