3 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.

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

5 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.

6 STARLING HOUSE (Tor, $28.99). By Alix E. Harrow. A woman saving money to help her brother escape their dead-end town agrees to take a job at a mansion that might be haunted.

7 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.

8 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.

9 THE LAST DEVIL TO DIE (Pamela Dorman, $29). By Richard Osman. Looking for the murderer of a friend, members of the Thursday Murder Club find suspects in the antiquarian industry.

10 THE ILIAD (W. W. Norton, $39.95). Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.). A fresh translation of the ancient Greek epic about the final years of the Trojan War.

1 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.

2 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.

3 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.

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

7 MAKING IT SO (Gallery, $35). By Patrick Stewart. The “Star Trek” actor gives a tour of his life, from his Yorkshire upbringing to his Hollywood rise.

8 EVE (Knopf, $30). By Cat Bohannon. A researcher looks at how the female of the species drove human evolution.

9 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.

10 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.

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