Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for November 1, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 29, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Trust Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593420324 Trust is an unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy, and perception. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. |
1/26 |
| 2 |
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. |
2/59 |
| 3 |
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933 Reid's novel is a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day. |
3/126 |
| 4 |
The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498 Haig's book is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived. |
4/25 |
| 5 |
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463 These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. |
5/6 |
| 6 |
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781668017340 Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II. |
7/2 |
| 7 |
Iris Kelly Doesn't Date- Debut Ashley Herring Blake, Berkley, $18.00, 9780593550571 A fake relationship after a horrible one-night stand is anything but an act in this witty and heartfelt new romantic comedy by Ashley Herring Blake. A November 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
/1 |
| 8 |
Mad Honey Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18.00, 9781984818409 A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind. |
6/8 |
| 9 |
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. |
9/75 |
| 10 |
Babel R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433 Kuang's breathtaking novel grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. |
8/9 |
| 11 |
The Best American Short Stories 2023- Debut Min Jin Lee, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063275904 A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee and series editor Heidi Pitlor. |
/1 |
| 12 |
A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707 Yanagihara's astonishing novel about love and friendship in the 21st century was a March 2015 Indie Next Pick and a National Book Award finalist. |
10/30 |
| 13 |
The Passenger Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $18.00, 9780307389091 The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road returns with the first of a two-volume masterpiece: The Passenger is the story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick. |
11/5 |
| 14 |
The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703 A gripping psychological thriller about a woman's act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive. |
14/64 |
| 15 |
A Court of Mist and Fury Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583 The seductive and stunning sequel to Sarah J. Maas's spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses. |
13/10 |
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| 18 |
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780593500156 A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and discovers dark fae magic, friendship, and love. |
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for November 1, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 29, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
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. |
1/3 |
| 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. |
2/203 |
| 3 |
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. |
6/161 |
| 4 |
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. |
3/104 |
| 5 |
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. |
4/31 |
| 6 |
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us Ed Yong, Random House, $20.00, 9780593133255 Every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. In An Immense World, science journalist Ed Yong helps us to experience the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that other animals perceive. |
5/9 |
| 7 |
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human- Debut Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $21.00, 9781982117368 Rich with Mukherjee's revelatory and exhilarating stories of scientists, doctors, and the patients whose lives may be saved by their work, The Song of the Cell is the third book in this extraordinary writer's exploration of what it means to be human. |
/1 |
| 8 |
The 2024 Old Farmer's Almanac Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571989529 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. |
10/9 |
| 9 |
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Likes to Walk Outside Nick Offerman, Dutton, $18.00, 9781101984703 A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors. |
8/4 |
| 10 |
Solito: A Memoir Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088 A young poet tells the unforgettable story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this moving, page-turning memoir. |
9/21 |
| 11 |
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle Jon Meacham, Random House , $25.00, 9780553393989 Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America. |
13/2 |
| 12 |
Stay True: A Memoir Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593315200 From The New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Memoir. |
7/7 |
| 13 |
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220 Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong. |
11/75 |
| 14 |
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017- Debut Rashid Khalidi, Picador, $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. |
/1 |
| 15 |
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams- Debut Stacy Schiff, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316441094 A revelatory biography from Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff about the most essential founding father—the one who stood behind the change in thinking that produced the American Revolution. |
/1 |
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| 16 |
The Best American Essays 2023 Vivian Gornick, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063288843 Vivian Gornick, renowned essayist and celebrated feminist writer, selects twenty essays out of thousands that represent the best examples of the form published the previous year. |
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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for November 1, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 29, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Let Us Descend- Debut Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982104498 Ward's brilliant new novel about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War is the #1 Indie Next Pick for November 2023. |
/1 |
| 2 |
Tom Lake Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063327528 In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
2/13 |
| 3 |
Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros. |
3/23 |
| 4 |
Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547345 Funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist. An April 2022 Indie Next Pick. |
4/82 |
| 5 |
The Exchange John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385548953 John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm. |
1/2 |
| 6 |
Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922 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. |
5/54 |
| 7 |
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946 Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
6/12 |
| 8 |
The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32.00, 9780802162175 Verghese's new novel is a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
7/26 |
| 9 |
The Secret- Debut Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818584 The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child. |
/1 |
| 10 |
Roman Stories Jhumpa Lahiri, Todd Portnowitz (Transl.), Knopf, $27.00, 9780593536322 These are splendid, searching stories, written in Jhumpa Lahiri's adopted language of Italian and seamlessly translated by the author and by Knopf editor Todd Portnowitz. |
8/3 |
| 11 |
Starling House Alix E. Harrow, Tor , $28.99, 9781250799050 Starling House is a gorgeous, modern gothic fantasy from the bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January. An October 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
11/4 |
| 12 |
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201 The exhilarating new novel by the bestselling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is the #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2022. |
12/67 |
| 13 |
The Fraud Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29.00, 9780525558965 From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets to be believed. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
10/8 |
| 14 |
Holly Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668016138 Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King's most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town. |
14/7 |
| 15 |
The Mysteries Bill Watterson, John Kascht , Andrews McMeel , $19.99, 9781524884949 From Bill Watterson, bestselling creator of the beloved comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, and John Kascht, one of America's most renowned caricaturists, comes a mysterious and beautifully illustrated fable about what lies beyond human understanding. |
/2 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for November 1, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 29, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
The Woman in Me- Debut Britney Spears, Gallery Books, $32.99, 9781668009048 Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears's groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love—and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last. |
/1 |
| 2 |
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Heather Cox Richardson, Viking, $30.00, 9780593652961 Many books tell us what has happened over the last five years. Democracy Awakening explains how we got to this perilous point, what our history really tells us about ourselves, and what the future of democracy can be. |
1/5 |
| 3 |
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen- Debut David Brooks, Random House, $30.00, 9780593230060 A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives. |
/1 |
| 4 |
Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism Rachel Maddow, Crown, $32.00, 9780593444511 Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-right plotters trying to steer our nation toward an alliance with the Nazis. |
2/2 |
| 5 |
Enough Cassidy Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668028285 Cassidy Hutchinson's desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington. |
4/5 |
| 6 |
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. |
6/28 |
| 7 |
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things- Debut Adam Grant, Viking, $32.00, 9780593653142 This book reveals how anyone can rise to achieve greater things. The true measure of your potential is not the height of the peak you've reached, but how far you've climbed to get there. |
/1 |
| 8 |
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon Michael Lewis, Norton , $30.00, 9781324074335 From the bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX's spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center. |
3/4 |
| 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. |
5/41 |
| 10 |
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year- Debut Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461 From the bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a luminous book that traces the passing of seasons, personal and natural. A November 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
/1 |
| 11 |
Elon Musk Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982181284 An astonishingly intimate biography of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. |
7/7 |
| 12 |
Romney: A Reckoning- Debut McKay Coppins, Scribner, $32.50, 9781982196202 An illuminating biography of Mitt Romney including news-making revelations from Romney himself about dissension within today's Republican Party. Written with his full cooperation by an award-winning writer at The Atlantic. |
/1 |
| 13 |
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World- Debut Mary Beard, Liveright, $39.99, 9780871404220 Beard's new book goes directly to the heart of Roman fantasies (and our own) about what it was to be Roman at its richest, most luxurious, most extreme, most powerful, and most deadly, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been presented before. |
/1 |
| 14 |
Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593655955 The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone. |
9/3 |
| 15 |
Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700 The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story--of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention. |
10/6 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for November 1, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 29, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
The Boys from Biloxi John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916 |
3/10 |
| 2 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
2/382 |
| 3 |
A Haunting in Venice Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972 |
1/10 |
| 4 |
No Plan B Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577 |
4/17 |
| 5 |
The Jailhouse Lawyer- Debut James Patterson, Nancy Allen, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752609 |
/1 |
| 6 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367 |
10/206 |
| 7 |
The Family Upstairs Lisa Jewell, Pocket , $10.99, 9781668026519 |
5/5 |
| 8 |
Girl, Forgotten- Debut Karin Slaughter, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062859044 |
/1 |
| 9 |
Without a Trace- Debut Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821881 |
/1 |
| 10 |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
/143 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for November 1, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 29, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1 |
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 |
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| 2 |
Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World Tui T. Sutherland, Joy Ang (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $24.99, 9781338634822 |
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| 3 |
The Puppets of Spelhorst Kate DiCamillo, Julie Morstad (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536216752 |
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| 4 |
Dogtown Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608 |
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| 5 |
Rise of the Shadowfire: A Graphic Novel Jaimal Yogis, Vivian Truong (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338660456 |
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| 6 |
Cat on the Run in Cat of Death! Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825 |
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| 7 |
Wrecker Carl Hiaasen, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593376287 |
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| 8 |
The Lost Library Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810 |
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| 9 |
Ghost Book Remy Lai, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $14.99, 9781250810434 |
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| 10 |
A Horse Named Sky Rosanne Parry, Kirbi Fagan (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062995957 |
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| 11 |
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979 |
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| 12 |
From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153 |
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| 13 |
96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More! Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933 |
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| 14 |
Charlotte's Web E.B. White, Harper, $8.99, 9780064400558 |
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| 15 |
Super Boba Café- Debut Nidhi Chanani, Amulet , $16.99, 9781419759574 |
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Young Adult
Bestseller List for November 1, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 29, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439 |
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| 2 |
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114 |
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| 3 |
A Study in Drowning Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506 |
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| 4 |
Curious Tides Pascale Lacelle, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $21.99, 9781665939270 |
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| 5 |
Hell Followed with Us Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636 |
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| 6 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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| 7 |
Lightlark Alex Aster, Amulet , $12.99, 9781419760877 |
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| 8 |
The Cruel Prince: Collector's Edition- Debut Holly Black, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $35.00, 9780316461252 |
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| 9 |
Nimona ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227 |
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| 10 |
This Winter Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338885132 |
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| 11 |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207 |
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| 12 |
Five Survive Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593374160 |
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| 13 |
The Scarlet Veil Shelby Mahurin, HarperTeen, $21.99, 9780063258754 |
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| 14 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196 |
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| 15 |
Girl in Pieces Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for November 1, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 29, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1 |
Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409 |
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| 2 |
Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 |
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| 3 |
Boo! Bluey's Halloween Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540 |
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| 4 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 5 |
Little Blue Truck's Halloween Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780544772533 |
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| 6 |
Dragon's First Taco Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.88, 9780593533178 |
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| 7 |
If I Was a Horse Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316510981 |
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| 8 |
Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $10.99, 9780593486955 |
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| 9 |
Something, Someday Amanda Gorman, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203255 |
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| 10 |
Eek! Halloween! Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925143 |
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| 11 |
Peekaboo: Pumpkin Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813 |
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| 12 |
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh! Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770 |
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| 13 |
Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368059589 |
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| 14 |
Just Because Matthew McConaughey, Renée Kurilla (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593622032 |
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| 15 |
Spooky Pookie Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781481497671 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for November 1, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 29, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Children's Series | ||
| 1 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet New in Series: No Brainer (9781419766947) |
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| 2 |
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback) Rick Riordan, Hyperion |
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| 3 |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 4 |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 5 |
Spy School (hardcover and paperback) Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
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| 6 |
InvestiGators (hardcover and paperback) John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second |
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| 7 |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers |
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| 8 |
The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic |
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| 9 |
Wild Robot (hardcover) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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| 10 |
Once Upon a Broken Heart (hardcover and paperback) Stephanie Garber, Flatiron Books New in Series: A Curse for True Love (9781250851208) |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 29, 2023
16 It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
17 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
18 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780593500156
19 Liberation Day: Stories
George Saunders, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $17.00, 9780525509615
20 Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591
21 Wildfire
Hannah Grace, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668026274
22 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
23 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
24 The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
25 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
26 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606
27 Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088
28 King of Greed (Kings of Sin)
Ana Huang, Bloom Books, $17.99, 9781728289748
29 The Way Forward
Yung Pueblo, Andrews McMeel Publishing, $16.99, 9781524874834
30 Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593492666
31 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990
32 Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982153090
33 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038
34 It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
35 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990
36 Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
37 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593183212
38 The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023
R. F. Kuang, John Joseph Adams (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063315747
39 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063342965
40 Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780593446089
41 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
42 Tom Clancy Red Winter
Marc Cameron, Berkley, $10.99, 9780593422779
43 House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577020
44 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
45 Bunny
Mona Awad, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525559757
46 A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.00, 9781635575620
47 The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
48 The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593439357
49 The Odyssey
Emily Wilson Homer (Transl.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250
50 The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Lauren Groff (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Anchor, $18.00, 9780593470596
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 29, 2023
16 The Best American Essays 2023
Vivian Gornick, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063288843
17 American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25.00, 9780375726262
18 Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
19 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18.00, 9781250849359
20 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
21 Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Rachel Aviv, Picador, $18.00, 9781250872913
22 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr.Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18.00, 9781524746742
23 Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22.00, 9781324094067
24 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19.00, 9780143129257
25 Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
Temple Grandin, PhD, Riverhead Books, $18.00, 9780593418376
26 When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe, Anchor, $18.00, 9780593081877
27 The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143125471
28 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18.99, 9781643753287
29 American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
Adam Hochschild, Mariner Books, $24.99, 9780063278523
30 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
31 How We Live Is How We Die
Pema Chodron, Shambhala, $21.95, 9781645472407
32 The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
Carl Zimmer, Jaime Green, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063293212
33 Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe, Oni Press, $24.99, 9781549304002
34 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
35 How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
Meg Bowls The Moth, Catherine Burns, Crown, $19.00, 9780593139028
36 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
37 The Best American Food Writing 2023
Mark Bittman, Silvia Killingsworth, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063322523
38 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
39 The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $18.00, 9780525555247
40 In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
Mona Chollet, St. Martin's Griffin, $20.00, 9781250894878
41 HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
42 Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
Andy Borowitz, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668003893
43 The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene, Penguin, $26.00, 9780140280197
44 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
45 A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446
46 This Is What It Sounds Like: A Legendary Producer Turned Neuroscientist on Finding Yourself Through Music
Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas, Norton, $17.95, 9781324065968
47 HBR's 10 Must Reads on High Performance
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781647823467
48 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.99, 9780525510321
49 The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25.00, 9781250858801
50 The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $17.00, 9781400078431
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 29, 2023
16 North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28.00, 9780593597033
17 The Last Devil to Die
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9780593299425
18 The Iliad
Emily Wilson Homer (Transl.), W. W. Norton & Company, $39.95, 9781324001805
19 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
20 America Fantastica
Tim O'Brien, Mariner Books, $32.00, 9780063318502
21 The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593418390
22 Wellness
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593536117
23 Sword Catcher
Cassandra Clare, Del Rey, $30.00, 9780525619994
24 The Fragile Threads of Power
V.E. Schwab, Tor Books, $29.99, 9780765387493
25 The Armor of Light
Ken Follett, Viking, $38.00, 9780525954996
26 Land of Milk and Honey
C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593538241
27 Yellowface
R.F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833
28 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
29 The MANIAC
Benjamin Labatut, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593654477
30 Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $27.99, 9781501153228
31 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243732
32 The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212
33 Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
Jordan Peele (Ed.), Random House, $30.00, 9780593243794
34 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28.00, 9781982179007
35 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969
36 Death Valley
Melissa Broder, Scribner, $27.00, 9781668024843
37 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335005625
38 Blackouts
Justin Torres, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374293574
39 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
40 Starter Villain
John Scalzi, Tor Books, $28.99, 9780765389220
41 Rouge
Mona Awad, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $28.00, 9781982169695
42 Family Meal
Bryan Washington, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593421093
43 Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Nina Simon, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063315044
44 Lady Tan's Circle of Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982117085
45 Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593441275
46 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $20.99, 9781250236210
47 Happiness Falls
Angie Kim, Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593448205
48 Tremor
Teju Cole, Random House, $28.00, 9780812997118
49 The Goodbye Cat
Hiro Arikawa, Berkley, $24.00, 9780593815700
50 Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, 9781250899699
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 29, 2023
16 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598
17 Making It So: A Memoir
Patrick Stewart, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781982167738
18 I Must Be Dreaming
Roz Chast, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.99, 9781620403228
19 Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business
Roxane Gay, Harper, $30.00, 9780063341463
20 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292
21 More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen: A Cookbook
Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780593578841
22 Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
Robert M. Sapolsky, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780525560975
23 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
24 Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593472675
25 Sonic Life: A Memoir
Thurston Moore, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548656
26 A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802160508
27 The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
Liza Mundy, Crown, $32.50, 9780593238172
28 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374610326
29 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28.00, 9780593239919
30 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525657323
31 Worthy
Jada Pinkett Smith, Dey Street Books, $32.00, 9780063320680
32 Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Cat Bohannon, Knopf, $35.00, 9780385350549
33 Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
Werner Herzog, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593490297
34 Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30.00, 9780593545409
35 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780358458180
36 If You Would Have Told Me: A Memoir
John Stamos, Henry Holt and Co., $29.99, 9781250890979
37 I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
38 Guinness World Records 2024
, Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484378
39 The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $28.00, 9781643753096
40 Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
Dolly Parton, Ten Speed Press, $50.00, 9781984862129
41 Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's Press, $32.00, 9781250283320
42 Black Friend: Essays
Ziwe, Harry N. Abrams, $26.00, 9781419756344
43 To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker, National Geographic, $30.00, 9781426223303
44 How to Win at Chess: The Ultimate Guide for Beginners and Beyond
Levy Rozman, Ten Speed Press, $24.99, 9781984862075
45 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
46 Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts, Harper, $40.00, 9780063293137
47 George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle
Philip Norman, Scribner, $35.00, 9781982195861
48 Blueberries for Sal Cookbook: Sweet Recipes Inspired by the Beloved Children's Classic
Robert McCloskey, Clarkson Potter, $14.00, 9780593580400
49 Down the Drain
Julia Fox, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668011508
50 Spiritual Anatomy: Meditation, Chakras, and the Journey to the Center
Kamlesh D. Patel, Balance, $28.00, 9781538740958
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending October 29, 2023
11 The Wish
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538728635
12 Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909
13 The Whittiers
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821850
14 The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657
15 A Flicker in the Dark
Stacy Willingham, Minotaur Books, $9.99, 9781250896445
16 The Judge's List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831
17 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
18 Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
19 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
20 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
21 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
22 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
23 Lightning Down
Tom Clavin, St. Martin's , $9.99, 9781250878052
24 That Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668020661
25 Night Shift
Stephen King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780307743640
26 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
27 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
28 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
29 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
30 Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928
31 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
32 The Last Thing She Ever Did
Gregg Olsen, Pinnacle, $9.99, 9780786050178
33 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
34 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
35 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
36 Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743664
37 Reckless Girls
Rachel Hawkins, St. Martin's , $9.99, 9781250896438
38 The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
39 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
40 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
41 The Horsewoman
James Patterson, Mike Lupica, Grand Central , $10.99, 9781538752944
42 Diablo Mesa
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central , $10.99, 9781538736746
43 The Recovery Agent
Janet Evanovich, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982154936
44 The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
Edgar Allan Poe, Signet, $5.95, 9780451530318
45 The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672
46 Falling Stars
Fern Michaels, Zebra, $9.99, 9781420154283
47 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
48 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
49 Mort
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225719
50 In a Holidaze
Christina Lauren, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668026601