Hardcover fiction
1. Interlude by Sally Rooney (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $29) Two grieving brothers come to terms with their history and the people they love.
2. Playground by Richard Powers (WW Norton & Co.: $30) The novel set in the Pacific Ocean explores one of the last wild places we have yet to colonize.
3. James by Percival Everett (Doubleday: $28) An action-packed reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”
4. On all fours by Miranda July (Riverhead Books: $29) A woman turns her domestic life upside down in this irreverent and tender novel.
5. The impossible life by Matt Haig (Viking: $30) A retired math teacher reconciles with her past after giving away a dilapidated house on a Mediterranean island.
6. We solve murders by Richard Osman (Pamela Dorman Books: $30) The author of “The Thursday Murder Club” returns with a new cast of characters in a wild new mystery.
7. Tell me everything by Elizabeth Strout (Random House: $30) A return to the town of Crosby, Maine, and its colorful characters.
8. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Riverhead Books: $30) Two worlds collide when a teenage girl disappears from her summer camp in the Adirondacks.
9. Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Press: $30) An intimate portrait of coming of age in dangerous times.
10. Color television by Danzy Senna (Riverhead Books: $29) A Los Angeles novelist gets the opportunity to capitalize on her mixed-race background in this very funny Hollywood takedown.
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Hardcover nonfiction
1. Be ready when luck hits by Ina Garten (Crown: $34) The Barefoot Contessa shares the story of her rise in the food world.
2. The message by Ta-Nehisi Coates (One World: $30) The National Book Award winner travels to three sites of conflict to explore how the stories we tell, and the stories we don’t tell, shape our realities.
3. Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari (Random House: $35) How the flow of information has shaped us and our world throughout the centuries.
4. Revenge of the tipping point by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown & Co.: $32) The bestselling author reframes the lessons of his first book 25 years later.
5. On freedom by Timothy Snyder (Crown: $32) An exploration of freedom from the Yale historian and author.
6. The creative act by Rick Rubin (Penguin Press: $32) Advice from the music producer on how to be a creative person.
7. The Coming Golden Age by David Jeremiah (Thomas Nelson: $30) A guide to the second coming of Christ written by a Bible teacher and pastor.
8. Something lost, something gained by Hillary Rodham Clinton (Simon & Schuster: $30) A candid reflection on life, love and politics from the former first lady, secretary of state and presidential candidate.
9. Do you want by Gillian Anderson (Abrams Press: $28) The actor features anonymous letters from women around the world about their secret desires.
10. Connie by Connie Chung (Grand Central Publishing: $33) A behind-the-scenes look at the legendary journalist’s pioneering rise to television news.
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Pocket fiction
1. Copperhead Demon by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper Vivace: $22)
2. Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Vintage: $19)
3. Fourth wing by Rebecca Yarros (Entangled: Red Tower Books: $21)
4. The bee sting by Paul Murray (Picador: $20)
5. North Woods by Daniel Mason (Random House Trade Paperback: $18)
6. The cleaning lady by Freida McFadden (Grand Central: $13)
7. The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (Penguin Books: $18)
8. The Maniac by Benjamin Labatut (Penguin Books: $18)
9. My brilliant friend by Elena Ferrante (Editions Europa: $17)
10. The best news 2024 by Amor Towles, Jenny Minton Quigley (editors) (Vintage: $19)
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Paperback nonfiction
1. The chronicles of backyard birds by Amy Tan (button: $35)
2. The body keeps score by Dr. Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin Books: $19)
3. Lookalike by Naomi Klein (Picador: $20)
4. All about love by bell hooks (Tomorrow: $17)
5. The artist’s way by Julia Cameron (Tarcher Périgée: $20)
6. The art thief by Michael Finkel (Vintage: $18)
7. How to listen by Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.) (Parallax Press: $10)
8. The mysterious case of Rudolf Diesel by Douglas Brunt (Atria Books: $20)
9. The four agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen: $13)
10. Dopamine Nation by Dr. Anna Lembke (Dutton: $20)
