Best selling books in Wichita week of Feb. 9
Watermark Books & Cafe
Bestsellers
1. “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins
2. “When We Were Vikings” by Andrew David MacDonald
3. “Dear Edward” by Ann Napolitano
4. “In the Garden of the Beasts” by Erik Larson
5. “The Authenticity Project” by Clare Pooley
New and notable
“Facts vs. Opinions vs. Robots” by Michael Rex (Nancy Paulsen Books, $17.99) - A hilarious, timely conversation about the differences between facts and opinions, by the creator of the New York Times bestseller “Goodnight Goon”.
“The Falcon Thief” by Joshua Hammer (Simon & Schuster, $26) - The Falcon Thief whisks readers around the world in pursuit of a man who is reckless, arrogant, and gripped by a destructive compulsion to make the most beautiful creatures in nature his own.
Eighth Day Books
Bestsellers
1. “Ways of Seeing: Paradox and Perception in Orthodox Iconography” by Fr. Maximos Constas
2. “Jesus Christ: His Life and Teaching, Vol. 2: The Sermon on the Mount” by Met. Hilarion Alfeyev
3. “The Holy Fire: The Story of the Early Centuries of the Christian Church in the Near East” by Robert Payne
4. “The Reading Life: The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others’ Eyes” by C.S. Lewis
5 “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse” by Charlie Mackesy
New and notable
“The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties” by Christopher Caldwell (Simon & Schuster, $28.00). A major American intellectual makes the historical case that the reforms of the 1960s left many Americans feeling alienated, despised, and misled, leading to our current political polarization.
“American Dirt: A Novel” by Jeanine Cummins (Flatiron Books, $27.99). Lydia Quixano Pérez lives in Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. But they are ultimately forced to flee, due to drug cartels. That is the beginning of the story.
National best-sellers
Fiction
1. “Golden in Deat” by J.D. Robb
2. “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins
3. “Crooked River” by Preston/Child
4. “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” by Charlie Mackesy
5. “Snug” by Catana Chetwynd
Nonfiction
1. “Open Book” by Jessica Simpson
2. “A Very Stable Genius” by Rucker/Leonning
3. “Profiles in Corruption” by Peter Schweizer
4. “Why We’re Polarized” by Ezra Klein
5. “Chasing Vines” by Beth Moore