Enjoy a moment to yourself with these bestsellers on the train to work, at the end of a long day or on a flight to the Seychelles.

• Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd


• The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck


• Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole


• Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah


• Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer


• Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells


• Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris