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MORE BOOKS PAGE 8 • GO! MAGAZINE Continued from previous page “THE CELESTINE PROPHECY,” BY JAMES REDFIELD (1995) Originally self-published, Redfield’s novel about a found-manuscript that triggers spir- itual awakening spent about a third of the decade on the New York Times’ best-seller list. “INFINITE JEST,” BY DAVID FOSTER WALLACE (1996) Wallace’s popular, sweeping doorstop of a novel had multiple storylines and no short- age of endnotes and footnotes. “FIGHT CLUB,” BY CHUCK PALAHNIUK (1996) The 1999 movie starring Edward Norton and Brad Pitt elevated Palahniuk’s profile and the phrase “The first rule of fight club” to household status, but it couldn’t have hap- pened without this darkly comic novel. “BRIDGET JONES’S DIARY,” BY HELEN FIELDING (1996) It was around the time this novel about the career and life of a woman in London THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 2021 • THE BULLETIN that we began hearing the term “chick-lit.” “STRAIGHT MAN,” BY RICHARD RUSSO (1997) Richard Russo has written a number of great novels, many capturing the humor and pace of life in towns where everyone knows everyone else, including his Pulitzer Prize-winning 2001 novel “Empire Falls.” But this academia-set book is among his funniest. “THE WIND-UP BIRD CHRONICLE,” BY HARUKI MURAKAMI (1994-95; ENGLISH TRANSLATION 1997) Hailed as Japanese author Murakami’s masterpiece, it was included among The Telegraph’s “10 best Asian novels of all time.” “INTERPRETER OF MALADIES,” BY JHUMPA LAHIRI (1999) Lahiri’s collection of stories about Indi- ans and Indian Americans making their way amid culture clash in New England, In- dia and other settings earned her a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000. ý David Jasper: 541-383-0349, djasper@bendbulletin.com national bestsellers Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Dec. 26, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide. HARDCOVER FICTION 1. A Time for Mercy. John Grisham. Doubleday 2. Ready Player Two. Ernest Cline. Ballantine 3. The Return. Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central 4. The Vanishing Half. Brit Bennett. Riverhead 5. Deadly Cross. James Patterson. Little, Brown 6. If It Bleeds. Stephen King. Scribner Book 7. Daylight. David Baldacci. Grand Central 8. The Sentinel. Child/Child. Delacorte Deschutes Public Library directory Online: deschuteslibrary.org Downtown Bend Library: 601 NW Wall St., Bend; 541- 617-7050. Hours: 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Wednesday; 10 9. The Awakening. Nora Roberts. St. Martin’s 10. The Law of Innocence. Michael Connelly. Little, Brown HARDCOVER NONFICTION 1. A Promised Land. Barack Obama. Crown 2. Greenlights. Matthew McConaughey. Crown 3. Modern Comfort Food. Ina Garten. Clarkson Potter 4. Guinness World Records 2021. Guinness World Records 5. Untamed. Glennon Doyle. Dial 6. Magnolia Table, Vol. 2. Joanna Gaines. Morrow 7. Caste. Isabel Wilkerson. Random House 8. Humans. Brandon Stanton. St. Martin’s 9. Bag Man. Maddow/Yarvitz. Crown 10. Is This Anything? Jerry Seinfeld. Simon & Schuster a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday-Friday; noon-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. East Bend Library: 62080 Dean Swift Road, Bend; 541-330-3760. Hours: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday; 9 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday and Monday. MASS MARKET TRADE PAPERBACK 1. Moral Compass. Danielle Steel. Dell 2. Unsolved. Patterson/Ellis. Grand Central 3. Texas Kill of the Mountain Man. William W. Johnstone. Pinnacle 4. The River Murders. James Patterson. Grand Central 5. Someday with You. Nora Roberts. Silhouette 6. A Christmas Message. Debbie Macomber. Mira 7. The Morning After. Lisa Jackson. Zebra 8. The Stand (TV tie-in). Stephen King. Anchor 9. Spy. Danielle Steel. Dell 10. White Hot. Sandra Brown. Pocket 1. Interesting Stories for Curious People. Bill O’Neill. LAK 2. Home Body. Rupi Kaur. Andrews McMeel 3. Burn After Writing. Sharon Jones. TarcherPerigee 4. The Institute. Stephen King. Gallery 5. The Step-by-Step Instant Pot Cookbook. Jeffrey Eisner. Voracious 6. The Truths We Hold. Kamala Harris. Penguin 7. The Stand (TV tie-in). Stephen King. Anchor 8. NYPD Red 6. Patterson/Karp. Grand Central 9. Circe. Madeline Miller. Back Bay 10. The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2021. Old Farmer’s Almanac Redmond Library: 827 SW Deschutes Ave., Redmond; 541-312-1050. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Tuesday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday. La Pine Library: 16425 First St., La Pine; 541-312-1090. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; closed Sunday and Monday. Sunriver Library: 56855 Venture Lane, Sunriver; 541-312- 1080. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday and Monday. Sisters Library: 110 N. Cedar St., Sisters; 541-312-1070. Hours: 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Tuesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday and Monday.