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By Alex Frandsen
Globe Correspondent

HARDCOVER

FICTION

1. A Gentleman in Moscow Amor Towles Viking

2. The Underground Railroad Colson Whitehead Doubleday

3. Lincoln in the Bardo George Saunders Random House

4. Norse Mythology Neil Gaiman Norton

5. The Women in the Castle Jessica Shattuck Morrow

6. In This Grave Hour Jacqueline Winspear Harper

7. Earthly Remains Donna Leon Atlantic Monthly Press

8. The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane Lisa See Scribner

9. Exit West Mohsin Hamid Riverhead

10. A Piece of the World Christina Baker Kline Morrow

NONFICTION

1. Hillbilly Elegy J.D. Vance Harper

2. Hallelujah Anyway Anne Lamott Riverhead

3. The Stranger in the Woods Michael Finkel Knopf

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

5. The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben Greystone Books

6. Wait, What?: And Life’s Other Essential Questions James E. Ryan HarperOne

7. The Moth Presents All These Wonders Catherine Burns (Ed.) Crown Archetype

8. Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Knopf

9. Hourglass: Time, Memory, Marriage Dani Shapiro Knopf

10. Born a Crime Trevor Noah Spiegel & Grau

PAPERBACK

FICTION

1. All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr Scribner

2. A Man Called Ove Fredrik Backman Washington Square Press

3. The Handmaid’s Tale Margaret Atwood Anchor

4. Lilac Girls Martha Hall Kelly Ballantine

5. Big Little Lies Liane Moriarty Berkley

6. Milk and Honey Rupi Kaur Andrews McMeel

7. The Woman in Cabin 10 Ruth Ware Gallery/Scout Press

8. The Nest Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney Ecco

9. The Last Painting of Sara de Vos Dominic Smith Picador USA

10. Britt-Marie Was Here Fredrik Backman Washington Square Press

NONFICTION

1. The Zookeeper’s Wife Diane Ackerman Norton

2. On Tyranny Timothy Snyder Tim Duggan Books

3. Evicted Matthew Desmond Broadway

4. Lab Girl Hope Jahren Vintage

5. White Trash Nancy Isenberg Penguin

6. Hidden Figures Margot Lee Shetterly Morrow

7. Strong Is the New Pretty Kate T. Parker Workman

8. You Are a Badass Jen Sincero Running Press

9. Alexander Hamilton Ron Chernow Penguin

10. Are We Smart Enough to Know How Smart Animals Are? Frans de Waal Norton

Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound for the week ended Sunday, April 16.

Alex Frandsen can be reached at alexander.frandsen@globe.com.