1. The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins, Riverhead, $26.952. My Name Is Lucy BartonElizabeth Strout, Random House, $263. All the Light We Cannot SeeAnthony Doerr, Scribner, $274. Midnight SunJo Nesbo, Knopf, $23.955. The Swans of Fifth AvenueMelanie Benjamin, Delacorte, $286. The Widow Fiona Barton, NAL, $267. The NightingaleKristin Hannah, St. Martin’s, $27.998. Fates and FuriesLauren Groff, Riverhead, $27.959. The Queen of the NightAlexander Chee, Houghton Mifflin, $2810. Go Set a WatchmanHarper Lee, Harper, $27.9911. GeorgiaDawn Tripp, Random House, $2812. The High Mountains of PortugalYann Martel, Spiegel & Grau, $2713. FelicityMary Oliver, Penguin Press, $24.9514. HideMatthew Griffin, Bloomsbury, $2615. The VegetarianHan Kang, Hogarth, $21

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1. When Breath Becomes AirPaul Kalanithi, Random House, $252. Between the World and MeTa-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $243. The Road to Little DribblingBill Bryson, Doubleday, $28.954. Dark MoneyJane Mayer, Doubleday, $29.955. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying UpMarie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.996. Spark JoyMarie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $18.997. Being MortalAtul Gawande, Metropolitan, $268. GratitudeOliver Sacks, Knopf, $179. Locally Laid: How We Built a Plucky, Industry-Changing Egg Farm - From ScratchLucie B. Amundsen, Avery, $26 10. In Other Words Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $26.9511. Trouble Boys: The True Story of the ReplacementsBob Mehr, Da Capo Press, $27.5012. Notorious RBGIrin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, Dey Street, $19.9913. Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American CityMatthew Desmond, Crown, $2814. And Then All Hell Broke LooseRichard Engel, S&S, $2715. American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of TeenagersNancy Jo Sales, Knopf, $26.95

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Midwest Connections Picks“I absolutely loved Locally Laid! Read it in two days and enjoyed every minute. Funny and informative.”

Midwest Connections Picks“Symphonic in form, euphoric in heart, this volume brings together a great, sometimes-desperate chorus that ought to be heard world-over. Listen before it’s too late.”

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--Sue Grafton, #1 bestselling author of the Kinsey Mill-hone series — Lynn Stegner, author of five works including Because a Fire

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1. A Man Called OveFredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $162. My Brilliant FriendElena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $173. RoomEmma Donoghue, Back Bay, $16.994. A Little LifeHanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $175. Readers of Broken Wheel RecommendKatarina Bivald, Sourcebooks, $16.996. Ordinary GraceWilliam Kent Krueger, Atria, $167. Me Before YouJojo Moyes, Penguin, $168. BrooklynColm Toibin, Scribner, $159. Dear Committee MembersJulie Schumacher, Anchor, $14.9510. The RevenantMichael Punke, Picador USA, $1611. The WhitesRichard Price, Picador USA, $1612. The Story of a New NameElena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $1813. A Brief History of Seven KillingsMarlon James, Riverhead, $1714. Station ElevenEmily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $15.9515. AmericanahChimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $15.95

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1. H Is for HawkHelen Macdonald, Grove Press, $162. The Boys in the BoatDaniel James Brown, Penguin, $173. Harry Potter Coloring BookScholastic, $15.994. Just MercyBryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $165. The Almost Nearly Perfect PeopleMichael Booth, Picador USA, $176. The Mindfulness Coloring Book: Vol TwoEmma Farrarons, Experiment, $9.957. Braiding SweetgrassRobin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $188. The New Jim CrowMichelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.959. Alexander HamiltonRon Chernow, Penguin, $2010. The Omnivore’s DilemmaMichael Pollan, Penguin, $1811. Doctor Who Coloring BookPrice Stern Sloan, $14.9912. MissoulaJon Krakauer, Anchor, $16.9513. You Are a BadassJen Sincero, Running Press, $1614. Liar, Temptress, Soldier, Spy: Four Women Undercover in the Civil WarKaren Abbott, Harper Perennial, $16.9915. Whiskey Tango FoxtrotKim Barker, Anchor, $15.95

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Midwest Connections Picks“Every word on every page is sheer perfection. I haven’t been this in love with a book in ages! I’ll carry this book in my heart for years to come.” -- Bess Bleyaert, McLean & Eakin, Petoskey, Michigan

Mass Market1. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.992. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.993. Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.994. To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee, Grand Central, $8.995. A Storm of Swords George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.996. Endangered C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.997. Lord of the Flies William Golding, Perigee, $9.998. The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.999. Fragile Things Neil Gaiman, HarperTorch, $7.9910. 11/22/63 Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99

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1. Finding WinnieLindsay Mattick, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Little Brown, $182. Pat the BunnyDorothy Kunhardt, Golden, $9.993. Goodnight MoonMargaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.994. A is for ActivistInnosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $9.995. When Spring ComesKevin Henkes, Laura Dronzek (Illus.), Greenwillow, $17.996. The Very Hungry CaterpillarEric Carle, Putnam, $10.997. The Cat in the HatDr. Seuss, Random House, $8.998. Good Night, GorillaPeggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.999. Little Blue TruckAlice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $6.9910. Red: A Crayon’s StoryMichael Hall, Greenwillow, $17.99

for the week of 3/6/2016

1. PaxSara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $16.992. Salt to the SeaRuta Sepetys, Philomel, $18.993. NimonaNoelle Stevenson, HarperTeen, $12.994. Roller GirlVictoria Jamieson, Dial, $12.995. DramaRaina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.996. Dear Pope Francis: The Pope Answers Letters from Children Around the WorldPope Francis, Loyola Press, $18.957. A Study in CharlotteBrittany Cavallaro, Katherine Tegen Books, $17.998. Auggie & MeR.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 97811019348529. Girl Last SeenHeather Anastasiu, Anne Greenwood Brown, AW Teen, $16.9910. Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s LibraryChris Grabenstein, Yearling, $6.99

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Midwest Connections Picks“Lab Girl . . . introduced me to a deeply inspiring woman—a scientist so passionate about her work I felt myself vividly with her on every page. This is a smart, enthralling, and winning debut.” -- Cheryl Strayed

Children’s Series Titles1. Firelight (Amulet, #7) Kazu Kibuishi, Graphix, $12.992. Big Nate Blasts Off Lincoln Peirce, Balzer + Bray, $13.993. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Old School Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $13.954. The Princess in Black Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick, $6.995. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: The Illustrated Edition (2015) J.K. Rowling, Jim Kay (Illus.), Arthur A. Levine Books, $39.996. The Ruins of Gorlan (Ranger’s Apprentice, Book One) John Flanagan, Penguin, $8.997. Mercy Watson to the Rescue Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen (Illus.), Candlewick, $5.998. The 5th Wave Rick Yancey, Speak, $10.99, 97801475190859. Ivy and Bean (Ivy & Bean, #1) Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall, Chronicle, $5.9910. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $12.99

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Midwest Connections Picks“Bottomland is more than a literary mystery. It’s a trance, a poem, a lamentation, a benediction. And it’s breathtaking. As in: remind yourself to breathe.” -- Rebecca Makkai, author of Music for Wartime and The Hundred-Year House