January 15, 2017 Los Angeles Times Best Sellers Available at the Library

The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead is the new number one book on the Los Angeles Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers List for the week of January 15, 2017. Number one on the Hardcover Nonfiction List this week is The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher.

The only new book to debut on either the Hardcover Fiction or Nonfiction Bestseller Lists this week is Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss.

Click on any title on the list to place a hold on an item free of charge. You will need to know your library card number and the last four digits of the phone number associated with your card. After placing the hold select the library location to which you want the item sent and we will notify you when it is available for pick up.

Los Angeles Times Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

1. The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

2. Moonglow by Michael Chabon

3. Swing Time by Zadie Smith

4. A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles

5. The Wrong Side of Goodbye by Michael Connelly

6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down by Jeff Kinney

7. Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

8. Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis by Anne Rice

9. Today Will Be Different by Maria Semple

10. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, & John Tiffany

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

2. The Undoing Project by Michael Lewis

3. Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance

4. The Book of Joy by Desomnd Tutu and The Dalai Lama

5. Thank You for Being Late by Thomas L. Friedman

6. Tools of Titans by Timothy Ferriss

7. Born a Crime by Trevor Noah

8. The Daily Show by Chris Smith and Jon Stewart

9. Killing the Rising Sun by Bill O'Reilly & Martin Dugard

10. Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

To find out more about recent arrivals and hot titles, book lists by subject, new books by genre and other reader resources, and what our librarians are reading, please visit LAPL Reads.

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