Best-sellers from Eighth Day Books (Aug. 14)

Eighth Day Books

Best-sellers

1. “Attending Others: A Doctor’s Education in Bodies and Words” by Brian Volck

2. “Parable and Paradox: Sonnets on the Sayings of Jesus and Other Poems” by Malcolm Guite

3. “Slow Pilgrim: The Collected Poems of Scott Cairns” by Scott Cairns

4. “Short Trip to the Edge: A Pilgrimage to Prayer” by Scott Cairns

5. “The Hidden Letters of Velta B.” by Gina Ochsner

6. “The Singing Bowl: Poems” by Malcolm Guite

7. “You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit” by James K.A. Smith

8. “Behind My Eyes: Poems (with audio CD)” by Li-Young Lee

9. “A Portrait of Two Brothers” by Barry Moser

10. “Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking” by David Bayles

New and notable

“Attending Others: A Doctor’s Education in Bodies and Words” by Brian Volck (Cascade, $26) – Becoming a doctor requires years of formal education, but one learns the practice of medicine only through direct encounters with the fragile others called “patients.” Pediatrician Brian Volck recounts his own education in the mysteries of suffering bodies, powerful words and natural beauty.

“Chasing the North Star: A Novel” by Robert Morgan (Algonquin, $25.95) – In his latest historical novel, Robert Morgan brings to life the story of Jonah Williams, who, in 1850, flees the South Carolina plantation on which he was born a slave. He takes with him only a few stolen coins, a knife, and the clothes on his back — no shoes, no map, no clear idea of where to head, except north, following a star that he prays will be his guide.

National best-sellers

Fiction

1. “Bullseye” by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

2. “Sweet Tomorrows” by Debbie Macomber

3. “The Underground Railroad” by Colson Whitehead

4. “Truly Madly Guilty” by Liane Moriarty

5. “The Black Widow” by Daniel Silva

6. “The Woman in Cabin 10” by Ruth Ware

7. “Dark Carousel” by Christine Feehan

8. “Smooth Operator” by Stuart Woods

9. “Magic” by Danielle Steele

10. “The Girls” by Emma Cline

Nonfiction

1. “Liars” by Glenn Beck

2. “Hillary’s America” by Dinseh D’Souza

3. “Crisis of Character” by Gary J. Byrne

4. “Armageddon” by Dick Morris and Eileen McGann

5. “Hamilton: The Revolution” by Miranda/McCarter

6. “Spartan Fit!” by Joe De Sena

7. “Bill O’Reilly’s Legends and Lies: The Patriots” by David Fisher

8. “The War on Cops” by Heather MacDonald

9. “Hillbilly Elegy” by J.D. Vance

10. “When Breath Becomes Air” by Paul Kalanithi

Publishers Weekly

This story was originally published August 12, 2016 at 3:04 PM with the headline "Best-sellers from Eighth Day Books (Aug. 14)."