Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
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Trade Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
People We Meet on Vacation- Debut 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. |
/1 |
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. |
2/37 |
3. |
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. |
1/7 |
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. |
3/57 |
5. |
The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703 A gripping psychological thriller about a woman's act of violence against her husband--and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive. |
5/2 |
6. |
Such a Fun Age Kiley Reid, Putnam, $17.00, 9780525541912 Reid's debut novel is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young Black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both. |
4/4 |
7. |
The Rose Code Kate Quinn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062943477 A breathtaking World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over. A March 2021 Indie Next List Great Read. |
6/10 |
8. |
Squeeze Me- Debut Carl Hiaasen, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9780525435280 A hilarious novel of social and political intrigue, set against the glittering backdrop of Florida's gold coast. |
/1 |
9. |
The Giver of Stars Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $17.00, 9780399562495 Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking novel of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond. |
8/2 |
10. |
The Dutch House Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780062963680 Patchett's moving novel explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. |
7/19 |
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. |
9/18 |
12. |
The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687 Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world. |
13/110 |
13. |
Deacon King Kong James McBride, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780735216730 National Book Award-winner McBride's wise and witty novel about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting. |
10/15 |
14. |
The Book of Longings Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143111399 An inspiring, unforgettable novel of one woman's bold struggle to realize the passion and potential inside her, while living in a time, place, and culture devised to silence her. |
15/8 |
15. |
The Woman with the Blue Star Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $17.99, 9780778389385 A riveting tale of courage and unlikely friendship during World War II. |
12/2 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
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. |
1/75 |
2. |
Minor Feelings Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18.00, 9781984820389 A radically honest work of art, Minor Feelings forms a portrait of one Asian American psyche--and of a writer's search to both uncover and speak the truth. |
3/11 |
3. |
Nomadland Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95, 9780393356311 Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the underbelly of the American economy. At the same time she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Now a major motion picture. |
2/12 |
4. |
Entangled Life 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. |
6/5 |
5. |
The Body Keeps the Score 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. |
5/33 |
6. |
The Body 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. |
7/16 |
7. |
Hood Feminism Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525560562 A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in Black feminism. |
8/12 |
8. |
The Four Agreements Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310 A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in traditional Toltec beliefs. |
11/123 |
9. |
The Bird Way Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223035 A radical investigation into the bird way of being, and the recent scientific research that is dramatically shifting our understanding of birds--how they live and how they think. |
12/2 |
10. |
Why Fish Don't Exist Lulu Miller, S&S, $17.00, 9781501160349 Part biography, part memoir, part scientific adventure, Why Fish Don't Exist is a wondrous fable about how to persevere in a world where chaos will always prevail. |
/5 |
11. |
Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide- Debut Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark, Forge Books, $18.99, 9781250759221 The voices behind the hit podcast My Favorite Murder irreverently recount their biggest mistakes and deepest fears, reflecting on the formative life events that shaped them into two of the most followed voices in the nation. |
/1 |
12. |
Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110 A groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be human. |
/144 |
13. |
Hidden Valley Road Robert Kolker, Anchor, $17.00, 9780525562641 The heartrending story of a mid-century American family with twelve children--six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia--that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease. |
10/11 |
14. |
The Color of Law Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536 Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation. |
/44 |
15. |
Becoming Michelle Obama, Crown, $18.99, 9781524763145 Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations--and whose story inspires us to do the same. |
4/10 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
The Hill We Climb Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271 Amanda Gorman's powerful and historic poem, read at President Joe Biden's inauguration, now available as a collectible gift edition. |
1/7 |
2. |
While Justice Sleeps- Debut Stacey Abrams, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385546577 Abrams' novel is a gripping, complexly plotted thriller set within the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick. |
/1 |
3. |
Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204 In Weir's latest, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick. |
2/2 |
4. |
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. |
3/28 |
5. |
Klara and the Sun Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593318171 Ishiguro's new novel offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: What does it mean to love? A March 2021 Indie Next List Great Read. |
4/11 |
6. |
Great Circle Maggie Shipstead, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656975 An unforgettable novel about a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life at any cost. The #1 Indie Next Pick for May 2021. |
5/2 |
7. |
Whereabouts Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $24.00, 9780593318317 A marvelous new novel about a woman questioning her place in the world, wavering between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties. |
7/3 |
8. |
Sooley John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547680 John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in his first basketball novel. Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoop dreams--and even bigger challenges off the court. |
8/3 |
9. |
The Four Winds Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250178602 Hannah's new novel is an American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to have turned against them. A February 2021 Indie Next List Great Read. |
6/15 |
10. |
The Last Thing He Told Me Laura Dave, S&S, $27.00, 9781501171345 A gripping mystery about a woman who thinks she's found the love of her life--until he disappears. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick. |
9/2 |
11. |
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561 France, 1714: In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever--and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for October 2020. |
10/32 |
12. |
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. |
12/50 |
13. |
That Summer- Debut Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $28.00, 9781501133541 A deliciously twisty novel of intrigue, secrets, and the transformative power of female friendship. |
/1 |
14. |
Hour of the Witch Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385542432 A twisting, tightly plotted novel of historical suspense, Hour of the Witch is a timely and terrifying story of socially sanctioned brutality and the original American witch hunt. |
11/2 |
15. |
When the Stars Go Dark Paula McLain, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780593237892 McLain's propulsive and deeply affecting new novel is an April 2021 Indie Next List Pick. |
13/5 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
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Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
The Premonition Michael Lewis, Norton, $30.00, 9780393881554 Michael Lewis's taut nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against what was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19. |
1/2 |
2. |
Finding the Mother Tree Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098 Simard brings us into the intimate world of trees to illuminate fascinating and vital truths—that trees are not simply the source of timber or pulp, but are a complicated, interdependent circle of life. |
2/2 |
3. |
Crying in H Mart Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743 From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast fame, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick. |
3/4 |
4. |
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. |
4/63 |
5. |
The Bomber Mafia Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27.00, 9780316296618 Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history. |
6/3 |
6. |
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. |
7/41 |
7. |
Yearbook- Debut Seth Rogen, Crown, $28.00, 9781984825407 A collection of funny personal essays from the popular actor, writer, producer, and director. |
/1 |
8. |
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. |
9/62 |
9. |
Persist Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan Books, $27.99, 9781250799241 The inspiring, influential senator mixes vivid personal stories with a passionate plea for political transformation. |
5/2 |
10. |
What Happened to You? Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99, 9781250223180 Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road, and What Happened to You? provides powerful scientific and emotional insights into the behavioral patterns so many of us struggle to understand. |
10/3 |
11. |
The Code Breaker Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35.00, 9781982115852 Isaacson's gripping account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies. |
11/10 |
12. |
The Secret to Superhuman Strength Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.00, 9780544387652 A profoundly affecting graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times. |
13/2 |
13. |
Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II- Debut Daniel James Brown, Viking, $30.00, 9780525557401 Brown's book is a gripping World War II saga of patriotism highlighting the contributions and sacrifices that Japanese immigrants and their American-born children made for the sake of the nation. |
/1 |
14. |
World Travel Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35.00, 9780062802798 A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain. |
8/4 |
15. |
Notes on Grief- Debut Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $16.00, 9780593320808 By the bestselling author of We Should All Be Feminists, a timely and deeply personal account of the loss of her father. |
/1 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
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Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 |
1/78 |
2. |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
2/254 |
3. |
The Sentinel Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818485 |
4/2 |
4. |
Bridgerton: The Duke and I Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697 |
3/20 |
5. |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
5/39 |
6. |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279 |
/15 |
7. |
Bridgerton: Romancing Mister Bridgerton Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353689 |
/12 |
8. |
Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353641 |
6/18 |
9. |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803 |
/22 |
10. |
American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110 |
/29 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
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Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
1. |
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979 |
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2. |
Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You- Debut Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780316167581 |
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3. |
Cat Kid Comic Club Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766 |
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4. |
Allergic Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905 |
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5. |
When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908 |
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6. |
Forge Your Dragon World: A Wings of Fire Creative Guide- Debut Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338634778 |
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7. |
New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 |
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8. |
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094 |
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9. |
Twins Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132 |
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10. |
When You Trap a Tiger Tae Keller, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524715700 |
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11. |
Sisters Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605 |
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12. |
Class Act Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500 |
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13. |
The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317 |
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14. |
Drama Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995 |
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15. |
The Last Fallen Star Graci Kim, Rick Riordan Presents, $16.99, 9781368059633 |
Young Adult
Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
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Young Adult | ||
1. |
Realm Breaker Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780062872623 |
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2. |
They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806 |
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3. |
We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 |
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4. |
Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co., $18.99, 9781250766564 |
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5. |
Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title) Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606 |
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6. |
The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350 |
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7. |
Last Night at the Telegraph Club Malinda Lo, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780525555254 |
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8. |
One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680 |
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9. |
Concrete Rose Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716 |
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10. |
Yolk Mary H.K. Choi, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781534446007 |
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11. |
The Ones We're Meant to Find Joan He, Roaring Brook Press, $18.99, 9781250258564 |
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12. |
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691 |
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13. |
Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title) Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469 |
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14. |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729 |
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15. |
The Magic Fish Trung Le Nguyen, Random House Graphic, $16.99, 9781984851598 |
Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
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Children's Illustrated | ||
1. |
Peace Train- Debut Cat Stevens, Peter H. Reynolds (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780063053991 |
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2. |
Oh, the Places You'll Go! Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274 |
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3. |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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4. |
We Are Water Protectors Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557 |
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5. |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399226908 |
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6. |
Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915 |
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7. |
The Rock from the Sky Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536215625 |
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8. |
Jungle Night Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523513604 |
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9. |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926 |
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10. |
The Bruce Swap Ryan T. Higgins, Disney-Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368028561 |
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11. |
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062915627 |
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12. |
Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007 |
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13. |
The Octopus Escapes- Debut Maile Meloy, Felicita Sala (Illus.), G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781984812698 |
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14. |
Antiracist Baby Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508 |
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15. |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905 |
Children's Series
Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
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Children's Series | ||
1. |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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2. |
Shadow and Bone (hardcover and paperback) Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR |
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3. |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic |
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4. |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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5. |
Six of Crows (hardcover and paperback) Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR |
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6. |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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7. |
Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback) J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books |
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8. |
The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
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9. |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House |
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10. |
FunJungle (hardcover and paperback) Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers New in Series: Bear Bottom (9781534479463) |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
16. Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu, Vintage, $16.00, 9780307948472
17. The Bookshop of Second Chances
Jackie Fraser, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780593355657
18. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18.00, 9780062671196
19. A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780593157497
20. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.95, 9780345804327
21. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.99, 9781501188824
22. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $17.00, 9780593128503
23. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802124944
24. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219
25. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
26. Monogamy
Sue Miller, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780062969668
27. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148544
28. Big Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501133527
29. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263
30. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781984822185
31. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734
32. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
33. Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148506
34. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
35. The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $18.00, 9781250182494
36. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $18.00, 9780143110439
37. Later
Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $14.95, 9781789096491
38. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101971062
39. A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet, Norton, $15.95, 9780393867381
40. All Adults Here
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634703
41. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562948
42. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593
43. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933
44. The Henna Artist
Alka Joshi, Mira, $17.99, 9780778331476
45. The Most Fun We Ever Had
Claire Lombardo, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525564232
46. Home Body
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808
47. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781455563920
48. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345804341
49. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776
50. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.00, 9781635575569
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
16. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes
Sam Sifton, Ten Speed Press, $28.00, 9781984858474
17. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
18. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888
19. We Do This 'til We Free Us
Mariame Kaba, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781642595253
20. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18.00, 9780399588198
21. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
22. The Undocumented Americans
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, One World, $17.00, 9780399592706
23. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $17.99, 9781612198552
24. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286
25. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
26. The End of Everything
Katie Mack, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982103552
27. In the Dream House
Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $16.00, 9781644450383
28. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415
29. Press Reset
Jason Schreier, Grand Central, $17.99, 9781538735497
30. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155
31. Why We Swim
Bonnie Tsui, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781643751375
32. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932
33. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934
34. Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
Lauren Hough, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593080764
35. Know My Name
Chanel Miller, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223721
36. The Body Is Not an Apology
Sonya Renee Taylor, Berrett-Koehler, $18.95, 9781523090990
37. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312
38. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $18.00, 9780374533557
39. The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $17.00, 9780143129257
40. The Inner Life of Animals
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $16.95, 9781771648028
41. Until the End of Time
Brian Greene, Vintage, $17.95, 9780525432173
42. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510567
43. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807057834
44. Burnout
PhD Nagoski, Emily, DMA Nagoski, Amelia, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781984818324
45. Dirt
Bill Buford, Vintage, $17.00, 9780307455802
46. How Iceland Changed the World
Egill Bjarnason, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135883
47. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World Library, $17.00, 9781577314806
48. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
Angela Y. Davis, Haymarket Books, $15.95, 9781608465644
49. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $9.99, 9780804190114
50. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
16. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606
17. The Devil May Dance
Jake Tapper, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316530231
18. The Plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz, Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250790767
19. The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner, Park Row, $27.99, 9780778311010
20. First Person Singular
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593318072
21. Mary Jane
Jessica Anya Blau, Custom House, $27.99, 9780063052291
22. Ariadne
Jennifer Saint, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250773586
23. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.00, 9781501160837
24. Second Place
Rachel Cusk, FSG, $25.00, 9780374279226
25. A Master of Djinn
P. Djèlí Clark, Tordotcom, $27.99, 9781250267689
26. Sorrowland
Rivers Solomon, MCD, $27.00, 9780374266776
27. The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $28.00, 9781982134198
28. A Gambling Man
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538719671
29. China
Edward Rutherfurd, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385538930
30. Olympus, Texas
Stacey Swann, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385545211
31. Good Company
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062876003
32. Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters, One World, $27.00, 9780593133378
33. The Dictionary of Lost Words
Pip Williams, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780593160190
34. The Newcomer
Mary Kay Andrews, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250256966
35. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635575637
36. Northern Spy
Flynn Berry, Viking, $26.00, 9780735224995
37. The Summer of Lost and Found
Mary Alice Monroe, Gallery, $28.00, 9781982148348
38. Early Morning Riser
Katherine Heiny, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525659341
39. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27.00, 9780525620785
40. Libertie
Kaitlyn Greenidge, Algonquin Books, $26.95, 9781616207014
41. The Committed
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802157065
42. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023
43. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930
44. The Music of Bees
Eileen Garvin, Dutton, $26.00, 9780593183922
45. What Comes After
JoAnne Tompkins, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593085998
46. Of Women and Salt
Gabriela Garcia, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250776686
47. We Begin at the End
Chris Whitaker, Holt, $27.99, 9781250759665
48. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
49. The Man Who Lived Underground
Richard Wright, Library of America, $22.95, 9781598536768
50. Ocean Prey
John Sandford, Putnam, $29.00, 9780593087022
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
16. Empire of Pain
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385545686
17. Dusk, Night, Dawn
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593189696
18. You Are Your Best Thing
Tarana Burke, Brené Brown (Eds.), Random House, $27.00, 9780593243626
19. Killing the Mob
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's, $30.00, 9781250273659
20. On Juneteenth
Annette Gordon-Reed, Liveright, $15.95, 9781631498831
21. The Sum of Us
Heather McGhee, One World, $28.00, 9780525509561
22. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30.00, 9780593139134
23. The Hummingbirds' Gift
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $20.00, 9781982176082
24. Broken Horses
Brandi Carlile, Crown, $28.00, 9780593237243
25. Cook This Book
Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $32.50, 9780593138274
26. Think Again
Adam Grant, Viking, $28.00, 9781984878106
27. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders, Random House, $28.00, 9781984856029
28. Madhouse at the End of the Earth
Julian Sancton, Crown, $30.00, 9781984824332
29. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Deluxe (Yellow) Edition
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780063142787
30. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616
31. Brat
Andrew McCarthy, Grand Central , $28.00, 9781538754276
32. Broken (in the best possible way)
Jenny Lawson, Holt, $27.99, 9781250077035
33. Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie
Lisa Napoli, Abrams, $28.00, 9781419750403
34. Goodbye, Again
Jonny Sun, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780062880857
35. The Heartbeat of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $26.95, 9781771646895
36. A Promised Land
Barack Obama, Crown, $45.00, 9781524763169
37. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836
38. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713
39. What It's Like to Be a Bird
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894
40. Finding Freedom
Erin French, Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250312341
41. Nine Nasty Words
John McWhorter, Avery, $24.00, 9780593188798
42. The Wreckage of My Presence
Casey Wilson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062960580
43. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288
44. Everyone's Table
Gregory Gourdet, JJ Goode, Harper Wave, $37.50, 9780062984517
45. Nothing Personal
James Baldwin, Beacon Press, $18.00, 9780807006429
46. Madam Speaker
Susan Page, Twelve, $32.50, 9781538750698
47. Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish, Grand Central, $35.00, 9781538720479
48. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $35.00, 9781571311771
49. Out of Many, One
George W. Bush, Crown, $38.00, 9780593136966
50. The Women of the Bible Speak
Shannon Bream, Broadside Books, $25.99, 9780063046597
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
11. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
12. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
13. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487
14. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
15. Bridgerton: To Sir Phillip, With Love
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353733
16. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
17. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
18. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
19. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
20. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
21. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
22. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
23. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
24. Bridgerton: When He Was Wicked
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353788
25. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488
26. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595
27. Bridgerton: An Offer From a Gentleman
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353658
28. Camino Winds
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780593157770
29. Bridgerton: It's in His Kiss
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353795
30. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
31. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541
32. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
33. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12.00, 9780140177398
34. The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672
35. God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
36. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
37. Near Dark
Brad Thor, Pocket, $9.99, 9781982104078
38. Bridgerton: On the Way to the Wedding
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353818
39. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $10.00, 9780446574754
40. The Dry
Jane Harper, Flatiron Books, $9.99, 9781250778574
41. The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345325815
42. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
43. Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing, $8.99, 9781612680194
44. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
45. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
46. The Once and Future King
T.H. White, Ace, $9.99, 9780441627400
47. The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Voyager, $8.99, 9780061054884
48. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9781250068736
49. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240
50. Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062476371