August 19, 2020

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for August 19, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 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. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345804341
Whitehead's masterful and haunting novel about two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida is the winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
1/7
2. 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.
2/18
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.
3/26
4. 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.
5/72
5. 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.
4/67
6. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383
A timeless love story set in a secret underground world--a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea.
7/2
7. 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.
6/13
8. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17.00, 9781476749303
A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression.
8/11
9. 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.
10/72
10. 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.
13/102
11. Chances Are . . .
Richard Russo, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101971994
Russo's riveting novel about the abiding yet complex power of friendship.
14/5
12. 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.
9/19
13. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead- Debut
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525541349
Tokarczuk's Nobel Prize-winning novel is deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, and a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, autonomy and fate.
/1
14. 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.
11/29
15. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062905086
Finn's smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense is soon to be a major motion picture.
/12


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 19, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/71
2. Intimations
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $10.95, 9780593297612
Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of reflective essays by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time.
3/3
3. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888
Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilkerson's chronicle of the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South in search of a better life.
4/28
4. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827
Oluo guides readers of all races in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race and racism, and how they infect almost every aspect of American life.
2/12
5. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
7/16
6. 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.
9/36
7. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice.
11/11
8. Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987
Kendi's National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society.
5/12
9. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932
The tenth-anniversary edition of Alexander's iconic book discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today.
6/12
10. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934
A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice.
8/33
11. 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.
12/75
12. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039
Broom's The Yellow House tells the story of her family's relationship to their home in New Orleans across a hundred years. Winner of the 2019 National Book Award for Nonfiction.
13/6
13. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
In this groundbreaking book, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology.
10/7
14. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114
Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the 20th century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
14/72
15. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey- Debut
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525560739
Senator and Vice Presidential Nominee Harris looks at the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them.
/1


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for August 19, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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 List Great Read.
1/11
2. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/104
3. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27.00, 9780525620785
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. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for July 2020.
3/7
4. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930
A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller by the bestselling author of The Hunting Party.
9/6
5. 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.
8/30
6. Luster
Raven Leilani, FSG, $26.00, 9780374194321
Leilani's strikingly beautiful, razor-sharp, and slyly comic novel is an August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
5/2
7. 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.
7/29
8. The Order
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834843
Silva's riveting new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon.
6/5
9. Migrations
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250204028
McConaghy's Migrations is both an ode to our threatened world and a breathtaking novel about the lengths we will go for the people we love. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for August 2020.
10/2
10. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606
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. An August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
/3
11. A Private Cathedral- Debut
James Lee Burke, S&S, $28.00, 9781982151683
After finding himself caught up in one of Louisiana's oldest and bloodiest family rivalries, Detective Dave Robicheaux must battle the most terrifying adversary he has ever encountered.
/1
12. 28 Summers
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316420044
Hilderbrand's new novel explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates and enriches their lives, and the lives of the people they love.
12/9
13. Sex and Vanity
Kevin Kwan, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385546270
Sex and Vanity is a truly modern love story, a daring homage to A Room with a View, and a brilliantly funny comedy of manners set between two cultures.
14/7
14. The Death of Vivek Oji
Akwaeke Emezi, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525541608
Emezi's novel of family and friendship that challenges expectations is an August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
13/2
15. Harrow the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $26.99, 9781250313225
The sensational sequel the Gideon the Ninth and the second book in Muir's Locked Tomb Trilogy is an August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/2


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 19, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
2/2
2. Too Much and Never Enough
Mary L. Trump, Ph.D., S&S, $28.00, 9781982141462
Mary L. Trump's revelatory and authoritative portrait of her uncle, Donald J. Trump.
1/5
3. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288
Kendi's book is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond the awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a just and equitable society.
3/19
4. 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.
4/23
5. 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.
5/25
6. Me and White Supremacy
Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781728209807
Saad takes readers on a 28-day journey of how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.
6/15
7. Live Free Or Die
Sean Hannity, Threshold Editions, $30.00, 9781982149970
The Fox News host makes his case for the re-election of Donald Trump.
13/2
8. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26.00, 9780812993547
Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis in this bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history. A September 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.
8/99
9. Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History- Debut
Kurt Andersen, Random House, $30.00, 9781984801340
Andersen tells the epic history of how America decided that big business gets whatever it wants, only the rich get richer, and nothing should ever change--and charts a way back to the future.
/1
10. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616
Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again.
/11
11. Begin Again
Eddie S. Glaude, Crown, $27.00, 9780525575320
At once a searing exploration that lays bare the tangled web of race, trauma, and memory, and a powerful interrogation of what we all must ask of ourselves in order to call forth a new America.
7/7
12. 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.
/32
13. 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.
12/12
14. Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family- Debut
Omid Scobie, Carolyn Durand, Dey Street Books, $27.99, 9780063046108
Scobie and Durand tell the true story of Duke and Duchess of Sussex's life together, revealing why they chose to pursue a more independent path and the reasons behind their unprecedented decision to step away from their royal lives.
/1
15. Big Friendship
Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman, S&S, $26.00, 9781982111908
An inspiring and entertaining testament to the power of society's most underappreciated relationship, Big Friendship will invite you to think about how your own bonds are formed, challenged, and preserved.
/2


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for August 19, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/39
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/215
3. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945
3/7
4. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
4/22
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
9/7
6. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487
/18
7. The Outsider
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781501180996
8/6
8. The Girl Who Lived Twice- Debut
David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $9.99, 9780593082522
/1
9. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
/27
10. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310
6/116


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for August 19, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
2. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
3. This Book Is Anti-Racist
Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illus.), Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $14.99, 9780711245211
 
4. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
5. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
6. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
 
7. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
8. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275
 
9. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
 
10. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $8.99, 9780064400558
 
11. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
 
12. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
 
13. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
14. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
15. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $17.99, 9781481438285
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for August 19, 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. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
3. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
4. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
5. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
6. The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811
 
7. Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769
 
8. A Peculiar Peril
Jeff VanderMeer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $19.99, 9780374308865
 
9. This Is My America
Kim Johnson, Random House Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593118764
 
10. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $10.99, 9780062457806
 
11. The Black Kids
Christina Hammonds Reed, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534462724
 
12. One of Us Is Next
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525707967
 
13. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781984896360
 
14. Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title)
Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529
 
15. American Royals
Katharine McGee, Ember, $10.99, 9781984830203
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for August 19, 2020
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
3. Kamala and Maya's Big Idea
Meena Harris, Ana Ramírez González (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062937407
 
4. The Day You Begin
Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $18.99, 9780399246531
 
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
6. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
7. Sulwe
Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $17.99, 9781534425361
 
8. We Will Rock Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368059596
 
9. Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice
Marianne Celano, et al., Magination Press, $16.99, 9781433828546
 
10. I Promise- Debut
LeBron James, Nina Mata (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780062971067
 
11. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698,
 
12. We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551
 
13. All Are Welcome
Alexandra Penfold, Suzanne Kaufman (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780525579649
 
14. You Matter
Christian Robinson, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534421691
 
15. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for August 19, 2020
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  Children's Series  
1. Twilight (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
 
2. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
3. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
5. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
6. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 
7. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
8. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
9. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
10. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020

16. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101971062

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

18. Fleishman Is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Random House, $17.00, 9780525510895

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

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

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

22. Beloved
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.00, 9781400033416

23. The Secrets We Kept
Lara Prescott, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525566106

24. The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449

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

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

27. The Guardians
John Grisham, Bantam, $18.00, 9780593129982

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

29. Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9780451499066

30. Exhalation
Ted Chiang, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972083

31. The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101911815

32. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.95, 9780345804327

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

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

35. Disappearing Earth
Julia Phillips, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525436225

36. The Mothers
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $16.00, 9780399184529

37. Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804172448

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

39. Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780425284704

40. The Guest Book
Sarah Blake, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250110275

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

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

43. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $16.99, 9780316421973

44. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $16.00, 9780307455925

45. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $17.99, 9781250313188

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

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

48. Finna
Nate Marshall, One World, $17.00, 9780593132456

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

50. Ask Again, Yes
Mary Beth Keane, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982106997

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020

16. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110

17. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286

18. March: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $14.95, 9781603093002

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

20. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781451642308

21. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $18.00, 9781501168703

22. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $22.00, 9780143034759

23. The Great Influenza
John M. Barry, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143036494

24. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741

25. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488

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

27. Walking with the Wind
John Lewis, Michael D'Orso, S&S, $18.99, 9781476797717

28. We Want to Do More Than Survive
Bettina Love, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807028346

29. March: Book Two
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.95, 9781603094009

30. I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062319791

31. March: Book Three
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.99, 9781603094023

32. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361

33. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Beverly Daniel Tatum, Basic Books, $18.99, 9780465060689

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

35. Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316486644

36. Are Prisons Obsolete?
Angela Y. Davis, Seven Stories Press, $15.95, 9781583225813

37. Spearhead
Adam Makos, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780804176743

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

39. When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chödrön, Shambhala, $16.95, 9781611803433

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

41. The Second Mountain
David Brooks, Random House, $18.00, 9780812983425

42. Running with Sherman
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525433255

43. Citizen
Claudia Rankine, Graywolf, $20.00, 9781555976903

44. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $21.99, 9780062397348

45. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
Angela Y. Davis, Haymarket Books, $15.95, 9781608465644

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

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

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

49. Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde, Crossing Press, $16.99, 9781580911863

50. The End of Policing
Alex S. Vitale, Verso, $17.95, 9781784782924

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020

16. Utopia Avenue
David Mitchell, Random House, $30.00, 9780812997439

17. Camino Winds
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545938

18. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521143

19. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673

20. The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316499019

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

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

23. Axiom's End
Lindsay Ellis, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250256737

24. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28.00, 9780525429760

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

26. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316509848

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

28. A Burning
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525658696

29. Near Dark
Brad Thor, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $28.99, 9781982104061

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

31. The Lions of Fifth Avenue
Fiona Davis, Dutton, $27.00, 9781524744618

32. All Adults Here
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9781594634697

33. Big Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $28.00, 9781501133510

34. Death in Her Hands
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984879356

35. Friends and Strangers
J.Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525520597

36. The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $26.99, 9781982136451

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

38. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802148537

39. If It Bleeds
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982137977

40. The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $30.00, 9780805096606

41. Redhead by the Side of the Road
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525658412

42. The Eighth Detective
Alex Pavesi, Holt, $26.99, 9781250755933

43. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671189

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

45. The Boy in the Field
Margot Livesey, Harper, $26.99, 9780062946393

46. The End of Her
Shari Lapena, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.00, 9781984880512

47. The Butterfly Lampshade
Aimee Bender, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534871

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

49. In the Valley
Ron Rash, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385544290

50. A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
Hank Green, Dutton, $27.00, 9781524743475

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020

16. It Was All a Lie
Stuart Stevens, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525658450

17. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504

18. Memorial Drive
Natasha Trethewey, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062248572

19. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Viking, $26.00, 9780525560548

20. The Room Where It Happened
John Bolton, S&S, $32.50, 9781982148034

21. Twilight of Democracy
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $25.00, 9780385545808

22. True Crimes and Misdemeanors
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385536738

23. The Answer Is . . .
Alex Trebek, S&S, $26.00, 9781982157999

24. Countdown 1945
Chris Wallace, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781982143343

25. I'm Still Here
Austin Channing Brown, Convergent Books, $25.00, 9781524760854

26. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316478526

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

28. New World Sourdough
Bryan Ford, Quarry Books, $27.99, 9781631598708

29. The Lazy Genius Way
Kendra Adachi, WaterBrook, $26.00, 9780525653912

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

31. The Fixed Stars
Molly Wizenberg, Abrams, $25.00, 9781419742996

32. Entitled
Kate Manne, Crown, $27.00, 9781984826558

33. A Very Punchable Face
Colin Jost, Crown, $27.00, 9781101906323

34. Men to Avoid in Art and Life
Nicole Tersigni, Chronicle Books, $14.95, 9781797202839

35. Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
Anonymous, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.00, 9780358216773

36. Owls of the Eastern Ice
Jonathan C. Slaght, FSG, $28.00, 9780374228484

37. The End of Everything
Katie Mack, Scribner, $26.00, 9781982103545

38. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $28.00, 9780525510314

39. Stranger Planet
Nathan W. Pyle, Morrow Gift, $15.99, 9780063022607

40. Make Change
Shaun King, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26.00, 9780358048008

41. Fallout
Lesley M.M. Blume, S&S, $27.00, 9781982128517

42. The Biggest Bluff
Maria Konnikova, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780525522621

43. The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780735223011

44. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780525560715

45. Separated
Jacob Soboroff, Custom House, $29.99, 9780062992192

46. Veritas
Ariel Sabar, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385542586

47. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385543767

48. The Catalyst
Jonah Berger, S&S, $26.99, 9781982108601

49. Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong, One World, $27.00, 9781984820365

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

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020

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

12. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143135661

13. The Andromeda Evolution
Michael Crichton, Daniel H. Wilson, Harper, $9.99, 9780062473349

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

15. Camino Island
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781524797157

16. The Titanic Secret
Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Putnam, $9.99, 9780735217287

17. Blue Moon
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593567

18. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741

19. An Unwanted Guest
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525507574

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

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

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

23. The Cornwalls Vanish
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538731611

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

25. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543

26. Outfox
Sandra Brown, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455572205

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

28. Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316463249

29. The Stand
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743688

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

31. The President Is Missing
James Patterson, Bill Clinton, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538713846

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

33. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702

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

35. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620938

36. The Rumor
Lesley Kara, Ballantine, $9.99, 9781984820549

37. Redemption
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538761427

38. The Flight Attendant
Chris Bohjalian, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593081631

39. Golden in Death
J.D. Robb, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9781250207227

40. Long Road to Mercy
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538761540

41. The New Girl
Daniel Silva, Harper, $9.99, 9780062835079

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

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

44. Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538728550

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

46. Before and Again
Barbara Delinsky, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9781250622662

47. Paranoid
Lisa Jackson, Zebra, $9.99, 9781420136111

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

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

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

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