1. A Kid from Marlboro Road, by Edward Burns (signed copies)
2. The City in Glass, by Nghi Vo (Boswell October 10 event)
3. Intermezzo, by Sally Rooney
4. Candy and Crow V3, by Kevin Hearne (signed copies)
5. The Mighty Red, by Louise Erdrich (UWM October 28 ticketed event)
6. Tell Me Everything, by Elizabeth Strout
7. We Solve Murders, by Richard Osman
8. Playground, by Richard Powers
9. Somewhere Beyond the Sea V2, by TJ Klune
10. The Drowned V6, by John Banville
Whereas John Banville at one time wrote his crime fiction under the name Benjamin Black, the latest Detective Inspector Spofford installment, The Drowned, is under the Banville name. Depending on how you organize the series, it's either #6 or #4. From Kirkus: "As for the mystery at the heart of the book: Banville remains a master of suspense; it's not easy to stop turning the pages until the novel's genuinely surprising end. This is yet another fine thriller from an author at the top of his game. Excellent writing and a clever plot make this one stand out."
1. The Message, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
2. Be Ready When the Luck Happens, by Ina Garten
3. Revenge of the Tipping Point, by Malcolm Gladwell
4. Defectors, by Paola Ramos
5. Abortion, by Jessica Valenti
6. Does This Taste Funny, by Stephen Colbert and Evie M Colbert
7. The Barn, by Wright Thompson
8. The Demon of Unrest, by Erik Larson
9. Connie, by Connie Chung
10. Upworthy Good People, by Gabriel Reilich
Top debut this week is The Message, the latest from Ta-Nehisi Coates, whose Between the World and Me never went into paperback, and if it ever does, it will likely be the same price as the hardcover. The book has four raves, a positive, a mixed, and a pan on BookMarks.
1. Ink and Sigil V1, by Kevin Hearne
2. Demon Copperhead, by Barbara Kingsolver
3. North Woods, by Daniel Mason
4. Cascade Failure, by LM Sagas
5. The Boyfriend, by Frieda McFadden
6. Hampton Heights, by Dan Kois
7. Paper and Blood V2, by Kevin Hearne
8. Close Call, by Kim Suhr (Boswell October 9 event)
9. Austerlitz, by WG Sebald
10. Mistborn V1, by Brandon Sanderson
What do you know? North Woods is an acclaimed literary novel that is released in paperback 12 months after the hardcover. It feels like it's so uncommon nowadays - everything seems to be either faster or much slower. Or not at all. It was on the ten-best list of both The New York Times and The Washington Post.
1. Brian Friel: Beginnings, by Kelly Matthews
2. While You Were Out, by Meg Kissinger
3. How Not to Be Wrong, by Jordan Ellenberg (UWM October 16 event)
4. Random Acts of Medicine, by Anupam B Jena and Christopher Worsham
5. Unruly, by David Mitchell
6. Master Slave Husband Wife, by Ilyon Woo
7. Trail of the Lost, by Andrea Lankford
8. Time's Echo, by Jeremy Eichler
9. Solito, by Javier Zamora
10. The Art Thief, by Michael Finkel
I continue to champion Random Acts of Medicine: The Hidden Forces That Sway Doctors, Impact Patients, and Shape Our Health, but sometimes my talks land better than others. Something I said this week hit the nail on the head, but will I remember whatever it was the next time I am speaking? Probably not. It's got blurbs from Steven Leavitt and Cass Sunstein.
1. The Last Dragon on Mars, by Scott Reintgen
2. Giving Good, by Aaron Boyd (signed copies)
3. The World Is Awaiting You, by Marianne Richmond, illustrations by Sally Garland
4. Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody, by Patrick Ness, illustrations by Tim Miller
5. Everything We Never Had, by Randy Ribay (signed copies)
6. A Magic Fierce and Bright, by Hemant Nayak (signed copies)
7. The Wrath of the Triple Goddess V7, by Rick Riordan
8. The Wild Robot, by Peter Brown
9. Spooky Lakes, by Geo Rutherford (Boswell October 19 event)
10. Impossible Creatures, by Katherine Rundell
We had several authors visiting schools this week. Scott Reintgen, author of The Last Dragon on Mars, is best known for YA, but as much as we're seeing YA writers writing adult fiction, Reintgen is one of three sets of authors we worked with (the others are Patrick Ness and Ruta Sepetys) who moved to middle grade, despite a softening of book sales in that age level. The one thing you can do with the 8-12s - have a successful school visit.
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