In this time of “The Tyranny of Dead Ideas” when “The Center Cannot Hold,” we are looking for “Wisdom from Old People.” At least, that is what the nonfiction Malibu bestsellers list says this month. New in paperback, on the fiction list: “American Wife” and Alice Hoffman’s “The Third Angel.” For children, Sherman Alexie’s latest, “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” is new in paperback, and this year’s One Book, One City-Malibu’s choice “Three Cups of Tea” is on the list (it is also on the adult nonfiction list). Don’t miss the author, Greg Mortenson, when he comes for an action-packed day of Malibu events at Diesel, A Bookstore on May 1.
Fiction
1. “Watchmen,” by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, paperback, DC Comics, $19.99
2. “Into the Forest,” by Jean Hegland, paperback, Bantam Doubleday Dell, $16
3. “Water for Elephants,” by Sara Gruen, paperback, Algonquin Books, $13.95
4. “Out Stealing Horses,” by Per Pettersen and Anne Born, paperback, Picador, $14
5. “American Wife,” by Curtis Sittenfeld, paper, Random House, $15
6. ” The Year of the Fog,” by Michelle Richmond paperback, Bantam Books, $12
7. “The Shack,” by William P. Young, paperback, Windblown Media, $14.99
8. “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society,” by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, hardcover, Dial Press, $22
9. “The Third Angel,” by Alice Hoffman, paperback, Three Rivers Press, $14.95
10. “The Savage Detectives,” by Roberto Bolano, paperback, Picador, $15
Nonfiction
1. “The Tyranny of Dead Ideas: Letting Go of the Old Ways of Thinking to Unleash a New Prosperity,” by Matt Miller, hardcover, Times Books, $25
2. “Madness Under the Royal Palms: Love and Death Behind the Gates of Palm Beach,” by Laurence Leamer, hardcover, Hyperion Books, $25.95
3. “The Center Cannot Hold: My Journey Through Madness,” by Elyn R. Saks, paperback, Hyperion Books, $14.95
4. “Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time,” by Greg Mortenson, paperback, Penguin, $15
5. “Night,” by Elie Wiesel, paperback, Hill & Wang, $9
6. “How to Live: A Search for Wisdom from Old People (While They Are Still On This Earth),” by Henry Alford, hardcover, Twelve, $23.99
7. “Malibu: A Century of Living by the Sea,” by Julius Shulman and Juergen Nogai, hardcover, Abrams Books, $50
8. “The Outliers,” by Malcolm Gladwell, hardcover, Little Brown, $27.99
9. “All for a Few Perfect Waves: The Audacious Life and Legend of Rebel Surfer Miki Dora,” by David Rensin, paperback, Harper, $15.99
10. “Rex: A Mother, Her Autistic Child, and the Music That Transformed Their Lives,” by Cathleen Lewis, Thomas Nelson Publishers, $24.99
Children’s
1. “The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,” by John Boyne, paperback, David Fickling Books, $8.99
2. “Scat,” by Carl Hiaasen, hardcover, Alfred A. Knopf, $16.99
3. “Three Cups of Tea: Young Readers Edition,” by Greg Mortenson, paper, Puffin, $8.99
4. “Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4),” by Stephenie Meyer, hardcover, Little Brown, $22.99
5. “The London Eye Mystery,” by Siobhan Dowd, hardcover, David Fickling Books, $15.99
6. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw,” by Jeff Kinney, hardcover, Abrams, $12.95
7. “The Graveyard Book,” by Neil Gaiman and Dave Mckean, hardcover, HarperCollins, $17.99
8. “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian,” by Sherman Alexie, paperback, Little Brown, $8.99
9. “Thirteen Reasons Why,” by Jay Asher, hardcover, Sleuth RazorBill, $16.99
10. “Leonardo, the Terrible Monster,” by Mo Willems, hardcover, Hyperion Books, $16.99
-Booklist provided by Diesel, A Bookstore