May 8, 2024

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestsellers List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
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.
2/86
2 Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593441190
Emily Henry's novel about a couple who broke up months ago and pretend they're still together for an annual, week-long vacation with their best friends.
3/9
3 Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
Abby Jimenez's new witty, slow-burn rom-com is an April 2024 Indie Next Pick.
1/5
4 The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Transl.), Tor, $18.99, 9780765382030
Set against the backdrop of China's Cultural Revolution, a secret military project sends signals into space to establish contact with aliens. An alien civilization on the brink of destruction captures the signal and plans to invade Earth. Meanwhile, on Earth, different camps start forming, planning to either welcome the superior beings and help them take over a world seen as corrupt, or to fight against the invasion. The result is a science fiction masterpiece of enormous scope and vision.
4/7
5 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.
6/35
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.
10/51
7 Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide- Debut
Rupert Holmes, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781451648225
A delightful mix of witty wordplay, breathtaking twists, and genuine intrigue, Holmes' novel will gain you admission into a wholly original world, cocooned within the most entertaining book about well-intentioned would-be murderers you'll ever read.
/1
8 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593
Herbert's classic masterpiece—a triumph of the imagination—is now a major motion picture.
7/38
9 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17.00, 9781501161933
Reid's novel is a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day.
/151
10 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
Enter the world of Throne of Glass with the first book in the bestselling series by Sarah J. Maas.
12/16
11 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.
11/54
12 King of Sloth- Debut
Ana Huang, Bloom Books, $17.99, 9781728289755
Charming, easygoing, and rich beyond belief, Xavier Castillo has the world at his fingertips. He'd never wanted anyone enough to chase them...until he met her.
/1
13 Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279032
Knives Out and Clue meet Agatha Christie and The Thursday Murder Club in this fiendishly clever blend of classic and modern murder mystery.
8/18
14 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19.00, 9780399562976
Based on the remarkable true story of the record-breaking thoroughbred Lexington, Horse is a novel of art and science, love and obsession, and our unfinished reckoning with racism.
9/16
15 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.
13/94
 
     

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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestsellers List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593536131
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club.
1/2
2 The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 19172017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $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.
2/28
3 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.
3/230
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.
4/131
5 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20.00, 9780593239933
Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty.
7/6
6 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.
8/188
7 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.
5/30
8 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.
6/58
9 Disability Intimacy: Essays on Love, Care, and Desire- Debut
Alice Wong (Ed.), Vintage, $19.00, 9780593469736
The much-anticipated follow up to the groundbreaking anthology Disability Visibility: another revolutionary collection of first-person writing on the joys and challenges of the modern disability experience, and intimacy in all its myriad forms.
/1
10 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
A wildly funny, occasionally heartbreaking memoir about growing up, growing older, and learning to navigate friendships, jobs, loss, and love along the ride. Now streaming on Peacock.
9/22
11 The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama, Crown, $19.99, 9780593237489
In an inspiring follow-up to her critically acclaimed, bestselling memoir Becoming, former First Lady Michelle Obama shares practical wisdom and powerful strategies for staying hopeful and balanced in today's highly uncertain world.
11/3
12 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in traditional Toltec beliefs.
13/228
13 World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781639550562
Beloved author Aimee Nezhukumatathil's celebrated work of nonfiction, now including additional essays and illustrations.
10/2
14 Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20.00, 9781984878120
Grant examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your opinions and open other people's minds, which can position you for excellence at work and wisdom in life.
/14
15 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.
/81
 
     

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Hardcover Fiction



Bestsellers List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29.00, 9780593441282
Emily Henry's shimmering, joyful new novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common is a May 2024 Indie Next Pick.
1/2
2 The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30.00, 9781250178633
The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm's way to help others.
3/13
3 Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32.00, 9780593296370
From Amor Towles, a richly detailed and sharply drawn collection of stories, including a novella featuring one of his most beloved characters. An April 2024 Indie Next Pick.
5/5
4 James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550369
Percival Everett's new novel is a brilliant, action-packed re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2024.
2/7
5 The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29.00, 9780812996302
Ruth Reichl's new novel is a testament to living deliciously, taking chances, and finding your true home. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick.
6/2
6 The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884251
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo comes a spellbinding novel set in the Spanish Golden Age. An April 2024 Indie Next Pick.
4/4
7 Real Americans- Debut
Rachel Khong, Knopf, $29.00, 9780593537251
An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are? And how inevitable are our futures? A May 2024 Indie Next Pick.
/1
8 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.
7/39
9 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.
8/59
10 North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28.00, 9780593597033
When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick.
9/28
11 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.
11/50
12 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.
13/80
13 Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
She's survived her first year at Basgiath War College for dragon riders...but the danger is just beginning in the electrifying follow-up to Fourth Wing.
/25
14 The Hunter
Tana French, Viking, $32.00, 9780593493434
Tana French's new novel is a nuanced, atmospheric tale that explores what we'll do for our loved ones, what we'll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide. A March 2024 Indie Next Pick.
14/9
15 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.
10/41
 
     

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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestsellers List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War- Debut
Erik Larson, Crown, $35.00, 9780385348744
Larson brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a slow-burning crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick.
/1
2 Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $28.00, 9780593730249
From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring—and surviving—an attempt on his life thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him.
1/3
3 Somehow: Thoughts on Love
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22.00, 9780593714416
Lamott explores the transformative power that love has in our lives: how it surprises us, forces us to confront uncomfortable truths, reminds us of our humanity, and guides us forward.
3/4
4 An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982108663
Doris Kearns Goodwin, one of America's most beloved historians, artfully weaves together biography, memoir, and history. She takes you along on the emotional journey she and her husband, Richard (Dick) Goodwin embarked upon in the last years of his life.
2/3
5 The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593655030
From New York Times bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.
4/6
6 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.
6/68
7 The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385544764
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day.
7/4
8 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.
9/55
9 The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.99, 9781668007976
A delicious blend of cultural criticism and personal narrative that explores our cognitive biases and the power, disadvantages, and highlights of magical thinking. An April 2024 Indie Next Pick.
5/4
10 There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House, $32.00, 9780593448793
A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, life, and home—from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America. An April 2024 Indie Next Pick.
8/6
11 Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
Fareed Zakaria, Norton , $29.99, 9780393239232
The CNN host and bestselling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the polarized and unstable age in which we live.
13/6
12 Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays the Rent
Judi Dench, Brendan O'Hea, St. Martin's Press, $32.00, 9781250325778
For the very first time, Judi Dench opens up about every Shakespearean role she has played throughout her seven-decade career, from Lady Macbeth and Titania to Ophelia and Cleopatra.
10/2
13 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292
James Clear reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
12/105
14 The Age of Grievance- Debut
Frank Bruni, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668016435
A lucid, powerful examination of the ways in which grievance has come to define our current culture and politics, on both the right and left.
/1
15 The Work of Art: How Something Comes from Nothing
Adam Moss, Penguin Press, $45.00, 9780593297582
From former editor of New York magazine Adam Moss, a collection of illuminating conversations examining the very personal, rigorous, complex, and elusive work of making art.
14/2
ON THE RISE
16 Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Ecco, $26.99, 9780063282261
From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays about food, offering a banquet of tastes, smells, memories, associations, and marvelous curiosities from nature.
 
 
     

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Mass Market



Bestsellers List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
1/233
2 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
2/109
3 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
4/38
4 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3/409
5 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765365279
5/123
6 The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916
/30
7 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
7/86
8 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
6/151
9 The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, William Morrow, $10.99, 9780063374317
/6
10 Private Moscow
James Patterson, Adam Hamdy, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752630
/3
 
     

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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestsellers List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1 Orris and Timble: The Beginning- Debut
Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791
 
2 The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
 
3 Magnolia Wu Unfolds It All
Chanel Miller, Philomel Books, $17.99, 9780593624524
 
4 Olivetti (Indies Introduce)
Allie Millington, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250326935
 
5 96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More!
Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933
 
6 Ferris
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536231052
 
7 Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736076
 
8 The Night War
Kimberly Brubaker Bradley, Dial Books, $17.99, 9780735228566
 
9 Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
 
10 Charlotte's Web
E. B. White, Harper, $10.99, 9780064400558
 
11 Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World
Tui T. Sutherland, Joy Ang (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $24.99, 9781338634822
 
12 Tree. Table. Book.
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $18.99, 9780063299504
 
13 Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
14 Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
 
15 The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
 
 
     


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
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  Young Adult  
1 The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207
 
2 Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
 
3 Powerful: A Powerless Story- Debut
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665966306
 
4 If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
 
5 Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
 
6 If Only I Had Told Her
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229
 
7 Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17.00, 9780593622452
 
8 Check & Mate
Ali Hazelwood, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $14.00, 9780593619919
 
9 Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191
 
10 Heartless Hunter
Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250866905
 
11 Lightlark
Alex Aster, Amulet, $12.99, 9781419760877
 
12 A Tempest of Tea
Hafsah Faizal, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $20.99, 9780374389406
 
13 Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
 
14 Ruthless Vows
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250857453
 
15 The Poisons We Drink- Debut
Bethany Baptiste, Sourcebooks Fire, $18.99, 9781728251950
 
 
     

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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
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  Children's Illustrated  
1 Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
 
2 Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
 
3 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
4 Bubbly Beautiful Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $19.99, 9781419768774
 
5 Little Blue Truck Feeling Happy
Alice Schertle, Clarion Books, $14.99, 9780063342705
 
6 Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
 
7 Dragon's First Taco
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178
 
8 Buffalo Fluffalo
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593564530
 
9 Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
 
10 Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, Jr. John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
 
11 Penelope Rex and the Problem with Pets
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368089609
 
12 Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
 
13 Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
 
14 Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $9.99, 9780140564341
 
15 Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
 
 
     

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Children's Series



Bestseller List for May 8, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024
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  Children's Series  
1 Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2 Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
3 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
4 Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
5 Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 
6 Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Kirsten Anderson, Gregory Copeland (Illus.), Penguin Workshop
 
7 Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
8 InvestiGators (hardcover and paperback)
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
 
9 I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Scholastic
 
10 Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024

16 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606

17 Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593420324

18 Small Mercies
Dennis Lehane, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780062129499

19 Bride
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593550403

20 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990

21 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463

22 Within Arm's Reach
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press , $18.00, 9780593732496

23 A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $18.00, 9780143110439

24 Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734

25 A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.00, 9781635575620

26 The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703

27 Homecoming
Kate Morton, Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063020900

28 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323

29 Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433

30 A Most Agreeable Murder
Julia Seales, Random House , $18.00, 9780593450000

31 Romantic Comedy
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House , $18.00, 9780399590962

32 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570

33 Weyward
Emilia Hart, St. Martin's Griffin, $19.00, 9781250842725

34 Twisted Love
Ana Huang, Bloom Books, $17.99, 9781728274867

35 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624

36 It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368

37 The Assassin's Blade
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639731091

38 The House in the Pines
Ana Reyes, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593186732

39 Pineapple Street
Jenny Jackson, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593490716

40 The Secret
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Bantam, $18.00, 9781984818607

41 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038

42 Chain Gang All-Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593469316

43 One by One
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296197

44 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318

45 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702

46 How to End a Love Story
Yulin Kuang, Avon, $18.99, 9780063310681

47 Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263

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

49 Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton, Picador, $19.00, 9781250321718

50 Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024

16 A Book of Days
Patti Smith, Random House, $20.00, 9780593730386

17 The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593512302

18 The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape
Katie Holten, Tin House Books, $19.95, 9781959030782

19 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255

20 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19.00, 9780143129257

21 An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20.00, 9780593133255

22 Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088

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

24 This Wild and Precious Life: A Journal
Mary Oliver, Clarkson Potter, $16.99, 9780593580288

25 Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Angela Y. Davis, Haymarket Books, $15.95, 9781608465644

26 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $21.00, 9780593230275

27 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359

28 The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $21.99, 9780063076105

29 Pathogenesis: A History of the World in Eight Plagues
Jonathan Kennedy, Crown, $20.00, 9780593240496

30 The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene, Penguin, $26.00, 9780140280197

31 The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
Ari Shapiro, HarperOne, $18.99, 9780063221352

32 Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593315200

33 Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
Claire Dederer, Vintage, $17.00, 9780525564188

34 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609

35 Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228

36 HBR's 10 Must Reads on High Performance
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781647823467

37 The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $17.00, 9781400078431

38 Cinema Speculation
Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $21.00, 9780063112575

39 Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
Simon Winchester, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063142893

40 Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
Ilyon Woo, 37 Ink, $19.99, 9781501191060

41 The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace
Michael Scott-Baumann, The Experiment, $16.95, 9781615199501

42 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $20.00, 9781524746742

43 The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $18.99, 9781451697728

44 Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
Emily Nagoski, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $22.00, 9781982165314

45 Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Oregon State University Press, $18.95, 9780870714993

46 Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships
Nina Totenberg, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982188092

47 Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807014271

48 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780062316110

49 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781797212272

50 Taylor Swift: The Whole Story: The Fully Updated Unauthorized Biography
Chas Newkey-Burden, HarperCollins, $18.99, 9780008680718

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024

16 Wandering Stars
Tommy Orange, Knopf, $29.00, 9780593318256

17 Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593537619

18 The Husbands
Holly Gramazio, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385550611

19 Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063327528

20 Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547345

21 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201

22 A Calamity of Souls
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $30.00, 9781538765029

23 You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World
Ada Limón (Ed.), Milkweed Editions, $25.00, 9781571315687

24 Miss Morgan's Book Brigade
Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781668008980

25 The Cemetery of Untold Stories
Julia Alvarez, Algonquin Books, $28.00, 9781643753843

26 The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385546874

27 A Fate Inked in Blood
Danielle L. Jensen, Del Rey, $29.99, 9780593599839

28 A Magical Girl Retires
Park Seolyeon, HarperVia, $21.99, 9780063373266

29 I Cheerfully Refuse
Leif Enger, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802162939

30 How to Solve Your Own Murder
Kristen Perrin, Dutton, $28.00, 9780593474013

31 Expiration Dates
Rebecca Serle, Atria, $27.00, 9781982166823

32 Close to Death
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $30.00, 9780063305649

33 The Bee Sting
Paul Murray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374600303

34 Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
Catherine Mack, Minotaur Books, $28.00, 9781250325853

35 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741

36 First Lie Wins
Ashley Elston, Pamela Dorman Books, $28.00, 9780593492918

37 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833

38 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991

39 House of Flame and Shadow
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $32.00, 9781635574104

40 Until August
Gabriel García Márquez, Anne McLean (Transl.), Knopf, $22.00, 9780593801994

41 Good Material
Dolly Alderton, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593801307

42 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $20.99, 9781250236210

43 When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance: Poems
Joan Baez, David R. Godine Publisher, $25.95, 9781567928013

44 The Kamogawa Food Detectives
Hisashi Kashiwai, Jesse Kirkwood (Transl.), G.P. Putnam's Sons, $25.00, 9780593717714

45 Anita de Monte Laughs Last
Xochitl Gonzalez, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250786210

46 The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $27.00, 9781646221950

47 Home Is Where the Bodies Are
Jeneva Rose, Blackstone Publishing, $27.99, 9798212182843

48 Crow Talk
Eileen Garvin, Dutton, $28.00, 9780593473887

49 Maktub
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780063346543

50 Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop
Hwang Bo-reum, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.99, 9781639732425

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024

16 Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Ecco, $26.99, 9780063282261

17 Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection
Charles Duhigg, Random House, $30.00, 9780593243916

18 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581

19 How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House, $30.00, 9780593230060

20 The New Menopause: Navigating Your Path Through Hormonal Change with Purpose, Power, and Facts
Mary Claire Haver, M.D., Rodale Books, $28.00, 9780593796252

21 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461

22 Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism
Stephen Breyer, Simon & Schuster, $32.00, 9781668021538

23 The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians: True Stories of the Magic of Reading
James Patterson, Matt Eversmann, Little, Brown and Company, $28.00, 9780316567534

24 The Algebra of Wealth: A Simple Formula for Financial Security
Scott Galloway, Portfolio, $32.00, 9780593714027

25 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598

26 I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824

27 Secrets of the Octopus
Sy Montgomery, National Geographic, $30.00, 9781426223723

28 Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew
Emmanuel Acho, Noa Tishby, S&S/Simon Element, $27.99, 9781668057858

29 Grief Is for People
Sloane Crosley, MCD, $27.00, 9780374609849

30 Nuclear War: A Scenario
Annie Jacobsen, Dutton, $30.00, 9780593476093

31 Sociopath: A Memoir
Patric Gagne, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668003183

32 Disappointing Affirmations
Dave Tarnowski, Chronicle Books, $14.95, 9781797226668

33 ADHD Is Awesome: A Guide to (Mostly) Thriving with ADHD
Penn Holderness, Kim Holderness, Harper Horizon, $29.99, 9781400338610

34 The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain: Lyrics for Stacey Kent
Kazuo Ishiguro, Bianca Bagnarelli (Illus.), Knopf, $22.00, 9780593802519

35 Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
Cal Newport, Portfolio, $30.00, 9780593544853

36 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

37 Who's Afraid of Gender?
Judith Butler, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374608224

38 The Rulebreaker: The Life and Times of Barbara Walters
Susan Page, Simon & Schuster, $30.99, 9781982197926

39 There Are Moms Way Worse Than You: Irrefutable Proof That You Are Indeed a Fantastic Parent
Glenn Boozan, Priscilla Witte (Illus.), Workman, $15.00, 9781523515646

40 The Moth Presents: A Point of Beauty: True Stories of Holding On and Letting Go
The Moth (Ed.), Crown, $28.00, 9780593139035

41 The House of Hidden Meanings: A Memoir
RuPaul, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780063263901

42 The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062457714

43 Reading Genesis
Marilynne Robinson, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374299408

44 The Road to Freedom: Economics and the Good Society
Joseph E. Stiglitz, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324074373

45 Briefly Perfectly Human: Making an Authentic Life by Getting Real About the End
Alua Arthur, Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780063240032

46 Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
Liz Cheney, Little, Brown and Company, $32.50, 9780316572064

47 Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Viking, $30.00, 9780593652961

48 Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Adam Grant, Viking, $32.00, 9780593653142

49 Chasing Beauty: The Life of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Natalie Dykstra, Mariner Books, $37.50, 9781328515759

50 Priya's Kitchen Adventures: A Cookbook for Kids
Priya Krishna, Harvest, $29.99, 9780358692935

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending May 5, 2024

11 Dead Fall
Brad Thor, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982182205

12 Tom Clancy Flash Point
Don Bentley, Berkley, $10.99, 9780593422809

13 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977

14 Desert Star
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538740460

15 Clive Cussler Fire Strike
Mike Maden, Putnam, $10.99, 9780593543955

16 Must Love Flowers
Debbie Macomber, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780593600573

17 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125

18 Suspect
Scott Turow, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538706336

19 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686

20 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803

21 God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257

22 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741

23 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296

24 The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657

25 The Dead Zone
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668035078

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

27 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357

28 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400

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

30 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487

31 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309

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

33 Carrie
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743664

34 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365293

35 Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062476371

36 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110

37 The Fall of Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553288209

38 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488

39 Edgedancer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $10.99, 9781250166548

40 Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225757

41 Chapterhouse: Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098271

42 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286

43 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484

44 Dreamland
Nicholas Sparks, Dell, $10.99, 9780593449585

45 Elantris
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765350374

46 Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874

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

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

49 Heretics of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098264

50 The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345325815

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