April 29, 2020

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for April 29, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending April 26, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166
A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of a picture-perfect family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Now a Hulu original series.
1/51
2. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
National Book Award-winner Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world.
2/56
3. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781984822185
Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship.
3/10
4. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741
Written with a powerful wisdom about human desire and connection, City of Girls is a love story like no other.
4/3
5. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
Miller's 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.
5/2
6. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143110439
Towles' transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.
7/57
7. Disappearing Earth
Julia Phillips, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525436225
This powerful novel brings us to a new understanding of the intricate bonds of family and community, in a Russia unlike any we have seen before.
6/3
8. Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804172448
St. John Mandel's audacious, darkly glittering novel set in the eerie days of civilization's collapse.
9/41
9. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
A testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions. A September 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/86
10. The Plague
Albert Camus, Vintage, $15.00, 9780679720218
A haunting tale of human resilience in the face of unrelieved horror, Camus' novel about a bubonic plague ravaging the people of a North African coastal town is a classic of 20th-century literature.
11/4
11. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983
Girl, Woman, Other is a polyphonic and richly textured social novel of black British history. Co-winner of the 2019 Booker Prize.
14/16
12. Wolf Hall
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $18.00, 9780312429980
Book one of Mantel's Thomas Cromwell trilogy is the winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize.
8/53
13. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781524798642
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.
10/12
14. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16.00, 9780735220690
Honeyman's novel is a smart, warm, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and wit make for an irresistible journey.
13/74
15. Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780425284704
Wingate's novel, which is based on a notorious adoption scandal, is a riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale that reminds us the heart never forgets where we belong.
/45


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for April 29, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending April 26, 2020
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488
The essays in this collection draw on the raw, hilarious particulars of Irby's new life. Wow, No Thank You. is Irby at her most unflinching, riotous, and relatable.
1/5
2. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286
Award-winning New Yorker staff writer Keefe presents a stunning and intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.
2/9
3. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18.00, 9781571313560
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
4/20
4. The Great Influenza
John M. Barry, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143036494
The strongest weapon against pandemic is the truth. Read why in the definitive account of the 1918 flu epidemic.
5/4
5. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18.00, 9780399588198
Noah's compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime coming-of-age memoir is set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.
6/59
6. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312
A never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II.
3/5
7. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
A groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be human.
7/101
8. The Story of More
Hope Jahren, Vintage, $15.00, 9780525563389
Award-winning scientist Jahren explains the current and projected consequences of global warming and the actions that we all can take to fight back.
14/5
9. Midnight in Chernobyl
Adam Higginbotham, S&S, $19.00, 9781501134630
A powerful investigation into Chernobyl and how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have obscured the true story of one of history's worst nuclear disasters.
11/8
10. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99, 9781476740195
Orlean's book is a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution--and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries.
8/22
11. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
Ten articles from the Harvard Business Review to help you build your emotional strength and resilience--and to achieve high performance.
/104
12. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415
DiAngelo explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.
13/56
13. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma- Debut
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
/1
14. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609
As the subtitle says, "murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America."
10/223
15. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $15.00, 9780807014271
Man's Search for Meaning is more relevant than ever. Viktor Frank's message provides hope even in the darkest of times.
/2


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for April 29, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending April 26, 2020
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Glass Hotel
Emily St.John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521143
The exhilarating new novel by the award-winning author of Station Eleven is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for April 2020.
1/5
2. The Book of Longings- Debut
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28.00, 9780525429760
An inspiring, unforgettable novel of one woman's bold struggle to realize the passion and potential inside her, while living in a time, place, and culture devised to silence her. A May 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
3. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/88
4. If It Bleeds- Debut
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982137977
An extraordinary collection of four new and compelling novellas--each pulling you into intriguing and frightening places.
/1
5. Redhead by the Side of the Road
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525658412
Tyler's sparkling new novel about misperception, second chances, and the sometimes elusive power of human connection.
7/3
6. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
Patchett's moving new novel explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
5/31
7. The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $30.00, 9780805096606
Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with her Booker Prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.
4/7
8. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
Cummins's new novel is an exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for February 2020.
3/14
9. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671189
Erdrich's new novel is based on the extraordinary life of her grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C.
6/8
10. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802148537
King's new novel is an unforgettable portrait of an artist as a young woman. A March 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
8/8
11. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316509848
Jemisin's incredible new novel is a story of culture, identity, magic, and myths in contemporary New York City. An April 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/5
12. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Grady Hendrix, Quirk Books, $22.99, 9781683691433
Hendrix's '90s-set horror novel about a women's book club that must do battle with a mysterious newcomer to their small Southern town is an April 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
14/3
13. Valentine
Elizabeth Wetmore, Harper, $26.99, 9780062913265
Wetmore's astonishing debut novel exploring the lingering effects of a brutal crime is an April 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
9/4
14. Walk the Wire- Debut
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538761465
Amos Decker--the FBI consultant with a perfect memory--returns to solve a gruesome murder in a booming North Dakota oil town.
/1
15. Such a Fun Age (An Indies Introduce Title)
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905
Reid's debut novel is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both. An Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for January 2020.
11/17


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for April 29, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending April 26, 2020
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713
Larson's fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz is a March 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
1/9
2. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9781984801258
In Doyle's most revealing and powerful memoir yet, she explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet the expectations of the world, and start trusting the voice deep within us.
2/7
3. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385543767
The heartrending story of a mid-century American family with twelve children--six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia--that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease.
3/3
4. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
Radiant with Mackesy's warmth and gentle wit, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse blends hand-written narrative with dozens of drawings.
4/17
5. What It's Like to Be a Bird
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894
A bird book for birders and non-birders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding of what common, mostly backyard, birds are doing--and why.
5/2
6. Hell and Other Destinations
Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99, 9780062802255
Albright's new memoir reveals her at her bluntest, funniest, most intimate, and most serious. It is the tale of our times anchored in lessons for all time, narrated by an extraordinary woman with a matchless zest for life.
6/2
7. Educated (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504
Westover's unforgettable memoir about growing up, being kept out of school, leaving her survivalist family, and going on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. A Winter/Spring 2018 Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for March 2018.
7/114
8. The Last Book on the Left
Ben Kissel, et al., Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26.00, 9781328566317
An equal parts haunting and hilarious deep-dive review of history's most notorious and cold-blooded serial killers, by the creators of the award-winning Last Podcast on the Left.
8/3
9. Nothing Fancy
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $32.50, 9780451497017
The author of Dining In helps you nail dinner with unfussy food, unstuffy vibes, and the permission to be imperfect.
10/10
10. Front Row at the Trump Show
Jonathan Karl, Dutton, $28.00, 9781524745622
An account from a White House reporter who has known Donald Trump for more than 25 years.
9/4
11. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30.00, 9780316478526
Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.
/32
12. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836
A visionary new master class in cooking that distills decades of professional experience into just four simple elements. Winner of the 2018 James Beard Award for Best General Cookbook.
14/33
13. More Myself
Alicia Keys, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250153296
Keys shares her quest for truth--about herself, her past, and her shift from sacrificing her spirit to celebrating her worth.
13/3
14. The Book of Delights
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $23.95, 9781616207922
Gay's spirited collection of essays remind us of the purpose and pleasure of praising, extolling, and celebrating ordinary wonders.
/2
15. Fierce, Free, and Full of Fire: The Guide to Being Glorious You- Debut
Jen Hatmaker, Thomas Nelson, $24.99, 9780718088149
Hatmaker's book encourages women to get busy doing what you were placed on this planet to do.
/1


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for April 29, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending April 26, 2020
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/23
2. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620938
2/45
3. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143135661
5/5
4. The Flight Attendant
Chris Bohjalian, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593081631
3/12
5. Camino Island
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781524797157
9/33
6. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
/199
7. The Stand
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743688
10/3
8. Long Road to Mercy
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538761540
7/7
9. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
4/6
10. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
/53


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for April 29, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending April 26, 2020
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Kate DiCamillo, Bagram Ibatoulline (Illus.), Candlewick, $6.99, 9780763680909
 
2. The List of Things That Will Not Change
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Lamb Books, $16.99, 9781101938096
 
3. Because of Winn-Dixie
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763680862
 
4. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
5. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
 
6. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
7. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
8. Echo Mountain- Debut
Lauren Wolk, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780525555568
 
9. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $8.99, 9780064400558
 
10. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062377029
 
11. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Drew Willis (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
12. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $17.99, 9781481438285
 
13. The Tale of Despereaux
Kate DiCamillo, Timothy Basil Ering (Illus.), Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763680893
 
14. Raymie Nightingale
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $7.99, 9780763696917
 
15. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $7.99, 9780394820378
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for April 29, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending April 26, 2020
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  Young Adult  
1. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 
2. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
3. They Went Left
Monica Hesse, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316490573
 
4. One of Us Is Next
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525707967
 
5. Dragon Hoops
Gene Luen Yang, First Second, $24.99, 9781626720794
 
6. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
7. The Fountains of Silence
Ruta Sepetys, Philomel Books, $18.99, 9780399160318
 
8. The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton, Speak, $10.00, 9780142407332
 
9. Chain of Gold
Cassandra Clare, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $24.99, 9781481431873
 
10. Dancing at the Pity Party
Tyler Feder, Dial Books, $18.99, 9780525553021
 
11. The Giver
Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688
 
12. American Royals
Katharine McGee, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984830173
 
13. Lovely War
Julie Berry, Penguin, $11.99, 9780147512970
 
14. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
15. Five Feet Apart
Rachael Lippincott, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534451568
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for April 29, 2020
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. A Book for Escargot
Dashka Slater, Sydney Hanson (Illus.), Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $16.99, 9780374312862
 
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
3. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
 
4. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
5. The Gruffalo
Julia Donaldson, Puffin, $7.99, 9780142403877
 
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
7. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780544568037
 
8. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
 
9. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
 
10. Barnyard Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9781563054426
 
11. In a Jar
Deborah Marcero, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780525514596
 
12. The Undefeated
Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illus.), Versify, $17.99, 9781328780966
 
13. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $8.99, 9780805047905
 
14. The Day the Crayons Quit
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel, $17.99, 9780399255373
 
15. How to Be a Pirate
Isaac Fitzgerald, Brigette Barrager (Illus.), Bloomsbury Children's Books, $17.99, 9781681197784
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for April 29, 2020
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  Children's Series  
1. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
2. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
3. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
4. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
6. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
7. Mercy Watson (hardcover and paperback)
Kate DiCamillo, Chris Van Dusen (Illus.), Candlewick
 
8. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
9. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Diane Bailey, et al., Penguin Workshop
 
10. The Last Kids on Earth (hardcover and paperback)
Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 26, 2020

16. Everything I Never Told You
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143127550

17. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062678423

18. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527

19. The Outsider
Stephen King, Gallery, $18.99, 9781982148249

20. Lost Children Archive
Valeria Luiselli, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525436461

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

22. The River
Peter Heller, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525563532

23. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219

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

25. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533

26. My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite, Anchor, $14.95, 9780525564201

27. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593

28. The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501154867

29. Bring Up the Bodies
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $18.00, 9781250024176

30. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296

31. American Spy
Lauren Wilkinson, Random House, $17.00, 9780812988284

32. The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai, Penguin, $16.00, 9780735223530

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

34. Less
Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316316132

35. Ghosted
Rosie Walsh, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525522799

36. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624

37. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140

38. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062409218

39. Mrs. Everything
Jennifer Weiner, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501133497

40. Blue Marlin
Lee Smith, Blair, $15.95, 9781949467314

41. Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316420006

42. Severance
Ling Ma, Picador, $17.00, 9781250214997

43. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609455064

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

45. The Alice Network
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062654199

46. Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $17.00, 9780812971835

47. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
George R.R. Martin, Gary Gianni (Illus.), Bantam, $18.00, 9781101965887

48. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $16.00, 9781501161933

49. Mostly Dead Things
Kristen Arnett, Tin House Books, $15.95, 9781947793835

50. The Other Americans
Laila Lalami, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436034

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 26, 2020

16. The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95, 9780393357455

17. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $17.00, 9780593133934

18. These Truths
Jill Lepore, Norton, $19.95, 9780393357424

19. Inheritance
Dani Shapiro, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525434030

20. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $16.99, 9780062300553

21. A Paradise Built in Hell
Rebecca Solnit, Penguin , $18.00, 9780143118077

22. D-Day Girls
Sarah Rose, Broadway, $18.00, 9780451495099

23. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426

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

25. Daring Greatly
Brené Brown, Avery, $17.00, 9781592408412

26. Bad Blood
John Carreyrou, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525431992

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

28. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg, Penguin, $10.00, 9780143133568

29. Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $18.00, 9781476795935

30. Madame Fourcade's Secret War
Lynne Olson, Random House, $20.00, 9780812985030

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

32. Upstream
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143130086

33. The Source of Self-Regard
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562795

34. To Stop a Warlord
Shannon Sedgwick Davis, Random House, $18.00, 9780812985863

35. Emergent Strategy
Adrienne Maree Brown, AK Press, $16.00, 9781849352604

36. The Gifts of Imperfection
Brené Brown, Hazelden, $14.95, 9781592858491

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

38. The Honey Bus
Meredith May, Park Row, $16.99, 9780778309758

39. Big Magic
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead, $16.00, 9781594634727

40. Tiny Beautiful Things
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $16.00, 9780307949332

41. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

42. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9781101912195

43. Eat at Home Tonight
Tiffany King, WaterBrook, $22.00, 9780735291232

44. Skin in the Game
Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Random House, $18.00, 9780425284643

45. When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chodron, Shambhala, $16.95, 9781611803433

46. In the Garden of Beasts
Erik Larson, Broadway, $17.00, 9780307408853

47. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888

48. An Elegant Defense
Matt Richtel, Morrow, $18.99, 9780062698490

49. Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
David Quammen, Norton, $18.95, 9780393346619

50. I Miss You When I Blink
Mary Laura Philpott, Atria, $16.99, 9781982102814

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 26, 2020

16. Afterlife
Julia Alvarez, Algonquin Books, $25.95, 9781643750255

17. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28.00, 9780399562488

18. Simon the Fiddler
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062966742

19. A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781984820150

20. The Book of Lost Friends
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781984819888

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

22. My Dark Vanessa
Kate Elizabeth Russell, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062941503

23. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697

24. How Much of These Hills Is Gold
C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780525537205

25. The Boy from the Woods
Harlan Coben, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538748145

26. In Five Years
Rebecca Serle, Atria, $27.00, 9781982137441

27. Weather
Jenny Offill, Knopf, $23.95, 9780385351102

28. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541213

29. Dead Land
Sara Paretsky, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062435927

30. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735216723

31. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062913463

32. Masked Prey
John Sandford, Putnam, $29.00, 9780525539520

33. The Red Lotus
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385544801

34. Olive, Again
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27.00, 9780812996548

35. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $26.99, 9781250217288

36. Oona Out of Order
Margarita Montimore, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250236609

37. If I Had Your Face
Frances Cha, Ballantine, $27.00, 9780593129463

38. Long Bright River
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780525540670

39. Code Name Helene
Ariel Lawhon, Doubleday, $27.95, 9780385544689

40. Three Hours in Paris
Cara Black, Soho Crime, $27.95, 9781641290418

41. Dear Edward
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $27.00, 9781984854780

42. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28.00, 9780399590597

43. Exhalation
Ted Chiang, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101947883

44. Sharks in the Time of Saviors
Kawai Strong Washburn, MCD, $27.00, 9780374272081

45. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385537070

46. The Mountains Sing
Que Mai Phan Nguyen, Algonquin Books, $26.95, 9781616208189

47. Conjure Women
Afia Atakora, Random House, $27.00, 9780525511489

48. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $28.95, 9780385543781

49. Hid from Our Eyes
Julia Spencer-Fleming, Minotaur, $27.99, 9780312606855

50. Apeirogon
Colum McCann, Random House, $28.00, 9781400069606

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 26, 2020

16. Dining In
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $32.50, 9780451496997

17. Permission to Feel
Marc Brackett, Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250212849

18. Hiding in Plain Sight
Sarah Kendzior, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250210715

19. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $25.99, 9781612197494

20. Magnolia Table, Volume 2
Joanna Gaines, William Morrow Cookbooks, $35.00, 9780062820181

21. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00, 9781328662057

22. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138

23. The Body
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385539302

24. Always Home
Fanny Singer, Knopf, $35.00, 9781524732516

25. You Are an Artist
Sarah Urist Green, Penguin, $25.00, 9780143134091

26. Why We Swim
Bonnie Tsui, Algonquin Books, $26.95, 9781616207861

27. Know My Name
Chanel Miller, Viking, $28.00, 9780735223707

28. Why Fish Don't Exist
Lulu Miller, S&S, $26.00, 9781501160271

29. Lady in Waiting
Anne Glenconner, Hachette Books, $28.00, 9780306846366

30. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $27.00, 9780525510543

31. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $26.00, 9780802125088

32. Flour Water Salt Yeast
Ken Forkish, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9781607742739

33. The House of Kennedy
James Patterson, Little Brown, $29.00, 9780316454483

34. The Mamba Mentality
Kobe Bryant, MCD, $35.00, 9780374201234

35. Nature's Best Hope
Douglas W. Tallamy, Timber Press, $29.95, 9781604699005

36. When Time Stopped
Ariana Neumann, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982106379

37. Recollections of My Nonexistence
Rebecca Solnit, Viking, $26.00, 9780593083338

38. Yogi
Jon Pessah, Little Brown, $30.00, 9780316310994

39. The Hope of Glory
Jon Meacham, Convergent Books, $22.00, 9780593236666

40. Leave Only Footprints
Conor Knighton, Crown, $28.00, 9781984823540

41. Everything Is Under Control
Phyllis Grant, FSG, $25.00, 9780374150143

42. Save Yourself
Cameron Esposito, Grand Central, $27.00, 9781455591435

43. My Wife Said You May Want to Marry Me
Jason B. Rosenthal, Harper, $26.99, 9780062940599

44. Nobody Will Tell You This But Me
Bess Kalb, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525654711

45. Dinner in French
Melissa Clark, Clarkson Potter, $37.50, 9780553448252

46. Arguing with Zombies
Paul Krugman, Norton, $29.95, 9781324005018

47. There I Am
Ruthie Lindsey, Gallery Books, $26.00, 9781982107918

48. Drinking French
David Lebovitz, Ten Speed Press, $28.00, 9781607749295

49. Good Boy
Jennifer Finney Boylan, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250261878

50. Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism
Anne Case, Angus Deaton, Princeton University Press, $27.95, 9780691190785

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending April 26, 2020

11. Celtic Empire
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Putnam, $9.99, 9780735219014

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

13. Tom Clancy Oath of Office
Marc Cameron, Berkley, $9.99, 9780735215979

14. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310

15. Liar Liar
James Patterson, Candice Fox, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538730775

16. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525506348

17. Past Tense
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593536

18. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874

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

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

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

22. Wolf Pack
C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 9780525538219

23. Ambush
James Patterson, James O. Born, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538713860

24. The Brink
James S. Murray, Darren Wearmouth, Harper Voyager, $9.99, 9780062868978

25. The Malta Exchange
Steve Berry, Minotaur, $9.99, 9781250140289

26. The First Lady
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538714942

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

28. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919

29. The Tale Teller
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $9.99, 9780062391964

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

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

32. True Believer
Jack Carr, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501180859

33. The Stranger
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $9.99, 9780593182895

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

35. The Big Kahuna
Janet Evanovich, Peter Evanovich, Putnam, $9.99, 9780525535645

36. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365286

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

38. Written in My Own Heart's Blood
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9781101884249

39. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342

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

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

42. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488

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

44. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062906137

45. The Lying Game
Ruth Ware, Pocket, $9.99, 9781982123420

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

47. Home Sweet Home
Fern Michaels, et al., Zebra, $7.99, 9781420146097

48. Pieces of Her
Karin Slaughter, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062430281

49. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780440225805

50. Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, Signet, $6.99, 9780593198025

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