November 4, 2020

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for November 4, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 1, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
National Book Award-winner Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world.
1/83
2. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
Miller's masterful follow-up to The Song of Achilles is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world.
2/29
3. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17.00, 9781476749303
A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression.
3/22
4. Shuggie Bain- Debut
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148506
A heartbreaking story of addiction, sexuality, and love, Shuggie Bain is an epic portrayal of a working-class family that is rarely seen in fiction. A 2020 National Book Award Finalist and shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize.
/1
5. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101971062
Gyasi's extraordinary novel illuminates slavery's troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed--and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.
5/37
6. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, Picador, $17.00, 9781250758002
Lerner's novel is a tender and expansive family drama set in the American Midwest at the turn of the 21st century.
7/5
7. Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250751362
Bardugo's debut adult novel is a tale of power, privilege, dark magic, and murder set among the Ivy League elite.
10/2
8. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345804341
Whitehead's masterful and haunting novel about two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida is the winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
6/18
9. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062913494
Wilson's moving and uproarious novel about a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children who have a remarkable ability.
15/4
10. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781984822185
Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship.
4/37
11. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
Miller's monumental debut novel is an action-packed adventure and epic love story that brilliantly re-imagines Homer's enduring masterwork, The Iliad.
8/9
12. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
A post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the bestselling author of Kindred.
11/11
13. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525562627
Atwood's masterful sequel to her modern classic, The Handmaid's Tale.
9/9
14. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983
Girl, Woman, Other is a polyphonic and richly textured social novel of black British history. Co-winner of the 2019 Booker Prize.
/35
15. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593
Herbert's classic masterpiece--a triumph of the imagination--is soon to be a major motion picture.
14/8


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for November 4, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 1, 2020
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18.00, 9781571313560
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
1/47
2. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18.00, 9781501145254
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's first book after becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993 is a witty, engaging, and serious collection of writings and speeches.
2/43
3. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888
Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilkerson's chronicle of the decades-long migration of Black citizens who fled the South in search of a better life.
4/39
4. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415
DiAngelo explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.
3/82
5. Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents- Debut
Pete Souza, Voracious, $19.99, 9780316458214
By the bestselling author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait, a potent commentary on the presidency--and our country.
/1
6. Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781984818324
This groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than men--and provides a simple, science-based plan to help women minimize stress, manage emotions, and live a more joyful life.
11/2
7. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
6/27
8. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18.00, 9780399588198
Noah's compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime coming-of-age memoir is set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.
5/86
9. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
A groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be human.
10/117
10. What Unites Us: Reflections on Patriotism- Debut
Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616209940
With this collection of essays, venerated journalist Rather reminds us of the principles upon which the United States was founded.
/1
11. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
14/8
12. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice.
7/22
13. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
In this groundbreaking book, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology.
13/17
14. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932
The tenth-anniversary edition of Alexander's iconic book discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today.
12/23
15. Intimations
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $10.95, 9780593297612
Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of reflective essays by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time.
8/14


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for November 4, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 1, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Searcher
Tana French, Viking, $27.00, 9780735224650
In French's latest novel of suspense, a former Chicago police officer retreats to a bucolic Irish village and starts to realize that even small towns shelter dangerous secrets.
1/4
2. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
France, 1714: In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever--and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for October 2020.
4/4
3. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969
Jake Brigance returns in John Grisham's most powerful courtroom drama yet.
2/3
4. The Sentinel- Debut
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818461
Lee Child teams up with his brother and fellow thriller writer Andrew Child for the latest Jack Reacher novel.
/1
5. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.00, 9781501160837
An ingeniously constructed novel about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope--the things that save us, even in the most anxious times. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for September 2020.
5/8
6. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525536291
Bennett's beautiful new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white. A June 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/22
7. Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062667632
A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong. An October 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
6/4
8. The Cold Millions- Debut
Jess Walter, Harper, $28.99, 9780062868084
Walter's propulsive and richly entertaining novel about two brothers swept up in the turbulent class warfare of the early 20th century is a November 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
9. Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525658184
Gyasi's stunning follow-up to Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama. A September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
9/9
10. Memorial- Debut
Bryan Washington, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593087275
A funny and profound story about family in all its strange forms, joyful and hard-won vulnerability, becoming who you're supposed to be, and the limits of love. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for November 2020.
/1
11. The Evening and the Morning
Ken Follett, Viking, $36.00, 9780525954989
Follett's thrilling and addictive new Kingsbridge novel is a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth.
7/7
12. Snow- Debut
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $27.99, 9781335230003
Banville's new crime novel is the story of a family whose secrets resurface when a parish priest is found murdered in their ancestral home.
/1
13. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27.00, 9780525620785
A re-imagining of the classic gothic suspense novel, Mexican Gothic is a story about an isolated mansion in 1950s Mexico--and the brave socialite drawn to its treacherous secrets. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for July 2020.
15/16
14. All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145239
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache investigates a sinister plot in the City of Light.
10/9
15. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635575637
The intoxicating, hypnotic new novel by the bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is a September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
/6


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for November 4, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 1, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32.00, 9780593230251
Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today.
1/13
2. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30.00, 9780593139134
McConaughey's unconventional memoir is filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.
4/2
3. Modern Comfort Food
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780804187060
From cocktails to dessert, from special weekend breakfasts to quick weeknight dinners, you'll find yourself making these cozy and delicious recipes over and over again.
3/4
4. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9781984801258
In Doyle's most revealing and powerful memoir yet, she explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet the expectations of the world, and start trusting the voice deep within us.
2/34
5. Solutions and Other Problems
Allie Brosh, Gallery Books, $30.00, 9781982156947
The bestselling author of Hyperbole and a Half returns with a new collection of comedic, autobiographical, and illustrated essays. An October 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
5/6
6. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288
Kendi's book is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond the awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a just and equitable society.
6/30
7. Ottolenghi Flavor
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ixta Belfrage, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780399581755
Ottolenghi teams up with Ottolenghi Test Kitchen's Ixta Belfrage to reveal how flavor is created and amplified through 100+ super-delicious, plant-based recipes.
9/3
8. The 99% Invisible City
Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780358126607
A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast.
10/4
9. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713
Larson's fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz is a March 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
11/36
10. Is This Anything?
Jerry Seinfeld, S&S, $35.00, 9781982112691
The first book in 25 years from Jerry Seinfeld features his best work across five decades in comedy.
8/4
11. Group: How One Therapist and a Circle of Strangers Saved My Life- Debut
Christie Tate, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $27.00, 9781982154615
In Tate's refreshingly original debut memoir we are given a front row seat to the daring, exhilarating, painful, and hilarious journey that is group therapy. A November 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
12. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
Radiant with Mackesy's warmth and gentle wit, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse blends hand-written narrative with dozens of drawings.
/36
13. Rage
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30.00, 9781982131739
Woodward's new book is an unprecedented and intimate tour de force of new reporting on the Trump presidency facing a global pandemic, economic disaster, and racial unrest.
12/7
14. Dessert Person
Claire Saffitz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781984826961
In her first cookbook, Saffitz offers wisdom, problem-solving strategies, and more than 100 meticulously tested, creative, and inspiring recipes.
7/2
15. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616
Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again.
/19


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for November 4, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 1, 2020
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/50
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/226
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
3/17
4. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
4/7
5. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
/16
6. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
5/10
7. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
9/30
8. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487
7/27
9. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
6/33
10. The Night Fire- Debut
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538701454
/1


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for November 4, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 1, 2020
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Class Act
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500
 
2. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
3. Skunk and Badger
Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057
 
4. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
5. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
6. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
 
7. Witches of Brooklyn
Sophie Escabasse, Random House Graphic, $12.99, 9780593119273
 
8. The Witches: The Graphic Novel
Roald Dahl, Penelope Bagieu (Illus.), Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338677430
 
9. A Whale of the Wild
Rosanne Parry, Lindsay Moore (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $17.99, 9780062995926
 
10. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $8.99, 9781481438292
 
11. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
12. Bill Nye's Great Big World of Science- Debut
Bill Nye, Gregory Mone, Abrams Books for Young Readers, $29.99, 9781419746765
 
13. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
14. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
 
15. This Book Is Anti-Racist
Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illus.), Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $14.99, 9780711245211
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for November 4, 2020
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  Young Adult  
1. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 
2. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
 
3. Dear Justyce
Nic Stone, Crown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984829665
 
4. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
5. Elatsoe
Darcie Little Badger, Rovina Cai (Illus.), Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140053
 
6. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
 
7. Skyhunter
Marie Lu, Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250221681
 
8. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
9. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
10. The Magic Fish
Trung Le Nguyen, Random House Graphic, $16.99, 9781984851598
 
11. Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title)
Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529
 
12. Punching the Air
Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062996480
 
13. Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel
Jason Reynolds, Danica Novgorodoff (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $19.99, 9781534444959
 
14. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $11.99, 9780062457806
 
15. The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
Garth Nix, Katherine Tegen Books, $19.99, 9780062683250
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for November 4, 2020
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Room on the Broom Push-Pull-Slide Board Book
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
 
2. Cozy
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109793
 
3. I Am Every Good Thing
Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $17.99, 9780525518778
 
4. What We'll Build: Plans For Our Together Future
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $19.99, 9780593206751
 
5. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
6. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
7. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780544772533
 
8. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
9. 5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas- Debut
Jimmy Fallon, Rich Deas (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250266477
 
10. Natalie Portman's Fables
Natalie Portman, Janna Mattia (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250246868
 
11. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
12. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
13. Gustavo, the Shy Ghost
Flavia Z. Drago, Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536211146
 
14. Margaret's Unicorn
Briony May Smith, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9781984896537
 
15. Creepy Pair of Underwear!
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster (BYR), $17.99, 9781442402980
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for November 4, 2020
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  Children's Series  
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
New in Series: The Deep End (9781419748684)
 
2. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
3. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
4. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
5. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop
 
6. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
7. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
8. The Trials of Apollo (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 
9. Spy School (hardcover and paperback)
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
 
10. The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 1, 2020

16. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143110439

17. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166

18. A Single Thread
Tracy Chevalier, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525558262

19. The Wild Iris
Louise Gluck, Ecco, $16.99, 9780880013345

20. The Institute
Stephen King, Gallery Books, $19.99, 9781982110581

21. Poems 1962-2012
Louise Glück, FSG, $22.00, 9780374534097

22. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155

23. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527

24. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $17.99, 9780312541538

25. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296

26. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140

27. The World That We Knew
Alice Hoffman, S&S, $17.00, 9781501137587

28. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525541349

29. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383

30. When No One Is Watching
Alyssa Cole, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062982650

31. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007

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

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

34. Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson, Riverhead Books, $16.00, 9780525535287

35. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through
Joy Harjo (Ed.), Norton, $19.95, 9780393356809

36. Walk the Wire
David Baldacci, Grand Central , $16.99, 9781538761472

37. The Boy from the Woods
Harlan Coben, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538748206

38. Gilead
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $17.00, 9781250784018

39. The Good Lord Bird
James McBride, Riverhead, $16.00, 9781594632785

40. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062409218

41. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $16.99, 9780316421973

42. The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101911815

43. Lovecraft Country
Matt Ruff, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062292070

44. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781455563920

45. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.95, 9780345804327

46. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
Deesha Philyaw, West Virginia University Press, $18.99, 9781949199734

47. Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804172448

48. Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier, Morrow, $16.99, 9780380730407

49. Crazy Stupid Bromance
Lyssa Kay Adams, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806130

50. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062684738

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 1, 2020

16. Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987

17. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934

18. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039

19. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827

20. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780063051331

21. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525560739

22. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286

23. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312

24. Underland
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358094

25. Furious Hours
Casey Cep, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972052

26. The Body Is Not an Apology
Sonya Renee Taylor, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, $18.95, 9781626569768

27. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.99, 9781451697728

28. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988485

29. Know My Name
Chanel Miller, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223721

30. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609

31. Welcoming the Unwelcome
Pema Chodron, Shambhala, $16.95, 9781611808681

32. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

33. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World Library, $16.00, 9781577314806

34. Decisions and Dissents of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Corey Brettschneider (Ed.), Penguin Classics, $15.00, 9780143135111

35. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life
Jane Sherron de Hart, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984897831

36. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114

37. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470

38. Be Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $15.99, 9780593233009

39. Year of the Monkey
Patti Smith, Vintage, $16.00, 9781984898920

40. Life Undercover
Amaryllis Fox, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525564089

41. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510567

42. Milk Bar
Christina Tosi, Clarkson Potter, $22.99, 9780593231920

43. The Soul of America
Jon Meacham, Random House, $20.00, 9780399589829

44. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807057834

45. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $21.99, 9780062397348

46. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155

47. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $15.00, 9780807014271

48. Dear Girls
Ali Wong, Random House, $18.00, 9780525508854

49. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $18.00, 9781501168703

50. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?
Caitlin Doughty, Dianne Ruz (Illus.), Norton, $15.95, 9780393358490

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 1, 2020

16. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474

17. The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $28.00, 9780316422048

18. Jack
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $27.00, 9780374279301

19. The Book of Two Ways
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781984818355

20. Magic Lessons
Alice Hoffman, S&S, $27.99, 9781982108847

21. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090

22. The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $26.00, 9781609455910

23. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $28.00, 9780593133842

24. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930

25. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764

26. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593128480

27. The Lost Spells
Robert MacFarlane, Jackie Morris (Illus.), Anansi International, $26.00, 9781487007799

28. The Silence
Don DeLillo, Scribner, $22.00, 9781982164553

29. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606

30. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733452

31. Inside Story
Martin Amis, Knopf, $28.95, 9780593318294

32. The Return
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538728574

33. The Exiles
Christina Baker Kline, Custom House, $27.99, 9780062356345

34. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9781984880963

35. Troubles in Paradise
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316435581

36. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188817

37. Homeland Elegies
Ayad Akhtar, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316496421

38. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023

39. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Christopher Paolini, Tor, $29.99, 9781250762849

40. Monogamy
Sue Miller, Harper, $28.99, 9780062969651

41. Plain Bad Heroines
Emily M. Danforth, Sara Lautman (Illus.), Morrow, $27.99, 9780062942852

42. Black Sun
Rebecca Roanhorse, Gallery/Saga Press, $27.99, 9781534437678

43. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316509848

44. Missionaries
Phil Klay, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9781984880659

45. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905

46. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673

47. Troubled Blood
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland Books, $29.00, 9780316498937

48. Just Like You
Nick Hornby, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593191385

49. What Are You Going Through
Sigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780593191415

50. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 1, 2020

16. How to Write One Song
Jeff Tweedy, Dutton, $23.00, 9780593183526

17. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $35.00, 9781571311771

18. Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
John Lithgow, Chronicle Prism, $22.95, 9781797209463

19. What It's Like to Be a Bird
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894

20. Keep Moving
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $24.00, 9781982132071

21. Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $26.95, 9780393542134

22. The Rise
Marcus Samuelsson, Voracious, $38.00, 9780316480680

23. Accidentally Wes Anderson
Wally Koval, Voracious, $35.00, 9780316492737

24. Vesper Flights
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802128812

25. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26.00, 9780812993547

26. Trust
Pete Buttigieg, Liveright, $23.95, 9781631498770

27. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504

28. Humans
Brandon Stanton, St. Martin's, $35.00, 9781250114297

29. This Just Speaks to Me
Hoda Kotb, Putnam, $24.00, 9780593191088

30. American Utopia
David Byrne, Maira Kalman, Bloomsbury Publishing, $24.00, 9781635576689

31. Too Much and Never Enough
Mary L. Trump, Ph.D., S&S, $28.00, 9781982141462

32. Where I Come From
Rick Bragg, Knopf, $26.95, 9780593317785

33. Eleanor
David Michaelis, S&S, $35.00, 9781439192016

34. Notorious RBG
Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, Dey Street, $25.99, 9780062415837

35. His Truth Is Marching On
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30.00, 9781984855022

36. The Purpose of Power
Alicia Garza, One World, $27.00, 9780525509684

37. Guinness World Records 2021
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781913484002

38. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836

39. Shade
Pete Souza, Little Brown, $30.00, 9780316421829

40. Shit, Actually
Lindy West, Hachette Books, $27.00, 9780316449823

41. Obama
Pete Souza, Little Brown, $50.00, 9780316512589

42. The Dead Are Arising
Les Payne, Tamara Payne, Liveright, $35.00, 9781631491665

43. Red Comet
Heather Clark, Knopf, $40.00, 9780307961167

44. She Come By It Natural
Sarah Smarsh, Scribner, $22.00, 9781982157289

45. Killing Crazy Horse
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30.00, 9781627797047

46. Me and White Supremacy
Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781728209807

47. Eat a Peach
David Chang, Gabe Ulla, Clarkson Potter, $28.00, 9781524759216

48. Ex Libris
Michiko Kakutani, Clarkson Potter, $25.00, 9780525574972

49. Men to Avoid in Art and Life
Nicole Tersigni, Chronicle Books, $14.95, 9781797202839

50. Think Like a Monk
Jay Shetty, S&S, $27.00, 9781982134488

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending November 1, 2020

11. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741

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

13. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543

14. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945

15. Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier, Avon, $8.99, 9780380778553

16. Death on the Nile
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062882059

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

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

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

20. Tom Clancy Code of Honor
Marc Cameron, Berkley, $9.99, 9780525541738

21. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279

22. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110

23. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488

24. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240

25. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12.00, 9780140177398

26. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919

27. The Stand
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743688

28. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595

29. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702

30. Hunter Killer
Brad Taylor, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062886033

31. The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett, Signet, $10.99, 9780451166890

32. The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $7.99, 9781451678192

33. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296

34. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9781250068736

35. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874

36. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125

37. Lethal Agent
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501190636

38. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699

39. Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307743664

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

41. Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $9.99, 9781250755834

42. One Good Deed
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538750544

43. The Death of Mrs. Westaway
Ruth Ware, Pocket, $9.99, 9781982123659

44. Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365293

45. The Haunting of Hill House
Shirley Jackson, Penguin, $8.99, 9780143134770

46. Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry
Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, $8.99, 9781501171772

47. Criss Cross
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538715406

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

49. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $7.95, 9780679755333

50. 'Salem's Lot
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743671

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