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Best sellers for the week of Nov. 6

El Paso Times

LOCAL

The list of local best-sellers is provided by the West Side Barnes & Noble.

  • Fiction: "The Whistler," John Grisham.
  • Nonfiction: "Cooking for Jeffrey," Ina Garten.
  • Teens: "Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children," Ransom Riggs.
  • Young readers: "Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #11)," Jeff Kinney.
  • Libros en español: "Matar a un Ruisenor (To Kill a Mockingbird)," Harper Lee.
  • Libros para teens: "La Reina Roja," Victoria Aveyard.

National 

Rankings for hard-cover books sold in Southern California, as reported by selected book stores:

Fiction

  1. “Today Will Be Different,” by Maria Semple (Little, Brown: $27) The author of “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” is back with a funny new novel about an imperfect mother.
  2. “Commonwealth,” by Ann Patchett (Harper: $27.99) A kiss in California leads to divorce, remarriage and a family secret that unfolds over a generation.
  3. “Small Great Things,” by Jodi Picoult (Ballantine: $28.99) An African American nurse is taken to court by white supremacists in a racially-charged case.
  4. “The Trespasser,” by Tana French (Viking: $27) In this sixth Dublin Murder Squad novel, a routine murder case is more complicated than it first appears.
  5. “Escape Clause,” by John Sandford (Putnam: $29) Investigator Virgil Flowers returns to take on the case of two rare, missing tigers.
  6. “A Gentleman in Moscow,” by Amor Towles (Viking: $27) In 1922, a Russian count is sentenced to house arrest in a grand hotel for the rest of his life.
  7. “The Mothers,” by Brit Bennett (Riverhead: $26) A coming-of-age tales of three kids from a tight-knit black community in Southern California.
  8. “Nutshell,” by Ian McEwan (Nan A. Talese: $24.95) A modernization of Hamlet, told from the point of view of Gertrude’s unborn child.
  9. “The Obsidian Chamber,” by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child (Grand Central: $28) While presumed dead, FBI agent Pendergast is presumed dead, his ward is kidnapped.
  10. “The Underground Railroad,” by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday: $26.95) A slave escapes via the Underground Railroad, imagined as a train running under America.

Nonfiction

  1. “Born to Run,” by Bruce Springsteen (Simon & Schuster: $32.50) “The Boss” writes of his youth in New Jersey, battles with depression, family life and his unrelenting drive to perform.
  2. “Hillbilly Elegy,” by J.D. Vance (Harper: $27.99) The former Marine and Yale Law School graduate’s account of growing up poor in a white working-class neighborhood.
  3. “The Magnolia Story,” by Chip & Joanna Gaines (Thomas Nelson: $26.99) A peek inside the life of the married stars of HGTV’s “Fixer Upper”
  4. “Hero of the Empire,” by Candice Millard (Doubleday: $30) Young Winston Churchill’s exploits during the 1899 Boer War.
  5. “I Am Brian Wilson,” by Brian Wilson (Da Capo Press: $26.99) The Beach Boy reveals his struggles with mental health and sources of inspiration.
  6. “Between the World and Me,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Spiegel & Grau: $24) The hazards and hopes of black male life.
  7. “Upstream,” by Mary Oliver (Penguin Press: $26) The poet’s latest collection reflects the beauty of the natural world.
  8. “Killing the Rising Sun,” by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard (Holt: $30) The battles with Japan during WWII and the decision to drop the atomic bomb.
  9. “Is This the End,” by David Jeremiah (Thomas Nelson: $24.99) Bible prophecies predicting a foreboding future.
  10. “A Life in Parts,” by Bryan Cranston (Scribner: $27) The actor chronicles his prolific career and personal relationships.

AT THE LIBRARY

  • Adult (English): “Here’s To Us,” Elin Hilderbrand.
  • Adult (Spanish): “Hotel Vendôme,” Danielle Steel.
  • Teen (English): “Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children,” Ransom Riggs.
  • Teen (Spanish): “El Hogar de Miss Peregrine Para Niños Peculiares,” Ransom Riggs.
  • Children (English): “Harry Potter and The Cursed Child,” J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorn.
  • Children (Spanish): “Diario de Greg, El Arduo Viaje,” Jeff Kinney.
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