Book notes
Watermark Books & Cafe
Bestsellers
1. The Splendid and the Vile” by Erik Larson
2. “The Island of Sea Women” by Lisa See
3. “The Last Thing You Surrender” by Leonard Pitts, Jr.
4. “Deacon King Kong” by James McBride
5. “Dear Ally, How Do You Write a Book” by Ally Carter“Surviving and Thriving “ by Brandi Caballero
New and notable
“Pride of Eden” by Taylor Brown (St. Martin’s Press, $26.99) – Set on the eroding edge of civilization, “Pride of Eden” is rooted in dramatic events linked not only with each character’s past, but to the prehistory of America, where great creatures roamed the continent and continue to inhabit our collective imagination.
“Nobody Will Tell You This But Me” by Bess Kalb (Knopf, $25.95) – In this memoir of her relationship with her grandmother, Emmy-nominated writer Kalb gives readers proof of the special bond that can skip a generation and endure beyond death..
Eighth Day Books
Bestsellers
1. “A Staff to the Pilgrim: Meditations on the Way with Nine Celtic Saints” by Gabriel Cooper Rochelle
2. “Kansas Guidebook 2 for Explorers” by Marci Penner
3. “George MacDonald: An Anthology” ed. by C.S. Lewis
4. “Addiction and Virtue: Beyond the Models of Disease and Choice” by Kent Dunnington
5 “Reconstructing Nature: The Engagement of Science and Religion” by John Brooke
New and notable
“A Staff to the Pilgrim: Meditations on the Way with Nine Celtic Saints” by Gabriel Cooper Rochelle (Golden Alley Press, $14.95). Introduces nine Celtic saints who knew the path to simplicity, quiet, and peace. Each chapter includes 9 illustrations and devotional essays written by an Orthodox priest.
“Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle” by Clare Hunter (Abrams, $26.00). A chronicle of identity, protest and memory told through the stories of needlework. Hunter takes us over centuries and across continents, to celebrate the age-old, universal, and underexplored beauty and power of sewing.
National best-sellers
Fiction
1. “The Mirror & the Light” by Hilary Mantel
2. “Journey of the Pharaohs” by Cussler/Brown
3. “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins
4. “The Numbers Game” by Danielle Steel
5. “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” by Charlie Mackesy
Nonfiction
1. “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle
2. “Get Out of Your Own Way” by Dave Hollis
3. “The Gift of Forgiveness” by Katherine Schwarzenegger
4. “Find Your Path” by Carrie Underwood
5. “The Splendid and the Vile” by Erik Larson