September 6, 2023

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestsellers List for September 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 3, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593420324
Trust is an unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy, and perception. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
1/18
2 A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569
From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.
3/51
3 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933
Reid's novel is a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day.
2/118
4 The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498
Haig's book is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived.
4/17
5 Babel- Debut
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433
Kuang's breathtaking novel grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire.
/1
6 It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
In Hoover's honest, evocative, and tender novel, a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance can't stop thinking about her first love.
7/92
7 Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593492666
Ng's inspiring novel about a mother's unbreakable love in a world consumed by fear.
8/2
8 Assistant to the Villain- Debut
Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $19.99, 9781649375803
Maehrer's laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain...and their unexpected romance.
/1
9 The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
Dave's novel is a gripping mystery about a woman who thinks she's found the love of her life—until he disappears.
9/24
10 Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776
McQuiston's novel about what happens when America's First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales is a June 2019 Indie Next List Pick.
5/11
11 Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591
A psychological suspense novel of obsession and dangerous love. The new, updated edition of Too Late from the bestselling author of Verity.
13/10
12 A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707
Yanagihara's astonishing novel about love and friendship in the 21st century was a March 2015 Indie Next Pick and a National Book Award finalist.
14/26
13 Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
A sensational psychological thriller by the bestselling author of It Ends with Us.
10/65
14 A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583
The seductive and stunning sequel to Sarah J. Maas's spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses.
12/2
15 It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
The long-anticipated sequel to Hoover's bestseller It Ends with Us.
/35
 
     

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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestsellers List for September 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 3, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17.00, 9780307742483
Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history.
1/111
2 American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25.00, 9780375726262
A deep, fantastic look at the complex physicist and father of the atomic bomb.
2/11
3 An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us- Debut
Ed Yong, Random House, $20.00, 9780593133255
Every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. In An Immense World, science journalist Ed Yong helps us to experience the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that other animals perceive.
/1
4 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781571313560
Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
4/195
5 Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951
From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.
3/23
6 The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
6/153
7 All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering.
5/96
8 Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
David Sedaris once again captures what is most unexpected, hilarious, and poignant about recent upheavals, personal and public, and expresses in precise language both the misanthropy and desire for connection that drive us all.
7/14
9 The 2024 Old Farmer's Almanac- Debut
Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571989529
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more all presented in the inimitably useful and humorous way it has done since 1792.
/1
10 Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088
A young poet tells the unforgettable story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this moving, page-turning memoir.
8/13
11 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18.00, 9781524746742
Dr. Anna Lembke explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain—and what to do about it.
11/33
12 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18.00, 9781250849359
Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management.
9/10
13 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in traditional Toltec beliefs.
12/207
14 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong.
13/67
15 Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18.00, 9780593136355
A moving account of the remarkable POWs whose relentlessly creative attempts to escape a notorious Nazi prison embodied the spirit of resistance against fascism, from the author of The Spy and the Traitor.
10/5
 
     

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Hardcover Fiction



Bestsellers List for September 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 3, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063327528
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick.
1/5
2 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946
Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick.
3/4
3 Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
2/46
4 Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547345
Funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist. An April 2022 Indie Next Pick.
6/74
5 The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32.00, 9780802162175
Verghese's new novel is a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick.
5/18
6 Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
4/15
7 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201
The exhilarating new novel by the bestselling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is the #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2022.
7/60
8 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833
Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R. F. Kuang's novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable. The #1 Indie Next Pick for June 2023.
9/16
9 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
A charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick.
10/37
10 Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593441275
Emily Henry's novel about a couple who broke up months ago pretend they're still together for an annual, week-long vacation with their best friends is the #1 Indie Next Pick for May 2023.
8/19
11 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243732
An exquisite homage to Louisa May Alcott's timeless classic, Little Women, Hello Beautiful is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it. A March 2023 Indie Next Pick.
12/25
12 Masters of Death
Olivie Blake, Tor Books, $26.99, 9781250892461
By the bestselling author of The Atlas Six, a story about vampires, ghosts, and death itself.
/2
13 Crook Manifesto
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385545150
Crook Manifesto continues Colson Whitehead's Harlem saga in a powerful and hugely-entertaining novel that summons 1970s New York in all its seedy glory. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick.
11/7
14 The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $28.00, 9780812998627
Taut, propulsive, and impossible to look away from, Emma Cline's The Guest is a spellbinding literary achievement. A June 2023 Indie Next Pick.
14/16
15 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28.00, 9781982179007
Lisa Jewell returns with a scintillating new psychological thriller about a woman who finds herself the subject of her own popular true crime podcast. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick.
13/3
ON THE RISE
16 Happiness Falls
Angie Kim, Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593448205
When a father goes missing, his family's desperate search leads them to question everything they know about him and one another in Angie Kim's deeply moving portrait of a family in crisis. A September 2023 Indie Next Pick.
 
 
     


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestsellers List for September 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 3, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260
The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by David Grann, one of our greatest nonfiction writers. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick.
1/20
2 The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us.
2/33
3 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598
A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health.
3/23
4 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292
James Clear reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
4/79
5 I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life.
7/56
6 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28.00, 9780593239919
Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty.
8/24
7 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525657323
This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost. The #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2023.
5/10
8 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593298886
A brilliant scientific investigation into owls—the most elusive of birds—and why they exert such a hold on human imagination.
10/12
9 Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair
Mercury Stardust, DK, $24.99, 9780744079074
Renting a home can be a complex process—from finding a safe and affordable space, to hiring help for moving in and out, and of course, managing repairs that come up during your stay. You deserve to feel empowered to take matters into your own hands—and it's not as hard as you might think. In this book, Mercury will show you how to tackle the projects that need improvement in your home.
6/2
10 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.
9/174
11 The Deadline: Essays- Debut
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $45.00, 9781631496127
Historian Jill Lepore's outstanding new collection of essays, with its remarkable juxtaposition of the political and the personal, challenges the very nature of the essay—and of history—itself.
/1
12 Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
B. Dylan Hollis, DK, $32.00, 9780744080049
Friends of baking, are you sick and tired of making the same recipes again and again? Then look no further than this baking blast from the past, as B. Dylan Hollis highlights the most unique tasty treats of yesteryear.
13/6
13 Blueberries for Sal Cookbook: Sweet Recipes Inspired by the Beloved Children's Classic
Robert McCloskey, Clarkson Potter, $14.00, 9780593580400
Enjoy 30 sweet blueberry recipes in this beautifully illustrated official cookbook based on the beloved children's classic Blueberries for Sal.
14/12
14 Pageboy: A Memoir
Elliot Page, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250878359
With this evocative and lyrical memoir, Oscar-nominated star Elliot Page captures the universal human experience of searching for ourselves and our place in this complicated world.
12/13
15 Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
Drew Gilpin Faust, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374601805
Drew Gilpin Faust's memoir of coming of age in a conservative Southern family in postwar America.
11/2
 
     

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Mass Market



Bestseller List for September 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 3, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/374
2 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
4/198
3 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
1/120
4 The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916
5/2
5 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972
7/2
6 No Plan B
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577
3/9
7 Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
8/10
8 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
6/141
9 The Judge's List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831
/12
10 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
/74
 
     

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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestsellers List for September 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 3, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1 The Lost Library- Debut
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810
 
2 The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
 
3 The One and Only Ruby
Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063080089
 
4 From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153
 
5 A Horse Named Sky- Debut
Rosanne Parry, Kirbi Fagan (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062995957
 
6 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
 
7 The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
 
8 The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324
 
9 Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
 
10 School Trip: A Graphic Novel
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $14.99, 9780062885531
 
11 Ghost Book
Remy Lai, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $14.99, 9781250810434
 
12 Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
 
13 Squished: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568936
 
14 Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
 
15 Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
 
     

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Young Adult



Bestsellers List for September 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 3, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Young Adult  
1 Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
 
2 Nimona
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227
 
3 Foxglove
Adalyn Grace, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316162500
 
4 Her Radiant Curse- Debut
Elizabeth Lim, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593300992
 
5 Solitaire
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338863420
 
6 If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
 
7 Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636
 
8 Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
 
9 Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746
 
10 Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh- Debut
Rachael Lippincott, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665937535
 
11 Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
 
12 They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
 
13 Warrior Girl Unearthed
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $19.99, 9781250766588
 
14 Nick and Charlie
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781338885101
 
15 We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
 
     

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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for September 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 3, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Illustrated  
1 Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
 
2 Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
3 Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
 
4 Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
 
5 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
6 Boo! Bluey's Halloween- Debut
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540
 
7 Bluey: Camping
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
 
8 Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
9 Bluey: Barky Boats
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593750469
 
10 Hot Dog
Doug Salati, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593308431
 
11 Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
 
12 Bluey: The Beach
Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593226094
 
13 The Crayons Go Back to School
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593621110
 
14 Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
 
15 Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $9.99, 9780140501698
 
 
     


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Children's Series



Bestsellers List for September 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 3, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Series  
1 Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2 The Inheritance Games (hardcover and paperback)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
New in Series: The Brothers Hawthorne (9780316480772)
 
3 The Summer I Turned Pretty (hardcover and paperback)
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
 
4 Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
5 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
6 Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
7 Heartstopper (hardcover and paperback)
Alice Oseman, Graphix
 
8 The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
9 Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
10 The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 3, 2023

16 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624

17 The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703

18 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323

19 The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987

20 The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593315088

21 Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982153090

22 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990

23 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318

24 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central Publishing, $12.99, 9781538742570

25 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038

26 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606

27 Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $20.00, 9781668002193

28 Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734

29 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702

30 My Roommate Is a Vampire
Jenna Levine, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593548912

31 Killers of a Certain Age
Deanna Raybourn, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593200704

32 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593183212

33 Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088

34 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990

35 The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064

36 Love, Theoretically
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593336861

37 The Priory of the Orange Tree
Samantha Shannon, Bloomsbury Publishing, $20.00, 9781635570304

38 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063342965

39 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957

40 A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.00, 9781635575620

41 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab, Tor, $19.99, 9780765387578

42 The Mountain in the Sea
Ray Nayler, Picador, $18.00, 9781250872272

43 People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806758

44 The Rabbit Hutch
Tess Gunty, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593467879

45 Book Lovers
Emily Henry, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593334836

46 The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007

47 Dreamland
Nicholas Sparks, Dell, $18.00, 9780593449578

48 Book of Night
Holly Black, Tor, $19.99, 9781250812216

49 Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Satoshi Yagisawa, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780063278677

50 Summer Sisters
Judy Blume, Bantam, $18.00, 9780385337663

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 3, 2023

16 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791

17 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19.00, 9780143129257

18 The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25.00, 9781250858801

19 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $17.99, 9781643753287

20 Quietly Hostile: Essays
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593315699

21 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609

22 Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Journey to the Edge of Physics
Antonio Padilla, Picador, $20.00, 9781250872821

23 The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $18.00, 9780525555247

24 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255

25 The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene, Penguin, $26.00, 9780140280197

26 Educated: A Memoir (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tara Westover, Random House, $18.99, 9780399590528

27 How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers, Crown, $18.00, 9780593139028

28 Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah, One World, $18.00, 9780399588198

29 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037

30 The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 1
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $19.99, 9781524884970

31 A Place in the World: Finding the Meaning of Home
Frances Mayes, Crown, $17.00, 9780593443354

32 The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $17.00, 9781400078431

33 Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $20.00, 9780374533557

34 Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
Susan Cain, Crown, $18.00, 9780451499790

35 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321

36 These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $18.00, 9780063092792

37 Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Oregon State University Press, $18.95, 9780870714993

38 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781797212272

39 Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe, Oni Press, $24.99, 9781549304002

40 The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $17.99, 9781451697728

41 How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms
Frank Hyman, Storey Publishing, $16.99, 9781635863321

42 How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $18.99, 9781612198552

43 On Disinformation: How to Fight for Truth and Protect Democracy
Lee McIntyre, The MIT Press, $14.95, 9780262546300

44 The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir
Paul Newman, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593467718

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

46 Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
Johann Hari, Crown, $18.00, 9780593138533

47 Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $18.00, 9781416591061

48 Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228

49 A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
George Saunders, Random House, $18.99, 9781984856036

50 The Myth of Sisyphus
Albert Camus, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525564454

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 3, 2023

16 Happiness Falls
Angie Kim, Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593448205

17 Somebody's Fool
Richard Russo, Knopf, $29.00, 9780593317891

18 The Breakaway
Jennifer Weiner, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781668033425

19 The Invisible Hour
Alice Hoffman, Atria Books, $27.99, 9781982175375

20 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969

21 The Girl in the Eagle's Talons
Karin Smirnoff, Knopf, $29.00, 9780593536698

22 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991

23 The Last Ranger
Peter Heller, Knopf, $27.00, 9780593535110

24 Family Lore
Elizabeth Acevedo, Ecco, $30.00, 9780063207264

25 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741

26 The Only One Left
Riley Sager, Dutton, $28.00, 9780593183229

27 Lady Tan's Circle of Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982117085

28 Shark Heart (An Indies Introduce Title)
Emily Habeck, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $28.00, 9781668006498

29 The Five-Star Weekend
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316258777

30 A Chateau Under Siege
Martin Walker, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593319819

31 The Collector
Daniel Silva, Harper, $32.00, 9780062834874

32 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $20.99, 9781250236210

33 The Bee Sting
Paul Murray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374600303

34 The Postcard
Anne Berest, Tina Kover (Transl.), Europa Editions, $28.00, 9781609458386

35 Good Bad Girl
Alice Feeney, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250843968

36 Foster
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802160140

37 Whalefall
Daniel Kraus, MTV Books, $27.99, 9781665918169

38 Silver Nitrate
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593355367

39 Terrace Story
Hilary Leichter, Ecco, $28.00, 9780063265813

40 Pineapple Street
Jenny Jackson, Pamela Dorman Books, $28.00, 9780593490693

41 The Librarianist
Patrick deWitt, Ecco, $30.00, 9780063085121

42 Vampires of El Norte
Isabel Cañas, Berkley, $28.00, 9780593436721

43 Sun House
David James Duncan, Little, Brown, $35.00, 9780316129374

44 The Little Village of Book Lovers
Nina George, Ballantine Books, $28.00, 9780593157886

45 The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $29.99, 9781250899675

46 Romantic Comedy
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590948

47 Tress of the Emerald Sea
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $29.99, 9781250899651

48 Small Mercies
Dennis Lehane, Harper, $30.00, 9780062129482

49 The First Ladies
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $28.00, 9780593440285

50 Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
Rupert Holmes, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.00, 9781451648218

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 3, 2023

16 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Viking, $30.00, 9780735225268

17 Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk
Billy Walters, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781668032855

18 The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
Susan Casey, Doubleday, $32.00, 9780385545570

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

20 You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.00, 9781982185855

21 Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $37.50, 9781476753836

22 On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good
Elise Loehnen, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243039

23 Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
Claire Dederer, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525655114

24 Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
Andrea Lankford, Hachette Books, $30.00, 9780306831959

25 King: A Life
Jonathan Eig, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $35.00, 9780374279295

26 Emotional Intelligence Habits
Travis Bradberry, Talentsmart, $36.95, 9780974719375

27 The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
David Von Drehle, Simon & Schuster, $26.00, 9781476773926

28 Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brené Brown, Random House, $30.00, 9780399592553

29 Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu, Doubleday, $26.00, 9780385547772

30 Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616

31 The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth
Elizabeth Rush, Milkweed Editions, $30.00, 9781571313966

32 Better Living Through Birding: Notes from a Black Man in the Natural World
Christian Cooper, Random House, $28.00, 9780593242384

33 The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
John Koenig, Simon & Schuster, $21.99, 9781501153648

34 The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet
Jeff Goodell, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316497572

35 They Called Us Exceptional: And Other Lies That Raised Us
Prachi Gupta, Crown, $28.00, 9780593442982

36 Everything/Nothing/Someone: A Memoir
Alice Carrière, Spiegel & Grau, $28.00, 9781954118294

37 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $35.00, 9781571311771

38 The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape
Katie Holten, Tin House Books, $29.95, 9781953534682

39 Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross, Random House, $30.00, 9780593449233

40 Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals
Melissa Clark, Clarkson Potter, $29.99, 9780593233252

41 Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women's Words
Jenni Nuttall, Viking, $29.00, 9780593299579

42 The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Gabor Maté, M.D., Daniel Maté, Avery, $30.00, 9780593083888

43 Time's Echo: The Second World War, the Holocaust, and the Music of Remembrance
Jeremy Eichler, Knopf, $30.00, 9780525521716

44 Sweet Enough: A Dessert Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781984826398

45 Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
Malcolm Harris, Little, Brown, $36.00, 9780316592031

46 Never Enough: When Achievement Culture Becomes Toxic-and What We Can Do About It
Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Portfolio, $29.00, 9780593191866

47 Inciting Joy: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $27.00, 9781643753041

48 Exquisite Exandria: The Official Cookbook of Critical Role
Liz Marsham, Critical Role, Jesse Szewczyk, Susan Vu, Amanda Yee, Random House Worlds, $29.99, 9780593157046

49 Goblin Mode: How to Get Cozy, Embrace Imperfection, and Thrive in the Muck
McKayla Coyle, Quirk Books, $17.99, 9781683693536

50 When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $26.00, 9780812988406

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending September 3, 2023

11 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541

12 Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909

13 The Noise
James Patterson, J.D. Barker, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538753040

14 Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928

15 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279

16 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $8.99, 9780440180296

17 Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt Paperbacks, $10.99, 9781250894229

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

19 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233

20 The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657

21 That Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668020661

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

23 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110

24 The Whittiers
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821850

25 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487

26 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357

27 The Hotel Nantucket
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316258937

28 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741

29 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125

30 Knockout
Sarah MacLean, Avon, $9.99, 9780063056794

31 The Girl Who Survived
Lisa Jackson, Zebra, $9.99, 9781420146363

32 The Recovery Agent
Janet Evanovich, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982154936

33 The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672

34 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686

35 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024

36 Fear No Evil
James Patterson, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752906

37 The Perfect Assassin
James Patterson, Brian Sitts, Grand Central , $9.99, 9781538721865

38 A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $8.95, 9780679755333

39 Tom Clancy Zero Hour
Don Bentley, Berkley, $9.99, 9780593422748

40 Call of Duty
Jeff Rovin, St. Martin's Paperbacks, $9.99, 9781250782885

41 The High Notes
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821768

42 Hamlet
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477123

43 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488

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

45 The Last House Guest
Megan Miranda, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $10.99, 9781668012796

46 Macbeth
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477109

47 Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Sacrifice
Brian Freeman, Putnam, $9.99, 9780593419878

48 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400

49 The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553588941

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

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