3 THE VASTER WILDS (Riverhead, $28). By Lauren Groff. A servant girl escapes into the woods outside a colonial settlement in Jamestown, Va.

4 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.

5 FOURTH WING (Red Tower Books, $29.99). By Rebecca Yarros. A young woman competes to secure a spot at an elite war college for dragon riders.

6 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.

7 THE FRAUD (Penguin Press, $29). By Zadie Smith. A Victorian-era housekeeper becomes fascinated with a scandalous trial involving a man’s dubious claim to a fortune.

8 HOLLY (Scribner, $30). By Stephen King. Private detective Holly Gibney’s investigation into a missing girl leads her to suspect a seemingly upstanding octogenarian couple.

9 LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY (Doubleday, $29). By Bonnie Garmus. A mid-century scientist becomes a sensation while hosting a feminist cooking show.

10 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.

1 ELON MUSK (Simon & Schuster, $35). By Walter Isaacson. The best-selling biographer tells the story of the billionaire’s path to becoming a controversial trailblazer.

2 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.

3 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.

4 ASTOR (Harper, $32.99). By Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe. A chronicle of the legendary family’s rise and fall over generations.

5 BUILD THE LIFE YOU WANT (Portfolio, $30). By Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey. A guide to finding happiness from a Harvard professor and an admired public figure.

6 DOPPELGANGER (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30). By Naomi Klein. A social critic considers how the difficulty she faces from being frequently confused with another well-known person is amplified by today’s divisive social landscape.

7 OUTLIVE (Harmony, $32). By Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford. A physician offers alternate ways of looking at aging and longevity.

8 WHY WE LOVE BASEBALL (Dutton, $29). By Joe Posnanski. A best-selling sports writer makes a case for baseball’s 50 best moments.

9 THE BOOK OF (MORE) DELIGHTS (Algonquin, $28). By Ross Gay. More essays about finding joy written by a poet over the course of a year.

10 TO INFINITY AND BEYOND (National Geographic, $30). By Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker. The popular astrophysicist explains the scientific principles behind cosmic forces.

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