Best-sellers from Watermark Books and Eighth Day Books (Nov. 23)
Watermark Books & Cafe
Best-sellers
1. “Revival” by Stephen King
2. “Small Victories” by Anne Lamott
3. “Small Bunny’s Blue Blanket” by Tatyana Feeney
4. “My New Friend is So Funny!” by Mo Willems
5. “Nora Webster” by Colm Toibin
6. “Nude Descending an Empire” by Sam Taylor
7. “Yes Please” by Amy Poehler
8. “Make It Ahead” by Ina Garten
9. “Sons of Wichita” by Daniel Schulman
10. “Being Mortal” Atul Gawande
New and notable
“Revival” by Stephen King (Scribner, $30) – In a return to the horror genre, King tells the story of a young rock musician and his decades-long relationship with a preacher in his home town.
“The Art of Asking” by Amanda Palmer (Grand Central Publishing, $27) – Alt-rock musician and artist Palmer expands on her 2013 TED talk about her experiences with crowd-funding and creating art.
Eighth Day Books
Best-sellers
1. “Ten Ways to Destroy the Imagination of Your Child” by Anthony Esolen
2. “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Western Civilization” by Anthony Esolen
3. “The Divine Comedy” (Modern Library edition) by Dante Alighieri
4. “People of the Flint Hills” by John Brown
5. “God With Us: Rediscovering the Meaning of Christmas,” edited by Greg Pennoyer
6. “The Well-Educated Mind: A Guide to the Classical Education You Never Had” by Susan Wise Bauer
7. “Lila: A Novel” Marilynne Robinson
8. “ ‘Tikkun Olam’: To Mend the World: A Confluence of Theology and the Arts,” edited by Jason Goroncy
9. “What the Dormouse Said: Lessons for Grown-Ups from Children’s Books” by Amy Gash
10. “I Saw Three Ships” by Elizabeth Goudge
New and notable
“The Meaning of Blue: Recovering a Contemplative Spirit” by Luke Bell, O.S.B. (Angelico Press, $24.95) – Blue is the color of heaven, of purity and truth. Its rarity in naturally occurring substances on earth and its abundance shining in the sky speak of the same thing: a celestial light to which our culture is increasingly blind. The author shows explores a way of knowing creation and language as manifesting divine truth, and then leads further – into the mystical tradition of direct contemplation of God.
National best-sellers
Fiction
1. “Revival” by Stephen King
2. “Gray Mountain” by John Grisham
3. “Flesh and Blood” by Patricia Cornwell
4. “The Burning Room” by Michael Connelly
5. “Havana Storm” by Cussler/Cussler
6. “Prince Lestat” by Anne Rice
7. “Leaving Time” by Jodi Picoult
8. “Blue Labyrinth” by Preston/Child
9. “Pegasus” by Danielle Steel
10. “The World of Ice & Fire” by George R.R. Martin
Nonfiction
1. “41: Portrait of My Father” by George W. Bush
2. “Killing Patton” by O'Reilly/Dugard
3. “Make It Ahead” by Ina Garten
4. “Yes Please” by Amy Poehler
5. “Guinness World Records 2015”
6. “For Love of Country” by Schultz/Chandrasekaran
7. “The Andy Cohen Diaries” by Andy Cohen
8. “The New Family Cookbook” by America’s Test Kitchen
9. “No Hero” by Mark Owen
10. “Dreamers and Deceivers” by Glenn Beck
Publishers Weekly
This story was originally published November 23, 2014 at 9:01 AM with the headline "Best-sellers from Watermark Books and Eighth Day Books (Nov. 23)."