December 1, 2021

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for December 1, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending November 28, 2021
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. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780593438374
Herbert's classic masterpiece—a triumph of the imagination—is now a major motion picture.
1/21
2. 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.
2/65
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.
3/26
4. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
The 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.
7/85
5. 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.
9/130
6. The Searcher
Tana French, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224674
A former Chicago police officer retreats to a bucolic Irish village and starts to realize that even small towns shelter dangerous secrets.
4/4
7. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18.00, 9780062671196
Erdrich's novel is based on the extraordinary life of her grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C.
5/30
8. 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.
/3
9. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984880987
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club.
8/16
10. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501160844
An ingeniously constructed novel about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope—the things that save us, even in the most anxious times.
6/21
11. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
Klune's novel is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place.
10/46
12. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
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.
11/28
13. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18.00, 9780735219106
Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder.
15/34
14. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219
Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II.
/80
15. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806758
Henry's sparkling new novel will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
13/29
ON THE RISE
16. The Anomaly
Hervé Le Tellier, Other Press, $16.99, 9781635421699
An international phenomenon, this dizzying, whip-smart novel blends crime, fantasy, sci-fi, and thriller as it plumbs the mysteries surrounding a Paris-New York flight.
 


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 1, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending November 28, 2021
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18.00, 9781571313560
Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
1/103
2. 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.
2/61
3. The Best of Me
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316242400
The Best of Me spans a career spent watching and learning and laughing—quite often at himself—and invites readers deep into the world of one of the most brilliant and original writers of our time.
4/12
4. 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.
3/9
5. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321
In Entangled Life, biologist Merlin Sheldrake shows us the world from a fungal point of view, providing an exhilarating change of perspective.
6/33
6. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2022
Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571988935
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.
9/14
7. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
A groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be human.
7/171
8. Ottolenghi Test Kitchen: Shelf Love: Recipes to Unlock the Secrets of Your Pantry, Fridge, and Freezer
Noor Murad, Yotam Ottolenghi, Clarkson Potter, $32.00, 9780593234365
85+ irresistible recipes for flexible, everyday home cooking that unlock the secrets of your pantry, fridge, and freezer.
5/4
9. The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17.00, 9780804172721
Bryson takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody.
8/43
10. On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Nora Krug (Illus.), Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781984859150
A graphic edition of historian Timothy Snyder's bestselling book of lessons for surviving and resisting America's arc toward authoritarianism, featuring the visual storytelling talents of renowned illustrator Nora Krug.
10/8
11. 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.
14/151
12. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807057834
Spanning more than four hundred years, this classic bottom-up peoples' history radically reframes US history and explodes the silences that have haunted our national narrative.
12/3
13. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
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.
15/121
14. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes
Sam Sifton, Ten Speed Press, $28.00, 9781984858474
The debut cookbook from the popular New York Times website features 100 vividly photographed no-recipe recipes to make weeknight cooking more inspired and delicious.
/9
15. First Principles: What America's Founders Learned from the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country
Thomas E. Ricks, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062997463
A revelatory book about the founding fathers, examining their educations and, in particular, their devotion to the ancient Greek and Roman classics—and how that influence would shape their ideals and the new American nation.
13/3


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for December 1, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending November 28, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone- Debut
Diana Gabaldon, Delacorte Press, $36.00, 9781101885680
Diana Gabaldon returns with the newest novel in the epic Outlander series.
/1
2. The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles, Viking, $30.00, 9780735222359
Towles' stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America is an October 2021 Indie Next Pick.
1/8
3. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982168438
A beautiful and redemptive novel about stewardship—of the book, of the Earth, of the human heart. The #1 Indie Next Pick for October 2021.
3/9
4. The Sentence
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671127
This new novel begins on All Souls' Day 2019 and ends on All Souls' Day 2020. Its mystery and proliferating ghost stories during this one year propel a narrative as rich, emotional, and profound as anything Louise Erdrich has written.
2/3
5. State of Terror
Louise Penny, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon & Schuster/St. Martin's Press, $30.00, 9781982173678
A unique and utterly compelling international thriller co-written by Hillary Rodham Clinton, the 67th Secretary of State, and multiple award-winning author, Louise Penny.
6/7
6. Oh William!
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27.00, 9780812989434
Pulitzer Prize-winner Elizabeth Strout explores the mysteries of marriage and the secrets we keep, as a former couple reckons with where they've come from—and what they've left behind. A November 2021 Indie Next Pick.
4/6
7. Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545136
A gloriously entertaining novel of heists, shakedowns, and rip-offs set in Harlem in the 1960s. A September 2021 Indie Next Pick.
7/11
8. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474
Haig's latest is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived.
11/56
9. The Stranger in the Lifeboat
Mitch Albom, Harper, $23.99, 9780062888341
A fast-paced, compelling novel that makes you ponder your deepest beliefs.
5/4
10. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney, FSG, $28.00, 9780374602604
Rooney's excellent new novel is a September 2021 Indie Next Pick.
/11
11. Crossroads
Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $30.00, 9780374181178
Franzen's new novel is the story of a Midwestern family at a pivotal moment of moral crisis.
13/8
12. Bewilderment
Richard Powers, Norton, $27.95, 9780393881141
The heartrending new novel by the bestselling author of The Overstory is an October 2021 Indie Next Pick.
8/10
13. The Judge's List
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385546027
Investigator Lacy Stoltz follows the trail of a serial killer, and closes in on a shocking suspect.
10/6
14. Our Country Friends
Gary Shteyngart, Random House, $28.00, 9781984855121
It's March 2020 and a calamity is unfolding. A group of people gather in a country house to wait out the pandemic. Over the next six months, new friendships and romances will take hold, while old betrayals will emerge, forcing each character to reevaluate whom they love and what matters most. A November 2021 Indie Next Pick.
9/4
15. Silverview
John le Carré, Viking, $28.00, 9780593490594
In his last completed novel, John le Carré turns his focus to the world that occupied his writing for the past sixty years—the secret world itself.
14/7


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 1, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending November 28, 2021
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, One World, $38.00, 9780593230572
This is a book that speaks directly to our current moment, contextualizing the systems of race and caste within which we operate today. It reveals long-glossed-over truths around our nation's founding and construction—and the way that the legacy of slavery did not end with emancipation, but continues to shape contemporary American life.
1/2
2. These Precious Days: Essays- Debut
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780063092785
Ann Patchett reflects on home, family, friendships, and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays. A December 2021 Indie Next Pick.
/1
3. Taste: My Life Through Food
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $28.00, 9781982168018
From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.
3/8
4. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780063076099
A candid and insightful memoir by the popular member of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters.
4/8
5. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, FSG, $35.00, 9780374157357
The Dawn of Everything fundamentally transforms our understanding of the human past and offers a path toward imagining new forms of freedom and new ways of organizing society.
2/3
6. 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.
5/91
7. The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present
Paul McCartney, Liveright, $100.00, 9781631492563
A work of unparalleled candor and splendorous beauty, The Lyrics celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of Paul McCartney through 154 of his most meaningful songs.
6/4
8. A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020)
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $32.00, 9780316558792
There's no right way to keep a diary, but if there's an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it.
7/8
9. Renegades: Born in the USA
Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Crown, $50.00, 9780593236314
A candid, revealing, and entertaining dialogue between President Barack Obama and legendary musician Bruce Springsteen that explores everything from their origin stories and career-defining moments to our country's polarized politics and the growing distance between the American Dream and the American reality.
10/5
10. Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
Nick Offerman, Dutton, $28.00, 9781101984697
A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors.
11/7
11. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
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. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
13/32
12. The Book of Hope: A Survival Guide for Trying Times
Jane Goodall, Douglas Abrams, Gail Hudson, Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250784094
A rare and intimate look not only at the nature of hope, but also into the heart and mind of a woman who revolutionized how we view the world around us and has spent a lifetime fighting for our future.
9/6
13. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach, Norton, $26.95, 9781324001935
Roach's irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet.
14/11
14. Gastro Obscura: A Food Adventurer's Guide
Cecily Wong, Dylan Thuras, Workman, $42.50, 9781523502196
Created by the ever-curious minds behind Atlas Obscura, this breathtaking guide transforms our sense of what people around the world eat and drink.
/4
15. Get Untamed: The Journal (How to Quit Pleasing and Start Living)
Glennon Doyle, Clarkson Potter, $19.99, 9780593235652
Glennon Doyle's bold, interactive guide to discovering and creating the truest, most beautiful lives, families, and world we can imagine.
12/2


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for December 1, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending November 28, 2021
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
1/106
2. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
2/48
3. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
5/12
4. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
4/21
5. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3/282
6. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
6/13
7. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
9/66
8. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
10/92
9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
/32
10. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
7/66


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for December 1, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending November 28, 2021
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. The Christmas Pig
J.K. Rowling, Jim Field (Illus.), Scholastic, $24.99, 9781338790238
 
2. Daughter of the Deep
Rick Riordan, Disney-Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368077927
 
3. The Beatryce Prophecy
Kate DiCamillo, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536213614
 
4. Out of My Heart
Sharon M. Draper, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $18.99, 9781665902168
 
5. Friends Forever
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317568
 
6. Pony
R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780553508116
 
7. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
 
8. The Awakening Storm: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #1)
Jaimal Yogis, Vivian Truong (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338660425
 
9. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
 
10. Willodeen
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147400
 
11. Dinosaurs and Other Prehistoric Life
Professor Anusuya Chinsamy-Turan, DK Children, $19.99, 9780744039436
 
12. Tidesong- Debut
Wendy Xu, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062955791
 
13. Christmas Is Coming: Traditions from Around the World- Debut
Monika Utnik-Strugala, Ewa Poklewska-Koziello (Illus.), NorthSouth Books, $25.00, 9780735844438
 
14. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
 
15. How Do You Live?
Genzaburo Yoshino, Bruno Navasky (Transl.), Algonquin Young Readers, $17.95, 9781616209773
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for December 1, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending November 28, 2021
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  Young Adult  
1. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
 
2. Gilded
Marissa Meyer, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250618849
 
3. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
4. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
 
5. The Girl from the Sea: A Graphic Novel
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338540574
 
6. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Penguin Teen, $17.99, 9780735269934
 
7. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
8. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
9. A Snake Falls to Earth- Debut
Darcie Little Badger, Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140923
 
10. All of Us Villains
Amanda Foody, Christine Lynn Herman, Tor Teen, $18.99, 9781250789259
 
11. Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780525555254
 
12. Our Violent Ends
Chloe Gong, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.99, 9781534457720
 
13. These Violent Delights
Chloe Gong, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.99, 9781534457690
 
14. Once Upon a Broken Heart
Stephanie Garber, Flatiron Books, $19.99, 9781250268396
 
15. You've Reached Sam
Dustin Thao, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250762030
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for December 1, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending November 28, 2021
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Jan Brett's The Nutcracker
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109823
 
2. The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson, Nikkolas Smith (Illus.), Kokila, $18.99, 9780593307359
 
3. Aaron Slater, Illustrator
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419753961
 
4. Change Sings: A Children's Anthem
Amanda Gorman, Loren Long (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203224
 
5. Woodland Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523514687
 
6. The Smart Cookie
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780063045408
 
7. Construction Site: Merry and Bright
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797204291
 
8. The Crayons' Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
 
9. It Fell from the Sky
Terry Fan, Eric Fan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534457621
 
10. Christmas Mouse: Finger Puppet Book
Emily Dove (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797205694
 
11. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
12. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780544580145
 
13. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
14. Little Blue Truck's Christmas
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780544320413
 
15. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for December 1, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending November 28, 2021
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  Children's Series  
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
2. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
3. Elephant and Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
4. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
5. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
6. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
7. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
8. I Survived (paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
 
9. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Chan Chau (Illus.), Scholastic
 
10. Spy School (hardcover and paperback)
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 28, 2021

16. The Anomaly
Hervé Le Tellier, Other Press, $16.99, 9781635421699

17. The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $16.00, 9780593336823

18. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781984822185

19. The Every
Dave Eggers, Vintage, $17.95, 9780593315347

20. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703

21. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $18.00, 9780143110439

22. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062868947

23. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17.00, 9780525620808

24. I Hope This Finds You Well: Poems
Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $12.00, 9780063137998

25. A Thousand Ships
Natalie Haynes, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780063065406

26. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525562047

27. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.00, 9781635577808

28. The Best American Short Stories 2021
Jesmyn Ward, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $16.99, 9781328485397

29. The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $17.99, 9780316422017

30. The Christmas Bookshop
Jenny Colgan, Morrow, $16.99, 9780063141674

31. Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062667649

32. Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781524761349

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

34. Lore Olympus: Volume One
Rachel Smythe, Del Rey, $19.99, 9780593356074

35. The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18.00, 9781609457150

36. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $17.00, 9780593128503

37. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780062963680

38. Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters, One World, $18.00, 9780593133385

39. One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250244499

40. Perestroika in Paris
Jane Smiley, Anchor, $16.00, 9780525436096

41. The Ministry for the Future
Kim Stanley Robinson, Orbit, $17.99, 9780316300148

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

43. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.00, 9781635575569

44. The Liar's Dictionary
Eley Williams, Anchor, $16.00, 9780593311868

45. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707

46. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182

47. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263

48. Christmas by the Book
Anne Marie Ryan, Putnam, $16.00, 9780593331248

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

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 28, 2021

16. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470

17. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17.00, 9780307742483

18. The Best American Food Writing 2021
Gabrielle Hamilton (Ed.), Mariner Books, $16.99, 9780358525684

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

20. Is This Anything?
Jerry Seinfeld, Simon & Schuster, $18.00, 9781982112721

21. How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms
Frank Hyman, Storey Publishing, $16.95, 9781635863321

22. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2021
Ed Yong, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $16.99, 9780358400066

23. Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
Lulu Miller, Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781501160349

24. Tacky: Love Letters to the Worst Culture We Have to Offer
Rax King, Vintage, $15.95, 9780593312728

25. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $16.99, 9780060899226

26. Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
Stephanie Land, Legacy Lit, $17.99, 9780316505093

27. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286

28. Woolgathering
Patti Smith, New Directions, $14.95, 9780811231251

29. Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1)
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780063051331

30. Humankind: A Hopeful History
Rutger Bregman, Little, Brown , $18.99, 9780316418522

31. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525560562

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

33. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $12.99, 9780316078917

34. Sapiens: A Graphic History, Volume 2: The Pillars of Civilization
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780063212237

35. The Best American Travel Writing 2021
Padma Lakshmi, Jason Wilson (Eds.), Mariner Books, $16.99, 9780358361312

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

37. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $9.99, 9780804190114

38. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $17.99, 9781612198552

39. The House of Gucci: A True Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed
Sara Gay Forden, Custom House, $17.99, 9780063159983

40. The Best American Essays 2021
Kathryn Schulz, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner Books, $16.99, 9780358381754

41. The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X
Les Payne, Tamara Payne, Liveright, $21.95, 9781324091059

42. The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
Lucy Adlington, Harper, $17.99, 9780063030930

43. Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $17.99, 9781580059527

44. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609

45. The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $17.00, 9780143129257

46. Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
Emily Nagoski, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $18.00, 9781982165314

47. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536

48. The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War
John "Chick" Donohue, J.T. Molloy, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062995476

49. All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson (Eds.), One World, $18.00, 9780593237083

50. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 28, 2021

16. Matrix
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9781594634499

17. Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt, $28.99, 9781250220257

18. Never
Ken Follett, Viking, $36.00, 9780593300015

19. Termination Shock
Neal Stephenson, Morrow, $35.00, 9780063028050

20. The Dark Hours
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316485647

21. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593318171

22. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204

23. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271

24. Five Tuesdays in Winter
Lily King, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802158765

25. Hell of a Book
Jason Mott, Dutton, $27.00, 9780593330968

26. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, Simon & Schuster, $27.00, 9781501171345

27. Poison for Breakfast
Lemony Snicket, Liveright, $17.95, 9781324090625

28. The Madness of Crowds
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145260

29. The Wish
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538728628

30. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593101537

31. An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed
Helene Tursten, Soho Crime, $14.99, 9781641291675

32. Mercy
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538719725

33. Better Off Dead
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818508

34. The Book of Form and Emptiness
Ruth Ozeki, Viking, $30.00, 9780399563645

35. Still Life
Sarah Winman, Putnam, $27.00, 9780593330753

36. The Last Graduate
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593128862

37. The Magician
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $28.00, 9781476785080

38. Under the Whispering Door
TJ Klune, Tor, $26.99, 9781250217349

39. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Special Edition
V.E. Schwab, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250830746

40. The Becoming: The Dragon Heart Legacy, Book 2
Nora Roberts, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250272706

41. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561

42. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Honoree Fanonne Jeffers, Harper, $28.99, 9780062942937

43. The Man Who Died Twice
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9781984880994

44. The Memoirs of Stockholm Sven
Nathaniel Ian Miller, Little, Brown , $28.00, 9780316592550

45. Billy Summers
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982173616

46. A Line to Kill
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $27.99, 9780062938169

47. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250178602

48. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525536291

49. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781524798659

50. Dune: Deluxe Edition
Frank Herbert, Ace, $40.00, 9780593099322

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 28, 2021

16. Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show
Jonathan Karl, Dutton, $28.00, 9780593186329

17. Will
Will Smith, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9781984877925

18. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098

19. Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village
Maureen Johnson, Jay Cooper, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781984859624

20. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9781984801258

21. Guinness World Records 2022
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781913484101

22. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35.00, 9780062802798

23. On Animals
Susan Orlean, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.00, 9781982181536

24. The Boys: A Memoir of Hollywood and Family
Ron Howard, Clint Howard, Morrow, $28.99, 9780063065246

25. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593296905

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

27. The Korean Vegan Cookbook: Reflections and Recipes from Omma's Kitchen
Joanne Lee Molinaro, Avery, $35.00, 9780593084274

28. Peril
Bob Woodward, Robert Costa, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781982182915

29. Dogs on the Trail: A Year in the Life
Blair Braverman, Quince Mountain, Ecco, $17.99, 9780063066267

30. Best Wishes, Warmest Regards: The Story of Schitt's Creek
Daniel Levy, Eugene Levy, Black Dog & Leventhal, $40.00, 9780762499502

31. Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
Adam Schiff, Random House, $30.00, 9780593231524

32. Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $30.00, 9780525562177

33. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $30.00, 9780062964618

34. My Body
Emily Ratajkowski, Metropolitan Books, $26.00, 9781250817860

35. Black Food: Stories, Art, and Recipes from Across the African Diaspora
Bryant Terry (Ed.), 4 Color Books, $40.00, 9781984859723

36. Going There
Katie Couric, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316535861

37. Immune: A Journey into the Mysterious System That Keeps You Alive
Philipp Dettmer, Random House, $35.00, 9780593241318

38. Poet Warrior: A Memoir
Joy Harjo, Norton, $25.00, 9780393248524

39. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
John Koenig, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781501153648

40. The President and the Freedom Fighter: Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and Their Battle to Save America's Soul
Brian Kilmeade, Sentinel, $28.00, 9780525540571

41. The Real Anthony Fauci: Bill Gates, Big Pharma, and the Global War on Democracy and Public Health
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Skyhorse, $32.50, 9781510766808

42. The Midwest Survival Guide: How We Talk, Love, Work, Drink, and Eat . . . Everything with Ranch
Charlie Berens, Morrow, $26.99, 9780063074958

43. Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography
Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $29.99, 9780062909107

44. Wish It Lasted Forever: Life with the Larry Bird Celtics
Dan Shaughnessy, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982169978

45. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385545686

46. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $28.00, 9780525555216

47. Atlas of the Invisible: Maps and Graphics That Will Change How You See the World
James Cheshire, Oliver Uberti, Norton , $40.00, 9780393651515

48. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32.00, 9780593230251

49. Orwell's Roses
Rebecca Solnit, Viking, $28.00, 9780593083369

50. Led Zeppelin: The Biography
Bob Spitz, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780399562426

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending November 28, 2021

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

12. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $9.99, 9780063112520

13. God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257

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

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

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

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

18. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11.00, 9780399501487

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

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

21. The Great Hunt
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251480

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

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

24. The Princess Bride
William Goldman, Mariner, $10.99, 9780156035217

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

26. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874

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

28. Foundation and Empire
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293371

29. Heretics of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098264

30. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697

31. A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin, Clarion Books, $8.99, 9780547773742

32. Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365293

33. Fire & Blood
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780593357538

34. The Lord of the Rings:The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706

35. Open Season
C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 9780399576607

36. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063139503

37. The Sentinel
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818485

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

39. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400

40. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9781250773012

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

42. The Stand
Stephen King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780593313886

43. Chapterhouse: Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098271

44. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686

45. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286

46. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756411329

47. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9781250068736

48. The Dragon Reborn
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251497

49. The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski, Orbit, $8.99, 9780316495967

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

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