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By Lexi Peery
Globe Correspondent

HARDCOVER

FICTION

1. The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead Doubelday

2. Commonwealth Ann Patchett Harper

3. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles Viking

4. Moonglow Michael Chabon Harper

5. Small Great Things Jodi Picoult Ballantine

6. The Sleepwalker Chris Bohjalian Doubleday

7. Homegoing Yaa Gyasi Knopf

8. Difficult Women Roxane Gay Grove Press

9. 4 3 2 1 Paul Auster Holt

10. News of the World Paulette Jiles Morrow

NONFICTION

1. Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance Harper

2. The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben Greystone Books

3. The Book of Joy The Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu Avery

4. Born a Crime Trevor Noah Spiegel & Grau

5. The Little Book of Hygge: Danish Secrets to Happy Living Meik Wiking Morrow

6. The Undoing Project Michael Lewis Norton

7. Belichick and Brady: Two Men, the Patriots, and How They Revolutionized Football Michael Holley Hachette

8. Strangers in Their Own Land Arlie Russell Hochschild The New Press

9. Earning the Rockies: How Geography Shapes America’s Role in the World Robert D. Kaplan Random House

10. Tears We Cannot Stop Michael Eric Dyson St. Martin’s

PAPERBACK

FICTION

1. A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman Washington Square Press

2. The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen Grove Press

3. A Dog’s Purpose W. Bruce Cameron Forge

4. Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur Andrews McMeel

5. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry Fredrik Backman Washington Square Press

6. My Name Is Lucy Barton Elizabeth Strout Random House

7. The Sellout Paul Beatty Picador USA

8. The Little Paris Bookshop Nina George Broadway

9. Everybody’s Fool Richard Russo Vintage

10. My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante Europa Editions

NONFICTION

1. Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly Morrow

2. The Trump Survival Guide Gene Stone Dey Street

3. Dark Money Jane Mayer Anchor

4. We Should All Be Feminists Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Anchor

5. Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow Penguin

6. March: Book One John Lewis, Andrew Aydin Top Shelf Productions

7. What We Do Now Dennis Johnson, Valerie Merians (Eds.) Melville House

8. Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities Rebecca Solnit Haymarket Books

9. The Road to Little Dribbling Bill Bryson Anchor

10. The Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz Amber-Allen

Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound for the week ended Sunday, February 5.

Lexi Peery can be reached at lexi.peery@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter @LexiFP.