Best-sellers from Watermark Books and Eighth Day Books (July 10)
Watermark Books & Cafe
Best-sellers
1. “The Good Lieutenant” by Whitney Terrell
2. “Make This Town Big” by Tim O’Bryhim and Michael Romalis
3. “Your Leadership Edge” by Ed O’Malley and Amanda Cebula
4. “Kansas Trail Guide” by Jonathan Conard
5. “The Raven King” by Maggie Stiefvater
6. “The BFG” by Roald Dahl
7. “The Kitchens of the Great Midwest” by J. Ryan Stradal
8. “Still Life” by Louise Penny
9. “The Sympathizer” by Viet Thanh Nguyen
10. “As Good as Gone” by Larry Watson
New and notable
“Belgravia” by Julian Fellowes (Grand Central Publishing, $27) – From the creator and writer of “Downton Abbey” comes a grand historical novel following one British family’s fortunes from the Battle of Waterloo through the 1840s.
“A Child’s First Book of Trump” by Michael Ian Black, illustrated by Marc Rosenthal (Simon & Schuster, $15.99) — New York Times best-selling author and comedian Michael Ian Black has some sage advice for children (and those who are scratching their heads) in this timely parody picture book intended for adults.
Eighth Day Books
Best-sellers
1. “The World of Silence” by Max Picard
2. “Reversed Thunder: The Revelation of John and the Praying Imagination” by Eugene Peterson
3. “The Sign of the Cross: The Gesture, the Mystery, the History” by Andreas Andreopoulos
4. “The Light Princess” by George MacDonald
5 “The Room of Marvels: A Novel” by James Bryan Smith
6. “The Velveteen Rabbit: or, How Toys Became Real” by Margery Williams
7. “The Flying Inn” by G.K. Chesterton
8. “The Ascetical Homilies of St. Isaac the Syrian”
9. “Joseph and His Brothers” by Thomas Mann
10. “Centuries of Meditations” by Thomas Traherne
New and notable
“A Small Porch: Sabbath Poems 2014 and 2015” by Wendell Berry (Counterpoint, $25.00) – Over 35 years ago, Wendell Berry began spending his sabbaths outdoors, walking and wandering, seeking a deep intimacy only time could provide. These walks arranged themselves into poems, and each year since he has completed a sequence dated by the year of its composition.
“The Abundance: Narrative Essays Old and New” by Annie Dillard (Ecco Press, $25.99) – In recognition of this Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s career as a master essayist comes this landmark collection that includes her most beloved pieces and some rarely seen work.
National best-sellers
Fiction
1. “The Games” by James Patterson and Mark Sullivan
2. “First Comes Love” by Emily Giffin
3. “End of Watch” by Stephen King
Nonfiction
1. “Crisis of Character” by Gary J. Byrne
2. “Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies: The Patriots” by David Fisher
3. “Wake Up America” by Eric Bolling
Publishers Weekly
This story was originally published July 8, 2016 at 4:08 PM with the headline "Best-sellers from Watermark Books and Eighth Day Books (July 10)."