The Book Table‘s bestsellers of the week for Hardcover Fiction, Hardcover Nonfiction, Paperback Fiction, Paperback Nonfiction and Young Adult and Children’s Books.
For more on the local book scene, check out Helen Kossler’s books blog at OakPark.com/Books
Hardcover Fiction
A Dance with Dragons
George R. R. Martin
The State of Wonder
Ann Patchett
A Death in Summer
Benjamin Black
The Paris Wife
Paula McLain
Stone Arabia
Dana Spiotta
Hardcover Nonfiction
County: Life, Death and Politics at Chicago’s Public Hospital
David Ansell
Go the F**k to Sleep
Adam Mansbach
In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin
Erik Larson
Hometown Architect: The Complete Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright in Oak Park and River Forest, Illinois
Patrick Cannon
The Chicago Homegrown Cookbook: Local Food, Local Restaurants, Local Recipe
Heather Lalley
Paperback Fiction
The Help
Kathryn Stockett
A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin
Room
Emma Donoghue
Cutting for Stone
Abraham Verghese
A Clash of Kings
George R. R. Martin
Paperback Nonfiction
Oak Park: The Evolution of a Village
David Sokol
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
Rebecca Skloot
The Disappearing Spoon
Sam Kean
Outliers
Malcolm Gladwell
Medium Raw
Anthony Bourdain
Young Adult and Children’s Books
Should I Share My Ice Cream
Mo Willems
Catching Fire
Suzanne Collins
Mockingjay
Suzanne Collins
Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children
Ransom Riggs