Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for November 8, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 5, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569 From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read. |
2/60 |
| 2 |
Trust Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593420324 Trust is an unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy, and perception. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. |
1/27 |
| 3 |
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933 Reid's novel is a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day. |
3/127 |
| 4 |
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781668017340 Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II. |
6/3 |
| 5 |
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463 These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. |
5/7 |
| 6 |
The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498 Haig's book is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived. |
4/26 |
| 7 |
The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987 In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. |
9/76 |
| 8 |
Mad Honey Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18.00, 9781984818409 A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind. |
8/9 |
| 9 |
Babel R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433 Kuang's breathtaking novel grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. |
10/10 |
| 10 |
The Best American Short Stories 2023 Min Jin Lee, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063275904 A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee and series editor Heidi Pitlor. |
11/2 |
| 11 |
The Passenger Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $18.00, 9780307389091 The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road returns with the first of a two-volume masterpiece: The Passenger is the story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick. |
13/6 |
| 12 |
A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707 Yanagihara's astonishing novel about love and friendship in the 21st century was a March 2015 Indie Next Pick and a National Book Award finalist. |
12/31 |
| 13 |
It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368 In Hoover's honest, evocative, and tender novel, a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance can't stop thinking about her first love. |
/100 |
| 14 |
A Court of Mist and Fury Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583 The seductive and stunning sequel to Sarah J. Maas's spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses. |
15/11 |
| 15 |
Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries- Debut Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780593500156 A curmudgeonly professor journeys to a small town in the far north to study faerie folklore and discovers dark fae magic, friendship, and love. |
/1 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for November 8, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 5, 2023
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| Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Killers of the Flower Moon The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831 Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history. |
1/4 |
| 2 |
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781571313560 Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. |
2/204 |
| 3 |
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741 van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing. |
3/162 |
| 4 |
All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. |
4/105 |
| 5 |
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951 From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. |
5/32 |
| 6 |
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $21.00, 9781982117368 Rich with Mukherjee's revelatory and exhilarating stories of scientists, doctors, and the patients whose lives may be saved by their work, The Song of the Cell is the third book in this extraordinary writer's exploration of what it means to be human. |
7/2 |
| 7 |
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music- Debut Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $21.99, 9780063076105 A candid and insightful memoir by the popular member of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. |
/1 |
| 8 |
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us Ed Yong, Random House, $20.00, 9780593133255 Every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. In An Immense World, science journalist Ed Yong helps us to experience the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that other animals perceive. |
6/10 |
| 9 |
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 Rashid Khalidi, Picador, $19.99, 9781250787651 A history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history. |
14/2 |
| 10 |
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Likes to Walk Outside Nick Offerman, Dutton, $18.00, 9781101984703 A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors. |
9/5 |
| 11 |
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams Stacy Schiff, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316441094 A revelatory biography from Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff about the most essential founding father—the one who stood behind the change in thinking that produced the American Revolution. |
15/2 |
| 12 |
Solito: A Memoir Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088 A young poet tells the unforgettable story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this moving, page-turning memoir. |
10/22 |
| 13 |
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220 Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong. |
13/76 |
| 14 |
Stay True: A Memoir Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593315200 From The New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Memoir. |
12/8 |
| 15 |
The 2024 Old Farmer's Almanac Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571989529 The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more all presented in the inimitably useful and humorous way it has done since 1792. |
8/10 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for November 8, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 5, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros. |
3/24 |
| 2 |
Tom Lake Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063327528 In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
2/14 |
| 3 |
Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547345 Funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist. An April 2022 Indie Next Pick. |
4/83 |
| 4 |
The Exchange John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385548953 John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm. |
5/3 |
| 5 |
Let Us Descend Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982104498 Ward's brilliant new novel about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War is the #1 Indie Next Pick for November 2023. |
1/2 |
| 6 |
Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922 Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. |
6/55 |
| 7 |
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946 Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
7/13 |
| 8 |
The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32.00, 9780802162175 Verghese's new novel is a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
8/27 |
| 9 |
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201 The exhilarating new novel by the bestselling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is the #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2022. |
12/68 |
| 10 |
Roman Stories Jhumpa Lahiri, Todd Portnowitz (Transl.), Knopf, $27.00, 9780593536322 These are splendid, searching stories, written in Jhumpa Lahiri's adopted language of Italian and seamlessly translated by the author and by Knopf editor Todd Portnowitz. |
10/4 |
| 11 |
The Secret Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818584 The gripping new Jack Reacher thriller from the bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child. |
9/2 |
| 12 |
Absolution- Debut Alice McDermott, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28.00, 9780374610487 A riveting novel of women's lives on the margins of the Vietnam War, from the renowned National Book Award winner, Alice McDermott. |
/1 |
| 13 |
Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157 A charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick. |
/40 |
| 14 |
The Last Devil to Die Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9780593299425 A new mystery is afoot in the fourth book in the Thursday Murder Club series from million-copy bestselling author Richard Osman. |
/6 |
| 15 |
The Fraud Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29.00, 9780525558965 From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets to be believed. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
13/9 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for November 8, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 5, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
The Woman in Me Britney Spears, Gallery Books, $32.99, 9781668009048 Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears's groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love—and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last. |
1/2 |
| 2 |
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen David Brooks, Random House, $30.00, 9780593230060 A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives. |
3/2 |
| 3 |
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Heather Cox Richardson, Viking, $30.00, 9780593652961 Many books tell us what has happened over the last five years. Democracy Awakening explains how we got to this perilous point, what our history really tells us about ourselves, and what the future of democracy can be. |
2/6 |
| 4 |
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260 The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by David Grann, one of our greatest nonfiction writers. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
6/29 |
| 5 |
The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886 From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us. |
9/42 |
| 6 |
Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism Rachel Maddow, Crown, $32.00, 9780593444511 Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-right plotters trying to steer our nation toward an alliance with the Nazis. |
4/3 |
| 7 |
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon Michael Lewis, Norton, $30.00, 9781324074335 From the bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX's spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center. |
8/5 |
| 8 |
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things Adam Grant, Viking, $32.00, 9780593653142 This book reveals how anyone can rise to achieve greater things. The true measure of your potential is not the height of the peak you've reached, but how far you've climbed to get there. |
7/2 |
| 9 |
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461 From the bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a luminous book that traces the passing of seasons, personal and natural. A November 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
10/2 |
| 10 |
Enough Cassidy Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668028285 Cassidy Hutchinson's desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington. |
5/6 |
| 11 |
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir Matthew Perry, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250866448 Matthew Perry's memoir is is both intimate and eye-opening—as well as a hand extended to anyone struggling with sobriety. Unflinchingly honest, moving, and uproariously funny, this is the book fans have been waiting for. |
/5 |
| 12 |
Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook- Debut Sohla El-Waylly, Knopf, $45.00, 9780593320464 Change the way you think about cooking! In this epic guide to better eating, the chef, recipe developer, and video producer Sohla El-Waylly reimagines what a cookbook can be, teaching home cooks of all skill levels how cooking really works. |
/1 |
| 13 |
Being Henry: The Fonz...and Beyond- Debut Henry Winkler, Celadon Books, $30.00, 9781250888099 From Emmy-award winning actor, author, comedian, producer, and director Henry Winkler, a deeply thoughtful memoir of the lifelong effects of stardom and the struggle to become whole. A November 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
/1 |
| 14 |
Elon Musk Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982181284 An astonishingly intimate biography of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. |
11/8 |
| 15 |
Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World Mary Beard, Liveright, $39.99, 9780871404220 Beard's new book goes directly to the heart of Roman fantasies (and our own) about what it was to be Roman at its richest, most luxurious, most extreme, most powerful, and most deadly, offering an account of Roman history as it has never been presented before. |
13/2 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 17 |
Big Heart Little Stove: Bringing Home Meals & Moments from The Lost Kitchen Erin French, Celadon Books, $38.00, 9781250832313 Erin French—author of The Lost Kitchen cookbook, and the bestselling memoir Finding Freedom—invites readers to bring a piece of her beloved restaurant, The Lost Kitchen, home with them. |
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Mass Market
Bestseller List for November 8, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 5, 2023
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
A Haunting in Venice Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972 |
3/11 |
| 2 |
The Boys from Biloxi John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916 |
1/11 |
| 3 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
2/383 |
| 4 |
No Plan B Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577 |
4/18 |
| 5 |
The Jailhouse Lawyer James Patterson, Nancy Allen, Grand Central , $10.99, 9781538752609 |
5/2 |
| 6 |
Without a Trace Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821881 |
9/2 |
| 7 |
Girl, Forgotten Karin Slaughter, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062859044 |
8/2 |
| 8 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367 |
6/207 |
| 9 |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279 |
/99 |
| 10 |
A Flicker in the Dark Stacy Willingham, Minotaur , $9.99, 9781250896445 |
/2 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for November 8, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 5, 2023
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| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1 |
Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World Tui T. Sutherland, Joy Ang (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $24.99, 9781338634822 |
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| 2 |
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 |
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| 3 |
The Puppets of Spelhorst Kate DiCamillo, Julie Morstad (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536216752 |
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| 4 |
Dogtown Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608 |
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| 5 |
The Lost Library Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810 |
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| 6 |
Cat on the Run in Cat of Death! Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825 |
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| 7 |
Rise of the Shadowfire: A Graphic Novel Jaimal Yogis, Vivian Truong (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338660456 |
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| 8 |
Charlotte's Web E.B. White, Harper, $8.99, 9780064400558 |
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| 9 |
96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More! Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933 |
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| 10 |
From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153 |
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| 11 |
Drama: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897 |
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| 12 |
A Horse Named Sky Rosanne Parry, Kirbi Fagan (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062995957 |
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| 13 |
Wrecker Carl Hiaasen, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593376287 |
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| 14 |
Juniper's Christmas- Debut Eoin Colfer, Roaring Brook Press, $22.99, 9781250321947 |
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| 15 |
Hatchet Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293 |
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Young Adult
Bestseller List for November 8, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 5, 2023
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439 |
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| 2 |
What the River Knows- Debut Isabel Ibañez, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250803375 |
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| 3 |
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114 |
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| 4 |
Curious Tides Pascale Lacelle, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $21.99, 9781665939270 |
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| 5 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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| 6 |
Lightlark Alex Aster, Amulet , $12.99, 9781419760877 |
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| 7 |
A Study in Drowning Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506 |
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| 8 |
Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637 |
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| 9 |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207 |
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| 10 |
Nimona ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227 |
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| 11 |
The Cruel Prince: Collector's Edition Holly Black, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $35.00, 9780316461252 |
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| 12 |
Girl in Pieces Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746 |
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| 13 |
Hell Followed with Us Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636 |
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| 14 |
The Giver Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544340688 |
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| 15 |
They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for November 8, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 5, 2023
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1 |
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh! Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770 |
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| 2 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 3 |
Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 |
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| 4 |
Dragon's First Taco Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178 |
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| 5 |
Something, Someday Amanda Gorman, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203255 |
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| 6 |
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?- Debut Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767 |
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| 7 |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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| 8 |
Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409 |
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| 9 |
If I Was a Horse Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316510981 |
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| 10 |
What You Need to Be Warm- Debut Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell, Benji Davies, Yuliya Gwilym, Nadine Kaadan, Daniel Egnéus, Pam Smy, Petr Horácek, Beth Suzanna, Bagram Ibatoulline, Marie-Alice Harel, Majid Adin, Richard Jones, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780063358089 |
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| 11 |
Construction Site: Taking Flight! Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $17.99, 9781797221922 |
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| 12 |
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 |
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| 13 |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 |
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| 14 |
Just Because Matthew McConaughey, Renée Kurilla (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593622032 |
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| 15 |
Knight Owl Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for November 8, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 5, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Children's Series | ||
| 1 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 2 |
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback) Rick Riordan, Miramax |
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| 3 |
The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic |
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| 4 |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 5 |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 6 |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic |
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| 7 |
Spy School (hardcover and paperback) Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
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| 8 |
Wild Robot (hardcover) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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| 9 |
InvestiGators (hardcover and paperback) John Patrick Green, First Second |
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| 10 |
The Bad Guys (paperback) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending November 5, 2023
16 The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
17 Iris Kelly Doesn't Date
Ashley Herring Blake, Berkley, $18.00, 9780593550571
18 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
19 The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
20 Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088
21 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
22 The Way Forward
Yung Pueblo, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781524874834
23 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
24 Wildfire
Hannah Grace, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668026274
25 Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593492666
26 Liberation Day: Stories
George Saunders, Random House, $17.00, 9780525509615
27 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593183212
28 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038
29 The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Lauren Groff (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Anchor, $18.00, 9780593470596
30 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
31 Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982153090
32 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
33 The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064
34 Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591
35 House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577020
36 The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18.00, 9780593356173
37 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
38 Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780593446089
39 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990
40 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990
41 Wreck the Halls
Tessa Bailey, Avon, $18.99, 9780063308305
42 It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
43 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab, Tor, $19.99, 9780765387578
44 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606
45 Bunny
Mona Awad, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525559757
46 House of Sky and Breath
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639731756
47 West with Giraffes
Lynda Rutledge, Lake Union Publishing, $14.95, 9781542023344
48 The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593315088
49 The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
50 A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.00, 9781635575620
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending November 5, 2023
16 And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Jon Meacham, Random House, $25.00, 9780553393989
17 American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25.00, 9780375726262
18 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18.00, 9781250849359
19 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
20 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr.Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18.00, 9781524746742
21 Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22.00, 9781324094067
22 The Best American Essays 2023
Vivian Gornick, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063288843
23 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19.00, 9780143129257
24 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
25 How We Live Is How We Die
Pema Chodron, Shambhala, $21.95, 9781645472407
26 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18.99, 9781643753287
27 The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
Carl Zimmer, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063293212
28 Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
29 Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Rachel Aviv, Picador, $18.00, 9781250872913
30 American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
Adam Hochschild, Mariner Books, $24.99, 9780063278523
31 Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $18.00, 9781416591061
32 When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe, Anchor, $18.00, 9780593081877
33 Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
Temple Grandin, PhD, Riverhead Books, $18.00, 9780593418376
34 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
35 Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Angela Y. Davis, Haymarket Books, $15.95, 9781608465644
36 The Best American Food Writing 2023
Mark Bittman, Silvia Killingsworth, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063322523
37 How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers, Crown, $19.00, 9780593139028
38 S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631492228
39 Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18.00, 9780593136355
40 Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe, Oni Press, $24.99, 9781549304002
41 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
42 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.99, 9780525510321
43 HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
44 The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace (Shortest History Series)
Michael Scott-Baumann, The Experiment, $16.95, 9781615199501
45 The Myth of Sisyphus
Albert Camus, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525564454
46 In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
Mona Chollet, St. Martin's Griffin, $20.00, 9781250894878
47 A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéricc Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446
48 The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143125471
49 How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms
Frank Hyman, Storey Publishing, $16.99, 9781635863321
50 Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807014271
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending November 5, 2023
16 The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593418390
17 Starling House
Alix E. Harrow, Tor, $28.99, 9781250799050
18 The Mysteries
Bill Watterson, John Kascht, Andrews McMeel, $19.99, 9781524884949
19 Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668016138
20 North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28.00, 9780593597033
21 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
22 America Fantastica: A Novel
Tim O'Brien, Mariner Books, $32.00, 9780063318502
23 Yellowface
R.F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833
24 Sword Catcher
Cassandra Clare, Del Rey, $30.00, 9780525619994
25 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243732
26 Wellness
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593536117
27 Dirty Thirty
Janet Evanovich, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781668003091
28 The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $27.00, 9781646221950
29 The Iliad
Homer, Emily Watson (Transl.), Norton, $39.95, 9781324001805
30 The Fragile Threads of Power
V.E. Schwab, Tor Books, $29.99, 9780765387493
31 The Armor of Light
Ken Follett, Viking, $38.00, 9780525954996
32 The MANIAC
Benjamin Labatut, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593654477
33 The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212
34 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335005625
35 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
36 Lady Tan's Circle of Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982117085
37 Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $27.99, 9781501153228
38 Foster
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802160140
39 Starter Villain
John Scalzi, Tor Books, $28.99, 9780765389220
40 Death Valley
Melissa Broder, Scribner, $27.00, 9781668024843
41 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28.00, 9781982179007
42 Blackouts
Justin Torres, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374293574
43 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969
44 Land of Milk and Honey
C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593538241
45 The Reformatory
Tananarive Due, Gallery/Saga Press, $28.99, 9781982188344
46 Rouge
Mona Awad, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $28.00, 9781982169695
47 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $20.99, 9781250236210
48 Julia
Sandra Newman, Mariner Books, $30.00, 9780063265332
49 The Goodbye Cat
Hiro Arikawa, Berkley, $24.00, 9780593815700
50 Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593441275
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending November 5, 2023
16 Romney: A Reckoning
McKay Coppins, Scribner, $32.50, 9781982196202
17 Big Heart Little Stove: Bringing Home Meals & Moments from The Lost Kitchen
Erin French, Celadon Books, $38.00, 9781250832313
18 Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593655955
19 Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700
20 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292
21 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598
22 Making It So: A Memoir
Patrick Stewart, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781982167738
23 White Holes
Carlo Rovelli, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780593545447
24 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
25 I Must Be Dreaming
Roz Chast, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.99, 9781620403228
26 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780358458180
27 A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802160508
28 Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Cat Bohannon, Knopf, $35.00, 9780385350549
29 Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
Werner Herzog, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593490297
30 More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen: A Cookbook
Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780593578841
31 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525657323
32 The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
Liza Mundy, Crown, $32.50, 9780593238172
33 Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business
Roxane Gay, Harper, $30.00, 9780063341463
34 I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
35 Determined: A Science of Life without Free Will
Robert M. Sapolsky, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780525560975
36 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374610326
37 Guinness World Records 2024
, Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484378
38 Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593472675
39 The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $28.00, 9781643753096
40 Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
Dolly Parton, Ten Speed Press, $50.00, 9781984862129
41 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28.00, 9780593239919
42 Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30.00, 9780593545409
43 The Upstairs Delicatessen: On Eating, Reading, Reading About Eating, and Eating While Reading
Dwight Garner, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00, 9780374603427
44 Sonic Life: A Memoir
Thurston Moore, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548656
45 George Harrison: The Reluctant Beatle
Philip Norman, Scribner, $35.00, 9781982195861
46 Energy Follows Thought: The Stories Behind My Songs
Willie Nelson, David Ritz, William Morrow, $50.00, 9780063272200
47 Worthy
Jada Pinkett Smith, Dey Street Books, $32.00, 9780063320680
48 The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013
49 To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker, National Geographic, $30.00, 9781426223303
50 The Pioneer Woman Cooks—Dinner's Ready!: 112 Fast and Fabulous Recipes for Slightly Impatient Home Cooks
Ree Drummond, William Morrow Cookbooks, $32.50, 9780062962843
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending November 5, 2023
11 The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657
12 The Judge's List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831
13 Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909
14 Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
15 The Wish
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538728635
16 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
17 That Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668020661
18 The Family Upstairs
Lisa Jewell, Pocket Books, $10.99, 9781668026519
19 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
20 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
21 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
22 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
23 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
24 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
25 Lightning Down
Tom Clavin, St. Martin's Paperbacks, $9.99, 9781250878052
26 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
27 In a Holidaze
Christina Lauren, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668026601
28 Reckless Girls
Rachel Hawkins, St. Martin's Paperbacks, $9.99, 9781250896438
29 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
30 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
31 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
32 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
33 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
34 The Whittiers
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821850
35 Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928
36 Night Shift
Stephen King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780307743640
37 Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780593599006
38 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
39 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
40 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765365309
41 The Last Thing She Ever Did
Gregg Olsen, Pinnacle, $9.99, 9780786050178
42 The Recovery Agent
Janet Evanovich, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982154936
43 Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743664
44 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365293
45 Falling Stars
Fern Michaels, Zebra, $9.99, 9781420154283
46 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286
47 The Horsewoman
James Patterson, Mike Lupica, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752944
48 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
49 The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
50 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024