Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for April 21, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending April 18, 2021
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Trade Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
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. |
1/3 |
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. |
2/33 |
3. |
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. |
3/53 |
4. |
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. |
4/6 |
5. |
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. |
7/15 |
6. |
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. |
5/14 |
7. |
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. |
6/11 |
8. |
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. |
8/4 |
9. |
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. |
/106 |
10. |
Later Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $14.95, 9781789096491 King's new novel is a powerful, haunting, unforgettable exploration of what it takes to stand up to evil in all the faces it wears. |
14/7 |
11. |
A Long Petal of the Sea Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780593157497 Allende's epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents, following two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home. |
12/2 |
12. |
The Night Watchman Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18.00, 9780062671196 Erdrich's novel is based on the extraordinary life of her grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C. |
11/4 |
13. |
The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802124944 Nguyen's blistering novel of identity, politics, and America is a 2016 Indies Choice Adult Fiction Honor Book and winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. |
10/61 |
14. |
Interior Chinatown Charles Yu, Vintage, $16.00, 9780307948472 Yu's deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play. Winner of the 2020 National Book Award. |
9/22 |
15. |
Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148506 A heartbreaking story of addiction, sexuality, and love, Shuggie Bain is an epic portrayal of a working-class family that is rarely seen in fiction. A 2020 National Book Award Finalist and winner of the 2020 Booker Prize. |
/23 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for April 21, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending April 18, 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. |
1/71 |
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. |
2/7 |
3. |
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing: Essays- Debut Lauren Hough, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593080764 Hough's searing and extremely personal essays are shot through with the darkest elements America can manifest, while discovering light and humor in unexpected corners. |
/1 |
4. |
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. |
4/12 |
5. |
Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures- Debut 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. |
/1 |
6. |
The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741 van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing. |
3/29 |
7. |
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. |
6/8 |
8. |
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. |
7/8 |
9. |
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. |
8/7 |
10. |
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. |
9/7 |
11. |
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. |
5/2 |
12. |
Say Nothing Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286 Award-winning New Yorker staff writer Keefe presents a stunning and intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. |
/31 |
13. |
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. |
13/141 |
14. |
The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes Sam Sifton, Ten Speed Press, $28.00, 9781984858474 The debut cookbook from the popular New York Times website features 100 vividly photographed no-recipe recipes to make weeknight cooking more inspired and delicious. |
11/5 |
15. |
The Undocumented Americans Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, One World, $17.00, 9780399592706 One of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard reveals the hidden lives of her fellow undocumented Americans in this deeply personal and groundbreaking portrait of a nation. A National Book Award Finalist. |
10/2 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for April 21, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending April 18, 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. |
1/3 |
2. |
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. |
2/7 |
3. |
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. |
4/24 |
4. |
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. |
5/11 |
5. |
First Person Singular Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593318072 A mind-bending new collection of short stories by the internationally acclaimed author of Kafka on the Shore. |
3/2 |
6. |
When the Stars Go Dark- Debut Paula McLain, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780593237892 McLain's propulsive and deeply affecting new novel is an April 2021 Indie Next List Pick. |
/1 |
7. |
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. |
7/28 |
8. |
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. |
6/46 |
9. |
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. |
8/27 |
10. |
The Lost Apothecary Sarah Penner, Park Row, $27.99, 9780778311010 Penner's debut novel is a subversive and intoxicating story of secrets, vengeance, and the remarkable ways women can save each other despite the barrier of time. A March 2021 Indie Next List Great Read. |
11/7 |
11. |
Northern Spy Flynn Berry, Viking, $26.00, 9780735224995 Berry's riveting new novel about two sisters who become entangled with the IRA is an April 2021 Indie Next List Pick. |
10/2 |
12. |
The Paris Library Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $28.00, 9781982134198 Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable novel of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for February 2021. |
13/10 |
13. |
Ocean Prey- Debut John Sandford, Putnam, $29.00, 9780593087022 Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers join forces on a deadly maritime case in Sandford's remarkable new novel. |
/1 |
14. |
Good Company Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062876003 A warm, incisive new novel about the enduring bonds of marriage and friendship by the bestselling author of The Nest. |
9/2 |
15. |
Anxious People Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.00, 9781501160837 An ingeniously constructed novel about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope--the things that save us, even in the most anxious times. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for September 2020. |
/31 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for April 21, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending April 18, 2021
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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. |
3/37 |
2. |
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. |
1/59 |
3. |
Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty- Debut Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385545686 A portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin. |
/1 |
4. |
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. |
2/6 |
5. |
Broken Horses Brandi Carlile, Crown, $28.00, 9780593237243 The critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, producer, and six-time Grammy winner opens up about a life shaped by music in this candid, heartfelt, and intimate memoir. |
5/2 |
6. |
Dusk, Night, Dawn Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593189696 Lamott's new book is an inspiring guide to restoring hope and joy in our lives. |
6/7 |
7. |
On the House: A Washington Memoir- Debut John Boehner, St. Martin's, $29.99, 9781250238443 A memoir by former Speaker of the House John Boehner. |
/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. |
8/58 |
9. |
Broken (in the best possible way) Jenny Lawson, Holt, $27.99, 9781250077035 Lawson's deeply relatable book filled with humor and honesty about depression and anxiety is an April 2021 Indie Next List Pick. |
4/2 |
10. |
The Sum of Us Heather McGhee, One World, $28.00, 9780525509561 With startling empathy, this heartfelt message from a Black woman to a multiracial America leaves us with a new vision for a future in which we finally realize that life can be more than a zero-sum game. |
12/9 |
11. |
The God Equation: The Quest for a Theory of Everything- Debut Michio Kaku, Doubleday, $22.00, 9780385542746 Michio Kaku, renowned theoretical physicist and bestselling author, tells the story of the greatest quest in all of science. |
/1 |
12. |
The Light of Days Judy Batalion, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062874214 A spectacular, searing history that brings to light the extraordinary accomplishments of brave Jewish women who became resistance fighters during World War II. |
7/2 |
13. |
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain George Saunders, Random House, $28.00, 9781984856029 Saunders' new book is a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves--and our world today. A January 2021 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/13 |
14. |
How to Avoid a Climate Disaster Bill Gates, Knopf, $26.95, 9780385546133 Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe. |
/8 |
15. |
Philip Roth: The Biography Blake Bailey, Norton, $40.00, 9780393240726 The renowned biographer's definitive portrait of a literary titan. |
10/2 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for April 21, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending April 18, 2021
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Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 |
1/74 |
2. |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
2/250 |
3. |
Bridgerton: The Duke and I Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697 |
3/16 |
4. |
Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353641 |
4/14 |
5. |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
/36 |
6. |
Lord of the Flies William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487 |
/31 |
7. |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400 |
/39 |
8. |
Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 |
/40 |
9. |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279 |
/12 |
10. |
Dune Messiah Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233 |
7/22 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for April 21, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending April 18, 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. |
Cat Kid Comic Club Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766 |
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3. |
Allergic Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905 |
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4. |
When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908 |
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5. |
Amari and the Night Brothers B.B. Alston, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062975164 |
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6. |
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094 |
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7. |
Class Act Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500 |
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8. |
Twins Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132 |
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9. |
The Outdoor Scientist: The Wonder of Observing the Natural World- Debut Temple Grandin, Philomel Books, $18.99, 9780593115558 |
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10. |
Guts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500 |
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11. |
When You Trap a Tiger Tae Keller, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524715700 |
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12. |
The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317 |
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13. |
New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 |
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14. |
Drama Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995 |
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15. |
A Wolf Called Wander Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943 |
Young Adult
Bestseller List for April 21, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending April 18, 2021
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Young Adult | ||
1. |
Firekeeper's Daughter Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99, 9781250766564 |
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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. |
Victories Greater Than Death- Debut Charlie Jane Anders, Tor Teen, $18.99, 9781250317315 |
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5. |
Concrete Rose Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716 |
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6. |
One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680 |
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7. |
Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title) Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606 |
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8. |
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691 |
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9. |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729 |
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10. |
The Gilded Ones Namina Forna, Delacorte Press, $18.99, 9781984848697 |
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11. |
The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350 |
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12. |
Last Night at the Telegraph Club Malinda Lo, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780525555254 |
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13. |
You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves Diana Whitney (Ed.), Workman, $14.95, 9781523510993 |
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14. |
Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title) Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469 |
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15. |
The Giver Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688 |
Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for April 21, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending April 18, 2021
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Children's Illustrated | ||
1. |
The Rock from the Sky- Debut Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536215625 |
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2. |
We Are Water Protectors Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557 |
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3. |
Jungle Night Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523513604 |
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4. |
Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915 |
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5. |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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6. |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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7. |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926 |
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8. |
Eyes That Kiss in the Corners Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062915627 |
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9. |
Milo Imagines the World Matt de la Peña, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Putnam, $18.99, 9780399549083 |
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10. |
Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, Isabel Roxas (Illus.), Rise x Penguin Workshop, $8.99, 9780593382639 |
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11. |
Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007 |
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12. |
Antiracist Baby Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508 |
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13. |
Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035 |
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14. |
Someone Builds the Dream Lisa Wheeler, Loren Long (Illus.), Dial Books, $19.99, 9781984814333 |
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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 April 21, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending April 18, 2021
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Children's Series | ||
1. |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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2. |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic |
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3. |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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4. |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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5. |
Shadow and Bone (hardcover and paperback) Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish |
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6. |
Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback) J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books |
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7. |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers |
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8. |
The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
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9. |
I Survived (paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic |
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10. |
Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback) Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier, Graphix |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending April 18, 2021
16. The Hemingway Stories
Ernest Hemingway, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982179465
17. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
18. The Henna Artist
Alka Joshi, Mira, $17.99, 9780778331476
19. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562948
20. How Much of These Hills Is Gold
C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books, $16.00, 9780525537212
21. All Adults Here
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634703
22. Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami, Europa Editions, $16.95, 9781609456702
23. Home Body
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808
24. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148544
25. The Most Fun We Ever Had
Claire Lombardo, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525564232
26. In Five Years
Rebecca Serle, Atria, $17.00, 9781982137458
27. Big Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501133527
28. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776
29. A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet, Norton, $15.95, 9780393867381
30. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
31. Second First Impressions
Sally Thorne, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062912855
32. Simon the Fiddler
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062966759
33. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263
34. Redhead by the Side of the Road
Anne Tyler, Vintage, $16.00, 9780593080948
35. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17.00, 9781476749303
36. A Farewell to Arms
Ernest Hemingway, Scribner, $18.00, 9781476764528
37. How to Love the World
James Crews, Storey Publishing, $14.95, 9781635863864
38. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781984822185
39. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933
40. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
41. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345804341
42. Three Hours in Paris
Cara Black, Soho Crime, $16.95, 9781641292580
43. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593
44. The Last Bookshop in London
Madeline Martin, Hanover Square Press, $16.99, 9781335284808
45. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101971062
46. Firefly Lane
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250787972
47. Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway, Scribner, $12.99, 9780684801223
48. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219
49. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.00, 9781635575569
50. The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781982136468
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending April 18, 2021
16. We Do This 'til We Free Us
Mariame Kaba, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781642595253
17. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
18. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415
19. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18.00, 9780399588198
20. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
21. The Body Is Not an Apology
Sonya Renee Taylor, Berrett-Koehler, $18.95, 9781523090990
22. The Book of Eels
Patrik Svensson, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062968821
23. Leave Only Footprints
Conor Knighton, Crown, $17.00, 9781984823557
24. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888
25. Dirt
Bill Buford, Vintage, $17.00, 9780307455802
26. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
27. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $17.99, 9781612198552
28. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
29. Until the End of Time
Brian Greene, Vintage, $17.95, 9780525432173
30. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
31. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807057834
32. Why We Swim
Bonnie Tsui, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781643751375
33. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
34. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488
35. The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $17.00, 9780143129257
36. Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987
37. Know My Name
Chanel Miller, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223721
38. Come As You Are
Emily Nagoski, Ph.D., S&S, $18.00, 9781982165314
39. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155
40. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18.00, 9781501145254
41. Underland
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358094
42. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312
43. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932
44. Little Weirds
Jenny Slate, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316485364
45. The Wild Silence
Raynor Winn, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143136422
46. Thick
Tressie McMillan Cottom, The New Press, $15.99, 9781620975879
47. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $15.00, 9780807014271
48. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.99, 9781451697728
49. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609
50. Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781984818324
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending April 18, 2021
16. Of Women and Salt
Gabriela Garcia, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250776686
17. The Consequences of Fear
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $27.99, 9780062868022
18. We Begin at the End
Chris Whitaker, Holt, $27.99, 9781250759665
19. Gold Diggers
Sanjena Sathian, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984882035
20. Libertie
Kaitlyn Greenidge, Algonquin Books, $26.95, 9781616207014
21. The Committed
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802157065
22. Hummingbird Salamander
Jeff VanderMeer, MCD, $27.00, 9780374173548
23. Early Morning Riser
Katherine Heiny, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525659341
24. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27.00, 9780525620785
25. The Dictionary of Lost Words
Pip Williams, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780593160190
26. Sunflower Sisters
Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781524796402
27. Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters, One World, $27.00, 9780593133378
28. The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
Dawnie Walton, 37 Ink, $27.00, 9781982140168
29. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930
30. Under the Wave at Waimea
Paul Theroux, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00, 9780358446286
31. Win
Harlan Coben, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538748213
32. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023
33. Stargazer
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $27.99, 9780062908339
34. What Comes After
JoAnne Tompkins, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593085998
35. Transient Desires
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly Press, $27.00, 9780802158178
36. Eternal
Lisa Scottoline, Putnam, $28.00, 9780525539766
37. The Devil's Hand
Jack Carr, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $28.00, 9781982123741
38. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635575637
39. The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.00, 9780593296677
40. A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.00, 9781681196282
41. Peaces
Helen Oyeyemi, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593192337
42. Antiquities
Cynthia Ozick, Knopf, $21.00, 9780593318829
43. The Women of Chateau Lafayette
Stephanie Dray, Berkley, $27.00, 9781984802125
44. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
45. The Good Sister
Sally Hepworth, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250120953
46. The Souvenir Museum
Elizabeth McCracken, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062971289
47. Love in Color
Bolu Babalola, Morrow, $25.99, 9780063078499
48. Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781524761332
49. 2034
Elliot Ackerman, Admiral James Stavridis, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984881250
50. Mother May I
Joshilyn Jackson, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062855343
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending April 18, 2021
16. Beautiful Things
Hunter Biden, Gallery Books, $28.00, 9781982151119
17. A Little Devil in America
Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House, $27.00, 9781984801197
18. Think Again
Adam Grant, Viking, $28.00, 9781984878106
19. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30.00, 9780593139134
20. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713
21. Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie
Lisa Napoli, Abrams Press, $28.00, 9781419750403
22. A Promised Land
Barack Obama, Crown, $45.00, 9781524763169
23. Four Hundred Souls
Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain (Eds.), One World, $32.00, 9780593134047
24. Finding Freedom
Erin French, Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250312341
25. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616
26. Keep Sharp
Sanjay Gupta, M.D., S&S, $28.00, 9781501166730
27. The Hard Crowd
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $26.00, 9781982157692
28. The Hero Code
Admiral William H. McRaven, Grand Central, $22.00, 9781538719961
29. Beeswing
Richard Thompson, Algonquin Books, $27.95, 9781616208950
30. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288
31. The Women of the Bible Speak
Shannon Bream, Broadside Books, $25.99, 9780063046597
32. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Deluxe (Yellow) Edition
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780063142787
33. How to Do the Work
Dr.Nicole LePera, Harper Wave, $27.99, 9780063012097
34. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836
35. One Drop
Yaba Blay, Beacon Press, $30.00, 9780807073360
36. What It's Like to Be a Bird
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894
37. Let Me Tell You What I Mean
Joan Didion, Knopf, $23.00, 9780593318485
38. Girlhood
Melissa Febos, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635572520
39. Vibrant
Stacie Stephenson, BenBella Books, $29.95, 9781950665822
40. A World on the Wing
Scott Weidensaul, Norton, $32.00, 9780393608908
41. The Bookseller of Florence
Ross King, Atlantic Monthly Press, $30.00, 9780802158529
42. World of Wonders
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $25.00, 9781571313652
43. The Soul of a Woman
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $22.99, 9780593355626
44. Under a White Sky
Elizabeth Kolbert, Crown, $28.00, 9780593136270
45. Between Two Kingdoms
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $28.00, 9780399588587
46. The Way of Integrity
Martha Beck, The Open Field, $26.00, 9781984881489
47. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
48. Dessert Person
Claire Saffitz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781984826961
49. A Most Remarkable Creature
Jonathan Meiburg, Knopf, $30.00, 9781101875704
50. The Bedside Book of Birds
Graeme Gibson, Nan A. Talese, $40.00, 9780385547130
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending April 18, 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. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
14. Bridgerton: When He Was Wicked
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353788
15. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
16. Bridgerton: Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353689
17. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
18. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
19. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
20. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
21. Bridgerton: To Sir Phillip, With Love
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353733
22. Bridgerton: An Offer From a Gentleman
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353658
23. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
24. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
25. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488
26. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
27. Bridgerton: On the Way to the Wedding
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353818
28. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
29. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240
30. Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing, $8.99, 9781612680194
31. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
32. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541
33. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
34. The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553588941
35. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
36. Bridgerton: It's in His Kiss
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353795
37. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595
38. The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Voyager, $8.99, 9780061054884
39. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
Bobby Fischer, et al., Bantam, $8.99, 9780553263152
40. In the Woods
Tana French, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143134824
41. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey, Signet, $9.99, 9780451163967
42. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286
43. The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706
44. Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $5.99, 9780553208849
45. The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672
46. The Last Emperox
John Scalzi, Tor, $9.99, 9780765389183
47. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702
48. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877795964
49. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543
50. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699