The weeks bestselling books, March 24
The California Independent Booksellers AllianceMarch 20, 2024
Hardcover fiction1. The Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Press: $30) An intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.
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2. The Hunter by Tana French (Viking: $32) A taut tale of retribution and family set in the Irish countryside.
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3. North Woods by Daniel Mason (Random House: $28) A sweeping historical tale focused on a single house in the New England woods.
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4. Wandering Stars by Tommy Orange (Knopf: $29) Three generations of a family trace the legacy of the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 and the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.
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5. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (Riverhead: $28) The discovery of a skeleton in Pottstown, Pa., opens out to a story of integration and community.
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6. Until August by Gabriel Garca Mrquez, Anne McLean (Transl.), (Knopf: $22) The extraordinary rediscovered novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author
of Love in the Time of Cholera and One Hundred Years of Solitude
a moving tale of female desire and abandon.
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7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf: $28) Lifelong BFFs collaborate on a wildly successful video game.
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8. Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (Knopf: $28) An orphaned son of Iranian immigrants embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret.
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9. Maktub by Paulo Coelho (HarperOne: $25) An essential companion to the inspirational classic “The Alchemist,” filled with timeless stories of reflection and rediscovery.
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10. The Bee Sting by Paul Murray (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $30) A family comes apart, financially and otherwise, in post-crash Ireland.
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1. The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (Penguin: $32) The music producer’s guidance on how to be a creative person.
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2. Atomic Habits by James Clear (Avery: $27) The self-help expert’s guide to building good habits and breaking bad ones via tiny changes in behavior.
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3. The Wager by David Grann (Doubleday: $30) The story of the shipwreck of an 18th century British warship and a mutiny among the survivors.
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4. How to Know a Person
: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
by David Brooks (Random House: $30) The New York Times columnist explores the power of seeing and being seen.
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5. The House of Hidden Meanings by RuPaul (Dey Street Books: $30) A brutally honest new memoir from the pop culture icon.
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6. Burn Book by Kara Swisher (Simon & Schuster: $30) An accounting of the tech industry and its founders who wanted to change the world but broke it instead.
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7. Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley (MCD: $27) A deeply moving and suspenseful portrait of friendship and loss.
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8. Supercommunicators by Charles Duhigg (Random House: $30) An exploration of what makes conversations work.
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9. 3 Shades of Blue
: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
by James Kaplan (Penguin Press: $35)
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10. Hits, Flops, and Other Illusions by Ed Zwick (Gallery Books: $29) The filmmaker’s dishy, behind-the-scenes look at working with some of the biggest names in Hollywood.
6 Paperback fiction
1. Dune by Frank Herbert (Ace: $18)
2. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury: $19)
3. Happy Place by Emily Henry (Berkley: $19)
4. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (Anchor: $18)
5. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Penguin: $18)
6. Trust by Hernan Diaz (Riverhead: $17)
7. Horse by Geraldine Brooks (Penguin: $19)
8. Bride by Ali Hazelwood (Berkley: $19)
9. The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu (Tor: $19)
10. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone by Benjamin Stevenson (Mariner Books: $19)
Paperback nonfiction
- 1. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (Vintage: $18)
2. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (Vintage: $17)
3. The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition by Julia Cameron (TarcherPerigee: $19)
4. The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi (Picador: $20)
5. All About Love by bell hooks (Morrow: $17)
6. The Trump Indictments
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The Historic Charging Documents with Commentary
by Melissa Murray, Andrew Weissmann (Norton: $22)
7. The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk, M.D. (Penguin: $19)
8. The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (Vintage: $17)
9. Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton (Harper Perennial: $18)
- 10. Dinners With Ruth
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A Memoir on the Power of Friendships by
by Nina Totenberg (Simon & Schuster: $19)
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