April 12, 2023

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for April 12, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 9, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780593598429
A gripping novel about the whirlwind rise of an iconic 1970s rock group and their beautiful lead singer, revealing the mystery behind their infamous breakup.
1/34
2. 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.
2/97
3. Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593466735
Emily St. John Mandel returns with a novel of art, time, love, and plague—unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and space.
5/2
4. 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.
4/30
5. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
Dave's novel is a gripping mystery about a woman who thinks she's found the love of her life—until he disappears.
7/3
6. The Candy House
Jennifer Egan, Scribner, $17.99, 9781476716770
An electrifying, deeply moving novel about the quest for authenticity and meaning in a world where memories and identities are no longer private.
3/5
7. The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18.00, 9780593356173
A mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different.
9/14
8. The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles, Penguin, $19.00, 9780735222366
The bestselling author of A Gentleman in Moscow and Rules of Civility and master of absorbing, sophisticated fiction returns with a stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America.
6/3
9. The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064
Foley's novel is a mystery set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide.
8/7
10. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 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.
13/136
11. 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.
10/72
12. 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.
11/154
13. Never Never
Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher, Canary Street Press, $17.99, 9781335004888
Colleen Hoover joins forces with Tarryn Fisher, bestselling author of The Wives. Together, they have created a gripping, twisty, romantic mystery unlike any other.
/5
14. 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.
12/62
15. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.99, 9781250178619
Hannah's 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.
14/4
 
     

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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for April 12, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 9, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/2
2. 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.
4/75
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.
2/174
4. 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.
3/132
5. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity- Debut
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25.00, 9781250858801
The Dawn of Everything fundamentally transforms our understanding of the human past and offers a path toward imagining new forms of freedom and new ways of organizing society.
/1
6. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $18.00, 9780525555247
A deeply moving collection of personal essays by the bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down.
6/3
7. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $20.00, 9780593230275
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.
5/8
8. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18.00, 9781524746742
Dr. Anna Lembke explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain—and what to do about it.
8/14
9. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
Perfect for the anti-aviary or bird fanatic with a sense of humor, this snarky illustrated handbook is equal parts profane, funny, and—let's face it—true.
14/12
10. Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition): Advice from Dear Sugar
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593685211
An anniversary edition of the bestselling collection of "Dear Sugar" advice columns by the author of Wild—featuring a new preface and six additional columns.
/2
11. Rooted: Life at the Crossroads of Science, Nature, and Spirit- Debut
Lyanda Lynn Haupt, Little, Brown Spark, $18.99, 9780316426497
In the tradition of Rachel Carson, Elizabeth Kolbert, and Mary Oliver, Haupt writes with urgency and grace, reminding us that at the crossroads of science, nature, and spirit we find true hope.
/1
12. Riverman: An American Odyssey- Debut
Ben McGrath, Vintage, $18.00, 9781101973615
The riveting true story of Dick Conant who, over the course of more than twenty years, canoed solo thousands of miles of American rivers—and then disappeared near the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
/1
13. The Nineties: A Book
Chuck Klosterman, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735217966
Klosterman's wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about the sin of trying too hard, during the greatest shift in human consciousness of any decade in American history.
13/10
14. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17.00, 9780307742483
Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history.
10/90
15. 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.
12/197
 
     

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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for April 12, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 9, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/53
2. 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.
2/39
3. Romantic Comedy- Debut
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590948
In her new novel, Curtis Sittenfeld explores the neurosis-inducing and heart-fluttering wonder of love, while slyly dissecting the social rituals of romance and gender relations in the modern age. An April 2023 Indie Next Pick.
/1
4. Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243732
An exquisite homage to Louisa May Alcott's timeless classic, Little Women, Hello Beautiful is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it. A March 2023 Indie Next Pick.
3/4
5. 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.
4/25
6. I Have Some Questions for You
Rebecca Makkai, Viking, $28.00, 9780593490143
The riveting new novel by the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers is the #1 Indie Next Pick for March 2023.
5/7
7. Hang the Moon
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $28.00, 9781501117299
From Jeannette Walls, the bestselling author of The Glass Castle, comes a riveting new novel about an indomitable young woman in Virginia during Prohibition. An April 2023 Indie Next Pick.
7/2
8. Pineapple Street
Jenny Jackson, Pamela Dorman Books, $28.00, 9780593490693
Jackson's deliciously funny, sharply observed debut novel of family, love, and class is a March 2023 Indie Next Pick.
6/5
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.
8/16
10. Homecoming- Debut
Kate Morton, Mariner Books, $32.00, 9780063020894
Morton's latest is a sweeping novel that begins with a shocking crime, the effects of which echo across continents and generations. An April 2023 Indie Next Pick.
/1
11. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969
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. A June 2022 Indie Next Pick.
10/43
12. Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton, FSG, $28.00, 9780374110338
A gripping thriller of high drama and kaleidoscopic insight into what drives us to survive.
/4
13. Tress of the Emerald Sea- Debut
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $29.99, 9781250899651
Bestselling author Brandon Sanderson brings us deeper into the Cosmere universe with a rollicking, riveting tale that will appeal to fans of The Princess Bride.
/1
14. Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
Heartwarming, wistful, mysterious and delightfully quirky, Toshikazu Kawaguchi's internationally bestselling novel explores the age-old question: What would you change if you could travel back in time?
13/11
15. Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
Keegan's landmark new novel is a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2021.
14/13
 
     

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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for April 12, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 9, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28.00, 9780593239919
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.
1/3
2. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life.
4/35
3. Sweet Enough: A Dessert Cookbook
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781984826398
Roman's latest is a simple, stylish cookbook full of desserts that come together faster than you can eat them.
2/2
4. 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.
6/58
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.
3/12
6. 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.
8/153
7. Enchantment: Awakening Wonder in an Anxious Age
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780593329993
From the bestselling author of Wintering, an invitation to rediscover the feelings of awe and wonder available to us all. A March 2023 Indie Next Pick.
5/6
8. A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them- Debut
Timothy Egan, Viking, $30.00, 9780735225268
Pulitzer and National Book Award-winning author Timothy Egan that tells the riveting story of the Klan's rise to power in the 1920s, the cunning con man who drove that rise, and the woman who stopped them.
/1
9. The Wisdom of the Bullfrog: Leadership Made Simple (But Not Easy)- Debut
Admiral William H. McRaven, Grand Central, $25.00, 9781538707944
A short, inspirational book of advice and leadership lessons that Admiral McRaven collected over his four decades as a Navy SEAL.
/1
10. The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape- Debut
Katie Holten, Tin House Books, $29.95, 9781953534682
The Language of Trees considers our relationship with literature and landscape, resulting in an astonishing fusion of storytelling and art and a deeply beautiful celebration of trees through the ages.
/1
11. It's OK to Be Angry About Capitalism
Bernie Sanders, John Nichols, Crown, $28.00, 9780593238714
A progressive takedown of the uber-capitalist status quo that has enriched millionaires and billionaires at the expense of the working class, and a blueprint for what transformational change would actually look like.
10/7
12. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598
A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health.
7/2
13. Saving Time: Discovering a Life Beyond the Clock
Jenny Odell, Random House, $28.99, 9780593242704
We are living on the wrong clock, and it is destroying us. The bestselling author of How to Do Nothing offers us different ways to experience time in this dazzling, subversive, and deeply hopeful book.
9/5
14. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $30.00, 9780593133231
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.
14/31
15. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9780593237465
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.
12/21
On the Rise:
18. Choosing to Run: A Memoir
Des Linden, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593186640
Featuring both the story of an historic, unforgettable win and insight into the life of an indelible champion, Choosing to Run is a truly inspirational memoir from Boston Marathon winner and Olympian Des Linden, sharing her personal story and what motivates her to keep showing up.
 
 
     

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Mass Market



Bestseller List for April 12, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 9, 2023
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
1/353
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
2/177
3. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
8/50
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
3/53
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
7/63
6. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
9/131
7. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
5/121
8. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
4/81
9. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
/49
10. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $8.99, 9780440180296
6/58
 
     

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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for April 12, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 9, 2023
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. School Trip: A Graphic Novel- Debut
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $14.99, 9780062885531
 
2. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
 
3. Squished: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568936
 
4. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
 
5. Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy- Debut
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780063225138
 
6. Hoops: A Graphic Novel
Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $12.99, 9781536231953
 
7. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
 
8. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780062991324
 
9. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
 
10. Bea Wolf
Zach Weinersmith, Boulet (Illus.), First Second, $19.99, 9781250776297
 
11. Finally Seen
Kelly Yang, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534488335
 
12. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
 
13. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
 
14. Big Tree- Debut
Brian Selznick, Scholastic Press, $32.99, 9781338180633
 
15. Freewater
Amina Luqman-Dawson, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316056618
 
 
     

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Young Adult



Bestseller List for April 12, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 9, 2023
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  Young Adult  
1. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758
 
2. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
 
3. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593374160
 
4. Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746
 
5. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
6. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $11.99, 9780735269958
 
7. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
 
8. If He Had Been with Me- Debut
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
 
9. Silver in the Bone- Debut
Alexandra Bracken, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593481653
 
10. The First to Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063240803
 
11. Blood Debts- Debut
Terry J. Benton-Walker, Tor Teen, $18.99, 9781250825926
 
12. Nick and Charlie
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781338885101
 
13. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207
 
14. Spell Bound- Debut
F.T. Lukens, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.99, 9781665916226
 
15. The Stolen Heir: A Novel of Elfhame
Holly Black, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $20.99, 9780316592703
 
 
     

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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for April 12, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 9, 2023
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Happy Easter, Little Pookie
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665928380
 
2. Party Hearty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781419750953
 
3. Happy Easter from the Crayons
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593621059
 
4. We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368076982
 
5. Hot Dog
Doug Salati, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593308431
 
6. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
7. Little Blue Truck's Springtime: An Easter And Springtime Book For Kids
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544938090
 
8. Woo Hoo! You're Doing Great!- Debut
Sandra Boynton, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316486798
 
9. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
 
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
11. I Am a Bunny
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden Books, $7.99, 9780375827785
 
12. Construction Site: Spring Delight: An Easter Lift-the-Flap Book
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797204314
 
13. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
14. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
 
15. Indestructibles: Happy Easter!- Debut
Vanja Kragulj (Illus.), Workman, $5.99, 9781523514137
 
 
     

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Children's Series



Bestseller List for April 12, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 9, 2023
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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. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
5. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Cynthia Yuan Cheng (Illus.), Graphix
 
6. Spy School (hardcover and paperback)
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
New in Series: Spy Camp: The Graphic Novel (9781534499379)
 
7. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
8. InvestiGators (hardcover)
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
 
9. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Álvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic
 
10. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (hardcover and paperback)
Holly Jackson, Ember
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 9, 2023

16. Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088

17. The It Girl
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $18.99, 9781982155278

18. One Italian Summer
Rebecca Serle, Atria, $17.99, 9781982166809

19. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226

20. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703

21. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736

22. The Priory of the Orange Tree
Samantha Shannon, Bloomsbury Publishing, $20.00, 9781635570304

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

24. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583

25. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20.00, 9781982168445

26. The Cat Who Saved Books
Sosuke Natsukawa, HarperVia, $18.99, 9780063095731

27. Under the Whispering Door
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217394

28. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $18.00, 9781524798673

29. Book Lovers
Emily Henry, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593334836

30. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593101544

31. The Summer Place
Jennifer Weiner, Washington Square Press, $18.99, 9781501133589

32. The Diamond Eye
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $19.99, 9780063144705

33. The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702

34. The Cartographers
Peng Shepherd, Morrow, $19.99, 9780062910707

35. Vera Wong's Unsolicited Advice for Murderers
Jesse Q. Sutanto, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593549223

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

37. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806758

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

39. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228

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

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

42. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781501173219

43. Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250751362

44. The School for Good Mothers
Jessamine Chan, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781982156138

45. Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957

46. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707

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

48. The Sentence
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $19.00, 9780062671134

49. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525562047

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 9, 2023

16. We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
Fintan O'Toole, Liveright, $20.00, 9781324092872

17. These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $18.00, 9780063092792

18. How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
Clint Smith, Little, Brown, $18.99, 9780316492928

19. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321

20. OMFG, BEES!: Bees Are So Amazing and You're About to Find Out Why
Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781797219905

21. Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility
Rebecca Solnit (Ed.), Thelma Young Lutunatabua (Ed.), Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781642598971

22. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
Stephanie Foo, Ballantine, $18.00, 9780593238127

23. Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
Emily Nagoski, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982165314

24. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $18.99, 9781612198552

25. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791

26. The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $17.99, 9781643753287

27. Finding Me: A Memoir
Viola Davis, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780063037366

28. Meditations: A New Translation
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255

29. The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $18.95, 9781572245372

30. South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Imani Perry, Ecco, $19.99, 9780062977373

31. The Art of Living: Peace and Freedom in the Here and Now
Thich Nhat Hanh, HarperOne, $18.99, 9780063276482

32. Stolen Focus: Why You Can't Pay Attention--and How to Think Deeply Again
Johann Hari, Crown, $18.00, 9780593138533

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

34. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220

35. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach, Norton, $16.95, 9781324036128

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

37. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110

38. Wildlife Anatomy: The Curious Lives & Features of Wild Animals around the World
Julia Rothman, Storey Publishing, $18.99, 9781635863888

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

40. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah, One World, $18.00, 9780399588198

41. How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials #9)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781952692178

42. Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe, Oni Press, $19.99, 9781549304002

43. Educated: A Memoir
Tara Westover, Random House, $18.99, 9780399590528

44. Every Good Boy Does Fine: A Love Story, in Music Lessons
Jeremy Denk, Random House , $18.99, 9780812985887

45. The Glass Castle
Jeannette Walls, Scribner, $17.00, 9780743247542

46. Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life
Lulu Miller, Simon & Schuster, $17.99, 9781501160349

47. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Vintage, $17.00, 9780525565994

48. A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
Andrew H. Knoll, Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780062853929

49. Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $16.99, 9780060936228

50. Vagina Obscura: An Anatomical Voyage
Rachel E. Gross, Norton, $17.95, 9781324050537

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 9, 2023

16. Above Ground: Poems
Clint Smith, Little, Brown, $27.00, 9780316543033

17. White Cat, Black Dog: Stories
Kelly Link, Random House, $27.00, 9780593449950

18. Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
Margaret Atwood, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385549073

19. The White Lady
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $30.00, 9780062867988

20. Stone Blind
Natalie Haynes, Harper, $30.00, 9780063258396

21. Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $27.99, 9780063021426

22. A Day of Fallen Night
Samantha Shannon, Bloomsbury Publishing, $35.00, 9781635577921

23. Foster
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802160140

24. The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi
Shannon Chakraborty, Harper Voyager, $32.00, 9780062963505

25. Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $27.00, 9781982153083

26. The London Séance Society
Sarah Penner, Park Row, $30.00, 9780778387114

27. One for My Enemy
Olivie Blake, Tor, $26.99, 9781250892430

28. Mad Honey
Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $29.99, 9781984818386

29. Someone Else's Shoes
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9781984879295

30. How to Sell a Haunted House
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $28.00, 9780593201268

31. Weyward
Emilia Hart, St. Martin's Press, $27.99, 9781250280800

32. Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593500132

33. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593420317

34. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474

35. Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $30.00, 9780063279025

36. Biography of X
Catherine Lacey, FSG, $28.00, 9780374606176

37. A House With Good Bones
T. Kingfisher, Tor Nightfire, $26.99, 9781250829795

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

39. Lone Women
Victor LaValle, One World, $27.00, 9780525512080

40. This Bird Has Flown
Susanna Hoffs, Little, Brown , $29.00, 9780316409315

41. I Will Find You
Harlan Coben, Grand Central, $30.00, 9781538748367

42. The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593320624

43. Carrie Soto Is Back
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780593158685

44. Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
Rupert Holmes, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.00, 9781451648218

45. The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy, Knopf, $30.00, 9780307268990

46. The House in the Pines
Ana Reyes, Dutton, $27.00, 9780593186718

47. Galatea: A Short Story
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $12.00, 9780063280519

48. Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $32.50, 9781668002179

49. House of Cotton
Monica Brashears, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250851918

50. Victory City
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $30.00, 9780593243398

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 9, 2023

16. Spare
Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, Random House, $36.00, 9780593593806

17. Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope
Sarah Bakewell, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780735223370

18. Choosing to Run: A Memoir
Des Linden, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593186640

19. The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
Ari Shapiro, HarperOne, $28.99, 9780063221345

20. Be the Bus: The Lost & Profound Wisdom of the Pigeon
Mo Willems, Union Square & Co., $15.99, 9781454948193

21. Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People
Tracy Kidder, Random House, $30.00, 9781984801432

22. Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross, Random House, $30.00, 9780593449233

23. Built to Move: The Ten Essential Habits to Help You Move Freely and Live Fully
Kelly Starrett, Juliet Starrett, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593534809

24. Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
Malcolm Harris, Little, Brown, $36.00, 9780316592031

25. The Undertow: Scenes from a Slow Civil War
Jeff Sharlet, Norton, $28.95, 9781324006497

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

27. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Gabor Maté, MD., Daniel Mate, Avery, $30.00, 9780593083888

28. How Not to Kill Yourself: A Portrait of the Suicidal Mind
Clancy Martin, Pantheon, $30.00, 9780593317051

29. What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780525537113

30. A Living Remedy: A Memoir
Nicole Chung, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063031616

31. Once Upon a Tome: The Misadventures of a Rare Bookseller
Oliver Darkshire, Norton, $27.95, 9781324092070

32. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brene Brown, Random House, $30.00, 9780399592553

33. And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Jon Meacham, Random House, $40.00, 9780553393965

34. Guinness World Records 2023
Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484200

35. The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $32.50, 9781982117351

36. 8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go
Jay Shetty, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781982183066

37. Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto
Tricia Hersey, Little, Brown Spark, $27.00, 9780316365215

38. The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team
Kara Goucher, Gallery Books, $28.00, 9781982179144

39. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, One World, $38.00, 9780593230572

40. Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics for Your Forever Files
Deb Perelman, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593318782

41. Inciting Joy: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $27.00, 9781643753041

42. Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu, Doubleday, $26.00, 9780385547772

43. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $37.50, 9781476753836

44. Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781984822789

45. Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals
Melissa Clark, Clarkson Potter, $29.99, 9780593233252

46. The Climate Book: The Facts and the Solutions
Greta Thunberg, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593492307

47. George VI and Elizabeth: The Marriage That Saved the Monarchy
Sally Bedell Smith, Random House, $40.00, 9780525511632

48. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse: The Animated Story
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $32.99, 9780063256194

49. Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home
Benjamin Hall, Harper, $32.00, 9780063309661

50. Am I Pretty When I Fly?: An Album of Upside Down Drawings
Joan Baez, David R. Godine Publisher, $45.00, 9781567927542

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending April 9, 2023

11. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233

12. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11.00, 9780399501487

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

14. The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672

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

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

17. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657

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

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

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

21. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686

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

23. The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553588941

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

25. Mistborn: Secret History
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250859143

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

27. All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780449213940

28. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024

29. Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225757

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

31. Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345538987

32. Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062476371

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

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

35. Misery
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501156748

36. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699

37. Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743664

38. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $10.00, 9780446574754

39. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345350688

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

41. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $13.00, 9780756411329

42. The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $8.99, 9781451678192

43. 'Salem's Lot
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743671

44. Fire & Blood
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780593598016

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

46. Shadows Reel
C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 9780593331293

47. The Fall of Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553288209

48. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $10.99, 9780063221086

49. Mort
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225719

50. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062459367

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