3 LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY (Doubleday, $29). By Bonnie Garmus. A mid-century scientist becomes a sensation while hosting a feminist cooking show.
4 THE EXCHANGE (Doubleday, $29.95). By John Grisham. A sequel to the best-selling legal thriller “The Firm” finds Mitch and Abby McDeere caught up in a shady international crisis.
5 LET US DESCEND (Scribner, $28). By Jesmyn Ward. The two-time National Book Award winner returns with a lyrical novel about an enslaved girl who is haunted by ghosts as she witnesses unimaginable suffering.
6 DEMON COPPERHEAD (Harper, $32.50). By Barbara Kingsolver. In this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, a boy born in a trailer in Appalachia faces the challenges of childhood poverty with resilience.
7 THE HEAVEN AND EARTH GROCERY STORE (Riverhead, $28). By James McBride. In a ramshackle Pennsylvania neighborhood during the 1920s and ’30s, Jewish and African American residents come together to hide an orphan from state officials.
8 THE COVENANT OF WATER (Grove, $32). By Abraham Verghese. Generations of a family from South India’s Malabar Coast all contend with the same affliction — at least one member of each generation dies by drowning.
9 TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW (Knopf, $28). By Gabrielle Zevin. Two friends run a successful video design company while testing the boundaries of their relationship.
10 ROMAN STORIES (Knopf, $27). By Jhumpa Lahiri, Todd Portnowitz (Transl.). The Pulitzer Prize-winning author’s first story collection contains nine tales that take place in Rome, Italy.
1 THE WOMAN IN ME (Gallery, 32.99). By Britney Spears. In her memoir, the pop star looks back on her rise to stardom and the 13 years she spent under the conservatorship of her father.
2 HOW TO KNOW A PERSON (Random House, $30). By David Brooks. A New York Times columnist draws on various sources to consider how people can make more meaningful connections with each other.
3 DEMOCRACY AWAKENING (Viking, $30). By Heather Cox Richardson. The author of the popular newsletter “Letters From an American” warns that America is trending toward autocracy.
4 THE WAGER (Doubleday, $30). By David Grann. After enduring storms, sickness and a shipwreck, the surviving crew members of HMS Wager turn against each other.
5 THE CREATIVE ACT (Penguin, $32). By Rick Rubin. A Grammy-winning music producer shares how artists work and suggests ways to foster creativity in everyday life.
6 PREQUEL (Crown, $32). By Rachel Maddow. A narrative history of the wide-reaching plot to promote authoritarianism in early 20th-century America, and the effort to prevent it.
7 GOING INFINITE (W. W. Norton, $30). By Michael Lewis. The author of “The Big Short” gives an insider’s account of the rise and fall of cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its founder Sam Bankman-Fried.
8 HIDDEN POTENTIAL (Viking, $32). By Adam Grant. The author of “Think Again” gives a framework for achievement that relies on growth rather than innate ability.
9 THE COMFORT OF CROWS (Spiegel & Grau, $32). By Margaret Renkl. In 52 chapters, the author of “Late Migrations” chronicles the evolution of her backyard over the course of a year.
10 ENOUGH (Simon & Schuster, $30). By Cassidy Hutchinson. A memoir by the former White House aide who testified before the House Jan. 6 committee about President Trump’s actions before and during the attack on the U.S. Capitol.
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