November 22, 2023

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for November 22, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 19, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781668017340
Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II.
2/5
2 Bookshops & Bonedust
Travis Baldree, Tor Books, $17.99, 9781250886101
Set in the world of Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust takes us on a journey of high fantasy, first loves, and secondhand books.
1/2
3 A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569
From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.
3/62
4 Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593420324
Trust is an unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy, and perception. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
4/29
5 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933
Reid's novel is a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day.
5/129
6 The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498
Haig's book is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived.
7/28
7 The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club.
8/78
8 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463
These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge.
6/9
9 Babel
R.F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433
Kuang's breathtaking novel grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire.
9/12
10 A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707
Yanagihara's astonishing novel about love and friendship in the 21st century was a March 2015 Indie Next Pick and a National Book Award finalist.
12/33
11 Mad Honey
Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18.00, 9781984818409
A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind.
10/11
12 Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088
Baldree's novel of "High Fantasy and Low Stakes" is a November 2022 Indie Next Pick.
11/22
13 It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
In Hoover's honest, evocative, and tender novel, a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance can't stop thinking about her first love.
14/102
14 A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583
The seductive and stunning sequel to Sarah J. Maas's spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses.
13/13
15 The Best American Short Stories 2023
Min Jin Lee, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063275904
A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee and series editor Heidi Pitlor.
15/4
 
     

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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for November 22, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 19, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831
Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history.
1/6
2 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 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.
2/206
3 The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917--2017
Rashid Khalidi, Picador, $19.99, 9781250787651
A history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history.
4/4
4 The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $21.99, 9780063076105
A candid and insightful memoir by the popular member of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters.
5/3
5 All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering.
3/107
6 The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
6/164
7 The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human
Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $21.00, 9781982117368
Rich with Mukherjee's revelatory and exhilarating stories of scientists, doctors, and the patients whose lives may be saved by their work, The Song of the Cell is the third book in this extraordinary writer's exploration of what it means to be human.
9/4
8 Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951
From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.
8/34
9 An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20.00, 9780593133255
Every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. In An Immense World, science journalist Ed Yong helps us to experience the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that other animals perceive.
7/12
10 Novelist as a Vocation
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $17.00, 9781101974537
An insightful look into the mind of a master storyteller—and a unique look at the craft of writing from the beloved and bestselling author of 1Q84.
10/2
11 The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present
Paul McCartney, Liveright, $30.00, 9781324094098
A work of unparalleled candor and splendorous beauty, The Lyrics celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of Paul McCartney through 154 of his most meaningful songs.
12/2
12 The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316441094
A revelatory biography from Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff about the most essential founding father—the one who stood behind the change in thinking that produced the American Revolution.
13/4
13 The 2024 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571989529
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more all presented in the inimitably useful and humorous way it has done since 1792.
11/12
14 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong.
/77
15 Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088
A young poet tells the unforgettable story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this moving, page-turning memoir.
/23
 
     

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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for November 22, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 19, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
She's survived her first year at Basgiath War College for dragon riders...but the danger is just beginning in the electrifying follow-up to Fourth Wing.
1/2
2 Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
3/26
3 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946
Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick.
7/15
4 Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063327528
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick.
4/16
5 Fourth Wing Special Edition
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649376169
The year's biggest book sensation returns in this completely jaw-dropping special edition.
2/2
6 Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547345
Funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist. An April 2022 Indie Next Pick.
5/85
7 The Narrow Road Between Desires- Debut
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $26.00, 9780756419172
Patrick Rothfuss returns to the wildly popular Kingkiller Chronicle universe with a stunning reimagining of The Lightning Tree. This touching stand-alone story is sure to please new readers and veteran Rothfuss fans alike.
/1
8 Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
6/57
9 System Collapse- Debut
Martha Wells, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250826978
Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back in the next installment in Martha Wells's bestselling Murderbot Diaries series. A November 2023 Indie Next Pick.
/1
10 The Little Liar- Debut
Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406651
Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a coastal Greek city during the Holocaust, to America, where the intertwined lives of three survivors are forever changed by the perils of deception and the grace of redemption.
/1
11 So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men- Debut
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802160850
From Booker Prize Finalist and bestselling author of Small Things Like These, comes a triptych of stories about love, lust, betrayal, and the ever-intriguing interchanges between women and men. A November 2023 Indie Next Pick.
/1
12 The Exchange
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385548953
John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm.
8/5
13 The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32.00, 9780802162175
Verghese's new novel is a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick.
10/29
14 Let Us Descend
Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982104498
Ward's brilliant new novel about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War is the #1 Indie Next Pick for November 2023.
9/4
15 Day- Debut
Michael Cunningham, Random House, $28.00, 9780399591341
An exploration of love and loss, the struggles and limitations of family life—and how we all must learn to live together and apart—from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Hours. A November 2023 Indie Next Pick.
/1
 
     

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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for November 22, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 19, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 The Woman in Me
Britney Spears, Gallery Books, $32.99, 9781668009048
Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears's groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love—and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last.
1/4
2 My Name Is Barbra
Barbra Streisand, Viking, $47.00, 9780525429524
No entertainer's memoir has been more anticipated than Barbra Streisand's, and this engrossing and delightful book will be eagerly welcomed by her millions of fans.
2/2
3 Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $32.00, 9780593444511
Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-right plotters trying to steer our nation toward an alliance with the Nazis.
3/5
4 The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260
The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by David Grann, one of our greatest nonfiction writers. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick.
6/31
5 Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Viking, $30.00, 9780593652961
Many books tell us what has happened over the last five years. Democracy Awakening explains how we got to this perilous point, what our history really tells us about ourselves, and what the future of democracy can be.
4/8
6 How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House, $30.00, 9780593230060
A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives.
5/4
7 The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us.
7/44
8 My Effin' Life- Debut
Geddy Lee, Harper, $40.00, 9780063159419
The long-awaited memoir, generously illustrated with never-before-seen photos, from the iconic Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, Rush bassist, and bestselling author of Geddy Lee's Big Beautiful Book of Bass.
/1
9 Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir
Matthew Perry, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250866448
Matthew Perry's memoir is is both intimate and eye-opening—as well as a hand extended to anyone struggling with sobriety. Unflinchingly honest, moving, and uproariously funny, this is the book fans have been waiting for.
/6
10 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461
From the bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a luminous book that traces the passing of seasons, personal and natural. A November 2023 Indie Next Pick.
10/4
11 Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things
Adam Grant, Viking, $32.00, 9780593653142
This book reveals how anyone can rise to achieve greater things. The true measure of your potential is not the height of the peak you've reached, but how far you've climbed to get there.
9/4
12 Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Michael Lewis, Norton, $30.00, 9781324074335
From the bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX's spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center.
11/7
13 Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982181284
An astonishingly intimate biography of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence.
12/10
14 World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music
Jeff Tweedy, Dutton, $26.00, 9780593472521
An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and bestselling author Jeff Tweedy, sharing fifty songs that changed his life, the real-life experiences behind each one, as well as what he's learned about how music and life intertwine and enhance each other.
8/2
15 Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party- Debut
Jonathan Karl, Dutton, $32.00, 9780593473986
An extraordinary view into the politics of our times, Tired of Winning explores how Donald Trump remade the Republican Party in his own image.
/1
ON THE RISE
19 Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll, Jr., Harper Select, $29.99, 9781400337019
Scrutinizing long-buried historical documents, NCIS star Mark Harmon and co-author Leon Carroll, a former NCIS Special Agent, have brought forth a true-life NCIS story of deception, discovery, and danger.
 
 
     

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Mass Market



Bestseller List for November 22, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 19, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
1/385
2 The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916
3/13
3 No Plan B
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577
5/20
4 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972
2/13
5 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
4/209
6 Tom Clancy Red Winter- Debut
Marc Cameron, Berkley, $10.99, 9780593422779
/1
7 Girl, Forgotten
Karin Slaughter, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062859044
/3
8 The Jailhouse Lawyer
James Patterson, Nancy Allen, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752609
10/4
9 Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
8/18
10 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
7/101
 
     

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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for November 22, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 19, 2023
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1 Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World
Tui T. Sutherland, Joy Ang (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $24.99, 9781338634822
 
2 Dogtown
Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608
 
3 The Puppets of Spelhorst
Kate DiCamillo, Julie Morstad (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536216752
 
4 The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810
 
5 The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
 
6 Juniper's Christmas
Eoin Colfer, Roaring Brook Press, $22.99, 9781250321947
 
7 Cat on the Run in Cat of Death!
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825
 
8 Letters from Father Christmas
J.R.R. Tolkien, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063340534
 
9 From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153
 
10 Rise of the Shadowfire: A Graphic Novel
Jaimal Yogis, Vivian Truong (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338660456
 
11 96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More!
Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933
 
12 Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
 
13 Duel- Debut
Jessixa Bagley, Aaron Bagley (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781534496545
 
14 The Ogress and the Orphans
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $10.99, 9781643754017
 
15 Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
 
     

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Young Adult



Bestseller List for November 22, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 19, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Young Adult  
1 Check & Mate
Ali Hazelwood, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $14.00, 9780593619919
 
2 Nightbane
Alex Aster, Amulet, $19.99, 9781419760907
 
3 Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
 
4 Lightlark
Alex Aster, Amulet, $12.99, 9781419760877
 
5 What the River Knows
Isabel Ibañez, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250803375
 
6 Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
 
7 If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
 
8 A Study in Drowning
Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506
 
9 Nimona
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227
 
10 The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114
 
11 Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636
 
12 Where He Can't Find You
Darcy Coates, Sourcebooks Fire, $11.99, 9781728278940
 
13 Braiding Sweetgrass for Young Adults: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Monique Gray Smith, Nicole Neidhardt (Illus.), Zest Books, $17.99, 9781728458991
 
14 Dark Heir- Debut
C. S. Pacat, Quill Tree Books, $21.99, 9780062946171
 
15 Warrior Girl Unearthed
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $19.99, 9781250766588
 
 
     

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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for November 22, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 19, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Illustrated  
1 Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770
 
2 How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
 
3 The Big Cheese
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780063329508
 
4 Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $19.99, 9781419769047
 
5 Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
 
6 Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
 
7 Dragon's First Taco
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178
 
8 Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Lost Christmas!- Debut
Alastair Heim, Aristides Ruiz (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593563168
 
9 The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
10 How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
 
11 If I Was a Horse
Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316510981
 
12 Moo, Baa, Fa La La La La!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665914352
 
13 Bluey: 12 Days of Christmas- Debut
Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593661420
 
14 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
15 Something, Someday
Amanda Gorman, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203255
 
 
     

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Children's Series



Bestseller List for November 22, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending November 19, 2023
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  Children's Series  
1 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
2 The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 
3 The Inheritance Cycle (hardcover and paperback)
Christopher Paolini, Knopf Books for Young Readers
 
4 Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
5 Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
6 The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
New in Series: The Bad Guys in Look Who's Talking (9781338892734)
 
7 Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 
8 Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
 
9 I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
New in Series: I Survived the Great Alaska Earthquake, 1964 (9781338891782)
 
10 Spy School (hardcover and paperback)
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 19, 2023

16 The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703

17 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702

18 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606

19 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323

20 The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $18.00, 9780307389091

21 Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591

22 Wreck the Halls
Tessa Bailey, Avon, $18.99, 9780063308305

23 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624

24 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957

25 The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352

26 House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577020

27 It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226

28 The Twist of a Knife
Anthony Horowitz, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780062938190

29 Wildfire
Hannah Grace, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668026274

30 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570

31 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038

32 The Way Forward
yung pueblo, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781524874834

33 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab, Tor, $19.99, 9780765387578

34 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593183212

35 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780593500156

36 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990

37 Liberation Day: Stories
George Saunders, Random House, $17.00, 9780525509615

38 A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.00, 9781635575620

39 Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982153090

40 The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064

41 The Good Part
Sophie Cousens, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $18.00, 9780593539897

42 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318

43 The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007

44 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990

45 Iris Kelly Doesn't Date
Ashley Herring Blake, Berkley, $18.00, 9780593550571

46 Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop
Jenny Colgan, Avon, $18.99, 9780063260450

47 Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593492666

48 Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20.00, 9781982168445

49 The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Lauren Groff (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Anchor, $18.00, 9780593470596

50 Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 19, 2023

16 Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Likes to Walk Outside
Nick Offerman, Dutton, $18.00, 9781101984703

17 Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593315200

18 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791

19 American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25.00, 9780375726262

20 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

21 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037

22 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18.00, 9781250849359

23 And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Jon Meacham, Random House, $25.00, 9780553393989

24 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr.Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18.00, 9781524746742

25 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19.00, 9780143129257

26 The Best American Essays 2023
Vivian Gornick, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063288843

27 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18.99, 9781643753287

28 Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22.00, 9781324094067

29 The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
Carl Zimmer, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063293212

30 Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Rachel Aviv, Picador, $18.00, 9781250872913

31 The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143125471

32 Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433

33 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255

34 Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Angela Y. Davis, Haymarket Books, $15.95, 9781608465644

35 The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 1
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $19.99, 9781524884970

36 How We Live Is How We Die
Pema Chodron, Shambhala, $21.95, 9781645472407

37 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781797212272

38 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110

39 Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
Noa Tishby, Free Press, $19.99, 9781982144944

40 American Midnight: The Great War, a Violent Peace, and Democracy's Forgotten Crisis
Adam Hochschild, Mariner Books, $24.99, 9780063278523

41 Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $18.00, 9781416591061

42 The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene, Penguin, $26.00, 9780140280197

43 Winter Solstice: An Essay
Nina Maclaughlin, Black Sparrow Press, $14.95, 9781574232578

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

45 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.99, 9780525510321

46 The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25.00, 9781250858801

47 The Best American Food Writing 2023
Mark Bittman, Silvia Killingsworth, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063322523

48 The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $18.99, 9781451697728

49 Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807014271

50 When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe, Anchor, $18.00, 9780593081877

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 19, 2023

16 Resurrection Walk
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316563765

17 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201

18 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741

19 The Vulnerables
Sigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593715512

20 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157

21 North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28.00, 9780593597033

22 Blackouts
Justin Torres, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374293574

23 The Edge
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $30.00, 9781538719916

24 Roman Stories
Jhumpa Lahiri, Todd Portnowitz (Transl.), Knopf, $27.00, 9780593536322

25 The Mysteries
Bill Watterson, John Kascht, Andrews McMeel, $19.99, 9781524884949

26 The Fraud
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29.00, 9780525558965

27 The Secret
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818584

28 Yellowface
R.F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833

29 Absolution
Alice McDermott, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28.00, 9780374610487

30 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243732

31 The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593418390

32 The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $27.00, 9781646221950

33 Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668016138

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

35 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335005625

36 The Iliad
Homer, Emily Watson (Transl.), Norton, $39.95, 9781324001805

37 The Last Devil to Die
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9780593299425

38 Starling House
Alix E. Harrow, Tor, $28.99, 9781250799050

39 Before We Say Goodbye
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335009111

40 The Future
Naomi Alderman, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668025680

41 The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212

42 Wellness
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593536117

43 The Armor of Light
Ken Follett, Viking, $38.00, 9780525954996

44 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969

45 Sword Catcher
Cassandra Clare, Del Rey, $30.00, 9780525619994

46 Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593441275

47 Foster
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802160140

48 Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $27.99, 9781501153228

49 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28.00, 9781982179007

50 Lady Tan's Circle of Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982117085

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 19, 2023

16 Being Henry: The Fonz...and Beyond
Henry Winkler, Celadon Books, $30.00, 9781250888099

17 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525657323

18 Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
Mary Beard, Liveright, $39.99, 9780871404220

19 Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll, Jr., Harper Select, $29.99, 9781400337019

20 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292

21 Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Cat Bohannon, Knopf, $35.00, 9780385350549

22 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581

23 Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
Stephanie Land, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.00, 9781982151393

24 Guinness World Records 2024
Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484378

25 Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook
Sohla El-Waylly, Knopf, $45.00, 9780593320464

26 I Must Be Dreaming
Roz Chast, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.99, 9781620403228

27 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598

28 A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9781984881724

29 Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593472675

30 The Cat Who Taught Zen
James Norbury, William Morrow, $25.00, 9780063347618

31 Big Heart Little Stove: Bringing Home Meals & Moments from The Lost Kitchen
Erin French, Celadon Books, $38.00, 9781250832313

32 Making It So: A Memoir
Patrick Stewart, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781982167738

33 The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013

34 Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700

35 Enough
Cassidy Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668028285

36 Romney: A Reckoning
McKay Coppins, Scribner, $32.50, 9781982196202

37 The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $28.00, 9781643753096

38 Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593655955

39 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780358458180

40 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374610326

41 To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker, National Geographic, $30.00, 9781426223303

42 I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824

43 More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen: A Cookbook
Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780593578841

44 Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30.00, 9780593545409

45 The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
Ned Blackhawk, Yale University Press, $35.00, 9780300244052

46 The Fund: Ray Dalio, Bridgewater Associates, and the Unraveling of a Wall Street Legend
Rob Copeland, St. Martin's Press, $32.00, 9781250276933

47 Snacking Bakes: Simple Recipes for Cookies, Bars, Brownies, Cakes, and More
Yossy Arefi, Clarkson Potter, $25.00, 9780593579176

48 Opinions: A Decade of Arguments, Criticism, and Minding Other People's Business
Roxane Gay, Harper, $30.00, 9780063341463

49 Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
Dolly Parton, Ten Speed Press, $50.00, 9781984862129

50 Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair
Mercury Stardust, DK, $24.99, 9780744079074

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending November 19, 2023

11 The Family Upstairs
Lisa Jewell, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668026519

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

13 The Wish
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538728635

14 Without a Trace
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821881

15 The Judge's List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831

16 A Flicker in the Dark
Stacy Willingham, Minotaur, $9.99, 9781250896445

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

18 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541

19 Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival
Tom Clavin, St. Martin's , $9.99, 9781250878052

20 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296

21 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342

22 Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909

23 Reckless Girls
Rachel Hawkins, St. Martin's , $9.99, 9781250896438

24 In a Holidaze
Christina Lauren, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668026601

25 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357

26 Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928

27 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233

28 The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672

29 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110

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

31 Overkill
Sandra Brown, Grand Central , $10.99, 9781538752029

32 That Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668020661

33 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741

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

35 Night Shift
Stephen King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780307743640

36 The Whittiers
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821850

37 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125

38 The Recovery Agent
Janet Evanovich, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982154936

39 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487

40 The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657

41 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686

42 The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $16.00, 9780756411329

43 Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780593599006

44 The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553588941

45 The Horsewoman
James Patterson, Mike Lupica, Grand Central , $10.99, 9781538752944

46 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488

47 Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing, $9.99, 9781612681139

48 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286

49 The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
Edgar Allan Poe, Signet, $5.95, 9780451530318

50 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484

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