August 4, 2021

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for August 4, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending August 1, 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.
1/12
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.
2/48
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.
3/68
4. 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.
5/11
5. 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.
4/4
6. 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.
6/18
7. 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.
7/13
8. 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.
8/13
9. 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.
9/23
10. 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.
11/7
11. 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.
10/29
12. 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.
13/9
13. 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.
12/9
14. 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.
14/9
15. 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.
/119
ON THE RISE
18. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $17.99, 9780316509886
Jemisin's incredible novel is a story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City.
 


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 4, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending August 1, 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.
1/86
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.
2/44
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.
4/27
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.
3/16
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.
5/155
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.
9/23
7. 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.
6/2
8. Why Fish Don't Exist
Lulu Miller, S&S, $17.00, 9781501160349
Part biography, part memoir, part scientific adventure, Why Fish Don't Exist is a wondrous fable about how to persevere in a world where chaos will always prevail.
11/14
9. 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.
12/76
10. 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.
10/111
11. 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.
8/134
12. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
/51
13. 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.
7/3
14. Agent Sonya: The Spy Next Door- Debut
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18.00, 9780593136324
Macintyre uncovers the true story behind the Cold War's most intrepid female spy.
/1
15. 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.
/37


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for August 4, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending August 1, 2021
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/39
2. 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.
2/9
3. 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.
3/4
4. 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.
7/22
5. 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.
5/13
6. 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.
6/13
7. The Cellist
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834867
Silva's timely and explosive new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon.
4/3
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.
9/18
9. 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.
8/43
10. 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.
/60
11. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593101537
The remarkable story of J. P. Morgan's personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation. A July 2021 Indie Next Pick.
10/5
12. The Maidens
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $27.99, 9781250304452
Michaelides' spellbinding follow-up to The Silent Patient. A June 2021 Indie Next Pick.
11/7
13. 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.
12/3
14. The Other Black Girl
Zakiya Dalila Harris, Atria, $27.00, 9781982160135
An electric debut novel about the tension that unfurls when two young Black women meet against the starkly white backdrop of New York City book publishing. A June 2021 Indie Next Pick.
/7
15. Falling
T.J. Newman, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $28.00, 9781982177881
Newman's relentless debut thriller was the #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2021.
13/4


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 4, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending August 1, 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.
1/2
2. 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.
4/74
3. 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.
2/4
4. 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.
3/15
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.
7/15
6. 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.
6/3
7. 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.
5/11
8. 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.
14/73
9. 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.
9/13
10. 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.
11/14
11. 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.
13/13
12. 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.
10/52
13. 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.
12/4
14. Landslide
Michael Wolff, Holt, $29.99, 9781250830012
An account of the final days of the Trump presidency by the author of Fire and Fury.
8/3
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.
15/9


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for August 4, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending August 1, 2021
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/89
2. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $9.99, 9780063112520
3/5
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/265
4. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
/19
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
4/49
6. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11.00, 9780399501487
8/39
7. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
/8
8. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
7/31
9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
/28
10. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
/83


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for August 4, 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. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
5. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
 
6. Twins
Varian Johnson, Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
 
7. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
 
8. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
9. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
10. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
11. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
 
12. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
13. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
 
14. Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780316167581
 
15. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $9.95, 9781616207465
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for August 4, 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. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
 
4. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
5. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
 
6. Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250800817
 
7. The Downstairs Girl- Debut
Stacey Lee, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9781524740979
 
8. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
9. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
10. Realm Breaker
Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780062872623
 
11. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
12. One of Us Is Next
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525707967
 
13. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
 
14. Six Crimson Cranes
Elizabeth Lim, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593300916
 
15. Small Favors- Debut
Erin A. Craig, Delacorte Press, $18.99, 9780593306741
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for August 4, 2021
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
2. Time for School, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $18.99, 9780358412243
 
3. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
 
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
5. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
 
7. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $8.99, 9780140501698
 
8. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
 
9. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
 
10. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $8.99, 9780358451228
 
11. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $18.99, 9780803736801
 
12. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $9.99, 9780140564341
 
13. Jungle Night
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523513604
 
14. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
 
15. Moo, Baa, La La La!
Sandra Boynton, Little Simon, $5.99, 9780671449018
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for August 4, 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. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
5. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
6. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
7. Elephant and Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
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 1, 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

36. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $17.00, 9780593128503

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

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

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

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

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

42. Tokyo Ueno Station
Yu Miri, Riverhead Books, $16.00, 9780593187524

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

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

45. Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148506

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

47. While We Were Dating
Jasmine Guillory, Berkley, $16.00, 9780593100851

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

49. Black Sun
Rebecca Roanhorse, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534437685

50. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101971062

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 1, 2021

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

17. Kitchen Confidential
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $16.99, 9780060899226

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

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

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

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

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

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

24. Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18.00, 9781984820389

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

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

27. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415

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

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

30. Why We Swim
Bonnie Tsui, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781643751375

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

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

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

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

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

36. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $18.00, 9780143125471

37. Owls of the Eastern Ice
Jonathan C. Slaght, Picador, $18.00, 9781250798718

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

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

40. A Very Punchable Face
Colin Jost, Crown, $17.00, 9781101906347

41. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470

42. Our Time Is Now
Stacey Abrams, Picador, $18.00, 9781250798466

43. Memorial Drive
Natasha Trethewey, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062248589

44. The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $17.00, 9780143129257

45. Why We're Polarized
Ezra Klein, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $17.00, 9781476700366

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

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

48. The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $18.95, 9781572245372

49. The Undocumented Americans
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, One World, $17.00, 9780399592706

50. Big Friendship
Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman, S&S, $17.00, 9781982111915

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 1, 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24. Nightbitch
Rachel Yoder, Doubleday Books, $26.00, 9780385546812

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

26. The Book of Accidents
Chuck Wendig, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780399182136

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

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

29. Second Place
Rachel Cusk, FSG, $25.00, 9780374279226

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

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

32. The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $28.00, 9781982134198

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

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

35. The Forest of Vanishing Stars
Kristin Harmel, Gallery , $28.00, 9781982158934

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

37. The Vixen
Francine Prose, Harper, $25.99, 9780063012141

38. Such a Quiet Place
Megan Miranda, S&S, $26.99, 9781982147280

39. Wayward
Dana Spiotta, Knopf, $27.00, 9780593318737

40. Razorblade Tears
S.A. Cosby, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250252708

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

42. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635575637

43. Black Ice
Brad Thor, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $28.99, 9781982104122

44. Everyone in This Room Will Someday Be Dead
Emily Austin, Atria, $26.00, 9781982167356

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

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

47. We Begin at the End
Chris Whitaker, Holt, $27.99, 9781250759665

48. The Guncle
Steven Rowley, Putnam, $27.00, 9780525542285

49. The Women's March
Jennifer Chiaverini, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062976000

50. False Witness
Karin Slaughter, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062858092

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 1, 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24. Nadiya Bakes
Nadiya Hussain, Clarkson Potter, $29.99, 9780593233733

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

35. Notes on Grief
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $16.00, 9780593320808

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

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

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

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

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

41. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $35.00, 9781571311771

42. An Ugly Truth
Sheera Frenkel, Cecilia Kang, Harper, $29.99, 9780062960672

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

44. World of Wonders
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $25.00, 9781571313652

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

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

47. Reborn in the USA
Roger Bennett, Dey Street Books, $27.99, 9780062958693

48. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Deluxe (Yellow) Edition
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780063142787

49. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288

50. Frankly, We Did Win This Election
Michael C. Bender, Twelve, $30.00, 9781538734803

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending August 1, 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553588941

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

32. Devil in Disguise
Lisa Kleypas, Avon, $8.99, 9780062371966

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

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

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

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

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

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

39. 'Salem's Lot
Stephen King, Anchor , $8.99, 9780307743671

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

41. The Princess Bride
William Goldman, Mariner, $10.99, 9780156035217

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

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

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

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

46. Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307743664

47. Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $9.99, 9781250798008

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

49. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $8.99, 9780593336120

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

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