November 25, 2020

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 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. Home Body- Debut
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808
Kaur's greatly anticipated third collection of poetry.
/1
2. Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148506
A heartbreaking story of addiction, sexuality, and love, Shuggie Bain is an epic portrayal of a working-class family that is rarely seen in fiction. A 2020 National Book Award Finalist and shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize.
5/4
3. 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.
3/86
4. 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.
4/32
5. The Water Dancer- Debut
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18.00, 9780399590610
Coates' debut novel is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen.
/1
6. Interior Chinatown- Debut
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.
/1
7. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263
A personal selection of Oliver's best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.
1/2
8. Olive, Again
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.
6/3
9. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17.00, 9781476749303
A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression.
8/25
10. 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.
12/12
11. The Best American Short Stories 2020
Curtis Sittenfeld, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328485373
A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories.
9/3
12. 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.
7/21
13. 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.
14/40
14. 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.
13/40
15. What Kind of Woman
Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780063008427
A stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships of being a woman in the world today.
2/2


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 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.
2/50
2. 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.
1/11
3. 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.
3/46
4. 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.
12/120
5. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888
Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilkerson's chronicle of the decades-long migration of Black citizens who fled the South in search of a better life.
5/42
6. 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.
8/4
7. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
9/30
8. 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.
7/89
9. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415
DiAngelo explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.
4/85
10. Shade
Pete Souza, Voracious, $19.99, 9780316458214
By the bestselling author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait, a potent commentary on the presidency--and our country.
/3
11. Conversations with RBG
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.
11/3
12. No One Asked for This: Essays- Debut
Cazzie David, Mariner, $17.99, 9780358197027
David's acerbic, darkly funny essays about misanthropy, social media, anxiety, relationships, and growing up in a wildly eccentric family.
/1
13. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021- Debut
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988485
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.
/1
14. Intimations
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $10.95, 9780593297612
Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of reflective essays by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time.
15/16
15. 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.
6/11


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 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. Rhythm of War- Debut
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $34.99, 9780765326386
Book four of Sanderson's epic fantasy saga, The Stormlight Archive.
/1
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.
3/11
3. 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.
2/25
4. 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.
1/7
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.
7/7
6. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969
Jake Brigance returns in John Grisham's most powerful courtroom drama yet.
6/6
7. Moonflower Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $28.99, 9780062955456
Brilliantly clever, relentlessly suspenseful, full of twists that will keep readers guessing with each revelation and clue, Moonflower Murders is a deviously dark take on vintage English crime fiction. A November 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/2
8. 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.
11/4
9. The Law of Innocence
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316485623
In Connelly's latest thriller, Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller must defend himself against murder charges.
5/2
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.
9/12
11. 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.
10/4
12. 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.
8/7
13. 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.
13/19
14. Daylight- Debut
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538761694
FBI Agent Atlee Pine's search for her sister clashes with military investigator John Puller's high-stakes case, leading them both deep into a global conspiracy.
/1
15. 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.
14/10


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Promised Land- Debut
Barack Obama, Crown, $45.00, 9781524763169
Barack Obama's insightful first volume of his presidential memoirs.
/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.
1/16
3. The Best of Me
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316628242
The Best of Me spans a career spent watching and learning and laughing--quite often at himself--and invites readers deep into the world of one of the most brilliant and original writers of our time.
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.
4/7
5. A Wealth of Pigeons: A Cartoon Collection- Debut
Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250262899
Steve Martin partnered with heralded New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss and together they created this collection of humorous cartoons and comic strips, with amusing commentary about their collaboration throughout. A December 2020 Indie Next List Great Read
/1
6. 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.
5/37
7. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30.00, 9780593139134
McConaughey's unconventional memoir is filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.
3/5
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.
9/39
9. Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics- Debut
Dolly Parton, Robert K. Oermann, Chronicle Books, $50.00, 9781797205090
A landmark celebration of the remarkable life and career of a country music and pop culture legend, Dolly Parton.
/1
10. 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.
10/7
11. One Life
Megan Rapinoe, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984881168
Megan Rapinoe, Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion, reveals for the first time her life both on and off the field.
6/2
12. No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality- Debut
Michael J. Fox, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250265616
Michael J.Fox's moving account of resilience, hope, fear, and mortality, and how these things resonate in our lives.
/1
13. 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.
/38
14. HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style- Debut
Elizabeth Holmes, Celadon Books, $35.00, 9781250625083
Veteran style journalist Elizabeth Holmes' nuanced look at the fashion and branding of the four most influential members of the British Royal Family: Queen Elizabeth II; Diana, Princess of Wales; Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge; and Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex.
/1
15. First Principles
Thomas E. Ricks, Harper, $29.99, 9780062997456
A revelatory new book about the founding fathers, examining their educations and, in particular, their devotion to the ancient Greek and Roman classics--and how that influence would shape their ideals and the new American nation.
7/2


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/53
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/229
3. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
/58
4. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
/32
5. The Way of Kings- Debut
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
/1
6. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
9/20
7. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
4/18
8. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
3/10
9. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487
5/29
10. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
/25


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. The Ickabog
J K. Rowling, Scholastic, $26.99, 9781338732870
 
2. This Is Your Time
Ruby Bridges, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780593378526
 
3. Class Act
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500
 
4. Skunk and Badger
Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057
 
5. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
6. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
7. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
8. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
 
9. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
 
10. A Whale of the Wild
Rosanne Parry, Lindsay Moore (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $17.99, 9780062995926
 
11. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
12. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $8.99, 9781481438292
 
13. The Silver Arrow
Lev Grossman, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316539531
 
14. Becoming Muhammad Ali
James Patterson, Kwame Alexander, Dawud Anyabwile (Illus.), jimmy patterson, $16.99, 9780316498166
 
15. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062377029
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Young Adult  
1. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 
2. These Violent Delights- Debut
Chloe Gong, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.99, 9781534457690
 
3. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
 
4. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
5. Dear Justyce
Nic Stone, Crown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984829665
 
6. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
7. Punching the Air
Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062996480
 
8. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
 
9. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
10. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
11. Super Fake Love Song- Debut
David Yoon, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984812230
 
12. Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769
 
13. Skyhunter
Marie Lu, Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250221681
 
14. Juliet Takes a Breath
Gabby Rivera, Penguin Young Readers Group, $17.99, 9780593108178
 
15. Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title)
Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 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. What We'll Build: Plans For Our Together Future
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $19.99, 9780593206751
 
3. 5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas
Jimmy Fallon, Rich Deas (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250266477
 
4. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
5. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
6. Little Blue Truck's Christmas
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780544320413
 
7. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
8. Kamala and Maya's Big Idea
Meena Harris, Ana Ramírez González (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062937407
 
9. Unicorns Are the Worst!
Alex Willan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534453838
 
10. I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark
Debbie Levy, Elizabeth Baddeley (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781481465595
 
11. The Couch Potato
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062954534
 
12. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780544580145
 
13. The Crayons' Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
 
14. Attack of the Underwear Dragon
Scott Rothman, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593119891
 
15. Christmas Parade- Debut
Sandra Boynton, Little Simon, $7.99, 9781534478060
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 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. Keeper of the Lost Cities (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin
New in Series: Unlocked (9781534463424)
 
5. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
6. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
7. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
8. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
9. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop
 
10. The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020

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

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

18. The Queen's Gambit
Walter Tevis, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400030606

19. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062913494

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

21. The Shadow King
Maaza Mengiste, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358513

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

36. In a Holidaze
Christina Lauren, Gallery Books, $16.00, 9781982123949

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

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

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

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

41. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
Deesha Philyaw, West Virginia University Press, $18.99, 9781949199734

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

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

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

45. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tordotcom, $17.99, 9781250313188

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

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

48. The Grammarians
Cathleen Schine, Picador, $17.00, 9781250758231

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

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. The Best American Food Writing 2020
Sylvia Killingsworth, J.Kenji Lopez-Alt (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358344582

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37. White Tears/Brown Scars
Ruby Hamad, Catapult, $16.95, 9781948226745

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

39. We Will Not Cancel Us
Adrienne Maree Brown, AK Press, $10.00, 9781849354226

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

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

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

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

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

45. Hyperbole and a Half
Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $21.00, 9781451666175

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

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

48. How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
Kiese Laymon, Scribner, $16.00, 9781982170820

49. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99, 9781476740195

50. Running with Sherman
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525433255

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020

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

17. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474

18. Dearly
Margaret Atwood, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063032491

19. Memorial
Bryan Washington, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593087275

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

35. The Kingdom
Jo Nesbo, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525655411

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

46. Fortune and Glory
Janet Evanovich, Atria, $28.99, 9781982154837

47. V2
Robert Harris, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656715

48. The Burning God
R.F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $26.99, 9780062662620

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

50. To Be a Man
Nicole Krauss, Harper, $26.99, 9780062431028

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020

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

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

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

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

20. Ottolenghi Flavor
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ixta Belfrage, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780399581755

21. Pappyland
Wright Thompson, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9780735221253

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

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

24. I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are
Rachel Bloom, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538745359

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

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

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

28. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Emmanuel Acho, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250800466

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

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

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

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

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

34. We Keep the Dead Close
Becky Cooper, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538746837

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

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

37. People Who Love to Eat Are Always the Best People
Julia Child, Knopf, $18.95, 9780525658795

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

39. Jacques Pepin Quick & Simple
Jacques Pepin, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $35.00, 9780358352556

40. This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing
Jacqueline Winspear, Soho Press, $27.95, 9781641292696

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

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

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

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

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

46. Frontier Follies
Ree Drummond, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062962751

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

48. What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
Aubrey Gordon, Beacon Press, $25.95, 9780807041307

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

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

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. One Day in December
Josie Silver, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780593160329

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

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

26. The Night Fire
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538701454

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

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

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

30. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945

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

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

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

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

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

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

37. In the Woods
Tana French, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143134824

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

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

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

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

42. Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor Books, $7.99, 9780307743664

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

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

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

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

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

48. The Little Bookshop on the Seine
Rebecca Raisin, Hqn, $9.99, 9781335209603

49. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756411329

50. Storm Front
Jim Butcher, Roc, $9.99, 9780451457813

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