Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020
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Trade Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
The Nickel Boys Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345804341 Whitehead's masterful and haunting novel about two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida is the winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. |
1/9 |
2. |
Circe Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323 Miller's 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. |
3/20 |
3. |
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. |
2/74 |
4. |
Normal People Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781984822185 Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship. |
4/28 |
5. |
The Starless Sea Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383 A timeless love story set in a secret underground world--a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea. |
7/4 |
6. |
Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166 A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of a picture-perfect family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Now a Hulu original series. |
6/69 |
7. |
This Tender Land William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17.00, 9781476749303 A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression. |
5/13 |
8. |
Beach Read Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734 Henry's novel about a romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut is a June 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
8/15 |
9. |
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525541349 Tokarczuk's Nobel Prize-winning novel is deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, and a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, autonomy and fate. |
11/3 |
10. |
Girl, Woman, Other Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983 Girl, Woman, Other is a polyphonic and richly textured social novel of black British history. Co-winner of the 2019 Booker Prize. |
12/31 |
11. |
City of Girls Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741 Written with a powerful wisdom about human desire and connection, City of Girls is a love story like no other. |
13/21 |
12. |
The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155 A testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions. A September 2018 Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/104 |
13. |
Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101971062 Gyasi's extraordinary novel illuminates slavery's troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed--and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation. |
/28 |
14. |
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. |
14/2 |
15. |
Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182 A post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the bestselling author of Kindred. |
/2 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
White Fragility Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415 DiAngelo explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality. |
1/73 |
2. |
The Warmth of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888 Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilkerson's chronicle of the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South in search of a better life. |
2/30 |
3. |
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. |
8/38 |
4. |
Intimations Zadie Smith, Penguin, $10.95, 9780593297612 Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of reflective essays by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time. |
5/5 |
5. |
The Color of Law Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536 Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation. |
4/18 |
6. |
So You Want to Talk About Race Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827 Oluo guides readers of all races in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race and racism, and how they infect almost every aspect of American life. |
3/14 |
7. |
The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932 The tenth-anniversary edition of Alexander's iconic book discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today. |
7/14 |
8. |
The Fire Next Time James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726 At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice. |
6/13 |
9. |
Stamped from the Beginning Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987 Kendi's National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. |
9/14 |
10. |
Born a Crime Trevor Noah, One World, $18.00, 9780399588198 Noah's compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime coming-of-age memoir is set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. |
11/77 |
11. |
Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934 A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice. |
10/35 |
12. |
The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039 Broom's The Yellow House tells the story of her family's relationship to their home in New Orleans across a hundred years. Winner of the 2019 National Book Award for Nonfiction. |
13/8 |
13. |
My Grandmother's Hands Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470 In this groundbreaking book, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology. |
14/9 |
14. |
The Truths We Hold Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525560739 Senator and Vice Presidential Nominee Harris looks at the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them. |
12/3 |
15. |
Know My Name: A Memoir- Debut Chanel Miller, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223721 Know My Name will forever transform the way we think about sexual assault, challenging our beliefs about what is acceptable and speaking truth to the tumultuous reality of healing. |
/1 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
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. |
1/13 |
2. |
Squeeze Me- Debut Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733452 Hiaasen's hilarious new novel of social and political intrigue, set against the glittering backdrop of Florida's gold coast. |
/1 |
3. |
Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090 Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read. |
2/106 |
4. |
Mexican Gothic Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27.00, 9780525620785 A re-imagining of the classic gothic suspense novel, Mexican Gothic is a story about an isolated mansion in 1950s Mexico--and the brave socialite drawn to its treacherous secrets. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for July 2020. |
3/9 |
5. |
Luster Raven Leilani, FSG, $26.00, 9780374194321 Leilani's strikingly beautiful, razor-sharp, and slyly comic novel is an August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
7/4 |
6. |
The Guest List Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930 A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller by the bestselling author of The Hunting Party. |
4/8 |
7. |
American Dirt Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764 Cummins's new novel is an exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for February 2020. |
6/32 |
8. |
Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606 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. An August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
5/5 |
9. |
Migrations Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250204028 McConaghy's Migrations is both an ode to our threatened world and a breathtaking novel about the lengths we will go for the people we love. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for August 2020. |
10/4 |
10. |
Such a Fun Age (An Indies Introduce Title) Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905 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. An Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for January 2020. |
8/31 |
11. |
The Exiles- Debut Christina Baker Kline, Custom House, $27.99, 9780062356345 An emotionally resonant novel about three women whose lives are bound together in 19th-century Australia and the hardships they weather together as they fight for redemption and freedom in a new society. A September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
12. |
The Order Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834843 Silva's riveting new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon. |
9/7 |
13. |
The Dutch House Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673 Patchett's moving new novel explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read. |
11/44 |
14. |
Summer- Debut Ali Smith, Pantheon, $27.95, 9781101870792 The beautiful finale to Smith's Seasonal Quartet. |
/1 |
15. |
28 Summers Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316420044 Hilderbrand's new novel explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates and enriches their lives, and the lives of the people they love. |
12/11 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020
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Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
Caste Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32.00, 9780593230251 Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today. |
1/4 |
2. |
How to Be an Antiracist Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288 Kendi's book is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond the awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a just and equitable society. |
4/21 |
3. |
Too Much and Never Enough Mary L. Trump, Ph.D., S&S, $28.00, 9781982141462 Mary L. Trump's revelatory and authoritative portrait of her uncle, Donald J. Trump. |
2/7 |
4. |
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. |
3/25 |
5. |
His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and the Power of Hope- Debut Jon Meacham, Random House, $30.00, 9781984855022 An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime U.S. congressman John Lewis, linking his life to the painful quest for justice in America from the 1950s to the present. |
/1 |
6. |
Vesper Flights- Debut Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802128812 Macdonald's new collection of essays is a captivating and foundational book about observation, fascination, time, memory, love and loss and how we make sense of the world around us. A September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
7. |
The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713 Larson's fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz is a March 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
5/27 |
8. |
Hoax: Donald Trump, Fox News, and the Dangerous Distortion of Truth- Debut Brian Stelter, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.00, 9781982142445 The untold story of the relationship between Fox News and Donald Trump by the bestselling author of Top of the Morning. |
/1 |
9. |
Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26.00, 9780812993547 Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis in this bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history. A September 2015 Indie Next List Great Read. |
7/101 |
10. |
Evil Geniuses Kurt Andersen, Random House, $30.00, 9781984801340 Andersen tells the epic history of how America decided that big business gets whatever it wants, only the rich get richer, and nothing should ever change--and charts a way back to the future. |
15/3 |
11. |
Me and White Supremacy Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781728209807 Saad takes readers on a 28-day journey of how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too. |
6/17 |
12. |
Breath James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616 Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again. |
10/13 |
13. |
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. |
13/34 |
14. |
Educated (An Indies Introduce Title) Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504 Westover's unforgettable memoir about growing up, being kept out of school, leaving her survivalist family, and going on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. A Winter/Spring 2018 Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for March 2018. |
/129 |
15. |
What It's Like to Be a Bird David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894 A bird book for birders and non-birders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding of what common, mostly backyard, birds are doing--and why. |
11/14 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020
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Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 |
1/41 |
2. |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
2/217 |
3. |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
6/9 |
4. |
The Guardians John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945 |
4/9 |
5. |
The Last Odyssey- Debut James Rollins, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062892928 |
/1 |
6. |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400 |
5/24 |
7. |
The Outsider Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781501180996 |
9/8 |
8. |
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688 |
3/12 |
9. |
Lord of the Flies William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487 |
8/20 |
10. |
Lethal Agent- Debut Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501190636 |
/1 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020
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Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
1. |
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094 |
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2. |
The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317 |
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3. |
The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278 |
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4. |
This Book Is Anti-Racist Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illus.), Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $14.99, 9780711245211 |
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5. |
New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 |
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6. |
When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908 |
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7. |
Smile Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060 |
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8. |
Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275 |
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9. |
Guts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500 |
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10. |
Drama Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995 |
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11. |
Ghosts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629 |
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12. |
Sisters Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605 |
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13. |
Best Friends Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317469 |
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14. |
Pax Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062377029 |
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15. |
Charlotte's Web E.B. White, Harper, $8.99, 9780064400558 |
Young Adult
Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020
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Young Adult | ||
1. |
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691 |
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2. |
The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350 |
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3. |
One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680 |
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4. |
Clap When You Land Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769 |
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5. |
Darius the Great Deserves Better- Debut Adib Khorram, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780593108239 |
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6. |
We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 |
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7. |
You Should See Me in a Crown (An Indies Introduce Title) Leah Johnson, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338503265 |
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8. |
The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811 |
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9. |
Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title) Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529 |
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10. |
Raybearer (An Indies Introduce Title) Jordan Ifueko, Amulet, $18.99, 9781419739828 |
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11. |
All American Boys Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $11.99, 9781481463348 |
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12. |
Elatsoe- Debut Darcie Little Badger, Rovina Cai (Illus.), Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140053 |
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13. |
The Giver Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688 |
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14. |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729 |
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15. |
Where Dreams Descend- Debut Janella Angeles, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250204356 |
Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 29, 2020
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Children's Illustrated | ||
1. |
Antiracist Baby Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508 |
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2. |
I Promise LeBron James, Nina Mata (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780062971067 |
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3. |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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4. |
The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $18.99, 9780399246531 |
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5. |
Kamala and Maya's Big Idea Meena Harris, Ana Ramírez González (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062937407 |
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6. |
We Will Rock Our Classmates Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368059596 |
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7. |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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8. |
You Matter Christian Robinson, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534421691 |
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9. |
Last Stop on Market Street Matt de la Peña, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Putnam, $18.99, 9780399257742 |
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10. |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926 |
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11. |
All Are Welcome Alexandra Penfold, Suzanne Kaufman (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780525579649 |
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12. |
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice Marianne Celano, et al., Magination Press, $16.99, 9781433828546 |
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13. |
We Don't Eat Our Classmates Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551 |
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14. |
Sulwe Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534425361 |
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15. |
Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801 |
Children's Series
Bestseller List for September 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020
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Children's Series | ||
1. |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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2. |
Twilight (hardcover and paperback) Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown |
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3. |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic |
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4. |
Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback) J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books |
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5. |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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6. |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House |
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7. |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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8. |
The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
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9. |
The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic |
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10. |
Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback) Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020
16. Chances Are . . .
Richard Russo, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101971994
17. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143110439
18. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062905086
19. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527
20. The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101911815
21. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
22. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $17.99, 9781250313188
23. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296
24. Agent Running in the Field
John le Carré, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984878892
25. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140
26. The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449
27. Exhalation
Ted Chiang, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972083
28. Lovecraft Country
Matt Ruff, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062292070
29. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.95, 9780345804327
30. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
31. American Spy
Lauren Wilkinson, Random House, $17.00, 9780812988284
32. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219
33. Disappearing Earth
Julia Phillips, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525436225
34. Then She Was Gone
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $16.00, 9781501154652
35. Beowulf: A New Translation
Maria Dahvana Headley, MCD x FSG Originals, $15.00, 9780374110031
36. A Better Man
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $17.99, 9781250066312
37. The Secrets We Kept
Lara Prescott, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525566106
38. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781524798642
39. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $16.99, 9780316421973
40. Trust Exercise
Susan Choi, Holt, $15.99, 9781250231260
41. The Guardians
John Grisham, Bantam, $18.00, 9780593129982
42. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Perennial, $15.99, 9780060935467
43. The Guest Book
Sarah Blake, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250110275
44. Ask Again, Yes
Mary Beth Keane, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982106997
45. Beloved
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.00, 9781400033416
46. The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501154867
47. Fleishman Is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Random House, $17.00, 9780525510895
48. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16.00, 9780735220690
49. My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite, Anchor, $14.95, 9780525564201
50. Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9780451499066
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020
16. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114
17. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286
18. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312
19. Underland
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358094
20. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
21. March: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $14.95, 9781603093002
22. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488
23. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781451642308
24. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $18.00, 9781501168703
25. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
26. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510567
27. The Great Influenza
John M. Barry, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143036494
28. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Beverly Daniel Tatum, Basic Books, $18.99, 9780465060689
29. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
30. March: Book Two
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.95, 9781603094009
31. Walking with the Wind
John Lewis, Michael D'Orso, S&S, $18.99, 9781476797717
32. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $22.00, 9780143034759
33. Winning the Green New Deal
Varshini Prakash, Guido Girgenti, S&S, $18.00, 9781982142438
34. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
35. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
36. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
37. March: Book Three
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.99, 9781603094023
38. Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316486644
39. I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062319791
40. The Second Mountain
David Brooks, Random House, $18.00, 9780812983425
41. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807057834
42. Dreyer's English
Benjamin Dreyer, Random House, $18.00, 9780812985719
43. How to Connect
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781946764546
44. The Source of Self-Regard
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562795
45. Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin, Beacon Press, $15.00, 9780807006238
46. Across That Bridge
John Lewis, Hachette Books, $16.00, 9780316510936
47. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155
48. These Truths
Jill Lepore, Norton, $19.95, 9780393357424
49. The Soul of America
Jon Meacham, Random House, $20.00, 9780399589829
50. Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde, Crossing Press, $16.99, 9781580911863
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020
16. Sex and Vanity
Kevin Kwan, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385546270
17. The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316499019
18. A Burning
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525658696
19. The Lions of Fifth Avenue
Fiona Davis, Dutton, $27.00, 9781524744618
20. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735216723
21. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316509848
22. The Glass Hotel
Emily St.John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521143
23. Harrow the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tordotcom, $26.99, 9781250313225
24. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697
25. A Private Cathedral
James Lee Burke, S&S, $28.00, 9781982151683
26. Winter Counts
David Heska Wanbli Weiden, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062968944
27. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023
28. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28.00, 9780525429760
29. Utopia Avenue
David Mitchell, Random House, $30.00, 9780812997439
30. The Death of Vivek Oji
Akwaeke Emezi, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525541608
31. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28.00, 9780399590597
32. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802148537
33. Sisters
Daisy Johnson, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780593188958
34. Axiom's End
Lindsay Ellis, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250256737
35. Camino Winds
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545938
36. Death in Her Hands
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984879356
37. All Adults Here
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9781594634697
38. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28.00, 9780399562488
39. If It Bleeds
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982137977
40. A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781984820150
41. Apeirogon
Colum McCann, Random House, $28.00, 9781400069606
42. The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $30.00, 9780805096606
43. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671189
44. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $26.99, 9781250217288
45. The Lost and Found Bookshop
Susan Wiggs, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062914095
46. The End of Her
Shari Lapena, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.00, 9781984880512
47. Devolution
Max Brooks, Del Rey, $28.00, 9781984826787
48. Friends and Strangers
J.Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525520597
49. The Eighth Detective
Alex Pavesi, Holt, $26.99, 9781250755933
50. Crossings
Alex Landragin, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250259042
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020
16. Live Free Or Die
Sean Hannity, Threshold Editions, $30.00, 9781982149970
17. Begin Again
Eddie S. Glaude, Crown, $27.00, 9780525575320
18. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
19. Big Friendship
Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman, S&S, $26.00, 9781982111908
20. The Answer Is . . .
Alex Trebek, S&S, $26.00, 9781982157999
21. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Viking, $26.00, 9780525560548
22. Memorial Drive
Natasha Trethewey, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062248572
23. It Was All a Lie
Stuart Stevens, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525658450
24. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316478526
25. I'm Still Here
Austin Channing Brown, Convergent Books, $25.00, 9781524760854
26. The Growing Season
Sarah Frey, Ballantine, $27.00, 9780593129395
27. True Crimes and Misdemeanors
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385536738
28. The Room Where It Happened
John Bolton, S&S, $32.50, 9781982148034
29. Countdown 1945
Chris Wallace, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781982143343
30. Twilight of Democracy
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $25.00, 9780385545808
31. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836
32. Children of Ash and Elm
Neil Price, Basic Books, $35.00, 9780465096985
33. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $28.00, 9780525510314
34. Finding Freedom
Omid Scobie, Carolyn Durand, Dey Street Books, $27.99, 9780063046108
35. Blitz
David Horowitz, Humanix Books, $27.99, 9781630061388
36. The Socrates Express
Eric Weiner, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.00, 9781501129018
37. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062457714
38. The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780735223011
39. Dirt
Bill Buford, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307271013
40. The Body
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385539302
41. The Book of Delights
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $23.95, 9781616207922
42. Reaganland
Rick Perlstein, S&S, $40.00, 9781476793054
43. The Biggest Bluff
Maria Konnikova, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780525522621
44. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
45. The Well-Gardened Mind
Sue Stuart-Smith, Scribner, $28.00, 9781476794464
46. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00, 9781328662057
47. Separated
Jacob Soboroff, Custom House, $29.99, 9780062992192
48. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $26.99, 9781612197494
49. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385543767
50. The Detective in the Dooryard
Timothy A. Cotton, Down East Books, $24.95, 9781608937424
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending August 30, 2020
11. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
12. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
13. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310
14. Camino Island
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781524797157
15. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
16. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543
17. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143135661
18. Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316463249
19. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12.00, 9780140177398
20. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
21. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $7.95, 9780679755333
22. Emerald Blaze
Ilona Andrews, Avon, $7.99, 9780062878366
23. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
24. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
25. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
26. Blue Moon
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593567
27. The Stand
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743688
28. An Unwanted Guest
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525507574
29. The Girl Who Lived Twice
David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $9.99, 9780593082522
30. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
31. One Good Deed
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538750544
32. The Family Lawyer
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538751589
33. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
34. Labyrinth
Catherine Coulter, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501193668
35. The Andromeda Evolution
Michael Crichton, Daniel H. Wilson, Harper, $9.99, 9780062473349
36. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
37. The Rumor
Lesley Kara, Ballantine, $9.99, 9781984820549
38. Golden in Death
J.D. Robb, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9781250207227
39. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
40. The Cornwalls Vanish
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538731611
41. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
42. The Titanic Secret
Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Putnam, $9.99, 9780735217287
43. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
44. Outfox
Sandra Brown, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455572205
45. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
46. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702
47. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488
48. The President Is Missing
James Patterson, Bill Clinton, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538713846
49. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620938
50. Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538728550