hardcover novel
1. Interlude by Sally Rooney (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $29) Two grieving brothers come to terms with their history and their loved ones.
2. Playground By Richard Powers (WW Norton & Co.: $30) Set in the Pacific, this novel explores one of the last wild places we have yet to colonize.
3. James Author: Percival Everett (Doubleday: $28) An action-packed retelling of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”
4. All four by Miranda July (Riverhead Books: $29) A woman shakes up her family life in this irreverent and tender novel.
5. The Impossible Life by Matt Haig (Viking: $30) A retired math teacher comes to terms with his past after being gifted an old house on a Mediterranean island.
6. We solve murders By Richard Osman (Pamela Dorman Books: $30) The author of “Thursday Murder Club” returns with a new cast of characters in a new daredevil mystery.
7. Tell me everything by Elizabeth Strout (Random House: $30) A return to the town of Crosby, Maine and its colorful characters.
8. God of the Forest by Liz Moore (Riverhead Books: $30) Two worlds collide when a teenage girl disappears from an Adirondacks summer camp.
9. Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Press: $30) An intimate portrait of coming of age in perilous times.
10. Color television by Danzy Senna (Riverhead Books: $29) An L.A. novelist gets a chance to cash in on his biracial background in this wildly hilarious Hollywood takedown.
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Hardcover Nonfiction
1. Prepare for good luck by Ina Garten (Crown: $34) Barefoot Contessa shares the story of her rise in the food world.
2. Message by Ta-Nehisi Coates (One World: $30) The National Book Award winner travels to three conflict sites to explore how the stories we tell and the stories we don’t tell shape our reality.
3. Nexus Yuval Noah Harari (Random House: $35) How flows of information have shaped us and our world over the centuries.
4. Revenge of the Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown & Co.: $32) The bestselling author reimagines the lessons of his first book 25 years later.
5. About freedom Author: Timothy Snyder (Crown: $32) A quest for freedom from a Yale historian and author.
6. Creation law By Rick Rubin (Penguin Press: $32) A music producer’s guide to becoming creative.
7. The coming golden age Author: David Jeremiah (Thomas Nelson: $30) A guide to the second coming of Christ from a Bible teacher and pastor.
8. What is lost, what is gained By Hillary Rodham Clinton (Simon & Schuster: $30) Honest reflections on the life, loves, and politics of former first lady, secretary of state, and presidential candidate.
9. want By Gillian Anderson (Abrams Press: $28) The actor presents anonymous letters from women around the world about their secret wishes.
10. Connie By Connie Chung (Grand Central Publishing: $33) A behind-the-scenes look at the legendary journalist’s pioneering rise in TV news.
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paperback novel
1. Demon Copperhead By Barbara Kingsolver (Harper Perennial: $22)
2. Tomorrow, tomorrow, and tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Vintage: $19)
3. Fourth wing By Rebecca Yarros (Entangled: Red Tower Books: $21)
4. Bee sting Written by: Paul Murray (Picador: $20)
5. North Forest By Daniel Mason (Random House Trade Paperbacks: $18)
6. Maid By Freida McFadden (Grand Central: $13)
7. Thursday Murder Club Author: Richard Osman (Penguin Books: $18)
8. Madman By Benjamin Labatut (Penguin Books: $18)
9. My wonderful friend By Elena Ferrante (Europa Editions: $17)
10. Best short stories of 2024 By Amor Towles, Jenny Minton Quigley (Editor) (Vintage: $19)
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Book non-fiction
1. Backyard Bird Chronicles Written by Amy Tan (Knopf: $35)
2. Your body keeps score By Dr. Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin Books: $19)
3. Doppelganger by Naomi Klein (Picador: $20)
4. It’s all about love By Bell Hook (Tomorrow: $17)
5. The path of an artist Posted by Julia Cameron (TarcherPerigee: $20)
6. Art Thief By Michael Finkel (Vintage: $18)
7. How to listen By Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illustrated) (Parallax Press: $10)
8. The mysterious case of Rudolph Diesel By Douglas Brunt (Atria Books: $20)
9. Four Agreements By Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen: $13)
10. Dopamine State By Dr. Anna Lembke (Dutton: $20)