October 13, 2021

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for October 13, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending October 10, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The 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.
1/58
2. 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.
2/19
3. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
The 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.
7/78
4. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
O'Farrell's novel is a luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a tender re-imagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten.
5/21
5. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
National Book Award-winner Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of—and paean to—the natural world.
6/123
6. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501160844
An ingeniously constructed novel about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope—the things that save us, even in the most anxious times.
3/14
7. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984880987
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club.
10/9
8. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593
Herbert's classic masterpiece—a triumph of the imagination—is soon to be a major motion picture.
15/14
9. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
Klune's novel is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place.
4/39
10. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806758
Henry's sparkling new novel will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
8/22
11. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.00, 9781635577808
An intoxicating, hypnotic novel by the bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell.
11/2
12. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18.00, 9780062671196
Erdrich's novel is based on the extraordinary life of her grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C.
9/23
13. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $17.00, 9780525620808
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.
/16
14. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219
Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II.
/79
15. The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $17.99, 9780316422017
In the late 1800s, three sisters use witchcraft to change the course of history in Harrow's powerful novel of magic and the suffragette movement.
14/2


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for October 13, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending October 10, 2021
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
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.
1/96
2. On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century- Debut
Timothy Snyder, Nora Krug (Illus.), Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781984859150
A graphic edition of historian Timothy Snyder's bestselling book of lessons for surviving and resisting America's arc toward authoritarianism, featuring the visual storytelling talents of renowned illustrator Nora Krug.
/1
3. 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.
2/54
4. 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.
3/2
5. The Best of Me
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316242400
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.
4/5
6. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321
In Entangled Life, biologist Merlin Sheldrake shows us the world from a fungal point of view, providing an exhilarating change of perspective.
5/26
7. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2022
Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571988935
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.
6/7
8. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $9.99, 9780804190114
Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the 20th century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
/82
9. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in traditional Toltec beliefs.
8/144
10. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
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.
9/165
11. The Body: A Guide for Occupants
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17.00, 9780804172721
Bryson takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody.
7/37
12. Why Fish Don't Exist
Lulu Miller, S&S, $17.00, 9781501160349
Part biography, part memoir, part scientific adventure, Why Fish Don't Exist is a wondrous fable about how to persevere in a world where chaos will always prevail.
14/17
13. Regeneration: Ending the Climate Crisis in One Generation
Paul Hawken, Penguin, $25.00, 9780143136972
Hawken offers a visionary new approach to climate change, one that weaves justice, climate, biodiversity, equity, and human dignity into a seamless tapestry of action, policy, and transformation that can end the climate crisis in one generation.
10/3
14. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17.00, 9780307742483
Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history.
12/86
15. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $16.99, 9780060899226
In Kitchen Confidential, Bourdain tells the wild-but-true tales of his life in the culinary trade.
/47


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for October 13, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending October 10, 2021
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Lincoln Highway- Debut
Amor Towles, Viking, $30.00, 9780735222359
Towles' stylish and propulsive novel set in 1950s America is an October 2021 Indie Next Pick.
/1
2. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982168438
A beautiful and redemptive novel about stewardship—of the book, of the Earth, of the human heart. The #1 Indie Next Pick for October 2021.
1/2
3. Crossroads- Debut
Jonathan Franzen, FSG, $30.00, 9780374181178
Franzen's new novel is the story of a Midwestern family at a pivotal moment of moral crisis.
/1
4. Bewilderment
Richard Powers, Norton, $27.95, 9780393881141
The heartrending new novel by the bestselling author of The Overstory is an October 2021 Indie Next Pick.
3/3
5. Harlem Shuffle
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545136
A gloriously entertaining novel of heists, shakedowns, and rip-offs set in Harlem in the 1960s. A September 2021 Indie Next Pick.
2/4
6. Beautiful World, Where Are You
Sally Rooney, FSG, $28.00, 9780374602604
Rooney's excellent new novel is a September 2021 Indie Next Pick.
4/5
7. Matrix
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9781594634499
The exhilarating new novel by the bestselling author of Fates and Furies is the #1 Indie Next Pick for September 2021.
7/5
8. Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt, $28.99, 9781250220257
Moriarty's new novel looks at marriage, siblings, and how the people we love the most can hurt us the deepest.
6/4
9. 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.
8/49
10. Under the Whispering Door
TJ Klune, Tor, $26.99, 9781250217349
Klune's hilarious, haunting, and kind new novel is an October 2021 Indie Next Pick.
9/3
11. The Every- Debut
Dave Eggers, McSweeney's , $28.00, 9781952119361
Studded with unforgettable characters and lacerating set pieces, The Every blends satire and terror, while keeping the reader in breathless suspense.
/1
12. The Madness of Crowds
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145260
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache returns to Three Pines in Louise Penny's latest spellbinding novel.
11/7
13. The Last Graduate
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593128862
Novik's stunning sequel to A Deadly Education is an October 2021 Indie Next Pick.
5/2
14. The Man Who Died Twice
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9781984880994
Osman is back with everyone's favorite mystery-solving quartet, and the second installment of The Thursday Murder Club series. An October 2021 Indie Next Pick.
10/2
15. An Elderly Lady Must Not Be Crossed- Debut
Helene Tursten, Soho Crime, $14.99, 9781641291675
Don't let her age fool you. Maud may be nearly ninety, but if you cross her, this elderly lady is more sinister than sweet. An October 2021 Indie Next Pick.
/1


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for October 13, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending October 10, 2021
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Peril
Bob Woodward, Robert Costa, S&S, $30.00, 9781982182915
Woodward and Costa describe how the transition from President Donald J. Trump to President Joseph R. Biden Jr. stands as one of the most dangerous periods in American history.
1/3
2. The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music- Debut
Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780063076099
A candid and insightful memoir by the popular member of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters.
/1
3. Taste: My Life Through Food- Debut
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $28.00, 9781982168018
From award-winning actor and food obsessive Stanley Tucci comes an intimate and charming memoir of life in and out of the kitchen.
/1
4. A Carnival of Snackery: Diaries (2003-2020)- Debut
David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $32.00, 9780316558792
There's no right way to keep a diary, but if there's an entertaining way, David Sedaris seems to have mastered it.
/1
5. Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $30.00, 9780062964618
Anderson Cooper teams with bestselling historian and novelist Katherine Howe to chronicle the rise and fall of a legendary American dynasty—his mother's family, the Vanderbilts.
2/3
6. 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.
4/84
7. Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Mary Roach, Norton, $26.95, 9781324001935
Roach's irresistible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet.
3/4
8. There Is Nothing for You Here: Finding Opportunity in the Twenty-First Century- Debut
Fiona Hill, Mariner Books, $30.00, 9780358574316
In this powerful memoir, foreign policy expert Fiona Hill shares what she has learned, and shows why expanding opportunity is the only long-term hope for our democracy.
/1
9. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
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. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
5/25
10. Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
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.
/61
11. Bourdain: The Definitive Oral Biography
Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $29.99, 9780062909107
A testament to the life of a remarkable man in the words of the people who shared his world.
7/2
12. Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
Simard brings us into the intimate world of trees to illuminate fascinating and vital truths—that trees are not simply the source of timber or pulp, but are a complicated, interdependent circle of life.
8/23
13. A Confederacy of Dumptys: Portraits of American Scoundrels in Verse- Debut
John Lithgow, Chronicle Prism, $22.95, 9781797209470
Skipping through time, and delivered with classic Lithgow wit and style, A Confederacy of Dumptys is an exuberant reminder of how not to repeat history.
/1
14. No Cure for Being Human: (And Other Truths I Need to Hear)
Kate Bowler, Random House, $27.00, 9780593230770
In Bowler's new book, she shows that life is beautiful and terrible, full of hope and despair and everything in between—and there's no cure for being human.
6/2
15. 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.
9/82


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for October 13, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending October 10, 2021
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/99
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/275
3. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
4/41
4. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
3/14
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8/59
6. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
10/60
7. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
/38
8. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
/6
9. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
/24
10. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Quentin Tarantino, Harper Perennial, $9.99, 9780063112520
5/15


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for October 13, 2021
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. The Beatryce Prophecy
Kate DiCamillo, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536213614
 
2. Pony
R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780553508116
 
3. Friends Forever
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317568
 
4. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
 
5. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
 
6. Hooky
Míriam Bonastre Tur, Etch/Clarion Books, $12.99, 9780358468295
 
7. Willodeen
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147400
 
8. Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales
Soman Chainani, Julia Iredale (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062652638
 
9. Kaleidoscope
Brian Selznick, Scholastic, $19.99, 9781338777246
 
10. The Cursed Carnival and Other Calamities: New Stories About Mythic Heroes- Debut
Roshani Chokshi, J.C. Cervantes, Yoon Ha Lee, Carlos Hernandez, Kwame Mbalia, Rebecca Roanhorse, Tehlor Kay Mejia, Sarwat Chadda, Graci Kim, Rick Riordan, Rick Riordan Presents, $17.99, 9781368070836
 
11. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
12. Egg Marks the Spot
Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750064
 
13. Garlic and the Vampire
Bree Paulsen, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062995087
 
14. The Awakening Storm: A Graphic Novel (City of Dragons #1)
Jaimal Yogis, Vivian Truong (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338660425
 
15. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for October 13, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending October 10, 2021
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  Young Adult  
1. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
 
2. Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Penguin Teen, $17.99, 9780735269934
 
3. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
4. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
5. The Girl from the Sea
Molly Knox Ostertag, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338540574
 
6. Vespertine- Debut
Margaret Rogerson, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534477117
 
7. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
 
8. Once Upon a Broken Heart
Stephanie Garber, Flatiron Books, $19.99, 9781250268396
 
9. Beasts of Prey
Ayana Gray, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593405680
 
10. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
11. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 
12. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
13. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
14. Squad- Debut
Maggie Tokuda-Hall, Lisa Sterle (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $14.99, 9780062943149
 
15. These Violent Delights
Chloe Gong, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.99, 9781534457690
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for October 13, 2021
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Change Sings: A Children's Anthem
Amanda Gorman, Loren Long (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203224
 
2. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
 
3. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544772533
 
4. Woodland Dance!
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523514687
 
5. The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062954541
 
6. Boo! Baa, La La La!
Sandra Boynton, Little Simon, $5.99, 9781534452831
 
7. It Fell from the Sky
Terry Fan, Eric Fan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534457621
 
8. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
9. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
10. What Do You Say, Little Blue Truck?
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $14.99, 9780358561958
 
11. Where Do Diggers Trick-or-Treat?
Brianna Caplan Sayres, Christian Slade (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593310175
 
12. Hardly Haunted- Debut
Jessie Sima, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534441705
 
13. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
 
14. Ten Spooky Pumpkins
Gris Grimly, Orchard Books, $17.99, 9781338112443
 
15. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
 


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Children's Series



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  Children's Series  
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
4. Elephant and Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
5. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Chan Chau (Illus.), Graphix
 
6. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
7. I Survived (paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
 
8. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
9. The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
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 October 10, 2021

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

17. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18.00, 9780735219106

18. Payback's a Witch
Lana Harper, Berkley, $16.00, 9780593336069

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

20. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062868947

21. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368

22. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $18.00, 9780143110439

23. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $17.00, 9780593128503

24. The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18.00, 9781609457150

25. Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters, One World, $18.00, 9780593133385

26. The Book of Two Ways
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781984818379

27. The Ex Hex
Erin Sterling, Avon, $15.99, 9780063027473

28. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525562047

29. The Love Hypothesis
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $16.00, 9780593336823

30. The Best Short Stories 2021: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Ed.), Anchor, $16.95, 9780593311257

31. Snow
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $16.99, 9781335629036

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

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

34. Fresh Water for Flowers
Valérie Perrin, Europa Editions, $16.95, 9781609456764

35. Magic Lessons
Alice Hoffman, S&S, $17.00, 9781982108854

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

37. One Last Stop
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250244499

38. The Cold Millions
Jess Walter, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780062868091

39. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780062963680

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

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

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

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

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

45. The Rose Code
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062943477

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

47. Plain Bad Heroines
Emily M. Danforth, Sara Lautman (Illus.), Morrow , $17.99, 9780062942869

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

49. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $17.99, 9780316509886

50. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $17.99, 9780316229296

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 10, 2021

16. Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
Emily Nagoski, Ph.D., S&S, $18.00, 9781982165314

17. The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive
Lucy Adlington, Harper, $17.99, 9780063030930

18. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470

19. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415

20. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Trevor Noah, One World, $18.00, 9780399588198

21. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536

22. Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525560562

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

24. Greedy: Notes from a Bisexual Who Wants Too Much
Jen Winston, Atria , $18.00, 9781982179175

25. My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470

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

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

28. How to Forage for Mushrooms Without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms
Frank Hyman, Storey Publishing, $16.95, 9781635863321

29. The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $17.00, 9780143129257

30. The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609

31. The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir of Friendship, Loyalty, and War
John "Chick" Donohue, J.T. Molloy, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062995476

32. The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters' Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory
Roxane van Iperen, Harper, $17.99, 9780063097629

33. All We Can Save: Truth, Courage, and Solutions for the Climate Crisis
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson (Eds.), One World, $18.00, 9780593237083

34. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286

35. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934

36. The Price of the Ticket: Collected Nonfiction: 1948-1985
James Baldwin, Beacon Press, $24.95, 9780807006566

37. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes
Sam Sifton, Ten Speed Press, $28.00, 9781984858474

38. In the Dream House: A Memoir
Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $16.00, 9781644450383

39. Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change, and Consumerism
Aja Barber, Balance, $17.99, 9781538709849

40. The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters
Priya Parker, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634932

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

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

43. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888

44. A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312

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

46. This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing
Jacqueline Winspear, Soho Press, $16.95, 9781641292948

47. Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Oregon State University Press, $18.95, 9780870714993

48. Having and Being Had
Eula Biss, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525537465

49. How to Love
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006884

50. How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $17.99, 9781612198552

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 10, 2021

16. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S, $27.00, 9781501171345

17. The Book of Form and Emptiness
Ruth Ozeki, Viking, $30.00, 9780399563645

18. A Spindle Splintered
Alix E. Harrow, Tordotcom, $17.99, 9781250765352

19. The Wish
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538728628

20. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561

21. The Paper Palace
Miranda Cowley Heller, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593329825

22. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, Harper, $28.99, 9780062942937

23. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271

24. A Slow Fire Burning
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735211230

25. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525536291

26. Poison for Breakfast
Lemony Snicket, Liveright, $17.95, 9781324090625

27. April in Spain
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $27.99, 9781335471406

28. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593318171

29. The Final Girl Support Group
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $26.00, 9780593201237

30. The Last House on Needless Street
Catriona Ward, Tor Nightfire, $27.99, 9781250812629

31. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, Special Edition
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $29.99, 9781250830746

32. Billy Summers
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982173616

33. The Magician
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $28.00, 9781476785080

34. Three Sisters
Heather Morris, St. Martin's Press, $28.99, 9781250276896

35. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204

36. Malibu Rising
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781524798659

37. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593101537

38. The Death of Jane Lawrence
Caitlin Starling, St. Martin's Press, $27.99, 9781250272584

39. The Morning Star
Karl Ove Knausgaard, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780399563423

40. We Are Not Like Them
Christine Pride, Jo Piazza, Atria, $27.00, 9781982181031

41. I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness
Claire Vaye Watkins, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593330210

42. Fight Night
Miriam Toews, Bloomsbury Publishing, $24.00, 9781635578171

43. Lightning Strike
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $27.00, 9781982128685

44. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250178602

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

46. My Monticello
Jocelyn Nicole Johnson, Holt, $26.99, 9781250807151

47. The Guide
Peter Heller, Knopf, $27.00, 9780525657767

48. Once There Were Wolves
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250244147

49. Light From Uncommon Stars
Ryka Aoki, Tor Books, $25.99, 9781250789068

50. Daughter of the Morning Star
Craig Johnson, Viking, $28.00, 9780593297254

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 10, 2021

16. Your Guide to Not Getting Murdered in a Quaint English Village
Maureen Johnson, Jay Cooper, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781984859624

17. I'll Take Your Questions Now: What I Saw at the Trump White House
Stephanie Grisham, Harper, $28.99, 9780063142930

18. This Is Your Mind on Plants
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593296905

19. Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters
Steven Pinker, Viking, $32.00, 9780525561996

20. Travels with George: In Search of Washington and His Legacy
Nathaniel Philbrick, Viking, $30.00, 9780525562177

21. Guinness World Records 2022
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781913484101

22. Please Don't Sit on My Bed in Your Outside Clothes: Essays
Phoebe Robinson, Tiny Reparations Books, $27.00, 9780593184905

23. In the Weeds: Around the World and Behind the Scenes with Anthony Bourdain
Tom Vitale, Hachette Books, $30.00, 9780306924095

24. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616

25. Becoming Abolitionists: Police, Protests, and the Pursuit of Freedom
Derecka Purnell, Astra House, $28.00, 9781662600517

26. Where Do We Go from Here?: How Tomorrow's Prophecies Foreshadow Today's Problems
David Jeremiah, Thomas Nelson, $26.99, 9780785224198

27. World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35.00, 9780062802798

28. Poet Warrior: A Memoir
Joy Harjo, Norton, $25.00, 9780393248524

29. The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People
Rick Bragg, Knopf, $26.00, 9780525658818

30. Hero of Two Worlds: The Marquis de Lafayette in the Age of Revolution
Mike Duncan, PublicAffairs, $30.00, 9781541730335

31. Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement
Tarana Burke, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99, 9781250621733

32. On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
Maggie Nelson, Graywolf Press, $27.00, 9781644450628

33. The Baseball 100
Joe Posnanski, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $40.00, 9781982180584

34. Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet
Thich Nhat Hanh, HarperOne, $27.99, 9780062954794

35. Modern Comfort Food
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780804187060

36. Unrequited Infatuations: A Memoir
Stevie Van Zandt, Hachette Books, $31.00, 9780306925429

37. Major Labels: A History of Popular Music in Seven Genres
Kelefa Sanneh, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780525559597

38. The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783
Joseph J. Ellis, Liveright, $30.00, 9781631498985

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

40. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $28.00, 9780525555216

41. American Marxism
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $28.00, 9781501135972

42. Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival & Hope in an American City
Andrea Elliott, Random House, $30.00, 9780812986945

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

44. The Premonition: A Pandemic Story
Michael Lewis, Norton, $30.00, 9780393881554

45. Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism
Amanda Montell, Harper Wave, $27.99, 9780062993151

46. The Comfort Book
Matt Haig, Penguin Life, $22.00, 9780143136668

47. The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713

48. The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century
Amia Srinivasan, FSG, $28.00, 9780374248529

49. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30.00, 9780593139134

50. Beautiful Country: A Memoir
Qian Julie Wang, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547215

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending October 10, 2021

11. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $11.00, 9780399501487

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697

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

21. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063139503

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

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

24. Foundation and Empire
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293371

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

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

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

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

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

30. Fire & Blood
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780593357538

31. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780593157817

32. Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor , $7.99, 9780307743664

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

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

35. Second Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293364

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

37. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716

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

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

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

41. The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $8.99, 9781451678192

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

43. The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski, Orbit, $8.99, 9780316495967

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

45. The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339737

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

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

48. The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers
J.R.R.Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339713

49. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686

50. A Wizard of Earthsea
Ursula K. Le Guin, Clarion, $8.99, 9780547773742

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