August 31, 2022

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for August 31, 2022
Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2022
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. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18.00, 9780593540480
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.
1/70
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.
2/65
3. Love on the Brain- Debut
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593336847
From the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis comes a new STEMinist rom-com in which a scientist is forced to work on a project with her nemesis—with explosive results. The #1 Indie Next Pick for September 2022.
/1
4. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
A sensational psychological thriller by the bestselling author of It Ends with Us.
3/29
5. 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.
5/40
6. Book Lovers
Emily Henry, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593334836
An insightful, delightful new novel by the bestselling author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation. The #1 Indie Next Pick for May 2022.
4/17
7. 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.
7/124
8. Ugly Love
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781476753188
Hoover's novel is a heart-wrenching love story that proves attraction at first sight can be messy.
6/13
9. November 9
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110344
An unforgettable love story between a writer and his unexpected muse.
9/5
10. 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.
11/104
11. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806758
A sparkling novel that will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
8/64
12. 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 Pick.
10/43
13. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $18.00, 9781524798673
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.
12/15
14. Every Summer After
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $16.00, 9780593438534
A big, sweeping nostalgic novel of love and the people and choices that mark us forever.
13/7
15. 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.
14/28


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 31, 2022
Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2022
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/142
2. 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.
2/100
3. 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.
3/43
4. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Vintage, $17.00, 9780525565994
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.
5/10
5. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593296929
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.
4/6
6. How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials #9)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781952692178
Written with characteristic simplicity and kindness, these wise meditations teach us that by practicing mindfulness in daily life, we are cultivating the power of concentration and fostering the conditions that bring insight, liberating us from misperceptions and misunderstanding.
8/6
7. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316296816
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.
11/12
8. Fox and I: An Uncommon Friendship
Catherine Raven, Spiegel & Grau, $18.00, 9781954118119
A timely tale of solitude and belonging as well as a timeless story of one woman whose immersion in the natural world will change the way we view our surroundings—each tree, weed, flower, stone, or fox.
7/9
9. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong.
9/47
10. 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.
13/173
11. Educated: A Memoir (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tara Westover, Random House, $18.99, 9780399590528
Westover's unforgettable memoir about growing up, being kept out of school, leaving her survivalist family, and going on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University.
6/29
12. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson, Crown, $20.00, 9780385348737
Larson's fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz.
10/28
13. 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.
12/71
14. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
As the subtitle says, "murder, magic, and madness at the fair that changed America."
/225
15. Do the Work!: An Antiracist Activity Book
W. Kamau Bell, Kate Schatz, Workman, $22.95, 9781523514281
Revelatory and thought-provoking, this highly illustrated, highly informative interactive workbook gives readers a unique, hands-on understanding of systemic racism—and how we can dismantle it.
15/5
ON THE RISE
16. The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $17.99, 9781643753287
Gay's spirited collection of essays reminds us of the purpose and pleasure of praising, extolling, and celebrating ordinary wonders.
 


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for August 31, 2022
Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2022
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/8
2. 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.
3/21
3. Babel- Debut
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $27.99, 9780063021426
Kuang's breathtaking new novel grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. A September 2022 Indie Next Pick.
/1
4. 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.
2/11
5. 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.
7/95
6. Sea of Tranquility
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $25.00, 9780593321447
Emily St. John Mandel returns with a novel of art, time, love, and plague—unfurling a story of humanity across centuries and space. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2022.
5/21
7. All Good People Here
Ashley Flowers, Bantam, $28.00, 9780593496473
A journalist uncovers her hometown's dark secrets when she becomes obsessed with the unsolved murder of her childhood neighbor.
6/2
8. The Last White Man
Mohsin Hamid, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780593538814
The new novel by the bestselling author of Exit West is a story of love, loss, and rediscovery in a time of unsettling change. An August 2022 Indie Next Pick.
4/4
9. Fox Creek- Debut
William Kent Krueger, Atria , $28.00, 9781982128715
Cork O'Connor is in a race against time to save his wife, a mysterious stranger, and an Ojibwe healer from bloodthirsty mercenaries. A September 2022 Indie Next Pick.
/1
10. Mercury Pictures Presents
Anthony Marra, Hogarth, $28.99, 9780451495204
Marra's novel is an epic tale of a brilliant woman who must reinvent herself to survive, moving from Mussolini's Italy to 1940s Los Angeles. An August 2022 Indie Next Pick.
8/4
11. Wrong Place Wrong Time
Gillian McAllister, Morrow, $28.99, 9780063252349
A compulsively twisty psychological thriller about a mother who witnesses her teenage son stab a man and then seizes on an unconventional way to try to save him.
14/2
12. Afterlives- Debut
Abdulrazak Gurnah, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593541883
From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature, a sweeping, multi-generational saga of displacement, loss, and love, set against the brutal colonization of east Africa.
/1
13. The It Girl
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $28.99, 9781982155261
An unputdownable mystery following a woman on the search for answers a decade after her friend's murder. A July 2022 Indie Next Pick.
9/7
14. The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $28.99, 9780063003057
Foley's new novel is a mystery set in a Paris apartment building in which every resident has something to hide. A March 2022 Indie Next Pick.
11/27
15. The Many Daughters of Afong Moy
Jamie Ford, Atria, $28.00, 9781982158217
The bestselling author of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet returns with a powerful exploration of the love that binds one family across the generations. The #1 Indie Next Pick for August 2022.
10/4


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for August 31, 2022
Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2022
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
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.
1/71
2. Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316392457
David Sedaris returns with his first new collection of personal essays since the bestseller Calypso.
2/13
3. 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.
3/35
4. Path Lit by Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe
David Maraniss, Simon & Schuster, $32.50, 9781476748412
A riveting new biography of America's greatest all-around athlete by the bestselling author of When Pride Still Mattered.
4/3
5. Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brené Brown, Random House, $30.00, 9780399592553
Brown takes us on a journey through 87 of the emotions and experiences that define what it means to be human.
6/39
6. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
Radiant with Mackesy's warmth and gentle wit, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse blends hand-written narrative with dozens of drawings.
5/130
7. 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.
7/10
8. Life on the Mississippi: An Epic American Adventure
Rinker Buck, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $32.50, 9781501106378
An epic, enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Buck builds a wooden flatboat from the grand "flatboat era" of the 1800s and sails it down the Mississippi River, illuminating the forgotten past of America's first western frontier.
8/3
9. A Place in the World: Finding the Meaning of Home- Debut
Frances Mayes, Crown, $27.00, 9780593443330
Written in Mayes's signature intimate style, A Place in the World captures the adventure of moving on while seeking comfort in the cornerstone closest to all of us--home.
/1
10. Dirtbag, Massachusetts: A Confessional
Isaac Fitzgerald, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635573978
Fitzgerald's gritty and clear-eyed, loud-hearted and beautiful memoir-in-essays is an August 2022 Indie Next Pick.
9/6
11. 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.
14/3
12. River of the Gods: Genius, Courage, and Betrayal in the Search for the Source of the Nile
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385543101
Millard's new book tells the harrowing story of one of the great feats of exploration of all time and its complicated legacy.
10/15
13. The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times Magazine, One World, $38.00, 9780593230572
This is a book that speaks directly to our current moment, contextualizing the systems of race and caste within which we operate today. It reveals long-glossed-over truths around our nation's founding and construction—and the way that the legacy of slavery did not end with emancipation, but continues to shape contemporary American life.
11/41
14. The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, FSG, $35.00, 9780374157357
The Dawn of Everything fundamentally transforms our understanding of the human past and offers a path toward imagining new forms of freedom and new ways of organizing society.
15/34
15. Rogues: True Stories of Grifters, Killers, Rebels and Crooks
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385548519
From the bestselling author of Empire of Pain and Say Nothing, twelve enthralling true stories of skulduggery and intrigue.
12/8


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for August 31, 2022
Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2022
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
2/145
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
1/321
3. Fire & Blood- Debut
George R. R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780593598016
/1
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
6/92
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
10/42
6. Heartbreaker- Debut
Sarah MacLean, Avon, $8.99, 9780063056787
/1
7. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11.00, 9780399501487
9/62
8. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $9.99, 9780593540350
3/6
9. A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
/248
10. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
4/87


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for August 31, 2022
Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2022
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. The First Cat in Space Ate Pizza
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $15.99, 9780063084087
 
2. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780062991324
 
3. Ride On
Faith Erin Hicks, First Second, $14.99, 9781250772824
 
4. Swim Team
Johnnie Christmas, HarperAlley, $12.99, 9780063056763
 
5. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
 
6. Invisible: A Graphic Novel
Christina Diaz Gonzalez, Gabriela Epstein (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338194548
 
7. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
 
8. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
9. Ghosts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801903
 
10. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801897
 
11. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $7.99, 9780394820378
 
12. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
 
13. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
14. Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic, $12.99, 9781338801880
 
15. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for August 31, 2022
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  Young Adult  
1. Lightlark- Debut
Alex Aster, Amulet, $19.99, 9781419760860
 
2. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
3. The Girl from the Sea: A Graphic Novel
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338540574
 
4. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
 
5. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
6. I Kissed Shara Wheeler
Casey McQuiston, Wednesday Books, $19.99, 9781250244451
 
7. Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
Shea Ernshaw, Disney Press, $18.99, 9781368069601
 
8. Family of Liars
E. Lockhart, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593485859
 
9. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Penguin Teen Canada, $17.99, 9780735269934
 
10. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $9.99, 9780544340688
 
11. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
 
12. Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $18.99, 9781682633243
 
13. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
 
14. The Honeys
Ryan La Sala, PUSH, $18.99, 9781338745313
 
15. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $14.99, 9780375842207
 


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Children's Illustrated



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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Creepy Crayon!- Debut
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534465886
 
2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
4. We Don't Eat Our Classmates
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551
 
5. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
6. Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
 
7. Llama Llama Back to School
Anna Dewdney, JT Morrow (Illus.), Reed Duncan, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593352441
 
8. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial, $8.99, 9780593110409
 
9. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
 
10. Bluey: Camping
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
 
11. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $18.99, 9780803736801
 
12. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
 
13. Time for School, Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $18.99, 9780358412243
 
14. The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!
Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, $16.99, 9781368046459
 
15. Knight Owl
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628
 


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Children's Series



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  Children's Series  
1. Heartstopper (hardcover and paperback)
Alice Oseman, Graphix
 
2. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
3. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
4. The Summer I Turned Pretty (hardcover and paperback)
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
 
5. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
7. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
8. Elephant and Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
9. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
10. Cat Kid Comic Club (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2022

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

17. Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $17.00, 9780525567271

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

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

20. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984880987

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

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

23. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney, Picador, $18.00, 9781250859044

24. The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $16.00, 9780593336823

25. The Paper Palace
Miranda Cowley Heller, Riverhead Books, $18.00, 9780593329832

26. Reminders of Him
Colleen Hoover, Montlake, $15.95, 9781542025607

27. All Your Perfects
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501193323

28. The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593439357

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

30. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525562047

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

32. Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt Paperbacks, $17.99, 9781250220271

33. The Man Who Died Twice
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984881014

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

35. The Dictionary of Lost Words
Pip Williams, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781984820747

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

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

38. The Idiot
Elif Batuman, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143111061

39. Night of the Living Rez
Morgan Talty, Tin House Books, $16.95, 9781953534187

40. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781455563920

41. Intimacies
Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $16.00, 9780399576171

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

43. Small Town, Big Magic
Hazel Beck, Graydon House, $16.99, 9781525804717

44. The Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $19.00, 9780812976717

45. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501160844

46. The Dead Romantics
Ashley Poston, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593336489

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

48. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006

49. The Plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250790750

50. Oh William!
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780812989441

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2022

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

17. Maus I: A Survivor's Tale
Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $16.95, 9780394747231

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

19. Between Two Kingdoms: A Memoir of a Life Interrupted
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $18.00, 9780399588600

20. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life
George Saunders, Random House, $18.99, 9781984856036

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

22. Pastoral Song: A Farmer's Journey
James Rebanks, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063073241

23. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934

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

25. Cuba: An American History
Ada Ferrer, Scribner, $20.00, 9781501154560

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

27. The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $18.00, 9780525619345

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

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

30. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17.00, 9780307742483

31. Midnight in Washington: How We Almost Lost Our Democracy and Still Could
Adam Schiff, Random House, $20.00, 9780593231531

32. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037

33. 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

34. Poet Warrior: A Memoir
Joy Harjo, Norton, $16.95, 9781324022015

35. All the Frequent Troubles of Our Days: The True Story of the American Woman at the Heart of the German Resistance to Hitler
Rebecca Donner, Back Bay Books, $18.99, 9780316561709

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

37. Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Andrea Elliott, Random House, $20.00, 9780812986952

38. How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms
Frank Hyman, Storey Publishing, $16.95, 9781635863321

39. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $17.99, 9781612198552

40. Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, FSG, $17.00, 9780374531386

41. Eat a Peach: A Memoir
David Chang, Gabe Ulla, Clarkson Potter, $17.99, 9781524759230

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

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

44. In the Dream House: A Memoir
Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $16.00, 9781644450383

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

46. The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetrated in the Name of Science
Sam Kean, Back Bay , $18.99, 9780316496513

47. The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17.00, 9780804172721

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

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

50. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $18.00, 9780307279286

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 27, 2022

16. Lapvona
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9780593300268

17. Portrait of an Unknown Woman
Daniel Silva, Harper, $29.99, 9780062834850

18. The Hotel Nantucket
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316258678

19. The Daughter of Doctor Moreau
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593355336

20. Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991

21. Fellowship Point
Alice Elliott Dark, Scribner/Marysue Rucci Books, $28.99, 9781982131814

22. The Book Eaters
Sunyi Dean, Tor, $26.99, 9781250810182

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

24. Elizabeth Finch
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $26.00, 9780593535431

25. When Women Were Dragons
Kelly Barnhill, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385548229

26. The Lincoln Highway
Amor Towles, Viking, $30.00, 9780735222359

27. This Time Tomorrow
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780525539001

28. The 6:20 Man
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538719848

29. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982168438

30. Haven
Emma Donoghue, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316413930

31. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063204157

32. Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385549325

33. The Candy House
Jennifer Egan, Scribner, $28.00, 9781476716763

34. Heat 2
Michael Mann, Meg Gardiner, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062653314

35. Nightcrawling
Leila Mottley, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593318935

36. Soul Taken
Patricia Briggs, Ace, $28.00, 9780440001614

37. A Prayer for the Crown-Shy
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236234

38. Girl, Forgotten
Karin Slaughter, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062858115

39. One Italian Summer
Rebecca Serle, Atria, $27.00, 9781982166793

40. Upgrade
Blake Crouch, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780593157534

41. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, Simon & Schuster, $27.00, 9781501171345

42. The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $27.00, 9780593183199

43. Either/Or
Elif Batuman, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9780525557593

44. Just Like Home
Sarah Gailey, Tor, $26.99, 9781250174727

45. The Family Remains
Lisa Jewell, Atria, $28.00, 9781982178895

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

47. Properties of Thirst
Marianne Wiggins, Simon & Schuster, $28.00, 9781416571261

48. Ordinary Monsters
J.M. Miro, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250833662

49. Time Is a Mother
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $24.00, 9780593300237

50. Babysitter
Joyce Carol Oates, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593535172

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2022

16. Taste: My Life Through Food
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $28.00, 9781982168018

17. Finding Me: A Memoir
Viola Davis, HarperOne, $28.99, 9780063037328

18. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9781984801258

19. Half Baked Harvest Every Day: Recipes for Balanced, Flexible, Feel-Good Meals
Tieghan Gerard, Clarkson Potter, $29.99, 9780593232552

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

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

22. The High Sierra: A Love Story
Kim Stanley Robinson, Little, Brown, $40.00, 9780316593014

23. The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale
Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $35.00, 9780679406419

24. What We Owe the Future
William MacAskill, Basic Books, $32.00, 9781541618626

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

26. Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell
Tim Miller, Harper, $26.99, 9780063161474

27. The Destructionists: The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party
Dana Milbank, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385548137

28. The Wok: Recipes and Techniques
J. Kenji López-Alt, Norton, $50.00, 9780393541212

29. Breaking History: A White House Memoir
Jared Kushner, Broadside Books, $35.00, 9780063221482

30. Scenes from My Life: A Memoir
Michael K. Williams, Jon Sternfeld, Crown, $28.99, 9780593240373

31. Gender Queer: A Memoir Deluxe Edition
Maia Kobabe, Oni Press, $24.99, 9781637150726

32. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780063076099

33. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Adam Grant, Viking, $28.00, 9781984878106

34. The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
John Koenig, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781501153648

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

36. Bittersweet: How Sorrow and Longing Make Us Whole
Susan Cain, Crown, $28.00, 9780451499783

37. France: An Adventure History
Graham Robb, Norton, $32.50, 9781324002567

38. Big Panda and Tiny Dragon
James Norbury, Mandala Publishing, $19.99, 9781647225124

39. Shy: The Alarmingly Outspoken Memoirs of Mary Rodgers
Mary Rodgers, Jesse Green, FSG, $35.00, 9780374298623

40. The Nineties: A Book
Chuck Klosterman, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780735217959

41. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $28.00, 9780525556534

42. If Nietzsche Were a Narwhal: What Animal Intelligence Reveals About Human Stupidity
Justin Gregg, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316388061

43. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, FSG, $28.00, 9780374159122

44. Agent Josephine: American Beauty, French Hero, British Spy
Damien Lewis, PublicAffairs, $32.00, 9781541700666

45. Empire of Pain: The Secret History of the Sackler Dynasty
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385545686

46. Existential Physics: A Scientist's Guide to Life's Biggest Questions
Sabine Hossenfelder, Viking, $28.00, 9781984879455

47. Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
Amanda Montell, Harper Wave, $28.99, 9780062993151

48. How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers, Crown, $28.00, 9780593139004

49. These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper, $26.99, 9780063092785

50. BAKE: My Best Ever Recipes for the Classics
Paul Hollywood, Bloomsbury Publishing, $40.00, 9781635579291

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending August 28, 2022

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. Ruby Fever
Ilona Andrews, Avon, $9.99, 9780062878397

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $8.95, 9780679755333

32. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063215382

33. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400

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

35. Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Fantasy, $10.99, 9780765365309

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

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

38. Better Off Dead
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818539

39. God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257

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

41. Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743664

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

43. Bridgerton: An Offer From a Gentleman
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063139510

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

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

46. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756411329

47. To Catch a Raven: Women Who Dare
Beverly Jenkins, Avon, $8.99, 9780062861740

48. A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin, Clarion Books, $8.99, 9780547773742

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

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

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