Sonoma’s Bestseller List, the week ending March 21

Fiction Hardcover

1. “The Four Winds” by Kristin Hannah

One woman’s courage and strength are powerfully tested in her life in Texas during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl era.

2. “Transient Desires” by Donna Leon

The 30th installment of the Commissario Guido Brunetti series.

3. “The Midnight Library” by Matt Haig

A whimsical fantasy of a woman in her 30s who, after attempting suicide, finds herself in a mysterious library that allows her to explore new lives.

4. “Klara and the Sun” by Kazuo Ishiguro

The latest from the Nobel Prize laureate, a story set in a vaguely futuristic and technologically advanced place, that deals with themes of love, humanity and science.

5. “The Committed” by Viet Thanh Nguyen

The sequel to the 2016 Pulitzer Prize-winning “The Sympathizer,” the unnamed protagonist arrives in Paris from a Vietnamese reeducation camp, and in this darkly comic novel, explores themes of identity, morality, philosophy and the immigrant experience.

Fiction Paperback

1. “Reason to Kill: An Amos Parisman Mystery” by Andy Weinberger

Following the debut of the Amos Parisman series, the second installment from Andy Weinberger finds his semi-retired detective solving murder mysteries in the LA klezmer music scene.

2. “An Old Man’s Game: An Amos Parisman Mystery” by Andy Weinberger

In this debut novel from Andy Weinberger, a retired Los Angeles detective is brought back to solve the mysterious death of a charismatic rabbi.

3. “Interior Chinatown” by Charles Yu

The winner of the National Book Award, written in screenplay format and veering into and out of real life and the filming of a television police series, a satire of race, pop culture and assimilation.

4. “Writers & Lovers by Lily King

A 31- year-old woman, grieving her mother’s death and the breakup of a relationship, attempts to finish her long-in-progress novel, while waiting tables and trying to manage life’s challenges.

5. “Breasts and Eggs” by Mieko Kawakami

Translated from Japanese, contemporary womanhood in Japan is seen through the story of a 40-year-old writer, who is visited by her sister and niece.