January 20, 2021

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for January 20, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 17, 2021
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 Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780062963680
Patchett's moving novel explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go.
2/2
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.
1/12
3. 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.
3/40
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.
4/94
5. 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.
7/9
6. 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.
5/20
7. Home Body
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808
Kaur's greatly anticipated third collection of poetry.
6/9
8. 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.
10/46
9. The Queen's Gambit
Walter Tevis, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593314654
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.
8/7
10. 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.
9/9
11. 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.
13/88
12. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $16.99, 9780063011953
A brilliant work of historical fiction that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. Now a major motion picture.
/31
13. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
A post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the bestselling author of Kindred.
/12
14. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
Klune's novel is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place.
12/3
15. 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.
11/10


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for January 20, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 17, 2021
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
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.
1/58
2. 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.
2/75
3. Quit Like a Woman: The Radical Choice to Not Drink in a Culture Obsessed with Alcohol- Debut
Holly Whitaker, Dial Press, $18.00, 9781984825070
Whitaker's honest and witty book is at once a groundbreaking look at drinking culture and a road map to cutting out alcohol in order to live our best lives without the crutch of intoxication. You will never look at drinking the same way again.
/1
4. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
3/16
5. 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.
5/50
6. 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.
8/128
7. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $17.99, 9781612198552
An action plan for thinking outside of capitalist narratives of efficiency and techno-determinism. Provocative, timely, and utterly persuasive, this book will change how you see your place in our world.
6/3
8. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525560739
Vice President 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.
10/19
9. 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.
4/92
10. 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.
7/54
11. 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.
/18
12. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
11/37
13. 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.
9/97
14. 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.
/26
15. 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.
14/25


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for January 20, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 17, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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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.
1/33
2. 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.
/14
3. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474
Haig's latest is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived.
2/11
4. 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.
4/15
5. 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.
5/19
6. The Prophets
Robert Jones, Jr., Putnam, $27.00, 9780593085684
A singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for January 2021.
3/2
7. Outlawed
Anna North, Bloomsbury Publishing, $26.00, 9781635575422
North's novel is a riveting adventure story of a fugitive girl, a mysterious gang of robbers, and their dangerous mission to transform the Wild West. A January 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/2
8. 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.
9/15
9. 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.
6/8
10. 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.
7/26
11. The Liar's Dictionary
Eley Williams, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385546775
Williams' delightful novel chronicles the misadventures of a lovelorn Victorian lexicographer and the young woman put on his trail a century later to root out his misdeeds while confronting questions of her own sexuality and place in the world. A January 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
14/2
12. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
11/116
13. 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.
10/20
14. 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.
8/21
15. 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.
/14
ON THE RISE
16. Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters, One World, $27.00, 9780593133378
Torrey Peters brilliantly and fearlessly navigates the most dangerous taboos around gender, sex, and relationships, gifting us a thrillingly original, witty, and deeply moving novel.
 


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for January 20, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 17, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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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.
2/24
2. A Promised Land
Barack Obama, Crown, $45.00, 9781524763169
Barack Obama's insightful first volume of his presidential memoirs.
1/9
3. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life- Debut
George Saunders, Random House, $28.00, 9781984856029
Saunders' new book is a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves--and our world today. A January 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
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.
4/45
5. 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.
3/46
6. 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.
5/7
7. 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.
7/13
8. 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.
8/47
9. Keep Sharp
Sanjay Gupta, M.D., S&S, $28.00, 9781501166730
Keep your brain young, healthy, and sharp with this science-driven guide to protecting your mind from decline by neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta.
6/2
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.
13/22
11. 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.
11/34
12. 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.
9/11
13. 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.
10/15
14. Evil Geniuses
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.
/4
15. Mediocre
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $28.00, 9781580059510
As provocative as it is essential, this book will upend everything you thought you knew about American identity and offers a bold new vision of American greatness.
14/2
ON THE RISE
17. You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey
Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538719367
Writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers Amber Ruffin writes with her sister Lacey Lamar with humor and heart to share absurd anecdotes about everyday experiences of racism. A January 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
 


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for January 20, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 17, 2021
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/237
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/61
3. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
3/3
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
4/28
5. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
7/18
6. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me- Debut
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353641
/1
7. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
/17
8. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
/24
9. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
5/66
10. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess- Debut
Bobby Fischer, et al., Bantam, $8.99, 9780553263152
/1


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for January 20, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 17, 2021
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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. Class Act
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500
 
4. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
5. This Is Your Time
Ruby Bridges, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780593378526
 
6. Katie the Catsitter
Colleen AF Venable, Stephanie Yue (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781984895639
 
7. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
8. Skunk and Badger
Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057
 
9. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
10. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
11. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
 
12. Gone to the Woods: Surviving a Lost Childhood- Debut
Gary Paulsen, Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR), $17.99, 9780374314156
 
13. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
 
14. City of the Plague God- Debut
Sarwat Chadda, Rick Riordan Presents, $16.99, 9781368051507
 
15. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $9.95, 9781616207465
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for January 20, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 17, 2021
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  Young Adult  
1. Concrete Rose- Debut
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716
 
2. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
3. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 
4. The Cousins
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525708001
 
5. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
6. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
7. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
 
8. The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
Frederick Joseph, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536217018
 
9. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
 
10. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
 
11. The Giver
Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688
 
12. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $11.99, 9780062457806
 
13. You Have a Match- Debut
Emma Lord, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250237309
 
14. Elatsoe
Darcie Little Badger, Rovina Cai (Illus.), Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140053
 
15. Punching the Air
Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062996480
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for January 20, 2021
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Little Blue Truck's Valentine
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780358272441
 
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
3. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
4. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
5. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062915627
 
6. If You Come to Earth
Sophie Blackall, Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781452137797
 
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
9. Outside, Inside- Debut
LeUyen Pham, Roaring Brook Press, $18.99, 9781250798350
 
10. Cozy
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109793
 
11. Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice
Nikki Grimes, Laura Freeman (Illus.), Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534462670
 
12. What We'll Build: Plans For Our Together Future
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $19.99, 9780593206751
 
13. Kamala and Maya's Big Idea
Meena Harris, Ana Ramírez González (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062937407
 
14. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780358451228
 
15. Who Was Martin Luther King, Jr.? Board Book- Debut
Lisbeth Kaiser, Stanley Chow (Illus.), Rise x Penguin Workshop, $7.99, 9780593222737
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for January 20, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 17, 2021
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  Children's Series  
1. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
2. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
4. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
5. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
6. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop
 
7. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
8. Keeper of the Lost Cities (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin
 
9. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
10. The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 17, 2021

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

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

18. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345804341

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

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

21. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $16.99, 9780063078901

22. The Best American Short Stories 2020
Curtis Sittenfeld, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328485373

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

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

25. The Authenticity Project
Clare Pooley, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984878632

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

27. What Kind of Woman
Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780063008427

28. Our Darkest Night
Jennifer Robson, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062674975

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

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

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

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

33. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $16.00, 9781501161933

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 17, 2021

16. What Unites Us
Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616209940

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

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

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

20. The Moment of Lift
Melinda Gates, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250257727

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

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

23. Our Malady
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12.00, 9780593238899

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

25. Uncanny Valley
Anna Wiener, Picador, $17.00, 9781250785695

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

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

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

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

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

31. In the Dream Houser
Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $16.00, 9781644450383

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

33. The Listening Path
Julia Cameron, St. Martin's Essentials, $17.99, 9781250768582

34. Intimations
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $10.95, 9780593297612

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

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

37. The Spy and the Traitor
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18.00, 9781101904213

38. Sapiens: A Graphic History
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780063051331

39. Lead from the Outside
Stacey Abrams, Picador, $17.00, 9781250214805

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

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

42. Life Undercover
Amaryllis Fox, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525564089

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

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

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

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

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

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

49. Leadership
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $18.00, 9781476795935

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 17, 2021

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

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

18. A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet, Norton, $25.95, 9781324005032

19. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969

20. The Children's Blizzard
Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte Press, $28.00, 9780399182280

21. Mystery of Mrs. Christie
Marie Benedict, Sourcebooks Landmark, $26.99, 9781492682721

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

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

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

25. Homeland Elegies
Ayad Akhtar, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316496421

26. Across the Green Grass Fields
Seanan McGuire, Tordotcom, $19.99, 9781250213594

27. The Push
Ashley Audrain, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9781984881663

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

29. Black Buck
Mateo Askaripour, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26.00, 9780358380887

30. The Wife Upstairs
Rachel Hawkins, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250245496

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

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

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

34. Star Wars: Light of the Jedi
Charles Soule, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593157718

35. The House on Vesper Sands
Paraic O'Donnell, Tin House Books, $26.95, 9781951142247

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

37. The Evening and the Morning
Ken Follett, Viking, $36.00, 9780525954989

38. The Scorpion's Tail
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538747278

39. The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $28.00, 9780316422048

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

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

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

43. The Office of Historical Corrections
Danielle Evans, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9781594487330

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

45. What Could Be Saved
Liese O'Halloran Schwarz, Atria Books, $27.00, 9781982150617

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

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

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

49. Nick
Michael Farris Smith, Little, Brown, $27.00, 9780316529761

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

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 17, 2021

16. What It's Like to Be a Bird
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894

17. You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey
Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538719367

18. Bag Man
Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz, Crown, $28.00, 9780593136683

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

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

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

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

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

24. Atomic Habits
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292

25. The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $23.95, 9781616207922

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

27. Our Time Is Now
Stacey Abrams, Holt, $27.99, 9781250257703

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

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

30. Kill Switch
Adam Jentleson, Liveright, $26.95, 9781631497773

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

32. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26.00, 9780812993547

33. Is This Anything?
Jerry Seinfeld, S&S, $35.00, 9781982112691

34. Bravey
Alexi Pappas, The Dial Press, $27.00, 9781984801128

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

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

37. Black Futures
Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham, One World, $40.00, 9780399181139

38. Me and White Supremacy
Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781728209807

39. A Life on Our Planet
Sir David Attenborough, Grand Central , $26.00, 9781538719985

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

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

42. Too Much and Never Enough
Mary L. Trump, Ph.D., S&S, $28.00, 9781982141462

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

44. Being Ram Dass
Ram Dass, Rameshwar Das, Sounds True, $29.99, 9781683646280

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

46. The 99% Invisible City
Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780358126607

47. Love is the Way
Bishop Michael Curry, Sara Grace, Avery, $27.00, 9780525543039

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

49. Ottolenghi Flavor
Yotam Ottolenghi, et al., Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780399581755

50. Keep Moving
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $24.00, 9781982132071

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending January 17, 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

31. The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $7.99, 9781451678192

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

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

34. Chilled to the Cone
Ellie Alexander, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9781250214386

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

47. Shadows in Death
J.D. Robb, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9781250207258

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

49. The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706

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

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