November 15, 2023

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for November 15, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 12, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Bookshops & Bonedust- Debut
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886101
Set in the world of Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust takes us on a journey of high fantasy, first loves, and secondhand books.
/1
2 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.
4/4
3 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.
1/61
4 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.
2/28
5 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.
3/128
6 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.
5/8
7 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.
6/27
8 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.
7/77
9 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.
9/11
10 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.
8/10
11 Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088
Baldree's novel of "High Fantasy and Low Stakes" is a November 2022 Indie Next Pick.
/21
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.
12/32
13 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.
14/12
14 It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
In Hoover's honest, evocative, and tender novel, a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance can't stop thinking about her first love.
13/101
15 The Best American Short Stories 2023
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.
10/3
 
     


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for November 15, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 12, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
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.
1/5
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.
2/205
3 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.
4/106
4 The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 19172017
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.
9/3
5 The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $21.99, 9780063076105
A candid and insightful memoir by the popular member of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters.
7/2
6 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.
3/163
7 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.
8/11
8 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.
5/33
9 The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
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.
6/3
10 Novelist as a Vocation- Debut
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $17.00, 9781101974537
An insightful look into the mind of a master storyteller—and a unique look at the craft of writing from the beloved and bestselling author of 1Q84.
/1
11 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.
15/11
12 The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present- Debut
Paul McCartney, Liveright, $30.00, 9781324094098
A work of unparalleled candor and splendorous beauty, The Lyrics celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of Paul McCartney through 154 of his most meaningful songs.
/1
13 The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
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.
11/3
14 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.
10/6
15 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.
14/9
 
     


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for November 15, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 12, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Iron Flame- Debut
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.
/1
2 Fourth Wing Special Edition- Debut
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649376169
The year's biggest book sensation returns in this completely jaw-dropping special edition.
/1
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.
1/25
4 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.
2/15
5 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.
3/84
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.
6/56
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.
7/14
8 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.
4/4
9 Let Us Descend
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.
5/3
10 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.
8/28
11 Resurrection Walk- Debut
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316563765
Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller enlists the help of his half-brother, Harry Bosch, to prove the innocence of a woman convicted of killing her husband.
/1
12 The Vulnerables- Debut
Sigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593715512
The bestselling, National Book Award-winning author of The Friend brings her singular voice to a story about modern life and connection. A November 2023 Indie Next Pick.
/1
13 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.
9/69
14 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 storyand who gets to be believed. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick.
15/10
15 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.
10/5
 
     


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for November 15, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 12, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 The Woman in Me
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.
1/3
2 My Name Is Barbra- Debut
Barbra Streisand, Viking, $47.00, 9780525429524
No entertainer's memoir has been more anticipated than Barbra Streisand's, and this engrossing and delightful book will be eagerly welcomed by her millions of fans.
/1
3 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.
6/4
4 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.
3/7
5 How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
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.
2/3
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.
4/30
7 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.
5/43
8 World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music- Debut
Jeff Tweedy, Dutton, $26.00, 9780593472521
An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and bestselling author Jeff Tweedy, sharing fifty songs that changed his life, the real-life experiences behind each one, as well as what he's learned about how music and life intertwine and enhance each other.
/1
9 Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
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.
8/3
10 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
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.
9/3
11 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.
7/6
12 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.
14/9
13 Being Henry: The Fonz...and Beyond
Henry Winkler, Celadon Books, $30.00, 9781250888099
From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of stardom and the struggle to become whole. A November 2023 Indie Next Pick.
13/2
14 A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?- Debut
Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9781984881724
With deep expertise, a winning sense of humor, and art from the beloved creator of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, the Weinersmiths investigate perhaps the biggest questions humanity will ever ask itself—whether and how to become multiplanetary.
/1
15 Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Cat Bohannon, Knopf, $35.00, 9780385350549
Eve is not only a sweeping revision of human history, it's an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long. Picking up where Sapiens left off, Eve will completely change what you think you know about evolution and why Homo sapiens has become such a successful and dominant species.
/3
 
     

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Mass Market



Bestseller List for November 15, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 12, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3/384
2 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972
1/12
3 The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916
2/12
4 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
8/208
5 No Plan B
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577
4/19
6 The Family Upstairs
Lisa Jewell, Pocket , $10.99, 9781668026519
/6
7 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
9/100
8 Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
/17
9 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
/126
10 The Jailhouse Lawyer
James Patterson, Nancy Allen, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752609
5/3
 
     

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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for November 15, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 12, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1 Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World
Tui T. Sutherland, Joy Ang (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $24.99, 9781338634822
 
2 The Puppets of Spelhorst
Kate DiCamillo, Julie Morstad (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536216752
 
3 The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810
 
4 Dogtown
Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608
 
5 The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
 
6 Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
 
7 Juniper's Christmas
Eoin Colfer, Roaring Brook Press, $22.99, 9781250321947
 
8 Letters from Father Christmas- Debut
J.R.R. Tolkien, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063340534
 
9 Cat on the Run in Cat of Death!
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825
 
10 The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
 
11 Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
 
12 Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
 
13 Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
14 Wrecker
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593376287
 
15 A Horse Named Sky
Rosanne Parry, Kirbi Fagan (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062995957
 
 
     


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for November 15, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 12, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Young Adult  
1 Check & Mate- Debut
Ali Hazelwood, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $14.00, 9780593619919
 
2 Nightbane- Debut
Alex Aster, Amulet, $19.99, 9781419760907
 
3 Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
 
4 Lightlark
Alex Aster, Amulet, $12.99, 9781419760877
 
5 Powerless- Debut
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
 
6 What the River Knows
Isabel Ibañez, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250803375
 
7 If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
 
8 The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114
 
9 Nimona
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227
 
10 A Study in Drowning
Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506
 
11 Where He Can't Find You- Debut
Darcy Coates, Sourcebooks Fire, $11.99, 9781728278940
 
12 Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith, Nicole Neidhardt (Illus.), Zest Books, $17.99, 9781728458991
 
13 Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636
 
14 This Winter
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338885132
 
15 The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780156012195
 
 
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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for November 15, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 12, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Illustrated  
1 Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770
 
2 The Big Cheese- Debut
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780063329508
 
3 Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
 
4 How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
 
5 Dragon's First Taco
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178
 
6 Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
 
7 Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year- Debut
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781419769047
 
8 If I Was a Horse
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316510981
 
9 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
10 Something, Someday
Amanda Gorman, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203255
 
11 Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
 
12 Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
 
13 The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
14 The Mitten
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780399231094
 
15 What You Need to Be Warm
Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell, Benji Davies, Yuliya Gwilym, Nadine Kaadan, Daniel Chris Riddell, Benji Davies, Yuliya Gwilym, Nadine Kaadan, Daniel Egnéus, Pam Smy, Petr Horácek, Beth Suzanna, Bagram Ibatoulline, Marie-Alice Harel, Majid Adin, Richard Jones, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Pam Smy, Petr Horácek, Beth Suzanna, Bagram Ibatoulline, Marie-Alice Harel, Majid Adin, Richard Jones, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780063358089
 
 
     

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Children's Series



Bestseller List for November 15, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 12, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Series  
1 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
2 The Inheritance Cycle (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf Books for Young Readers
New in Series: Murtagh: The World of Eragon (9780593650868)
 
3 The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 
4 Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
5 Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
6 Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 
7 Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
8 InvestiGators (hardcover and paperback)
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
 
9 I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Álvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic
 
10 Wild Robot (hardcover)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 12, 2023

16 The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703

17 The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $18.00, 9780307389091

18 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323

19 Wreck the Halls
Tessa Bailey, Avon, $18.99, 9780063308305

20 Iris Kelly Doesn't Date
Ashley Herring Blake, Berkley, $18.00, 9780593550571

21 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780593500156

22 Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591

23 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957

24 The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352

25 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624

26 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038

27 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606

28 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318

29 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570

30 Wildfire
Hannah Grace, Atria , $18.99, 9781668026274

31 Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982153090

32 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702

33 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990

34 The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18.00, 9780593356173

35 Liberation Day: Stories
George Saunders, Random House, $17.00, 9780525509615

36 The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064

37 The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007

38 Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736

39 The Way Forward
yung pueblo, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781524874834

40 Twilight Falls
Juneau Black, Vintage, $16.00, 9780593470510

41 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990

42 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593183212

43 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab, Tor, $19.99, 9780765387578

44 Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop
Jenny Colgan, Avon, $18.99, 9780063260450

45 House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577020

46 It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226

47 House of Sky and Breath
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639731756

48 The Good Part
Sophie Cousens, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $18.00, 9780593539897

49 Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780593446089

50 Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 12, 2023

16 Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088

17 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220

18 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

19 Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22.00, 9781324094067

20 American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25.00, 9780375726262

21 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18.00, 9781250849359

22 The Best American Essays 2023
Vivian Gornick, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063288843

23 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18.00, 9781524746742

24 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037

25 And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Jon Meacham, Random House, $25.00, 9780553393989

26 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791

27 Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433

28 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18.99, 9781643753287

29 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19.00, 9780143129257

30 Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Angela Y. Davis, Haymarket Books, $15.95, 9781608465644

31 How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers, Crown, $19.00, 9780593139028

32 Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Rachel Aviv, Picador, $18.00, 9781250872913

33 How We Live Is How We Die
Pema Chodron, Shambhala, $21.95, 9781645472407

34 Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
Temple Grandin, PhD, Riverhead Books, $18.00, 9780593418376

35 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781797212272

36 The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143125471

37 Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $18.00, 9781416591061

38 Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
Noa Tishby, Free Press, $19.99, 9781982144944

39 American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
Adam Hochschild, Mariner Books, $24.99, 9780063278523

40 Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional
Isaac Fitzgerald, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.99, 9781639731640

41 The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
Carl Zimmer, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063293212

42 The Best American Food Writing 2023
Mark Bittman, Silvia Killingsworth, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063322523

43 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609

44 Meditations: A New Translation
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255

45 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

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 The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 1
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $19.99, 9781524884970

48 When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe, Anchor, $18.00, 9780593081877

49 The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $18.00, 9780525555247

50 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.99, 9780525510321

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 12, 2023

16 Absolution
Alice McDermott, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28.00, 9780374610487

17 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157

18 The Secret
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818584

19 Starling House
Alix E. Harrow, Tor, $28.99, 9781250799050

20 The Last Devil to Die
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9780593299425

21 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741

22 Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668016138

23 North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28.00, 9780593597033

24 The Mysteries
Bill Watterson, John Kascht, Andrews McMeel, $19.99, 9781524884949

25 The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593418390

26 The Iliad
Homer, Emily Watson (Transl.), Norton, $39.95, 9781324001805

27 The Future
Naomi Alderman, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668025680

28 Yellowface
R.F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833

29 Wellness
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593536117

30 Sword Catcher
Cassandra Clare, Del Rey, $30.00, 9780525619994

31 The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $27.00, 9781646221950

32 A Power Unbound
Freya Marske, Tordotcom, $28.99, 9781250788955

33 The Fragile Threads of Power
V. E. Schwab, Tor Books, $29.99, 9780765387493

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

35 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243732

36 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28.00, 9781982179007

37 Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $27.99, 9781501153228

38 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335005625

39 The Armor of Light
Ken Follett, Viking, $38.00, 9780525954996

40 America Fantastica
Tim O'Brien, Mariner Books, $32.00, 9780063318502

41 Starter Villain
John Scalzi, Tor, $28.99, 9780765389220

42 The MANIAC
Benjamin Labatut, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593654477

43 The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212

44 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969

45 Dirty Thirty
Janet Evanovich, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781668003091

46 The Olympian Affair
Jim Butcher, Ace, $30.00, 9780451466822

47 Land of Milk and Honey
C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593538241

48 Death Valley
Melissa Broder, Scribner, $27.00, 9781668024843

49 Foster
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802160140

50 Baumgartner
Paul Auster, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802161444

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 12, 2023

16 Enough
Cassidy Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668028285

17 Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700

18 Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook
Sohla El-Waylly, Knopf, $45.00, 9780593320464

19 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292

20 Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
Mary Beard, Liveright, $39.99, 9780871404220

21 Romney: A Reckoning
McKay Coppins, Scribner, $32.50, 9781982196202

22 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598

23 Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir
Matthew Perry, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250866448

24 Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
Stephanie Land, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.00, 9781982151393

25 Making It So: A Memoir
Patrick Stewart, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781982167738

26 Big Heart Little Stove: Bringing Home Meals & Moments from The Lost Kitchen
Erin French, Celadon Books, $38.00, 9781250832313

27 Snacking Bakes: Simple Recipes for Cookies, Bars, Brownies, Cakes, and More
Yossy Arefi, Clarkson Potter, $25.00, 9780593579176

28 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581

29 Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593655955

30 Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
Robert M. Sapolsky, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780525560975

31 Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593472675

32 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780358458180

33 The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $28.00, 9781643753096

34 I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824

35 Guinness World Records 2024
, Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484378

36 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374610326

37 Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business
Roxane Gay, Harper, $30.00, 9780063341463

38 I Must Be Dreaming
Roz Chast, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.99, 9781620403228

39 White Holes
Carlo Rovelli, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780593545447

40 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28.00, 9780593239919

41 The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
Rob Copeland, St. Martin's Press, $32.00, 9781250276933

42 More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen: A Cookbook
Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780593578841

43 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525657323

44 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

45 Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
Dolly Parton, Ten Speed Press, $50.00, 9781984862129

46 Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30.00, 9780593545409

47 Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
Werner Herzog, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593490297

48 A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802160508

49 Mother, Nature: A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover if a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences
Jedidiah Jenkins, Convergent Books, $28.00, 9780593137260

50 Founding Partisans: Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson, Adams and the Brawling Birth of American Politics
H.W. Brands, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385549240

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending November 12, 2023

11 Girl, Forgotten
Karin Slaughter, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062859044

12 The Wish
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538728635

13 A Flicker in the Dark
Stacy Willingham, Minotaur, $9.99, 9781250896445

14 The Judge's List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831

15 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541

16 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342

17 In a Holidaze
Christina Lauren, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668026601

18 Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928

19 Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909

20 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296

21 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129

22 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741

23 The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657

24 Without a Trace
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821881

25 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357

26 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487

27 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125

28 Lightning Down
Tom Clavin, St. Martin's Paperbacks, $9.99, 9781250878052

29 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110

30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803

31 That Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668020661

32 Overkill
Sandra Brown, Grand Central , $10.99, 9781538752029

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

34 The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672

35 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686

36 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233

37 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488

38 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286

39 Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062476371

40 Collateral Damage
J.A. Jance, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982189167

41 Reckless Girls
Rachel Hawkins, St. Martin's Paperbacks, $9.99, 9781250896438

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

43 Night Shift
Stephen King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780307743640

44 The Horsewoman
James Patterson, Mike Lupica, Grand Central , $10.99, 9781538752944

45 The Recovery Agent
Janet Evanovich, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982154936

46 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765365309

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

48 The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553588941

49 The Whittiers
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821850

50 Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225757

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