Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for January 29, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending January 26, 2025
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| Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
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. |
3/19 |
| 2 |
Martyr! Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593685778 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. |
1/4 |
| 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. |
4/12 |
| 4 |
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. |
2/11 |
| 5 |
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. |
5/22 |
| 6 |
Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182 A post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the bestselling author of Kindred. |
6/24 |
| 7 |
Yellowface R. F. Kuang, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063250857 Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R. F. Kuang's novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable. |
7/3 |
| 8 |
The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18.00, 9780525435006 Atwood's funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing novel is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and literary tour de force. Now a Hulu series. |
/89 |
| 9 |
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. |
9/124 |
| 10 |
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. |
8/17 |
| 11 |
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. |
10/13 |
| 12 |
Fahrenheit 451- Debut Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781451673319 Decades after its original publication, Ray Bradbury's internationally acclaimed novel stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before. |
/1 |
| 13 |
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. |
11/29 |
| 14 |
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. |
12/31 |
| 15 |
The Vegetarian Han Kang, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781101906118 Kang's beautiful and unsettling novel is the winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize. |
/17 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for January 29, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending January 26, 2025
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| Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
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. |
1/99 |
| 2 |
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. |
2/37 |
| 3 |
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. |
3/268 |
| 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. |
4/31 |
| 5 |
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. |
5/169 |
| 6 |
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. |
8/52 |
| 7 |
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis- Debut Jonathan Blitzer, Penguin Books, $21.00, 9781984880826 An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the southern border told through the lives of the migrants forced to risk everything and the policymakers who determine their fate. |
/1 |
| 8 |
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. |
6/11 |
| 9 |
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. |
9/66 |
| 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. |
7/226 |
| 11 |
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. |
/13 |
| 12 |
All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310 A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard. |
10/7 |
| 13 |
Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next) Dean Spade, Verso, $15.95, 9781839762123 Writing for those new to activism as well as those who have been in social movements for a long time, Dean Spade draws on years of organizing to offer a radical vision of community mobilization, social transformation, compassionate activism, and solidarity. |
/2 |
| 14 |
A People's History of the United States- Debut Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $22.99, 9780062397348 Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of—and in the words of—America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. |
/1 |
| 15 |
King: A Life- Debut Jonathan Eig, Picador, $23.00, 9781250335647 In this landmark biography, Jonathan Eig gives us a Martin Luther King, Jr. for our times: a deep thinker, a brilliant strategist, and a committed radical who led one of history's greatest movements, and whose demands for racial and economic justice remain as urgent today as they were in his lifetime. |
/1 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for January 29, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending January 26, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition)- Debut Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649374189 After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it's impossible to know who to trust. |
/1 |
| 2 |
Onyx Storm (Standard Edition)- Debut Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649377159 After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it's impossible to know who to trust. |
/1 |
| 3 |
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. |
1/45 |
| 4 |
Witchcraft for Wayward Girls Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $30.00, 9780593548981 Set in Florida in the 1970s, Grady Hendrix's newest novel follows five young women in a home for unwed mothers who find a guide to witchcraft. The #1 Indie Next Pick for January 2025. |
2/2 |
| 5 |
Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172 She's survived her first year at Basgiath War College for dragon riders...but the danger is just beginning in the electrifying follow-up to Fourth Wing. |
9/30 |
| 6 |
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. |
3/30 |
| 7 |
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. |
4/28 |
| 8 |
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. |
6/24 |
| 9 |
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. |
7/18 |
| 10 |
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. |
8/51 |
| 11 |
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. |
5/37 |
| 12 |
We Do Not Part- Debut Han Kang, e. yaewon (Transl.), Paige Aniyah Morris (Transl.), Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593595459 From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Han Kang's new novel tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter in Korean history. |
/1 |
| 13 |
Water Moon Samantha Sotto Yambao, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593724996 A woman inherits a pawnshop where you can sell your regrets—and then embarks on a magical journey when a charming young physicist wanders into the shop in this dreamlike and enchanting fantasy novel. A January 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
10/2 |
| 14 |
All the Colors of the Dark Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798874 A missing person mystery, a serial killer thriller, a love story, a unique twist on each, Chris Whitaker has written a novel about what lurks in the shadows of obsession and the blinding light of hope. A July 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
15/17 |
| 15 |
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. |
/19 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for January 29, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending January 26, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 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. |
1/10 |
| 2 |
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About 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. |
2/5 |
| 3 |
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. |
3/17 |
| 4 |
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. |
6/105 |
| 5 |
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. |
5/17 |
| 6 |
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. |
4/17 |
| 7 |
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593655030 From bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. |
7/35 |
| 8 |
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. |
8/132 |
| 9 |
Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00, 9780374611996 A liberating, invigorating journey toward a more meaningful life—a journey that begins not with fantasies of the ideal existence but with the reality in which we actually find ourselves. |
10/9 |
| 10 |
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. |
12/39 |
| 11 |
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. |
11/25 |
| 12 |
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. |
13/20 |
| 13 |
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 Globally loved, the little frog is the creation of Maybell Eequay and appears in this charming book of uplifting affirmations and empowering life lessons. |
14/7 |
| 14 |
On Freedom Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32.00, 9780593728727 A brilliant exploration of freedom—what it is, how it's been misunderstood, and why it's our only chance for survival—by the acclaimed Yale historian and bestselling author of On Tyranny. |
/6 |
| 15 |
Aflame: Learning from Silence Pico Iyer, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593420287 From the bestselling author of The Art of Stillness, a revelatory exploration of the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreat. |
9/2 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for January 29, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending January 26, 2025
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935 |
1/447 |
| 2 |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
2/180 |
| 3 |
The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129 |
9/77 |
| 4 |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 |
3/160 |
| 5 |
Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 |
5/118 |
| 6 |
Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296 |
/75 |
| 7 |
Lord of the Flies William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487 |
/78 |
| 8 |
The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488 |
/333 |
| 9 |
The Exchange John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593685600 |
4/16 |
| 10 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340 |
6/269 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for January 29, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending January 26, 2025
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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 Squad: A Graphic Novel Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315 |
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| 3 |
Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877 |
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| 4 |
The Bletchley Riddle Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542 |
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| 5 |
Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019 |
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| 6 |
Scholastic Year in Sports 2025 James Buckley, Scholastic, $14.99, 9781546131571 |
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| 7 |
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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| 8 |
The New Girl: A Graphic Novel Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457 |
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| 9 |
Fresh Start: A Graphic Novel Gale Galligan, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338045840 |
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| 10 |
Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray! Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908 |
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| 11 |
Smile: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264 |
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| 12 |
Guts: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500 |
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| 13 |
The Eyes and the Impossible Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203 |
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| 14 |
Drama: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897 |
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| 15 |
The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324 |
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Young Adult
Bestseller List for January 29, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending January 26, 2025
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
Heavenly Tyrant Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $20.99, 9780735269989 |
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| 2 |
Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $11.99, 9780735269958 |
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| 3 |
Powerless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884 |
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| 4 |
The Last Bookstore on Earth Lily Braun-Arnold, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593899489 |
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| 5 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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| 6 |
The Giver Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544340688 |
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| 7 |
Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637 |
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| 8 |
Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439 |
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| 9 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196 |
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| 10 |
Reckless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665955430 |
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| 11 |
Nothing Like the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138 |
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| 12 |
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17.00, 9780593622452 |
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| 13 |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207 |
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| 14 |
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332 |
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| 15 |
Betting on You Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665921244 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for January 29, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending January 26, 2025
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 2 |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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| 3 |
Girls on the Rise Amanda Gorman, Loveis Wise (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593624180 |
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| 4 |
Little Blue Truck's Valentine Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780358272441 |
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| 5 |
I Am Glinda (Little Golden Book) Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884 |
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| 6 |
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 |
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| 7 |
I Am Elphaba (Little Golden Book) Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896860 |
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| 8 |
The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968 |
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| 9 |
Knight Owl and Early Bird Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526 |
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| 10 |
Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035 |
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| 11 |
Knight Owl Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628 |
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| 12 |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 |
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| 13 |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905 |
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| 14 |
How to Be Romance with Bluey and Bingo- Debut Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593755105 |
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| 15 |
Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for January 29, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending January 26, 2025
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| Children's Series | ||
| 1 |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 2 |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic |
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| 3 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams |
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| 4 |
The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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| 5 |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 6 |
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback) Rick Riordan, Hyperion |
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| 7 |
InvestiGators (hardcover) John Patrick Green, First Second |
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| 8 |
I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic |
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| 9 |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers |
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| 10 |
Keeper of the Lost Cities (hardcover and paperback) Shannon Messenger, Aladdin |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending January 26, 2025
16 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781982179014
17 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756
18 The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
19 Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433
20 Wicked
Gregory Maguire, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780062852847
21 The Hunter
Tana French, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593493458
22 Quicksilver
Callie Hart, Forever, $21.99, 9781538774199
23 The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987
24 The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498
25 The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227
26 Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228
27 I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
28 Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279087
29 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
30 A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583
31 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463
32 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
33 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
34 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990
35 Beg, Borrow, or Steal
Sarah Adams, Dell, $18.00, 9780593723692
36 You Dreamed of Empires
Álvaro Enrigue, Riverhead Books, $18.00, 9780593544808
37 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17.00, 9781501161933
38 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
39 1984
George Orwell, Plume, $19.00, 9780452262935
40 Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.99, 9781635577808
41 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
42 Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263
43 Brave New World
Aldous Huxley, Harper, $17.99, 9780060850524
44 Butter
Asako Yuzuki, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063236417
45 The Best American Short Stories 2024
Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959
46 The Poppy War
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $19.99, 9780062662583
47 Normal People
Sally Rooney, Crown, $17.00, 9781984822185
48 The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
49 A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707
50 Annihilation (10th Anniversary Edition)
Jeff VanderMeer, Picador, $18.00, 9781250824042
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending January 26, 2025
16 Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951
17 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
18 Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20.00, 9780593449240
19 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20.00, 9780143129257
20 The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story
Pagan Kennedy, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593314715
21 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
22 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338143
23 A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
Eckhart Tolle, Penguin Life, $18.00, 9780452289963
24 Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes, Haymarket Books, $17.95, 9781642598278
25 Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together
Dean Spade, Algonquin Books, $19.99, 9781643756462
26 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $21.99, 9780316299220
27 Hillbilly Elegy
J. D. Vance, Harper, $18.99, 9780062300553
28 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359
29 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
30 Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient World
Mary Beard, Liveright, $21.99, 9781324095606
31 Meditations
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
32 Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
33 Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Angela Y. Davis, Haymarket Books, $15.95, 9781608465644
34 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
35 The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668065969
36 How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $18.99, 9781612198552
37 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780062316110
38 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831
39 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20.00, 9780593239933
40 The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932
41 The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $14.00, 9780679744726
42 How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9780984627110
43 How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
Jason Stanley, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $19.00, 9780525511854
44 Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807014271
45 Surviving Autocracy
Masha Gessen, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593332245
46 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $21.00, 9780593230275
47 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $20.00, 9781524746742
48 Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088
49 Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525560562
50 Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $22.00, 9780374533557
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending January 26, 2025
16 Death of the Author (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Nnedi Okorafor, William Morrow, $30.00, 9780063391147
17 Beautiful Ugly
Alice Feeney, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250337788
18 Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
19 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
20 The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593801970
21 The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145
22 The Three Lives of Cate Kay
Kate Fagan, Atria Books, $27.99, 9781668076217
23 The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593489277
24 Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205
25 The Stolen Queen
Fiona Davis, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593474273
26 We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25.00, 9780593818749
27 Wind and Truth
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $39.99, 9781250319180
28 Presumed Guilty
Scott Turow, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538706367
29 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
30 The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus
Emma Knight, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9780593830451
31 Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
32 Time of the Child
Niall Williams, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.99, 9781639734207
33 The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30.00, 9781250328137
34 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236210
35 Immortal (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Sue Lynn Tan, Harper Voyager, $32.00, 9780063267619
36 The Favorites
Layne Fargo, Random House, $28.00, 9780593732045
37 Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521
38 Blue Sisters
Coco Mellors, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593723760
39 The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32.00, 9780063277052
40 If I Must Die: Poetry and Prose
Refaat Alareer, OR Books, $24.99, 9781682196212
41 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946
42 Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820247
43 Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29.00, 9780593441282
44 Foster
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802160140
45 We Solve Murders
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9780593653227
46 Sandwich
Catherine Newman, Harper, $26.99, 9780063345164
47 The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst, Bramble, $29.99, 9781250333971
48 More or Less Maddy
Lisa Genova, Gallery/Scout Press, $28.99, 9781668026168
49 All the Water in the World
Eiren Caffall, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250353528
50 The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781668036587
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending January 26, 2025
16 Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $25.00, 9780593189481
17 The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260
18 Melania
Melania Trump, Skyhorse, $40.00, 9781510782693
19 CABIN: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
Patrick Hutchison, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250285706
20 Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy
Tieghan Gerard, Clarkson Potter, $32.99, 9780593232576
21 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
22 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
23 How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith
Mariann Edgar Budde, Avery, $28.00, 9780593539217
24 The JFK Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Kennedy—and Why It Failed
Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250790576
25 Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593320969
26 Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Harry N. Abrams, $28.00, 9781419777295
27 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461
28 Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life's Purpose
Martha Beck, The Open Field, $30.00, 9780593656389
29 Brooke Shields Is Not Allowed to Get Old: Thoughts on Aging as a Woman
Brooke Shields, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250346940
30 Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $37.99, 9780399581779
31 Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life
Agnes Callard, W. W. Norton & Company, $35.00, 9781631498466
32 Cher: The Memoir, Part One
Cher, Dey Street Books, $36.00, 9780062863102
33 What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781668055687
34 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598
35 Easy Weeknight Dinners: 100 Fast, Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat
Emily Weinstein, New York Times Cooking, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780593836323
36 Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham, Jim McCloskey, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385550444
37 An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Humanity to Independence
Zeinab Badawi, Mariner Books, $32.50, 9780063335417
38 A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $34.00, 9781501183058
39 Three Wild Dogs (and the truth): A Memoir
Markus Zusak, Harper, $27.99, 9780063426078
40 The Dog Who Followed the Moon
James Norbury, William Morrow, $25.00, 9780063420717
41 Guinness World Records 2025
Guinness World Records, Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484569
42 Official Fourth Wing Journal: Violent Little Thing Edition with Lined Pages
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $24.99, 9781649378576
43 Didion and Babitz
Lili Anolik, Scribner, $29.99, 9781668065488
44 An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982108663
45 Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches
Matty Matheson, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9781984862150
46 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
47 Dare I Say It: Everything I Wish I'd Known About Menopause
Naomi Watts, Crown, $29.00, 9780593729038
48 Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $40.00, 9781476753836
49 What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
Sy Montgomery, Atria Books, $22.99, 9781668047361
50 Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $27.00, 9780385549936
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending January 26, 2025
11 Simply Lies
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538750605
12 Only the Brave
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9780593498453
13 Clive Cussler The Corsican Shadow
Dirk Cussler, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $10.99, 9780593544198
14 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309
15 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
16 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293
17 Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765360038
18 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
19 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
20 Shattered
James Patterson, James O. Born, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752968
21 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
22 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
23 The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572
24 After That Night
Karin Slaughter, William Morrow Paperbacks, $10.99, 9780063157804
25 The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626
26 The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688
27 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
28 It Had to Be You
Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668034668
29 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10.00, 9780553293357
30 The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657
31 Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
32 Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874
33 Arcanum Unbounded
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765391186
34 It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $10.99, 9780451465641
35 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
36 The Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Signet, $5.95, 9780451531841
37 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
38 Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345337665
39 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
40 Elantris
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765350374
41 The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345325815
42 Wrong Place Wrong Time
Gillian McAllister, William Morrow Paperbacks, $9.99, 9780063427006
43 Upside Down
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9780593498392
44 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
45 The Lost Metal
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765391216
46 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
47 The Picture of Dorian Gray and Three Stories
Oscar Wilde, Signet, $6.95, 9780451530455
48 A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $8.95, 9780679755333
49 The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Signet, $8.95, 9780451530608
50 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey, Signet, $10.99, 9780451163967