The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead is number one on the Los Angeles Times Hardcover Fiction Best Seller List for the second week in a row, while The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer debuts in the #1 spot on the Hardcover Nonfiction Bestseller List.

Dark Matter by Bake Crouch is the only new title on the Fiction List this week.  New to the Nonfiction List in addition to The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo is Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance and Altamont by Joel Selvin.

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Los Angeles Times Best Sellers

Hardcover Fiction

1.  The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead

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

3.  The Woman in Cabin 10 by Ruth Ware

4.  The Girls by Emma Cline

5.  Before the Fall by Noah Hawley

6.  Truly Madly Guilty by Liane Moriarty 

7.  The Black Widow by Daniel Silva 

8.  All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr 

9.  Dark Matter by Bake Crouch

10. Sweetbitter by Stephanie Danier 

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo by Amy Schumer

2.  American Heiress by Jeffrey Toobin 

3.  Powerhouse by James A. Miller 

4.  Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance

5.  When Breath Becomes Air by Paul Kalanithi  

6.  The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo

7.  Crisis of Character by Gary J. Byrne 

8.  Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehsi Coates 

9.  You'll Grow Out of It by Jessi Klein

10.  Altamont by Joel Selvin

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