The new book season is here with big books like Franzen’s “Freedom” flying up onto bestseller lists everywhere. The beautifully produced collection “Ether” by Evgenia Citkowitz is on the fiction list, following a wonderful event at Diesel. Two wonderful contributions to the mystery and science fiction sections: the latest Martin Cruz Smith, “Three Stations,” and William Gibson’s “Zero History,” respectively. Susan Casey’s informative and entertaining new book, “The Wave,” featuring big wave surfer Laird Hamilton, has shot straight to No. 1 on the nonfiction list (the author and editor of “O” magazine will be in store Oct. 6, along with Hamilton to read from and sign copies of her book). Also, two new nonfiction titles just out are Stephen Hawking’s “The Grand Design” and Bob Woodward’s “Obama’s Wars.” Many of this month’s children’s bestsellers are books to read for school: classics such as “The Island of the Blue Dolphins,” “Number the Stars” and “The Witches.” Lastly, new this month, Cornelia Funke’s new series begin with “Reckless.”
Fiction
1. “Freedom,” by Jonathan Franzen, hardcover, Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, $28
2. “Ether: Seven Stories and a Novella,” by Evgenia Citkowitz, hardcover, Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, $25
3. “The Girl Who Played With Fire,” by Stieg Larsson, paperback, Vintage, $15.95
4. “Little Bee,” by Chris Cleave, paperback, Simon & Schuster, $14
5. “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” by Stieg Larsson, paperback, Vintage, $14.95
6. “The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest,” by Stieg Larsson, hardcover, Knopf, $27.95
7. “Point Dume,” by Katie Arnoldi, hardcover, Overlook Press, $24.95
8. “Zero History,” by William Gibson, hardcover, Putnam Adult, $26.95
9. “Three Stations: An Arkady Renko Novel,” by Martin Cruz Smith, hardcover, Simon & Schuster, $25.99
10. “Wolf Hall,” by Hilary Mantel, paper, Picador, $16
Nonfiction
1. “The Wave: In Pursuit of the Rogues, Freaks, and Giants of the Ocean,” by Susan Casey, hardcover, Doubleday, $27.95
2. “The Grand Design,” by Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow, hardcover, Bantam, $28
3. “Sh*t My Dad Says,” by Justin Halpern, hardcover, IT Books, $15.99
4. “The Big Jewish Book for Jews: Everything You Need to Be a Really Jewish Jew,” by Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman, paperback, Plume, $17
5. “The Power,” by Rhonda Byrne, hardcover, Atria, $23.95
6. “The Great American Stickup: How Reagan Republicans and Clinton Democrats Enriched Wall Street by Mugging Main Street,” by Robert Scheer, paperback, Nation Books, $15.95
7. “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace … One School at a Time,” by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Rensin, paperback, Penguin, $16
8. “Napoleon’s Hemorrhoids: And Other Small Events That Changed History,” by Phil Mason, paperback, Skyhorse, $12.95
9. “Working Together: Why Great Partnerships Succeed,” by Michael Eisner and Aaron R. Cohen
10. “Obama’s Wars,” by Bob Woodward, hardcover, Simon & Schuster, $30
Children
1. “Island of the Blue Dolphins,” by Scott O’Dell, paperback, Yearling, $6.99
2. “Number the Stars,” by Lois Lowry, paperback, Yearling, $6.99
3. “The Hunger Games,” by Suzanne Collins, paperback, Scholastic, $8.99
4. “The Witches,” by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake, paperback, Puffin, $6.99
5. “The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson No. 5),” by Rick Riordan, hardcover, Disney-Hyperion, $17.99
6. “The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson #4), by Rick Riordan, paperback, Disney-Hyperion, $7.99
7. “Pretty Little Liars,” by Sara Shepard, paperback, HarperTeen, $8.99
8. “Mockingjay,” by Suzanne Collins, hardcover, Scholastic, $17.99
9. “Heads,” by Matthew Van Fleet, hardcover, Simon & Schuster, $17.99
10. “Reckless,” by Cornelia Funke, hardcover, Little Brown, $19.99
Book list provided by Diesel, A Bookstore