April 5, 2023

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for April 5, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 2, 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.
1/33
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.
2/96
3. 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.
3/4
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.
4/29
5. Sea of Tranquility- Debut
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.
/1
6. 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.
6/2
7. 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.
12/2
8. 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.
5/6
9. 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.
8/13
10. 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.
7/71
11. 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.
13/153
12. 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.
11/61
13. 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.
14/135
14. 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.
10/3
15. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
The long-anticipated sequel to Hoover's bestseller It Ends with Us.
/22
ON THE RISE
16. The It Girl
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $18.99, 9781982155278
An unputdownable mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend's murder.
 
 
     

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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for April 5, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 2, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir- Debut
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. 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.
1/173
3. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
3/131
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.
2/74
5. 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.
4/7
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.
5/2
7. We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
Fintan O'Toole, Liveright, $20.00, 9781324092872
O'Toole's magisterial, brilliantly insightful chronicle of the wrenching transformations that dragged his homeland into the modern world.
7/8
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.
6/13
9. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321
In Entangled Life, biologist Merlin Sheldrake shows us the world from a fungal point of view, providing an exhilarating change of perspective.
9/96
10. 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.
/89
11. These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $18.00, 9780063092792
Ann Patchett reflects on home, family, friendships, and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays.
10/22
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.
8/196
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.
11/9
14. 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.
13/11
15. What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
Stephanie Foo, Ballantine, $18.00, 9780593238127
A searing memoir of reckoning and healing by acclaimed journalist Stephanie Foo, investigating the little-understood science behind complex PTSD and how it has shaped her life.
15/5
ON THE RISE
18. OMFG, BEES!: Bees Are So Amazing and You're About to Find Out Why
Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781797219905
Guess what: Bees are incredible. If you don't think so, you're wrong; but you're also in luck! Extreme bee enthusiast and bestselling author Matt Kracht is here to set the record straight with this helpful guidebook to all things bees.
 
 
     

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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for April 5, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 2, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  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.
1/52
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.
2/38
3. 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.
3/3
4. 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.
4/24
5. 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.
5/6
6. 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.
6/4
7. Hang the Moon- Debut
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.
/1
8. 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.
7/15
9. The White Lady
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $30.00, 9780062867988
The White Lady introduces yet another extraordinary heroine from Jacqueline Winspear, creator of the bestselling Maisie Dobbs series. This heart-stopping novel, set in Post WWII Britain in 1947, follows the coming of age and maturity of former wartime operative Elinor White—veteran of two wars, trained killer, protective of her anonymity—when she is drawn back into the world of menace she has been desperate to leave behind.
8/2
10. 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.
9/42
11. Old Babes in the Wood: Stories
Margaret Atwood, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385549073
A dazzling collection of short stories that look deeply into the heart of family relationships, marriage, loss and memory, and what it means to spend a life together.
10/4
12. Above Ground: Poems- Debut
Clint Smith, Little, Brown, $27.00, 9780316543033
Above Ground is a breathtaking collection that follows Clint Smith's first award-winning book of poetry, Counting Descent.
/1
13. 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?
12/10
14. 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.
13/12
15. A Day of Fallen Night
Samantha Shannon, Bloomsbury Publishing, $35.00, 9781635577921
Shannon's stunning prequel to the bestselling The Priory of the Orange Tree is a March 2023 Indie Next Pick.
11/5
ON THE RISE
16. White Cat, Black Dog: Stories
Kelly Link, Random House, $27.00, 9.78059E+12
Finding seeds of inspiration in the Brothers Grimm, seventeenth-century French lore, and Scottish ballads, Kelly Link spins classic fairy tales into utterly original stories of seekers--characters on the hunt for love, connection, revenge, or their own sense of purpose. An April 2023 Indie Next Pick.
 
 
     


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for April 5, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 2, 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.
1/2
2. Sweet Enough: A Dessert Cookbook- Debut
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.
/1
3. 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.
2/11
4. 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.
3/34
5. 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.
4/5
6. 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.
6/57
7. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity- Debut
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.
/1
8. 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.
5/152
9. 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.
7/4
10. 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.
8/6
11. The Best Strangers in the World: Stories from a Life Spent Listening
Ari Shapiro, HarperOne, $28.99, 9780063221345
In his first book, broadcaster Ari Shapiro takes us around the globe to reveal the stories behind narratives that are sometimes heartwarming, sometimes heartbreaking, but always poignant. He details his time traveling on Air Force One with President Obama, or following the path of Syrian refugees fleeing war, or learning from those fighting for social justice both at home and abroad.
14/2
12. 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.
11/20
13. Spare
Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, Random House, $36.00, 9780593593806
For the first time, Prince Harry tells his own story, chronicling his journey with raw, unflinching honesty.
10/12
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.
12/30
15. Humanly Possible: Seven Hundred Years of Humanist Freethinking, Inquiry, and Hope- Debut
Sarah Bakewell, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780735223370
Bakewell explores seven hundred years of writers, thinkers, scientists, and artists, all trying to understand what it means to be truly human.
/1
ON THE RISE
17. Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross, Random House, $30.00, 9780593449233
A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brains and bodies transform when we participate in the arts—and how this knowledge can improve our health, enable us to flourish, and build stronger communities.
 
 
     


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for April 5, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 2, 2023
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
1/352
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
2/176
3. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
3/52
4. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
4/80
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8/120
6. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $8.99, 9780440180296
9/57
7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
/62
8. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
6/49
9. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
7/130
10. The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672
/3
 
     


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for April 5, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 2, 2023
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
 
2. Squished: A Graphic Novel
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568936
 
3. Hoops: A Graphic Novel
Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $12.99, 9781536231953
 
4. Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
 
5. Finally Seen
Kelly Yang, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534488335
 
6. Bea Wolf
Zach Weinersmith, Boulet (Illus.), First Second, $19.99, 9781250776297
 
7. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
 
8. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801897
 
9. Frizzy
Claribel A. Ortega, Rose Bousamra (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250259639
 
10. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780062991324
 
11. When You Trap a Tiger
Tae Keller, Yearling, $8.99, 9781524715731
 
12. A First Time for Everything
Dan Santat, First Second, $14.99, 9781250851048
 
13. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $15.99, 9780063084087
 
14. Swim Team
Johnnie Christmas, HarperAlley, $12.99, 9780063056763
 
15. Freewater
Amina Luqman-Dawson, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316056618
 
 
     


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for April 5, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 2, 2023
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  Young Adult  
1. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758
 
2. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593374160
 
3. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
 
4. Legendborn (Indies Introduce)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
 
5. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $11.99, 9780735269958
 
6. Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746
 
7. Stars and Smoke- Debut
Marie Lu, Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250852816
 
8. The Girl from the Sea: A Graphic Novel
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338540574
 
9. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
10. Nick and Charlie
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $16.99, 9781338885101
 
11. Lore
Alexandra Bracken, Disney Hyperion, $12.99, 9781484799925
 
12. Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith, Nicole Neidhardt (Illus.), Zest Books, $17.99, 9781728458991
 
13. The First to Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063240803
 
14. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
 
15. Immortality: A Love Story
Dana Schwartz, Wednesday Books, $19.99, 9781250861016
 
 
     


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for April 5, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 2, 2023
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
2. Happy Easter, Little Pookie
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665928380
 
3. Hot Dog
Doug Salati, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593308431
 
4. Party Hearty Kitty-Corn- Debut
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781419750953
 
5. Happy Easter from the Crayons
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593621059
 
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
7. We Don't Lose Our Class Goldfish- Debut
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368076982
 
8. Bluey: Easter
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593658383
 
9. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
 
10. When Things Aren't Going Right, Go Left
Marc Colagiovanni, Peter H. Reynolds (Illus.), Orchard Books, $18.99, 9781338831184
 
11. 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
 
12. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
13. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
 
14. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
 
15. The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Easter Egg Hunt
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $12.99, 9780593523575
 
 
     


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for April 5, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending April 2, 2023
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  Children's Series  
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
New in Series: Twenty Thousand Fleas Under the Sea (9781338801910)
 
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. InvestiGators (hardcover)
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
 
7. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Álvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic
 
8. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
9. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (hardcover and paperback)
Holly Jackson, Ember
 
10. Cat Kid Comic Club (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 2, 2023

16. Never Never
Colleen Hoover, Tarryn Fisher, Canary Street Press, $17.99, 9781335004888

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. Heart Bones
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668021910

32. The Cartographers
Peng Shepherd, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780062910707

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

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

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

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

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

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

39. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007

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

41. Ugly Love
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781476753188

42. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593311295

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

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

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

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

47. My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525522133

48. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tordotcom, $17.99, 9781250313188

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

50. French Braid
Anne Tyler, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593466407

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 2, 2023

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

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

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

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

20. I'll Show Myself Out: Essays on Midlife and Motherhood
Jessi Klein, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062981608

21. Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition): Advice from Dear Sugar
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593685211

22. Attached: The New Science of Adult Attachment and How It Can Help You Find--and Keep--Love
Amir Levine, Rachel Heller, TarcherPerigee, $17.00, 9781585429134

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

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

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

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

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

28. How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006884

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

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

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

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

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

34. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $20.00, 9780374533557

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

36. Yearbook
Seth Rogen, Crown, $18.00, 9781984825421

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

44. The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19.00, 9780143129257

45. In Love: A Memoir of Love and Loss
Amy Bloom, Random House, $18.00, 9780593243954

46. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $16.99, 9780060899226

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

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

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

50. How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms
Frank Hyman, Storey Publishing, $16.99, 9781635863321

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 2, 2023

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

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

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

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

20. Birnam Wood
Eleanor Catton, FSG, $28.00, 9780374110338

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. Biography of X
Catherine Lacey, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28.00, 9780374606176

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

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

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

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

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

36. Loyalty
Lisa Scottoline, Putnam, $28.00, 9780525539803

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

38. The Perfumist of Paris
Alka Joshi, Mira Books, $30.00, 9780778386148

39. Storm Watch
C.J. Box, Putnam, $29.00, 9780593331309

40. The Golden Spoon
Jessa Maxwell, Atria Books, $27.00, 9781668008003

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

42. So Shall You Reap
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly Press, $28.00, 9780802162366

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

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

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

46. Hell Bent
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250313102

47. Go as a River
Shelley Read, Spiegel & Grau, $28.00, 9781954118232

48. American Mermaid
Julia Langbein, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385549677

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

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

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending April 2, 2023

16. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743

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

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

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

20. The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Gabor Maté, M.D., Daniel Maté, Avery, $30.00, 9780593083888

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

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

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

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

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

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

27. 8 Rules of Love: How to Find It, Keep It, and Let It Go
Jay Shetty, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781982183066

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593498064

38. Empress of the Nile: The Daredevil Archaeologist Who Saved Egypt's Ancient Temples from Destruction
Lynne Olson, Random House, $32.00, 9780525509479

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

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

41. Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia
David Graeber, FSG, $27.00, 9780374610197

42. Awe: The New Science of Everyday Wonder and How It Can Transform Your Life
Dacher Keltner, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9781984879684

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

44. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316392457

45. 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

46. Healing Through Words
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $24.99, 9781524873264

47. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616

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

49. How We Live Is How We Die
Pema Chodron, Shambhala, $24.95, 9781611809244

50. The Everlasting Meal Cookbook: Leftovers A-Z
Tamar Adler, Caitlin Winner (Illus.), Scribner, $35.00, 9781476799667

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending April 2, 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

26. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
Bobby Fischer, et al., Bantam, $8.99, 9780553263152

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

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

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

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

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

32. The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318572

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

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

35. Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Fantasy, $11.99, 9780765365309

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

37. The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318626

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

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

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

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

42. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756407919

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

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

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

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

47. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9781250773012

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

49. The Judge's List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831

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

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