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Northwest Michigan Hardcover fiction
1. "Memory of Light" by Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $34.99
2. "The River Swimmer" by Jim Harrison, Grove Press, $25
3. "Tenth of December" by George Saunders, Random House, $26
Paperback fiction
1. "Cruelest Month" by Aaron Stander, CreateSpace, $15.95
2. "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien, Houghton Mifflin, $13.95
3. "Rules of Civility" by Amor Tolles, Penguin Books, $16
Hardcover nonfiction
1. "Snow Play" by Birgitta Ralston, Artisan Publishers, $14.95
2. "Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power" by Jon Meacham, Random House, $35
3. "A Forest Unseen: A Year's Watch in Nature" by David George Haskell, Viking Books, $25.95
Paperback nonfiction
1. "The MidWest: God's Gift to Planet Earth" by Raygun, Raygun Press, $17.50
2. "Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the Afterlife" by Eben Alexander, Simon & Schuster, $15.99
3. "Illustrated Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True" by Richard Dawkins, Free Press, $19.99
-- Brilliant Books
National Hardcover fiction
1. "Tenth of December: Stories" by George Saunders, Random House, $26
2. "Gone Girl" by Gillian Flynn, Crown, $25
3. "A Memory of Light" by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $34.99
Paperback fiction
1. "The Paris Wife" by Paula McLain, Ballantine, $15
2. "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel, Mariner, $15.95
3. "Death Comes to Pemberley" by P.D. James, Vintage, $15
Hardcover nonfiction
1. "Help, Thanks, Wow" by Anne Lamott, Riverhead, $17.95
2. "My Beloved World" by Sonia Sotomayor, Knopf, $27.95
3. "I Could Pee on This" by Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle, $12.95
Paperback nonfiction
1. "Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey Into the Afterlife" by Eben Alexander, M.D., S&S, $15.99
2. "Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $21
3. "In the Garden of Beasts" by Erik Larson, Broadway, $16
-- American Booksellers Association