November 11, 2020

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for November 11, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 8, 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. 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.
2/30
2. 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.
1/84
3. The Best American Short Stories 2020- Debut
Curtis Sittenfeld, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328485373
A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories.
/1
4. Olive, Again- Debut
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780812986471
In Olive, Again, Strout continues the story of Olive Kitteridge, the beloved character who has captured the imaginations of millions.
/1
5. 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.
3/23
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.
11/10
7. 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 shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize.
4/2
8. Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250751362
Bardugo's debut adult novel is a tale of power, privilege, dark magic, and murder set among the Ivy League elite.
7/3
9. 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.
8/19
10. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, Picador, $17.00, 9781250758002
Lerner's novel is a tender and expansive family drama set in the American Midwest at the turn of the 21st century.
6/6
11. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062913494
Wilson's moving and uproarious novel about a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children who have a remarkable ability.
9/5
12. 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.
10/38
13. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101971062
Gyasi's extraordinary novel illuminates slavery's troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed--and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.
5/38
14. 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.
/79
15. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593
Herbert's classic masterpiece--a triumph of the imagination--is soon to be a major motion picture.
15/9


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for November 11, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 7, 2020
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.
1/48
2. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18.00, 9781501145254
Ruth Bader Ginsburg's first book after becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993 is a witty, engaging, and serious collection of writings and speeches.
2/44
3. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525560739
Vice President-elect Harris looks at the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them.
/9
4. Shade: A Tale of Two Presidents
Pete Souza, Voracious, $19.99, 9780316458214
By the bestselling author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait, a potent commentary on the presidency--and our country.
5/2
5. 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.
4/83
6. 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.
3/40
7. 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.
8/87
8. Conversations with RBG: Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law- Debut
Jeffrey Rosen, Picador, $18.00, 9781250762641
Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers an intimate look at her life and career, through an extraordinary series of conversations with the head of the National Constitution Center, Jeffrey Rosen.
/1
9. Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781984818324
This groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than men--and provides a simple, science-based plan to help women minimize stress, manage emotions, and live a more joyful life.
6/3
10. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
7/28
11. 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.
12/23
12. 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.
9/118
13. What Unites Us
Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616209940
With this collection of essays, venerated journalist Rather reminds us of the principles upon which the United States was founded.
10/2
14. 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.
11/9
15. 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.
/23


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for November 11, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 8, 2020
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 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.
1/5
2. 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.
5/9
3. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969
Jake Brigance returns in John Grisham's most powerful courtroom drama yet.
3/4
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.
6/23
5. 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.
2/5
6. The Sentinel
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818461
Lee Child teams up with his brother and fellow thriller writer Andrew Child for the latest Jack Reacher novel.
4/2
7. The Cold Millions
Jess Walter, Harper, $28.99, 9780062868084
Walter's propulsive and richly entertaining novel about two brothers swept up in the turbulent class warfare of the early 20th century is a November 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
8/2
8. Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062667632
A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong. An October 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
7/5
9. Memorial
Bryan Washington, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593087275
A funny and profound story about family in all its strange forms, joyful and hard-won vulnerability, becoming who you're supposed to be, and the limits of love. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for November 2020.
10/2
10. Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525658184
Gyasi's stunning follow-up to Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama. A September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
9/10
11. The Evening and the Morning
Ken Follett, Viking, $36.00, 9780525954989
Follett's thrilling and addictive new Kingsbridge novel is a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth.
11/8
12. 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.
13/17
13. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635575637
The intoxicating, hypnotic new novel by the bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is a September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
15/7
14. 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
15. Fortune and Glory- Debut
Janet Evanovich, Atria, $28.99, 9781982154837
The new entry in Evanovich's bestselling series isn't just the biggest case of Stephanie Plum's career--it's the adventure of a lifetime.
/1


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for November 11, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 8, 2020
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Best of Me- Debut
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.
/1
2. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32.00, 9780593230251
Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today.
1/14
3. 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.
2/3
4. 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.
3/5
5. 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.
4/35
6. 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.
6/31
7. Is This Anything?
Jerry Seinfeld, S&S, $35.00, 9781982112691
The first book in 25 years from Jerry Seinfeld features his best work across five decades in comedy.
10/5
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.
9/37
9. Solutions and Other Problems
Allie Brosh, Gallery Books, $30.00, 9781982156947
The bestselling author of Hyperbole and a Half returns with a new collection of comedic, autobiographical, and illustrated essays. An October 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
5/7
10. Ottolenghi Flavor
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ixta Belfrage, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780399581755
Ottolenghi teams up with Ottolenghi Test Kitchen's Ixta Belfrage to reveal how flavor is created and amplified through 100+ super-delicious, plant-based recipes.
7/4
11. Our Time Is Now
Stacey Abrams, Holt, $27.99, 9781250257703
Abrams draws on extensive research from national organizations and renowned scholars, as well as anecdotes from her life and others' who have fought throughout our country's history for the power to be heard. The stakes could not be higher. Here are concrete solutions and inspiration to stand up for who we are--now.
/4
12. Eleanor- Debut
David Michaelis, S&S, $35.00, 9781439192016
A breakthrough portrait of Eleanor Roosevelt, America's longest-serving First Lady, an avatar of democracy whose ever-expanding agency as diplomat, activist, and humanitarian made her one of the world's most widely admired and influential women.
/1
13. The 99% Invisible City
Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780358126607
A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast.
8/5
14. Keep Moving: Notes on Loss, Creativity, and Change- Debut
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $24.00, 9781982132071
Smith's collection of quotes and essays on facing life's challenges with creativity, courage, and resilience.
/1
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.
12/37


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for November 11, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 8, 2020
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/51
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/227
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
3/18
4. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
4/8
5. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
6/11
6. The Night Fire
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538701454
10/2
7. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
7/31
8. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
/57
9. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
/2
10. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945
/18


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for November 11, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 8, 2020
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Class Act
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500
 
2. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
3. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
4. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
5. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
 
6. Skunk and Badger
Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057
 
7. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
8. A Whale of the Wild
Rosanne Parry, Lindsay Moore (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $17.99, 9780062995926
 
9. Bill Nye's Great Big World of Science
Bill Nye, Gregory Mone, Abrams Books for Young Readers, $29.99, 9781419746765
 
10. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
11. Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian- Debut
Tim Probert, HarperAlley, $12.99, 9780062990464
 
12. Becoming Muhammad Ali
James Patterson, Kwame Alexander, Dawud Anyabwile (Illus.), jimmy patterson, $16.99, 9780316498166
 
13. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
 
14. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
15. The Mysteries of the Universe- Debut
Will Gater, DK Children, $19.99, 9781465499332
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for November 11, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 8, 2020
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  Young Adult  
1. Instant Karma- Debut
Marissa Meyer, Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250618818
 
2. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 
3. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
 
4. Punching the Air
Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062996480
 
5. Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title)
Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529
 
6. The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811
 
7. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
 
8. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
9. Dear Justyce
Nic Stone, Crown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984829665
 
10. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
11. Elatsoe
Darcie Little Badger, Rovina Cai (Illus.), Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140053
 
12. Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769
 
13. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
14. The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
Garth Nix, Katherine Tegen Books, $19.99, 9780062683250
 
15. Long Way Down: The Graphic Novel
Jason Reynolds, Danica Novgorodoff (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $19.99, 9781534444959
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for November 11, 2020
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Cozy
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109793
 
2. I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Debbie Levy, Elizabeth Baddeley (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781481465595
 
3. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
5. What We'll Build: Plans For Our Together Future
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $19.99, 9780593206751
 
6. The Couch Potato- Debut
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062954534
 
7. 5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas
Jimmy Fallon, Rich Deas (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250266477
 
8. Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice- Debut
Nikki Grimes, Laura Freeman (Illus.), Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534462670
 
9. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
10. I Am Every Good Thing
Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $17.99, 9780525518778
 
11. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
12. Kamala and Maya's Big Idea
Meena Harris, Ana Ramírez González (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062937407
 
13. If You Come to Earth
Sophie Blackall, Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781452137797
 
14. Attack of the Underwear Dragon
Scott Rothman, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593119891
 
15. The Crayons' Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for November 11, 2020
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  Children's Series  
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
2. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
3. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
4. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
5. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop
 
6. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
7. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
8. Spy School (hardcover and paperback)
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
 
9. The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick
 
10. The Last Kids on Earth (hardcover and paperback)
Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 8, 2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. The Good Lord Bird
James McBride, Riverhead, $16.00, 9781594632785

30. A Single Thread
Tracy Chevalier, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525558262

31. Poems 1962-2012
Louise Glück, FSG, $22.00, 9780374534097

32. The Best American Mystery Stories 2020
C.J. Box, Otto Penzler (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328636102

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

34. Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson, Riverhead Books, $16.00, 9780525535287

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

36. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155

37. Lovecraft Country
Matt Ruff, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062292070

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

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

40. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through
Joy Harjo (Ed.), Norton, $19.95, 9780393356809

41. In the Woods
Tana French, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143113492

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

43. The World That We Knew
Alice Hoffman, S&S, $17.00, 9781501137587

44. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062409218

45. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734

46. The Boy from the Woods
Harlan Coben, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538748206

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

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

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

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 8, 2020

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

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

18. Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1)
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780063051331

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

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

21. The Best American Essays 2020
André Aciman, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358359913

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

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

24. The Best American Food Writing 2020
Silvia Killingsworth, J. Kenji López-Alt (Eds.), Mariner Books, $16.99, 9780358344582

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

26. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988485

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

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

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

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

31. These Truths
Jill Lepore, Norton, $19.95, 9780393357424

32. The Body Is Not an Apology
Sonya Renee Taylor, Berrett-Koehler Publishers, $18.95, 9781626569768

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

34. Furious Hours
Casey Cep, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972052

35. Year of the Monkey
Patti Smith, Vintage, $16.00, 9781984898920

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

37. The Best American Travel Writing 2020
Robert Macfarlane, Jason Wilson (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358362036

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

45. Lessons From Lucy
Dave Barry, S&S, $16.00, 9781501161162

46. Decisions and Dissents of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Corey Brettschneider (Ed.), Penguin Classics, $15.00, 9780143135111

47. Emergent Strategy
Adrienne Maree Brown, AK Press, $16.00, 9781849352604

48. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World Library, $16.00, 9781577314806

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

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 8, 2020

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

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

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

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

20. Magic Lessons
Alice Hoffman, S&S, $27.99, 9781982108847

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

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

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

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

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

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

27. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606

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

29. White Ivy
Susie Yang, S&S, $26.00, 9781982100599

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

31. The Lost Spells
Robert MacFarlane, Jackie Morris (Illus.), Anansi International, $26.00, 9781487007799

32. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $28.00, 9780593133842

33. Troubles in Paradise
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316435581

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

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

36. The Silence
Don DeLillo, Scribner, $22.00, 9781982164553

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

38. To Be a Man: Stories
Nicole Krauss, Harper, $26.99, 9780062431028

39. Monogamy
Sue Miller, Harper, $28.99, 9780062969651

40. Plain Bad Heroines
Emily M. Danforth, Sara Lautman (Illus.), Morrow, $27.99, 9780062942852

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

42. Black Sun
Rebecca Roanhorse, Gallery/Saga Press, $27.99, 9781534437678

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

44. Just Like You
Nick Hornby, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593191385

45. The Exiles
Christina Baker Kline, Custom House, $27.99, 9780062356345

46. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $26.99, 9781250217288

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

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

49. Troubled Blood
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland Books, $29.00, 9780316498937

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

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 8, 2020

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

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

18. Obama: An Intimate Portrait
Pete Souza, Little Brown, $50.00, 9780316512589

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

20. Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
John Lithgow, Chronicle Prism, $22.95, 9781797209463

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

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

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

24. Group
Christie Tate, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $27.00, 9781982154615

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

26. Rage
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30.00, 9781982131739

27. Notorious RBG
Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, Dey Street, $25.99, 9780062415837

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

29. How to Write One Song
Jeff Tweedy, Dutton, $23.00, 9780593183526

30. Where I Come From
Rick Bragg, Knopf, $26.95, 9780593317785

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

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

33. Think Like a Monk
Jay Shetty, S&S, $27.00, 9781982134488

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

35. Joe Biden
Evan Osnos, Scribner, $23.00, 9781982174026

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

37. Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
Fareed Zakaria, Norton, $26.95, 9780393542134

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

39. Just Us
Claudia Rankine, Graywolf Press, $30.00, 9781644450215

40. Begin Again
Eddie S. Glaude, Crown, $27.00, 9780525575320

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

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

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

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

45. The Man Who Ran Washington
Peter Baker, Susan Glasser, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385540551

46. She Come By It Natural
Sarah Smarsh, Scribner, $22.00, 9781982157289

47. Trust
Pete Buttigieg, Liveright, $23.95, 9781631498770

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

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

50. Shit, Actually
Lindy West, Hachette Books, $27.00, 9780316449823

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending November 8, 2020

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

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

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

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

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

16. The Museum of Desire
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780525618546

17. Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier, Avon, $8.99, 9780380778553

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062984630

31. The Death of Mrs. Westaway
Ruth Ware, Pocket, $9.99, 9781982123659

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

33. The Lord of the Rings:The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706

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

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

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

37. Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062476371

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

39. Tom Clancy Code of Honor
Marc Cameron, Berkley, $9.99, 9780525541738

40. Death on the Nile
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062882059

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

42. Lethal Agent
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501190636

43. When You See Me
Lisa Gardner, Dutton, $9.99, 9781524745028

44. Hunter Killer
Brad Taylor, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062886033

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

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

47. The Once and Future King
T.H. White, Ace, $9.99, 9780441627400

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

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

50. Old Bones
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538747230

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