Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for October 7, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 4, 2020
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Trade Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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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. |
1/79 |
2. |
Circe Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323 Miller's 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. |
3/25 |
3. |
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. |
2/14 |
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. |
4/33 |
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. |
5/33 |
6. |
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. |
7/18 |
7. |
The Topeka School- Debut 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. |
/1 |
8. |
The Testaments Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525562627 Atwood's masterful sequel to her modern classic, The Handmaid's Tale. |
6/5 |
9. |
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. |
9/74 |
10. |
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. |
11/7 |
11. |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593 Herbert's classic masterpiece--a triumph of the imagination--is soon to be a major motion picture. |
8/4 |
12. |
The Starless Sea Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383 A timeless love story set in a secret underground world--a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea. |
13/9 |
13. |
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. |
12/5 |
14. |
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525541349 Tokarczuk's Nobel Prize-winning novel is deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, and a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, autonomy and fate. |
/7 |
15. |
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. |
/34 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for October 7, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 4, 2020
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
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. |
1/39 |
2. |
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. |
2/78 |
3. |
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. |
7/43 |
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. |
3/35 |
5. |
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. |
6/19 |
6. |
The Color of Law Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536 Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation. |
4/23 |
7. |
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. |
11/10 |
8. |
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. |
10/18 |
9. |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life Jane Sherron de Hart, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984897831 Jane Sherron de Hart explores the central experiences that crucially shaped Ginsburg's passion for justice, her advocacy for gender equality, and her meticulous jurisprudence, as well as her desire to make "We the people" more united and our union more perfect. |
5/3 |
10. |
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. |
14/14 |
11. |
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. |
12/82 |
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. |
9/19 |
13. |
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. |
13/19 |
14. |
Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934 A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice. |
/39 |
15. |
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. |
15/113 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for October 7, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 4, 2020
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
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. |
2/18 |
2. |
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. |
1/4 |
3. |
Jack- Debut 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. |
/1 |
4. |
All the Devils Are Here Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145239 Chief Inspector Armand Gamache investigates a sinister plot in the City of Light. |
4/5 |
5. |
A Deadly Education- Debut Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593128480 Novik's new novel is the story of an unwilling dark sorceress who is destined to rewrite the rules of magic. An October 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
6. |
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. |
3/3 |
7. |
The Lying Life of Adults Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $26.00, 9781609455910 Ferrante's powerful and gripping new novel about the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood is a September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
7/5 |
8. |
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. |
6/5 |
9. |
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. |
5/2 |
10. |
Battle Ground- Debut Jim Butcher, Ace, $28.00, 9780593199305 Things are about to get very serious for for Harry Dresden in Butcher's latest Dresden Files novel. |
/1 |
11. |
The Return- Debut Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538728574 Sparks' new novel is the the story of an injured Navy doctor and two women whose secrets will change the course of his life. |
/1 |
12. |
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. |
8/3 |
13. |
Squeeze Me Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733452 Hiaasen's hilarious new novel of social and political intrigue, set against the glittering backdrop of Florida's gold coast. |
10/6 |
14. |
The Midnight Library- Debut Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474 Haig's latest is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived. |
/1 |
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. |
15/14 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for October 7, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 4, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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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. |
2/9 |
2. |
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. |
1/3 |
3. |
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. |
3/2 |
4. |
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. |
4/26 |
5. |
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. |
5/30 |
6. |
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. |
7/32 |
7. |
Disloyal Michael Cohen, Skyhorse, $32.50, 9781510764699 An insider's account by the former attorney and personal advisor to President Donald Trump. |
6/4 |
8. |
Too Much and Never Enough Mary L. Trump, Ph.D., S&S, $28.00, 9781982141462 Mary L. Trump's revelatory and authoritative portrait of her uncle, Donald J. Trump. |
8/12 |
9. |
The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III- Debut Peter Baker, Susan Glasser, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385540551 A biography of former White House chief of staff and secretary of state James A. Baker III. |
/1 |
10. |
Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown: Verses for a Despotic Age- Debut John Lithgow, Chronicle Prism, $22.95, 9781797209463 Lithgow presents a brand-new collection of satirical poems chronicling the age of Donald Trump. |
/1 |
11. |
Vesper Flights Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802128812 Macdonald's new collection of essays is a captivating and foundational book about observation, fascination, time, memory, love, and loss and how we make sense of the world around us. A September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
10/6 |
12. |
Notorious RBG Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, Dey Street, $25.99, 9780062415837 A visually rich, intimate, and unprecedented look at the life of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. |
/20 |
13. |
The Meaning of Mariah Carey- Debut Mariah Carey, Andy Cohen Books, $29.99, 9781250164681 An autobiography by the award-winning singer and songwriter. |
/1 |
14. |
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. |
12/18 |
15. |
Eat a Peach David Chang, Gabe Ulla, Clarkson Potter, $28.00, 9781524759216 Chang gives us a penetrating look at restaurant life, in which he balances his deep love for the kitchen with unflinching honesty about the industry's history and its uncertain future. A September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
13/4 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for October 7, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 4, 2020
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Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 |
1/46 |
2. |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
2/222 |
3. |
Dune Messiah Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233 |
4/3 |
4. |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400 |
6/29 |
5. |
One Good Deed David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538750544 |
9/5 |
6. |
Lethal Agent Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501190636 |
7/6 |
7. |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
8/13 |
8. |
The Shining Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657 |
/6 |
9. |
The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129 |
10/8 |
10. |
The Guardians John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945 |
3/14 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for October 7, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 4, 2020
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Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
1. |
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094 |
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2. |
The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317 |
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3. |
Skunk and Badger Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057 |
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4. |
New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 |
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5. |
The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278 |
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6. |
When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908 |
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7. |
Guts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500 |
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8. |
A Whale of the Wild Rosanne Parry, Lindsay Moore (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $17.99, 9780062995926 |
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9. |
Witches of Brooklyn Sophie Escabasse, Random House Graphic, $12.99, 9780593119273 |
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10. |
Weird But True Halloween: 300 Spooky Facts to Scare You Silly- Debut Julie Beer, Michelle Harris, National Geographic Kids, $8.99, 9781426338281 |
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11. |
This Book Is Anti-Racist Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illus.), Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $14.99, 9780711245211 |
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12. |
Hatchet Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293 |
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13. |
Smile Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060 |
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14. |
The Witches: The Graphic Novel- Debut Roald Dahl, Penelope Bagieu (Illus.), Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338677430 |
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15. |
Ghosts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629 |
Young Adult
Bestseller List for October 7, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 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 |
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2. |
Dear Justyce- Debut Nic Stone, Crown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984829665 |
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3. |
Skyhunter- Debut Marie Lu, Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250221681 |
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4. |
Legendborn Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606 |
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5. |
The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350 |
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6. |
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London Garth Nix, Katherine Tegen Books, $19.99, 9780062683250 |
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7. |
Punching the Air Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062996480 |
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8. |
Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title) Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529 |
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9. |
The Giver Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688 |
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10. |
Grown Tiffany D. Jackson, Katherine Tegen Books, $17.99, 9780062840356 |
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11. |
Clap When You Land Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769 |
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12. |
We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 |
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13. |
Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title) Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469 |
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14. |
One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680 |
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15. |
All This Time- Debut Mikki Daughtry, Rachael Lippincott, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534466340 |
Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for October 7, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 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 |
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2. |
Antiracist Baby Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508 |
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3. |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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4. |
Bunheads- Debut Misty Copeland, Setor Fiadzigbey (Illus.), G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780399547645 |
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5. |
Little Blue Truck's Halloween Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780544772533 |
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6. |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926 |
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7. |
I Promise LeBron James, Nina Mata (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780062971067 |
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8. |
Gustavo, the Shy Ghost Flavia Z. Drago, Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536211146 |
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9. |
I Am Every Good Thing Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $17.99, 9780525518778 |
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10. |
Construction Site Mission: Demolition!- Debut Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $17.99, 9781452182575 |
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11. |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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12. |
Unicorns Are the Worst!- Debut Alex Willan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534453838 |
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13. |
I Look Up To... Ruth Bader Ginsburg Anna Membrino, Fatti Burke (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780525579526 |
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14. |
Becoming a Good Creature- Debut Sy Montgomery, Rebecca Green (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $17.99. 9780358252108 |
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15. |
If You Come to Earth Sophie Blackall, Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781452137797 |
Children's Series
Bestseller List for October 7, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 4, 2020
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Children's Series | ||||
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Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback) J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books |
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3. |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic |
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4. |
Who Was/Is...? (paperback) Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop |
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5. |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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6. |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House |
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7. |
I Survived (paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic |
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8. |
The Last Kids on Earth (hardcover and paperback) Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers |
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9. |
Twilight (hardcover and paperback) Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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10. |
A Tale of Magic... (hardcover and paperback) Chris Colfer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 4, 2020
16. The Institute
Stephen King, Gallery Books, $19.99, 9781982110581
17. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062913494
18. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143110439
19. Cilka's Journey
Heather Morris, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250265692
20. The World That We Knew
Alice Hoffman, S&S, $17.00, 9781501137587
21. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
22. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527
23. When No One Is Watching
Alyssa Cole, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062982650
24. Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson, Riverhead Books, $16.00, 9780525535287
25. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $17.99, 9781250313188
26. What Happens in Paradise
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay , $16.99, 9780316435543
27. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
28. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $17.99, 9780312541538
29. The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde, Roxane Gay (Ed.), Norton, $16.95, 9781324004615
30. Lovecraft Country
Matt Ruff, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062292070
31. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219
32. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296
33. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
34. The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101911815
35. Agent Running in the Field
John le Carré, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984878892
36. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741
37. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Tor, $17.99, 9780765382030
38. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
39. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781455563920
40. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533
41. The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501154867
42. The Guest Book
Sarah Blake, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250110275
43. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734
44. Disappearing Earth
Julia Phillips, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525436225
45. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609455064
46. The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449
47. Chances Are . . .
Richard Russo, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101971994
48. Exhalation
Ted Chiang, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972083
49. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140
50. Beowulf: A New Translation
Maria Dahvana Headley, MCD x FSG Originals, $15.00, 9780374110031
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 4, 2020
16. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525560739
17. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312
18. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
19. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286
20. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039
21. Furious Hours
Casey Cep, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972052
22. Decisions and Dissents of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Corey Brettschneider (Ed.), Penguin Classics, $15.00, 9780143135111
23. Year of the Monkey
Patti Smith, Vintage, $16.00, 9781984898920
24. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $18.00, 9781501168703
25. Know My Name
Chanel Miller, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223721
26. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114
27. Life Undercover
Amaryllis Fox, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525564089
28. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988485
29. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488
30. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781451642308
31. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
32. March: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $14.95, 9781603093002
33. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?
Caitlin Doughty, Dianné Ruz (Illus.), Norton , $15.95, 9780393358490
34. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510567
35. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609
36. Running with Sherman
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525433255
37. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
38. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802124739
39. Hyperbole and a Half
Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $19.99, 9781451666175
40. Pleasure Activism
Adrienne Maree Brown (Ed.), AK Press, $20.00, 9781849353267
41. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Beverly Daniel Tatum, Basic Books, $18.99, 9780465060689
42. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807057834
43. When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chödrön, Shambhala, $16.95, 9781611803433
44. Are Prisons Obsolete?
Angela Y. Davis, Seven Stories Press, $15.95, 9781583225813
45. Underland
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358094
46. Our Malady
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12.00, 9780593238899
47. The Great Influenza
John M. Barry, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143036494
48. Emergent Strategy
Adrienne Maree Brown, AK Press, $16.00, 9781849352604
49. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $21.99, 9780062397348
50. March: Book Three
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.99, 9781603094023
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 4, 2020
16. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930
17. Troubled Blood
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland Books, $29.00, 9780316498937
18. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
19. Monogamy
Sue Miller, Harper, $28.99, 9780062969651
20. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188817
21. Whale Day: And Other Poems
Billy Collins, Random House, $26.00, 9780399589751
22. Just Like You
Nick Hornby, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593191385
23. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
24. Homeland Elegies
Ayad Akhtar, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316496421
25. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Christopher Paolini, Tor, $29.99, 9781250762849
26. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606
27. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9781984880963
28. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
29. Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass
Lana Del Rey, S&S, $24.99, 9781982167288
30. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905
31. The Exiles
Christina Baker Kline, Custom House, $27.99, 9780062356345
32. Next to Last Stand
Craig Johnson, Viking, $28.00, 9780525522539
33. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023
34. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697
35. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28.00, 9780525429760
36. Migrations
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250204028
37. How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons): Poetry
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $24.99, 9780062993083
38. Luster
Raven Leilani, FSG, $26.00, 9780374194321
39. Total Power
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $28.99, 9781501190650
40. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316509848
41. The Constant Rabbit
Jasper Fforde, Viking, $28.00, 9780593296523
42. What Are You Going Through
Sigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780593191415
43. A Burning
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525658696
44. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521143
45. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735216723
46. The Order
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834843
47. Bestiary
K-Ming Chang, One World, $27.00, 9780593132586
48. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802148537
49. The Orphan's Guilt
Archer Mayor, Minotaur, $27.99, 9781250224149
50. The Boy in the Field
Margot Livesey, Harper, $26.99, 9780062946393
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 4, 2020
16. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
17. All We Can Save
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson (Eds.), One World, $29.00, 9780593237069
18. His Truth Is Marching On
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30.00, 9781984855022
19. Where Law Ends
Andrew Weissmann, Random House, $30.00, 9780593138571
20. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26.00, 9780812993547
21. Abe
David S. Reynolds, Penguin Press, $45.00, 9781594206047
22. Just Us
Claudia Rankine, Graywolf Press, $30.00, 9781644450215
23. Killing Crazy Horse
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30.00, 9781627797047
24. Me and White Supremacy
Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781728209807
25. What It's Like to Be a Bird
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894
26. Everything Beautiful in Its Time
Jenna Bush Hager, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062960627
27. Think Like a Monk
Jay Shetty, S&S, $27.00, 9781982134488
28. Agent Sonya
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $28.00, 9780593136300
29. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504
30. Didn't See That Coming
Rachel Hollis, Dey Street Books, $20.00, 9780063010529
31. Battlegrounds
H.R. McMaster, Harper, $35.00, 9780062899460
32. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
33. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Viking, $26.00, 9780525560548
34. The Daughters of Yalta
Catherine Grace Katz, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00, 9780358117858
35. His Very Best
Jonathan Alter, S&S, $37.50, 9781501125485
36. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836
37. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316478526
38. The Gifts of Imperfection: 10th Anniversary Edition
Brené Brown, Random House, $25.00, 9780593133583
39. This Isn't Happening
Steven Hyden, Hachette Books, $27.00, 9780306845680
40. If Then
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $28.95, 9781631496103
41. Creativity
John Cleese, Crown, $14.00, 9780385348270
42. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $28.00, 9780525510314
43. Begin Again
Eddie S. Glaude, Crown, $27.00, 9780525575320
44. Modern Comfort Food
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780804187060
45. Pocket RBG Wisdom
Hardie Grant Books, Hardie Grant, $9.99, 9781784882877
46. Compromised
Peter Strzok, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780358237068
47. Hoax
Brian Stelter, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.00, 9781982142445
48. World of Wonders
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $25.00, 9781571313652
49. Love is the Way
Bishop Michael Curry, Sara Grace, Avery, $27.00, 9780525543039
50. Owls of the Eastern Ice
Jonathan C. Slaght, FSG, $28.00, 9780374228484
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending October 4, 2020
11. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487
12. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
13. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
14. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
15. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey, Signet, $9.99, 9780451163967
16. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
17. The Family Lawyer
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538751589
18. The Last Odyssey
James Rollins, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062892928
19. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
20. Winter in Paradise
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316435529
21. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12.00, 9780140177398
22. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
23. The Outsider
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781501180996
24. The Stand
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743688
25. Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538728550
26. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240
27. The Flight Attendant
Chris Bohjalian, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593081631
28. 'Salem's Lot
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743671
29. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541
30. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543
31. The Girl Who Lived Twice
David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $9.99, 9780593082522
32. Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier, Avon, $8.99, 9780380778553
33. A Time to Kill
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245919
34. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
35. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488
36. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
37. Hamlet
William Shakespeare, S&S, $6.99, 9780743477123
38. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
39. The Andromeda Evolution
Michael Crichton, Daniel H. Wilson, Harper, $9.99, 9780062473349
40. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
41. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9781250068736
42. The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski, Orbit, $8.99, 9780316029186
43. Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $9.99, 9781250755834
44. Killing the Rising Sun
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9781250755612
45. Camino Island
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781524797157
46. Criss Cross
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538715406
47. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310
48. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620938
49. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
50. Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365293