Top 10 Books

PETALUMA’S?BESTSELLER LIST

The top-selling titles at Petaluma’s Copperfield’s Book Store, for the week of March 11–17, 2018.

Last week brought a three-way tie for tenth place on the Fiction and Non-Fiction list, and a recent middle-reader release landing atop the Kids and Young Adults bestseller list. In the wake of a well-attended bookstore appearance by author Steven Pinker, his new book “Enlightenment Now” easily took the top spot, while at the other end of the list, Michael Wolff’s White House expose “Fire and Fury” dukes it out with AJ Finn’s crime thriller “Woman at the Window” and Celeste Ng’s critically acclaimed novel “Little Fires Everywhere.”

In the Kid Lit section, Russell Ginns’ “Samantha Spinner and the Super-Secret Plans” is making a not-so-secret grab at the imagination of fantasy-loving readers, with the tale of Samantha Spinner, a resourceful girl who inherits an old umbrella containing a map of secret passages to all the great landmarks of the world. The story includes sewer-dwelling ninjas, and Sam’s brother, who - for a variety of delightful reasons - becomes the owner of the New York Yankees.

FICTION/NON-FICTION

1. “Enlightenment Now,” by Steven Pinker

2. “Russian Roulette,” Michael Isikoff

3. “The Best Little Grammar Collection Ever!” by Arlene Miller

4. “Lincoln in the Bardo” by George Saunders

5. “Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor TowlesTop 10 Books

6. “How to Stop Time” by Matt Haig

7. “Educated” by Tara Westover

8. “The Power” by Naomi Alderman

9. “Job: True Tales from the Life of a New York City Cop” by Steve Osborne

10. “Fire and Fury,” by Michael Wolff, “Little Fires Everywhere,” by Celeste Ng, and “Woman in the Window,” by AJ Finn

KIDS & YOUNG ADULTS

1. “Samantha Spinner and the Super-Secret Plans” by Russell Ginns

2. “Hilo: Waking the Monsters” by Judd Winick

3. “Timeless: Diego and the Rangers of the Vastlantic” by Armand Baltazar

4. “Dog Man and Cat Kid” by Dav Pilkey

5. “A Wrinkle in Time” by Madeleine L’Engle

6. “Wings of Fire: The Dragonet Prophecy” by Tui Sutherland

7. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Getaway” by Jeff Kinney

8. “Little Blue Truck’s Springtime” by Alice Schertle

9. “Fault in Our Stars” by John Green

10. “Golden Egg Book” by Margaret Wise Brown