Three Is a Magic Number
A pair of popular and well-reviewed fantasy trilogies make strong finishes this week.
Kingdom of the Feared, the #6 book in the country, concludes the YA dark fantasy trilogy Kerri Maniscalco began with 2020’s Kingdom of the Wicked, which our review said “delves into a richly imagined landscape of Italian folklore centered on Sicilian twins Emilia and Vittoria di Carlo.”
Naomi Novik lands at #4 on our hardcover fiction list with The Golden Enclaves, “her brilliant and compulsively readable final Scholomance fantasy,” per our starred review. The series kicked off in 2020 with A Deadly Education; both trilogies have enjoyed improving first-week print unit sales with each installment.
The Eggs and the Chicken
New on our hardcover nonfiction list: two books by longtime food bloggers, and a third by a venerable chef.
At #9, Home Is Where the Eggs Are is the latest by Molly Yeh, who began blogging at My Name Is Yeh in 2009. Recipes draw on her Chinese and Jewish heritage, her husband’s Scandinavian heritage, and their farm in the upper Midwest.
What’s Gaby Cooking blogger Gaby Dalkin also got her start in 2009; her latest book, What’s Gaby Cooking: Take It Easy (#10 on our list), offers what she calls “recipes for zero-stress deliciousness.” For instance, she writes, “there is no quicker dish to come together than eggs.”
Art of the Chicken, #19, is a “delightfully illustrated combination cookbook and memoir” by Jacques Pépin, per our review; his “whimsical paintings of chickens appear throughout,” amid dozens of narratively presented recipes.
All That Jazz
Two new novels, each of which received starred PW reviews, bring to life the seedy glamor of the 1920s–1930s.
#13 Hardcover Fiction: Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
Per PW: “The title of Atkinson’s glittering foray into London’s post-WWI Soho comes from the obituary of real-life club maven Kate Meyrick, the inspiration for protagonist Nellie Coker.”
#22 Children’s Fiction: Foul Lady Fortune by Chloe Gong
Per PW: “A disgraced, immortal assassin reluctantly partners with a high-profile playboy while investigating a slew of brutal murders in Gong’s enticing duology opener, a take on William Shakespeare’s As You Like It set in 1931 Shanghai.”
NEW & NOTABLE
VERITY
Colleen Hoover
#1 Hardcover Fiction, #1 overall
This collector’s edition of the psychological thriller, which Hoover originally self-published in 2018, features a gold foil cover, a new chapter, and a letter from the author. Grand Central’s 2021 trade paperback edition of the novel is the #3 title in the country.
LIVE WIRE
Kelly Ripa
#1 Hardcover Nonfiction
#5 overall
“Actor and talk show host Ripa offers a no-holds-barred glimpse of her personal and professional life in her self-deprecating debut,” per our review. “Ripa’s humor shines as she dives into topics such as marriage, family, chauvinism, therapy, cosmetic surgery, and her kids leaving for college.”
