The week's bestselling books, March 23
2. All Fours by Miranda July (Riverhead Books: $29) A woman upends her domestic life in this irreverent novel.
3. James by Percival Everett (Doubleday: $28) An action-packed reimagining of 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.'
4. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Riverhead Books: $30) Worlds collide when a teenager vanishes from her Adirondacks summer camp.
5. The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami (Pantheon: $29) A woman fights for freedom in a near-future where even dreams are under surveillance.
6. Intermezzo by Sally Rooney (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $29) Two grieving brothers come to terms with their history.
7. The Antidote by Karen Russell (Knopf: $30) A Dust Bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town. 1
8. Stag Dance by Torrey Peters (Random House: $28) A collection of stories that takes on gender, transness and community.
9. Dream State by Eric Puchner (Doubleday: $28) The story of three lifelong friends set against the backdrop of the American West.
10. Three Days in June by Anne Tyler (Knopf: $27) A socially awkward mother of the bride navigates the days before and after her daughter's wedding.
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1. Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams (Flatiron Books: $33) An insider's account of working at Facebook.
2. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad (Knopf: $28) A powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betrays its fundamental values.
3. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins (Hay House: $30) How to stop wasting energy on things you can't control.
4. The Tell by Amy Griffin (The Dial Press: $29) The investor's memoir explores how far we will go to protect ourselves.
5. How to Love Better by Yung Pueblo (Harmony: $27) A blueprint to deepening your compassion, kindness and gratitude.
6. The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer and John Burgoyne (illustrator) (Scribner: $20) The 'Braiding Sweetgrass' author on gratitude, reciprocity and community, and the lessons to take from the natural world.
7. The Win-Win Workplace by Angela Jackson: (Berrett-Koehler Publishers: $30) Strategies to create better, healthier workplaces by lifting up employees.
8. Say Everything by Ione Skye (Gallery Books: $30) 1 The actor's coming-of-age memoir about chasing fame and true love in the shadow of her famous, absent father.
9. The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (Penguin: $32) The music producer on how to be a creative person.
10. Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton (Pantheon: $27) A meditation on freedom, trust, loss and our relationship with the natural world.
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1. Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar (Vintage: $18)
2. Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler (Grand Central: $20)
3. Orbital by Samantha Harvey (Grove Press: $17)
4. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood (Anchor: $18)
5. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (Transit Books: $17)
6. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Entangled: Red Tower Books: $21)
7. Good Material by Dolly Alderton (Vintage: $18)
8. North Woods by Daniel Mason (Random House Trade Paperbacks: $18)
9. The Unworthy by Agustina Bazterrica (Scribner: $19)
10. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (HarperOne: $18)
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1. The Wager by David Grann (Vintage: $21)
2. On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder (Crown: $12)
3. All About Love by bell hooks (Morrow: $17)
4. The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron (TarcherPerigee: $20)
5. Say Nothing by Patrick Radden Keefe (Vintage: $20)
6. The Art Thief by Michael Finkel (Vintage: $18)
7. 3 Shades of Blue by James Kaplan (Penguin: $20)
8. The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan (Knopf: $35)
9. Just Kids by Patti Smith (Ecco: $19)
10. Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan Didion (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $18)
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