Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
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. |
2/22 |
| 2 |
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. |
1/55 |
| 3 |
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. |
3/21 |
| 4 |
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. |
6/4 |
| 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. |
4/122 |
| 6 |
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. |
7/5 |
| 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. |
8/71 |
| 8 |
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. |
9/96 |
| 9 |
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. |
5/2 |
| 10 |
The Passenger- Debut Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $18.00, 9780307389091 The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road returns with the first of a two-volume masterpiece: The Passenger is the story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick. |
/1 |
| 11 |
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. |
10/6 |
| 12 |
Lucy by the Sea Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780593446089 Strout's poignant, pitch-perfect novel about a divorced couple stuck together during lockdown—and the love, loss, despair, and hope that animate us even as the world seems to be falling apart. |
11/3 |
| 13 |
The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703 A gripping psychological thriller about a woman's act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive. |
14/60 |
| 14 |
Circe Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 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. |
/165 |
| 15 |
Our Missing Hearts Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593492666 Ng's inspiring novel about a mother's unbreakable love in a world consumed by fear. |
15/6 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 16 |
House of Sky and Breath Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639731756 In this sexy, action-packed sequel to House of Earth and Blood, Sarah J. Maas weaves a captivating story of a world about to explode—and the people who will do anything to save it. |
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
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. |
1/115 |
| 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. |
3/199 |
| 3 |
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. |
2/5 |
| 4 |
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. |
4/27 |
| 5 |
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25.00, 9780375726262 A deep, fantastic look at the complex physicist and father of the atomic bomb. |
5/15 |
| 6 |
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. |
6/100 |
| 7 |
Stay True: A Memoir Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593315200 From The New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Memoir. |
8/3 |
| 8 |
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. |
7/157 |
| 9 |
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. |
9/17 |
| 10 |
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. |
10/5 |
| 11 |
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. |
15/71 |
| 12 |
Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22.00, 9781324094067 Necessary reading for anyone who cares about America's past, present, and future, Indigenous Continent restores Native peoples to their rightful place at the very fulcrum of American history. |
14/3 |
| 13 |
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us- Debut Rachel Aviv, Picador, $18.00, 9781250872913 The acclaimed, award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv offers a groundbreaking exploration of mental illness and the mind, and illuminates the startling connections between diagnosis and identity. |
/1 |
| 14 |
The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19.00, 9780143129257 A revolutionary program for personal renewal, The Artist's Way will help get you back on track, rediscover your passions, and take the steps you need to change your life. |
13/5 |
| 15 |
Happy-Go-Lucky David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433 David Sedaris once again captures what is most unexpected, hilarious, and poignant about recent upheavals, personal and public, and expresses in precise language both the misanthropy and desire for connection that drive us all. |
/17 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
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. |
1/9 |
| 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. |
5/19 |
| 3 |
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. |
4/50 |
| 4 |
The Fragile Threads of Power- Debut V. E. Schwab, Tor Books, $29.99, 9780765387493 V. E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, opens another door to a new fantasy series set in the dazzling world of Shades of Magic. An October Indie Next Pick. |
/1 |
| 5 |
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. |
9/78 |
| 6 |
The Iliad- Debut Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), W. W. Norton & Company, $39.95, 9781324001805 The greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time. |
/1 |
| 7 |
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. |
6/8 |
| 8 |
The Fraud Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29.00, 9780525558965 From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets to be believed. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
7/4 |
| 9 |
The Last Devil to Die Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9780593299425 A new mystery is afoot in the fourth book in the Thursday Murder Club series from million-copy bestselling author Richard Osman. |
2/2 |
| 10 |
The Vaster Wilds Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593418390 A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive. The #1 Indie Next Pick for September 2023. |
3/3 |
| 11 |
Holly Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668016138 Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King's most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town. |
8/4 |
| 12 |
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. |
10/22 |
| 13 |
North Woods Daniel Mason, Random House, $28.00, 9780593597033 When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
13/2 |
| 14 |
The Running Grave- Debut Robert Galbraith, Mulholland Books, $32.50, 9780316572101 Utterly page-turning, The Running Grave moves Strike's and Robin's story forward in this epic, unforgettable seventh installment of the series. |
/1 |
| 15 |
The Armor of Light- Debut Ken Follett, Viking, $38.00, 9780525954996 The long-awaited sequel to A Column of Fire, The Armor of Light, heralds a new dawn for Kingsbridge, England, where progress clashes with tradition, class struggles push into every part of society, and war in Europe engulfs the entire continent and beyond. |
/1 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 19 |
Land of Milk and Honey C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593538241 The award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the world. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America- Debut 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. |
/1 |
| 2 |
Enough- Debut Cassidy Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668028285 Cassidy Hutchinson's desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington. |
/1 |
| 3 |
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. |
1/3 |
| 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. |
2/24 |
| 5 |
Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700 The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story—of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention. |
4/2 |
| 6 |
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. |
3/37 |
| 7 |
Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30.00, 9780593545409 Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. They show you how to improve your life right now instead of waiting for the outside world to change. |
5/3 |
| 8 |
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374610326 Doppelganger asks: What do we neglect as we polish and perfect our digital reflections? Is it possible to dispose of our doubles and overcome the pathologies of a culture of multiplication? Can we create a politics of collective care and undertake a true reckoning with historical crimes? The result is a revelatory treatment of the way many of us think and feel now—and an intellectual adventure story for our times. |
6/3 |
| 9 |
The Book of (More) Delights: Essays Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $28.00, 9781643753096 In Ross Gay's new collection of small, daily wonders, again written over the course of a year, one of America's most original voices continues his ongoing investigation of delight. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
9/2 |
| 10 |
Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593472675 Bestselling author Joe Posnanski is back with a masterful ode to the game: a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball's history, to make you fall in love with the sport all over again. |
8/4 |
| 11 |
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292 James Clear reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. |
11/83 |
| 12 |
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598 A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health. |
7/27 |
| 13 |
Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780358458180 Hopeful and optimistic, Of Time and Turtles is an antidote to the instability of our frenzied world. |
12/2 |
| 14 |
To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker, National Geographic, $30.00, 9781426223303 This enlightening illustrated narrative by the world's most celebrated astrophysicist explains the universe from the solar system to the farthest reaches of space with authority and humor. |
10/3 |
| 15 |
I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824 A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life. |
14/60 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
3/378 |
| 2 |
The Boys from Biloxi John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916 |
2/6 |
| 3 |
Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 |
9/123 |
| 4 |
A Haunting in Venice Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972 |
4/6 |
| 5 |
Billy Summers Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129 |
5/14 |
| 6 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367 |
8/202 |
| 7 |
The Judge's List John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831 |
/15 |
| 8 |
No Plan B Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577 |
1/13 |
| 9 |
The Shining Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657 |
/32 |
| 10 |
The Family Upstairs- Debut Lisa Jewell, Pocket Books, $10.99, 9781668026519 |
/1 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1 |
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 |
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| 2 |
Dogtown Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608 |
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| 3 |
Wrecker- Debut Carl Hiaasen, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593376287 |
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| 4 |
The Lost Library Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810 |
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| 5 |
From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153 |
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| 6 |
Cat on the Run in Cat of Death! Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825 |
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| 7 |
A Horse Named Sky Rosanne Parry, Kirbi Fagan (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062995957 |
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| 8 |
Ghost Book Remy Lai, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $14.99, 9781250810434 |
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| 9 |
Smile: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264 |
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| 10 |
Mexikid Pedro Martín, Dial Books, $14.99, 9780593462294 |
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| 11 |
Sisters: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880 |
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| 12 |
Odder Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424 |
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| 13 |
Drama: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897 |
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| 14 |
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312 |
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| 15 |
Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128 |
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Young Adult
Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439 |
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| 2 |
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114 |
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| 3 |
A Study in Drowning Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506 |
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| 4 |
Foul Heart Huntsman- Debut Chloe Gong, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $21.99, 9781665905619 |
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| 5 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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| 6 |
Nimona ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227 |
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| 7 |
They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806 |
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| 8 |
Hell Followed with Us Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636 |
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| 9 |
The Scarlet Veil- Debut Shelby Mahurin, HarperTeen, $21.99, 9780063258754 |
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| 10 |
This Winter Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338885132 |
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| 11 |
A Thousand Boy Kisses Tillie Cole, Bloom Books, $12.99, 9781728297088 |
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| 12 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196 |
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| 13 |
Foxglove Adalyn Grace, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316162500 |
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| 14 |
Solitaire Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338863420 |
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| 15 |
These Violent Delights Chloe Gong, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781665921763 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1 |
Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409 |
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| 2 |
Something, Someday- Debut Amanda Gorman, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203255 |
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| 3 |
Boo! Bluey's Halloween Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540 |
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| 4 |
Little Blue Truck's Halloween Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544772533 |
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| 5 |
Dragon's First Taco- Debut Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178 |
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| 6 |
Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 |
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| 7 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 8 |
Just Because Matthew McConaughey, Renée Kurilla (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593622032 |
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| 9 |
Peekaboo: Pumpkin Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813 |
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| 10 |
Eek! Halloween! Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925143 |
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| 11 |
Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368059589 |
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| 12 |
Construction Site: Taking Flight!- Debut Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $17.99, 9781797221922 |
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| 13 |
Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $10.99, 9780593486955 |
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| 14 |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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| 15 |
Spooky Pookie Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781481497671 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Children's Series | ||
| 1 |
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback) Rick Riordan, Hyperion |
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| 2 |
Wild Robot (hardcover) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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| 3 |
Dog Man (paperback) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 4 |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 5 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (paperback) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 6 |
The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic |
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| 7 |
I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Alvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic |
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| 8 |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic |
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| 9 |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers |
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| 10 |
The Bad Guys (paperback) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
16 House of Sky and Breath
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639731756
17 Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088
18 The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
19 Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591
20 Assistant to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $19.99, 9781649375803
21 A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707
22 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
23 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606
24 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
25 The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Lauren Groff (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Anchor, $18.00, 9780593470596
26 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
27 It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
28 Godkiller
Hannah Kaner, Harper Voyager, $18.99, 9780063348271
29 Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
30 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
31 Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982153090
32 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063342965
33 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990
34 All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781501173219
35 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038
36 Things We Left Behind
Lucy Score, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781728276120
37 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
38 Other Birds
Sarah Addison Allen, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.00, 9781250019875
39 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990
40 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593183212
41 You, Again
Kate Goldbeck, Dial Press, $18.00, 9780593448120
42 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $19.99, 9780765387578
43 Bunny
Mona Awad, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525559757
44 The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593315088
45 The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Trans.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250
46 Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776
47 The Winners
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $19.99, 9781982112806
48 A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.00, 9781635575620
49 House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577020
50 The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18.00, 9780593356173
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
16 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18.00, 9781524746742
17 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
18 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $17.99, 9781643753287
19 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
20 This Is What It Sounds Like: A Legendary Producer Turned Neuroscientist on Finding Yourself Through Music
Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas, Norton, $17.95, 9781324065968
21 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18.00, 9781250849359
22 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321
23 Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
Karen Armstrong, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593313404
24 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
25 Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18.00, 9780593136355
26 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
27 How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
The Moth, Meg Bowls, Catherine Burns, Crown, $18.00, 9780593139028
28 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
29 Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe, Oni Press, $24.99, 9781549304002
30 The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25.00, 9781250858801
31 The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene, Penguin, $26.00, 9780140280197
32 HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
33 A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446
34 The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $18.00, 9780525555247
35 Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better
Woo-kyoung Ahn, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250805973
36 The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $17.99, 9781451697728
37 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
38 Quietly Hostile: Essays
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593315699
39 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $20.00, 9780593230275
40 The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $17.00, 9781400078431
41 Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
42 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
43 The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 1
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $19.99, 9781524884970
44 Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Journey to the Edge of Physics
Antonio Padilla, Picador, $20.00, 9781250872821
45 Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
Andy Borowitz, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668003893
46 Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's Griffin, $19.00, 9781250905994
47 One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
Michael Frank, Maira Kalman (Illus.), Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982167233
48 Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
Emily Nagoski, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982165314
49 Educated: A Memoir (Indies Introduce)
Tara Westover, Random House, $18.99, 9780399590528
50 These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $19.00, 9780063092792
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
16 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201
17 Wellness
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593536117
18 The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212
19 Land of Milk and Honey
C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593538241
20 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833
21 Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $27.99, 9781501153228
22 Starter Villain
John Scalzi, Tor Books, $28.99, 9780765389220
23 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
24 Rouge
Mona Awad, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $28.00, 9781982169695
25 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243732
26 Happiness Falls
Angie Kim, Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593448205
27 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28.00, 9781982179007
28 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335005625
29 Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Nina Simon, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063315044
30 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969
31 Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593441275
32 The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $28.00, 9780812998627
33 Crook Manifesto
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385545150
34 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
35 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
36 Masters of Death
Olivie Blake, Tor Books, $26.99, 9781250892461
37 The Last Ranger
Peter Heller, Knopf, $27.00, 9780593535110
38 The Wren, the Wren
Anne Enright, W. W. Norton & Company, $27.95, 9781324005681
39 The Secret Hours
Mick Herron, Soho Crime, $27.95, 9781641295215
40 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $20.99, 9781250236210
41 The Only One Left
Riley Sager, Dutton, $28.00, 9780593183229
42 Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories
Kate Atkinson, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385549509
43 Fall of Ruin and Wrath (Awakening)
Jennifer L. Armentrout, Bramble, $27.99, 9781250750198
44 The Caretaker
Ron Rash, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385544276
45 The Invisible Hour
Alice Hoffman, Atria Books, $27.99, 9781982175375
46 Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
Rupert Holmes, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.00, 9781451648218
47 Not Forever, But For Now
Chuck Palahniuk, Simon & Schuster, $26.99, 9781668021415
48 Black River Orchard
Chuck Wendig, Del Rey, $29.99, 9780593158746
49 Lady Tan's Circle of Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982117085
50 The Pole
J.M. Coetzee, Liveright, $26.00, 9781324093862
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
16 Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's Press, $32.00, 9781250283320
17 Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Michael Harriot, Dey Street Books, $32.50, 9780358439165
18 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525657323
19 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28.00, 9780593239919
20 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
21 Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
Maria Bamford, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781982168568
22 Guinness World Records 2024
, Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484378
23 Thicker than Water: A Memoir
Kerry Washington, Little, Brown Spark, $30.00, 9780316497398
24 The Democrat Party Hates America
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $30.00, 9781501183157
25 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593298886
26 The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women
Lisa Perrin, Chronicle Books, $24.95, 9781797215884
27 Emotional Intelligence Habits
Travis Bradberry, Talentsmart, $36.95, 9780974719375
28 The Deadline: Essays
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $45.00, 9781631496127
29 Leslie F*cking Jones
Leslie Jones, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538706497
30 Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt, Crown, $28.99, 9780593443071
31 Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair
Mercury Stardust, DK, $24.99, 9780744079074
32 The World Central Kitchen Cookbook: Feeding Humanity, Feeding Hope
José Andrés, World Central Kitchen, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780593579077
33 The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts
Loren Grush, Scribner, $32.50, 9781982172800
34 Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
B. Dylan Hollis, DK, $32.00, 9780744080049
35 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
36 Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $37.50, 9781476753836
37 Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
Drew Gilpin Faust, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374601805
38 Pageboy: A Memoir
Elliot Page, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250878359
39 The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
Douglas Brunt, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982169909
40 Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
Ben Goldfarb, W. W. Norton & Company, $30.00, 9781324005896
41 The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062457714
42 Goth: A History
Lol Tolhurst, Hachette Books, $29.00, 9780306828423
43 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Viking, $30.00, 9780735225268
44 Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation (A Norton Short)
Tiya Miles, W. W. Norton & Company, $22.00, 9781324020875
45 Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me
Bernie Taupin, Hachette Books, $32.50, 9780306828676
46 The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Gabor Maté, M.D., Daniel Maté, Avery, $30.00, 9780593083888
47 Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brené Brown, Random House, $30.00, 9780399592553
48 The World According to Joan Didion
Evelyn McDonnell, HarperOne, $26.99, 9780063289079
49 Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier
Marisa Meltzer, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.99, 9781982190606
50 Jacques Pépin Cooking My Way: Recipes and Techniques for Economical Cooking
Jacques Pépin, Harvest, $37.50, 9780358581802
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
11 A Flicker in the Dark
Stacy Willingham, Minotaur Books, $9.99, 9781250896445
12 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
13 The Wish
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538728635
14 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
15 Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909
16 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
17 The Noise
James Patterson, J.D. Barker, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538753040
18 Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928
19 That Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668020661
20 Night Shift
Stephen King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780307743640
21 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
22 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
23 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
24 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
25 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
26 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
27 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
28 Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780593599006
29 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
30 Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt Paperbacks, $10.99, 9781250894229
31 The Whittiers
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821850
32 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
33 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
34 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
35 Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743664
36 The Horsewoman
James Patterson, Mike Lupica, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538752944
37 The Omega Factor
Steve Berry, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538720974
38 The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
39 The Recovery Agent
Janet Evanovich, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982154936
40 The Girl Who Survived
Lisa Jackson, Zebra, $9.99, 9781420146363
41 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
42 The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672
43 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
44 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286
45 The Last House Guest
Megan Miranda, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $10.99, 9781668012796
46 The Hotel Nantucket
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316258937
47 'Salem's Lot
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743671
48 Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345337665
49 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
50 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765365309