Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 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. |
1/24 |
| 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. |
2/57 |
| 3 |
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. |
3/23 |
| 4 |
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. |
5/124 |
| 5 |
Babel 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. |
7/7 |
| 6 |
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463 These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. |
10/4 |
| 7 |
Mad Honey Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18.00, 9781984818409 A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind. |
4/6 |
| 8 |
The Passenger Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $18.00, 9780307389091 The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road returns with the first of a two-volume masterpiece: The Passenger is the story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick. |
6/3 |
| 9 |
The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987 In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. |
8/73 |
| 10 |
All the Light We Cannot See (Media Tie-In)- Debut Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781668017340 Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II. |
/1 |
| 11 |
Wildfire Hannah Grace, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668026274 The latest in the TikTok sensation and deliciously "swoonworthy" (Elena Armas, New York Times bestselling author) Maple Hills series follows two summer camp counselors who reconnect after a sizzling one-night stand. An October 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
9/2 |
| 12 |
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. |
11/8 |
| 13 |
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. |
12/98 |
| 14 |
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. |
/28 |
| 15 |
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. |
13/62 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Killers of the Flower Moon (Movie Tie-In Edition): The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI- Debut David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831 Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history. |
/1 |
| 2 |
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. |
2/201 |
| 3 |
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. |
3/29 |
| 4 |
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. |
4/102 |
| 5 |
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. |
5/159 |
| 6 |
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us 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. |
7/7 |
| 7 |
Stay True: A Memoir Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593315200 From The New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Memoir. |
6/5 |
| 8 |
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Likes to Walk Outside Nick Offerman, Dutton, $18.00, 9781101984703 A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors. |
9/2 |
| 9 |
The 2024 Old Farmer's Almanac 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. |
11/7 |
| 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. |
10/19 |
| 11 |
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. |
8/17 |
| 12 |
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. |
13/73 |
| 13 |
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. |
15/19 |
| 14 |
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us Rachel Aviv, Picador, $18.00, 9781250872913 The acclaimed, award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv offers a groundbreaking exploration of mental illness and the mind, and illuminates the startling connections between diagnosis and identity. |
14/3 |
| 15 |
Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22.00, 9781324094067 Necessary reading for anyone who cares about America's past, present, and future, Indigenous Continent restores Native peoples to their rightful place at the very fulcrum of American history. |
/4 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 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. |
1/11 |
| 2 |
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. |
2/21 |
| 3 |
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. |
4/80 |
| 4 |
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. |
3/52 |
| 5 |
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. |
5/10 |
| 6 |
Roman Stories- Debut Jhumpa Lahiri, Todd Portnowitz (Transl.), Knopf, $27.00, 9780593536322 These are splendid, searching stories, written in Jhumpa Lahiri's adopted language of Italian and seamlessly translated by the author and by Knopf editor Todd Portnowitz. |
/1 |
| 7 |
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. |
7/24 |
| 8 |
The Mysteries- Debut Bill Watterson, John Kascht (Illus.), Andrews McMeel Publishing, $19.99, 9781524884949 From Bill Watterson, bestselling creator of the beloved comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, and John Kascht, one of America's most renowned caricaturists, comes a mysterious and beautifully illustrated fable about what lies beyond human understanding. |
/1 |
| 9 |
The Fraud Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29.00, 9780525558965 From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets to be believed. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
8/6 |
| 10 |
Starling House Alix E. Harrow, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250799050 Starling House is a gorgeous, modern gothic fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January. An October 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
6/2 |
| 11 |
The Last Devil to Die Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9780593299425 A new mystery is afoot in the fourth book in the Thursday Murder Club series from million-copy bestselling author Richard Osman. |
9/4 |
| 12 |
The Iliad Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), W. W. Norton & Company, $39.95, 9781324001805 The greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time. |
10/3 |
| 13 |
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. |
14/65 |
| 14 |
North Woods Daniel Mason, Random House, $28.00, 9780593597033 When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
15/4 |
| 15 |
The Vaster Wilds Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593418390 A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive. The #1 Indie Next Pick for September 2023. |
11/5 |
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| 16 |
Sword Catcher Cassandra Clare, Del Rey, $30.00, 9780525619994 Two outcasts find themselves caught in a web of forbidden love, dangerous magic, and dark secrets that could change the world forever in the start of a riveting epic fantasy series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Shadowhunter Chronicles. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon Michael Lewis, W. W. Norton & Company, $30.00, 9781324074335 From the #1 bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX's spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center. |
1/2 |
| 2 |
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Heather Cox Richardson, Viking, $30.00, 9780593652961 Many books tell us what has happened over the last five years. Democracy Awakening explains how we got to this perilous point, what our history really tells us about ourselves, and what the future of democracy can be. |
2/3 |
| 3 |
Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life- Debut Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593655955 The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone. |
/1 |
| 4 |
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. |
5/39 |
| 5 |
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. |
4/26 |
| 6 |
Elon Musk Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982181284 An astonishingly intimate biography of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. |
3/5 |
| 7 |
Enough Cassidy Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668028285 Cassidy Hutchinson's desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington. |
9/3 |
| 8 |
Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700 The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention. |
6/4 |
| 9 |
Making It So: A Memoir Patrick Stewart, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781982167738 The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! |
7/2 |
| 10 |
Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business- Debut Roxane Gay, Harper, $30.00, 9780063341463 Opinions is a collection of Roxane Gay's best nonfiction pieces from the past ten years. |
/1 |
| 11 |
More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen: A Cookbook- Debut Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780593578841 Learn to cook with confidence and unbridled joy in 100 big, bold, flavorful recipes from New York Times bestselling author Molly Baz. |
/1 |
| 12 |
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution Cat Bohannon, Knopf, $35.00, 9780385350549 Eve is not only a sweeping revision of human history, it's an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long. Picking up where Sapiens left off, Eve will completely change what you think you know about evolution and why Homo sapiens has become such a successful and dominant species. |
8/2 |
| 13 |
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. |
13/29 |
| 14 |
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. |
12/85 |
| 15 |
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374610326 Doppelganger asks: What do we neglect as we polish and perfect our digital reflections? Is it possible to dispose of our doubles and overcome the pathologies of a culture of multiplication? Can we create a politics of collective care and undertake a true reckoning with historical crimes? The result is a revelatory treatment of the way many of us think and feel now—and an intellectual adventure story for our times. |
10/5 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
1/380 |
| 2 |
A Haunting in Venice Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972 |
2/8 |
| 3 |
The Boys from Biloxi John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916 |
4/8 |
| 4 |
No Plan B Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577 |
3/15 |
| 5 |
Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 |
10/125 |
| 6 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367 |
6/204 |
| 7 |
The Family Upstairs Lisa Jewell, Pocket Books, $10.99, 9781668026519 |
9/3 |
| 8 |
The Wish Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538728635 |
/3 |
| 9 |
The Judge's List John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831 |
7/17 |
| 10 |
A Flicker in the Dark- Debut Stacy Willingham, Minotaur Books, $9.99, 9781250896445 |
/1 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
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| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1 |
Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World Tui T. Sutherland, Joy Ang (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $24.99, 9781338634822 |
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| 2 |
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 |
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| 3 |
The Puppets of Spelhorst- Debut Kate DiCamillo, Julie Morstad (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536216752 |
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| 4 |
Dogtown Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608 |
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| 5 |
The Lost Library Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810 |
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| 6 |
Cat on the Run in Cat of Death! Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825 |
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| 7 |
Wrecker Carl Hiaasen, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593376287 |
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| 8 |
Ghost Book Remy Lai, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $14.99, 9781250810434 |
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| 9 |
From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153 |
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| 10 |
Drama: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897 |
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| 11 |
Smile: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264 |
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| 12 |
Ghosts: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801903 |
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| 13 |
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312 |
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| 14 |
Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128 |
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| 15 |
The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260 |
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Young Adult
Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439 |
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| 2 |
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114 |
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| 3 |
Curious Tides Pascale Lacelle, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $21.99, 9781665939270 |
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| 4 |
A Study in Drowning Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506 |
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| 5 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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| 6 |
Nimona ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227 |
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| 7 |
Hell Followed with Us Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636 |
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| 8 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196 |
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| 9 |
Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637 |
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| 10 |
This Winter Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338885132 |
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| 11 |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207 |
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| 12 |
They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806 |
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| 13 |
Night of the Witch- Debut Sara Raasch, Beth Revis, Sourcebooks Fire, $18.99, 9781728272160 |
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| 14 |
Warrior Girl Unearthed Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $19.99, 9781250766588 |
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| 15 |
Lightlark (The Lightlark Saga Book 1) Alex Aster, Amulet Paperbacks, $12.99, 9781419760877 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1 |
Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409 |
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| 2 |
Boo! Bluey's Halloween Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540 |
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| 3 |
Dragon's First Taco Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178 |
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| 4 |
Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $10.99, 9780593486955 |
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| 5 |
Little Blue Truck's Halloween Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780544772533 |
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| 6 |
Something, Someday Amanda Gorman, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203255 |
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| 7 |
Zilot & Other Important Rhymes- Debut Bob Odenkirk, Erin Odenkirk (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316438506 |
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| 8 |
Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 |
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| 9 |
Peekaboo: Pumpkin Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813 |
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| 10 |
Construction Site: Taking Flight! Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $17.99, 9781797221922 |
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| 11 |
Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368059589 |
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| 12 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), HarperFestival, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 13 |
Eek! Halloween! Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925143 |
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| 14 |
If I Was a Horse Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316510981 |
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| 15 |
Just Because Matthew McConaughey, Renée Kurilla (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593622032 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for October 18, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Children's Series | ||
| 1 |
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback) Rick Riordan, Hyperion |
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| 2 |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 3 |
Wild Robot (hardcover) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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| 4 |
Spy School (hardcover and paperback) Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
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| 5 |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 6 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (paperback) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 7 |
I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Álvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic |
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| 8 |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic |
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| 9 |
The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic |
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| 10 |
Narwhal and Jelly (hardcover and paperback) Ben Clanton, Tundra Books |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
16 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
17 Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593492666
18 Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780593446089
19 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
20 The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
21 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
22 The Way Forward
Yung Pueblo, Andrews McMeel Publishing, $16.99, 9781524874834
23 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
24 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038
25 Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591
26 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593183212
27 Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
28 The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Lauren Groff (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Anchor, $18.00, 9780593470596
29 It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
30 Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088
31 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
32 Bunny
Mona Awad, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525559757
33 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
34 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063342965
35 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990
36 Liberation Day: Stories
George Saunders, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $17.00, 9780525509615
37 The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064
38 The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593315088
39 Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982153090
40 All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781501173219
41 House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577020
42 House of Sky and Breath
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639731756
43 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606
44 The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593439357
45 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab, Tor, $19.99, 9780765387578
46 Other Birds
Sarah Addison Allen, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.00, 9781250019875
47 The Mountain in the Sea
Ray Nayler, Picador, $18.00, 9781250872272
48 The Last Chairlift
John Irving, Simon & Schuster, $24.99, 9781501189289
49 Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $20.00, 9781668002193
50 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
16 How We Live Is How We Die
Pema Chödrön, Shambhala, $21.95, 9781645472407
17 Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe, Oni Press, $24.99, 9781549304002
18 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18.00, 9781524746742
19 When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe, Anchor, $18.00, 9780593081877
20 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19.00, 9780143129257
21 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18.99, 9781643753287
22 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18.00, 9781250849359
23 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
24 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
25 Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
Temple Grandin, PhD, Riverhead Books, $18.00, 9780593418376
26 In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
Mona Chollet, St. Martin's Griffin, $20.00, 9781250894878
27 A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446
28 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
29 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
30 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321
31 The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25.00, 9781250858801
32 Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better
Woo-kyoung Ahn, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250805973
33 Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
Karen Armstrong, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593313404
34 Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18.00, 9780593136355
35 This Is What It Sounds Like: A Legendary Producer Turned Neuroscientist on Finding Yourself Through Music
Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas, Norton, $17.95, 9781324065968
36 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
37 Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Journey to the Edge of Physics
Antonio Padilla, Picador, $20.00, 9781250872821
38 The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $18.00, 9780525555247
39 The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $17.00, 9781400078431
40 The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace (Shortest History Series)
Michael Scott-Baumann, The Experiment, $16.95, 9781615199501
41 The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene, Penguin, $26.00, 9780140280197
42 Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807014271
43 The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love
bell hooks, Washington Square Press, $17.99, 9780743456081
44 The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz
Eti Elboim, Sara Leibovits, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008600280
45 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
46 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
47 These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $19.00, 9780063092792
48 Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
Andy Borowitz, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668003893
49 HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
50 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
16 Sword Catcher
Cassandra Clare, Del Rey, $30.00, 9780525619994
17 Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668016138
18 The Fragile Threads of Power
V. E. Schwab, Tor Books, $29.99, 9780765387493
19 Wellness
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593536117
20 The Armor of Light
Ken Follett, Viking, $38.00, 9780525954996
21 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
22 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833
23 Blackouts
Justin Torres, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374293574
24 Death Valley
Melissa Broder, Scribner, $27.00, 9781668024843
25 Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $27.99, 9781501153228
26 The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212
27 Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
Jordan Peele (Ed.), Random House, $30.00, 9780593243794
28 The MANIAC
Benjamin Labatut, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593654477
29 Land of Milk and Honey
C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593538241
30 Starter Villain
John Scalzi, Tor Books, $28.99, 9780765389220
31 Family Meal
Bryan Washington, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593421093
32 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
33 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243732
34 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335005625
35 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28.00, 9781982179007
36 The Running Grave
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland Books, $32.50, 9780316572101
37 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
38 Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Nina Simon, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063315044
39 Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593441275
40 Lady Tan's Circle of Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982117085
41 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969
42 Rouge
Mona Awad, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $28.00, 9781982169695
43 The Hurricane Wars
Thea Guanzon, Harper Voyager, $30.00, 9780063277274
44 Brooklyn Crime Novel
Jonathan Lethem, Ecco, $30.00, 9780062938824
45 Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250899699
46 Happiness Falls
Angie Kim, Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593448205
47 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $20.99, 9781250236210
48 Blood Lines
Nelson DeMille, Alex DeMille, Scribner, $29.99, 9781501101816
49 The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story
Mark Helprin, Harry N. Abrams, $30.00, 9781419769085
50 The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $28.00, 9780812998627
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
16 Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593472675
17 The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $28.00, 9781643753096
18 To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker, National Geographic, $30.00, 9781426223303
19 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780358458180
20 Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30.00, 9780593545409
21 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
22 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28.00, 9780593239919
23 Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
Werner Herzog, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593490297
24 Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
Steve Inskeep, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593297865
25 I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
26 Guinness World Records 2024
Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484378
27 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525657323
28 How to Say Babylon: A Memoir
Safiya Sinclair, 37 Ink, $28.99, 9781982132330
29 MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
Joanna Robinson, et al., Liveright, $35.00, 9781631497513
30 Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's Press, $32.00, 9781250283320
31 Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Michael Harriot, Dey Street Books, $32.50, 9780358439165
32 Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and THE WASHINGTON POST
Martin Baron, Flatiron Books, $34.99, 9781250844200
33 Thicker than Water: A Memoir
Kerry Washington, Little, Brown Spark, $30.00, 9780316497398
34 Begin Again: How We Got Here and Where We Might Go - Our Human Story. So Far.
Oliver Jeffers, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $26.99, 9780593621554
35 A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802160508
36 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593298886
37 In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
Amy Schneider, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $28.00, 9781668013304
38 Down the Drain
Julia Fox, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668011508
39 Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
Maria Bamford, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781982168568
40 Oh. It's You.: Love Poems by Cats
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle Books, $12.95, 9781797220031
41 Lou Reed: The King of New York
Will Hermes, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $35.00, 9780374193393
42 The History of Sketch Comedy: A Journey through the Art and Craft of Humor
Keegan-Michael Key, Elle Key, Chronicle Books, $29.95, 9781797216836
43 Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $37.50, 9781476753836
44 Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair
Mercury Stardust, DK, $24.99, 9780744079074
45 Seafood Simple: A Cookbook
Eric Ripert, Random House, $35.00, 9780593449523
46 Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
B. Dylan Hollis, DK, $32.00, 9780744080049
47 Emotional Intelligence Habits
Travis Bradberry, Talentsmart, $36.95, 9780974719375
48 Number Go Up: Inside Crypto's Wild Rise and Staggering Fall
Zeke Faux, Crown Currency, $28.99, 9780593443811
49 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
50 To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment
Bret Baier, Mariner Books, $32.50, 9780063039582
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending October 15, 2023
11 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
12 Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928
13 Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
14 The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657
15 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
16 Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909
17 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
18 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
19 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
20 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
21 The Whittiers
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821850
22 Night Shift
Stephen King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780307743640
23 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
24 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
25 The Hotel Nantucket
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316258937
26 The Noise
James Patterson, J.D. Barker, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538753040
27 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
28 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
29 That Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668020661
30 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
31 The Horsewoman
James Patterson, Mike Lupica, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538752944
32 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
33 Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780593599006
34 The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
35 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
36 The Last House Guest
Megan Miranda, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $10.99, 9781668012796
37 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
38 Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt Paperbacks, $10.99, 9781250894229
39 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
40 The Recovery Agent
Janet Evanovich, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982154936
41 Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743664
42 Diablo Mesa
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538736746
43 The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553588941
44 Greenwich Park
Katherine Faulkner, Pocket Books, $10.99, 9781668021620
45 Misery
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781501156748
46 The Omega Factor
Steve Berry, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538720974
47 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
48 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
49 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
50 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716