Hedgehogs, tigers, horses and savage detectives are all on the fiction list this month. Wishful drinking, interrupted, moments of clarity and the art of conversation pepper the nonfiction list. Also, local author Cathleen Lewis’ moving and inspiring book about her son Rex is up on the best-seller list, along with local author Michael Crawford’s fabulous “100 Meditations” (Crawford will appear at Diesel, A Bookstore Feb. 15). For children: the new ‘Three Cups of Tea’ for children; the new ‘Diary of a Wimpy Kid’ and the new Carl Hiaasen, ‘Scat.’
Fiction
1. “The White Tiger,” by Aravind Adiga, paperback, Free Press, $14
2. “Out Stealing Horses,” by Per Petterson and Anne Born, paperback, Picador, $14
3. “The Girl with No Shadow,” by Joanne Harris, paperback, William Morrow, $14.95
4. “The Associate,” by John Grisham, hardcover, Doubleday, $27.95
5. “The People of the Book,” by Geraldine Brooks, paper, Penguin, $15
6. “Ten Days in the Hills,” by Jane Smiley, paperback, Anchor, $14.95
7. “Savage Detectives,” by Roberto Bolano, paperback, Picador, $15
8. “The Elegance of the Hedgehog,” by Muriel Barbery and Alison Anderson, paperback, Europa Editions, $15
9. “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society,” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, hardcover, Dial Press, $22
10. “The Piano Teacher,” by Janice Y. K. Lee, hardcover, Viking Books, $25.95
Nonfiction
1. “100 Meditations: An Everyday Book for Every Day People,” by Michael Crawford, paperback, Innovative Industries, $13
2. “Man, Interrupted: Welcome to the Bizarre World of OCD, Where Once More is Never Enough,” by James Bailey, paperback, Mainstream, $14.95
3. “Rex: A Mother, Her Autistic Child, and the Music that Transformed Their Lives,” by Cathleen Lewis, Thomas Nelson Publishers, $24.99
4. “Force of Nature: Mind, Body, Soul (And, of Course, Surfing),” by Laird Hamilton, hardcover, Rodale, $27.95
5. “Wishful Drinking,” by Carrie Fisher, hardcover, Simon & Schuster, $21
6. “Outliers: The Story of Success,” by Malcolm Gladwell, hardcover, Little Brown, $27.99
7. “Skinny Bitch,” by Rory Barnouin and Rory Freedman, paperback, Running Press, $13.95
8. “The Art of Conversation: A Guided Tour of a Neglected Pleasure,” by Catherine Blyth, hardcover, Penguin, $22.50
9. “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time,” by Greg Mortenson, paperback, Penguin, $15
10. “Moments of Clarity: Voices from the Front Lines of Addiction and Recovery,” by Christopher Kennedy Lawford, hardcover, William Morrow, $25.99
Children
1. “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Journey to Change the World… One Child at a Time,” by Greg Mortenson, paperback, Puffin, $8.99
2. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw,” by Jeff Kinney, hardcover, Abrams, $12.95
3. “The Book Thief,” by Markus Zusak, paperback, Alfred A. Knopf, $11.99
4. “Listen to the Wind,” by Greg Mortenson and Susan Roth, hardcover, Dial Books, $16.99
5. “Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4),” by Stephenie Meyer, hardcover, Little Brown, $22.99
6. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid,” by Jeff Kinney, hardcover, Abrams, $12.95
7. “Scat,” by Carl Hiaasen, hardcover, Alfred A. Knopf, $16.99
8. “Gallop,” by Rufus Butler Seder, hardcover, Workman, $12.95
9. “Marley: A Dog Like No Other,” by John Grogan, paperback, Harper, $6.99
10. “Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 1),” by Rick Riordan, paperback, Miramax Books, $7.99
Book list provided by Diesel, A Bookstore