August 18, 2021

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for August 18, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending August 15, 2021
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806758
Henry's sparkling new novel will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
1/14
2. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 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.
2/50
3. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18.00, 9780735219106
Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder.
4/20
4. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
O'Farrell's novel is a luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a tender re-imagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten.
5/13
5. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501160844
An ingeniously constructed novel about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope--the things that save us, even in the most anxious times.
7/6
6. 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.
3/70
7. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062868947
A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller by the bestselling author of The Hunting Party.
9/2
8. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18.00, 9780062671196
Erdrich's 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.
6/15
9. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734
Henry's novel about a romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut is a June 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/25
10. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
Klune's novel is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place.
8/31
11. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17.00, 9780525620808
A re-imagining of the classic gothic suspense novel, Mexican Gothic is a story about an isolated mansion in 1950s Mexico--and the brave socialite drawn to its treacherous secrets.
13/9
12. 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.
12/11
13. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
A gripping psychological thriller about a woman's act of violence against her husband--and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.
11/15
14. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525562047
Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling.
14/11
15. The Thursday Murder Club- Debut
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984880987
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club.
/1


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 18, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending August 15, 2021
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/88
2. The Body Keeps the Score
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.
2/46
3. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17.00, 9780804172721
Bryson takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody.
3/29
4. All We Can Save
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson (Eds.), One World, $18.00, 9780593237083
Provocative and illuminating essays from women at the forefront of the climate movement who are harnessing truth, courage, and solutions to lead humanity forward.
9/4
5. 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.
5/157
6. Killers of the Flower Moon
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.
7/78
7. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $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.
8/113
8. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in traditional Toltec beliefs.
10/136
9. Entangled Life
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.
4/18
10. Vesper Flights
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802158673
Macdonald's collection of essays is a captivating and foundational book about observation, fascination, time, memory, love, and loss and how we make sense of the world around us.
11/5
11. Kitchen Confidential
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $16.99, 9780060899226
In Kitchen Confidential, Bourdain tells the wild-but-true tales of his life in the culinary trade.
13/42
12. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525560562
A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in Black feminism.
6/25
13. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155
Pollan investigates the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences.
/28
14. Agent Sonya
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18.00, 9780593136324
Macintyre uncovers the true story behind the Cold War's most intrepid female spy.
12/3
15. 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.
14/39


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for August 18, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending August 15, 2021
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474
Haig's latest is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived.
2/41
2. Billy Summers
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982173616
King's new novel is about love, luck, fate, and a complex hero with one last shot at redemption.
1/2
3. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781524798659
Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of twenty-four hours, their lives will change forever. A June 2021 Indie Next Pick.
3/11
4. The Paper Palace
Miranda Cowley Heller, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593329825
In the course of a single day on Cape Cod, one woman must make a life-changing decision that has been brewing for decades. A July 2021 Indie Next Pick.
5/6
5. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S, $27.00, 9781501171345
A gripping mystery about a woman who thinks she's found the love of her life--until he disappears. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
4/15
6. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
In Weir's latest, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
7/15
7. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
France, 1714: In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever--and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. The #1 Indie Next Pick for October 2020.
10/45
8. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593318171
Ishiguro's new novel offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: What does it mean to love? A March 2021 Indie Next Pick.
6/24
9. Once There Were Wolves
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250244147
McConaghy's novel is the unforgettable story of a woman desperate to save the creatures she loves--if she isn't consumed by a wild that was once her refuge. The #1 Indie Next Pick for August 2021.
11/2
10. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
Amanda Gorman's powerful and historic poem, read at President Joe Biden's inauguration, now available as a collectible gift edition.
8/20
11. The Cellist
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834867
Silva's timely and explosive new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon.
12/5
12. The Final Girl Support Group
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $26.00, 9780593201237
In horror movies, the final girls are the ones left standing when the credits roll. They made it through the worst night of their lives...but what happens after? A July 2021 Indie Next Pick.
14/5
13. The Maidens
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $27.99, 9781250304452
Michaelides' spellbinding follow-up to The Silent Patient is a June 2021 Indie Next Pick.
13/9
14. Afterparties (An Indies Introduce Title)
Anthony Veasna So, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063049901
A vibrant story collection about Cambodian-American life--immersive and comic, yet unsparing--that offers profound insight into the intimacy of queer and immigrant communities. An Indies Introduce title and an August 2021 Indie Next Pick.
9/2
15. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525536291
Bennett's beautiful new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one Black and one white. A June 2020 Indie Next Pick.
15/62
ON THE RISE
18. We Were Never Here
Andrea Bartz, Ballantine, $27.00, 9781984820464
A backpacking trip has deadly consequences in Bartz's chilling new novel.
 


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 18, 2021
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
4/76
2. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593296905
A radical challenge to how we think about drugs, and an exploration into the powerful human attraction to psychoactive plants—and the equally powerful taboos.
2/6
3. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
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. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
3/17
4. I Alone Can Fix It
Carol Leonnig, Philip Rucker, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593298947
A behind-the-scenes account of Donald Trump's final year in office by bestselling authors of A Very Stable Genius.
1/4
5. American Marxism
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $28.00, 9781501135972
Levin explains how the dangers he warned against in his book Liberty and Tyranny have come to pass.
7/5
6. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35.00, 9780062802798
A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain.
5/17
7. The Anthropocene Reviewed
John Green, Dutton, $28.00, 9780525555216
A deeply moving collection of personal essays by the bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down.
6/13
8. 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.
13/75
9. The Premonition
Michael Lewis, Norton, $30.00, 9780393881554
Michael Lewis's taut nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against what was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19.
8/15
10. The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27.00, 9780316296618
Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history.
9/16
11. Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
Simard brings us into the intimate world of trees to illuminate fascinating and vital truths—that trees are not simply the source of timber or pulp, but are a complicated, interdependent circle of life.
12/15
12. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32.00, 9780593230251
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.
11/54
13. Here, Right Matters
Alexander Vindman, Harper, $26.99, 9780063079427
Retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, who found himself at the center of a firestorm for his decision to report the infamous phone call that led to presidential impeachment, tells his own story for the first time.
10/2
14. The Comfort Book
Matt Haig, Penguin Life, $22.00, 9780143136668
In his new book, Haig offers warmth and reassurance, reminding us to slow down and appreciate the beauty and unpredictability of existence.
14/6
15. How the Word Is Passed
Clint Smith, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316492935
Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks--those that are honest about the past and those that are not--that offers an inter-generational story of how slavery has been central in shaping our nation's collective history, and ourselves.
15/11


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for August 18, 2021
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/91
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/267
3. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $9.99, 9780063112520
3/7
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
4/51
5. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
6/33
6. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11.00, 9780399501487
5/41
7. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
9/316
8. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
8/55
9. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
7/21
10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
/29


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for August 18, 2021
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
 
2. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
 
3. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
 
4. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
5. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)- Debut
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
 
6. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
 
7. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
 
8. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
9. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
10. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
 
11. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
 
12. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
13. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
14. Black Boy Joy: 17 Stories Celebrating Black Boyhood
Kwame Mbalia (Ed.), Delacorte Press, $16.99, 9780593379936
 
15. Dark Waters- Debut
Katherine Arden, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780593109151
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for August 18, 2021
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  Young Adult  
1. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
 
2. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
3. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
4. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
 
5. Ace of Spades
Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250800817
 
6. The Inheritance Games
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780759555402
 
7. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
8. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 
9. The Downstairs Girl
Stacey Lee, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9781524740979
 
10. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
11. The Giver
Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688
 
12. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
 
13. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
14. Realm Breaker
Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780062872623
 
15. Cinderella Is Dead
Kalynn Bayron, Bloomsbury YA, $10.99, 9781547606641
 


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Children's Illustrated



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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Time for School, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $18.99, 9780358412243
 
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
3. Cat Problems
Jory John, Lane Smith (Illus.), Random House Studio, $17.99, 9780593302132
 
4. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
 
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
6. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $8.99, 9780140501698
 
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
8. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
 
9. The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!
Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, $16.99, 9781368046459
 
10. We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551
 
11. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $18.99, 9780803736801
 
12. Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race
Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, Isabel Roxas (Illus.), Rise x Penguin Workshop, $8.99, 9780593382639
 
13. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
 
14. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $8.99, 9780358451228
 
15. Jungle Night
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523513604
 


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Children's Series



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  Children's Series  
1. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
2. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
5. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
6. Elephant and Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
7. Six of Crows (hardcover and paperback)
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR
 
8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
9. I Survived (paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
 
10. Shadow and Bone (hardcover and paperback)
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 15, 2021

16. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687

17. One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250244499

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

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

20. Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.00, 9781984899767

21. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $17.00, 9780525541912

22. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781524798642

23. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $17.99, 9780316509886

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

25. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368

26. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.00, 9781635575569

27. The Rose Code
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062943477

28. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9780525435280

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

30. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007

31. The Exiles
Christina Baker Kline, Custom House, $16.99, 9780062356338

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

33. Migrations
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $16.99, 9781250204035

34. All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $17.99, 9781250145246

35. The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires
Grady Hendrix, Quirk Books, $16.99, 9781683692515

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

37. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780062963680

38. Fresh Water for Flowers
Valérie Perrin, Europa Editions, $16.95, 9781609456764

39. In Five Years
Rebecca Serle, Atria, $17.00, 9781982137458

40. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101971062

41. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780735216730

42. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $17.00, 9780399562495

43. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17.00, 9781476749303

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

45. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $18.00, 9780143110439

46. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $17.99, 9780312541538

47. The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $17.00, 9781400031702

48. The Evening and the Morning
Ken Follett, Penguin, $20.00, 9780451478016

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

50. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $16.99, 9780316229296

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 15, 2021

16. Nomadland
Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95, 9780393356311

17. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536

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

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

20. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Anchor, $17.00, 9780525562641

21. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470

22. Evil Geniuses
Kurt Andersen, Random House, $18.00, 9781984801357

23. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726

24. Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18.00, 9781984820389

25. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $17.99, 9781612198552

26. Know My Name
Chanel Miller, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223721

27. The Socrates Express
Eric Weiner, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $18.00, 9781501129025

28. Jesus and John Wayne
Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Liveright, $18.95, 9781631499050

29. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes
Sam Sifton, Ten Speed Press, $28.00, 9781984858474

30. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $18.00, 9780374533557

31. Begin Again
Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., Crown, $17.00, 9780525575337

32. The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223035

33. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807057834

34. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510567

35. Healing After Loss
Martha W. Hickman, Morrow, $15.99, 9780380773381

36. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415

37. Belly of the Beast
Da'Shaun L. Harrison, North Atlantic Books, $14.95, 9781623175979

38. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $15.00, 9780807014271

39. Why Fish Don't Exist
Lulu Miller, S&S, $17.00, 9781501160349

40. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312

41. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934

42. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609

43. The Untethered Soul
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $18.95, 9781572245372

44. The Gifts of Imperfection
Brené Brown, Hazelden, $16.95, 9781592858491

45. Underland
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358094

46. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $18.99, 9781524763145

47. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $18.00, 9780143125471

48. We Do This 'til We Free Us
Mariame Kaba, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781642595253

49. Memorial Drive
Natasha Trethewey, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062248589

50. The Beauty in Breaking
Michele Harper, Riverhead Books, $16.00, 9780525537397

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 15, 2021

16. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593101537

17. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250178602

18. We Were Never Here
Andrea Bartz, Ballantine, $27.00, 9781984820464

19. The Other Black Girl
Zakiya Dalila Harris, Atria, $27.00, 9781982160135

20. The Sweetness of Water
Nathan Harris, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316461276

21. Mrs. March
Virginia Feito, Liveright, $26.00, 9781631498619

22. Falling
T.J. Newman, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $28.00, 9781982177881

23. The Plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz, Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250790767

24. Intimacies
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780399576164

25. While Justice Sleeps
Stacey Abrams, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385546577

26. Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656975

27. Damnation Spring
Ash Davidson, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982144401

28. The Turnout
Megan Abbott, Putnam, $27.00, 9780593084908

29. Nightbitch
Rachel Yoder, Doubleday, $26.00, 9780385546812

30. Golden Girl
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316420082

31. Whereabouts
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $24.00, 9780593318317

32. We Are the Brennans
Tracey Lange, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250796226

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

34. Ghosts
Dolly Alderton, Knopf, $27.00, 9780593319857

35. Goldenrod: Poems
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $20.00, 9781982185060

36. Sooley
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547680

37. The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner, Park Row, $27.99, 9780778311010

38. She Who Became the Sun
Shelley Parker-Chan, Tor, $27.99, 9781250621801

39. All's Well
Mona Awad, S&S, $27.00, 9781982169664

40. The President's Daughter
Bill Clinton, James Patterson, Little, Brown and Knopf, $30.00, 9780316540711

41. In the Country of Others
Leila Slimani, Penguin, $26.00, 9780143135975

42. Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters, One World, $27.00, 9780593133378

43. The Book of Accidents
Chuck Wendig, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780399182136

44. Mary Jane
Jessica Anya Blau, Custom House, $27.99, 9780063052291

45. The Manningtree Witches
A.K. Blakemore, Catapult, $26.00, 9781646220649

46. The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $28.00, 9781982134198

47. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635575637

48. Not a Happy Family
Shari Lapena, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.00, 9781984880550

49. The Reading List
Sara Nisha Adams, Morrow, $27.99, 9780063025288

50. Animal
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $27.99, 9781982122126

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 15, 2021

16. The Code Breaker
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35.00, 9781982115852

17. Fox and I
Catherine Raven, Spiegel & Grau, $28.00, 9781954118003

18. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30.00, 9780593139134

19. Noise
Daniel Kahneman, et al., Little, Brown Spark, $32.00, 9780316451406

20. What Happened to You?
Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99, 9781250223180

21. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616

22. Subpar Parks
Amber Share, Plume, $22.00, 9780593185544

23. Reign of Terror
Spencer Ackerman, Viking, $30.00, 9781984879776

24. Pastoral Song
James Rebanks, Custom House, $28.99, 9780063073272

25. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836

26. Somebody's Daughter
Ashley C. Ford, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $27.99, 9781250305978

27. Empire of Pain
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385545686

28. Run: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, L. Fury (Illus.), Nate Powell (Illus.), Abrams ComicArts, $24.99, 9781419730696

29. Think Again
Adam Grant, Viking, $28.00, 9781984878106

30. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713

31. Four Thousand Weeks
Oliver Burkeman, FSG, $27.00, 9780374159122

32. The Hummingbirds' Gift
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $20.00, 9781982176082

33. An Ugly Truth
Sheera Frenkel, Cecilia Kang, Harper, $29.99, 9780062960672

34. The Icepick Surgeon
Sam Kean, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316496506

35. Nice Racism
Dr. Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $24.95, 9780807074121

36. The Sum of Us
Heather McGhee, One World, $28.00, 9780525509561

37. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Deluxe (Yellow) Edition
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780063142787

38. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484

39. Facing the Mountain
Daniel James Brown, Viking, $30.00, 9780525557401

40. This Will All Be Over Soon
Cecily Strong, S&S, $28.00, 9781982168315

41. Giannis
Mirin Fader, Hachette Books, $30.00, 9780306924125

42. Landslide
Michael Wolff, Holt, $29.99, 9781250830012

43. Cultish
Amanda Montell, Harper Wave, $27.99, 9780062993151

44. The Woman They Could Not Silence
Kate Moore, Sourcebooks, $27.99, 9781492696728

45. The Secret to Superhuman Strength
Alison Bechdel, Mariner , $24.00, 9780544387652

46. Yearbook
Seth Rogen, Crown, $28.00, 9781984825407

47. Notes on Grief
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $16.00, 9780593320808

48. World of Wonders
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $25.00, 9781571313652

49. Carry On
John Lewis, Grand Central, $22.00, 9781538707128

50. Cook This Book
Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $32.50, 9780593138274

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending August 15, 2021

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

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

13. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541

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

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

16. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780593157817

17. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12.00, 9780140177398

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

19. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697

20. The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Voyager, $8.99, 9780061054884

21. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240

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

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

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

25. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874

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

27. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $7.95, 9780679755333

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

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

30. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595

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

32. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688

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

34. The Sentinel
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818485

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

36. 'Salem's Lot
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743671

37. Red Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553560732

38. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316055420

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

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

41. The Lord of the Rings:The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706

42. Macbeth
William Shakespeare, S&S, $6.99, 9780743477109

43. The Institute
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982110574

44. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063139503

45. Bridgerton: When He Was Wicked
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353788

46. Bridgerton: An Offer From a Gentleman
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353658

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

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

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

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

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