local readers embrace new and old self-help books

The best-selling titles at Copperfield’s Books, Petaluma, for the week of January 24 to January 24. 30, 2021.

Petaluma’s #1 book this week is Enough, a self-help page-turner from popular Instagram therapist and writer Lisa Olivera, who was abandoned by her birth mother behind a rock in Muir Woods a few hours only after birth. Fortunately, she was discovered and adopted soon after. From such a traumatic start, Olivera has built a life of self-discovery and healing, hence this engaging new guide on how to create a sense of self-acceptance while reframing her life story. .

It seems locals are in the mood for a bit of New Year’s self-exploration, because ‘Already Enough’ isn’t the only one on Copperfield’s list of the 10 best-selling fiction and non-fiction books. . At #4 is Rhonda Byrne’s 2006 self-help book ‘The Secret’, the phenomenon that taught a world full of book buyers seeking love, hope and healing. on something called The Law of Attraction. The book garnered enough attention that it has spawned several followings since. A space at No. 5 is “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People to Talk About Race,” by Robin Diangelo, the 2018 bestseller that takes a self-help approach to examining the challenges of wrestling. against systematic racism when the system, and many of us, are internally rigged to resist such transformations.

Although book #6 on the list, “The Love Hypothesis” by Ali Hazelwood, certainly looks like a self-help book about emotions examined scientifically, it is actually a ‘a light novel about a Stanford graduate student and staff member who pretends to be dating as a way to achieve academic and career goals. The book that really IS a scientific examination of emotions is Brené Brown’s Atlas of the Heart” (#7). Subtitled “Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Experience”, the book delves into 80 human emotions and the good/bad/other places they often take us, with clever suggestions on how to find our path.

Here’s the full list of the top 10 books on Copperfield’s Fiction and Nonfiction list, as well as the full list for children and young adults.

FICTION REALITY

1.’Already enough‘by Lisa Olivera – From therapist and popular Instagram writer Lisa Olivera, this engaging guide explains how to create a sense of self-acceptance while reframing your life story.

2.’Circe,’ by Madeline Miller – The famous animal-transforming witch from ‘The Odyssey’ tells her own story, and guess what? It’s not the same story told by the dirty men she met.

3.’Perestroika in Paris,’ by Jane Smiley – The story of three animals and a boy who unexpectedly meet in Paris and change each other’s lives.

4. ‘The secret,’ by Rhonda Byrne – The popular 2006 self-help book that taught a world full of book buyers looking for love, hope and healing about the law of attraction.

5.’White Fragility: Why It’s So Difficult For White People To Talk About Race,’ by Robin Diangelo – The best-selling book on the challenges of facing systematic racism head-on when the system is rigged to withstand such challenges.

6. ‘The love hypothesis‘ by Ali Hazelwood – A mellow romance described as a STEM-adjacent chemistry experiment between a graduate student and a college faculty member who cooks up a fake relationship at Stanford.

seven. ‘atlas of the heart,’ by Brené Brown – Subtitled ‘Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Experience’, Brown’s non-fiction book examines 80 human emotions and the divine/evil/otherwise places they often take us, with suggestions smart about how to find our way back.

8.’Violet,’ by Isabel Allende – A new novel about a 100-year-old South American woman who chronicles her long and colorful life from birth, during the Spanish flu pandemic, to her success as a homebuilder.

9.’The children’s blizzard,’ by Melanie Benjamin – Written by the author of ‘The Aviator’s Wife,’ this all-new novel is set in 1888 during a devastating ice storm in the Midwest. .

ten. ‘The Man From Davos: How Billionaires Devoured The World,’ by Peter S. Goodman – Explanatory non-fiction examining how the richest people in the world have become even richer during the pandemic and how they may well be killing the human species with their greed.

CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS

1.’What is love?‘ by Mac Barnett – A charming picture book about discovering the meaning of love.

2.’Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot‘, by Jeff Kinney – The 16th entry in this beloved series sees Greg playing sports, pretty much proving he’s no good at any of them, then ending up on the worst team in basketball from school.

3.’Greetings from somewhere,’ by Harper Paris – Subtitled ‘The Mystery of the Stolen Paint’, this animated novel for young readers is the third in the popular 10-book series that is circulating around the world.

4. ‘Bunnicula,’ by Deborah and James Howe – The creepy and funny story of a rabbit who is also a vampire.

5.’Wings of Fire: The Brightest Night,’ by Tui Sutherland – The graphic novel adaptation of the fifth novel in Sutherland’s bestselling series about dragons and their adventures.

6. ‘The hate you give,’ by Angie Thomas – A teenage girl’s life changes when she witnesses a police shooting that kills a young black man.

seven. ‘Zero point,’ by Alan Gratz – A masterful novel about the aftermath of 9/11 from the perspective of a young child in New York City.

8.’iron window,’ by Ziran J. Zhao – Described as an imaginative mix of ‘Pacific Rim’ and ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ this new young adult novel blends Chinese history and mecha sci-fi.

9.’The 12 days of the Lunar New Year,’ by Jenna Lettice – Kind of like ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’, but for Chinese New Year, this fun picture book is a clever delight.

ten. ‘As far as you take me,’ by Phil Stamper – A touching story about a queer child forced to leave home, who finds the family he has always deserved.

Data compiled by Amber-Rose Reed, maintainer of Copperfield’s Book.