Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 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 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. |
2/90 |
| 2. |
Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148506 A heartbreaking story of addiction, sexuality, and love, Shuggie Bain is an epic portrayal of a working-class family that is rarely seen in fiction. A 2020 National Book Award Finalist and winner of the 2020 Booker Prize. |
1/8 |
| 3. |
Home Body Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808 Kaur's greatly anticipated third collection of poetry. |
3/5 |
| 4. |
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. |
4/36 |
| 5. |
Devotions Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263 A personal selection of Oliver's best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career. |
5/6 |
| 6. |
Interior Chinatown Charles Yu, Vintage, $16.00, 9780307948472 Yu's deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play. Winner of the 2020 National Book Award. |
6/5 |
| 7. |
The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18.00, 9780399590610 Coates' debut novel is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen. |
7/5 |
| 8. |
The Queen's Gambit Walter Tevis, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400030606 Engaging and fast-paced, this gripping coming-of-age novel of chess, feminism, and addiction speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four. Now an acclaimed Netflix series. |
8/3 |
| 9. |
Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95, 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. |
12/44 |
| 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. |
11/84 |
| 11. |
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. |
14/25 |
| 12. |
The Best American Short Stories 2020 Curtis Sittenfeld, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328485373 A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories. |
10/7 |
| 13. |
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. |
9/29 |
| 14. |
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. |
13/16 |
| 15. |
What Kind of Woman Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780063008427 A stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships of being a woman in the world today. |
/3 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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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. |
1/54 |
| 2. |
My Own Words Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18.00, 9781501145254 Ruth Bader Ginsburg's first book after becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993 is a witty, engaging, and serious collection of writings and speeches. |
2/50 |
| 3. |
The Truths We Hold Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525560739 Vice President-elect Harris looks at the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them. |
3/15 |
| 4. |
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. |
7/124 |
| 5. |
What Unites Us Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616209940 With this collection of essays, venerated journalist Rather reminds us of the principles upon which the United States was founded. |
4/8 |
| 6. |
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. |
5/93 |
| 7. |
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. |
6/46 |
| 8. |
Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1) Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780063051331 Featuring full-color illustrations and easy-to-understand text covering the first part of the full-length original edition, this adaptation of the mind-expanding book furthers the ongoing conversation as it introduces Harari's ideas to a wide new readership. |
12/5 |
| 9. |
The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021 Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988485 The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more all presented in the inimitably useful and humorous way it has done since 1792. |
8/5 |
| 10. |
The Color of Law Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536 Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation. |
9/34 |
| 11. |
Conversations with RBG Jeffrey Rosen, Picador, $18.00, 9781250762641 Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers an intimate look at her life and career, through an extraordinary series of conversations with the head of the National Constitution Center, Jeffrey Rosen. |
15/7 |
| 12. |
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. |
/23 |
| 13. |
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. |
/17 |
| 14. |
Wow, No Thank You. Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488 The essays in this collection draw on the raw, hilarious particulars of Irby's new life. Wow, No Thank You. is Irby at her most unflinching, riotous, and relatable. |
13/15 |
| 15. |
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. |
10/43 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
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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. |
1/29 |
| 2. |
Ready Player Two Ernest Cline, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781524761332 Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through the virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again. |
2/4 |
| 3. |
Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606 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. An August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
3/11 |
| 4. |
Anxious People Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.00, 9781501160837 An ingeniously constructed novel about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope--the things that save us, even in the most anxious times. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for September 2020. |
5/15 |
| 5. |
The Searcher Tana French, Viking, $27.00, 9780735224650 In French's latest novel of suspense, a former Chicago police officer retreats to a bucolic Irish village and starts to realize that even small towns shelter dangerous secrets. |
4/11 |
| 6. |
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. |
6/7 |
| 7. |
A Time for Mercy John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969 Jake Brigance returns in John Grisham's most powerful courtroom drama yet. |
7/10 |
| 8. |
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. |
8/11 |
| 9. |
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. |
10/22 |
| 10. |
Transcendent Kingdom Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525658184 Gyasi's stunning follow-up to Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama. A September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
11/16 |
| 11. |
Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090 Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read. |
13/112 |
| 12. |
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. |
14/17 |
| 13. |
Homeland Elegies Ayad Akhtar, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316496421 Akhtar's deeply personal new novel about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams is a September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/2 |
| 14. |
The Evening and the Morning Ken Follett, Viking, $36.00, 9780525954989 Follett's thrilling and addictive new Kingsbridge novel is a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth. |
15/13 |
| 15. |
A Children's Bible- Debut Lydia Millet, Norton, $25.95, 9781324005032 Millet's indelible novel of teenage alienation and adult complacency in an unraveling world is a May 2020 Indie Next List Great Read and a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for fiction. |
/1 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
| 1. |
A Promised Land Barack Obama, Crown, $45.00, 9781524763169 Barack Obama's insightful first volume of his presidential memoirs. |
1/5 |
| 2. |
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. |
2/20 |
| 3. |
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. |
4/42 |
| 4. |
Bag Man Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz, Crown, $28.00, 9780593136683 Based on the hit podcast, Bag Man expands and deepens the story of Spiro Agnew's scandal and its lasting influence on our politics. |
6/2 |
| 5. |
The Best of Me David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316628242 The Best of Me spans a career spent watching and learning and laughing--quite often at himself--and invites readers deep into the world of one of the most brilliant and original writers of our time. |
8/7 |
| 6. |
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. |
3/41 |
| 7. |
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. |
5/43 |
| 8. |
Modern Comfort Food Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780804187060 From cocktails to dessert, from special weekend breakfasts to quick weeknight dinners, you'll find yourself making these cozy and delicious recipes over and over again. |
7/11 |
| 9. |
Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30.00, 9780593139134 McConaughey's unconventional memoir is filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. |
9/9 |
| 10. |
Is This Anything? Jerry Seinfeld, S&S, $35.00, 9781982112691 The first book in 25 years from Jerry Seinfeld features his best work across five decades in comedy. |
10/11 |
| 11. |
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. |
12/18 |
| 12. |
Wintering Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $24.00, 9780593189481 An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for December 2020. |
11/3 |
| 13. |
Becoming Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138 Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations--and whose story inspires us to do the same. |
14/76 |
| 14. |
The 99% Invisible City Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780358126607 A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast. |
15/7 |
| 15. |
Ottolenghi Flavor Yotam Ottolenghi, et al., Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780399581755 Ottolenghi teams up with Ottolenghi Test Kitchen's Ixta Belfrage to reveal how flavor is created and amplified through 100+ super-delicious, plant-based recipes. |
/6 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
| 1. |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 |
1/57 |
| 2. |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
2/233 |
| 3. |
The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741 |
4/62 |
| 4. |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279 |
3/5 |
| 5. |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803 |
10/18 |
| 6. |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
8/24 |
| 7. |
Dune Messiah Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233 |
6/14 |
| 8. |
American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110 |
/27 |
| 9. |
Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 |
5/36 |
| 10. |
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688 |
7/22 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
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| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1. |
Cat Kid Comic Club Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766 |
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| 2. |
The Ickabog J K. Rowling, Scholastic, $26.99, 9781338732870 |
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| 3. |
Skunk and Badger Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057 |
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| 4. |
Class Act Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500 |
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| 5. |
When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908 |
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| 6. |
New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 |
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| 7. |
The Silver Arrow Lev Grossman, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316539531 |
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| 8. |
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094 |
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| 9. |
The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317 |
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| 10. |
Twins Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132 |
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| 11. |
The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278 |
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| 12. |
Kid in the Kitchen: 100 Recipes and Tips for Young Home Cooks Melissa Clark, Daniel Gercke, Clarkson Potter, $24.00, 9780593232286 |
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| 13. |
The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs America's Test Kitchen Kids, Sourcebooks Explore, $19.99, 9781492670025 |
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| 14. |
The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $9.95, 9781616207465 |
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| 15. |
This Is Your Time Ruby Bridges, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780593378526 |
Young Adult
Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1. |
The Cousins Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525708001 |
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| 2. |
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691 |
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| 3. |
We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 |
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| 4. |
Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title) Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606 |
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| 5. |
The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person Frederick Joseph, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536217018 |
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| 6. |
The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350 |
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| 7. |
The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811 |
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| 8. |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729 |
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| 9. |
One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680 |
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| 10. |
Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger, Rovina Cai (Illus.), Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140053 |
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| 11. |
Clap When You Land Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769 |
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| 12. |
Punching the Air Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062996480 |
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| 13. |
They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $11.99, 9780062457806 |
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| 14. |
The Magic Fish Trung Le Nguyen, Random House Graphic, $16.99, 9781984851598 |
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| 15. |
Dragon Hoops Gene Luen Yang, First Second, $24.99, 9781626720794 |
Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1. |
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 |
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| 2. |
Cozy Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109793 |
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| 3. |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780394800790 |
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| 4. |
The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780544580145 |
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| 5. |
5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas Jimmy Fallon, Rich Deas (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250266477 |
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| 6. |
Antiracist Baby Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508 |
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| 7. |
What We'll Build: Plans For Our Together Future Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $19.99, 9780593206751 |
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| 8. |
The Shortest Day Susan Cooper, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9780763686987 |
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| 9. |
Little Blue Truck's Christmas Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780544320413 |
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| 10. |
The Mitten Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399231094 |
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| 11. |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 12. |
The Crayons' Christmas Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746 |
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| 13. |
The Night Before Christmas Clement C. Moore, Loren Long (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062869463 |
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| 14. |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926 |
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| 15. |
Attack of the Underwear Dragon Scott Rothman, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593119891 |
Children's Series
Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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| Children's Series | ||
| 1. |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 2. |
Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback) J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books |
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| 3. |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 4. |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic |
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| 5. |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 6. |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers |
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| 7. |
The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
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| 8. |
The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback) Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick |
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| 9. |
Who Was/Is...? (paperback) Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop |
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| 10. |
I Survived (paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
16. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781984822185
17. Olive, Again
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780812986471
18. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $17.00, 9780307887443
19. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983
20. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219
21. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296
22. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527
23. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166
24. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593
25. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
26. The Chicken Sisters
KJ Dell'Antonia, Putnam, $16.00, 9780593085141
27. Agent Running in the Field
John le Carré, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984878892
28. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062409218
29. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry
Joy Harjo (Ed.), Norton, $19.95, 9780393356809
30. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, Picador, $17.00, 9781250758002
31. Long Bright River
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525540687
32. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140
33. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
34. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $17.99, 9780312541538
35. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525541349
36. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062913494
37. Miss Benson's Beetle
Rachel Joyce, Dial Press, $18.00, 9780812996708
38. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020
Diana Gabaldon, John Joseph Adams (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328613103
39. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383
40. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525562627
41. The Institute
Stephen King, Gallery Books, $19.99, 9781982110581
42. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
43. When No One Is Watching
Alyssa Cole, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062982650
44. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tordotcom, $17.99, 9781250313188
45. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
John le Carré, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143124757
46. Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250751362
47. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781455563920
48. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741
49. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Tor, $17.99, 9780765382030
50. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
16. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415
17. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
18. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.99, 9781451697728
19. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
20. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932
21. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312
22. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
23. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2021
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $15.99, 9781510761391
24. Little Weirds
Jenny Slate, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316485364
25. Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781984818324
26. The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival
Steven Rinella, Random House, $25.00, 9780593129692
27. The Soul of America
Jon Meacham, Random House, $20.00, 9780399589829
28. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
Melville House (Ed.), Melville House, $17.99, 9781612199191
29. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
30. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $16.99, 9780062300553
31. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life
Jane Sherron de Hart, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984897831
32. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827
33. One Long River of Song
Brian Doyle, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316492881
34. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg, Penguin, $10.00, 9780143133568
35. Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents
Pete Souza, Voracious, $19.99, 9780316458214
36. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114
37. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039
38. Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987
39. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $12.99, 9780316078917
40. The Best American Sports Writing 2020
Jackie MacMullan, Glenn Stout (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358196990
41. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155
42. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609
43. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
44. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $18.00, 9781501168703
45. The Best American Food Writing 2020
Sylvia Killingsworth, J.Kenji Lopez-Alt (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358344582
46. Underland
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358094
47. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020
Michio Kaku, Jaime Greene (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358074298
48. Edison
Edmund Morris, Random House, $22.00, 9780812983210
49. The Great Influenza
John M. Barry, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143036494
50. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802124739
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
16. Perestroika in Paris
Jane Smiley, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525520351
17. The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $26.00, 9781609455910
18. The Cold Millions
Jess Walter, Harper, $28.99, 9780062868084
19. Moonflower Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $28.99, 9780062955456
20. Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062667632
21. The Law of Innocence
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316485623
22. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930
23. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635575637
24. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9781984880963
25. All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145239
26. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
27. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733452
28. Dearly
Margaret Atwood, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063032491
29. Snow
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $27.99, 9781335230003
30. The Sentinel
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818461
31. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905
32. Jack
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $27.00, 9780374279301
33. Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $34.99, 9780765326386
34. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593128480
35. The Book of Two Ways
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781984818355
36. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316509848
37. The Return
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538728574
38. Daylight
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538761694
39. The Glass Hotel
Emily St.John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521143
40. Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
41. The Archer
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $21.00, 9780593318270
42. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28.00, 9780525429760
43. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28.00, 9780399562488
44. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188817
45. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
46. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Christopher Paolini, Tor, $29.99, 9781250762849
47. Memorial
Bryan Washington, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593087275
48. Migrations
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250204028
49. Luster
Raven Leilani, FSG, $26.00, 9780374194321
50. Deadly Cross
James Patterson, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316420259
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
16. Humans
Brandon Stanton, St. Martin's, $35.00, 9781250114297
17. Dessert Person
Claire Saffitz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781984826961
18. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836
19. Dolly Parton, Songteller
Dolly Parton, Robert K. Oermann, Chronicle Books, $50.00, 9781797205090
20. Vesper Flights
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802128812
21. Solutions and Other Problems
Allie Brosh, Gallery Books, $30.00, 9781982156947
22. Pappyland
Wright Thompson, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9780735221253
23. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $35.00, 9781571311771
24. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616
25. First Principles
Thomas E. Ricks, Harper, $29.99, 9780062997456
26. Saving Freedom
Joe Scarborough, Harper, $29.99, 9780062950499
27. A Wealth of Pigeons
Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250262899
28. The Answer Is . . .
Alex Trebek, S&S, $26.00, 9781982157999
29. Guinness World Records 2021
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781913484002
30. One Life
Megan Rapinoe, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984881168
31. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385543767
32. World of Wonders
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $25.00, 9781571313652
33. Clanlands
Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, Quercus, $26.99, 9781529342000
34. Eleanor
David Michaelis, S&S, $35.00, 9781439192016
35. Stuff You Should Know
Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250268501
36. No Time Like the Future
Michael J. Fox, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250265616
37. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288
38. Mediocre
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $28.00, 9781580059510
39. Eat a Peach
David Chang, Gabe Ulla, Clarkson Potter, $28.00, 9781524759216
40. His Truth Is Marching On
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30.00, 9781984855022
41. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
42. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504
43. The Dead Are Arising
Les Payne, Tamara Payne, Liveright, $35.00, 9781631491665
44. Accidentally Wes Anderson
Wally Koval, Voracious, $35.00, 9780316492737
45. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $28.00, 9780525510314
46. The Last Days of John Lennon
James Patterson, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316429061
47. People Who Love to Eat Are Always the Best People
Julia Child, Knopf, $18.95, 9780525658795
48. War
Margaret MacMillan, Random House, $30.00, 9781984856135
49. The Rise
Marcus Samuelsson, Voracious, $38.00, 9780316480680
50. The Greatest Beer Run Ever
John "Chick" Donohue, J.T. Molloy, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062995469
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
11. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877795964
12. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487
13. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
14. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
Bobby Fischer, et al., Bantam, $8.99, 9780553263152
15. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
16. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
17. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
18. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702
19. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240
20. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
21. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
22. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
23. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
24. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543
25. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
26. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595
27. The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Voyager, $8.99, 9780061054884
28. Red Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553560732
29. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286
30. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541
31. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9781250068736
32. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
33. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
34. The Night Fire
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538701454
35. Secrets and Lies
Selena Montgomery, Avon, $8.99, 9780060798512
36. The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553588941
37. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945
38. God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
39. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488
40. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525506348
41. The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett, Signet, $10.99, 9780451166890
42. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756411329
43. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
44. A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin, Graphia Books, $8.99, 9780547773742
45. Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307743664
46. Blue Moon
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593567
47. Storm Front
Jim Butcher, Roc, $9.99, 9780451457813
48. Hidden Sins
Selena Montgomery, HarperTorch, $8.99, 9780060798499
49. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey, Signet, $9.99, 9780451163967
50. Thrawn
Timothy Zahn, Del Rey, $9.99, 9781101967027