FICTION

Hardcover

1. “The Society of Shame,” by Jane Roper (Anchor)
2. “Demon Copperhead,” by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper)
3. “Romantic Comedy,” by Curtis Sittenfeld (Random House)
4. “Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow,” by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf)
5. “Happy Place,” by Emily Henry (Berkley)
6. “Birnam Wood,” by Eleanor Catton (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)
7. “The Deluge,” by Stephen Markley (Simon)
8. “Blueberries for Sal,” by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
9. “The Circus Ship,” by Chris Van Dusen (Candlewick)
10. “The Covenant of Water,” by Abraham Verghese (Grove)

Paperback

1. “The Guest List,” by Lucy Foley (William Morrow)
2. “Trust,” by Hernan Diaz (Riverhead)
3. “Altar to an Erupting Sun,” by Chuck Collins (Green Writers)
4. “Night of the Living Rez,” by Morgan Talty (Tin House)
5. “The Thursday Murder Club,” by Richard Osman (Penguin)
6. “Rules for Visiting,” by Jessica Francis Kane (Penguin)
7. “The Midcoast,” by Adam White (Hogarth)
8. “When Women Were Dragons,” by Kelly Barnhill (Anchor)
9. “The Lincoln Highway,” by Amor Towles (Penguin)
10. “The Candy House,” by Jennifer Egan (Scribner)

NONFICTION

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Hardcover

1. “The Creative Act,” by Rick Rubin (Penguin)
2. “The Wager,” by David Grann (Doubleday)
3. “Outlive,” by Peter Attia, MD (Harmony)
4. “I’m Glad My Mom Died,” by Jennette McCurdy (Simon)
5. “Building,” by Mark Ellison (Random House)
6. “The Teachers,” by Alexandra Robbins (Dutton)
7. “The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes,” by Sam Sifton (Ten Speed)
8. “Cook This Book,” by Molly Baz (Clarkson Potter)
9. “Raw Dog,” by Jamie Loftus (Forge)
10. “The Philosophy of Modern Song,” by Bob Dylan (Simon)

Paperback

1. “Chorale: A Poetry Anthology,” edited by J. Haste et al (Deerbrook)
2. “Downeast,” by Gigi Georges (Harper)
3. “The Dawn of Everything,” by David Graeber & David Wengrow (Picador)
4. “Devotions,” by Mary Oliver (Penguin)
5. “Portland Maine: Connections Across Time,” by Paul J. Ledman (Nextsteps)
6. “Several Short Sentences about Writing,” by Verlyn Klinkenborg (Vintage)
7. “Stolen Focus,” by Johann Hari (Crown)
8. “How to Tell a Story,” from The Moth (Crown)
9. “The Unreality of Memory,” by Elisa Gabbert (FSG)
10. “The Body Keeps the Score,” by Bessel Van Der Kolk (Penguin)

— Longfellow Books, Portland

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