Fiction

Hardcover

1. “Christmas in Maine,” by Robert Tristram Coffin; illustrated by Blue Butterfield (Islandport Press)

2. “Felicity,” by Mary Oliver (Penguin Press)

3. “All the Light We Cannot See,” by Anthony Doerr (Scribner)

4. “The Reindeer Wish,” by Lori Evert and Per Breiehagen (Random

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5. “The Girl in the Spider’s Web,” by David Lagercrantz (Knopf)

6. “Harry Potter and the Sorcerers’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition,” by J.K. Rowling; Jim Kay (Arthur A. Levine Books)

7. “The Secret Chord,” by Geraldine Brooks (Viking Books)

8. “Crossing,” by Michael Connelly (Little Brown)

9. “The Day the Crayons Came Home,” by Drew Daywalt; Oliver Jeffers (Philomel Books)

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10. “Fortune Smiles,” by Adam Johnson (Random House)

Paperback

1. “A Man Called Ove,” by Fredrik Backman (Washington Square

Press)

2. “My Brilliant Friend,” by Elena Ferrante (Europa Editions)

3. “Brooklyn,” by Colm Toibin (Scribner)

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4. “Euphoria,” by Lily King (Grove Press)

5. “Norwegian by Night,” by Derek B. Miller (Mariner Books)

6. “The Martian,” by Andy Weir (Broadway Books)

7. “A Brief History of Seven Killings,” by Marlon James (Riverhead Books)

8. “Everything I Never Told You,” by Celeste Ng (Penguin Books)

9. “The Good Girl,” by Mary Kubica (Mira Books)

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10. “Memory Man,” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)

Nonfiction

Hardcover

1. “Well Read, Well Fed,” by Marcia F. Brown (Sellers Publishing)

2. “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up,” by Marie Kondo (Ten Speed Press)

3. “Why Not Me?,” by Mindy Kaling (Crown Archetype)

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4. “Destiny and Power,” by Jon Meacham (Random House)

5. “The Witches,” by Stacy Schiff (Little Brown)

6. “Being Mortal,” by Atul Gawande (Metropolitan Books)

7. “Big Magic,” by Elizabeth Gilbert (Riverhead Books)

8. “Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates,” by Brian Kilmeade; Don Yaeger (Sentinel)

9. “Gratitude,” by Oliver Sacks (Knopf)

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10. “Knitting Pearls,” by Ann Hood (W.W. Norton & Company)

Paperback

1. “The Mindfulness Coloring Book,” by Emma Farrarons (Experiment)

2. “How to Love,” by Thich Nhat Hanh (Parallax Press)

3. “The Boys in the Boat,” by Daniel James Brown(Penguin Books)

4. “Lost Ocean,” by Johanna Basford (Penguin Books)

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5. “Just Mercy,” by Bryan Stevenson (Spiegel & Grau)

6. “Enchanted Forest,” by Johanna Basford (Laurence King)

7. “You Are a Badass,” by Jen Sincero (Running Press Books)

8. “Do Unto Animals,” by Tracey Stewart (Artisan Publishers)

9. “Secret Garden,” by Johanna Basford (Laurence King)

10. “In the Heart of the Sea,” by Nathaniel Philbrick (Penguin

Books)

– Nonesuch Books and Cards, South Portland

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