December 9, 2020

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for December 9, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 6, 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. Home Body
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808
Kaur's greatly anticipated third collection of poetry.
1/3
2. 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.
5/3
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.
2/6
4. 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.
4/88
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.
6/4
6. 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.
3/34
7. 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.
7/3
8. The Queen's Gambit- Debut
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.
/1
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.
15/82
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.
14/5
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.
11/14
12. 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.
8/23
13. Olive, Again
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780812986471
In Olive, Again, Strout continues the story of Olive Kitteridge, the beloved character who has captured the imaginations of millions.
10/5
14. 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.
9/27
15. 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.
13/42


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 9, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 6, 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.
1/52
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.
3/48
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.
2/13
4. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888
Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilkerson's chronicle of the decades-long migration of Black citizens who fled the South in search of a better life.
4/44
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.
5/6
6. 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.
7/122
7. 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.
6/91
8. 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.
14/3
9. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
9/32
10. 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.
8/87
11. 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.
10/3
12. 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.
11/5
13. Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents
Pete Souza, Voracious, $19.99, 9780316458214
By the bestselling author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait, a potent commentary on the presidency--and our country.
13/5
14. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286
Award-winning New Yorker staff writer Keefe presents a stunning and intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.
/22
15. Little Weirds
Jenny Slate, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316485364
In Slate's debut book of essays, she channels the pain and beauty of life in writing that is fresh, new, and alive.
12/2


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for December 9, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 6, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/2
2. 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.
2/27
3. 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.
3/13
4. 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.
4/9
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.
6/9
6. Perestroika in Paris- Debut
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.
/1
7. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969
Jake Brigance returns in John Grisham's most powerful courtroom drama yet.
7/8
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.
5/9
9. Moonflower Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $28.99, 9780062955456
Brilliantly clever, relentlessly suspenseful, full of twists that will keep readers guessing with each revelation and clue, Moonflower Murders is a deviously dark take on vintage English crime fiction. A November 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
14/4
10. The Cold Millions
Jess Walter, Harper, $28.99, 9780062868084
Walter's propulsive and richly entertaining novel about two brothers swept up in the turbulent class warfare of the early 20th century is a November 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
11/6
11. 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.
10/5
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.
12/15
13. 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.
/20
14. 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.
9/14
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.
/9


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 9, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 6, 2020
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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.
1/3
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.
8/40
3. 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.
2/18
4. 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.
3/5
5. 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.
4/39
6. 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.
6/41
7. 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.
5/9
8. 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.
7/9
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.
9/7
10. Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times- Debut
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.
/1
11. Dolly Parton, Songteller
Dolly Parton, Robert K. Oermann, Chronicle Books, $50.00, 9781797205090
A landmark celebration of the remarkable life and career of a country music and pop culture legend, Dolly Parton.
11/3
12. What It's Like to Be a Bird
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894
A bird book for birders and non-birders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding of what common, mostly backyard, birds are doing--and why.
14/16
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.
13/74
14. A Wealth of Pigeons
Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250262899
Steve Martin partnered with heralded New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss and together they created this collection of humorous cartoons and comic strips, with amusing commentary about their collaboration throughout. A December 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/3
15. One Life
Megan Rapinoe, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984881168
Megan Rapinoe, Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion, reveals for the first time her life both on and off the field.
12/4


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for December 9, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 6, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/55
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/231
3. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
4/60
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
5/22
5. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
3/3
6. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
6/12
7. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
8/20
8. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
7/16
9. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
9/34
10. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
/10


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for December 9, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 6, 2020
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Cat Kid Comic Club- Debut
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
 
2. The Ickabog
J K. Rowling, Scholastic, $26.99, 9781338732870
 
3. Skunk and Badger
Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057
 
4. Class Act
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500
 
5. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
6. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
7. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
8. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
 
9. The Silver Arrow
Lev Grossman, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316539531
 
10. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
11. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
 
12. This Is Your Time
Ruby Bridges, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780593378526
 
13. A Whale of the Wild
Rosanne Parry, Lindsay Moore (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $17.99, 9780062995926
 
14. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Monica Armino (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $16.99, 9780062895936
 
15. Kid in the Kitchen: 100 Recipes and Tips for Young Home Cooks- Debut
Melissa Clark, Daniel Gercke, Clarkson Potter, $24.00, 9780593232286
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for December 9, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 6, 2020
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  Young Adult  
1. The Cousins- Debut
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525708001
 
2. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 
3. The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person- Debut
Frederick Joseph, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536217018
 
4. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
5. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
 
6. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
7. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
8. Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769
 
9. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
10. Punching the Air
Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062996480
 
11. The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811
 
12. Dear Justyce
Nic Stone, Crown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984829665
 
13. Cemetery Boys
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
 
14. Elatsoe
Darcie Little Badger, Rovina Cai (Illus.), Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140053
 
15. The Fountains of Silence
Ruta Sepetys, Penguin, $11.99, 9780142423639
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for December 9, 2020
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Cozy
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109793
 
2. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780394800790
 
4. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780544580145
 
5. Little Blue Truck's Christmas
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780544320413
 
6. What We'll Build: Plans For Our Together Future
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $19.99, 9780593206751
 
7. The Crayons' Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
 
8. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
9. 5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas
Jimmy Fallon, Rich Deas (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250266477
 
10. The Night Before Christmas- Debut
Clement C. Moore, Loren Long (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062869463
 
11. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
12. Christmas Parade
Sandra Boynton, Little Simon, $7.99, 9781534478060
 
13. The Mitten
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399231094
 
14. Bunheads
Misty Copeland, Setor Fiadzigbey (Illus.), G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780399547645
 
15. Unicorns Are the Worst!
Alex Willan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534453838
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for December 9, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 6, 2020
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  Children's Series  
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
2. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
3. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
4. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
5. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
6. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
7. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
8. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop
 
9. The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick
 
10. Keeper of the Lost Cities (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 6, 2020

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

17. What Kind of Woman
Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780063008427

18. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383

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

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

21. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983

22. The Chicken Sisters
KJ Dell'Antonia, Putnam, $16.00, 9780593085141

23. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16.00, 9780804190138

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

25. Miss Benson's Beetle
Rachel Joyce, Dial Press, $18.00, 9780812996708

26. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, Picador, $17.00, 9781250758002

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

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

29. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $17.99, 9780312541538

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

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

32. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062913494

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

34. Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250751362

35. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525562627

36. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166

37. When No One Is Watching
Alyssa Cole, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062982650

38. The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany
Lori Nelson Spielman, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984803160

39. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020
Diana Gabaldon, John Joseph Adams (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328613103

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

41. The World That We Knew
Alice Hoffman, S&S, $17.00, 9781501137587

42. A Single Thread
Tracy Chevalier, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525558262

43. The Institute
Stephen King, Gallery Books, $19.99, 9781982110581

44. The Shadow King
Maaza Mengiste, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358513

45. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through
Joy Harjo (Ed.), Norton, $19.95, 9780393356809

46. Long Bright River
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525540687

47. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062409218

48. Magpie Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062645234

49. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533

50. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
Deesha Philyaw, West Virginia University Press, $18.99, 9781949199734

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 6, 2020

16. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $16.99, 9780062300553

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

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

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

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

21. The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival
Steven Rinella, Random House, $25.00, 9780593129692

22. Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781984818324

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

24. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039

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

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

27. Intimations
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $10.95, 9780593297612

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

29. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827

30. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2021
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $15.99, 9781510761391

31. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020
Michio Kaku, Jaime Greene (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358074298

32. The Soul of America
Jon Meacham, Random House, $20.00, 9780399589829

33. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Last Interview
Melville House (Ed.), Melville House, $17.99, 9781612199191

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

35. The Best American Food Writing 2020
Sylvia Killingsworth, J.Kenji Lopez-Alt (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358344582

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

37. The Best American Travel Writing 2020
Robert Macfarlane, Jason Wilson (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358362036

38. Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987

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

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

41. These Truths
Jill Lepore, Norton, $19.95, 9780393357424

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

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

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

45. Underland
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358094

46. Running with Sherman
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525433255

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

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

49. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life
Jane Sherron de Hart, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984897831

50. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $21.99, 9780062397348

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 6, 2020

16. The Evening and the Morning
Ken Follett, Viking, $36.00, 9780525954989

17. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090

18. The Law of Innocence
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316485623

19. Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $34.99, 9780765326386

20. All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145239

21. Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062667632

22. The Sentinel
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818461

23. Homeland Elegies
Ayad Akhtar, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316496421

24. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733452

25. Daylight
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538761694

26. The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $26.00, 9781609455910

27. A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet, Norton, $25.95, 9781324005032

28. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930

29. The Lost Spells
Robert MacFarlane, Jackie Morris (Illus.), Anansi International, $26.00, 9781487007799

30. Jack
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $27.00, 9780374279301

31. The Ministry for the Future
Kim Stanley Robinson, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316300131

32. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905

33. The Archer
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $21.00, 9780593318270

34. Memorial
Bryan Washington, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593087275

35. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764

36. Dearly
Margaret Atwood, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063032491

37. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593128480

38. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9781984880963

39. The Book of Two Ways
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781984818355

40. Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991

41. The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $28.00, 9780316422048

42. The Return
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538728574

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

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

45. Snow
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $27.99, 9781335230003

46. How to Raise an Elephant
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $26.95, 9781524749361

47. Monogamy
Sue Miller, Harper, $28.99, 9780062969651

48. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $28.00, 9780593133842

49. The Kingdom
Jo Nesbø, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525655411

50. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188817

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 6, 2020

16. The Answer Is . . .
Alex Trebek, S&S, $26.00, 9781982157999

17. No Time Like the Future
Michael J. Fox, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250265616

18. The 99% Invisible City
Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780358126607

19. Ottolenghi Flavor
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ixta Belfrage, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780399581755

20. Solutions and Other Problems
Allie Brosh, Gallery Books, $30.00, 9781982156947

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

22. Dessert Person
Claire Saffitz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781984826961

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

24. Humans
Brandon Stanton, St. Martin's, $35.00, 9781250114297

25. Mediocre
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $28.00, 9781580059510

26. Vesper Flights
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802128812

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

28. First Principles
Thomas E. Ricks, Harper, $29.99, 9780062997456

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

30. Saving Freedom
Joe Scarborough, Harper, $29.99, 9780062950499

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

32. His Truth Is Marching On
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30.00, 9781984855022

33. Guinness World Records 2021
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781913484002

34. Pappyland
Wright Thompson, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9780735221253

35. The Dead Are Arising
Les Payne, Tamara Payne, Liveright, $35.00, 9781631491665

36. Stuff You Should Know
Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250268501

37. Eat a Peach
David Chang, Gabe Ulla, Clarkson Potter, $28.00, 9781524759216

38. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Emmanuel Acho, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250800466

39. Let Us Dream
Pope Francis, Austen Ivereigh, S&S, $26.00, 9781982171865

40. The Greatest Beer Run Ever
John "Chick" Donohue, J.T. Molloy, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062995469

41. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26.00, 9780812993547

42. Clanlands
Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, Quercus, $26.99, 9781529342000

43. Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
John Lithgow, Chronicle Prism, $22.95, 9781797209463

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

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

46. Obama
Pete Souza, Little Brown, $50.00, 9780316512589

47. People Who Love to Eat Are Always the Best People
Julia Child, Knopf, $18.95, 9780525658795

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

49. HRH
Elizabeth Holmes, Celadon Books, $35.00, 9781250625083

50. Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $26.95, 9780393542134

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending December 6, 2020

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

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

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

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

15. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9781250068736

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

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

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

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

20. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877795964

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. Red Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553560732

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

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

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

33. The Night Fire
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538701454

34. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945

35. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541

36. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey, Signet, $9.99, 9780451163967

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

38. A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin, Graphia Books, $8.99, 9780547773742

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

40. The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett, Signet, $10.99, 9780451166890

41. Open Season
C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 9780399576607

42. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
Bobby Fischer, et al., Bantam, $8.99, 9780553263152

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

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

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

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

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

48. Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier, Avon, $8.99, 9780380778553

49. Heretics of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098264

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

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