July 29, 2020

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for July 29, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending July 26, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345804341
Whitehead's masterful and haunting novel about two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida is the winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
1/4
2. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
Miller's masterful follow-up to The Song of Achilles is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world.
2/15
3. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781984822185
Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship.
3/23
4. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166
A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of a picture-perfect family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Now a Hulu original series.
4/64
5. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
National Book Award-winner Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world.
5/69
6. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734
Henry's novel about a romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut is a June 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
6/10
7. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17.00, 9781476749303
A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression.
8/8
8. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
A testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions. A September 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/99
9. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741
Written with a powerful wisdom about human desire and connection, City of Girls is a love story like no other.
11/16
10. Chances Are . . .
Richard Russo, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101971994
Russo's riveting novel about the abiding yet complex power of friendship.
13/2
11. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983
Girl, Woman, Other is a polyphonic and richly textured social novel of black British history. Co-winner of the 2019 Booker Prize.
14/26
12. The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal
Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, et al., First Second, $19.99, 9781250232632
Based on the blockbuster podcast, The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal has it all: blossoming new friendships, pining for outlaw lovers, and a rollicking race you can root for!
7/2
13. 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.
/69
14. The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449
Morrison's virtuosic first novel asks powerful questions about race, class, and gender with the subtlety and grace that have always characterized her writing.
9/6
15. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062905086
Finn's smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense is soon to be a major motion picture.
15/10


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for July 29, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending July 26, 2020
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415
DiAngelo explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.
1/68
2. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827
Oluo guides readers of all races in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race and racism, and how they infect almost every aspect of American life.
2/9
3. Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987
Kendi's National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society.
3/9
4. 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.
8/9
5. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
4/13
6. 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.
7/8
7. 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.
5/30
8. March: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $14.95, 9781603093002
A vivid first-hand account of John Lewis' lifelong struggle for civil and human rights, meditating in the modern age on the distance traveled since the days of Jim Crow and segregation.
/4
9. 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.
6/72
10. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039
Broom's The Yellow House tells the story of her family's relationship to their home in New Orleans across a hundred years. Winner of the 2019 National Book Award for Nonfiction.
12/3
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.
10/4
12. 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.
11/33
13. 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.
/69
14. 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.
9/25
15. March: Book Three
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.99, 9781603094023
In the stunning conclusion of the award-winning March trilogy, Congressman John Lewis--an American icon and one of the key figures of the Civil Rights Movement--joins co-writer Andrew Aydin and artist Nate Powell to bring the lessons of history to vivid life for a new generation.
/3


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for July 29, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending July 26, 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.
1/8
2. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/101
3. The Order
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834843
Silva's riveting new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon.
4/2
4. Hamnet- Debut
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.
/1
5. 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.
9/4
6. 28 Summers
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316420044
Hilderbrand's new novel explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates and enriches their lives, and the lives of the people they love.
6/6
7. Utopia Avenue
David Mitchell, Random House, $30.00, 9780812997439
Mitchell's kaleidoscopic novel tells the unexpurgated story of Utopia Avenue, the strangest British band you've never heard of. A July 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/2
8. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
Cummins's new novel is an exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for February 2020.
8/27
9. Such a Fun Age (An Indies Introduce Title)
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905
Reid's debut novel is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both. An Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for January 2020.
10/26
10. Sex and Vanity
Kevin Kwan, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385546270
Sex and Vanity is a truly modern love story, a daring homage to A Room with a View, and a brilliantly funny comedy of manners set between two cultures.
7/4
11. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930
A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller by bestselling author of The Hunting Party.
11/3
12. Axiom's End- Debut
Lindsay Ellis, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250256737
Axiom's End is an extraordinary debut novel from Hugo finalist and video essayist Lindsay Ellis.
/1
13. The Pull of the Stars- Debut
Emma Donoghue, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316499019
In The Pull of the Stars, Donoghue finds the light in the darkness, and hope and survival against all odds.
/1
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.
15/12
15. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521143
The exhilarating new novel by the award-winning author of Station Eleven is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for April 2020.
/16


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for July 29, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending July 26, 2020
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Too Much and Never Enough
Mary L. Trump, Ph.D., S&S, $28.00, 9781982141462
Mary L. Trump's revelatory and authoritative portrait of her uncle, Donald J. Trump.
1/2
2. 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.
2/16
3. 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.
4/20
4. 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.
5/22
5. The Room Where It Happened
John Bolton, S&S, $32.50, 9781982148034
An account of the Trump administration by the former National Security Advisor.
3/5
6. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26.00, 9780812993547
Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis in this bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history. A September 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.
7/96
7. The Answer Is . . .: Reflections on My Life- Debut
Alex Trebek, S&S, $26.00, 9781982157999
This wise, charming, and inspiring book is further evidence why Trebek has long been considered one of the most beloved and respected figures in entertainment.
/1
8. Begin Again
Eddie S. Glaude, Crown, $27.00, 9780525575320
At once a searing exploration that lays bare the tangled web of race, trauma, and memory, and a powerful interrogation of what we all must ask of ourselves in order to call forth a new America.
8/4
9. Me and White Supremacy
Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781728209807
Saad takes readers on a 28-day journey of how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.
6/12
10. I'm Still Here
Austin Channing Brown, Convergent Books, $25.00, 9781524760854
Austin Channing Brown's accounts bear witness to the complexity of America's social fabric--from Black Cleveland neighborhoods to private schools in the middle-class suburbs, from prison walls to the boardrooms at majority-white organizations.
9/7
11. Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism- Debut
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $25.00, 9780385545808
In Applebaum's captivating book, she contends that political systems with radically simple beliefs are inherently appealing, especially when they benefit the loyal to the exclusion of everyone else.
/1
12. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Viking, $26.00, 9780525560548
A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in Black feminism.
12/7
13. Educated (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504
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. A Winter/Spring 2018 Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for March 2018.
14/127
14. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616
Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again.
11/9
15. 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.
13/30


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for July 29, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending July 26, 2020
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
1/212
2. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2/36
3. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945
3/4
4. The Outsider
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781501180996
6/3
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
7/4
6. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
5/19
7. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
8/8
8. Camino Island
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781524797157
/45
9. Blue Moon
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593567
10/4
10. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310
4/113


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for July 29, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending July 26, 2020
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
2. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
3. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
 
4. This Book Is Anti-Racist
Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illus.), Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $14.99, 9780711245211
 
5. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
6. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
7. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
 
8. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
9. Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson, Puffin, $10.99, 9780147515827
 
10. Ghost Boys
Jewell Parker Rhodes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780316262262
 
11. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $17.99, 9781481438285
 
12. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
 
13. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Drew Willis (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
14. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
 
15. The Unadoptables- Debut
Hana Tooke, Viking Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593116937
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for July 29, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending July 26, 2020
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  Young Adult  
1. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 
2. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
3. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
4. Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769
 
5. A Peculiar Peril
Jeff VanderMeer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $19.99, 9780374308865
 
6. The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811
 
7. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
8. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter
Erika L. Sanchez, Ember, $11.99, 9781524700515
 
9. One of Us Is Next
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525707967
 
10. A Song Below Water
Bethany C. Morrow, Tor Teen, $17.99, 9781250315328
 
11. Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title)
Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529
 
12. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
13. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781984896360
 
14. Felix Ever After
Kacen Callender, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062820259
 
15. You Should See Me in a Crown
Leah Johnson, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338503265
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for July 29, 2020
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
3. Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice
Marianne Celano, et al., Magination Press, $16.99, 9781433828546
 
4. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
5. You Matter
Christian Robinson, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534421691
 
6. The World Needs More Purple People
Kristen Bell, Benjamin Hart, Daniel Wiseman (Illus.), Random House (BYR), $17.99, 9780593121962
 
7. A Is for Activist
Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $11.95, 9781609805395
 
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
9. The Day You Begin
Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $18.99, 9780399246531
 
10. We Will Rock Our Classmates- Debut
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368059596
 
11. Not My Idea: A Book about Whiteness
Anastasia Higginbotham, Dottir Press, $18.95, 9781948340007
 
12. The Undefeated
Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illus.), Versify, $17.99, 9781328780966
 
13. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
 
14. Sulwe
Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison (Illus.), Simon & Schuster (BYR), $17.99, 9781534425361
 
15. Let's Talk About Race
Julius Lester, Karen Barbour (Illus.), Harper, $7.99, 9780064462266
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for July 29, 2020
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  Children's Series  
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
3. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
5. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
6. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
7. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
8. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
9. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop
 
10. Click Graphic Novels (hardcover and paperback)
Kayla Miller, HMH Books for Young Readers
New in Series: Act (9780358206354)
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending July 26, 2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25. A Better Man
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $17.99, 9781250066312

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

36. A Minute to Midnight
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538761632

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

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

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

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

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

42. Trust Exercise
Susan Choi, Holt, $15.99, 9781250231260

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

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

45. The Family Upstairs
Lisa Jewell, Atria, $17.00, 9781501190117

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

47. The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Christy Lefteri, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780593128176

48. The Lager Queen of Minnesota
J. Ryan Stradal, Penguin, $17.00, 9780399563065

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

50. Big Sky
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316523080

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending July 26, 2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. Frederick Douglass
David W. Blight, S&S, $22.00, 9781416590323

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

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

31. White Rage
Carol Anderson, Bloomsbury USA, $17.00, 9781632864130

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

33. March (Trilogy Slipcase Set)
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $49.99, 9781603093958

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

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

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

37. D-Day Girls
Sarah Rose, Broadway Books, $18.00, 9780451495099

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

46. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers
Brian Kilmeade, Sentinel, $17.00, 9780525540540

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

48. Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race
Debby Irving, Elephant Room Press, $19.99, 9780991331307

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

50. Notes of a Native Son
James Baldwin, Beacon Press, $15.00, 9780807006238

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending July 26, 2020

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

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

18. Peace Talks
Jim Butcher, Ace, $28.00, 9780451464415

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. Fair Warning
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316539425

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

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

33. Memoirs and Misinformation
Jim Carrey, Dana Vachon, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525655978

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

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

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

37. The Book of Lost Names
Kristin Harmel, Gallery Books, $28.00, 9781982131890

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

39. Antkind
Charlie Kaufman, Random House, $30.00, 9780399589683

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

41. Make Russia Great Again
Christopher Buckley, S&S, $28.00, 9781982157463

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

43. The Lies That Bind
Emily Giffin, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780399178955

44. Pew
Catherine Lacey, FSG, $26.00, 9780374230920

45. The Lost and Found Bookshop
Susan Wiggs, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062914095

46. Rodham
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590917

47. Devolution
Max Brooks, Del Rey, $28.00, 9781984826787

48. The Jane Austen Society
Natalie Jenner, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9781250248732

49. Simon the Fiddler
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062966742

50. Blacktop Wasteland
S.A. Cosby, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250252685

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending July 26, 2020

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

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

18. Big Friendship
Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman, S&S, $26.00, 9781982111908

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

20. The Beauty in Breaking
Michele Harper, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525537380

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

22. Dirt
Bill Buford, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307271013

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

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

25. Remain in Love
Chris Frantz, St. Martin's, $29.99, 9781250209221

26. The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist
Adrian Tomine, Drawn and Quarterly, $29.95, 9781770463950

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

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

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

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

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

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

33. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00, 9781328662057

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

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

36. Hell and Other Destinations
Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99, 9780062802255

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

38. The King of Confidence
Miles Harvey, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316463591

39. Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood
Trixie Mattel, Katya, Plume, $26.00, 9780593086704

40. Humankind
Rutger Bregman, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316418539

41. Jubilee
Toni Tipton-Martin, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781524761738

42. The Book of Delights
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $23.95, 9781616207922

43. How to Destroy America in Three Easy Steps
Ben Shapiro, Broadside Books, $28.99, 9780063001879

44. The Mamba Mentality
Kobe Bryant, MCD, $35.00, 9780374201234

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

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

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

48. Demagogue
Larry Tye, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $36.00, 9781328959720

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

50. The Deficit Myth
Stephanie Kelton, PublicAffairs, $30.00, 9781541736184

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending July 26, 2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. Same Beach, Next Year
Dorothea Benton Frank, Morrow, $7.99, 9780062993427

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. Backlash
Brad Thor, Pocket, $9.99, 9781982104047

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

40. Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $9.99, 9780593310908

41. Past Tense
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593536

42. Wolf Pack
C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 9780525538219

43. Liar Liar
James Patterson, Candice Fox, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538730775

44. The Tale Teller
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $9.99, 9780062391964

45. A Better Man
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $9.99, 9781250262950

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

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

48. China Rich Girlfriend
Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $9.99, 9780593310915

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

50. The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski, Orbit, $8.99, 9780316029186

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