Best-sellers from Watermark Books and Eighth Day Books (Oct. 9)

Watermark Books & Cafe

Best-sellers

1. “The Crooked Kingdom” by Leigh Bardugo

2. “Hero of the Empire” by Candice Millard

3. “Mighty Jack” by Ben Hatke

4. “A Gentleman in Moscow” by Amor Towles

5. “Leave Me” by Gayle Forman

New and notable

“My Own Words” by Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Simon & Schuster, $30) – In her first book since becoming a Supreme Court justice, Bader Ginsberg gives readers a selection of writings and speeches on wide-ranging topics, including gender equality, the workways of the Supreme Court, on being Jewish, on law and lawyers in opera, and on the value of looking beyond U.S. shores when interpreting the U.S. Constitution.

“Today Will Be Different” by Maria Semple (Little Brown, $27) – From the author of “Where Did You Go, Bernadette” features a day in the life of Eleanor Flood, a graphic novelist forced to leave her small ambitions and awake to a strange, new future.

Eighth Day Books

Best-sellers

1. “Wounded by Love: The Life and Wisdom of Elder Porphyrios” trans. by John Raffan

2. “Mentor for Life: Finding Purpose Through Intentional Discipleship” by Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

3. “Room of Marvels: A Novel” by James Bryan Smith

4. “Heavenly Participation: Weaving of a Sacramental Tapestry” by Hans Boersma

5. “Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals” by Shane Claiborne

New and Noteworthy:

“On Heights and Hunger” by Josh MacIvor-Anderson (Outpost 19, $16) – A memoir of two professional and competitive arborist brothers, both hungry for transcendence and adventure, as they come to terms with their relationship to the divine and their own obsessions, victories and failures.

“My Radio Radio” by Jessie van Eerden (Vandalia Press, $16.99) – The members of Dunlap Fellowship of All Things in Common share everything from their meager incomes to the only functioning toilet in the community house. When Omi Ruth Wincott, the youngest member of the disintegrating community, loses her only brother, her only ties to the world remain her National Geographic magazines and a friendship with a dying old man.

Publishers Weekly Best-Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

1. “Woman of God” by James Patterson (Little, Brown)

2. “Home” by Harlan Coben (Dutton)

3. “Commonwealth” by Ann Patchett (Harper)

4. “Pirate” by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

5. “The Book of Mysteries” by Jonathan Cahn (Frontline)

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. “Born to Run” by Bruce Springsteen (Simon & Schuster)

2. “Killing the Rising Sun” by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard (Henry Holt and Co.)

3. “EveryDayCook” by Alton Brown (Ballantine)

4. “The Universe Has Your Back” by Gabrielle Bernstein (Hay House)

5. “Danielle Walker’s Against All Grain Celebrations” by Danielle Walker (Ten Speed Press)

Associated Press

This story was originally published October 7, 2016 at 5:03 PM with the headline "Best-sellers from Watermark Books and Eighth Day Books (Oct. 9)."