August 12, 2020

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for August 12, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 9, 2020
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. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345804341
Whitehead's masterful and haunting novel about two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida is the winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
1/6
2. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
Miller's 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.
2/17
3. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781984822185
Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship.
3/25
4. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166
A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of a picture-perfect family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Now a Hulu original series.
4/66
5. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
National Book Award-winner Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world.
5/71
6. 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.
6/12
7. The Starless Sea- Debut
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383
A timeless love story set in a secret underground world--a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea.
/1
8. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17.00, 9781476749303
A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression.
7/10
9. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741
Written with a powerful wisdom about human desire and connection, City of Girls is a love story like no other.
12/18
10. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143110439
Towles' transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.
11/71
11. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983
Girl, Woman, Other is a polyphonic and richly textured social novel of black British history. Co-winner of the 2019 Booker Prize.
8/28
12. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101971062
Gyasi's extraordinary novel illuminates slavery's troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed--and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.
13/27
13. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
A testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions. A September 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
9/101
14. Chances Are . . .
Richard Russo, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101971994
Russo's riveting novel about the abiding yet complex power of friendship.
10/4
15. Parable of the Sower- Debut
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
A post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the bestselling author of Kindred.
/1


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 12, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 9, 2020
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415
DiAngelo explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.
1/70
2. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827
Oluo guides readers of all races in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race and racism, and how they infect almost every aspect of American life.
2/11
3. Intimations
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $10.95, 9780593297612
Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of reflective essays by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time.
3/2
4. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888
Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilkerson's chronicle of the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South in search of a better life.
15/27
5. Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987
Kendi's National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society.
4/11
6. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932
The tenth-anniversary edition of Alexander's iconic book discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today.
5/11
7. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
6/15
8. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934
A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice.
9/32
9. 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.
8/35
10. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
In this groundbreaking book, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology.
12/6
11. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice.
10/10
12. 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.
11/74
13. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039
Broom's The Yellow House tells the story of her family's relationship to their home in New Orleans across a hundred years. Winner of the 2019 National Book Award for Nonfiction.
13/5
14. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114
Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the 20th century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
7/71
15. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312
A never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II.
/17


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for August 12, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 9, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/10
2. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/103
3. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27.00, 9780525620785
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. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for July 2020.
3/6
4. Harrow the Ninth- Debut
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $26.99, 9781250313225
The sensational sequel the Gideon the Ninth and the second book in Muir's Locked Tomb trilogy is an August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
5. Luster- Debut
Raven Leilani, FSG, $26.00, 9780374194321
Leilani's strikingly beautiful, razor-sharp, and slyly comic novel is an August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
6. The Order
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834843
Silva's riveting new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon.
4/4
7. Such a Fun Age (An Indies Introduce Title)
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905
Reid's debut novel is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both. An Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for January 2020.
5/28
8. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
Cummins's new novel is an exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for February 2020.
6/29
9. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930
A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller by bestselling author of The Hunting Party.
7/5
10. Migrations- Debut
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250204028
Migrations is both an ode to our threatened world and a breathtaking novel about the lengths we will go for the people we love. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for August 2020.
/1
11. Utopia Avenue
David Mitchell, Random House, $30.00, 9780812997439
Mitchell's kaleidoscopic novel tells the unexpurgated story of Utopia Avenue, the strangest British band you've never heard of. A July 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/4
12. 28 Summers
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316420044
Hilderbrand's new novel explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates and enriches their lives, and the lives of the people they love.
9/8
13. The Death of Vivek Oji- Debut
Akwaeke Emezi, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525541608
Emezi's novel of family and friendship that challenges expectations is an August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
14. Sex and Vanity
Kevin Kwan, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385546270
Sex and Vanity is a truly modern love story, a daring homage to A Room with a View, and a brilliantly funny comedy of manners set between two cultures.
12/6
15. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735216723
National Book Award winner McBride's wise and witty new novel about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting is a March 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
/13


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 12, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 9, 2020
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Too Much and Never Enough
Mary L. Trump, Ph.D., S&S, $28.00, 9781982141462
Mary L. Trump's revelatory and authoritative portrait of her uncle, Donald J. Trump.
1/4
2. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents- Debut
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.
/1
3. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288
Kendi's book is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond the awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a just and equitable society.
2/18
4. 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.
3/22
5. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713
Larson's fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz is a March 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/24
6. Me and White Supremacy
Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781728209807
Saad takes readers on a 28-day journey of how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.
6/14
7. Begin Again
Eddie S. Glaude, Crown, $27.00, 9780525575320
At once a searing exploration that lays bare the tangled web of race, trauma, and memory, and a powerful interrogation of what we all must ask of ourselves in order to call forth a new America.
5/6
8. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26.00, 9780812993547
Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis in this bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history. A September 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.
8/98
9. Memorial Drive
Natasha Trethewey, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062248572
Trethewey's exquisitely wrought memoir of a daughter reckoning with the brutal murder of her mother at the hands of her former stepfather, and the moving, intimate story of a poet coming into her own in the wake of a tragedy. An August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
11/2
10. The Room Where It Happened
John Bolton, S&S, $32.50, 9781982148034
An account of the Trump administration by the former National Security Advisor.
9/7
11. True Crimes and Misdemeanors: The Investigation of Donald Trump- Debut
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385536738
Toobin's account of the Mueller investigation and the impeachment of the president takes readers behind the scenes of an epic legal and political struggle.
/1
12. What It's Like to Be a Bird
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894
A bird book for birders and non-birders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding of what common, mostly backyard, birds are doing--and why.
/11
13. Live Free Or Die: America (and the World) on the Brink- Debut
Sean Hannity, Threshold Editions, $30.00, 9781982149970
The Fox News host makes his case for the re-election of Donald Trump.
/1
14. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Viking, $26.00, 9780525560548
A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in Black feminism.
14/9
15. The Answer Is . . .
Alex Trebek, S&S, $26.00, 9781982157999
This wise, charming, and inspiring book is further evidence why Trebek has long been considered one of the most beloved and respected figures in entertainment.
7/3


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for August 12, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 9, 2020
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/38
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/214
3. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945
3/6
4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
5/21
5. Blue Moon
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593567
10/6
6. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310
6/115
7. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
7/10
8. The Outsider
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781501180996
9/5
9. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
4/6
10. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143135661
8/19


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for August 12, 2020
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure- Debut
Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
2. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
3. This Book Is Anti-Racist
Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illus.), Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $14.99, 9780711245211
 
4. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
5. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
6. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
 
7. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275
 
8. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
9. Ghost Boys
Jewell Parker Rhodes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780316262262
 
10. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
 
11. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
12. Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson, Puffin, $10.99, 9780147515827
 
13. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Drew Willis (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
14. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
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15. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $17.99, 9781481438285
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for August 12, 2020
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  Young Adult  
1. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 
2. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
3. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
4. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
5. Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769
 
6. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
7. This Is My America
Kim Johnson, Random House Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593118764
 
8. Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title)
Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529
 
9. The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811
 
10. A Peculiar Peril
Jeff VanderMeer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $19.99, 9780374308865
 
11. One of Us Is Next
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525707967
 
12. All American Boys
Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $11.99, 9781481463348
 
13. They Wish They Were Us- Debut
Jessica Goodman, Razorbill, $17.99, 9780593114292
 
14. The Black Kids- Debut
Christina Hammonds Reed, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534462724
 
15. On the Come Up
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062498564
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for August 12, 2020
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
3. A Is for Activist
Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $11.95, 9781609805395
 
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
5. Not My Idea: A Book about Whiteness
Anastasia Higginbotham, Dottir Press, $18.95, 9781948340007
 
6. We Will Rock Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368059596
 
7. Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice
Marianne Celano, et al., Magination Press, $16.99, 9781433828546
 
8. You Matter
Christian Robinson, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534421691
 
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
10. The Day You Begin
Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $18.99, 9780399246531
 
11. Sulwe
Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison (Illus.), Simon & Schuster (BYR), $17.99, 9781534425361
 
12. The World Needs More Purple People
Kristen Bell, Benjamin Hart, Daniel Wiseman (Illus.), Random House (BYR), $17.99, 9780593121962
 
13. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698
 
14. The Undefeated
Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illus.), Versify, $17.99, 9781328780966
 
15. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for August 12, 2020
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  Children's Series  
1. Twilight (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
New in series: Midnight Sun (9780316707046)
 
2. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
3. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
5. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
6. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 
7. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
8. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
9. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
10. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 9, 2020

16. Exhalation
Ted Chiang, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972083

17. The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449

18. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $17.99, 9781250313188

19. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062905086

20. The Secrets We Kept
Lara Prescott, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525566106

21. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $16.00, 9780307455925

22. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624

23. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.95, 9780345804327

24. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527

25. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140

26. Ask Again, Yes
Mary Beth Keane, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982106997

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

28. Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9780451499066

29. The Guardians
John Grisham, Bantam, $18.00, 9780593129982

30. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296

31. A Better Man
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $17.99, 9781250066312

32. Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780425284704

33. Fleishman Is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Random House, $17.00, 9780525510895

34. The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501154867

35. Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804172448

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

37. American Spy
Lauren Wilkinson, Random House, $17.00, 9780812988284

38. The Guest Book
Sarah Blake, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250110275

39. Kindred
Octavia E. Butler, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807083697

40. Disappearing Earth
Julia Phillips, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525436225

41. Beloved
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.00, 9781400033416

42. Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316420006

43. The Family Upstairs
Lisa Jewell, Atria, $17.00, 9781501190117

44. The River
Peter Heller, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525563532

45. Ghosted
Rosie Walsh, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525522799

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

47. The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal
Griffin McElroy Clint McElroy, et al., First Second, $19.99, 9781250232632

48. A Minute to Midnight
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538761632

49. The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101911815

50. Then She Was Gone
Lisa Jewell, Atria, $16.00, 9781501154652

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 9, 2020

16. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781451642308

17. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286

18. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $18.00, 9781501168703

19. March: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $14.95, 9781603093002

20. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110

21. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $22.00, 9780143034759

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

23. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488

24. We Want to Do More Than Survive
Bettina Love, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807028346

25. Walking with the Wind
John Lewis, Michael D'Orso, S&S, $18.99, 9781476797717

26. March: Book Two
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.95, 9781603094009

27. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Beverly Daniel Tatum, Basic Books, $18.99, 9780465060689

28. The Great Influenza
John M. Barry, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143036494

29. I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062319791

30. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741

31. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361

32. March: Book Three
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.99, 9781603094023

33. Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316486644

34. Are Prisons Obsolete?
Angela Y. Davis, Seven Stories Press, $15.95, 9781583225813

35. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

36. The Second Mountain
David Brooks, Random House, $18.00, 9780812983425

37. Citizen
Claudia Rankine, Graywolf, $20.00, 9781555976903

38. Dreyer's English
Benjamin Dreyer, Random House, $18.00, 9780812985719

39. Tough Love
Susan Rice, S&S, $20.00, 9781501189982

40. Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde, Crossing Press, $16.99, 9781580911863

41. D-Day Girls
Sarah Rose, Broadway Books, $18.00, 9780451495099

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

43. The Source of Self-Regard
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562795

44. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg, Penguin, $10.00, 9780143133568

45. Life Will Be the Death of Me: . . . And You Too!
Chelsea Handler, Dial Press, $18.00, 9780525511793

46. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483

47. Permission to Feel
Marc Brackett, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250212832

48. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99, 9781476740195

49. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers
Brian Kilmeade, Sentinel, $17.00, 9780525540540

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 9, 2020

16. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606

17. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673

18. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521143

19. The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316499019

20. The Lions of Fifth Avenue
Fiona Davis, Dutton, $27.00, 9781524744618

21. Camino Winds
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545938

22. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28.00, 9780525429760

23. Big Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $28.00, 9781501133510

24. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316509848

25. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023

26. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697

27. Near Dark
Brad Thor, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $28.99, 9781982104061

28. A Burning
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525658696

29. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28.00, 9780399590597

30. Death in Her Hands
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984879356

31. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802148537

32. The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $26.99, 9781982136451

33. If It Bleeds
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982137977

34. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28.00, 9780399562488

35. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671189

36. Memoirs and Misinformation
Jim Carrey, Dana Vachon, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525655978

37. All Adults Here
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9781594634697

38. The End of Her
Shari Lapena, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.00, 9781984880512

39. The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $30.00, 9780805096606

40. Axiom's End
Lindsay Ellis, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250256737

41. Friends and Strangers
J. Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525520597

42. A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781984820150

43. Antkind
Charlie Kaufman, Random House, $30.00, 9780399589683

44. Redhead by the Side of the Road
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525658412

45. The Silent Wife
Karin Slaughter, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062858108

46. Rodham
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590917

47. The Butterfly Lampshade
Aimee Bender, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534871

48. How Much of These Hills Is Gold
C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780525537205

49. The Lost and Found Bookshop
Susan Wiggs, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062914095

50. The Book of Lost Friends
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781984819888

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 9, 2020

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

17. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581

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

19. Make Change
Shaun King, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26.00, 9780358048008

20. Countdown 1945
Chris Wallace, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781982143343

21. It Was All a Lie
Stuart Stevens, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525658450

22. Twilight of Democracy
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $25.00, 9780385545808

23. New World Sourdough
Bryan Ford, Quarry Books, $27.99, 9781631598708

24. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30.00, 9780316478526

25. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138

26. I'm Still Here
Austin Channing Brown, Convergent Books, $25.00, 9781524760854

27. Big Friendship
Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman, S&S, $26.00, 9781982111908

28. The End of Everything
Katie Mack, Scribner, $26.00, 9781982103545

29. Owls of the Eastern Ice
Jonathan C. Slaght, FSG, $28.00, 9780374228484

30. The Fixed Stars
Molly Wizenberg, Abrams Press, $25.00, 9781419742996

31. Separated
Jacob Soboroff, Custom House, $29.99, 9780062992192

32. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $28.00, 9780525510314

33. A Very Punchable Face
Colin Jost, Crown, $27.00, 9781101906323

34. Stranger Planet
Nathan W. Pyle, Morrow Gift, $15.99, 9780063022607

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

36. Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
Anonymous, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.00, 9780358216773

37. Eat the Buddha
Barbara Demick, Random House, $28.00, 9780812998757

38. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062457714

39. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385543767

40. Dirt
Bill Buford, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307271013

41. Wandering in Strange Lands
Morgan Jerkins, Harper, $27.99, 9780062873040

42. Our Time Is Now
Stacey Abrams, Holt, $27.99, 9781250257703

43. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $26.99, 9781612197494

44. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00, 9781328662057

45. White Too Long
Robert P. Jones, S&S, $28.00, 9781982122867

46. Remain in Love
Chris Frantz, St. Martin's , $29.99, 9781250209221

47. The Beauty in Breaking
Michele Harper, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525537380

48. The Catalyst
Jonah Berger, S&S, $26.99, 9781982108601

49. The King of Confidence
Miles Harvey, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316463591

50. The Book of Delights
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $23.95, 9781616207922

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending August 9, 2020

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

12. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487

13. Camino Island
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781524797157

14. The Girl Who Lived Twice
David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $9.99, 9780593082522

15. The Andromeda Evolution
Michael Crichton, Daniel H. Wilson, Harper, $9.99, 9780062473349

16. The Titanic Secret
Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Putnam, $9.99, 9780735217287

17. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741

18. Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316463249

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

20. The Cornwalls Vanish
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538731611

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

22. An Unwanted Guest
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525507574

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

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

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

26. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488

27. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977

28. The Flight Attendant
Chris Bohjalian, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593081631

29. Redemption
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538761427

30. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874

31. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543

32. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233

33. The President Is Missing
James Patterson, Bill Clinton, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538713846

34. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $7.95, 9780679755333

35. Labyrinth
Catherine Coulter, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501193668

36. Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538728550

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

38. Golden in Death
J.D. Robb, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9781250207227

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

40. Same Beach, Next Year
Dorothea Benton Frank, Morrow, $7.99, 9780062993427

41. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620938

42. The Rumor
Lesley Kara, Ballantine, $9.99, 9781984820549

43. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702

44. The Stand
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743688

45. Last Girl Standing
Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush, Zebra, $8.99, 9781420136159

46. Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $9.99, 9780593310908

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

48. Paranoid
Lisa Jackson, Zebra, $9.99, 9781420136111

49. Backlash
Brad Thor, Pocket, $9.99, 9781982104047

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

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