Hot summer books are arriving every day in hardcover and paperback. In hardcover, Lisa See’s latest, “Shanghai Girls,” tops the list, along with great new books by Michael Connelly, Elmore Leonard and Lee Child. In paperback fiction, “Netherland,” “The Proof of the Honey” and the trash read of the summer, “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies,” are all perfect for the beach and plane. In nonfiction, Alice Waters’ universal ideas of an “Edible Schoolyard” and Goleman’s “Ecological Intelligence” are both brilliant and timely. For children’s books, Sherman Alexie’s “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” and “A Little Princess” make two classic summer reads, one contemporary and one Victorian.
Fiction
1 “Shanghai Girls,” by Lisa See, hardcover, Random House, $25
2. “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society,” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, hardcover, Dial Press, $22
3. “Olive Kitteridge,” by Elizabeth Strout, paperback, Random House, $14
4. “Netherland,” by Joseph O’Neill, paperback, Vintage, $14.95
5. “The Scarecrow,” by Michael Connelly, hardcover, Little Brown, $27.99
6. “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” by Stieg Larsson, hardcover, Knopf, $24.95
7. “Road Dogs,” by Elmore Leonard, hardcover, Wm. Morrow, $26.99
8. “Savage Detectives,” by Roberto Bolano, paperback, Picador, $15
9. “The Proof of the Honey,” by Salwa Al Neimi, paperback, Europa Editions, $15
10. “Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance – Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!,” by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen, paperback, Quirk Books, $12.95
Nonfiction
1. “Edible Schoolyard: A Universal Idea,” by Alice Waters, hardcover, Chronicle Books, $24.95
2. “Man, Interrupted: Welcome to the Bizarre World of OCD, Where Once More is Never Enough,” by James Bailey, paperback, Mainstream Publishing, $14.95
3. “Three Cups of Tea,” by Greg Mortenson, paperback, Penguin, $15
4. “Ecological Intelligence,” by Daniel Goleman, hardcover, Random, $26
5. “All for a Few Perfect Waves: The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora,” by David Rensin, paperback, Harper, $15.99
6. “The Post-American World,” by Fareed Zakaria, paperback, W. W. Norton, $15.95
7. “Feeding Your Demons: Ancient Wisdom for Resolving Inner Conflict,” by Tsultrim Allione, hardcover, Little Brown, $23.99
8. “Malibu: A Century of Living by the Sea,” by Julius Shulman and Juergen Nogai, hardcover, Abrams Books, $50
9. “The Outliers,” by Malcolm Gladwell, hardcover, Little Brown, $27.99
10. “This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life,” by David Foster Wallace, hardcover, Little Brown, $14.99
Childrens
1. “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” by John Boyne, paperback, David Fickling Books, $8.99
2. “The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson, No. 5),” by Rick Riordan, hardcover, Hyperion, $17.99
3. “Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition,” by Greg Mortenson, paperback, Puffin, $8.99
4. “Breaking Dawn (Twilight Saga No. 4),” by Stephenie Meyer, hardcover, Little Brown, $22.99
5. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Last Straw,” by Jeff Kinney, hardcover, Abrams, $12.95
6. “A Little Princess,” by Frances Hodgson Burnett, paperback, Puffin Classics, $4.99
7. “Scat,” by Carl Hiaasen, hardcover, Alfred A. Knopf, $16.99
8. “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” by Sherman Alexie, paper, Little Brown, $8.99
9. “Library Mouse: A Friend’s Tale,” by Daniel Kirk, hardcover, Abrams, $15.95
10. “The Lorax,” by Dr. Seuss, hardcover, Random House Children’s, $14.95