December 23, 2020

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 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 Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
National Book Award-winner Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world.
2/90
2. Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148506
A heartbreaking story of addiction, sexuality, and love, Shuggie Bain is an epic portrayal of a working-class family that is rarely seen in fiction. A 2020 National Book Award Finalist and winner of the 2020 Booker Prize.
1/8
3. Home Body
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808
Kaur's greatly anticipated third collection of poetry.
3/5
4. 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.
4/36
5. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263
A personal selection of Oliver's best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.
5/6
6. Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu, Vintage, $16.00, 9780307948472
Yu's deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play. Winner of the 2020 National Book Award.
6/5
7. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18.00, 9780399590610
Coates' debut novel is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen.
7/5
8. The Queen's Gambit
Walter Tevis, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400030606
Engaging and fast-paced, this gripping coming-of-age novel of chess, feminism, and addiction speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four. Now an acclaimed Netflix series.
8/3
9. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101971062
Gyasi's extraordinary novel illuminates slavery's troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed--and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.
12/44
10. 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.
11/84
11. 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.
14/25
12. The Best American Short Stories 2020
Curtis Sittenfeld, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328485373
A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories.
10/7
13. 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.
9/29
14. 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.
13/16
15. What Kind of Woman
Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780063008427
A stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships of being a woman in the world today.
/3


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
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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.
1/54
2. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18.00, 9781501145254
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's first book after becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993 is a witty, engaging, and serious collection of writings and speeches.
2/50
3. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525560739
Vice President-elect 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.
3/15
4. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
A groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be human.
7/124
5. What Unites Us
Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616209940
With this collection of essays, venerated journalist Rather reminds us of the principles upon which the United States was founded.
4/8
6. 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.
5/93
7. 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.
6/46
8. Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1)
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780063051331
Featuring full-color illustrations and easy-to-understand text covering the first part of the full-length original edition, this adaptation of the mind-expanding book furthers the ongoing conversation as it introduces Harari's ideas to a wide new readership.
12/5
9. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988485
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more all presented in the inimitably useful and humorous way it has done since 1792.
8/5
10. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
9/34
11. Conversations with RBG
Jeffrey Rosen, Picador, $18.00, 9781250762641
Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers an intimate look at her life and career, through an extraordinary series of conversations with the head of the National Constitution Center, Jeffrey Rosen.
15/7
12. 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.
/23
13. 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.
/17
14. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488
The essays in this collection draw on the raw, hilarious particulars of Irby's new life. Wow, No Thank You. is Irby at her most unflinching, riotous, and relatable.
13/15
15. 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.
10/43


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 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.
1/29
2. Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781524761332
Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through the virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again.
2/4
3. 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
4. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.00, 9781501160837
An ingeniously constructed novel about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope--the things that save us, even in the most anxious times. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for September 2020.
5/15
5. The Searcher
Tana French, Viking, $27.00, 9780735224650
In French's latest novel of suspense, a former Chicago police officer retreats to a bucolic Irish village and starts to realize that even small towns shelter dangerous secrets.
4/11
6. 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.
6/7
7. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969
Jake Brigance returns in John Grisham's most powerful courtroom drama yet.
7/10
8. 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 List Great Read for October 2020.
8/11
9. 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.
10/22
10. Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525658184
Gyasi's stunning follow-up to Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama. A September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
11/16
11. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
13/112
12. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735216723
National Book Award winner McBride's wise and witty new novel about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting is a March 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
14/17
13. Homeland Elegies
Ayad Akhtar, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316496421
Akhtar's deeply personal new novel about identity and belonging in a nation coming apart at the seams is a September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
/2
14. The Evening and the Morning
Ken Follett, Viking, $36.00, 9780525954989
Follett's thrilling and addictive new Kingsbridge novel is a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth.
15/13
15. A Children's Bible- Debut
Lydia Millet, Norton, $25.95, 9781324005032
Millet's indelible novel of teenage alienation and adult complacency in an unraveling world is a May 2020 Indie Next List Great Read and a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award for fiction.
/1


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Promised Land
Barack Obama, Crown, $45.00, 9781524763169
Barack Obama's insightful first volume of his presidential memoirs.
1/5
2. 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.
2/20
3. 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.
4/42
4. Bag Man
Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz, Crown, $28.00, 9780593136683
Based on the hit podcast, Bag Man expands and deepens the story of Spiro Agnew's scandal and its lasting influence on our politics.
6/2
5. The Best of Me
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316628242
The Best of Me spans a career spent watching and learning and laughing--quite often at himself--and invites readers deep into the world of one of the most brilliant and original writers of our time.
8/7
6. 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.
3/41
7. 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.
5/43
8. Modern Comfort Food
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780804187060
From cocktails to dessert, from special weekend breakfasts to quick weeknight dinners, you'll find yourself making these cozy and delicious recipes over and over again.
7/11
9. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30.00, 9780593139134
McConaughey's unconventional memoir is filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.
9/9
10. Is This Anything?
Jerry Seinfeld, S&S, $35.00, 9781982112691
The first book in 25 years from Jerry Seinfeld features his best work across five decades in comedy.
10/11
11. 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.
12/18
12. Wintering
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $24.00, 9780593189481
An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for December 2020.
11/3
13. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations--and whose story inspires us to do the same.
14/76
14. The 99% Invisible City
Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780358126607
A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast.
15/7
15. Ottolenghi Flavor
Yotam Ottolenghi, et al., Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780399581755
Ottolenghi teams up with Ottolenghi Test Kitchen's Ixta Belfrage to reveal how flavor is created and amplified through 100+ super-delicious, plant-based recipes.
/6


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/57
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/233
3. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
4/62
4. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
3/5
5. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
10/18
6. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8/24
7. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
6/14
8. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
/27
9. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
5/36
10. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
7/22


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
 
2. The Ickabog
J K. Rowling, Scholastic, $26.99, 9781338732870
 
3. Skunk and Badger
Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057
 
4. Class Act
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500
 
5. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
6. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
7. The Silver Arrow
Lev Grossman, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316539531
 
8. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
9. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
10. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
 
11. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
 
12. Kid in the Kitchen: 100 Recipes and Tips for Young Home Cooks
Melissa Clark, Daniel Gercke, Clarkson Potter, $24.00, 9780593232286
 
13. The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs
America's Test Kitchen Kids, Sourcebooks Explore, $19.99, 9781492670025
 
14. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $9.95, 9781616207465
 
15. This Is Your Time
Ruby Bridges, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780593378526
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
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  Young Adult  
1. The Cousins
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525708001
 
2. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 
3. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
4. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
 
5. The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
Frederick Joseph, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536217018
 
6. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
7. The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811
 
8. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
9. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
10. Elatsoe
Darcie Little Badger, Rovina Cai (Illus.), Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140053
 
11. Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769
 
12. Punching the Air
Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062996480
 
13. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $11.99, 9780062457806
 
14. The Magic Fish
Trung Le Nguyen, Random House Graphic, $16.99, 9781984851598
 
15. Dragon Hoops
Gene Luen Yang, First Second, $24.99, 9781626720794
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
2. Cozy
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109793
 
3. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780394800790
 
4. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780544580145
 
5. 5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas
Jimmy Fallon, Rich Deas (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250266477
 
6. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
7. What We'll Build: Plans For Our Together Future
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $19.99, 9780593206751
 
8. The Shortest Day
Susan Cooper, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9780763686987
 
9. Little Blue Truck's Christmas
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780544320413
 
10. The Mitten
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399231094
 
11. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
12. The Crayons' Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
 
13. The Night Before Christmas
Clement C. Moore, Loren Long (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062869463
 
14. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
15. Attack of the Underwear Dragon
Scott Rothman, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593119891
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for December 23, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020
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  Children's Series  
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
4. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
5. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
6. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
7. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
8. The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick
 
9. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop
 
10. I Survived (paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020

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

17. Olive, Again
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780812986471

18. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $17.00, 9780307887443

19. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983

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

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

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

23. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166

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

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

26. The Chicken Sisters
KJ Dell'Antonia, Putnam, $16.00, 9780593085141

27. Agent Running in the Field
John le Carré, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984878892

28. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062409218

29. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry
Joy Harjo (Ed.), Norton, $19.95, 9780393356809

30. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, Picador, $17.00, 9781250758002

31. Long Bright River
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525540687

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

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

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

35. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525541349

36. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062913494

37. Miss Benson's Beetle
Rachel Joyce, Dial Press, $18.00, 9780812996708

38. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020
Diana Gabaldon, John Joseph Adams (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328613103

39. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383

40. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525562627

41. The Institute
Stephen King, Gallery Books, $19.99, 9781982110581

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

43. When No One Is Watching
Alyssa Cole, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062982650

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

45. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
John le Carré, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143124757

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

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

48. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741

49. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Tor, $17.99, 9780765382030

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020

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

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

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

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

20. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932

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

22. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470

23. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2021
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $15.99, 9781510761391

24. Little Weirds
Jenny Slate, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316485364

25. Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781984818324

26. The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival
Steven Rinella, Random House, $25.00, 9780593129692

27. The Soul of America
Jon Meacham, Random House, $20.00, 9780399589829

28. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Last Interview and Other Conversations
Melville House (Ed.), Melville House, $17.99, 9781612199191

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

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

31. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life
Jane Sherron de Hart, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984897831

32. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827

33. One Long River of Song
Brian Doyle, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316492881

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

35. Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents
Pete Souza, Voracious, $19.99, 9780316458214

36. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114

37. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039

38. Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987

39. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $12.99, 9780316078917

40. The Best American Sports Writing 2020
Jackie MacMullan, Glenn Stout (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358196990

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

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

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

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

45. The Best American Food Writing 2020
Sylvia Killingsworth, J.Kenji Lopez-Alt (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358344582

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

47. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020
Michio Kaku, Jaime Greene (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358074298

48. Edison
Edmund Morris, Random House, $22.00, 9780812983210

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

50. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802124739

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020

16. Perestroika in Paris
Jane Smiley, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525520351

17. The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $26.00, 9781609455910

18. The Cold Millions
Jess Walter, Harper, $28.99, 9780062868084

19. Moonflower Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $28.99, 9780062955456

20. Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062667632

21. The Law of Innocence
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316485623

22. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930

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

24. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9781984880963

25. All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145239

26. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764

27. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733452

28. Dearly
Margaret Atwood, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063032491

29. Snow
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $27.99, 9781335230003

30. The Sentinel
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818461

31. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905

32. Jack
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $27.00, 9780374279301

33. Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $34.99, 9780765326386

34. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593128480

35. The Book of Two Ways
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781984818355

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

37. The Return
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538728574

38. Daylight
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538761694

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

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

41. The Archer
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $21.00, 9780593318270

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

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

44. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188817

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

46. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Christopher Paolini, Tor, $29.99, 9781250762849

47. Memorial
Bryan Washington, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593087275

48. Migrations
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250204028

49. Luster
Raven Leilani, FSG, $26.00, 9780374194321

50. Deadly Cross
James Patterson, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316420259

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020

16. Humans
Brandon Stanton, St. Martin's, $35.00, 9781250114297

17. Dessert Person
Claire Saffitz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781984826961

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

19. Dolly Parton, Songteller
Dolly Parton, Robert K. Oermann, Chronicle Books, $50.00, 9781797205090

20. Vesper Flights
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802128812

21. Solutions and Other Problems
Allie Brosh, Gallery Books, $30.00, 9781982156947

22. Pappyland
Wright Thompson, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9780735221253

23. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $35.00, 9781571311771

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

25. First Principles
Thomas E. Ricks, Harper, $29.99, 9780062997456

26. Saving Freedom
Joe Scarborough, Harper, $29.99, 9780062950499

27. A Wealth of Pigeons
Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250262899

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

29. Guinness World Records 2021
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781913484002

30. One Life
Megan Rapinoe, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984881168

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

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

33. Clanlands
Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, Quercus, $26.99, 9781529342000

34. Eleanor
David Michaelis, S&S, $35.00, 9781439192016

35. Stuff You Should Know
Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250268501

36. No Time Like the Future
Michael J. Fox, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250265616

37. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288

38. Mediocre
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $28.00, 9781580059510

39. Eat a Peach
David Chang, Gabe Ulla, Clarkson Potter, $28.00, 9781524759216

40. His Truth Is Marching On
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30.00, 9781984855022

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

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

43. The Dead Are Arising
Les Payne, Tamara Payne, Liveright, $35.00, 9781631491665

44. Accidentally Wes Anderson
Wally Koval, Voracious, $35.00, 9780316492737

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

46. The Last Days of John Lennon
James Patterson, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316429061

47. People Who Love to Eat Are Always the Best People
Julia Child, Knopf, $18.95, 9780525658795

48. War
Margaret MacMillan, Random House, $30.00, 9781984856135

49. The Rise
Marcus Samuelsson, Voracious, $38.00, 9780316480680

50. The Greatest Beer Run Ever
John "Chick" Donohue, J.T. Molloy, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062995469

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending December 20, 2020

11. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877795964

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. Red Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553560732

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

30. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541

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

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

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

34. The Night Fire
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538701454

35. Secrets and Lies
Selena Montgomery, Avon, $8.99, 9780060798512

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

37. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945

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

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

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

41. The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett, Signet, $10.99, 9780451166890

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

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

44. A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin, Graphia Books, $8.99, 9780547773742

45. Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $7.99, 9780307743664

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

47. Storm Front
Jim Butcher, Roc, $9.99, 9780451457813

48. Hidden Sins
Selena Montgomery, HarperTorch, $8.99, 9780060798499

49. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey, Signet, $9.99, 9780451163967

50. Thrawn
Timothy Zahn, Del Rey, $9.99, 9781101967027

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