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The Top Five Most Sold & Most Read Books of the Week

Stephen King’s terrifying, classic #1 New York Times bestseller, “a landmark in American literature” (Chicago Sun-Times)-about seven adults who return to their hometown to fight a nightmare they had first been troubled with as teenagers - an evil without a name: it.

Readers of Stephen King know that Derry, Maine, is a place with a deep, dark hold on the author. It reappears in many of his books, including Bag of Bones, Hearts in Atlantis and 11/22/63. But it all starts with It.

In 1558, the ancient stones of Kingsbridge Cathedral looked down on a city split by religious conflict. As power in England shifted dangerously between Catholics and Protestants, royalty and commoners clashed, testing friendship, loyalty and love...

From a master of contemporary fantasy comes the first novel of a landmark series unlike any you’ve ever read before. With A Game of   Thrones, George R. R. Martin has launched a genuine masterpiece, bringing together the best the genre has to offer. Mystery, intrigue, romance and adventure fill the pages of this magnificent saga, the first volume in an epic series sure to delight fantasy fans everywhere.

Brilliantly written with his signature humor and real experience from his research trip to Cuba... Nelson DeMille is a true master of genre.

In this spectacular father/son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the “highest of high-stakes stories: What might happen if women disappeared from the world of men?”

In a future so real and near that it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep. And while they sleep, they go to another place, a better place, where harmony prevails and conflict is rare...

Relationship skills and social skills are referred to as “skills” for a reason — they require learning, practice, and improvement. Here are the best relationship books on the market, according to a licensed mental health counselor.

Best for Communication: 4 Essential Keys to Effective Communication in Love, Life, Work — Anywhere!

In this day and age, we could all use a refresher in terms of basic communication skills. This award-winning book — filled with how-to guides and exercise challenges — is a great place to start. Written with all kinds of relationships in mind, including family, dating, friendships, and even work relationships, it’s designed to help you improve empathy, listening skills, and communication skills.

Best for Socializing: How to Become a People Magnet

Social anxiety is a common issue in our modern-day world among all age groups. This book, written by award-winning author Marc Reklau, provides 62 simple strategies (策略) to help you improve your social skills in everything from first impressions to deeper relationships. With a variety of strategies available, you can choose the ones that are best suited for your needs. This book is also beneficial for those working in sales or customer service — industries that frequently handle complaints or require making connections.

Best for Problem-Solving: I Hear You: The Surprisingly Simple Skill Behind Extraordinary Relationships

In this bestselling book, author Michael Sorensen put relationship problem-solving skills into a three-hour read. It reads more like a conversation to help users understand the value of listening and validation in relationships.

Best for Personality Types: The Enneagram for Relationships: Transform Your Connections with Friends, Family, Colleagues, and in Love

The Enneagram is one of the fastest-growing personality assessments and concepts in the world right now, and rightfully so. There are nine different personality types with up to 27 subtypes to help you understand yourself — aiding in connection with those closest to you.

Award-winning author Judy Blume’s novel Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret, a book about the challenges of growing up and figuring out who you are, has been popular for more than 50 years. For the first time, it has been turned into a film, which arrives in movie theatres on April 28.

The story in the book and the movie is set in the 1970s. It is told from the perspective (视角) of 11-year-old Margaret Simon, a sixth grader faced with going to a new school, making new friends, family drama, and most notably, puberty(when a child’s body becomes an adult body). She is also trying to figure out her own religious beliefs. In private, Margaret addresses God with questions about her life. The novel has been a bestseller for decades, but it is also one of the most forbidden books in the US. Some people think the book’s coverage of puberty is not age-appropriate. Another concern is about the way Christianity is described. The film’s writer-director Kelly Fremon Craig, a longtime fan of the story, told The Week Junior that the movie is faithful to the book.

Margret is played by Abby Ryder Fortson, who was about the same age as her character during filming. She told The Week Junior she first read the novel when she was auditioning (试镜) for the movie. Afterward, she recalled, “I said to my dad, ‘How did someone write a book about this experience and make it so honest and so true?’ I loved the book so much.”

Craig wants the film to make audiences laugh and for them to see themselves in Margaret and her friends. “There’s something about watching someone else do the embarrassing things that you do that’s really funny—also a great relief that you’re not the only one,”she said.