November 27, 2024

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for November 27, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending November 24, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802163622
Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in 24 hours. Winner of the Booker Prize 2024.
3/2
2 Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
1/13
3 The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593312070
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.
2/3
4 North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18.00, 9780593597040
When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike.
5/8
5 The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years.
4/4
6 Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
6/10
7 Hello Beautiful- Debut
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756
An exquisite homage to Louisa May Alcott's timeless classic, Little Women, Hello Beautiful is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it.
/1
8 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.
7/115
9 The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781101906118
Kang's beautiful and unsettling novel is the winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize.
8/12
10 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593466490
Two college friends—often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before.
11/22
11 The Best American Short Stories 2024
Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959
A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, and series editor Heidi Pitlor.
12/5
12 The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227
A novel about obsession and crimes of passion. She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim...
9/8
13 The Christmas Tree Farm
Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008610746
From the author of The Pumpkin Spice Café comes the only spicy grumpy x sunshine Christmas romcom you need this year!
/2
14 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.
14/24
15 Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182
A post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the bestselling author of Kindred.
/21
 
     

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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for November 27, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending November 24, 2024
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  Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12.00, 9780804190114
Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the 20th century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
1/90
2 The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593536131
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club.
2/28
3 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781571313560
Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
3/259
4 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.
4/22
5 Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593652985
A vital and urgent call to action about the precarious state of American democracy, charting its historical challenges and current threats, from one of our era's most important and insightful historians, with a new afterword by the author.
5/5
6 Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20.00, 9780307279286
Award-winning New Yorker staff writer Keefe presents a stunning and intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.
13/43
7 Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20.00, 9780593139158
McConaughey's unconventional memoir is filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.
9/2
8 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.
6/160
9 The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
A history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history.
8/57
10 The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
7/217
11 The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more all presented in the inimitably useful and humorous way it has done since 1792.
10/13
12 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $21.99, 9780316299220
Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong.
/90
13 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338143
Naomi Klein's reckoning with her famous double, and with what doppelgangers have to tell us about our world.
11/11
14 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
Perfect for the anti-aviary or bird fanatic with a sense of humor, this snarky illustrated handbook is equal parts profane, funny, and—let's face it—true.
/25
15 Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll, Jr., Harper Select, $19.99, 9781400337040
Scrutinizing long-buried historical documents, NCIS star Mark Harmon and co-author Leon Carroll, a former NCIS Special Agent, have brought forth a true-life NCIS story of deception, discovery, and danger.
/5
 
     

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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for November 27, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending November 24, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550369
Percival Everett's new novel is a brilliant, action-packed re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2024.
1/36
2 The City and Its Uncertain Walls- Debut
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593801970
A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for these strange post-pandemic times, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a singular and towering achievement by one of modern literature's most important writers. A December 2024 Indie Next Pick.
/1
3 Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374602635
An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family—but especially love—from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick.
2/9
4 The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30.00, 9781250328137
The 19th mystery in Louise Penny's bestselling Armand Gamache series.
3/4
5 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
Keegan's landmark novel is a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2021.
6/19
6 The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593418918
Moore's multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore's most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet. The #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2024.
4/21
7 The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30.00, 9781250178633
The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm's way to help others.
8/42
8 Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30.00, 9780593446096
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world. A September 2024 Indie Next Pick.
5/11
9 Time of the Child- Debut
Niall Williams, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.99, 9781639734207
A compassionate, life-affirming novel about the Christmas season that transforms the small Irish town of Faha. A December 2024 Indie Next Pick.
/1
10 Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
Set in the world's largest ocean, this awe-filled novel explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick.
7/9
11 The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew. The #1 Indie Next Pick for August 2024.
12/15
12 Water, Water: Poems- Debut
Billy Collins, Random House, $27.00, 9780593731024
From the former Poet Laureate of the United States comes a wondrous and personal new collection of poems about the joys and mysteries of daily life.
/1
13 All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29.00, 9780593190265
Miranda July returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious, and surprising novel about a woman upending her life. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick.
9/28
14 The Songbird & the Heart of Stone- Debut
Carissa Broadbent, Bramble, $29.99, 9781250367785
An epic fantasy romance of love and treachery between mortals and gods.
/1
15 The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593489277
Matt Haig's new novel is filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning. A September 2024 Indie Next Pick.
10/12
 
     

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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for November 27, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending November 24, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World- Debut
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781668072240
A bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2024.
/1
2 The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30.00, 9780593230381
The bestselling author of Between the World and Me travels the world to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don't—shape our realities.
1/8
3 Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34.00, 9780593799895
In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table.
3/8
4 Cher: The Memoir, Part One- Debut
Cher, Dey Street Books, $36.00, 9780062863102
Cher: The Memoir, Part One follows her extraordinary beginnings through childhood to meeting and marrying Sonny Bono—and reveals the highly complicated relationship that made them world-famous, but eventually drove them apart.
/1
5 Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316575805
Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light.
2/8
6 Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593320969
The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs.
4/5
7 Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35.00, 9780593734223
From the bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.
5/11
8 What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781668055687
Stanley Tucci's new book is a funny, poignant, heartfelt, and deeply satisfying serving of memories and meals and an irresistible celebration of the profound role that food plays in all our lives.
6/6
9 Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy- Debut
Tieghan Gerard, Clarkson Potter, $32.99, 9780593232576
120+ recipes for delicious, soul-warming comfort food...and getting it ready in a hurry.
/1
10 The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35.00, 9780385348744
Larson brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a slow-burning crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick.
14/30
11 What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
Sy Montgomery, Atria Books, $22.99, 9781668047361
A charming and eye-opening exploration of the special relationship between humans and chickens from Sy Montgomery. A November 2024 Indie Next Pick.
7/3
12 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.
11/97
13 Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham, Jim McCloskey, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385550444
John Grisham and Centurion Ministries Founder Jim McCloskey share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions.
8/6
14 Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Doubleday, $26.00, 9780385550826
In this brilliant and passionately persuasive book, Katherine Rundell takes us on a globe-spanning tour of the world's most awe-inspiring animals currently facing extinction. A November 2024 Indie Next Pick.
13/2
15 Into the Uncut Grass
Trevor Noah, Sabina Hahn (Illus.), One World, $26.00, 9780593729960
In the tradition of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse comes a gorgeously illustrated fable about a young child's journey into the world beyond the shadow of home, a magical landscape where he discovers the secrets of sharing, connection, and finding peace with the people we love.
12/6
 
     

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Mass Market



Bestseller List for November 27, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending November 24, 2024
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
1/438
2 The Exchange
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593685600
3/7
3 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
2/171
4 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
5/109
5 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
4/72
6 Shattered
James Patterson, James O. Born, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752968
/3
7 Never Too Late
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9780593498422
10/4
8 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
6/151
9 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $10.99, 9780593853092
8/6
10 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
/74
 
     

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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for November 27, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending November 24, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1 Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
 
2 The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
 
3 The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
 
4 The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316554732
 
5 The Sherlock Society
James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665932530
 
6 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (Movie Tie-In Edition)- Debut
Barbara Robinson, HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780063416475
 
7 The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
 
8 Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
 
9 Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
 
10 The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
 
11 When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary
Alice Hoffman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338856941
 
12 Let It Glow- Debut
Marissa Meyer, Joanne Levy, Feiwel & Friends, $9.99, 9781250360816
 
13 Mouse and His Dog
Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250345004
 
14 Orris and Timble: The Beginning
Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791
 
15 A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272
 
 
     

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Young Adult



Bestseller List for November 27, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending November 24, 2024
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  Young Adult  
1 Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138
 
2 A Study in Drowning (Collector's Deluxe Limited Edition)
Ava Reid, HarperCollins, $21.99, 9780063419414
 
3 Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
 
4 If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
 
5 Heir
Sabaa Tahir, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780593616949
 
6 Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
 
7 Where the Library Hides
Isabel Ibañez, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250822994
 
8 Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17.00, 9780593622452
 
9 The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
 
10 Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
 
11 Reckless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665955430
 
12 The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207
 
13 The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207
 
14 Compound Fracture
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636121
 
15 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196
 
 
     

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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for November 27, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending November 24, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Illustrated  
1 How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
 
2 Santa's First Christmas
Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593524978
 
3 How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
 
4 Knight Owl and Early Bird
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526
 
5 Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
 
6 Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770
 
7 Construction Site: A Thankful Night
Sherri Duskey Rinker, Helen Morgan (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797226729
 
8 Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho
William Boniface, Julien Chung (Illus.), Beach Lane Books, $18.99, 9781665954761
 
9 Where's Bluey? At Christmas- Debut
Penguin Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593752982
 
10 The Crayons Give Thanks
Drew Daywalt (Illus.), Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593690574
 
11 The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
12 The Mitten
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780399231094
 
13 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle,$10.99, 9780399226908
 
14 The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
 
15 Christmas at Hogwarts- Debut
J. K. Rowling, Ziyi Gao (Illus.), Scholastic, $19.99, 9781546129950
 
 
     

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Children's Series



Bestseller List for November 27, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending November 24, 2024
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  Children's Series  
1 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
 
2 The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
 
3 Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
4 Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 
5 Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
6 Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
7 The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
8 InvestiGators (hardcover)
John Patrick Green, First Second
 
9 I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
 
10 Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 24, 2024

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

17 The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498

18 The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987

19 The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006

20 The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400

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

22 The Pumpkin Spice Café
Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008610678

23 The Bee Sting
Paul Murray, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338259

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

25 Wicked [Movie Tie-In]
Gregory Maguire, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780062852847

26 Absolution
Alice McDermott, Picador, $19.00, 9781250337993

27 The Teller of Small Fortunes
Julie Leong, Ace, $19.00, 9780593815915

28 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17.00, 9781501161933

29 Is She Really Going Out with Him?
Sophie Cousens, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $19.00, 9780593718902

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

31 A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583

32 My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609455064

33 Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433

34 Make the Season Bright
Ashley Herring Blake, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593550595

35 Wicked: Volume One in the Wicked Years
Gregory Maguire, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780063398344

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

37 Annihilation: (10th Anniversary Edition)
Jeff VanderMeer, Picador, $18.00, 9781250824042

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

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

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

41 This Is Happiness
Niall Williams, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.99, 9781635576313

42 It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781668055960

43 The Heiress
Rachel Hawkins, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.00, 9781250834706

44 The Dispossessed (50th Anniversary Edition)
Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $18.99, 9780063382930

45 The House in the Pines
Ana Reyes, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593186732

46 Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $19.99, 9781668014943

47 The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Amor Towles (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Vintage, $19.00, 9780593470619

48 Normal People
Sally Rooney, Crown, $17.00, 9781984822185

49 How My Neighbor Stole Christmas
Meghan Quinn, Bloom Books, $17.99, 9781464230158

50 The Cinnamon Bun Book Store
Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008641580

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 24, 2024

16 Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
Dean Spade, Verso, $14.95, 9781839762123

17 Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951

18 Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $15.99, 9781608465767

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

20 The Best American Essays 2024
Wesley Morris, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351554

21 The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024
Bill McKibben, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063333994

22 Hillbilly Elegy
J. D. Vance, Harper, $18.99, 9780062300553

23 Life's Short, Talk Fast: Fifteen Writers on Why We Can't Stop Watching Gilmore Girls
Ann Hood (Ed.), W. W. Norton & Company, $17.99, 9781324079453

24 Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $19.99, 9780062964663

25 A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446

26 Surviving Autocracy
Masha Gessen, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593332245

27 All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310

28 On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Nora Krug (Illus.), Ten Speed Graphic, $16.99, 9781984859150

29 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359

30 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593298909

31 How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9780984627110

32 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831

33 World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $22.00, 9780062802767

34 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225282

35 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $21.99, 9780063394230

36 The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024
Padma Lakshmi, Jaya Saxena (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063370647

37 Loving Corrections
adrienne maree brown, AK Press, $18.00, 9781849355544

38 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780062316110

39 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $21.00, 9780593230275

40 Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes, Haymarket Books, $17.95, 9781642598278

41 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20.00, 9780593239933

42 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255

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

44 HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361

45 Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228

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

47 A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $22.99, 9780062397348

48 Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business
Roxane Gay, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780063341470

49 Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Michael Lewis, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324105817

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 24, 2024

16 Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205

17 The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32.00, 9780063277052

18 We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25.00, 9780593818749

19 Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521

20 We Solve Murders
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9780593653227

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

22 The Blue Hour
Paula Hawkins, Mariner Books, $30.00, 9780063396524

23 The Wood at Midwinter
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $16.99, 9781639734481

24 All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798874

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

26 To Die For
David Baldacci, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538757901

27 Now or Never
Janet Evanovich, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781668003138

28 The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145

29 The Waiting
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316563796

30 Brightly Shining
Ingvild Rishøi, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802163493

31 Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172

32 Here One Moment
Liane Moriarty, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798607

33 Before We Forget Kindness
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335915283

34 Absolution
Jeff VanderMeer, MCD, $30.00, 9780374616595

35 In Too Deep
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $30.00, 9780593725801

36 By Any Other Name
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593497210

37 Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593537619

38 Legends & Lattes (Deluxe Edition)
Travis Baldree, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250342782

39 The Mistletoe Mystery: A Maid Novella
Nita Prose, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9780593875445

40 The Mirror
Nora Roberts, St. Martin's Press, $30.00, 9781250288776

41 Lazarus Man
Richard Price, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374168155

42 Tooth and Claw
Craig Johnson, Viking, $25.00, 9780593834169

43 Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32.00, 9780593296370

44 Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063412866

45 The Courting of Bristol Keats (Limited Stenciled Edge Edition)
Mary E. Pearson, Flatiron Books, $32.99, 9781250331977

46 Blue Sisters
Coco Mellors, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593723760

47 The Empusium
Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Transl.), Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593712948

48 Christmas Crimes at The Mysterious Bookshop
Otto Penzler (Ed.), Mysterious Press, $19.95, 9781613165720

49 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236210

50 The Night We Lost Him
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $28.99, 9781668002933

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 24, 2024

16 On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32.00, 9780593728727

17 The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593655030

18 War
Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster, $32.00, 9781668052273

19 Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music
Rob Sheffield, Dey Street Books, $27.99, 9780063351318

20 Didion and Babitz
Lili Anolik, Scribner, $29.99, 9781668065488

21 Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00, 9780374611996

22 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

23 The Memory Palace: True Short Stories of the Past
Nate DiMeo, Random House, $33.00, 9780593446157

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

25 The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Sharon McMahon, Thesis, $32.00, 9780593541678

26 We Who Wrestle with God: Perceptions of the Divine
Jordan B. Peterson, Portfolio, $35.00, 9780593542538

27 The Dog Who Followed the Moon
James Norbury, William Morrow, $25.00, 9780063420717

28 Melania
Melania Trump, Skyhorse, $40.00, 9781510782693

29 Martha: The Cookbook: 100 Favorite Recipes, with Lessons and Stories from My Kitchen
Martha Stewart, Clarkson Potter, $40.00, 9780593139202

30 Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $37.99, 9780399581779

31 The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260

32 Guinness World Records 2025
, Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484569

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

34 Citizen: My Life After the White House
Bill Clinton, Knopf, $38.00, 9780525521440

35 Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches
Matty Matheson, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9781984862150

36 Brothers
Alex Van Halen, Harper, $32.00, 9780063265707

37 The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.: A Biography
Peter Ames Carlin, Doubleday, $32.00, 9780385546942

38 Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves
Stephen Colbert, Evie McGee Colbert, Celadon Books, $35.00, 9781250859990

39 Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $25.00, 9780593189481

40 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461

41 Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Abrams Press, $28.00, 9781419777295

42 Taylor Swift Style: Fashion Through the Eras
Sarah Chapelle, St. Martin's Griffin, $35.00, 9781250906151

43 Sonny Boy: A Memoir
Al Pacino, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780593655115

44 Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
Henry A. Kissinger, Eric Schmidt, Craig Mundie, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316581295

45 From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir
Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough, Random House, $32.00, 9780593733875

46 Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah
Charles King, Doubleday, $32.00, 9780385548267

47 The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder through Science & Poetry
Maria Popova, Ofra Amit (Illus.), Storey Publishing, LLC, $22.00, 9781635868838

48 An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982108663

49 A Certain Idea of America: Selected Writings
Peggy Noonan, Portfolio, $31.00, 9780593854778

50 Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $30.00, 9780593475522

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending November 24, 2024

11 Camino Island
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9781524797157

12 The Villa
Rachel Hawkins, St. Martin's Paperbacks, $9.99, 9781250344106

13 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340

14 Chasing the Boogeyman
Richard Chizmar, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668062692

15 Code Red
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982165000

16 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803

17 23 1/2 Lies
James Patterson, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752692

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

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

20 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286

21 The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657

22 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309

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

24 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293

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

26 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977

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

28 Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765360038

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

30 The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688

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

32 Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987

33 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835

34 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024

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

36 Carrie
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743664

37 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484

38 The Long Walk
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668052013

39 Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874

40 Arcanum Unbounded
Brandon Sanderson, Tor , $11.99, 9780765391186

41 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686

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

43 Edgedancer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor , $13.99, 9781250166548

44 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400

45 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357

46 The Secret
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $10.99, 9781984818614

47 Elantris
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765350374

48 God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257

49 The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572

50 Heretics of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098264

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