Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for October 25, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 22, 2023
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| Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Trust Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593420324 Trust is an unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy, and perception. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. |
1/25 |
| 2 |
A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569 From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read. |
2/58 |
| 3 |
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933 Reid's novel is a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day. |
4/125 |
| 4 |
The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498 Haig's book is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived. |
3/24 |
| 5 |
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463 These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. |
6/5 |
| 6 |
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. |
7/7 |
| 7 |
All the Light We Cannot See (Media Tie-In) 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. |
10/2 |
| 8 |
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. |
5/8 |
| 9 |
The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987 In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. |
9/74 |
| 10 |
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. |
13/29 |
| 11 |
The Passenger Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $18.00, 9780307389091 The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road returns with the first of a two-volume masterpiece: The Passenger is the story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick. |
8/4 |
| 12 |
It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368 In Hoover's honest, evocative, and tender novel, a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance can't stop thinking about her first love. |
12/99 |
| 13 |
A Court of Mist and Fury Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583 The seductive and stunning sequel to Sarah J. Maas's spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses. |
11/9 |
| 14 |
The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703 A gripping psychological thriller about a woman's act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive. |
14/63 |
| 15 |
Wildfire Hannah Grace, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668026274 The latest in the TikTok sensation and deliciously "swoonworthy" (Elena Armas, New York Times bestselling author) Maple Hills series follows two summer camp counselors who reconnect after a sizzling one-night stand. An October 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
10/3 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for October 25, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 22, 2023
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| Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Killers of the Flower Moon (Movie Tie-In Edition): 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. |
12/2 |
| 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. |
2/202 |
| 3 |
All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. |
4/103 |
| 4 |
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. |
3/30 |
| 5 |
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. |
6/8 |
| 6 |
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741 van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing. |
5/160 |
| 7 |
Stay True: A Memoir Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593315200 From The New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Memoir. |
7/6 |
| 8 |
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Likes to Walk Outside Nick Offerman, Dutton, $18.00, 9781101984703 A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors. |
8/3 |
| 9 |
Solito: A Memoir Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088 A young poet tells the unforgettable story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this moving, page-turning memoir. |
10/20 |
| 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. |
9/8 |
| 11 |
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220 Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong. |
13/74 |
| 12 |
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. |
11/18 |
| 13 |
And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle- Debut Jon Meacham, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $25.00, 9780553393989 Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer Jon Meacham chronicles the life of Abraham Lincoln, charting how—and why—he confronted secession, threats to democracy, and the tragedy of slavery to expand the possibilities of America. |
/1 |
| 14 |
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18.00, 9781524746742 Dr. Anna Lembke explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain—and what to do about it. |
/36 |
| 15 |
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us Rachel Aviv, Picador, $18.00, 9781250872913 The acclaimed, award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv offers a groundbreaking exploration of mental illness and the mind, and illuminates the startling connections between diagnosis and identity. |
15/4 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for October 25, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 22, 2023
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| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
The Exchange: After The Firm- Debut John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385548953 #1 New York Times bestselling author John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm. |
/1 |
| 2 |
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. |
1/12 |
| 3 |
Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros. |
2/22 |
| 4 |
Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547345 Funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist. An April 2022 Indie Next Pick. |
3/81 |
| 5 |
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. |
4/53 |
| 6 |
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. |
5/11 |
| 7 |
The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32.00, 9780802162175 Verghese's new novel is a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
7/25 |
| 8 |
Roman Stories Jhumpa Lahiri, Todd Portnowitz (Transl.), Knopf, $27.00, 9780593536322 These are splendid, searching stories, written in Jhumpa Lahiri's adopted language of Italian and seamlessly translated by the author and by Knopf editor Todd Portnowitz. |
6/2 |
| 9 |
The Iliad Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), W. W. Norton & Company, $39.95, 9781324001805 The greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time. |
12/4 |
| 10 |
The Fraud Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29.00, 9780525558965 From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets to be believed. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
9/7 |
| 11 |
Starling House Alix E. Harrow, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250799050 Starling House is a gorgeous, modern gothic fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January. An October 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
10/3 |
| 12 |
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201 The exhilarating new novel by the bestselling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is the #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2022. |
13/66 |
| 13 |
The Last Devil to Die Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9780593299425 A new mystery is afoot in the fourth book in the Thursday Murder Club series from million-copy bestselling author Richard Osman. |
11/5 |
| 14 |
Holly Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668016138 Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King's most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town. |
/6 |
| 15 |
The Vaster Wilds Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593418390 A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive. The #1 Indie Next Pick for September 2023. |
15/6 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for October 25, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 22, 2023
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| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
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. |
2/4 |
| 2 |
Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism- Debut 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. |
/1 |
| 3 |
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon Michael Lewis, W. W. Norton & Company, $30.00, 9781324074335 From the #1 bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX's spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center. |
1/3 |
| 4 |
Enough Cassidy Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668028285 Cassidy Hutchinson's desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington. |
7/4 |
| 5 |
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. |
4/40 |
| 6 |
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260 The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by David Grann, one of our greatest nonfiction writers. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
5/27 |
| 7 |
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. |
6/6 |
| 8 |
Making It So: A Memoir Patrick Stewart, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781982167738 The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! |
9/3 |
| 9 |
Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593655955 The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone. |
3/2 |
| 10 |
Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700 The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention. |
8/5 |
| 11 |
Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business Roxane Gay, Harper, $30.00, 9780063341463 Opinions is a collection of Roxane Gay's best nonfiction pieces from the past ten years. |
10/2 |
| 12 |
More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen: A Cookbook Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780593578841 Learn to cook with confidence and unbridled joy in 100 big, bold, flavorful recipes from New York Times bestselling author Molly Baz. |
11/2 |
| 13 |
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598 A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health. |
13/30 |
| 14 |
Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will- Debut Robert M. Sapolsky, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780525560975 One of our great behavioral scientists, the bestselling author of Behave, plumbs the depths of the science and philosophy of decision-making to mount a devastating case against free will, an argument with profound consequences |
/1 |
| 15 |
Worthy- Debut Jada Pinkett Smith, Dey Street Books, $32.00, 9780063320680 A gripping, at times painfully honest, and ultimately inspirational memoir from global superstar and creator of the Red Table Talk series Jada Pinkett Smith. |
/1 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for October 25, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 22, 2023
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
A Haunting in Venice Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972 |
2/9 |
| 2 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
1/381 |
| 3 |
The Boys from Biloxi John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916 |
3/9 |
| 4 |
No Plan B Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577 |
4/16 |
| 5 |
The Family Upstairs Lisa Jewell, Pocket Books, $10.99, 9781668026519 |
7/4 |
| 6 |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279 |
/98 |
| 7 |
Billy Summers Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129 |
/16 |
| 8 |
The Wish Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538728635 |
8/4 |
| 9 |
Sparring Partners John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909 |
/8 |
| 10 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367 |
6/205 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for October 25, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 22, 2023
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| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1 |
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 |
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| 2 |
Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World Tui T. Sutherland, Joy Ang (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $24.99, 9781338634822 |
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| 3 |
Dogtown Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608 |
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| 4 |
The Puppets of Spelhorst Kate DiCamillo, Julie Morstad (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536216752 |
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| 5 |
Rise of the Shadowfire: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #2)- Debut Jaimal Yogis, Vivian Truong (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338660456 |
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| 6 |
Cat on the Run in Cat of Death! Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825 |
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| 7 |
From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153 |
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| 8 |
Wrecker Carl Hiaasen, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593376287 |
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| 9 |
Smile: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264 |
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| 10 |
A Horse Named Sky Rosanne Parry, Kirbi Fagan (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062995957 |
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| 11 |
Remember Us- Debut Jacqueline Woodson, Nancy Paulsen Books, $18.99, 9780399545467 |
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| 12 |
Ghost Book Remy Lai, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $14.99, 9781250810434 |
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| 13 |
Curlfriends: New in Town (A Graphic Novel)- Debut Sharee Miller, Little, Brown Ink, $12.99, 9780316591454 |
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| 14 |
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979 |
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| 15 |
Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128 |
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Young Adult
Bestseller List for October 25, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 22, 2023
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439 |
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| 2 |
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114 |
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| 3 |
Curious Tides Pascale Lacelle, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $21.99, 9781665939270 |
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| 4 |
A Study in Drowning Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506 |
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| 5 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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| 6 |
Nimona ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227 |
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| 7 |
Hell Followed with Us Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636 |
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| 8 |
Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637 |
|
| 9 |
This Winter Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338885132 |
|
| 10 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196 |
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| 11 |
Night of the Witch Sara Raasch, Beth Revis, Sourcebooks Fire, $18.99, 9781728272160 |
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| 12 |
Five Survive Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593374160 |
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| 13 |
Legendborn (Indies Introduce) Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613 |
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| 14 |
Girl in Pieces Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746 |
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| 15 |
They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for October 25, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 22, 2023
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1 |
Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409 |
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| 2 |
Boo! Bluey's Halloween Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540 |
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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 |
Little Blue Truck's Halloween Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780544772533 |
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| 5 |
Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $10.99, 9780593486955 |
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| 6 |
Dragon's First Taco Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178 |
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| 7 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 8 |
Peekaboo: Pumpkin Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813 |
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| 9 |
Eek! Halloween! Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925143 |
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| 10 |
Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368059589 |
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| 11 |
If I Was a Horse Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316510981 |
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| 12 |
Something, Someday Amanda Gorman, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203255 |
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| 13 |
Construction Site: Taking Flight! Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $17.99, 9781797221922 |
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| 14 |
Just Because Matthew McConaughey, Renée Kurilla (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593622032 |
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| 15 |
Spooky Pookie Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781481497671 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for October 25, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 22, 2023
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| Children's Series | ||
| 1 |
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback) Rick Riordan, Hyperion |
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| 2 |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 3 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (paperback) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 4 |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 5 |
I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Alvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic |
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| 6 |
Wild Robot (hardcover) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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| 7 |
Spy School (hardcover and paperback) Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
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| 8 |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic |
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| 9 |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers |
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| 10 |
The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 22, 2023
16 The Best American Short Stories 2023
Min Jin Lee, Heidi Pitlor, Mariner Books, $19, 9780063275904
17 Liberation Day: Stories
George Saunders, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $17, 9780525509615
18 The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
19 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
20 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $19, 9780316556323
21 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
22 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575606
23 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038
24 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990
25 Two Twisted Crowns
Rachel Gillig, Orbit, $18.99, 9780316312714
26 Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593492666
27 The Way Forward
Yung Pueblo, Andrews McMeel Publishing, $17, 9781524874834
28 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
29 Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780593446089
30 Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591
31 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $13, 9781538742570
32 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $19, 9781250217318
33 Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $18, 9781250886088
34 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18, 9780593183212
35 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063342965
36 Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982153090
37 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990
38 It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
39 Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $17, 9781538724736
40 Bunny
Mona Awad, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525559757
41 The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna, Berkley, $17, 9780593439357
42 The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023
R. F. Kuang, John Joseph Adams, Mariner Books, $19, 9780063315747
43 The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064
44 A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17, 9781635575620
45 The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
46 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab, Tor, $20, 9780765387578
47 The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Lauren Groff (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Anchor, $18.00, 9780593470596
48 Stella Maris
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $17, 9780307389107
49 Godkiller
Hannah Kaner, Harper Voyager, $18.99, 9780063348271
50 The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593315088
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 22, 2023
16 How We Live Is How We Die
Pema Chödrön, Shambhala, $22, 9781645472407
17 The Best American Essays 2023
Vivian Gornick, Robert Atwan, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063288843
18 Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22.00, 9781324094067
19 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
20 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18.00, 9781250849359
21 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19, 9780143129257
22 Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
23 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $19, 9780062968791
24 The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
Carl Zimmer, Jaime Green, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063293212
25 Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe, Oni Press, $24.99, 9781549304002
26 When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe, Anchor, $18.00, 9780593081877
27 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18.99, 9781643753287
28 Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
Temple Grandin, PhD, Riverhead Books, $18, 9780593418376
29 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.99, 9780525510321
30 The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917-2017
Rashid Khalidi, Picador, $20, 9781250787651
31 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
32 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11, 9780812968255
33 The Best American Food Writing 2023
Mark Bittman, Silvia Killingsworth, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063322523
34 In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
Mona Chollet, St. Martin's Griffin, $20.00, 9781250894878
35 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $16, 9781452174037
36 How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
The Moth, Meg Bowls, Catherine Burns, Crown, $19.00, 9780593139028
37 Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $18.00, 9781416591061
38 A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $20, 9781804290446
39 The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $19, 9780143125471
40 American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
Adam Hochschild, Mariner Books, $24.99, 9780063278523
41 Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18, 9780593136355
42 The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25, 9781250858801
43 How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms
Frank Hyman, Storey Publishing, $16.99, 9781635863321
44 The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $17, 9781400078431
45 Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
Karen Armstrong, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593313404
46 This Is What It Sounds Like: A Legendary Producer Turned Neuroscientist on Finding Yourself Through Music
Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas, Norton, $17.95, 9781324065968
47 Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Oregon State University Press, $18.95, 9780870714993
48 HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $25, 9781633694361
49 Bitch: On the Female of the Species
Lucy Cooke, Basic Books, $22, 9781541674912
50 HBR's 10 Must Reads 2024: The Definitive Management Ideas of the Year from Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $25, 9781647825782
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 22, 2023
16 Wellness
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593536117
17 North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28.00, 9780593597033
18 The Fragile Threads of Power
V. E. Schwab, Tor Books, $29.99, 9780765387493
19 Sword Catcher
Cassandra Clare, Del Rey, $30.00, 9780525619994
20 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
21 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833
22 The Armor of Light
Ken Follett, Viking, $38.00, 9780525954996
23 The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212
24 Blackouts
Justin Torres, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374293574
25 Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $28, 9781501153228
26 The Mysteries
Bill Watterson, John Kascht (Illus.), Andrews McMeel Publishing, $19.99, 9781524884949
27 The MANIAC
Benjamin Labatut, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593654477
28 Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
Jordan Peele (Ed.), Random House, $30.00, 9780593243794
29 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335005625
30 Death Valley
Melissa Broder, Scribner, $27.00, 9781668024843
31 Land of Milk and Honey
C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593538241
32 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243732
33 Rouge
Mona Awad, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $28.00, 9781982169695
34 Family Meal
Bryan Washington, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593421093
35 Starter Villain
John Scalzi, Tor Books, $28.99, 9780765389220
36 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $20, 9781335430991
37 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28, 9780399562969
38 Tremor
Teju Cole, Random House, $28.00, 9780812997118
39 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28.00, 9781982179007
40 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20, 9780802158741
41 Lady Tan's Circle of Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982117085
42 The Running Grave
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland Books, $32.50, 9780316572101
43 The Unmaking of June Farrow
Adrienne Young, Delacorte Press, $28.00, 9780593598672
44 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21, 9781250236210
45 The Goodbye Cat
Hiro Arikawa, Berkley, $24.00, 9780593815700
46 Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $30, 9781250899699
47 Brooklyn Crime Novel
Jonathan Lethem, Ecco, $30.00, 9780062938824
48 Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Nina Simon, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063315044
49 The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $28.00, 9780812998627
50 The Wren, the Wren
Anne Enright, W. W. Norton & Company, $28, 9781324005681
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 22, 2023
16 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
17 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374610326
18 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $23, 9780062976581
19 Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593472675
20 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780358458180
21 Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Cat Bohannon, Knopf, $35, 9780385350549
22 The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $28, 9781643753096
23 Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30, 9780593545409
24 Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
Dolly Parton, Ten Speed Press, $50.00, 9781984862129
25 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525657323
26 Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
Werner Herzog, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593490297
27 I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $28, 9781982185824
28 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28, 9780593239919
29 To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker, National Geographic, $30, 9781426223303
30 Guinness World Records 2024
, Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484378
31 The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
Liza Mundy, Crown, $33, 9780593238172
32 A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802160508
33 Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's Press, $32, 9781250283320
34 Blueberries for Sal Cookbook: Sweet Recipes Inspired by the Beloved Children's Classic
Robert McCloskey, Clarkson Potter, $14, 9780593580400
35 Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin): A Memoir
Sly Stone, AUWA, $30, 9780374606978
36 Joshua Weissman: Texture Over Taste
Joshua Weissman, DK, $35, 9780744063509
37 The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
Sarah Ogilvie, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593536407
38 MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
Joanna Robinson, et al., Liveright, $35, 9781631497513
39 Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
Steve Inskeep, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593297865
40 Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine
David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts, Harper, $40.00, 9780063293137
41 Begin Again: How We Got Here and Where We Might Go - Our Human Story. So Far.
Oliver Jeffers, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $26.99, 9780593621554
42 Down the Drain
Julia Fox, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668011508
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 Seafood Simple: A Cookbook
Eric Ripert, Random House, $35, 9780593449523
45 Black Friend: Essays
Ziwe, Abrams Image, $26.00, 9781419756344
46 Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Michael Harriot, Dey Street Books, $33, 9780358439165
47 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Viking, $30.00, 9780735225268
48 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593298886
49 Remember Love: Words for Tender Times
Cleo Wade, Harmony, $26.00, 9780593581360
50 Oh. It's You.: Love Poems by Cats
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle Books, $13, 9781797220031
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending October 22, 2023
11 The Judge's List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831
12 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
13 A Flicker in the Dark
Stacy Willingham, Minotaur Books, $9.99, 9781250896445
14 The Whittiers
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821850
15 Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928
16 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
17 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
18 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
19 The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657
20 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
21 That Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668020661
22 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
23 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
24 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
25 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
26 The Noise
James Patterson, J.D. Barker, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538753040
27 Night Shift
Stephen King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780307743640
28 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
29 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
30 Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780593599006
31 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
32 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
33 Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743664
34 Diablo Mesa
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538736746
35 The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672
36 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286
37 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
38 The Recovery Agent
Janet Evanovich, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982154936
39 Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt Paperbacks, $10.99, 9781250894229
40 The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
41 The Hotel Nantucket
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316258937
42 'Salem's Lot
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743671
43 The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553588941
44 The Last House Guest
Megan Miranda, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $10.99, 9781668012796
45 Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062476371
46 Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing, $9.99, 9781612681139
47 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
48 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
49 The Omega Factor
Steve Berry, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538720974
50 The Horsewoman
James Patterson, Mike Lupica, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538752944