{"id":182004,"date":"2025-08-28T08:51:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/182004\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T08:51:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T08:51:09","slug":"how-to-read-a-book-and-rope-top-local-bestseller-lists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/182004\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cHow to Read a Book\u201d and \u2018Rope\u2019 top local bestseller lists"},"content":{"rendered":"

FICTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hardcover<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u201cHow to Read a Book,\u201d by Monica Wood (Mariner)
2. \u201cBlueberries for Sal,\u201d by Robert McCloskey (Viking)
3. \u201cWild Dark Shore,\u201d by Charlotte McConaghy (Flatiron)
4. \u201cFonseca,\u201d by Jessica Francis Kane (Penguin)
5. \u201cAtmosphere,\u201d by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine)
6. \u201cGoodnight Maine,\u201d by Adam Gamble (Our World of Books)
7. \u201cThe Circus Ship,\u201d by Chris Van Dusen (Candlewick)
8. \u201cThe God of the Woods,\u201d by Liz Moore (Riverhead)
9. \u201cUniversality,\u201d by Natasha Brown (Random House)
10. \u201cVantage Point,\u201d by Sara Sligar (MCD)<\/p>\n

Paperback<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u201cThe Berry Pickers,\u201d by Amanda Peters (Catapult)
2. \u201cMaine Characters,\u201d by Hannah Orenstein (Dutton)
3. \u201cMartyr!,\u201d by Kaveh Akbar (Vintage)
4. \u201cA Most Agreeable Murder,\u201d by Julia Seales (Random House)
5. \u201cAll Fours,\u201d by Miranda July (Riverhead)
6. \u201cThe Thursday Murder Club,\u201d by Richard Osman (Penguin)
7. \u201cThe Seas,\u201d by Samantha Hunt (Tin House)
8. \u201cPerilous Times,\u201d by Thomas D. Lee (Ballantine)
9. \u201cRules for Visiting,\u201d by Jessica Francis Kane (Penguin)
10. \u201cThe Frozen River,\u201d by Ariel Lawhon (Vintage)<\/p>\n

NONFICTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hardcover<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u201cRope: How a Bundle of Twisted Fibers Became the Backbone of Civilization,\u201d by Tim Queeney (St. Martin\u2019s)
2. \u201cProto: How One Ancient Language Went Global,\u201d by Laura Spinney (Bloomsbury)
3. \u201cEverything is Tuberculosis,\u201d by John Green (Crash Course)
4. \u201cThe Backyard Bird Chronicles,\u201d by Amy Tan (Knopf)
5. \u201cComing Up Short,\u201d by Robert B. Reich (Knopf)
6. \u201cBaldwin: A Love Story,\u201d by Nicholas Boggs (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
7. \u201cShade,\u201d by Sam Bloch (Random House)
8. \u201cAbundance,\u201d by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson (Avid Reader Press \/ Simon & Schuster)
9. \u201cThe Book of Alchemy,\u201d by Suleika Jaouad (Random House)
10. \u201cIs a River Alive?,\u201d by Robert Macfarlane (W. W. Norton)<\/p>\n

Paperback<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. \u201cThe Art Thief,\u201d by Michael Finkle (Vintage)
2. \u201cTrying: A Memoir,\u201d by Chloe Caldwell (Graywolf)
3. \u201cI Was Told There\u2019d Be Cake,\u201d by Sloane Crosley (Riverhead)
4. \u201cOn Tyranny,\u201d by Timothy Snyder (Tim Duggan)
5. \u201cMeditations,\u201d by Marcus Aurelius (Modern Library)
6. \u201cThe Wide Wide Sea,\u201d by Hampton Sides (Vintage)
7. \u201cThe Lobster Coast,\u201d by Colin Woodard (Penguin)
8. \u201cWhen We Were the Kennedys,\u201d by Monica Wood (Mariner)
9. \u201cThe Wager,\u201d by David Grann (Vintage)
10. \u201cThe Freedom Trail,\u201d by Paul Ledman (self-published)<\/p>\n

\u2014 Longfellow Books<\/p>\n

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