Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for January 6, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 3, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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| Trade Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. |
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. |
3/10 |
| 2. |
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. |
8/7 |
| 3. |
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. |
2/38 |
| 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. |
1/92 |
| 5. |
Home Body Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808 Kaur's greatly anticipated third collection of poetry. |
4/7 |
| 6. |
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. |
11/18 |
| 7. |
The Queen's Gambit Walter Tevis, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593314654 Engaging and fast-paced, this gripping coming-of-age novel of chess, feminism, and addiction speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four. Now an acclaimed Netflix series. |
5/5 |
| 8. |
The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18.00, 9780399590610 Coates' debut novel is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen. |
7/7 |
| 9. |
Normal People Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781984822185 Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship. |
12/44 |
| 10. |
The House in the Cerulean Sea- Debut TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318 Klune's novel is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place. |
/1 |
| 11. |
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. |
9/86 |
| 12. |
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. |
6/8 |
| 13. |
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. |
14/46 |
| 14. |
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. |
13/27 |
| 15. |
This Tender Land William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17.00, 9781476749303 A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression. |
15/31 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for January 6, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 3, 2021
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. |
3/56 |
| 2. |
Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110 A groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be human. |
4/126 |
| 3. |
How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy- Debut Jenny Odell, Melville House, $17.99, 9781612198552 An action plan for thinking outside of capitalist narratives of efficiency and techno-determinism. Provocative, timely, and utterly persuasive, this book will change how you see your place in our world. |
/1 |
| 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. |
7/48 |
| 5. |
The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741 van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing. |
14/14 |
| 6. |
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. |
1/52 |
| 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. |
5/95 |
| 8. |
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. |
15/90 |
| 9. |
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. |
2/17 |
| 10. |
Intimations Zadie Smith, Penguin, $10.95, 9780593297612 Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of reflective essays by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time. |
11/19 |
| 11. |
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. |
13/25 |
| 12. |
The Color of Law Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536 Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation. |
/35 |
| 13. |
The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932 The tenth-anniversary edition of Alexander's iconic book discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today. |
/25 |
| 14. |
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. |
6/10 |
| 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. |
/3 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for January 6, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 3, 2021
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| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. |
The Vanishing Half Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525536291 Bennett's beautiful new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one Black and one white. A June 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
1/31 |
| 2. |
The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474 Haig's latest is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived. |
6/9 |
| 3. |
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561 France, 1714: In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever--and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for October 2020. |
8/13 |
| 4. |
Anxious People Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.00, 9781501160837 An ingeniously constructed novel about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope--the things that save us, even in the most anxious times. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for September 2020. |
4/17 |
| 5. |
Ready Player Two Ernest Cline, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781524761332 Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through the virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again. |
2/6 |
| 6. |
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. |
3/13 |
| 7. |
Deacon King Kong James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735216723 National Book Award winner McBride's wise and witty new novel about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting is a March 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
7/19 |
| 8. |
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. |
12/18 |
| 9. |
Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27.00, 9780525620785 A re-imagining of the classic gothic suspense novel, Mexican Gothic is a story about an isolated mansion in 1950s Mexico--and the brave socialite drawn to its treacherous secrets. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for July 2020. |
10/24 |
| 10. |
Leave the World Behind Rumaan Alam, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062667632 A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong. An October 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/8 |
| 11. |
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. |
5/13 |
| 12. |
A Children's Bible Lydia Millet, Norton, $25.95, 9781324005032 Millet's indelible novel of teenage alienation and adult complacency in an unraveling world is a May 2020 Indie Next List Great Read and a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for Fiction. |
/2 |
| 13. |
Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090 Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read. |
11/114 |
| 14. |
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. |
15/11 |
| 15. |
The Guest List Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930 A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller by the bestselling author of The Hunting Party. |
/13 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 17. |
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie Marie Benedict, Sourcebooks Landmark, $26.99, 9781492682721 Benedict's new novel is a thrilling reconstruction of Agatha Christie's mysterious 11-day disappearance in 1926. A January 2021 Indie Next List Great Read. |
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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for January 6, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 3, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. |
A Promised Land Barack Obama, Crown, $45.00, 9781524763169 Barack Obama's insightful first volume of his presidential memoirs. |
1/7 |
| 2. |
Caste Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32.00, 9780593230251 Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today. |
2/22 |
| 3. |
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 Radiant with Mackesy's warmth and gentle wit, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse blends hand-written narrative with dozens of drawings. |
3/44 |
| 4. |
Untamed Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9781984801258 In Doyle's most revealing and powerful memoir yet, she explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet the expectations of the world, and start trusting the voice deep within us. |
4/43 |
| 5. |
Wintering Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $24.00, 9780593189481 An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for December 2020. |
12/5 |
| 6. |
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. |
7/11 |
| 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. |
6/13 |
| 8. |
The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713 Larson's fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz is a March 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
8/45 |
| 9. |
The Best of Me David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316628242 The Best of Me spans a career spent watching and learning and laughing--quite often at himself--and invites readers deep into the world of one of the most brilliant and original writers of our time. |
5/9 |
| 10. |
Breath James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616 Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again. |
/20 |
| 11. |
Bag Man Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz, Crown, $28.00, 9780593136683 Based on the hit podcast, Bag Man expands and deepens the story of Spiro Agnew's scandal and its lasting influence on our politics. |
9/4 |
| 12. |
Braiding Sweetgrass Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $35.00, 9781571311771 Updated with a new introduction from Robin Wall Kimmerer, the special edition of Braiding Sweetgrass, reissued in honor of the 40th anniversary of Milkweed Editions, celebrates the book as an object of meaning that will last the ages. |
/3 |
| 13. |
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. |
10/20 |
| 14. |
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836 A visionary new master class in cooking that distills decades of professional experience into just four simple elements. Winner of the 2018 James Beard Award for Best General Cookbook. |
15/39 |
| 15. |
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. |
13/78 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for January 6, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 3, 2021
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 |
1/59 |
| 2. |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
2/235 |
| 3. |
Dune Messiah Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233 |
10/16 |
| 4. |
The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741 |
3/64 |
| 5. |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279 |
4/7 |
| 6. |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400 |
/35 |
| 7. |
Bridgerton: The Duke and I- Debut Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697 |
/1 |
| 8. |
The Shining Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657 |
/12 |
| 9. |
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688 |
/23 |
| 10. |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
6/26 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for January 6, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 3, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1. |
Cat Kid Comic Club Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766 |
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| 2. |
The Ickabog J. K. Rowling, Scholastic, $26.99, 9781338732870 |
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| 3. |
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094 |
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| 4. |
Class Act Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500 |
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| 5. |
Twins Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132 |
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| 6. |
The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317 |
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| 7. |
Guts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500 |
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| 8. |
When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908 |
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| 9. |
Skunk and Badger Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057 |
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| 10. |
The Silver Arrow Lev Grossman, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316539531 |
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| 11. |
New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 |
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| 12. |
Drama Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995 |
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| 13. |
Sisters Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605 |
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| 14. |
The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278 |
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| 15. |
A Whale of the Wild Rosanne Parry, Lindsay Moore (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $17.99, 9780062995926 |
Young Adult
Bestseller List for January 6, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 3, 2021
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1. |
We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 |
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| 2. |
Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title) Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606 |
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| 3. |
One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680 |
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| 4. |
The Cousins Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525708001 |
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| 5. |
They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $11.99, 9780062457806 |
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| 6. |
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691 |
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| 7. |
The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person Frederick Joseph, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536217018 |
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| 8. |
The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350 |
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| 9. |
Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title) Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469 |
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| 10. |
These Violent Delights Chloe Gong, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.99, 9781534457690 |
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| 11. |
The Inheritance Games Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781368052405 |
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| 12. |
One of Us Is Next Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525707967 |
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| 13. |
Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger, Rovina Cai (Illus.), Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140053 |
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| 14. |
Skyhunter Marie Lu, Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250221681 |
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| 15. |
King of Scars Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $12.99, 9781250618979 |
Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for January 6, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 3, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1. |
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 |
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| 2. |
Cozy Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109793 |
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| 3. |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 4. |
What We'll Build: Plans For Our Together Future Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $19.99, 9780593206751 |
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| 5. |
Antiracist Baby Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508 |
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| 6. |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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| 7. |
The Couch Potato Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062954534 |
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| 8. |
The Shortest Day Susan Cooper, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9780763686987 |
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| 9. |
If You Come to Earth Sophie Blackall, Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781452137797 |
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| 10. |
Pirate Stew- Debut Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell (Illus.), Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780062934574 |
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| 11. |
My Little Golden Book About Ruth Bader Ginsburg- Debut Shana Corey, Margeaux Lucas (Illus.), Golden Books, $4.99, 9780593172803 |
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| 12. |
The Mitten Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399231094 |
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| 13. |
Unicorns Are the Worst! Alex Willan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534453838 |
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| 14. |
Bunheads Misty Copeland, Setor Fiadzigbey (Illus.), G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780399547645 |
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| 15. |
Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801 |
Children's Series
Bestseller List for January 6, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 3, 2021
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| Children's Series | ||
| 1. |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic New: The Dark Secret (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #4) (9781338344219) |
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| 2. |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 3. |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 4. |
Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback) J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books |
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| 5. |
The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
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| 6. |
Keeper of the Lost Cities (hardcover and paperback) Shannon Messenger, Aladdin |
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| 7. |
Spy School (hardcover and paperback) Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
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| 8. |
Who Was/Is...? (paperback) Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop |
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| 9. |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 10. |
The Trials of Apollo (hardcover and paperback) Rick Riordan, Hyperion |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending January 3, 2021
16. Olive, Again
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780812986471
17. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $16.99, 9780063011953
18. The Best American Short Stories 2020
Curtis Sittenfeld, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328485373
19. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983
20. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
21. Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250751362
22. The Chicken Sisters
KJ Dell'Antonia, Putnam, $16.00, 9780593085141
23. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
24. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383
25. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776
26. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219
27. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166
28. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $16.99, 9780316229296
29. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593
30. Long Bright River
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525540687
31. What Kind of Woman
Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780063008427
32. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, Picador, $17.00, 9781250758002
33. When No One Is Watching
Alyssa Cole, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062982650
34. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741
35. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $17.00, 9780307887443
36. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525562627
37. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734
38. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062913494
39. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140
40. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781455563920
41. The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101911815
42. Magpie Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062645234
43. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533
44. Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9780451499066
45. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781524798642
46. This Time Next Year
Sophie Cousens, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $16.00, 9780593191200
47. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527
48. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
49. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
50. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending January 3, 2021
16. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488
17. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
18. Sapiens: A Graphic History
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780063051331
19. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
20. The Spy and the Traitor
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18.00, 9781101904213
21. Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781984818324
22. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
23. Know My Name
Chanel Miller, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223721
24. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510567
25. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934
26. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
27. The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $17.00, 9780143129257
28. Conversations with RBG
Jeffrey Rosen, Picador, $18.00, 9781250762641
29. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827
30. In the Dream House
Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $16.00, 9781644450383
31. Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987
32. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988485
33. Horizon
Barry Lopez, Vintage, $17.00, 9780375708473
34. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.99, 9781451697728
35. The Great Influenza
John M. Barry, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143036494
36. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609
37. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155
38. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World Library, $16.00, 9781577314806
39. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312
40. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039
41. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $16.99, 9780062300553
42. Underland
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358094
43. Year of the Monkey
Patti Smith, Vintage, $16.00, 9781984898920
44. Shade
Pete Souza, Voracious, $19.99, 9780316458214
45. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $15.00, 9780807014271
46. The Best American Essays 2020
Andre Aciman, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358359913
47. Daring Greatly
Brené Brown, Avery, $17.00, 9781592408412
48. The Best American Food Writing 2020
Sylvia Killingsworth, J.Kenji Lopez-Alt (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358344582
49. Emergent Strategy
Adrienne Maree Brown, AK Press, $16.00, 9781849352604
50. These Truths
Jill Lepore, Norton, $19.95, 9780393357424
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending January 3, 2021
16. Homeland Elegies
Ayad Akhtar, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316496421
17. The Mystery of Mrs. Christie
Marie Benedict, Sourcebooks Landmark, $26.99, 9781492682721
18. Perestroika in Paris
Jane Smiley, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525520351
19. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905
20. The Cold Millions
Jess Walter, Harper, $28.99, 9780062868084
21. The Evening and the Morning
Ken Follett, Viking, $36.00, 9780525954989
22. Luster
Raven Leilani, FSG, $26.00, 9780374194321
23. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
24. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593128480
25. The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $28.00, 9780316422048
26. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969
27. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521143
28. The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $26.00, 9781609455910
29. Moonflower Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $28.99, 9780062955456
30. The Book of Two Ways
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781984818355
31. Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $34.99, 9780765326386
32. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023
33. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316509848
34. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671189
35. The Law of Innocence
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316485623
36. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733452
37. Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
38. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802148537
39. The Archer
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $21.00, 9780593318270
40. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Christopher Paolini, Tor, $29.99, 9781250762849
41. All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145239
42. The Office of Historical Corrections
Danielle Evans, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9781594487330
43. Monogamy
Sue Miller, Harper, $28.99, 9780062969651
44. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188817
45. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9781984880963
46. Memorial
Bryan Washington, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593087275
47. Dearly
Margaret Atwood, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063032491
48. Migrations
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250204028
49. Snow
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $27.99, 9781335230003
50. Magic Lessons
Alice Hoffman, S&S, $27.99, 9781982108847
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending January 3, 2021
16. Ottolenghi Flavor
Yotam Ottolenghi, et al., Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780399581755
17. The 99% Invisible City
Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780358126607
18. Dessert Person
Claire Saffitz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781984826961
19. World of Wonders
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $25.00, 9781571313652
20. Mediocre
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $28.00, 9781580059510
21. Solutions and Other Problems
Allie Brosh, Gallery Books, $30.00, 9781982156947
22. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288
23. Is This Anything?
Jerry Seinfeld, S&S, $35.00, 9781982112691
24. Pappyland
Wright Thompson, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9780735221253
25. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385543767
26. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $28.00, 9780525510314
27. Black Futures
Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham, One World, $40.00, 9780399181139
28. Eat a Peach
David Chang, Gabe Ulla, Clarkson Potter, $28.00, 9781524759216
29. First Principles
Thomas E. Ricks, Harper, $29.99, 9780062997456
30. Vesper Flights
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802128812
31. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504
32. A Wealth of Pigeons
Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250262899
33. Keep Moving
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $24.00, 9781982132071
34. All We Can Save
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson (Eds.), One World, $29.00, 9780593237069
35. The Dead Are Arising
Les Payne, Tamara Payne, Liveright, $35.00, 9781631491665
36. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26.00, 9780812993547
37. Dolly Parton, Songteller
Dolly Parton, Robert K. Oermann, Chronicle Books, $50.00, 9781797205090
38. Group
Christie Tate, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $27.00, 9781982154615
39. Guinness World Records 2021
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781913484002
40. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
41. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Viking, $26.00, 9780525560548
42. One Life
Megan Rapinoe, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984881168
43. Badass Habits
Jen Sincero, Penguin Life, $26.00, 9781984877437
44. The Rise
Marcus Samuelsson, Voracious, $38.00, 9780316480680
45. Metazoa
Peter Godfrey-Smith, FSG, $28.00, 9780374207946
46. War
Margaret MacMillan, Random House, $30.00, 9781984856135
47. How to Write One Song
Jeff Tweedy, Dutton, $23.00, 9780593183526
48. Eleanor
David Michaelis, S&S, $35.00, 9781439192016
49. 100 Cookies
Sarah Kieffer, Chronicle Books, $27.50, 9781452180731
50. His Truth Is Marching On
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30.00, 9781984855022
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending January 3, 2021
11. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
Bobby Fischer, et al., Bantam, $8.99, 9780553263152
12. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
13. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543
14. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
15. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595
16. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
17. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
18. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488
19. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
20. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240
21. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
22. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
23. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487
24. The Night Fire
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538701454
25. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
26. The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Voyager, $8.99, 9780061054884
27. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877795964
28. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353641
29. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9781250068736
30. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
31. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
32. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
33. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
34. Red Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553560732
35. The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706
36. Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, Signet, $6.99, 9780593198025
37. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316055420
38. Thrawn
Timothy Zahn, Del Rey, $9.99, 9781101967027
39. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702
40. The Dry
Jane Harper, Flatiron Books, $9.99, 9781250778574
41. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
42. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12.00, 9780140177398
43. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541
44. God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
45. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
46. The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski, Orbit, $8.99, 9780316029186
47. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286
48. Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365293
49. The Two Towers
J.R.R.Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339713
50. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $10.00, 9780446574754