Bestsellers list Sunday, August 6

SOCAL BESTELLERS

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Hardcover fiction

1. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf: $28) Lifelong BFFs collaborate on a wildly successful video game.

2. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese (Grove: $32) An epic novel follows three generations of a family in southern India from 1900 through 1977.

3. Crook Manifesto by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday: $29) In a sequel from the two-time Pulitzer winner, Ray Carney is pulled back into petty crime.

4. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper: $32) The story of a boy born into poverty to a teenage single mother in Appalachia.

5. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Entangled: $30) A young woman reluctantly enters a brutal dragon-riding war college in this YA fantasy.

6. Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (Del Rey: $28) Two film-loving friends in Mexico City team up with an aging director and unearth ghosts.

7. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday: $29) In the 1960s, a female chemist becomes a single parent, then a celebrity chef.

8. Lady Tan’s Circle of Women by Lisa See (Scribner: $28) An orphan raised by her wealthy grandparents during China’s Ming dynasty trains to be a doctor but is forced into an arranged marriage.

9. Happy Place by Emily Henry (Berkley: $27) A couple who have split up pretend to be together while on vacation with friends.

10. Yellowface by R. F. Kuang (Morrow: $30) After a young and successful author dies in a freak accident, a struggling writer steals her just-finished manuscript.

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Hardcover nonfiction

1. The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (Penguin: $32) The music producer’s guidance on how to be a creative person.

2. The Wager by David Grann (Doubleday: $30) The story of the shipwreck of an 18th century British warship and a mutiny among the survivors.

3. Outlive by Peter Attia, Bill Gifford (Harmony: $32) A science-based self-help guide to living longer.

4. The Art Thief by Michael Finkel (Knopf: $28) The true-crime tale of a genius art thief who kept all the spoils for himself.

5. Atomic Habits by James Clear (Avery: $27) The self-help expert’s guide to building good habits and breaking bad ones via tiny changes in behavior.

6. Baking Yesteryear by B. Dylan Hollis (DK: $32) A decade-by-decade cookbook of the best recipes of the 20th century.

7. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (Simon & Schuster: $28) A memoir from the star of TV’s “iCarly” and “Sam & Cat.”

8. Pageboy by Elliot Page (Flatiron: $30) A personal memoir from the star of “Juno” and “The Umbrella Academy” explores his journey to self-realization.

9. Glow by Stacie Stephenson (Harper Celebrate: $23) A functional medicine specialist details a morning mindfulness routine.

10. What an Owl Knows by Jennifer Ackerman (Penguin: $30) A natural and social history of the enigmatic nocturnal raptors.

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Paperback fiction

1. Trust by Hernan Diaz (Riverhead: $17)

2. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Washington Square: $17)

3. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig (Penguin: $18)

4. The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Ecco: $18)

5. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (HarperOne: $18)

6. Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine: $18)

7. The Idiot by Elif Batuman (Penguin: $18)

8. A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara (Anchor: $18)

9. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury: $19)

10. It Starts With Us by Colleen Hoover (Atria: $18)

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Paperback nonfiction

1. American Prometheus by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin (Vintage: $25)

2. Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann (Vintage: $17)

3. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (Vintage: $17)

4. All About Love by bell hooks (Morrow: $17)

5. Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris (Back Bay: $19)

6. Solito by Javier Zamora (Hogarth: $18)

7. Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari (Harper: $25)

8. Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer (Milkweed: $20)

9. Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton (Harper: $19)

10. The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin: $19)