The weeks bestselling books, March 8

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1.Vigil by George Saunders (Random House: $28) A spirit guide must shepherd the soul of a dying, unrepentant oil tycoon into the afterlife as he confronts his legacy of corporate greed all while supernatural visitors demand a reckoning.

2.The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (Crown: $28) A lifelong letter writer reckons with a painful past.

3.Heart the Lover by Lily King (Grove Press: $28) A woman reflects on a youthful love triangle and its consequences.

4.Brawler by Lauren Groff (Riverhead Books: $29) A collection of short stories tackling the relentless battle between humanity’s dark and light angels.

5.What We Can Know by Ian McEwan (Knopf: $30) A genre-bending love story about people and the words they leave behind.

6.Operation Bounce House by Matt Dinniman (Ace: $32) A man must fight for his planet against impossible odds when gamers from Earth attempt to remotely annihilate it.

7.Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy (Ballantine Books: $30) A teenager embarks on a secret relationship with her teacher.

8.Kin by Tayari Jones (Knopf: $32) The bond between two lifelong friends in the South is tested as they take different paths in life.

9.Flesh by David Szalay (Scribner: $29) A man’s life veers off course due to a series of unforeseen circumstances.

10.Lost Lambs by Madeline Cash (Farrar, Straus & Giroux: $28) A family comes undone in a small coastal town.

…1.A World Appears by Michael Pollan (Penguin Press: $32) An exploration of consciousness and a meditation on the essence of our humanity.

2.Young Man in a Hurry by Gavin Newsom (Penguin Press: $30) The California governor tells his origin story.

3.Strangers by Belle Burden (The Dial Press: $30) A woman explores her marriage, its end and the man she thought she knew.

4.American Struggle by Jon Meacham (Random House: $38) An anthology with commentary on the consequential speeches, letters and essays that ...