Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for December 30, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 27, 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 |
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| 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. |
1/91 |
| 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. |
4/37 |
| 3. |
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. |
2/9 |
| 4. |
Home Body Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808 Kaur's greatly anticipated third collection of poetry. |
3/6 |
| 5. |
The Queen's Gambit Walter Tevis, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593314654 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. |
8/4 |
| 6. |
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. |
5/7 |
| 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. |
7/6 |
| 8. |
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. |
6/6 |
| 9. |
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. |
10/85 |
| 10. |
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. |
12/8 |
| 11. |
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. |
14/17 |
| 12. |
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. |
/43 |
| 13. |
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. |
11/26 |
| 14. |
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. |
9/45 |
| 15. |
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. |
13/30 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for December 30, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 27, 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. |
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. |
2/51 |
| 2. |
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. |
3/16 |
| 3. |
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. |
1/55 |
| 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. |
4/125 |
| 5. |
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. |
6/94 |
| 6. |
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. |
5/9 |
| 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. |
7/47 |
| 8. |
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. |
11/8 |
| 9. |
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. |
8/6 |
| 10. |
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. |
9/6 |
| 11. |
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. |
13/18 |
| 12. |
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. |
15/44 |
| 13. |
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. |
12/24 |
| 14. |
The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741 van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing. |
/13 |
| 15. |
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. |
/89 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for December 30, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 27, 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. |
1/30 |
| 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. |
2/5 |
| 3. |
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. |
5/12 |
| 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. |
4/16 |
| 5. |
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. |
3/12 |
| 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. |
6/8 |
| 7. |
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. |
12/18 |
| 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. |
8/12 |
| 9. |
A Time for Mercy John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969 Jake Brigance returns in John Grisham's most powerful courtroom drama yet. |
7/11 |
| 10. |
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. |
9/23 |
| 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. |
11/113 |
| 12. |
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. |
10/17 |
| 13. |
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. |
14/14 |
| 14. |
Perestroika in Paris Jane Smiley, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525520351 Smiley's beguiling new novel is a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals--and a young boy--whose lives intersect in Paris. |
/3 |
| 15. |
Piranesi Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635575637 The intoxicating, hypnotic new novel by the bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is a September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/10 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for December 30, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 27, 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. |
1/6 |
| 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. |
2/21 |
| 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. |
3/43 |
| 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. |
6/42 |
| 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. |
5/8 |
| 6. |
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. |
8/12 |
| 7. |
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. |
9/10 |
| 8. |
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. |
7/44 |
| 9. |
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. |
4/3 |
| 10. |
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. |
11/19 |
| 11. |
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. |
10/12 |
| 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. |
12/4 |
| 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. |
13/77 |
| 14. |
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. |
15/7 |
| 15. |
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836 A visionary new master class in cooking that distills decades of professional experience into just four simple elements. Winner of the 2018 James Beard Award for Best General Cookbook. |
/38 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for December 30, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 27, 2020
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
| 1. |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 |
1/58 |
| 2. |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
2/234 |
| 3. |
The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741 |
3/63 |
| 4. |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279 |
4/6 |
| 5. |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803 |
5/19 |
| 6. |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
6/25 |
| 7. |
Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 |
9/37 |
| 8. |
The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488 |
/310 |
| 9. |
Dune Messiah Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233 |
7/15 |
| 10. |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400 |
/25 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for December 30, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 27, 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. |
New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 |
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| 6. |
The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317 |
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| 7. |
Twins Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132 |
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| 8. |
The Silver Arrow Lev Grossman, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316539531 |
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| 9. |
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094 |
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| 10. |
When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908 |
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| 11. |
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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| 12. |
The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278 |
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| 13. |
The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $9.95, 9781616207465 |
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| 14. |
The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs America's Test Kitchen Kids, Sourcebooks Explore, $19.99, 9781492670025 |
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| 15. |
Britannica All New Kids' Encyclopedia: What We Know & What We Don't- Debut Christopher Lloyd (Ed.), Britannica Books, $30.00, 9781912920488 |
Young Adult
Bestseller List for December 30, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 27, 2020
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1. |
The Cousins Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525708001 |
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| 2. |
One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680 |
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| 3. |
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691 |
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| 4. |
We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 |
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| 5. |
The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350 |
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| 6. |
Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title) Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606 |
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| 7. |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729 |
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| 8. |
Clap When You Land Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769 |
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| 9. |
Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger, Rovina Cai (Illus.), Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140053 |
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| 10. |
Instant Karma Marissa Meyer, Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250618818 |
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| 11. |
The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person Frederick Joseph, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536217018 |
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| 12. |
The Giver Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688 |
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| 13. |
They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $11.99, 9780062457806 |
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| 14. |
Dragon Hoops Gene Luen Yang, First Second, $24.99, 9781626720794 |
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| 15. |
The Inheritance Games- Debut Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781368052405 |
Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for December 30, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 27, 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. |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780394800790 |
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| 3. |
Cozy Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109793 |
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| 4. |
The Shortest Day Susan Cooper, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9780763686987 |
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| 5. |
The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780544580145 |
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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. |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 9. |
The Night Before Christmas Clement C. Moore, Loren Long (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062869463 |
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| 10. |
The Crayons' Christmas Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746 |
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| 11. |
If You Come to Earth Sophie Blackall, Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781452137797 |
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| 12. |
5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas Jimmy Fallon, Rich Deas (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250266477 |
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| 13. |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926 |
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| 14. |
Little Blue Truck's Christmas Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780544320413 |
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| 15. |
The Mitten Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399231094 |
Children's Series
Bestseller List for December 30, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 27, 2020
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| Children's Series | ||
| 1. |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 2. |
Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback) J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books |
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| 3. |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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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. |
Keeper of the Lost Cities (hardcover and paperback) Shannon Messenger, Aladdin |
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| 10. |
Who Was/Is...? (paperback) Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 26, 2020
16. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219
17. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $17.00, 9780307887443
18. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593
19. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
20. Olive, Again
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780812986471
21. Long Bright River
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525540687
22. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983
23. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
24. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166
25. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062409218
26. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296
27. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525562627
28. The Chicken Sisters
KJ Dell'Antonia, Putnam, $16.00, 9780593085141
29. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062913494
30. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, Picador, $17.00, 9781250758002
31. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
32. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140
33. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
34. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527
35. The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449
36. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741
37. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $17.99, 9780312541538
38. Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250751362
39. What Kind of Woman
Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780063008427
40. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $15.95, 9780393356182
41. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781455563920
42. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383
43. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525541349
44. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020
Diana Gabaldon, John Joseph Adams (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328613103
45. Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804172448
46. Agent Running in the Field
John le Carré, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984878892
47. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Tor, $17.99, 9780765382030
48. The Best American Mystery Stories 2020
C.J. Box, Otto Penzler (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328636102
49. Miss Benson's Beetle
Rachel Joyce, Dial Press, $18.00, 9780812996708
50. The Institute
Stephen King, Gallery Books, $19.99, 9781982110581
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 27, 2020
16. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
17. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life
Jane Sherron de Hart, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984897831
18. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488
19. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
20. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
21. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2021
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $15.99, 9781510761391
22. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932
23. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155
24. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.99, 9781451697728
25. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $16.99, 9780062300553
26. Little Weirds
Jenny Slate, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316485364
27. Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987
28. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827
29. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
Melville House (Ed.), Melville House, $17.99, 9781612199191
30. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609
31. The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival
Steven Rinella, Random House, $25.00, 9780593129692
32. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $18.00, 9781501168703
33. The Best American Travel Writing 2020
Robert Macfarlane, Jason Wilson (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358362036
34. The Soul of America
Jon Meacham, Random House, $20.00, 9780399589829
35. The Great Influenza
John M. Barry, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143036494
36. Shade
Pete Souza, Voracious, $19.99, 9780316458214
37. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020
Michio Kaku, Jaime Greene (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358074298
38. Underland
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358094
39. Edison
Edmund Morris, Random House , $22.00, 9780812983210
40. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
41. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
42. These Truths
Jill Lepore, Norton, $19.95, 9780393357424
43. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802124739
44. The Best American Sports Writing 2020
Jackie MacMullan, Glenn Stout (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358196990
45. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
46. Me
Elton John, St. Martin's Griffin, $19.99, 9781250770288
47. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807057834
48. Furious Hours
Casey Cep, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972052
49. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World Library, $16.00, 9781577314806
50. Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781984818324
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 27, 2020
16. Homeland Elegies
Ayad Akhtar, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316496421
17. Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062667632
18. A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet, Norton, $25.95, 9781324005032
19. The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $26.00, 9781609455910
20. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930
21. Moonflower Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $28.99, 9780062955456
22. The Cold Millions
Jess Walter, Harper, $28.99, 9780062868084
23. The Sentinel
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818461
24. The Law of Innocence
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316485623
25. All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145239
26. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733452
27. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9781984880963
28. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
29. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593128480
30. The Book of Two Ways
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781984818355
31. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905
32. The Archer
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $21.00, 9780593318270
33. Dearly
Margaret Atwood, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063032491
34. Snow
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $27.99, 9781335230003
35. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316509848
36. The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $28.00, 9780316422048
37. The Return
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538728574
38. Migrations
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250204028
39. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
40. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188817
41. Jack
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $27.00, 9780374279301
42. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521143
43. Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $34.99, 9780765326386
44. Daylight
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538761694
45. Memorial
Bryan Washington, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593087275
46. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023
47. Luster
Raven Leilani, FSG, $26.00, 9780374194321
48. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Christopher Paolini, Tor, $29.99, 9781250762849
49. The Lost Spells
Robert MacFarlane, Jackie Morris (Illus.), Anansi International, $26.00, 9781487007799
50. The Exiles
Christina Baker Kline, Custom House, $27.99, 9780062356345
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 27, 2020
16. The 99% Invisible City
Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780358126607
17. Dessert Person
Claire Saffitz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781984826961
18. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $35.00, 9781571311771
19. Solutions and Other Problems
Allie Brosh, Gallery Books, $30.00, 9781982156947
20. Vesper Flights
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802128812
21. First Principles
Thomas E. Ricks, Harper, $29.99, 9780062997456
22. Dolly Parton, Songteller
Dolly Parton, Robert K. Oermann, Chronicle Books, $50.00, 9781797205090
23. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616
24. Humans
Brandon Stanton, St. Martin's, $35.00, 9781250114297
25. Pappyland
Wright Thompson, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9780735221253
26. Guinness World Records 2021
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781913484002
27. Eleanor
David Michaelis, S&S, $35.00, 9781439192016
28. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288
29. No Time Like the Future
Michael J. Fox, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250265616
30. World of Wonders
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $25.00, 9781571313652
31. Eat a Peach
David Chang, Gabe Ulla, Clarkson Potter, $28.00, 9781524759216
32. The Answer Is . . .
Alex Trebek, S&S, $26.00, 9781982157999
33. One Life
Megan Rapinoe, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984881168
34. Stuff You Should Know
Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250268501
35. Clanlands
Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, Quercus, $26.99, 9781529342000
36. His Truth Is Marching On
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30.00, 9781984855022
37. The Last Days of John Lennon
James Patterson, Little, Brown , $30.00, 9780316429061
38. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504
39. A Wealth of Pigeons
Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250262899
40. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385543767
41. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $28.00, 9780525510314
42. Mediocre
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $28.00, 9781580059510
43. The Greatest Beer Run Ever
John "Chick" Donohue, J.T. Molloy, William Morrow, $27.99, 9780062995469
44. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
45. How to Write One Song
Jeff Tweedy, Dutton, $23.00, 9780593183526
46. Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $26.95, 9780393542134
47. Notorious RBG
Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, Dey Street, $25.99, 9780062415837
48. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26.00, 9780812993547
49. Saving Freedom
Joe Scarborough, Harper, $29.99, 9780062950499
50. The Dead Are Arising
Les Payne, Tamara Payne, Liveright, $35.00, 9781631491665
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending December 27, 2020
11. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877795964
12. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
13. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
14. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
15. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
Bobby Fischer, et al., Bantam, $8.99, 9780553263152
16. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
17. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
18. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702
19. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541
20. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487
21. Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365293
22. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
23. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
24. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286
25. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
26. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
27. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488
28. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595
29. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
30. The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski, Orbit, $8.99, 9780316029186
31. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9781250068736
32. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543
33. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
34. The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Voyager, $8.99, 9780061054884
35. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
36. The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706
37. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
38. Elevation
Stephen King, Scribner, $9.99, 9781982102326
39. Storm Front
Jim Butcher, Roc, $9.99, 9780451457813
40. The Night Fire
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538701454
41. Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $5.99, 9780553208849
42. Blue Moon
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593567
43. The Dry
Jane Harper, Flatiron Books, $9.99, 9781250778574
44. A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin, Graphia Books, $8.99, 9780547773742
45. The Illustrated Man
Ray D. Bradbury, S&S, $7.99, 9781451678185
46. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12.00, 9780140177398
47. The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $7.99, 9781451678192
48. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little, Brown, $10.99, 9780316055420
49. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240
50. Red Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553560732