Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for January 1, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending December 29, 2024
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| Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984 Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. |
1/18 |
| 2 |
Orbital Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802163622 Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in 24 hours. Winner of the Booker Prize 2024. |
2/7 |
| 3 |
The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593312070 A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history. |
3/8 |
| 4 |
Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros. |
5/15 |
| 5 |
A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569 From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read. |
10/120 |
| 6 |
North Woods Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18.00, 9780593597040 When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. |
4/13 |
| 7 |
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593466490 Two college friends—often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before. |
8/27 |
| 8 |
Wicked Gregory Maguire, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780062852847 The New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony Award-winning hit musical, now a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. |
6/5 |
| 9 |
The Berry Pickers Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384 A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years. |
7/9 |
| 10 |
Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756 An exquisite homage to Louisa May Alcott's timeless classic, Little Women, Hello Beautiful is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it. |
13/6 |
| 11 |
The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987 In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. |
9/108 |
| 12 |
The Hunter Tana French, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593493458 Tana French's novel is a nuanced, atmospheric tale that explores what we'll do for our loved ones, what we'll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide. |
11/4 |
| 13 |
The Best American Short Stories 2024 Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959 A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, and series editor Heidi Pitlor. |
12/10 |
| 14 |
The Vegetarian Han Kang, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781101906118 Kang's beautiful and unsettling novel is the winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize. |
/16 |
| 15 |
The Housemaid Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570 An addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist, Freida McFadden's The Housemaid is perfect for fans of Ruth Ware, Lisa Jewell, and Verity. |
/25 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for January 1, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending December 29, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593536131 A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club. |
1/33 |
| 2 |
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 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. |
2/264 |
| 3 |
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12.00, 9780804190114 Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the 20th century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. |
3/95 |
| 4 |
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456 This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost. |
4/27 |
| 5 |
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20.00, 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. |
5/48 |
| 6 |
Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20.00, 9780593139158 McConaughey's unconventional memoir is filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. |
6/7 |
| 7 |
All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. |
9/165 |
| 8 |
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651 A history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history. |
10/62 |
| 9 |
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593652985 A vital and urgent call to action about the precarious state of American democracy, charting its historical challenges and current threats, from one of our era's most important and insightful historians, with a new afterword by the author. |
8/10 |
| 10 |
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741 van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing. |
14/222 |
| 11 |
The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932 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. |
7/18 |
| 12 |
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World Mary Beard, Liveright, $21.99, 9781324095606 With its finely nuanced portrayal of sex, class, and politics, Emperor of Rome goes directly to the heart of Roman fantasies (and our own) about what it was to be Roman, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been presented before. |
15/2 |
| 13 |
The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037 Perfect for the anti-aviary or bird fanatic with a sense of humor, this snarky illustrated handbook is equal parts profane, funny, and—let's face it—true. |
11/30 |
| 14 |
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951 From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. |
/85 |
| 15 |
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831 Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history. |
/51 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for January 1, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending December 29, 2024
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| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
James Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550369 Percival Everett's new novel is a brilliant, action-packed re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2024. |
1/41 |
| 2 |
Intermezzo Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374602635 An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family—but especially love—from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
3/14 |
| 3 |
Small Things Like These Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741 Keegan's landmark novel is a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2021. |
2/24 |
| 4 |
The God of the Woods Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593418918 Moore's multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore's most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet. The #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2024. |
4/26 |
| 5 |
The Women Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30.00, 9781250178633 The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm's way to help others. |
5/47 |
| 6 |
All Fours Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29.00, 9780593190265 Miranda July returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious, and surprising novel about a woman upending her life. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
6/33 |
| 7 |
The City and Its Uncertain Walls Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593801970 A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for these strange post-pandemic times, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a singular and towering achievement by one of modern literature's most important writers. A December 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
8/6 |
| 8 |
Playground Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031 Set in the world's largest ocean, this awe-filled novel explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
7/14 |
| 9 |
Wind and Truth Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $39.99, 9781250319180 The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the bestselling Stormlight Archive—the iconic epic fantasy masterpiece from acclaimed bestselling author Brandon Sanderson. |
9/4 |
| 10 |
The Wedding People Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576 A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew. The #1 Indie Next Pick for August 2024. |
10/20 |
| 11 |
The Grey Wolf Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30.00, 9781250328137 The 19th mystery in Louise Penny's bestselling Armand Gamache series. |
11/9 |
| 12 |
Martyr! Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593537619 A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction. A February 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
13/15 |
| 13 |
The Life Impossible Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593489277 Matt Haig's new novel is filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning. A September 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
15/16 |
| 14 |
Tell Me Everything Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30.00, 9780593446096 From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world. A September 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
12/16 |
| 15 |
Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157 A charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick. |
14/76 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for January 1, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending December 29, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
| 1 |
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781668072240 A bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2024. |
1/6 |
| 2 |
Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir Ina Garten, Crown, $34.00, 9780593799895 In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table. |
2/13 |
| 3 |
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316575805 Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light. |
4/13 |
| 4 |
The Message Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30.00, 9780593230381 The bestselling author of Between the World and Me travels the world to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don't—shape our realities. |
3/13 |
| 5 |
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35.00, 9780593734223 From the bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. |
9/16 |
| 6 |
What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts) Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781668055687 Stanley Tucci's new book is a funny, poignant, heartfelt, and deeply satisfying serving of memories and meals and an irresistible celebration of the profound role that food plays in all our lives. |
6/11 |
| 7 |
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Erik Larson, Crown, $35.00, 9780385348744 Larson brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a slow-burning crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
5/35 |
| 8 |
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385544764 From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day. |
7/21 |
| 9 |
The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886 From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us. |
12/101 |
| 10 |
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260 The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by David Grann, one of our greatest nonfiction writers. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
8/80 |
| 11 |
Patriot: A Memoir Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593320969 The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs. |
11/10 |
| 12 |
Cher: The Memoir, Part One Cher, Dey Street Books, $36.00, 9780062863102 Cher: The Memoir, Part One follows her extraordinary beginnings through childhood to meeting and marrying Sonny Bono—and reveals the highly complicated relationship that made them world-famous, but eventually drove them apart. |
10/6 |
| 13 |
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292 James Clear reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. |
/128 |
| 14 |
Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $37.99, 9780399581779 Yotam Ottolenghi brings his inspiring, flavor-forward cooking to comfort dishes. |
/3 |
| 15 |
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About- Debut Mel Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366 If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn't you. The problem is the power you give to other people. This book puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands. |
/1 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for January 1, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending December 29, 2024
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
| 1 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935 |
2/443 |
| 2 |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 |
1/156 |
| 3 |
Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 |
3/114 |
| 4 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340 |
4/265 |
| 5 |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
6/176 |
| 6 |
Dune Messiah Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233 |
9/127 |
| 7 |
The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741 |
8/144 |
| 8 |
The Exchange John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593685600 |
5/12 |
| 9 |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803 |
7/89 |
| 10 |
The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125 |
10/11 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for January 1, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending December 29, 2024
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| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1 |
Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860 |
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| 2 |
The Bletchley Riddle Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542 |
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| 3 |
The Squad: A Graphic Novel Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315 |
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| 4 |
The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316554732 |
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| 5 |
Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877 |
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| 6 |
The New Girl: A Graphic Novel Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457 |
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| 7 |
The Sherlock Society James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665932530 |
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| 8 |
The Eyes and the Impossible Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203 |
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| 9 |
Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019 |
|
| 10 |
The Last Dragon on Mars Scott Reintgen, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665946513 |
|
| 11 |
Hatchet Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293 |
|
| 12 |
Scholastic Year in Sports 2025- Debut James Buckley, Scholastic, $14.99, 9781546131571 |
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| 13 |
Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray! Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908 |
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| 14 |
Spy School Entrance Exam: A Spy School Book of Devious Word Searches, Clever Crosswords, Sly Sudoku, and Other Top Secret Puzzles! Stuart Gibbs, Jeff Chen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9781665951364 |
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| 15 |
Orris and Timble: The Beginning Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791 |
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Young Adult
Bestseller List for January 1, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending December 29, 2024
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
Heavenly Tyrant- Debut Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $20.99, 9780735269989 |
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| 2 |
Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637 |
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| 3 |
Powerless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884 |
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| 4 |
Nothing Like the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138 |
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| 5 |
Heir Sabaa Tahir, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780593616949 |
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| 6 |
The Reappearance of Rachel Price Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207 |
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| 7 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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| 8 |
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17.00, 9780593622452 |
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| 9 |
If Only I Had Told Her Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229 |
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| 10 |
The Grandest Game Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316481014 |
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| 11 |
Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439 |
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| 12 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196 |
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| 13 |
Betting on You Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665921244 |
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| 14 |
Darkly Marisha Pessl, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593706558 |
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| 15 |
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for January 1, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending December 29, 2024
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383 |
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| 2 |
The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780544580145 |
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| 3 |
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 |
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| 4 |
Knight Owl and Early Bird Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526 |
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| 5 |
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767 |
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| 6 |
Santa's First Christmas Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593524978 |
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| 7 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 8 |
Alice in a Winter Wonderland Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593533888 |
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| 9 |
The Mitten Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780399231094 |
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| 10 |
The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968 |
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| 11 |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 |
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| 12 |
I Am Elphaba (Universal Pictures Wicked) (Little Golden Book)- Debut Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896860 |
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| 13 |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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| 14 |
Knight Owl Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628 |
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| 15 |
I Am Glinda (Universal Pictures Wicked) (Little Golden Book)- Debut Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for January 1, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending December 29, 2024
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| Children's Series | ||
| 1 |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 2 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams |
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| 3 |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic New in Series: Escaping Peril: A Graphic Novel (9781339001234) |
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| 4 |
The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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| 5 |
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback) Rick Riordan, Hyperion |
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| 6 |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 7 |
I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Dave Shephard (Illus.), Scholastic |
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| 8 |
Keeper of the Lost Cities (hardcover and paperback) Shannon Messenger, Aladdin |
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| 9 |
The Bad Guys (paperback) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
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| 10 |
InvestiGators (hardcover) John Patrick Green, First Second |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 29, 2024
16 The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227
17 The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498
18 The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
19 Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263
20 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
21 Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228
22 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463
23 Babel
R.F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433
24 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
25 My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609455064
26 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17.00, 9781501161933
27 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
28 The Bee Sting
Paul Murray, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338259
29 Quicksilver
Callie Hart, Forever, $21.99, 9781538774199
30 Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182
31 A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583
32 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
33 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
34 The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
35 Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $19.99, 9781668014943
36 The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
37 Normal People
Sally Rooney, Crown, $17.00, 9781984822185
38 Annihilation (10th Anniversary Edition)
Jeff VanderMeer, Picador, $18.00, 9781250824042
39 Butter
Asako Yuzuki, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063236417
40 Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593420324
41 Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.99, 9781635577808
42 It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781668055960
43 The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Transl.), Tor, $18.99, 9780765382030
44 All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781668017340
45 The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
46 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593
47 The Teller of Small Fortunes
Julie Leong, Ace, $19.00, 9780593815915
48 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990
49 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606
50 A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 29, 2024
16 The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024
Bill McKibben, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063333994
17 All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
18 World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $22.00, 9780062802767
19 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
20 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $21.99, 9780316299220
21 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
22 The Best American Essays 2024
Wesley Morris, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351554
23 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780062316110
24 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338143
25 Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
Dean Spade, Verso, $15.95, 9781839762123
26 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359
27 Hillbilly Elegy
J. D. Vance, Harper, $18.99, 9780062300553
28 Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $19.99, 9780062964663
29 Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Michael Lewis, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324105817
30 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
31 Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll, Jr., Harper Select, $19.99, 9781400337040
32 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225282
33 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $21.99, 9780063394230
34 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20.00, 9780143129257
35 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593298909
36 Meditations
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
37 The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024
Padma Lakshmi, Jaya Saxena (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063370647
38 A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446
39 The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson, Crown, $22.00, 9780385348737
40 Inciting Joy: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $19.99, 9781643753959
41 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18.99, 9781643753287
42 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781797212272
43 Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
44 How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9780984627110
45 Life's Short, Talk Fast: Fifteen Writers on Why We Can't Stop Watching Gilmore Girls
Ann Hood (Ed.), W. W. Norton & Company, $17.99, 9781324079453
46 Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Oregon State University Press, $18.95, 9780870714993
47 The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2025
Sarah Janssen, World Almanac, $17.99, 9781510780866
48 The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593512302
49 A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $22.99, 9780062397348
50 An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20.00, 9780593133255
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 29, 2024
16 Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521
17 We Solve Murders
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9780593653227
18 The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145
19 All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798874
20 Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205
21 The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32.00, 9780063277052
22 We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25.00, 9780593818749
23 Time of the Child
Niall Williams, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.99, 9781639734207
24 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
25 Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
26 The Wood at Midwinter
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $16.99, 9781639734481
27 Water, Water: Poems
Billy Collins, Random House, $27.00, 9780593731024
28 Here One Moment
Liane Moriarty, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798607
29 Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29.00, 9780593441282
30 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236210
31 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946
32 Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32.00, 9780593296370
33 By Any Other Name
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593497210
34 Good Material
Dolly Alderton, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593801307
35 The Blue Hour
Paula Hawkins, Mariner Books, $30.00, 9780063396524
36 North Is the Night: Deluxe Limited Edition
Emily Rath, Erewhon Books, $30.00, 9781645662204
37 Blue Sisters
Coco Mellors, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593723760
38 Foster
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802160140
39 The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst, Bramble, $29.99, 9781250333971
40 The Night We Lost Him
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $28.99, 9781668002933
41 The Empusium
Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Transl.), Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593712948
42 The Book of Bill
Alex Hirsch, Hyperion Avenue, $26.99, 9781368092203
43 The House of Cross
James Patterson, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316402682
44 You Like It Darker: Stories
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668037713
45 Legends & Lattes (Deluxe Edition)
Travis Baldree, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250342782
46 The Bright Sword
Lev Grossman, Viking, $35.00, 9780735224049
47 Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547345
48 You Dreamed of Empires
Álvaro Enrigue, Natasha Wimmer (Transl.), Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593544792
49 The Full Moon Coffee Shop
Mai Mochizuki, Jesse Kirkwood (Transl.), Ballantine Books, $23.00, 9780593726822
50 Brightly Shining
Ingvild Rishøi, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802163493
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 29, 2024
16 The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593655030
17 Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy
Tieghan Gerard, Clarkson Potter, $32.99, 9780593232576
18 Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham, Jim McCloskey, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385550444
19 What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
Sy Montgomery, Atria Books, $22.99, 9781668047361
20 The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Sharon McMahon, Thesis, $32.00, 9780593541678
21 Didion and Babitz
Lili Anolik, Scribner, $29.99, 9781668065488
22 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461
23 Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00, 9780374611996
24 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
25 Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music
Rob Sheffield, Dey Street Books, $27.99, 9780063351318
26 The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013
27 There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House, $32.00, 9780593448793
28 On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32.00, 9780593728727
29 Into the Uncut Grass
Trevor Noah, Sabina Hahn (Illus.), One World, $26.00, 9780593729960
30 Guinness World Records 2025
Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484569
31 Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Doubleday, $26.00, 9780385550826
32 Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves
Stephen Colbert, Evie McGee Colbert, Celadon Books, $35.00, 9781250859990
33 Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches
Matty Matheson, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9781984862150
34 What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe, Dey Street Books, $35.00, 9780063412644
35 Sonny Boy: A Memoir
Al Pacino, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780593655115
36 Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $30.00, 9780593475522
37 Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $25.00, 9780593189481
38 Taylor Swift by the Book: The Literature Behind the Lyrics, from Fairy Tales to Tortured Poets
Rachel Feder, Tiffany Tatreau, Quirk Books, $19.99, 9781683694748
39 From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir
Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough, Random House, $32.00, 9780593733875
40 Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah
Charles King, Doubleday, $32.00, 9780385548267
41 War
Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster, $32.00, 9781668052273
42 The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
Wright Thompson, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780593299821
43 The Dog Who Followed the Moon
James Norbury, William Morrow, $25.00, 9780063420717
44 Melania
Melania Trump, Skyhorse, $40.00, 9781510782693
45 Brothers
Alex Van Halen, Harper, $32.00, 9780063265707
46 CABIN: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
Patrick Hutchison, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250285706
47 The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
Evan Friss, Viking, $30.00, 9780593299920
48 Martha: The Cookbook: 100 Favorite Recipes, with Lessons and Stories from My Kitchen
Martha Stewart, Clarkson Potter, $40.00, 9780593139202
49 A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $32.50, 9781501183058
50 Lovely One: A Memoir
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Random House, $35.00, 9780593729908
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending December 29, 2024
11 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
12 Shattered
James Patterson, James O. Born, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752968
13 Clive Cussler The Corsican Shadow
Dirk Cussler, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $10.99, 9780593544198
14 After That Night
Karin Slaughter, William Morrow Paperbacks, $10.99, 9780063157804
15 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
16 Upside Down
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9780593498392
17 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
18 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309
19 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
20 Countdown
James Patterson, Brendan DuBois, Little, Brown and Company, $10.99, 9781538723999
21 Tom Clancy Command and Control
Marc Cameron, Berkley, $10.99, 9780593422861
22 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
23 The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657
24 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
25 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
26 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293
27 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
28 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
29 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
30 The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch, Flatiron Books, $9.99, 9781250361844
31 Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765360038
32 The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572
33 Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
34 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
35 Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $9.99, 9781250773012
36 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
37 Edgedancer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $13.99, 9781250166548
38 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
39 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
40 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
41 Mort
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225719
42 Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553208849
43 The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688
44 God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
45 Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874
46 Elantris
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765350374
47 The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345325815
48 Mistborn: Secret History
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $13.99, 9781250859143
49 Red Sky Mourning
Jack Carr, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668047156
50 Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345337665