August 11, 2021

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for August 11, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending August 8, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806758
Henry's sparkling new novel will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
1/13
2. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
Miller's monumental debut novel is an action-packed adventure and epic love story that brilliantly re-imagines Homer's enduring masterwork, The Iliad.
2/49
3. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
The masterful follow-up to The Song of Achilles is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world.
3/69
4. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18.00, 9780735219106
Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder.
6/19
5. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
O'Farrell's novel is a luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a tender re-imagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten.
4/12
6. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18.00, 9780062671196
Erdrich's novel is based on the extraordinary life of her grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C.
7/14
7. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501160844
An ingeniously constructed novel about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope--the things that save us, even in the most anxious times.
5/5
8. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
Klune's novel is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place.
11/30
9. The Guest List- Debut
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062868947
A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller by the bestselling author of The Hunting Party.
/1
10. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734
Henry's novel about a romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut is a June 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
9/24
11. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
A gripping psychological thriller about a woman's act of violence against her husband--and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.
8/14
12. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933
Reid's novel is a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day.
14/10
13. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17.00, 9780525620808
A re-imagining of the classic gothic suspense novel, Mexican Gothic is a story about an isolated mansion in 1950s Mexico--and the brave socialite drawn to its treacherous secrets.
10/8
14. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525562047
Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling.
12/10
15. One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250244499
A magical, sexy, bighearted romance where the impossible becomes possible as a young woman does everything in her power to save a girl lost in time. A June 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
13/10


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 11, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending August 8, 2021
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18.00, 9781571313560
Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
1/87
2. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
2/45
3. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17.00, 9780804172721
Bryson takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody.
3/28
4. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321
In Entangled Life, biologist Merlin Sheldrake shows us the world from a fungal point of view, providing an exhilarating change of perspective.
4/17
5. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
A groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be human.
5/156
6. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525560562
A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in Black feminism.
6/24
7. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $17.00, 9780307742483
Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history.
9/77
8. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18.00, 9780399588198
Noah's compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime coming-of-age memoir is set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.
10/112
9. All We Can Save
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson (Eds.), One World, $18.00, 9780593237083
Provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward.
7/3
10. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in traditional Toltec beliefs.
11/135
11. Vesper Flights
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802158673
Macdonald's collection of essays is a captivating and foundational book about observation, fascination, time, memory, love, and loss and how we make sense of the world around us.
13/4
12. Agent Sonya
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18.00, 9780593136324
Macintyre uncovers the true story behind the Cold War's most intrepid female spy.
14/2
13. Kitchen Confidential
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $16.99, 9780060899226
In Kitchen Confidential, Bourdain tells the wild-but-true tales of his life in the culinary trade.
/41
14. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286
Award-winning New Yorker staff writer Keefe presents a stunning and intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.
15/38
15. Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18.00, 9781984820389
A radically honest work of art, Minor Feelings forms a portrait of one Asian American psyche--and of a writer's search to both uncover and speak the truth.
/20


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for August 11, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending August 8, 2021
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Billy Summers- Debut
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982173616
King's new novel is about love, luck, fate, and a complex hero with one last shot at redemption.
/1
2. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474
Haig's latest is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived.
1/40
3. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781524798659
Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of twenty-four hours, their lives will change forever. A June 2021 Indie Next Pick.
2/10
4. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S, $27.00, 9781501171345
A gripping mystery about a woman who thinks she's found the love of her life--until he disappears. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
5/14
5. The Paper Palace
Miranda Cowley Heller, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593329825
In the course of a single day on Cape Cod, one woman must make a life-changing decision that has been brewing for decades. A July 2021 Indie Next Pick.
3/5
6. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593318171
Ishiguro's new novel offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: What does it mean to love? A March 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/23
7. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
In Weir's latest, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
6/14
8. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
Amanda Gorman's powerful and historic poem, read at President Joe Biden's inauguration, now available as a collectible gift edition.
8/19
9. Afterparties: Stories- Debut
Anthony Veasna So, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063049901
A vibrant story collection about Cambodian-American life--immersive and comic, yet unsparing--that offers profound insight into the intimacy of queer and immigrant communities. An Indies Introduce title and and August 2021 Indie Next Pick.
/1
10. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
France, 1714: In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever--and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for October 2020.
9/44
11. Once There Were Wolves- Debut
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250244147
McConaghy's novel is the unforgettable story of a woman desperate to save the creatures she loves--if she isn't consumed by a wild that was once her refuge. The #1 Indie Next Pick for August 2021.
/1
12. The Cellist
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834867
Silva's timely and explosive new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon.
7/4
13. The Maidens
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $27.99, 9781250304452
Michaelides' spellbinding follow-up to The Silent Patient is a June 2021 Indie Next Pick.
12/8
14. The Final Girl Support Group
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $26.00, 9780593201237
In horror movies, the final girls are the ones left standing when the credits roll. They made it through the worst night of their lives...but what happens after? A July 2021 Indie Next Pick.
13/4
15. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525536291
Bennett's beautiful new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one Black and one white. A June 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/61


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 11, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending August 8, 2021
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. I Alone Can Fix It
Carol Leonnig, Philip Rucker, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593298947
A behind-the-scenes account of Donald Trump's final year in office by bestselling authors of A Very Stable Genius.
1/3
2. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593296905
A radical challenge to how we think about drugs, and an exploration into the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants—and the equally powerful taboos.
3/5
3. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
4/16
4. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
Radiant with Mackesy's warmth and gentle wit, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse blends hand-written narrative with dozens of drawings.
2/75
5. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35.00, 9780062802798
A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain.
5/16
6. The Anthropocene Reviewed
John Green, Dutton, $28.00, 9780525555216
A deeply moving collection of personal essays by the bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down.
7/12
7. American Marxism
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $28.00, 9781501135972
Levin explains how the dangers he warned against in his book Liberty and Tyranny have come to pass.
6/4
8. The Premonition
Michael Lewis, Norton, $30.00, 9780393881554
Michael Lewis's taut nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against what was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19.
11/14
9. The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27.00, 9780316296618
Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history.
10/15
10. Here, Right Matters: An American Story- Debut
Alexander Vindman, Harper, $26.99, 9780063079427
Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, who found himself at the center of a firestorm for his decision to report the infamous phone call that led to presidential impeachment, tells his own story for the first time.
/1
11. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32.00, 9780593230251
Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today.
12/53
12. Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
Simard brings us into the intimate world of trees to illuminate fascinating and vital truths—that trees are not simply the source of timber or pulp, but are a complicated, interdependent circle of life.
9/14
13. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9781984801258
In Doyle's most revealing and powerful memoir yet, she explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet the expectations of the world, and start trusting the voice deep within us.
8/74
14. The Comfort Book
Matt Haig, Penguin Life, $22.00, 9780143136668
In his new book, Haig offers warmth and reassurance, reminding us to slow down and appreciate the beauty and unpredictability of existence.
13/5
15. How the Word Is Passed
Clint Smith, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316492935
Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks--those that are honest about the past and those that are not--that offers an inter-generational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves.
15/10


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for August 11, 2021
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/90
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3/266
3. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $9.99, 9780063112520
2/6
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
5/50
5. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11.00, 9780399501487
6/40
6. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
8/32
7. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
4/20
8. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
/54
9. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
/315
10. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
10/84


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for August 11, 2021
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
 
2. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
 
3. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
 
4. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
 
5. Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood- Debut
Kwame Mbalia (Ed.), Delacorte Press, $16.99, 9780593379936
 
6. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
7. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
8. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
9. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
 
10. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
11. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
 
12. Ground Zero
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338245752
 
13. Class Act
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500
 
14. Twins
Varian Johnson, Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
 
15. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for August 11, 2021
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  Young Adult  
1. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
 
2. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
3. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
4. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
 
5. Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250800817
 
6. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
 
7. The Downstairs Girl
Stacey Lee, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9781524740979
 
8. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
9. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
10. Blackout
Dhonielle Clayton, Tiffany D. Jackson, Nic Stone, Angie Thomas, Ashley Woodfolk, Nicola Yoon, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063088092
 
11. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
 
12. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
13. Realm Breaker
Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780062872623
 
14. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
 
15. Cinderella Is Dead
Kalynn Bayron, Bloomsbury YA, $10.99, 9781547606641
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for August 11, 2021
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Time for School, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $18.99, 9780358412243
 
2. Cat Problems- Debut
Jory John, Lane Smith (Illus.), Random House Studio, $17.99, 9780593302132
 
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
5. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
 
6. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
 
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
8. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
 
9. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $8.99, 9780140501698
 
10. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
 
11. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
 
12. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $18.99, 9780803736801
 
13. We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551
 
14. Barnyard Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781563054426
 
15. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $8.99, 9780358451228
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for August 11, 2021
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  Children's Series  
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
4. Elephant and Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
5. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
6. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
7. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
8. Six of Crows (hardcover and paperback)
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR
 
9. Shadow and Bone (hardcover and paperback)
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR
 
10. I Survived (paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 8, 2021

16. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687

17. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984880987

18. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776

19. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593

20. Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.00, 9781984899767

21. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $17.99, 9780316509886

22. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781524798642

23. The Rose Code
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062943477

24. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.00, 9781635575569

25. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $17.00, 9780525541912

26. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780062963680

27. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781984822185

28. All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $17.99, 9781250145246

29. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182

30. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368

31. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Grady Hendrix, Quirk Books, $16.99, 9781683692515

32. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219

33. Migrations
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $16.99, 9781250204035

34. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007

35. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $18.00, 9780143110439

36. The Exiles
Christina Baker Kline, Custom House, $16.99, 9780062356338

37. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $17.00, 9780399562495

38. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $16.99, 9780316229296

39. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9780525435280

40. Fresh Water for Flowers
Valérie Perrin, Europa Editions, $16.95, 9781609456764

41. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263

42. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400

43. In Five Years
Rebecca Serle, Atria, $17.00, 9781982137458

44. The Kingdom
Jo Nesbø, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $17.00, 9780525564867

45. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780735216730

46. The Unhoneymooners
Christina Lauren, Gallery Books, $16.99, 9781501128035

47. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143111399

48. The Evening and the Morning
Ken Follett, Penguin, $20.00, 9780451478016

49. Luster
Raven Leilani, Picador, $17.00, 9781250798671

50. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17.00, 9781476749303

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 8, 2021

16. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155

17. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536

18. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470

19. Begin Again
Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., Crown, $17.00, 9780525575337

20. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888

21. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.99, 9781451697728

22. Why Fish Don't Exist
Lulu Miller, S&S, $17.00, 9781501160349

23. Nomadland
Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95, 9780393356311

24. The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223035

25. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Anchor, $17.00, 9780525562641

26. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $17.99, 9781612198552

27. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934

28. You're Not Listening
Kate Murphy, Celadon Books, $16.99, 9781250779878

29. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes
Sam Sifton, Ten Speed Press, $28.00, 9781984858474

30. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807057834

31. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609

32. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932

33. Jesus and John Wayne
Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Liveright, $18.95, 9781631499050

34. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726

35. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $18.99, 9781524763145

36. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $18.00, 9780374533557

37. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $15.00, 9780807014271

38. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312

39. The Beauty in Breaking
Michele Harper, Riverhead Books, $16.00, 9780525537397

40. Sapiens: A Graphic History
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780063051331

41. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510567

42. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037

43. The Gifts of Imperfection
Brené Brown, Hazelden, $16.95, 9781592858491

44. Twilight of Democracy
Anne Applebaum, Anchor, $16.00, 9781984899507

45. Numbers Don't Lie
Vaclav Smil, Penguin, $18.00, 9780143136224

46. Group
Christie Tate, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $17.00, 9781982154622

47. Know My Name
Chanel Miller, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223721

48. We Do This 'til We Free Us
Mariame Kaba, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781642595253

49. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16.99, 9780060936228

50. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $9.99, 9780804190114

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 8, 2021

16. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593101537

17. The Turnout
Megan Abbott, Putnam, $27.00, 9780593084908

18. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250178602

19. The Other Black Girl
Zakiya Dalila Harris, Atria, $27.00, 9781982160135

20. The Sweetness of Water
Nathan Harris, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316461276

21. The Plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz, Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250790767

22. We Were Never Here
Andrea Bartz, Ballantine, $27.00, 9781984820464

23. Falling
T.J. Newman, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $28.00, 9781982177881

24. While Justice Sleeps
Stacey Abrams, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385546577

25. Golden Girl
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316420082

26. Goldenrod: Poems
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $20.00, 9781982185060

27. Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656975

28. Damnation Spring
Ash Davidson, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982144401

29. All's Well
Mona Awad, S&S, $27.00, 9781982169664

30. The Coldest Case
Martin Walker, Knopf, $27.00, 9780525656678

31. A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $20.99, 9781250236210

32. Nightbitch
Rachel Yoder, Doubleday, $26.00, 9780385546812

33. Intimacies
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780399576164

34. Whereabouts
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $24.00, 9780593318317

35. She Who Became the Sun
Shelley Parker-Chan, Tor, $27.99, 9781250621801

36. The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner, Park Row, $27.99, 9780778311010

37. Not a Happy Family
Shari Lapena, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.00, 9781984880550

38. We Are the Brennans
Tracey Lange, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250796226

39. Sooley
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547680

40. Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters, One World, $27.00, 9780593133378

41. The President's Daughter
Bill Clinton, James Patterson, Little, Brown and Knopf, $30.00, 9780316540711

42. That Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $28.00, 9781501133541

43. Mary Jane
Jessica Anya Blau, Custom House, $27.99, 9780063052291

44. The Reading List
Sara Nisha Adams, Morrow, $27.99, 9780063025288

45. Ghosts
Dolly Alderton, Knopf, $27.00, 9780593319857

46. Something New Under the Sun
Alexandra Kleeman, Hogarth, $28.00, 9781984826305

47. Animal
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $27.99, 9781982122126

48. Hour of the Witch
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385542432

49. The Husbands
Chandler Baker, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250319517

50. The Perfume Thief
Timothy Schaffert, Doubleday, $27.00, 9780385545747

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 8, 2021

16. The Code Breaker
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35.00, 9781982115852

17. Pastoral Song
James Rebanks, Custom House, $28.99, 9780063073272

18. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616

19. The Family Firm
Emily Oster, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9781984881755

20. Fox and I
Catherine Raven, Spiegel & Grau, $28.00, 9781954118003

21. Run: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury (Illus.), Nate Powell (Illus.), Abrams ComicArts, $24.99, 9781419730696

22. All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days
Rebecca Donner, Little, Brown, $32.00, 9780316561693

23. Somebody's Daughter
Ashley C. Ford, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $27.99, 9781250305978

24. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30.00, 9780593139134

25. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836

26. Landslide
Michael Wolff, Holt, $29.99, 9781250830012

27. Subpar Parks
Amber Share, Plume, $22.00, 9780593185544

28. What Happened to You?
Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99, 9781250223180

29. Noise
Daniel Kahneman, et al., Little, Brown Spark, $32.00, 9780316451406

30. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713

31. The Heartbeat of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $26.95, 9781771646895

32. Facing the Mountain
Daniel James Brown, Viking, $30.00, 9780525557401

33. The Hummingbirds' Gift
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $20.00, 9781982176082

34. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484

35. Empire of Pain
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385545686

36. Cook This Book
Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $32.50, 9780593138274

37. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders, Random House, $28.00, 9781984856029

38. Think Again
Adam Grant, Viking, $28.00, 9781984878106

39. Atomic Habits
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292

40. Yearbook
Seth Rogen, Crown, $28.00, 9781984825407

41. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504

42. What It's Like to Be a Bird
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894

43. The Secret to Superhuman Strength
Alison Bechdel, Mariner , $24.00, 9780544387652

44. Inflamed
Rupa Marya, Raj Patel, FSG, $30.00, 9780374602512

45. Putting It Together
James Lapine, FSG, $40.00, 9780374200091

46. How I Saved the World
Jesse Watters, Broadside Books, $27.99, 9780063049086

47. Seek You
Kristen Radtke, Pantheon Books, $30.00, 9781524748067

48. The Sum of Us
Heather McGhee, One World, $28.00, 9780525509561

49. Nice Racism
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $24.95, 9780807074121

50. Carry On
John Lewis, Grand Central, $22.00, 9781538707128

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending August 8, 2021

11. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110

12. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541

13. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240

14. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657

15. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697

16. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780593157817

17. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296

18. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357

19. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699

20. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803

21. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400

22. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12.00, 9780140177398

23. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716

24. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129

25. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466

26. Fair Warning
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538736326

27. The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Voyager, $8.99, 9780061054884

28. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874

29. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595

30. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125

31. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488

32. The Sentinel
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818485

33. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688

34. The Institute
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982110574

35. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $10.00, 9780446574754

36. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9781250773012

37. The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672

38. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286

39. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919

40. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835

41. Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365293

42. Red Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553560732

43. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063139503

44. The Lord of the Rings:The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706

45. God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257

46. Bridgerton: When He Was Wicked
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353788

47. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $8.99, 9780345806543

48. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686

49. Bridgerton: Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353689

50. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756411329

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