The week's bestselling books, May 18

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Hardcover fiction

1. Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry (Berkley: $29) Two writers vie for the accidental to archer the larger-than-life communicative of an heiress.

2. My Friends by Fredrik Backman (Atria Books: $30) The enslaved betwixt a radical of teens 25 years earlier has a almighty effect connected a budding artist.

3. James by Percival Everett (Doubleday: $28) An action-packed reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”

4. My Name Is Emilia del Valle by Isabel Allende (Ballantine Books: $30) A young writer successful the precocious 1800s travels to South America to uncover the information astir her father.

5. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore (Riverhead Books: $30) Worlds collide erstwhile a teen vanishes from her Adirondacks summertime camp.

6. Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall (Simon & Schuster: $29) A emotion triangle unearths unsafe secrets.

7. Audition by Katie Kitamura (Riverhead Books: $28) An accomplished histrion grapples with the varied roles she plays successful her idiosyncratic life.

8. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (Flatiron Books: $29) As oversea levels rise, a household connected a distant land rescues a mysterious woman.

9. Silver Elite by Dani Francis (Del Rey: $33) Psychic gifts tin get you killed successful the archetypal publication of a dystopian romance series.

10. Strangers successful Time by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing: $30) Two London teens scarred by World War II find an unexpected state successful a bereaved bookshop owner.

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Hardcover nonfiction

1. The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins (Hay House: $30) How to halt wasting vigor connected things you can’t control.

2. Abundance by Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster: $30) A telephone to renew a authorities of plentifulness and wantonness the chosen scarcities that person deformed American life.

3. Life of Your Dreams by Mark Pentecost (Mission Driven Press: $28) The billionaire entrepreneur reveals the 7 steps that took him from surviving to thriving.

4. The Book of Alchemy by Suleika Jaouad (Random House: $30) A usher to the creation of journaling, with contributions from Jon Batiste, Salman Rushdie, Gloria Steinem and others.

5. We Can Do Hard Things by Glennon Doyle, Abby Wambach and Amanda Doyle (The Dial Press: $34) The guidebook for being alive.

6. Notes to John by Joan Didion (Knopf: $32) Diary entries from the famed writer’s journal.

7. Joy Prescriptions by Dr. Tiffany Moon (Legacy Lit: $29) The doc and “Real Housewives” alum connected however to find happiness.

8. Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton (Pantheon: $27) A meditation connected freedom, trust, nonaccomplishment and our narration with the earthy world.

9. Conquering Crisis by Adm. William H. McRaven (Grand Central Publishing: $26) The retired four-star admiral’s idiosyncratic stories exemplify the principles of effectual enactment during times of crisis.

10. The Prism by Laura Day (Spiegel & Grau: $32) Seven steps to self-discovery and renewal.

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