September 2, 2020

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 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 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.
1/9
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.
3/20
3. 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.
2/74
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.
4/28
5. 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.
7/4
6. 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.
6/69
7. 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.
5/13
8. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734
Henry's novel about a romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut is a June 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
8/15
9. 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.
11/3
10. 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.
12/31
11. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741
Written with a powerful wisdom about human desire and connection, City of Girls is a love story like no other.
13/21
12. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
A testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions. A September 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
9/104
13. 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.
/28
14. 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.
14/2
15. 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.
/2


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 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. 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.
1/73
2. 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.
2/30
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.
8/38
4. 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.
5/5
5. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
4/18
6. 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.
3/14
7. 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.
7/14
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.
6/13
9. 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.
9/14
10. 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.
11/77
11. 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.
10/35
12. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039
Broom's The Yellow House tells the story of her family's relationship to their home in New Orleans across a hundred years. Winner of the 2019 National Book Award for Nonfiction.
13/8
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.
14/9
14. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525560739
Senator and Vice Presidential Nominee Harris looks at the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them.
12/3
15. Know My Name: A Memoir- Debut
Chanel Miller, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223721
Know My Name will forever transform the way we think about sexual assault, challenging our beliefs about what is acceptable and speaking truth to the tumultuous reality of healing.
/1


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 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 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.
1/13
2. Squeeze Me- Debut
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.
/1
3. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/106
4. 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.
3/9
5. Luster
Raven Leilani, FSG, $26.00, 9780374194321
Leilani's strikingly beautiful, razor-sharp, and slyly comic novel is an August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
7/4
6. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930
A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller by the bestselling author of The Hunting Party.
4/8
7. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
Cummins's new novel is an exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for February 2020.
6/32
8. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606
O'Farrell's novel is a luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a tender re-imagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten. An August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
5/5
9. Migrations
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250204028
McConaghy's Migrations is both an ode to our threatened world and a breathtaking novel about the lengths we will go for the people we love. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for August 2020.
10/4
10. Such a Fun Age (An Indies Introduce Title)
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905
Reid's debut novel is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young Black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both. An Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for January 2020.
8/31
11. The Exiles- Debut
Christina Baker Kline, Custom House, $27.99, 9780062356345
An emotionally resonant novel about three women whose lives are bound together in 19th-century Australia and the hardships they weather together as they fight for redemption and freedom in a new society. A September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
12. The Order
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834843
Silva's riveting new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon.
9/7
13. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
Patchett's moving new novel explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
11/44
14. Summer- Debut
Ali Smith, Pantheon, $27.95, 9781101870792
The beautiful finale to Smith's Seasonal Quartet.
/1
15. 28 Summers
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316420044
Hilderbrand's new novel explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates and enriches their lives, and the lives of the people they love.
12/11


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020
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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.
1/4
2. 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.
4/21
3. 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.
2/7
4. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9781984801258
In Doyle's most revealing and powerful memoir yet, she explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet the expectations of the world, and start trusting the voice deep within us.
3/25
5. His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope- Debut
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30.00, 9781984855022
An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime U.S. congressman John Lewis, linking his life to the painful quest for justice in America from the 1950s to the present.
/1
6. Vesper Flights- Debut
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.
/1
7. 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.
5/27
8. Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth- Debut
Brian Stelter, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.00, 9781982142445
The untold story of the relationship between Fox News and Donald Trump by the bestselling author of Top of the Morning.
/1
9. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26.00, 9780812993547
Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis in this bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history. A September 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.
7/101
10. Evil Geniuses
Kurt Andersen, Random House, $30.00, 9781984801340
Andersen tells the epic history of how America decided that big business gets whatever it wants, only the rich get richer, and nothing should ever change--and charts a way back to the future.
15/3
11. Me and White Supremacy
Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781728209807
Saad takes readers on a 28-day journey of how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.
6/17
12. 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.
10/13
13. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
Radiant with Mackesy's warmth and gentle wit, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse blends hand-written narrative with dozens of drawings.
13/34
14. Educated (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504
Westover's unforgettable memoir about growing up, being kept out of school, leaving her survivalist family, and going on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. A Winter/Spring 2018 Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for March 2018.
/129
15. What It's Like to Be a Bird
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894
A bird book for birders and non-birders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding of what common, mostly backyard, birds are doing--and why.
11/14


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/41
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/217
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
6/9
4. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945
4/9
5. The Last Odyssey- Debut
James Rollins, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062892928
/1
6. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
5/24
7. The Outsider
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781501180996
9/8
8. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
3/12
9. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487
8/20
10. Lethal Agent- Debut
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501190636
/1


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
2. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
3. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
 
4. This Book Is Anti-Racist
Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illus.), Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $14.99, 9780711245211
 
5. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
6. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
7. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
 
8. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275
 
9. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
10. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
 
11. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
 
12. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
13. Best Friends
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317469
 
14. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062377029
 
15. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $8.99, 9780064400558
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 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. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
4. Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769
 
5. Darius the Great Deserves Better- Debut
Adib Khorram, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780593108239
 
6. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
7. You Should See Me in a Crown (An Indies Introduce Title)
Leah Johnson, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338503265
 
8. The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811
 
9. Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title)
Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529
 
10. Raybearer (An Indies Introduce Title)
Jordan Ifueko, Amulet, $18.99, 9781419739828
 
11. All American Boys
Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $11.99, 9781481463348
 
12. Elatsoe- Debut
Darcie Little Badger, Rovina Cai (Illus.), Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140053
 
13. The Giver
Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688
 
14. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
15. Where Dreams Descend- Debut
Janella Angeles, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250204356
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 29, 2020
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
2. I Promise
LeBron James, Nina Mata (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780062971067
 
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
4. The Day You Begin
Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $18.99, 9780399246531
 
5. Kamala and Maya's Big Idea
Meena Harris, Ana Ramírez González (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062937407
 
6. We Will Rock Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368059596
 
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
8. You Matter
Christian Robinson, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534421691
 
9. Last Stop on Market Street
Matt de la Peña, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Putnam, $18.99, 9780399257742
 
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
11. All Are Welcome
Alexandra Penfold, Suzanne Kaufman (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780525579649
 
12. Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice
Marianne Celano, et al., Magination Press, $16.99, 9781433828546
 
13. We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551
 
14. Sulwe
Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534425361
 
15. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020
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  Children's Series  
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2. Twilight (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
 
3. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
4. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
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. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
9. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 
10. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020

16. Chances Are . . .
Richard Russo, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101971994

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

18. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062905086

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

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

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

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

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

24. Agent Running in the Field
John le Carré, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984878892

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

26. The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449

27. Exhalation
Ted Chiang, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972083

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

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

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

31. American Spy
Lauren Wilkinson, Random House, $17.00, 9780812988284

32. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219

33. Disappearing Earth
Julia Phillips, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525436225

34. Then She Was Gone
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $16.00, 9781501154652

35. Beowulf: A New Translation
Maria Dahvana Headley, MCD x FSG Originals, $15.00, 9780374110031

36. A Better Man
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $17.99, 9781250066312

37. The Secrets We Kept
Lara Prescott, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525566106

38. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781524798642

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

40. Trust Exercise
Susan Choi, Holt, $15.99, 9781250231260

41. The Guardians
John Grisham, Bantam, $18.00, 9780593129982

42. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Perennial, $15.99, 9780060935467

43. The Guest Book
Sarah Blake, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250110275

44. Ask Again, Yes
Mary Beth Keane, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982106997

45. Beloved
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.00, 9781400033416

46. The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501154867

47. Fleishman Is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Random House, $17.00, 9780525510895

48. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16.00, 9780735220690

49. My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite, Anchor, $14.95, 9780525564201

50. Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9780451499066

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020

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

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

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

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

20. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110

21. March: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $14.95, 9781603093002

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

23. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781451642308

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

25. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741

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

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

28. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Beverly Daniel Tatum, Basic Books, $18.99, 9780465060689

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

30. March: Book Two
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.95, 9781603094009

31. Walking with the Wind
John Lewis, Michael D'Orso, S&S, $18.99, 9781476797717

32. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $22.00, 9780143034759

33. Winning the Green New Deal
Varshini Prakash, Guido Girgenti, S&S, $18.00, 9781982142438

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

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

36. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361

37. March: Book Three
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.99, 9781603094023

38. Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316486644

39. I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062319791

40. The Second Mountain
David Brooks, Random House, $18.00, 9780812983425

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

42. Dreyer's English
Benjamin Dreyer, Random House, $18.00, 9780812985719

43. How to Connect
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781946764546

44. The Source of Self-Regard
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562795

45. Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin, Beacon Press, $15.00, 9780807006238

46. Across That Bridge
John Lewis, Hachette Books, $16.00, 9780316510936

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

48. These Truths
Jill Lepore, Norton, $19.95, 9780393357424

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

50. Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde, Crossing Press, $16.99, 9781580911863

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020

16. Sex and Vanity
Kevin Kwan, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385546270

17. The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316499019

18. A Burning
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525658696

19. The Lions of Fifth Avenue
Fiona Davis, Dutton, $27.00, 9781524744618

20. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735216723

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

22. The Glass Hotel
Emily St.John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521143

23. Harrow the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tordotcom, $26.99, 9781250313225

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

25. A Private Cathedral
James Lee Burke, S&S, $28.00, 9781982151683

26. Winter Counts
David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062968944

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

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

29. Utopia Avenue
David Mitchell, Random House, $30.00, 9780812997439

30. The Death of Vivek Oji
Akwaeke Emezi, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525541608

31. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28.00, 9780399590597

32. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802148537

33. Sisters
Daisy Johnson, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780593188958

34. Axiom's End
Lindsay Ellis, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250256737

35. Camino Winds
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545938

36. Death in Her Hands
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984879356

37. All Adults Here
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9781594634697

38. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28.00, 9780399562488

39. If It Bleeds
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982137977

40. A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781984820150

41. Apeirogon
Colum McCann, Random House, $28.00, 9781400069606

42. The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $30.00, 9780805096606

43. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671189

44. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $26.99, 9781250217288

45. The Lost and Found Bookshop
Susan Wiggs, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062914095

46. The End of Her
Shari Lapena, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.00, 9781984880512

47. Devolution
Max Brooks, Del Rey, $28.00, 9781984826787

48. Friends and Strangers
J.Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525520597

49. The Eighth Detective
Alex Pavesi, Holt, $26.99, 9781250755933

50. Crossings
Alex Landragin, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250259042

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020

16. Live Free Or Die
Sean Hannity, Threshold Editions, $30.00, 9781982149970

17. Begin Again
Eddie S. Glaude, Crown, $27.00, 9780525575320

18. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138

19. Big Friendship
Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman, S&S, $26.00, 9781982111908

20. The Answer Is . . .
Alex Trebek, S&S, $26.00, 9781982157999

21. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Viking, $26.00, 9780525560548

22. Memorial Drive
Natasha Trethewey, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062248572

23. It Was All a Lie
Stuart Stevens, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525658450

24. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316478526

25. I'm Still Here
Austin Channing Brown, Convergent Books, $25.00, 9781524760854

26. The Growing Season
Sarah Frey, Ballantine, $27.00, 9780593129395

27. True Crimes and Misdemeanors
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385536738

28. The Room Where It Happened
John Bolton, S&S, $32.50, 9781982148034

29. Countdown 1945
Chris Wallace, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781982143343

30. Twilight of Democracy
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $25.00, 9780385545808

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

32. Children of Ash and Elm
Neil Price, Basic Books, $35.00, 9780465096985

33. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $28.00, 9780525510314

34. Finding Freedom
Omid Scobie, Carolyn Durand, Dey Street Books, $27.99, 9780063046108

35. Blitz
David Horowitz, Humanix Books, $27.99, 9781630061388

36. The Socrates Express
Eric Weiner, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.00, 9781501129018

37. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062457714

38. The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780735223011

39. Dirt
Bill Buford, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307271013

40. The Body
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385539302

41. The Book of Delights
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $23.95, 9781616207922

42. Reaganland
Rick Perlstein, S&S, $40.00, 9781476793054

43. The Biggest Bluff
Maria Konnikova, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780525522621

44. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484

45. The Well-Gardened Mind
Sue Stuart-Smith, Scribner, $28.00, 9781476794464

46. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00, 9781328662057

47. Separated
Jacob Soboroff, Custom House, $29.99, 9780062992192

48. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $26.99, 9781612197494

49. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385543767

50. The Detective in the Dooryard
Timothy A. Cotton, Down East Books, $24.95, 9781608937424

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020

11. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977

12. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657

13. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310

14. Camino Island
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781524797157

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

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

17. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143135661

18. Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316463249

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

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

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

22. Emerald Blaze
Ilona Andrews, Avon, $7.99, 9780062878366

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

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

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

26. Blue Moon
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593567

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

28. An Unwanted Guest
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525507574

29. The Girl Who Lived Twice
David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $9.99, 9780593082522

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

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

32. The Family Lawyer
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538751589

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

34. Labyrinth
Catherine Coulter, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501193668

35. The Andromeda Evolution
Michael Crichton, Daniel H. Wilson, Harper, $9.99, 9780062473349

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

37. The Rumor
Lesley Kara, Ballantine, $9.99, 9781984820549

38. Golden in Death
J.D. Robb, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9781250207227

39. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233

40. The Cornwalls Vanish
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538731611

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

42. The Titanic Secret
Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Putnam, $9.99, 9780735217287

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

44. Outfox
Sandra Brown, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455572205

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

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

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

48. The President Is Missing
James Patterson, Bill Clinton, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538713846

49. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620938

50. Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538728550

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