A children’s book by a local author, humor by fan favorite David Sedaris and some strong new novels are flying off bookshelves recently.
“Where’d You Go, Bernadette” topped the fiction list this past month, as it’s new in paper and makes for perfect summer reading. Another great beach book—“Bad Monkey,” the latest smart, funny, and compulsively readable mystery from Carl Hiassen. And if we’re talking funny, David Sedaris’ latest collection of humor pieces, “Let’s Explore Diabetes With Owls,” is just out and already up there on the non-fiction list. Don’t miss “Tiny Pie” for the kids in your house—by local author Mark Bailey—a great picture book this season. Lastly, yes, “The Son” by Phillipp Meyer is out and may be the book to read —an epic, Texan, multi-generational Great American Novel. What we’ve all been waiting for!
Bestseller list provided by Diesel, A Bookstore at the Malibu Country Mart.
Fiction
1. “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” by Maria Semple
2. “Inferno” by Dan Brown
3. “And the Mountains Echoed” by Khaled Hosseini
4. “The Son” by Philipp Meyer
5. “The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls” by Anton DiSclafani
6. “Bad Monkey” by Carl Hiaasen
7. “The Orphan Master’s Son” by Adam Johnson
8. “A Hologram for the King” by Dave Eggers
9. “The Interestings” by Meg Wolitzer
10. “The Silver Star” by Jeannette Walls
Nonfiction
1. “Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls” by David Sedaris
2. “I Judge You When You Use Poor Grammar: A Collection of Egregious Errors, Disconcerting Bloopers, and Other Linguistic Slip-Ups” by Sharon Eliza Nichols
3. “My Foot Is Too Big for the Glass Slipper: A Guide to the Less Than Perfect Life” by Gabrielle Reece
4. “Malibu” by Ben Marcus
5. “Hello Goodbye Hello: A Circle of 101 Remarkable Meetings” by Craig Brown
6. “Committed: A Love Story” by Elizabeth Gilbert
7. “Monkey Mind” by Daniel Smith
8. “Lean in: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead” by Sheryl Sandberg
10. “Schindler, King’s Road, and Southern California Modernism” by Robert Sweeney
Kids
1. “Tiny Pie” by Mark Bailey
2. “The Fault in Our Stars” by John Green
3. “Divergent” by Veronica Roth
4. “Smile” by Raina Telgemeier
5. “Busy Bee Who Me” by Mecca Dyas
6. “Uglies” by Scott Westerfeld
7. “Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made” by Stephan Pastis
8. “Out of My Mind” by Sharon Draper
9. “Matilda” by Roald Dahl
10. “When You Reach Me” by Rebecca Stead