Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for September 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 20, 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 |
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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. |
3/77 |
| 2. |
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. |
2/12 |
| 3. |
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. |
1/23 |
| 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. |
4/31 |
| 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. |
6/31 |
| 6. |
The Testaments Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525562627 Atwood's masterful sequel to her modern classic, The Handmaid's Tale. |
5/3 |
| 7. |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593 Herbert's classic masterpiece--a triumph of the imagination--is soon to be a major motion picture. |
11/2 |
| 8. |
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. |
8/16 |
| 9. |
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. |
9/5 |
| 10. |
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. |
7/72 |
| 11. |
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. |
12/6 |
| 12. |
The Institute Stephen King, Gallery Books, $19.99, 9781982110581 King's gut-wrenching novel of good versus evil in a world where the good guys don't always win. |
/2 |
| 13. |
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. |
15/75 |
| 14. |
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. |
10/7 |
| 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. |
/33 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for September 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 20, 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. |
1/76 |
| 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. |
2/33 |
| 3. |
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. |
/37 |
| 4. |
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. |
3/17 |
| 5. |
The Color of Law Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536 Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation. |
9/21 |
| 6. |
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. |
7/8 |
| 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. |
10/16 |
| 8. |
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. |
6/17 |
| 9. |
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. |
15/12 |
| 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. |
11/80 |
| 11. |
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. |
8/17 |
| 12. |
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. |
4/6 |
| 13. |
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. |
12/38 |
| 14. |
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. |
5/41 |
| 15. |
Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life- Debut 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. |
/1 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for September 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 20, 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. |
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. |
2/2 |
| 2. |
All the Devils Are Here Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145239 Chief Inspector Armand Gamache investigates a sinister plot in the City of Light. |
1/3 |
| 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. |
5/16 |
| 4. |
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. |
4/3 |
| 5. |
The Evening and the Morning- Debut Ken Follett, Viking, $36.00, 9780525954989 Follett's thrilling and addictive new Kingsbridge novel is a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth. |
/1 |
| 6. |
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. |
3/3 |
| 7. |
Piranesi- Debut 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. |
/1 |
| 8. |
Troubled Blood- Debut Robert Galbraith, Mulholland Books, $29.00, 9780316498937 A breathtaking, labyrinthine new Cormoran Strike novel by the bestselling author of Career of Evil. |
/1 |
| 9. |
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. |
6/4 |
| 10. |
Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090 Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read. |
8/109 |
| 11. |
One by One Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188817 Ware's suspenseful new thriller set in the French Alps is a September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
7/2 |
| 12. |
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. |
12/12 |
| 13. |
Homeland Elegies- Debut Ayad Akhtar, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316496421 Akhtar's deeply personal new novel about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams is a September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
| 14. |
Monogamy Sue Miller, Harper, $28.99, 9780062969651 Miller's engrossing and haunting novel about marriage, love, family, happiness, and sorrow is a September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
14/2 |
| 15. |
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. |
9/11 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for September 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 20, 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. |
Rage- Debut 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 |
| 2. |
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. |
1/7 |
| 3. |
Disloyal Michael Cohen, Skyhorse, $32.50, 9781510764699 An insider's account by the former attorney and personal advisor to President Donald Trump. |
2/2 |
| 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. |
3/24 |
| 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. |
5/28 |
| 6. |
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. |
4/10 |
| 7. |
Compromised Peter Strzok, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780358237068 The FBI veteran behind the Russia investigation draws on decades of experience hunting foreign agents in the United States to expose what he believes is the threat posed by President Trump. |
8/2 |
| 8. |
His Truth Is Marching On 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. |
6/4 |
| 9. |
The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713 Larson's fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz is a March 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
11/30 |
| 10. |
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. |
9/2 |
| 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. |
7/4 |
| 12. |
Everything Beautiful in Its Time Jenna Bush Hager, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062960627 Jenna Bush Hager shares moving and funny stories about her beloved grandparents and the wisdom they passed on that has shaped her life. |
13/2 |
| 13. |
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. |
14/104 |
| 14. |
Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day- Debut Jay Shetty, S&S, $27.00, 9781982134488 The host of the On Purpose podcast distills the wisdom he learned as a monk into practical steps anyone can take every day to live a less anxious, more meaningful life. |
/1 |
| 15. |
Breath James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616 Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again. |
15/16 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for September 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 20, 2020
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 |
1/44 |
| 2. |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
2/220 |
| 3. |
Dune Messiah- Debut Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233 |
/1 |
| 4. |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
7/11 |
| 5. |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400 |
3/27 |
| 6. |
Lethal Agent Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501190636 |
6/4 |
| 7. |
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688 |
/14 |
| 8. |
One Good Deed David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538750544 |
5/3 |
| 9. |
Lord of the Flies William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487 |
10/23 |
| 10. |
The Guardians John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945 |
4/12 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for September 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 20, 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. |
The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278 |
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| 4. |
Skunk and Badger- Debut Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057 |
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| 5. |
A Whale of the Wild Rosanne Parry, Lindsay Moore (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $17.99, 9780062995926 |
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| 6. |
New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 |
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| 7. |
Before the Ever After Jacqueline Woodson, Nancy Paulsen Books, $17.99, 9780399545436 |
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| 8. |
Guts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500 |
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| 9. |
This Book Is Anti-Racist Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illus.), Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $14.99, 9780711245211 |
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| 10. |
Witches of Brooklyn Sophie Escabasse, Random House Graphic, $12.99, 9780593119273 |
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| 11. |
When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908 |
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| 12. |
Becoming RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg's Journey to Justice- Debut Debbie Levy, Whitney Gardner (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534424555 |
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| 13. |
The Silver Arrow Lev Grossman, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316539531 |
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| 14. |
Charlotte's Web E.B. White, Harper, $8.99, 9780064400558 |
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| 15. |
Hatchet Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293 |
Young Adult
Bestseller List for September 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 20, 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. |
Grown- Debut Tiffany D. Jackson, Katherine Tegen Books, $17.99, 9780062840356 |
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| 3. |
Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)- Debut Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606 |
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| 4. |
Punching the Air Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062996480 |
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| 5. |
Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title) Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469 |
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| 6. |
The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350 |
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| 7. |
Watch Over Me- Debut Nina LaCour, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593108970 |
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| 8. |
Furia- Debut Yamile Saied Méndez, Algonquin Young Readers, $17.95, 9781616209919 |
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| 9. |
The Giver Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688 |
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| 10. |
Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title) Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529 |
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| 11. |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729 |
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| 12. |
The Scapegracers- Debut Hannah Abigail Clarke, Erewhon, $17.95, 9781645660002 |
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| 13. |
A Peculiar Peril Jeff VanderMeer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $19.99, 9780374308865 |
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| 14. |
We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 |
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| 15. |
The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811 |
Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for September 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 20, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1. |
Antiracist Baby Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508 |
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| 2. |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 3. |
Room on the Broom Push-Pull-Slide Board Book Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409 |
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| 4. |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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| 5. |
I Am Every Good Thing Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $17.99, 9780525518778 |
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| 6. |
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark Debbie Levy, Elizabeth Baddeley (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781481465595 |
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| 7. |
Wild Symphony Dan Brown, Susan Batori (Illus.), Rodale Kids, $18.99, 9780593123843 |
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| 8. |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926 |
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| 9. |
I Promise LeBron James, Nina Mata (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780062971067 |
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| 10. |
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 |
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| 11. |
Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801 |
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| 12. |
Little Blue Truck's Halloween Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780544772533 |
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| 13. |
The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $18.99, 9780399246531 |
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| 14. |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $8.99, 9780805047905 |
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| 15. |
Last Stop on Market Street Matt de la Peña, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Putnam, $18.99, 9780399257742 |
Children's Series
Bestseller List for September 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 20, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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| Children's Series | ||
| 1. |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 2. |
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) Patricia Brennan Demuth, et al., Penguin Workshop |
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| 5. |
The Last Kids on Earth (hardcover and paperback) Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers New in Series: The Last Kids on Earth and the Skeleton Road (9781984835345) |
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| 6. |
Twilight (hardcover and paperback) Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown |
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| 7. |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House |
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| 8. |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 9. |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 10. |
I Survived (paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending September 20, 2020
16. When No One Is Watching
Alyssa Cole, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062982650
17. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
18. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062913494
19. Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson, Riverhead Books, $16.00, 9780525535287
20. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
21. The World That We Knew
Alice Hoffman, S&S, $17.00, 9781501137587
22. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734
23. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741
24. Cilka's Journey
Heather Morris, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250265692
25. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527
26. Beowulf: A New Translation
Maria Dahvana Headley, MCD x FSG Originals, $15.00, 9780374110031
27. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219
28. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
29. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296
30. The Shadow King
Maaza Mengiste, Norton , $17.95, 9780393358513
31. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062905086
32. The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde, Roxane Gay (Ed.), Norton, $16.95, 9781324004615
33. Chances Are . . .
Richard Russo, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101971994
34. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140
35. The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449
36. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609455064
37. What Happens in Paradise
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay , $16.99, 9780316435543
38. The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101911815
39. Lovecraft Country
Matt Ruff, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062292070
40. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
41. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $17.99, 9781250313188
42. Exhalation
Ted Chiang, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972083
43. A Better Man
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $17.99, 9781250066312
44. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Perennial, $15.99, 9780060935467
45. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $17.99, 9780312541538
46. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Tor, $17.99, 9780765382030
47. Beloved
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.00, 9781400033416
48. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
49. The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501154867
50. The Guest Book
Sarah Blake, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250110275
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending September 20, 2020
16. Know My Name
Chanel Miller, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223721
17. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039
18. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
19. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114
20. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
21. Year of the Monkey
Patti Smith, Vintage, $16.00, 9781984898920
22. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312
23. Our Malady
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12.00, 9780593238899
24. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488
25. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988485
26. March: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $14.95, 9781603093002
27. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510567
28. Decisions and Dissents of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Corey Brettschneider (Ed.), Penguin Classics, $15.00, 9780143135111
29. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
30. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $17.00, 9781451642308
31. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286
32. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $18.00, 9781501168703
33. Underland
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358094
34. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
35. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $21.99, 9780062397348
36. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
37. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $15.00, 9780807014271
38. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Beverly Daniel Tatum, Basic Books, $18.99, 9780465060689
39. Citizen
Claudia Rankine, Graywolf, $20.00, 9781555976903
40. When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chodron, Shambhala, $16.95, 9781611803433
41. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155
42. ArtCurious
Jennifer Dasal, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143134596
43. The Source of Self-Regard
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562795
44. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99, 9781476740195
45. Running with Sherman
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525433255
46. The American Crisis
Writers of The Atlantic, Simon & Schuster, $20.00, 9781982157043
47. D-Day Girls
Sarah Rose, Broadway Books, $18.00, 9780451495099
48. We Want to Do More Than Survive
Bettina Love, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807028346
49. The Great Influenza
John M. Barry, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143036494
50. The Gifts of Imperfection
Brene Brown, Hazelden, $16.95, 9781592858491
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending September 20, 2020
16. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Christopher Paolini, Tor, $29.99, 9781250762849
17. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
18. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606
19. What Are You Going Through
Sigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780593191415
20. Total Power
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $28.99, 9781501190650
21. The Exiles
Christina Baker Kline, Custom House, $27.99, 9780062356345
22. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
23. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905
24. Luster
Raven Leilani, FSG, $26.00, 9780374194321
25. Fifty Words for Rain
Asha Lemmie, Dutton, $26.00, 9781524746360
26. Migrations
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250204028
27. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735216723
28. The Order
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834843
29. A Burning
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525658696
30. The Darkest Evening
Ann Cleeves, Minotaur, $27.99, 9781250204509
31. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023
32. 28 Summers
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316420044
33. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316509848
34. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697
35. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28.00, 9780525429760
36. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521143
37. The Invention of Sound
Chuck Palahniuk, Grand Central, $27.00, 9781538718001
38. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28.00, 9780399562488
39. A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781984820150
40. Real Life
Brandon Taylor, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780525538882
41. The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316499019
42. Daddy: Stories
Emma Cline, Random House, $27.00, 9780812998641
43. The Lions of Fifth Avenue
Fiona Davis, Dutton, $27.00, 9781524744618
44. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28.00, 9780399590597
45. The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $26.99, 9781982136451
46. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802148537
47. The Trouble with Peace
Joe Abercrombie, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316187183
48. Harrow the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $26.99, 9781250313225
49. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $26.99, 9781250217288
50. Death in Her Hands
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984879356
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending September 20, 2020
16. Just Us
Claudia Rankine, Graywolf Press, $30.00, 9781644450215
17. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
18. Killing Crazy Horse
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30.00, 9781627797047
19. If Then
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $28.95, 9781631496103
20. Me and White Supremacy
Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781728209807
21. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
22. Agent Sonya
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $28.00, 9780593136300
23. Melania and Me
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, Gallery Books, $28.00, 9781982151249
24. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504
25. Hoax
Brian Stelter, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.00, 9781982142445
26. World of Wonders
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $25.00, 9781571313652
27. What It's Like to Be a Bird
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894
28. The Tyranny of Merit
Michael J. Sandel, FSG, $28.00, 9780374289980
29. Donald Trump v. The United States
Michael S. Schmidt, Random House, $30.00, 9781984854667
30. Creativity
John Cleese, Crown, $14.00, 9780385348270
31. Begin Again
Eddie S. Glaude, Crown, $27.00, 9780525575320
32. One Billion Americans
Matthew Yglesias, Portfolio, $28.00, 9780593190210
33. The Gifts of Imperfection
Brene Brown, Random House, $25.00, 9780593133583
34. Notorious RBG
Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, Dey Street, $25.99, 9780062415837
35. Speaking for Myself
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, St. Martin's, $29.99, 9781250271334
36. Evil Geniuses
Kurt Andersen, Random House, $30.00, 9781984801340
37. Wagnerism
Alex Ross, FSG, $40.00, 9780374285937
38. Pocket RBG Wisdom
Hardie Grant Books, Hardie Grant, $9.99, 9781784882877
39. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Viking, $26.00, 9780525560548
40. What Can I Do?
Jane Fonda, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593296226
41. The Home Edit Life
Clea Shearer, Joanna Teplin, Clarkson Potter, $28.50, 9780593138304
42. Conversations with RBG
Jeffrey Rosen, Holt, $28.00, 9781250235169
43. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836
44. I Have Something to Tell You
Chasten Buttigieg, Atria, $27.00, 9781982138127
45. Twilight of the Gods
Ian W. Toll, Norton, $40.00, 9780393080650
46. Having and Being Had
Eula Biss, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780525537458
47. Memorial Drive
Natasha Trethewey, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062248572
48. Big Friendship
Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman, S&S, $26.00, 9781982111908
49. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316478526
50. The Answer Is . . .
Alex Trebek, S&S, $26.00, 9781982157999
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending September 20, 2020
11. The Family Lawyer
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538751589
12. The Outsider
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781501180996
13. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543
14. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
15. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
16. The Last Odyssey
James Rollins, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062892928
17. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12.00, 9780140177398
18. Winter in Paradise
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316435529
19. The Titanic Secret
Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Putnam, $9.99, 9780735217287
20. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240
21. Blue Moon
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593567
22. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143135661
23. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
24. The Stand
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743688
25. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
26. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
27. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
28. An Unwanted Guest
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525507574
29. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
30. The Andromeda Evolution
Michael Crichton, Daniel H. Wilson, Harper, $9.99, 9780062473349
31. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
32. Outfox
Sandra Brown, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455572205
33. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
34. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
35. Twisted Twenty-Six
Janet Evanovich, Putnam, $9.99, 9780399180217
36. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
37. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
38. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310
39. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9781250068736
40. 'Salem's Lot
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743671
41. Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307743664
42. The Girl Who Lived Twice
David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $9.99, 9780593082522
43. Orphan Train
Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062993885
44. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $7.95, 9780679755333
45. The Cornwalls Vanish
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538731611
46. I Know Who You Are
Alice Feeney, Flatiron Books, $9.99, 9781250755803
47. Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538728550
48. A Time to Kill
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245919
49. Camino Island
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781524797157
50. Killing the Rising Sun
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9781250755612