Best-sellers from Watermark Books and Eighth Day Books (Aug. 31)
Watermark Books & Cafe
Best-sellers
1. “Sons of Wichita” by Daniel Schulman
2. “Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book” by Diane Muldrow
3. “Empire of the Summer Moon” by S.C. Gwynne
4. “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green
5. “Little Owl’s Night” by Divya Srinivasan
6. “In the Kingdom of Ice” by Hampton Sides
7. “International Night” by Mark Krurlansky
8. “Good Lord Bird” by James McBride
9. “I Work at a Public Library” by Gina Sheridan
10. “The Mockingbird Next Door” by Marja Mills
New and notable
“Fives and Twenty-Fives” by Michael Pitre (Bloomsbury, $27) – A portrait of the Iraq War focusing on the emotional lives of soldiers both in-country and after they return home.
“The Miniaturist” by Jesse Burton (Ecco, $26.99) – Seventeenth-century Amsterdam comes to life through a miniature house that reflects the goings-on in the larger world around.
Eighth Day Books
Best-sellers
1. “When the Trees Say Nothing” by Thomas Merton
2. “Discerning the Mystery: An Essay on the Nature of Theology” by Andrew Louth
3. “Fahrenheit 451” by Ray Bradbury
4. “The Way of a Pilgrim and the Pilgrim Continues His Way,” translated by Olga Savin
5. “The Immense Journey: An Imaginative Naturalist Explores the Mysteries of Man and Nature” by Loren Eiseley
6. “Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies” by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre
7. “An Inner Step Toward God: Writings and Teachings on Prayer” by Father Alexander Men
8. “Vladimir, the Russian Viking: The Legendary Prince who Transformed a Nation” by Vladimir Volkoff
9. “In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership” by Henri Nouwen
10. “The Mockingbird Next Door: Life with Harper Lee” by Marja Mills
New and notable
“Overpowered: What Science Tells Us about the Dangers of Cell Phones and Other Wifi Devices” by Martin Blank (Seven Stories Press, 23.95) – This book guides readers through the science of biological effects resulting from low, non-thermal levels of non-ionising electromagnetic radiation (levels considered safe by regulatory agencies). Blank contends that such radiation may be harmful to humans, animals, and other living things.
“Fear: A Novel of World War I” by Gabriel Chevallier (New York Review Books, $16.95) – In a new English translation, Chevallier, a veteran of the trenches in World War I, tells the story of Jean Dartemont, a naive young recruit, who after living such horror and being wounded, returns to a home front that resist his attempts to tell the truth about it.
National best-sellers
Fiction
1. “Mean Streak” by Sandra Brown
2. “Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage” by Haruki Murakami
3. “Love Letters” by Debbie Macomber
4. “The 6th Extinction” by James Rollins
5. “Big Little Lies” by Liane Moriarty
6. “A Perfect Life” by Danielle Steel
7. “Tom Clancy: Support and Defend” by Mark Greaney
8. “Adultery” by Paulo Coelho
9. “The Heist” by Daniel Silva
10. “The Goldfinch” by Donna Tartt
Nonfiction
1. “Dungeons & Dragons: Player’s Handbook, 5th Ed” by Wizards RPG Team
2. “One Nation” by Ben Carson
3. “America” by Dinesh D’Souza
4. “The Way Forward” by Paul Ryan
5. “The Organized Mind” by Daniel J. Levitin
6. “In the Kingdom of Ice” by Hampton Sides
7. “Dungeons & Dragons: Hoard of the Dragon Queen” by Wizards RPG Team
8. “Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book” by Diane Muldrow
9. “Hard Choices” by Hillary Rodham Clinton
10. “Excellent Sheep” by William Deresiewicz
Publishers Weekly
This story was originally published August 30, 2014 at 10:01 PM with the headline "Best-sellers from Watermark Books and Eighth Day Books (Aug. 31)."