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Current best-sellers at Parkplace Books, 348 Parkplace Center, Kirkland (425-828-6546 or parkplacebookskirkland.com)

Hardcover

1. The Yellow Birds, Kevin Powers

2. Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher, Timothy Egan

3. The One and Only Ivan, Katherine Applegate

4. Lucky Ducklings, Eva Moore

5. Memory of Light, Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson

Paperback

1. Snow Child, Eowyn Ivey

2. Bury Your Dead, Louise Penny

3. The Garden of Evening Mists, Tan Twan Eng

4. The Cat’s Table, Michael Ondaatje

5. Truth Like the Sun, Jim Lynch