March 17, 2021

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for March 17, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending March 14, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
The 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.
5/48
2. 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.
3/28
3. Later
Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $14.95, 9781789096491
King's new novel is a powerful, haunting, unforgettable exploration of what it takes to stand up to evil in all the faces it wears.
1/2
4. The Rose Code- Debut
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062943477
A breathtaking World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over. A March 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
5. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780735216730
National Book Award winner McBride's wise and witty novel about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting.
2/6
6. 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.
4/10
7. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562948
An exhilarating novel set at the intersection of two seemingly disparate events--the exposure of a massive criminal enterprise and the mysterious disappearance of a woman from a ship at sea.
7/4
8. 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.
14/9
9. 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.
13/18
10. 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.
9/20
11. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148544
King's novel is an unforgettable portrait of an artist as a young woman.
11/4
12. 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.
8/17
13. 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.
12/102
14. In Five Years- Debut
Rebecca Serle, Atria, $17.00, 9781982137458
A powerful and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever.
/1
15. Act Your Age, Eve Brown- Debut
Talia Hibbert, Avon, $15.99, 9780062941275
In Hibbert's newest rom-com, the flightiest Brown sister crashes into the life of an uptight B&B owner and has him falling hard--literally. A March 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1


Reprint Guidelines.

Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for March 17, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending March 14, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  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.
1/66
2. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17.00, 9780804172721
Bryson takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody.
4/7
3. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $18.99, 9781524763145
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.
5/2
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.
6/24
5. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525560562
A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in Black feminism.
3/3
6. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Anchor, $17.00, 9780525562641
The heartrending story of a mid-century American family with twelve children--six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia--that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease.
2/2
7. Nomadland
Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95, 9780393356311
Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the underbelly of the American economy. At the same time she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Now a major motion picture.
7/3
8. We Do This 'til We Free Us
Mariame Kaba, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781642595253
In this timely collection of essays and interviews, Mariame Kaba reflects on the deep work of abolition and transformative political struggle.
/2
9. 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.
10/58
10. 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.
14/136
11. The Body Is Not an Apology
Sonya Renee Taylor, Berrett-Koehler, $18.95, 9781523090990
World-renowned activist and poet Sonya Renee Taylor invites us to reconnect with the radical origins of our minds and bodies and celebrate our collective, enduring strength.
11/5
12. Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18.00, 9781984820389
A radically honest work of art, Minor Feelings forms a portrait of one Asian American psyche--and of a writer's search to both uncover and speak the truth.
8/2
13. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in traditional Toltec beliefs.
/119
14. 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.
12/100
15. 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.
/30


Reprint Guidelines.

Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for March 17, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending March 14, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593318171
Ishiguro's new novel offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: What does it mean to love? A March 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
1/2
2. 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.
3/19
3. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250178602
Hannah's new novel is an American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to have turned against them. A February 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/6
4. 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.
5/41
5. The Committed
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802157065
Both highly suspenseful and existential, The Committed is a blistering portrayal of commitment and betrayal. A March 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/2
6. 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.
6/23
7. 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.
7/22
8. The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $28.00, 9781982134198
Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable novel of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for February 2021.
10/5
9. The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner, Park Row, $27.99, 9780778311010
Penner's debut novel is a subversive and intoxicating story of secrets, vengeance, and the remarkable ways women can save each other despite the barrier of time. A March 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
8/2
10. We Begin at the End
Chris Whitaker, Holt, $27.99, 9781250759665
Whitaker's engrossing, extraordinary novel about two kinds of families--the ones we are born into and the ones we create--is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for March 2021.
11/2
11. 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.
9/27
12. Transient Desires- Debut
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly Press, $27.00, 9780802158178
In the thirtieth installment of Leon's bestselling series, Guido Brunetti is forced to confront an unimaginable crime testing him to his limits and forcing him to listen very carefully for the truth.
/1
13. The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.00, 9780593296677
Half-hidden by forest and overshadowed by threatening peaks, Le Sommet has always been a sinister place. Long plagued by troubling rumors, the former abandoned sanatorium has since been renovated into a five-star minimalist hotel.
13/6
14. 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.
/32
15. A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.00, 9781681196282
Sarah J. Maas's sexy, richly imagined A Court of Thorns and Roses series continues with the journey of Feyre's fiery sister, Nesta.
15/4


Reprint Guidelines.

Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for March 17, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending March 14, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/54
2. The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race- Debut
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35.00, 9781982115852
Isaacson's gripping account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies.
/1
3. 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.
2/32
4. Dusk, Night, Dawn
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593189696
Lamott's new book is an inspiring guide to restoring hope and joy in our lives.
3/2
5. The Sum of Us
Heather McGhee, One World, $28.00, 9780525509561
With startling empathy, this heartfelt message from a Black woman to a multiracial America leaves us with a new vision for a future in which we finally realize that life can be more than a zero-sum game.
4/4
6. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
Bill Gates, Knopf, $26.95, 9780385546133
Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.
5/4
7. 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.
7/53
8. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
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.
6/9
9. Think Again
Adam Grant, Viking, $28.00, 9781984878106
Grant examines the critical art of rethinking: learning to question your opinions and open other people's minds, which can position you for excellence at work and wisdom in life.
11/6
10. A Promised Land
Barack Obama, Crown, $45.00, 9781524763169
Barack Obama's insightful first volume of his presidential memoirs.
10/17
11. Four Hundred Souls
Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain (Eds.), One World, $32.00, 9780593134047
A unique one-volume "community" history of African Americans. Editors Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain have assembled ninety brilliant writers, each of whom takes on a five-year period of that four-hundred-year span.
8/6
12. 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.
12/10
13. 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.
/19
14. 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.
/52
15. The Soul of a Woman
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $22.99, 9780593355626
Allende's book is an exploration of womanhood, feminism, parenting, aging, and love.
13/2


Reprint Guidelines.

Mass Market



Bestseller List for March 17, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending March 14, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
1/11
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4/245
3. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
3/69
4. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353641
2/9
5. Bridgerton: An Offer From a Gentleman
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353658
5/7
6. Bridgerton: Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353689
6/7
7. Bridgerton: To Sir Phillip, With Love
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353733
/6
8. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
/38
9. Bridgerton: On the Way to the Wedding
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353818
/2
10. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
7/32


Reprint Guidelines.

Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for March 17, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending March 14, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
 
2. The Phantom Tollbooth
Norton Juster, Jules Feiffer (Illus.), Yearling, $7.99, 9780394820378
 
3. Becoming: Adapted for Young Readers
Michelle Obama, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593303740
 
4. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
 
5. Class Act
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500
 
6. Amari and the Night Brothers
B.B. Alston, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062975164
 
7. Ground Zero
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338245752
 
8. When You Trap a Tiger
Tae Keller, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524715700
 
9. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
 
10. Wow in the World: The How and Wow of the Human Body
Mindy Thomas, Guy Raz, Jack Teagle (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780358306634
 
11. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
12. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
13. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
14. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
 
15. The Ickabog
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $26.99, 9781338732870
 


Reprint Guidelines.

Young Adult



Bestseller List for March 17, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending March 14, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Young Adult  
1. Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716
 
2. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
3. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
 
4. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
5. The Gilded Ones
Namina Forna, Delacorte Press, $18.99, 9781984848697
 
6. Yolk
Mary H.K. Choi, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781534446007
 
7. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
 
8. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
9. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 
10. King of Scars
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $12.99, 9781250618979
 
11. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
12. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781442408937
 
13. The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811
 
14. Game Changer
Neal Shusterman, Quill Tree Books, $17.99, 9780061998676
 
15. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
 


Reprint Guidelines.

Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for March 17, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending March 14, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Illustrated  
1. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
 
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
3. Milo Imagines the World
Matt de la Peña, Christian Robinson (Illus.), G.P. Putnam's Sons (BYR), $18.99, 9780399549083
 
4. Outside, Inside
LeUyen Pham, Roaring Brook Press, $18.99, 9781250798350
 
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, G.P. Putnam's Sons (BYR), $10.99, 9780399226908
 
6. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
 
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
8. Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $9.99, 9780394800165
 
9. The Cat in the Hat
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $9.99, 9780394800011
 
10. Little Blue Truck's Springtime
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544938090
 
11. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
12. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062915627
 
13. Ambitious Girl
Meena Harris, Marissa Valdez (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316229692
 
14. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
 
15. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 


Reprint Guidelines.

Children's Series



Bestseller List for March 17, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending March 14, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.

  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. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Kirsten Anderson, et al., Penguin Workshop
 
6. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
7. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
8. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic
 
9. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
10. Keeper of the Lost Cities (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin
 


Reprint Guidelines.

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending March 14, 2021

16. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802124944

17. Home Body
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808

18. A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet, Norton, $15.95, 9780393867381

19. Firefly Lane
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250787972

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

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

22. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263

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

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

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

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

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

28. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18.00, 9780399590610

29. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143110439

30. The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781982136468

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

32. The Girl from the Channel Islands
Jenny Lecoat, Graydon House, $17.99, 9781525806414

33. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933

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

35. The Girl with the Louding Voice
Abi Dare, Dutton, $17.00, 9781524746094

36. Parable of the Talents
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732199

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

38. Sharks in the Time of Saviors
Kawai Strong Washburn, Picador, $17.00, 9781250787316

39. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $16.99, 9780063011953

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

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

42. Valentine
Elizabeth Wetmore, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780062913272

43. House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.00, 9781635577020

44. Apeirogon
Colum McCann, Random House, $18.00, 9780812981933

45. A Good Neighborhood
Therese Anne Fowler, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250237293

46. Camino Winds
John Grisham, Bantam, $18.00, 9780593157787

47. Kindred
Octavia E. Butler, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807083697

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

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

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending March 14, 2021

16. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $17.99, 9781612198552

17. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536

18. Recollections of My Nonexistence
Rebecca Solnit, Penguin, $16.00, 9780593083345

19. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18.00, 9780399588198

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

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

22. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $18.00, 9780374533557

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

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

25. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525560739

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

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

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

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

30. The Education of an Idealist
Samantha Power, Dey Street Books, $18.99, 9780062820709

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

32. Shade
Pete Souza, Voracious, $24.99, 9780316458214

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

34. Shakespeare in a Divided America
James Shapiro, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525522317

35. All Creatures Great and Small
James Herriot, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250766342

36. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $9.99, 9780804190114

37. Quit Like a Woman
Holly Whitaker, Dial Press, $18.00, 9781984825070

38. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18.00, 9781501145254

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

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

41. In the Dream House
Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $16.00, 9781644450383

42. The Adventurer's Son
Roman Dial, Custom House, $17.99, 9780062876614

43. The Black Panther Party
David F. Walker, Marcus Kwame Anderson (Illus.), Ten Speed Press, $19.99, 9781984857705

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

45. Invisible Women
Caroline Criado Perez, Abrams, $17.00, 9781419735219

46. The Deficit Myth
Stephanie Kelton, PublicAffairs, $18.99, 9781541736191

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

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

49. Healing After Loss
Martha W. Hickman, Morrow, $15.99, 9780380773381

50. The Fran Lebowitz Reader
Fran Lebowitz, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679761808

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending March 14, 2021

16. How Beautiful We Were
Imbolo Mbue, Random House, $28.00, 9780593132425

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

18. Dark Sky
C.J. Box, Putnam, $28.00, 9780525538271

19. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090

20. Outlawed
Anna North, Bloomsbury Publishing, $26.00, 9781635575422

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

22. Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525658184

23. 2034
Elliot Ackerman, Admiral James Stavridis, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984881250

24. No One Is Talking About This
Patricia Lockwood, Riverhead Books, $25.00, 9780593189580

25. Infinite Country
Patricia Engel, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $25.00, 9781982159467

26. The Searcher
Tana French, Viking, $27.00, 9780735224650

27. Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781524761332

28. A Thousand Ships
Natalie Haynes, Harper, $27.99, 9780063065390

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

30. My Year Abroad
Chang-rae Lee, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9781594634574

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

32. The Windsor Knot
SJ Bennett, Morrow, $27.99, 9780063050006

33. The Prophets
Robert Jones, Jr., Putnam, $27.00, 9780593085684

34. Brood
Jackie Polzin, Doubleday, $24.00, 9780385546751

35. Surviving Savannah
Patti Callahan, Berkley, $26.00, 9781984803757

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

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

38. We Run the Tides
Vendela Vida, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062936233

39. The Kitchen Front
Jennifer Ryan, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780593158807

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

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

42. A Bright Ray of Darkness
Ethan Hawke, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385352383

43. A Desolation Called Peace
Arkady Martine, Tor , $26.99, 9781250186461

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

45. What's Mine and Yours
Naima Coster, Grand Central Publishing, $28.00, 9781538702345

46. Who is Maud Dixon?
Alexandra Andrews, Little, Brown , $28.00, 9780316500319

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

48. The Witch's Heart
Genevieve Gornichec, Ace, $26.00, 9780593099940

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

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

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending March 14, 2021

16. Let Me Tell You What I Mean
Joan Didion, Knopf, $23.00, 9780593318485

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

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

19. Wintering
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $24.00, 9780593189481

20. Between Two Kingdoms
Suleika Jaouad, Random House, $28.00, 9780399588587

21. The Barbizon
Paulina Bren, S&S, $27.00, 9781982123895

22. Beyond Order
Jordan B. Peterson, Portfolio, $29.00, 9780593084649

23. Just as I Am
Cicely Tyson, Harper, $28.99, 9780062931061

24. How to Do the Work
Dr.Nicole LePera, Harper Wave, $27.99, 9780063012097

25. Everything Will Be Okay
Dana Perino, Twelve, $28.00, 9781538737088

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

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

28. Under a White Sky
Elizabeth Kolbert, Crown, $28.00, 9780593136270

29. Hunt, Gather, Parent
Michaeleen Doucleff, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $27.00, 9781982149673

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

31. Simply Julia
Julia Turshen, Harper Wave, $32.50, 9780062993335

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

33. Mike Nichols
Mark Harris, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780399562242

34. Jew-ish: A Cookbook
Jake Cohen, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780358353980

35. The Daughters of Kobani
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9780525560685

36. The Disordered Cosmos
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein, Bold Type Books, $28.00, 9781541724709

37. The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing
Mark Kurlansky, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.00, 9781635573077

38. Fundamentals
Frank Wilczek, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780735223790

39. Last Call
Elon Green, Celadon Books, $27.00, 9781250224354

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

41. The Best of Me
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316628242

42. The Empathy Diaries
Sherry Turkle, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780525560098

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

44. Land
Simon Winchester, Harper, $29.99, 9780062938336

45. Cosmic Queries
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, James Trefil, National Geographic, $30.00, 9781426221774

46. Professional Troublemaker
Luvvie Ajayi Jones, Penguin Life, $26.00, 9781984881908

47. The Doctors Blackwell
Janice P. Nimura, Norton, $27.95, 9780393635546

48. All We Can Save
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson (Eds.), One World, $29.00, 9780593237069

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

50. My Inner Sky
Mari Andrew, Penguin, $22.00, 9780143135241

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending March 14, 2021

11. Bridgerton: It's in His Kiss
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353795

12. Bridgerton: When He Was Wicked
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353788

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. Long Range
C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 9780525538257

41. Open Season
C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 9780399576607

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

43. Misery
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501156748

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

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

46. Slow Horses
Mick Herron, Soho Crime, $9.99, 9781616954161

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

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

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

50. The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345325815

About ABA

The American Booksellers Association, a national not-for-profit trade organization, works with booksellers and industry partners to ensure the success and profitability of independently owned book retailers, and to assist in expanding the community of the book.

Independent bookstores act as community anchors; they serve a unique role in promoting the open exchange of ideas, enriching the cultural life of communities, and creating economically vibrant neighborhoods.

Contact

PRESS INQUIRIES: [email protected]

INDIECOMMERCE: [email protected]

ALL OTHER INQUIRIES: [email protected]

 

 

Copyright 2024 American Booksellers Association. BookWeb is a registered trademark of ABA.
Privacy Policy, Cookie Policy, Accessibility Statement