May 12, 2021

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for May 12, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 9, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/6
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.
2/36
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.
3/56
4. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $17.00, 9780525541912
Reid's debut novel is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young Black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both.
4/3
5. The Silent Patient- Debut
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.
/1
6. The Rose Code
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062943477
A breathtaking World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over. A March 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
6/9
7. 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.
5/18
8. The Giver of Stars- Debut
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $17.00, 9780399562495
Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking novel of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond.
/1
9. 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.
8/17
10. 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.
11/14
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.
10/5
12. The Woman with the Blue Star- Debut
Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $17.99, 9780778389385
A riveting tale of courage and unlikely friendship during World War II.
/1
13. 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.
7/109
14. The Bookshop of Second Chances- Debut
Jackie Fraser, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780593355657
In Fraser's heartwarming debut, a woman desperate to turn a new page heads to the Scottish coast and finds herself locked in a battle of wills with an infuriatingly aloof bookseller.
/1
15. 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.
9/7


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for May 12, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 9, 2021
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
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.
1/74
2. Nomadland
Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95, 9780393356311
Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the underbelly of the American economy. At the same time she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Now a major motion picture.
2/11
3. Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18.00, 9781984820389
A radically honest work of art, Minor Feelings forms a portrait of one Asian American psyche--and of a writer's search to both uncover and speak the truth.
3/10
4. 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.
9/9
5. 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.
4/32
6. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321
In Entangled Life, biologist Merlin Sheldrake shows us the world from a fungal point of view, providing an exhilarating change of perspective.
5/4
7. 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.
6/15
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.
10/11
9. 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.
11/8
10. 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.
8/10
11. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in traditional Toltec beliefs.
/122
12. The Bird Way: A New Look at How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent, and Think- Debut
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223035
A radical investigation into the bird way of being, and the recent scientific research that is dramatically shifting our understanding of birds--how they live and how they think.
/1
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.
12/30
14. 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.
/63
15. Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
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.
7/4


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for May 12, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 9, 2021
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
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.
1/6
2. Project Hail Mary- Debut
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
In Weir's latest, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
/1
3. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474
A dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived.
2/27
4. 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.
3/10
5. Great Circle- Debut
Maggie Shipstead, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656975
An unforgettable novel about a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life at any cost. The #1 Indie Next Pick for May 2021.
/1
6. 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.
5/14
7. Whereabouts
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $24.00, 9780593318317
A marvelous new novel about a woman questioning her place in the world, wavering between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties.
4/2
8. Sooley
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547680
John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in his first basketball novel. Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoop dreams--and even bigger challenges off the court.
6/2
9. The Last Thing He Told Me- Debut
Laura Dave, S&S, $27.00, 9781501171345
A gripping mystery about a woman who thinks she's found the love of her life--until he disappears. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
/1
10. 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.
9/31
11. Hour of the Witch- Debut
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385542432
A twisting, tightly plotted novel of historical suspense, Hour of the Witch is a timely and terrifying story of socially sanctioned brutality and the original American witch hunt.
/1
12. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525536291
Bennett's beautiful new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one Black and one white. A June 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
7/49
13. When the Stars Go Dark
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780593237892
McLain's propulsive and deeply affecting new novel is an April 2021 Indie Next List Pick.
10/4
14. 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.
11/30
15. 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.
8/5


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for May 12, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 9, 2021
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Premonition: A Pandemic Story- Debut
Michael Lewis, Norton, $30.00, 9780393881554
Michael Lewis's taut nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against what was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19.
/1
2. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest- Debut
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
Simard brings us into the intimate world of trees to illuminate fascinating and vital truths—that trees are not simply the source of timber or pulp, but are a complicated, interdependent circle of life.
/1
3. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast fame, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
3/3
4. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
Radiant with Mackesy's warmth and gentle wit, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse blends hand-written narrative with dozens of drawings.
2/62
5. Persist- Debut
Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan Books, $27.99, 9781250799241
The inspiring, influential senator mixes vivid personal stories with a passionate plea for political transformation.
/1
6. The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27.00, 9780316296618
Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history.
4/2
7. 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.
5/40
8. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35.00, 9780062802798
A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain.
1/3
9. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9781984801258
In Doyle's most revealing and powerful memoir yet, she explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet the expectations of the world, and start trusting the voice deep within us.
9/61
10. What Happened to You?
Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99, 9781250223180
Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road, and What Happened to You? provides powerful scientific and emotional insights into the behavioral patterns so many of us struggle to understand.
6/2
11. The Code Breaker
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35.00, 9781982115852
Isaacson's gripping account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies.
7/9
12. Empire of Pain
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.
8/4
13. The Secret to Superhuman Strength- Debut
Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.00, 9780544387652
A profoundly affecting graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times.
/1
14. 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.
10/10
15. On Juneteenth- Debut
Annette Gordon-Reed, Liveright, $15.95, 9781631498831
The essential, sweeping story of Juneteenth's integral importance to American history, as told by Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and Texas native, Annette Gordon-Reed.
/1


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for May 12, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 9, 2021
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/77
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/253
3. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
4/19
4. The Sentinel- Debut
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818485
/1
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
/38
6. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353641
3/17
7. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
7/73
8. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
/21
9. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
5/43
10. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
10/24


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for May 12, 2021
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
 
2. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
 
3. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
 
4. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
5. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
6. The Last Fallen Star- Debut
Graci Kim, Rick Riordan Presents, $16.99, 9781368059633
 
7. When You Trap a Tiger
Tae Keller, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524715700
 
8. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
9. Wow in the World: The How and Wow of the Human Body
Mindy Thomas, Guy Raz, Jack Teagle (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780358306634
 
10. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
 
11. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Boy- Debut
Emmanuel Acho, Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250801067
 
12. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
13. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
14. The Ickabog
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $26.99, 9781338732870
 
15. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $7.99, 9780394820378
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for May 12, 2021
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  Young Adult  
1. Realm Breaker- Debut
Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780062872623
 
2. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
 
3. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
 
4. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
5. Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716
 
6. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
7. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
8. Blade of Secrets- Debut
Tricia Levenseller, Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250756800
 
9. The Ones We're Meant to Find- Debut
Joan He, Roaring Brook Press, $18.99, 9781250258564
 
10. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
 
11. Kate in Waiting
Becky Albertalli, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062643834
 
12. Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780525555254
 
13. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781442408937
 
14. Luck of the Titanic- Debut
Stacey Lee, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781524740986
 
15. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for May 12, 2021
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
 
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
3. Jungle Night
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523513604
 
4. The Rock from the Sky
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536215625
 
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
6. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
 
7. The Bruce Swap- Debut
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney-Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368028561
 
8. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
 
9. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062915627
 
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
11. The One and Only Sparkella- Debut
Channing Tatum, Kim Barnes (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250750754
 
12. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
 
13. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
 
14. Moo, Baa, La La La!
Sandra Boynton, S&S, $5.99, 9780671449018
 
15. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for May 12, 2021
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  Children's Series  
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
3. Shadow and Bone (hardcover and paperback)
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR
 
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
5. Six of Crows (hardcover and paperback)
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR
 
6. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
7. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
8. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
9. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop
 
10. Emmie & Friends (hardcover and paperback)
Terri Libenson, Balzer + Bray
New in Series: Truly Tyler (9780062894564)
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 9, 2021

16. Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu, Vintage, $16.00, 9780307948472

17. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802124944

18. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18.00, 9780062671196

19. All Adults Here
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634703

20. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.99, 9781501188824

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

22. Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148506

23. Later
Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $14.95, 9781789096491

24. The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $18.00, 9781250182494

25. In Five Years
Rebecca Serle, Atria, $17.00, 9781982137458

26. Big Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501133527

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

28. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562948

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

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

31. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400

32. The Most Fun We Ever Had
Claire Lombardo, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525564232

33. How Much of These Hills Is Gold
C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books, $16.00, 9780525537212

34. Fresh Water for Flowers
Valérie Perrin, Europa Editions, $16.95, 9781609456764

35. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734

36. Monogamy
Sue Miller, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780062969668

37. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148544

38. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101971062

39. A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet, Norton, $15.95, 9780393867381

40. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933

41. How to Love the World
James Crews, Storey Publishing, $14.95, 9781635863864

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

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

44. The Henna Artist
Alka Joshi, Mira, $17.99, 9780778331476

45. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17.00, 9781476749303

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

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

48. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781455563920

49. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345804341

50. Arsenic and Adobo
Mia P. Manansala, Berkley, $16.00, 9780593201671

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 9, 2021

16. Why Fish Don't Exist
Lulu Miller, S&S, $17.00, 9781501160349

17. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18.00, 9780399588198

18. We Do This 'til We Free Us
Mariame Kaba, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781642595253

19. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286

20. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110

21. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470

22. The Undocumented Americans
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, One World, $17.00, 9780399592706

23. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536

24. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $17.99, 9781612198552

25. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312

26. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932

27. The Body Is Not an Apology
Sonya Renee Taylor, Berrett-Koehler, $18.95, 9781523090990

28. The Book of Eels
Patrik Svensson, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062968821

29. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726

30. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483

31. Dirt
Bill Buford, Vintage, $17.00, 9780307455802

32. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415

33. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World Library, $17.00, 9781577314806

34. The End of Everything
Katie Mack, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982103552

35. Leave Only Footprints
Conor Knighton, Crown, $17.00, 9781984823557

36. Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781984818324

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

38. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525560739

39. Why We Swim
Bonnie Tsui, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781643751375

40. The Inner Life of Animals
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $16.95, 9781771648028

41. Know My Name
Chanel Miller, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223721

42. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807057834

43. Range
David Epstein, Riverhead Books, $18.00, 9780735214507

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

45. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18.00, 9781501145254

46. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609

47. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827

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

49. Late Migrations
Margaret Renkl, Milkweed Editions, $16.00, 9781571313836

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 9, 2021

16. The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner, Park Row, $27.99, 9780778311010

17. Second Place
Rachel Cusk, FSG, $25.00, 9780374279226

18. The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $28.00, 9781982134198

19. Ariadne
Jennifer Saint, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250773586

20. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.00, 9781501160837

21. Northern Spy
Flynn Berry, Viking, $26.00, 9780735224995

22. Sorrowland
Rivers Solomon, MCD, $27.00, 9780374266776

23. The Newcomer
Mary Kay Andrews, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250256966

24. Libertie
Kaitlyn Greenidge, Algonquin Books, $26.95, 9781616207014

25. Of Women and Salt
Gabriela Garcia, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250776686

26. We Begin at the End
Chris Whitaker, Holt, $27.99, 9781250759665

27. Good Company
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062876003

28. The Committed
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802157065

29. Early Morning Riser
Katherine Heiny, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525659341

30. A Gambling Man
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538719671

31. Olympus, Texas
Stacey Swann, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385545211

32. The Music of Bees
Eileen Garvin, Dutton, $26.00, 9780593183922

33. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27.00, 9780525620785

34. What Comes After
JoAnne Tompkins, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593085998

35. Ocean Prey
John Sandford, Putnam, $29.00, 9780593087022

36. The Consequences of Fear
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $27.99, 9780062868022

37. Fugitive Telemetry
Martha Wells, Tordotcom, $19.99, 9781250765376

38. Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters, One World, $27.00, 9780593133378

39. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635575637

40. The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.00, 9780593296677

41. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930

42. Summer on the Bluffs
Sunny Hostin, William Morrow, $27.99, 9780062994172

43. The Dictionary of Lost Words
Pip Williams, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780593160190

44. Sunflower Sisters
Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781524796402

45. 21st Birthday
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316499347

46. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764

47. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023

48. Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781524761332

49. Secrets of Happiness
Joan Silber, Counterpoint, $27.00, 9781640094451

50. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9781984880963

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 9, 2021

16. Cook This Book
Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $32.50, 9780593138274

17. Broken Horses
Brandi Carlile, Crown, $28.00, 9780593237243

18. You Are Your Best Thing
Tarana Burke, Brené Brown (Eds.), Random House, $27.00, 9780593243626

19. The Hummingbirds' Gift
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $20.00, 9781982176082

20. Susan, Linda, Nina & Cokie
Lisa Napoli, Abrams Press, $28.00, 9781419750403

21. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders, Random House, $28.00, 9781984856029

22. Broken (in the best possible way)
Jenny Lawson, Holt, $27.99, 9781250077035

23. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30.00, 9780593139134

24. Finding Freedom
Erin French, Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250312341

25. The Sum of Us
Heather McGhee, One World, $28.00, 9780525509561

26. Madam Speaker
Susan Page, Twelve, $32.50, 9781538750698

27. Killing the Mob
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's Press, $30.00, 9781250273659

28. Out of Many, One
George W. Bush, Crown, $38.00, 9780593136966

29. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616

30. The Wreckage of My Presence
Casey Wilson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062960580

31. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Deluxe (Yellow) Edition
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780063142787

32. Goodbye, Again
Jonny Sun, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780062880857

33. The Women of the Bible Speak
Shannon Bream, Broadside Books, $25.99, 9780063046597

34. Think Again
Adam Grant, Viking, $28.00, 9781984878106

35. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713

36. Let's Talk About Hard Things
Anna Sale, Simon & Schuster, $27.00, 9781501190247

37. A Promised Land
Barack Obama, Crown, $45.00, 9781524763169

38. What It's Like to Be a Bird
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894

39. Madhouse at the End of the Earth
Julian Sancton, Crown, $30.00, 9781984824332

40. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836

41. Keep Sharp
Sanjay Gupta, M.D., S&S, $28.00, 9781501166730

42. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $35.00, 9781571311771

43. Antitrust
Amy Klobuchar, Knopf, $32.50, 9780525654896

44. A Little Devil in America
Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House, $27.00, 9781984801197

45. How Stella Learned to Talk
Christina Hunger, Morrow, $27.99, 9780063046832

46. Rooted
Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Little, Brown Spark, $27.00, 9780316426480

47. The Light of Days
Judy Batalion, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062874214

48. Nothing Personal
James Baldwin, Beacon Press, $18.00, 9780807006429

49. A World on the Wing
Scott Weidensaul, Norton, $32.00, 9780393608908

50. On the House
John Boehner, St. Martin's, $29.99, 9781250238443

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending May 9, 2021

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

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

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

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

15. Camino Winds
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780593157770

16. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688

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

18. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541

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

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

21. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240

22. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803

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

24. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487

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

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

27. Bridgerton: An Offer From a Gentleman
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353658

28. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488

29. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357

30. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466

31. Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing, $8.99, 9781612680194

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

33. Bridgerton: Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353689

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

35. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595

36. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9781250068736

37. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716

38. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12.00, 9780140177398

39. The Richest Man in Babylon
George S. Clason, Signet, $9.99, 9780451205360

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

41. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316055420

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

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

44. Bridgerton: To Sir Phillip, With Love
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353733

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

46. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543

47. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945

48. Bridgerton: On the Way to the Wedding
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353818

49. Red Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553560732

50. The Night Fire
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538701454

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