October 28, 2020

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for October 28, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 25, 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.
1/82
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.
2/28
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.
6/21
4. 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.
5/36
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.
3/36
6. 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.
4/17
7. 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.
7/4
8. 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.
8/8
9. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525562627
Atwood's masterful sequel to her modern classic, The Handmaid's Tale.
9/8
10. Ninth House- Debut
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.
/1
11. 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.
14/10
12. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143110439
Towles' transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.
13/78
13. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166
A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of a picture-perfect family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Now a Hulu original series.
12/77
14. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593
Herbert's classic masterpiece--a triumph of the imagination--is soon to be a major motion picture.
10/7
15. 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.
/3


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for October 28, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 25, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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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.
1/46
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.
2/42
3. 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.
3/81
4. 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.
4/38
5. 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.
7/85
6. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
5/26
7. 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.
9/21
8. 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.
11/13
9. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827
Oluo guides readers of all races in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race and racism, and how they infect almost every aspect of American life.
6/22
10. 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.
14/116
11. Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle- Debut
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.
/1
12. 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.
8/22
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.
/16
14. 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.
/7
15. Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987
Kendi's National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society.
13/21


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for October 28, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 25, 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.
1/3
2. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969
Jake Brigance returns in John Grisham's most powerful courtroom drama yet.
2/2
3. 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.
3/21
4. 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.
4/3
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.
5/7
6. 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.
6/3
7. 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.
7/6
8. The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $28.00, 9780316422048
In the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in Harrow's powerful novel of magic and the suffragette movement.
11/2
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.
9/8
10. All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145239
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache investigates a sinister plot in the City of Light.
10/8
11. Jack
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $27.00, 9780374279301
Pulitzer Prize-winner Robinson returns to the world of Gilead with Jack, the latest novel in one of the great works of contemporary American fiction.
8/4
12. The Book of Two Ways
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781984818355
Picoult's riveting new novel about the choices that alter the course of our lives.
13/5
13. The Silence- Debut
Don DeLillo, Scribner, $22.00, 9781982164553
A timely and compelling novel set in the near future about five people gathered together in a Manhattan apartment in the midst of a catastrophic event.
/1
14. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474
Haig's latest is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived.
/2
15. 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


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for October 28, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 25, 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.
1/12
2. 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.
4/33
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.
2/3
4. Greenlights- Debut
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.
/1
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.
5/5
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.
3/29
7. Dessert Person: Recipes and Guidance for Baking with Confidence- Debut
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.
/1
8. 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.
7/3
9. 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.
8/2
10. 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.
9/3
11. 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.
10/35
12. 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.
6/6
13. Accidentally Wes Anderson- Debut
Wally Koval, Voracious, $35.00, 9780316492737
Perfect for modern travelers and fans of Wes Anderson's distinctive aesthetic, this is an invitation to look at your world through a different lens.
/1
14. Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
John Lithgow, Chronicle Prism, $22.95, 9781797209463
Lithgow presents a brand-new collection of satirical poems chronicling the age of Donald Trump.
/3
15. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $35.00, 9781571311771
Updated with a new introduction from Robin Wall Kimmerer, the special edition of Braiding Sweetgrass, reissued in honor of the 40th anniversary of Milkweed Editions, celebrates the book as an object of meaning that will last the ages.
14/2


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for October 28, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 25, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/49
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/225
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
3/16
4. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
4/6
5. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
7/9
6. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
5/32
7. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487
/26
8. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945
8/17
9. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
/29
10. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
/24


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for October 28, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 25, 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. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
 
5. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
6. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
7. Witches of Brooklyn
Sophie Escabasse, Random House Graphic, $12.99, 9780593119273
 
8. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
 
9. The Witches: The Graphic Novel
Roald Dahl, Penelope Bagieu (Illus.), Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338677430
 
10. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
11. A Whale of the Wild
Rosanne Parry, Lindsay Moore (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $17.99, 9780062995926
 
12. LEGO Halloween Ideas- Debut
Selina Wood, Julia March, DK Children, $14.99, 9781465493262
 
13. Becoming Muhammad Ali
James Patterson, Kwame Alexander, Dawud Anyabwile (Illus.), jimmy patterson, $16.99, 9780316498166
 
14. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
 
15. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illus.), Harper, $7.99, 9780062682826
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for October 28, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 25, 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. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
3. The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
Garth Nix, Katherine Tegen Books, $19.99, 9780062683250
 
4. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
 
5. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
 
6. Punching the Air
Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062996480
 
7. Dear Justyce
Nic Stone, Crown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984829665
 
8. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
9. Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel
Jason Reynolds, Danica Novgorodoff (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $19.99, 9781534444959
 
10. Skyhunter
Marie Lu, Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250221681
 
11. The Giver
Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688
 
12. The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811
 
13. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
14. Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title)
Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529
 
15. The Magic Fish- Debut
Trung Le Nguyen, Random House Graphic, $16.99, 9781984851598
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for October 28, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 25, 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- Debut
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109793
 
3. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
5. What We'll Build: Plans For Our Together Future
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $19.99, 9780593206751
 
6. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780544772533
 
7. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
8. Happy Halloween from The Very Busy Spider
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $12.99, 9780593097106
 
9. Natalie Portman's Fables- Debut
Natalie Portman, Janna Mattia (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250246868
 
10. I Am Every Good Thing
Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $17.99, 9780525518778
 
11. Gustavo, the Shy Ghost
Flavia Z. Drago, Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536211146
 
12. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
13. Escape Goat- Debut
Ann Patchett, Robin Preiss Glasser (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062883391
 
14. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
15. Attack of the Underwear Dragon
Scott Rothman, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593119891
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for October 28, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 25, 2020
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  Children's Series  
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
New: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: MinaLima Edition (9781338596700)
 
3. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
4. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Ellen Morgan, et al, Penguin Workshop
 
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
6. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
7. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
8. I Survived (paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
 
9. Spy School (hardcover and paperback)
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
 
10. The Trials of Apollo (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 25, 2020

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

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

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

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

20. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533

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

33. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734

34. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741

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

36. Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148506

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

38. Gilead: A Novel
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $17.00, 9781250784018

39. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609455064

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

41. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776

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

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

44. Midwinter Murder
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $16.99, 9780063030367

45. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Tor, $17.99, 9780765382030

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

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

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

49. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $17.99, 9781250313188

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 25, 2020

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

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

18. What Unites Us
Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616209940

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

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

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

22. Shade
Pete Souza, Voracious, $19.99, 9780316458214

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

36. When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chodron, Shambhala, $16.95, 9781611803433

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

38. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $17.00, 9781451642308

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

40. Hyperbole and a Half
Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $19.99, 9781451666175

41. White Tears/Brown Scars
Ruby Hamad, Catapult, $16.95, 9781948226745

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

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

44. The Lost Art of Scripture
Karen Armstrong, Anchor, $17.00, 9780525431923

45. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483

46. Erosion
Terry Tempest Williams, Picador, $18.00, 9781250758248

47. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488

48. The Great Influenza
John M. Barry, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143036494

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

50. Finding Latinx
Paola Ramos, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984899095

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 25, 2020

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

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

18. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635575637

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

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

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

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

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

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

25. Snow
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $27.99, 9781335230003

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

42. Luster
Raven Leilani, FSG, $26.00, 9780374194321

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

44. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28.00, 9780525429760

45. The Neil Gaiman Reader
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $40.00, 9780063031852

46. Whale Day: And Other Poems
Billy Collins, Random House, $26.00, 9780399589751

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

48. Ring Shout
P. Djèlí Clark, Tor.com, $19.99, 9781250767028

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

50. A Song for the Dark Times
Ian Rankin, Little, Brown, $27.00, 9780316479257

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 25, 2020

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

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

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

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

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

21. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. Trust: America's Best Chance
Pete Buttigieg, Liveright, $23.95, 9781631498770

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

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

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

35. This Will Make It Taste Good
Vivian Howard, Voracious, $35.00, 9780316381123

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

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

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

39. Just Us
Claudia Rankine, Graywolf Press, $30.00, 9781644450215

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

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

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

43. The Man Who Ran Washington
Peter Baker, Susan Glasser, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385540551

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

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

46. The Zealot and the Emancipator
H.W. Brands, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385544009

47. His Very Best
Jonathan Alter, S&S, $37.50, 9781501125485

48. Pocket RBG Wisdom
Hardie Grant Books, Hardie Grant, $9.99, 9781784882877

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

50. Culture Warlords
Talia Lavin, Hachette Books, $27.00, 9780306846434

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending October 25, 2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

27. Final Option
Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison, Putnam, $9.99, 9780525541837

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

39. The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Voyager, $8.99, 9780061054884

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

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

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

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

44. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877795964

45. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541

46. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357

47. Elevation
Stephen King, Scribner, $9.99, 9781982102326

48. The Outsider
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781501180996

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

50. Winter in Paradise
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316435529

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