Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for November 29, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 26, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
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. |
3/63 |
| 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. |
1/6 |
| 3 |
Bookshops & Bonedust 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. |
2/3 |
| 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. |
4/30 |
| 5 |
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. |
6/29 |
| 6 |
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. |
5/130 |
| 7 |
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. |
7/79 |
| 8 |
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. |
8/10 |
| 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. |
9/13 |
| 10 |
Legends & Lattes Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088 Baldree's novel of "High Fantasy and Low Stakes" is a November 2022 Indie Next Pick. |
12/23 |
| 11 |
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. |
14/14 |
| 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. |
10/34 |
| 13 |
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. |
11/12 |
| 14 |
Wreck the Halls- Debut Tessa Bailey, Avon, $18.99, 9780063308305 Tessa Bailey delivers a sexy, hilarious holiday rom-com about the adult children of two former rock stars who team up to convince their estranged mothers to play a Christmas Eve concert. |
/1 |
| 15 |
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. |
/65 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for November 29, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 26, 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. |
1/7 |
| 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. |
2/207 |
| 3 |
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. |
4/4 |
| 4 |
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 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. |
3/5 |
| 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. |
8/35 |
| 6 |
All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. |
5/108 |
| 7 |
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present 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. |
11/3 |
| 8 |
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. |
7/5 |
| 9 |
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. |
6/165 |
| 10 |
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. |
13/13 |
| 11 |
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. |
9/13 |
| 12 |
Novelist as a Vocation 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. |
10/3 |
| 13 |
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. |
/7 |
| 14 |
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25.00, 9780375726262 A deep, fantastic look at the complex physicist and father of the atomic bomb. |
/19 |
| 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. |
/10 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for November 29, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 26, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172 She's survived her first year at Basgiath War College for dragon riders...but the danger is just beginning in the electrifying follow-up to Fourth Wing. |
1/3 |
| 2 |
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. |
2/27 |
| 3 |
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. |
3/16 |
| 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. |
4/17 |
| 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. |
6/86 |
| 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. |
8/58 |
| 7 |
The Narrow Road Between Desires Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $26.00, 9780756419172 Patrick Rothfuss returns to the wildly popular Kingkiller Chronicle universe with a stunning reimagining of The Lightning Tree. This touching stand-alone story is sure to please new readers and veteran Rothfuss fans alike. |
7/2 |
| 8 |
The Little Liar Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406651 Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a coastal Greek city during the Holocaust, to America, where the intertwined lives of three survivors are forever changed by the perils of deception and the grace of redemption. |
10/2 |
| 9 |
Fourth Wing Special Edition Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649376169 The year's biggest book sensation returns in this completely jaw-dropping special edition. |
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. |
13/30 |
| 11 |
So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802160850 From Booker Prize Finalist and bestselling author of Small Things Like These, comes a triptych of stories about love, lust, betrayal, and the ever-intriguing interchanges between women and men. A November 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
11/2 |
| 12 |
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201 The exhilarating novel by the bestselling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is the #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2022. |
/70 |
| 13 |
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. |
12/6 |
| 14 |
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. |
14/5 |
| 15 |
North Woods Daniel Mason, Random House, $28.00, 9780593597033 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. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
/5 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 19 |
Blackouts Justin Torres, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374293574 A book about storytelling—its legacies, dangers, delights, and potential for change—and a bold exploration of form, art, and love, Blackouts uses fiction to see through the inventions of history and narrative. Winner of the 2023 National Book Award for Fiction. |
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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for November 29, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 26, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
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. |
4/32 |
| 2 |
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. |
1/5 |
| 3 |
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. |
7/45 |
| 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. |
3/6 |
| 5 |
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. |
5/9 |
| 6 |
My Name Is Barbra 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. |
2/3 |
| 7 |
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. |
6/5 |
| 8 |
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir Matthew Perry, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250866448 Matthew Perry's memoir is is both intimate and eye-opening—as well as a hand extended to anyone struggling with sobriety. Unflinchingly honest, moving, and uproariously funny, this is the book fans have been waiting for. |
9/7 |
| 9 |
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. |
10/5 |
| 10 |
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. |
11/5 |
| 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. |
12/8 |
| 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. |
13/11 |
| 13 |
World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music 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. |
14/3 |
| 14 |
My Effin' Life Geddy Lee, Harper, $40.00, 9780063159419 The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Rush bassist, and bestselling author of Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass. |
8/2 |
| 15 |
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. |
/3 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for November 29, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 26, 2023
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
1/386 |
| 2 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367 |
5/210 |
| 3 |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279 |
10/102 |
| 4 |
Tom Clancy Red Winter Marc Cameron, Berkley, $10.99, 9780593422779 |
6/2 |
| 5 |
The Boys from Biloxi John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916 |
2/14 |
| 6 |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803 |
/75 |
| 7 |
Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 |
/127 |
| 8 |
No Plan B Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577 |
3/21 |
| 9 |
A Haunting in Venice Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972 |
4/14 |
| 10 |
Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 |
/70 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for November 29, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 26, 2023
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| 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 |
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| 2 |
Letters from Father Christmas J.R.R. Tolkien, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063340534 |
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| 3 |
Dogtown Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608 |
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| 4 |
The Lost Library Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810 |
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| 5 |
The Puppets of Spelhorst Kate DiCamillo, Julie Morstad (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536216752 |
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| 6 |
96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More! Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933 |
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| 7 |
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 |
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| 8 |
Juniper's Christmas Eoin Colfer, Roaring Brook Press, $22.99, 9781250321947 |
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| 9 |
Cat on the Run in Cat of Death! Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825 |
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| 10 |
From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153 |
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| 11 |
Sisters: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880 |
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| 12 |
Duel Jessixa Bagley, Aaron Bagley (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781534496545 |
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| 13 |
Odder Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424 |
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| 14 |
Smile: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264 |
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| 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 29, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 26, 2023
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
Check & Mate Ali Hazelwood, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $14.00, 9780593619919 |
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| 2 |
Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439 |
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| 3 |
What the River Knows Isabel Ibañez, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250803375 |
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| 4 |
Lightlark Alex Aster, Amulet, $12.99, 9781419760877 |
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| 5 |
Nightbane Alex Aster, Amulet, $19.99, 9781419760907 |
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| 6 |
Powerless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884 |
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| 7 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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| 8 |
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114 |
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| 9 |
A Study in Drowning Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506 |
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| 10 |
Nimona ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227 |
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| 11 |
Curious Tides Pascale Lacelle, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $21.99, 9781665939270 |
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| 12 |
Hell Followed with Us Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636 |
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| 13 |
We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 |
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| 14 |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207 |
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| 15 |
Five Survive Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593374160 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for November 29, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 26, 2023
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1 |
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh! Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770 |
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| 2 |
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767 |
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| 3 |
Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 |
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| 4 |
The Big Cheese Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780063329508 |
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| 5 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383 |
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| 6 |
Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $19.99, 9781419769047 |
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| 7 |
Bluey: 12 Days of Christmas Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593661420 |
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| 8 |
Dragon's First Taco Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178 |
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| 9 |
Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Lost Christmas! Alastair Heim, Aristides Ruiz (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593563168 |
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| 10 |
Little Blue Truck's Christmas Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780544320413 |
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| 11 |
Moo, Baa, Fa La La La La! Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665914352 |
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| 12 |
Dasher Can't Wait for Christmas- Debut Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536230130 |
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| 13 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 14 |
Green Is for Christmas Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593353387 |
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| 15 |
The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780544580145 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for November 29, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 26, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Children's Series | ||
| 1 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 2 |
The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic |
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| 3 |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 4 |
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback) Rick Riordan, Hyperion |
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| 5 |
The Bad Guys (paperback) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
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| 6 |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 7 |
Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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| 8 |
The Inheritance Cycle (hardcover and paperback) Christopher Paolini, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
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| 9 |
Spy School (hardcover and paperback) Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
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| 10 |
I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending November 26, 2023
16 The Best American Short Stories 2023
Min Jin Lee, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063275904
17 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
18 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038
19 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780593500156
20 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
21 It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
22 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
23 Wildfire
Hannah Grace, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668026274
24 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
25 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
26 Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop
Jenny Colgan, Avon, $18.99, 9780063260450
27 The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $18.00, 9780307389091
28 House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577020
29 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606
30 The Twist of a Knife
Anthony Horowitz, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780062938190
31 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab, Tor, $19.99, 9780765387578
32 Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982153090
33 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990
34 Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228
35 The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
36 The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Lauren Groff (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Anchor, $18.00, 9780593470596
37 The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064
38 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
39 Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591
40 Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593492666
41 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593183212
42 It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
43 The Priory of the Orange Tree
Samantha Shannon, Bloomsbury Publishing, $20.00, 9781635570304
44 Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20.00, 9781982168445
45 A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.00, 9781635575620
46 Iris Kelly Doesn't Date
Ashley Herring Blake, Berkley, $18.00, 9780593550571
47 The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18.00, 9780593356173
48 Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263
49 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990
50 Liberation Day: Stories
George Saunders, Random House, $17.00, 9780525509615
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending November 26, 2023
16 The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316441094
17 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
18 Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088
19 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
20 Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22.00, 9781324094067
21 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
22 The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143125471
23 The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 1
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $19.99, 9781524884970
24 Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
25 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
26 Winter Solstice: An Essay
Nina Maclaughlin, Black Sparrow Press, $14.95, 9781574232578
27 And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Jon Meacham, Random House, $25.00, 9780553393989
28 Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Rachel Aviv, Picador, $18.00, 9781250872913
29 The Best American Essays 2023
Vivian Gornick, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063288843
30 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18.99, 9781643753287
31 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.99, 9780525510321
32 The Screaming Christmas Goat: Ahhhhh! (RP Minis)
Lauren Emily Whalen, Lee Hodges (Illus.), RP Minis, $12.95, 9780762482894
33 The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
Carl Zimmer, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063293212
34 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18.00, 9781524746742
35 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19.00, 9780143129257
36 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
37 The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25.00, 9781250858801
38 How We Live Is How We Die
Pema Chodron, Shambhala, $21.95, 9781645472407
39 Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games
Carmen Maria Machado (Ed.), Graywolf Press, $18.00, 9781644452615
40 The Best American Food Writing 2023
Mark Bittman, Silvia Killingsworth, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063322523
41 American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
Adam Hochschild, Mariner Books, $24.99, 9780063278523
42 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
43 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18.00, 9781250849359
44 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
45 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781797212272
46 When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe, Anchor, $18.00, 9780593081877
47 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
48 The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $18.00, 9780525555247
49 Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional
Isaac Fitzgerald, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.99, 9781639731640
50 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
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending November 26, 2023
16 Day
Michael Cunningham, Random House, $28.00, 9780399591341
17 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
18 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
19 Blackouts: A Novel
Justin Torres, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374293574
20 The Fraud
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29.00, 9780525558965
21 System Collapse
Martha Wells, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250826978
22 Resurrection Walk
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316563765
23 Roman Stories
Jhumpa Lahiri, Todd Portnowitz (Transl.), Knopf, $27.00, 9780593536322
24 Yellowface
R.F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833
25 Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668016138
26 The Vulnerables
Sigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593715512
27 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243732
28 The Iliad
Homer, Emily Watson (Transl.), Norton, $39.95, 9781324001805
29 The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593418390
30 The Edge
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $30.00, 9781538719916
31 The Last Devil to Die
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9780593299425
32 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
33 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335005625
34 The Mysteries
Bill Watterson, John Kascht, Andrews McMeel, $19.99, 9781524884949
35 The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $27.00, 9781646221950
36 Absolution
Alice McDermott, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28.00, 9780374610487
37 Wellness
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593536117
38 Before We Say Goodbye
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335009111
39 Sword Catcher
Cassandra Clare, Del Rey, $30.00, 9780525619994
40 Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $27.99, 9781501153228
41 The Fragile Threads of Power
V. E. Schwab, Tor Books, $29.99, 9780765387493
42 The Secret
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818584
43 Starling House
Alix E. Harrow, Tor, $28.99, 9781250799050
44 The Future
Naomi Alderman, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668025680
45 Starter Villain
John Scalzi, Tor Books, $28.99, 9780765389220
46 The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212
47 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28.00, 9781982179007
48 Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593441275
49 The Armor of Light
Ken Follett, Viking, $38.00, 9780525954996
50 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending November 26, 2023
16 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292
17 Guinness World Records 2024
Guinness World Records, Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484378
18 Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
Mary Beard, Liveright, $39.99, 9780871404220
19 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
20 Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll, Harper Select, $29.99, 9781400337019
21 Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700
22 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525657323
23 Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Cat Bohannon, Knopf, $35.00, 9780385350549
24 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598
25 Making It So: A Memoir
Patrick Stewart, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781982167738
26 A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9781984881724
27 Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593472675
28 Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook
Sohla El-Waylly, Knopf, $45.00, 9780593320464
29 Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
Stephanie Land, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.00, 9781982151393
30 Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593655955
31 Big Heart Little Stove: Bringing Home Meals & Moments from The Lost Kitchen
Erin French, Celadon Books, $38.00, 9781250832313
32 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28.00, 9780593239919
33 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780358458180
34 Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party
Jonathan Karl, Dutton, $32.00, 9780593473986
35 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374610326
36 The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
Ned Blackhawk, Yale University Press, $35.00, 9780300244052
37 Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business
Roxane Gay, Harper, $30.00, 9780063341463
38 The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
Liza Mundy, Crown, $32.50, 9780593238172
39 More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen: A Cookbook
Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780593578841
40 The Cat Who Taught Zen
James Norbury, William Morrow, $25.00, 9780063347618
41 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593298886
42 Enough
Cassidy Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668028285
43 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
44 Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
B. Dylan Hollis, DK, $32.00, 9780744080049
45 Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
Dolly Parton, Ten Speed Press, $50.00, 9781984862129
46 I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
47 Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30.00, 9780593545409
48 The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $28.00, 9781643753096
49 Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
Robert M. Sapolsky, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780525560975
50 I Must Be Dreaming
Roz Chast, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.99, 9781620403228
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending November 26, 2023
11 Girl, Forgotten
Karin Slaughter, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062859044
12 Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
13 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
14 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
15 The Wish
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538728635
16 The Jailhouse Lawyer
James Patterson, Nancy Allen, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752609
17 A Flicker in the Dark
Stacy Willingham, Minotaur, $9.99, 9781250896445
18 Without a Trace
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821881
19 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
20 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
21 The Family Upstairs
Lisa Jewell, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668026519
22 In a Holidaze
Christina Lauren, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668026601
23 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
24 The Judge's List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831
25 Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909
26 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
27 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
28 The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657
29 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
30 The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672
31 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
32 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
33 Overkill
Sandra Brown, Grand Central , $10.99, 9781538752029
34 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
35 The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
36 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
37 That Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668020661
38 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
39 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
40 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
41 Night Shift
Stephen King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780307743640
42 The Whittiers
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821850
43 Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928
44 Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780593599006
45 Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225757
46 Lightning Down
Tom Clavin, St. Martin's , $9.99, 9781250878052
47 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
48 The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553588941
49 Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743664
50 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365293