September 13, 2023

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for September 13, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 10, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
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.
1/19
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.
2/52
3 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.
3/119
4 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.
5/2
5 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.
4/18
6 Mad Honey- Debut
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.
/1
7 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.
7/3
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.
6/93
9 Things We Left Behind- Debut
Lucy Score, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781728276120
Bestselling author Lucy Score returns to spicy-sweet Knockemout, Virginia with Lucian and Sloane's story.
/1
10 Assistant to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $19.99, 9781649375803
Maehrer's laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain...and their unexpected romance.
8/2
11 The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
Dave's novel is a gripping mystery about a woman who thinks she's found the love of her life—until he disappears.
9/25
12 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.
14/3
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.
/57
14 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.
/69
15 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 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.
/157
 
     

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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 13, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 10, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17.00, 9780307742483
Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history.
1/112
2 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.
2/12
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.
3/2
4 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.
4/196
5 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.
5/24
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.
7/97
7 The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
6/154
8 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.
8/15
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.
10/14
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.
9/2
11 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.
13/208
12 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18.00, 9781250849359
Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management.
12/11
13 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.
/2
14 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong.
14/68
15 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18.00, 9781524746742
Dr. Anna Lembke explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to painand what to do about it.
11/34
ON THE RISE
20 Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
Karen Armstrong, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593313404
From one of the most original thinkers on the role of religion in the modern world, a profound exploration of the spiritual power of nature—and an urgent call to reclaim that power in everyday life.
 
 
     

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Hardcover Fiction

 



Bestseller List for September 13, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 10, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Holly- Debut
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.
/1
2 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.
1/6
3 The Fraud- Debut
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.
/1
4 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.
3/47
5 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.
2/5
6 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.
5/19
7 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.
4/75
8 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.
6/16
9 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201
The exhilarating new novel by the bestselling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is the #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2022.
7/61
10 The River We Remember- Debut
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212
The River We Remember is an unflinching look at the wounds left by the wars we fight abroad and at home, a moving exploration of the ways in which we seek to heal, and a testament to the enduring power of the stories we tell about the places we call home. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick.
/1
11 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833
Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R. F. Kuang's novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable. The #1 Indie Next Pick for June 2023.
8/17
12 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
A charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick.
9/38
13 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library- Debut
Michiko Aoyama, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335005625
For fans of Before the Coffee Gets Cold, a charming, internationally bestselling Japanese novel about how the perfect book recommendation can change a readers' life.
/1
14 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243732
An exquisite homage to Louisa May Alcott's timeless classic, Little Women, Hello Beautiful is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it. A March 2023 Indie Next Pick.
11/26
15 Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593441275
Emily Henry's novel about a couple who broke up months ago pretend they're still together for an annual, week-long vacation with their best friends is the #1 Indie Next Pick for May 2023.
10/20
 
     

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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 13, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 10, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 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.
1/21
2 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.
2/34
3 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.
3/24
4 Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments- Debut
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.
/1
5 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.
4/80
6 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525657323
This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost. The #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2023.
7/11
7 Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere- Debut
Maria Bamford, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781982168568
Singular and inimitable, Bamford's memoir explores what it means to keep going, and to be a member of society (or any group she's invited to) despite not being very good at it. In turn, she hopes to transform isolating experiences into comedy that will make you feel less alone (without turning into a cult following).
/1
8 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28.00, 9780593239919
Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty.
6/25
9 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.
5/57
10 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.
10/175
11 Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair
Mercury Stardust, DK, $24.99, 9780744079074
Renting a home can be a complex process—from finding a safe and affordable space, to hiring help for moving in and out, and of course, managing repairs that come up during your stay. You deserve to feel empowered to take matters into your own hands—and it's not as hard as you might think. In this book, Mercury will show you how to tackle the projects that need improvement in your home.
9/3
12 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593298886
A brilliant scientific investigation into owls—the most elusive of birds—and why they exert such a hold on human imagination.
8/13
13 Pageboy: A Memoir
Elliot Page, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250878359
With this evocative and lyrical memoir, Oscar-nominated star Elliot Page captures the universal human experience of searching for ourselves and our place in this complicated world.
14/14
14 Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
B. Dylan Hollis, DK, $32.00, 9780744080049
Friends of baking, are you sick and tired of making the same recipes again and again? Then look no further than this baking blast from the past, as B. Dylan Hollis highlights the most unique tasty treats of yesteryear.
12/7
15 The Last Politician: Inside Joe Biden's White House and the Struggle for America's Future- Debut
Franklin Foer, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9781101981146
Franklin Foer tells the definitive insider story of the first two years of the Biden presidency, with exclusive access to Biden's longtime team of advisers, and presents a gripping portrait of a president during this momentous time in our nation's history.
/1
ON THE RISE
17 Talking to My Angels
Melissa Etheridge, Harper Wave, $30.00, 9780063257450
A memoir a lifetime in the making, Talking to My Angels is Melissa's engrossing—and at times harrowing—story as she lived it. It is a testament to the power of art, a touchstone for anyone seeking a path out of darkness, and a powerful love letter to the family and fans who've been integral to her journey.
 
 
     

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Mass Market



Bestseller List for September 13, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 10, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
1/375
2 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
3/121
3 The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916
4/3
4 The Judge's List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831
9/13
5 No Plan B
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577
6/10
6 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
2/199
7 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8/142
8 Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
7/11
9 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
/96
10 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972
5/3
 
     

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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for September 13, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 10, 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
 
2 The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810
 
3 Cat on the Run in Cat of Death! (Cat on the Run #1)- Debut
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic Paperbacks, $7.99, 9781338831825
 
4 The One and Only Ruby
Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063080089
 
5 From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153
 
6 Mexikid
Pedro Martín, Dial Books, $14.99, 9780593462294
 
7 The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
 
8 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
 
9 A Horse Named Sky
Rosanne Parry, Kirbi Fagan (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062995957
 
10 The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324
 
11 Ghost Book
Remy Lai, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $14.99, 9781250810434
 
12 School Trip: A Graphic Novel
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $14.99, 9780062885531
 
13 Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, Harper, $8.99, 9780064400558
 
14 Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
 
15 Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
 
 
     

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Young Adult



Bestseller List for September 13, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 10, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Young Adult  
1 The Spirit Bares Its Teeth- Debut
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114
 
2 Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
 
3 This Winter- Debut
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338885132
 
4 If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
 
5 Nimona
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227
 
6 Foxglove
Adalyn Grace, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316162500
 
7 Phoebe's Diary- Debut
Phoebe Wahl, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316363563
 
8 Legendborn (Indies Introduce)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
 
9 Her Radiant Curse
Elizabeth Lim, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593300992
 
10 Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636
 
11 We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
12 Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
 
13 Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh
Rachael Lippincott, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665937535
 
14 Girl in Pieces
Kathleen Glasgow, Ember, $10.99, 9781101934746
 
15 They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
 
 
     

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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for September 13, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 10, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Illustrated  
1 Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
 
2 Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
 
3 Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
4 Boo! Bluey's Halloween
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540
 
5 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
6 Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
 
7 Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
8 Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $8.99, 9780140501698
 
9 Bluey: Barky Boats
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593750469
 
10 Peekaboo: Pumpkin- Debut
Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813
 
11 Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Bill Martin, John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
 
12 Eek! Halloween!- Debut
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925143
 
13 Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
 
14 Hot Dog
Doug Salati, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593308431
 
15 Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035 
 
 
     

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Children's Series



Bestseller List for September 13, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 10, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Series  
1 Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2 Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
3 The Inheritance Games (hardcover and paperback)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
 
4 The Summer I Turned Pretty (hardcover and paperback)
Jenny Han, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
 
5 Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
 
6 Hooky (hardcover and paperback)
Míriam Bonastre Tur, Clarion Books
New in Series: Hooky Volume 3 (9780358693574)
 
7 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
8 The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
9 The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 
10 Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 

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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 10, 2023

16 A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18, 9780804172707

17 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575606

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

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

20 Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $17, 9781250316776

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

22 Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17, 9781982153090

23 The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593315088

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

25 Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736

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

27 Other Birds
Sarah Addison Allen, St. Martin's Griffin, $18, 9781250019875

28 Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $20.00, 9781668002193

29 Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088

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

31 Killers of a Certain Age
Deanna Raybourn, Berkley, $17, 9780593200704

32 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18, 9780593183212

33 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635577990

34 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538742570

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

36 The Long Game
Elena Armas, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668011300

37 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063342965

38 My Roommate Is a Vampire
Jenna Levine, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593548912

39 The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $18, 9780062315007

40 Love, Theoretically
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593336861

41 The Priory of the Orange Tree
Samantha Shannon, Bloomsbury Publishing, $20, 9781635570304

42 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $18, 9781668026038

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

44 All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $19, 9781501173219

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

46 When Women Were Dragons
Kelly Barnhill, Anchor, $17, 9780593466575

47 Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780593598429

48 A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17, 9781635575620

49 Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734

50 Days at the Morisaki Bookshop
Satoshi Yagisawa, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780063278677

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 10, 2023

16 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $19, 9780062968791

17 Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18.00, 9780593136355

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

19 Quietly Hostile: Essays
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593315699

20 Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
Karen Armstrong, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593313404

21 Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Journey to the Edge of Physics
Antonio Padilla, Picador, $20, 9781250872821

22 How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
The Moth, Meg Bowls, Catherine Burns, Crown, $18.00, 9780593139028

23 The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25, 9781250858801

24 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321

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

26 Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
Andy Borowitz, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668003893

27 Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $20.00, 9780374533557

28 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $16, 9781452174037

29 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609

30 The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $18, 9780525555247

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

32 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18, 9781643753287

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

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

35 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $20, 9780593230275

36 These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $19.00, 9780063092792

37 Educated: A Memoir (Indies Introduce)
Tara Westover, Random House, $18.99, 9780399590528

38 The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $17, 9781400078431

39 Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe, Oni Press, $25, 9781549304002

40 The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man: A Memoir
Paul Newman, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593467718

41 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25, 9780062316110

42 The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 1
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $20, 9781524884970

43 How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials #9)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781952692178

44 Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $17, 9780060899226

45 In the Dream House: A Memoir
Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $18.00, 9781644450383

46 The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $18.95, 9781572245372

47 We Don't Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland
Fintan O'Toole, Liveright, $20.00, 9781324092872

48 Tiny Beautiful Things (10th Anniversary Edition): Advice from Dear Sugar
Cheryl Strayed, Vintage, $17, 9780593685211

49 Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner
Patti Smith, Ecco, $19, 9780060936228

50 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, 9781416591061

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 10, 2023

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

17 Masters of Death
Olivie Blake, Tor Books, $26.99, 9781250892461

18 The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $28.00, 9780812998627

19 Crook Manifesto
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385545150

20 Happiness Falls
Angie Kim, Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593448205

21 Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Nina Simon, William Morrow, $30.00, 9780063315044

22 The Breakaway
Jennifer Weiner, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781668033425

23 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969

24 The Invisible Hour
Alice Hoffman, Atria Books, $27.99, 9781982175375

25 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $20, 9781335430991

26 Amazing Grace Adams
Fran Littlewood, Henry Holt and Co., $27.99, 9781250857019

27 The Longmire Defense
Craig Johnson, Viking, $29.00, 9780593297315

28 Somebody's Fool
Richard Russo, Knopf, $29.00, 9780593317891

29 The Girl in the Eagle's Talons
Karin Smirnoff, Knopf, $29.00, 9780593536698

30 The Last Ranger
Peter Heller, Knopf, $27.00, 9780593535110

31 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $20.99, 9781250236210

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

33 Not Forever, But For Now
Chuck Palahniuk, Simon & Schuster, $26.99, 9781668021415

34 The Only One Left
Riley Sager, Dutton, $28.00, 9780593183229

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

36 The Raging Storm
Ann Cleeves, Minotaur Books, $29, 9781250836779

37 Family Lore
Elizabeth Acevedo, Ecco, $30, 9780063207264

38 The Five-Star Weekend
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316258777

39 The September House
Carissa Orlando, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593548615

40 Tress of the Emerald Sea
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $30, 9781250899651

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

42 The Frugal Wizard's Handbook for Surviving Medieval England
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $29.99, 9781250899675

43 Silver Nitrate
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593355367

44 Whalefall
Daniel Kraus, MTV Books, $28, 9781665918169

45 Vampires of El Norte
Isabel Cañas, Berkley, $28.00, 9780593436721

46 Good Bad Girl
Alice Feeney, Flatiron Books, $29, 9781250843968

47 The Witching Tide
Margaret Meyer, Scribner, $28.00, 9781668011362

48 The Bee Sting
Paul Murray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374600303

49 Evil Eye
Etaf Rum, Harper, $30.00, 9780062987907

50 Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
Rupert Holmes, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28, 9781451648218

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 10, 2023

16 Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
Drew Gilpin Faust, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30, 9780374601805

17 Talking to My Angels
Melissa Etheridge, Harper Wave, $30.00, 9780063257450

18 Blueberries for Sal Cookbook: Sweet Recipes Inspired by the Beloved Children's Classic
Robert McCloskey, Clarkson Potter, $14, 9780593580400

19 The Deadline: Essays
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $45.00, 9781631496127

20 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

21 Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours
Adeena Sussman, Avery, $35, 9780593327777

22 Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $38, 9781476753836

23 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, $12, 9781837991013

24 The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
Mustafa Suleyman, Crown, $32.50, 9780593593950

25 Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk
Billy Walters, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781668032855

26 Emotional Intelligence Habits
Travis Bradberry, Talentsmart, $37, 9780974719375

27 The Underworld: Journeys to the Depths of the Ocean
Susan Casey, Doubleday, $32, 9780385545570

28 Let's Eat: 101 Recipes to Fill Your Heart & Home
Dan Pelosi, Union Square & Co., $30, 9781454946397

29 Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
Claire Dederer, Knopf, $28, 9780525655114

30 Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu, Doubleday, $26.00, 9780385547772

31 On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good
Elise Loehnen, The Dial Press, $28, 9780593243039

32 You Could Make This Place Beautiful: A Memoir
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.00, 9781982185855

33 The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $27, 9780062457714

34 The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
David Von Drehle, Simon & Schuster, $26, 9781476773926

35 Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
Andrea Lankford, Hachette Books, $30, 9780306831959

36 Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brené Brown, Random House, $30, 9780399592553

37 Building: A Carpenter's Notes on Life & the Art of Good Work
Mark Ellison, Random House, $28.99, 9780593449127

38 The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows
John Koenig, Simon & Schuster, $22, 9781501153648

39 While You Were Out: An Intimate Family Portrait of Mental Illness in an Era of Silence
Meg Kissinger, Celadon Books, $30, 9781250793775

40 When the Game Was War: The NBA's Greatest Season
Rich Cohen, Random House, $28.00, 9780593229545

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

42 The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth
Elizabeth Rush, Milkweed Editions, $30.00, 9781571313966

43 Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
Malcolm Harris, Little, Brown, $36.00, 9780316592031

44 King: A Life
Jonathan Eig, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $35, 9780374279295

45 Goblin Mode: How to Get Cozy, Embrace Imperfection, and Thrive in the Muck
McKayla Coyle, Quirk Books, $17.99, 9781683693536

46 The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $25, 9781771642484

47 Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals
Melissa Clark, Clarkson Potter, $29.99, 9780593233252

48 The Blue Zones Secrets for Living Longer: Lessons From the Healthiest Places on Earth
Dan Buettner, National Geographic, $33, 9781426223471

49 Taste: My Life Through Food
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $29.00, 9781982168018

50 The Language of Trees: A Rewilding of Literature and Landscape
Katie Holten, Tin House Books, $30, 9781953534682

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending September 10, 2023

11 The Wish
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538728635

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

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

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

15 The Noise
James Patterson, J.D. Barker, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538753040

16 Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt Paperbacks, $10.99, 9781250894229

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

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

19 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357

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

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

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

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

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

25 The Hotel Nantucket
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316258937

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

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

28 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686

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

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

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

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

33 The Girl Who Survived
Lisa Jackson, Zebra, $9.99, 9781420146363

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

35 Fear No Evil
James Patterson, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752906

36 Tom Clancy Zero Hour
Don Bentley, Berkley, $9.99, 9780593422748

37 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024

38 Call of Duty
Jeff Rovin, St. Martin's Paperbacks, $9.99, 9781250782885

39 The Perfect Assassin
James Patterson, Brian Sitts, Grand Central Publishing, $9.99, 9781538721865

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

41 Knockout
Sarah MacLean, Avon, $9.99, 9780063056794

42 The Last House Guest
Megan Miranda, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $10.99, 9781668012796

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

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

45 Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Sacrifice
Brian Freeman, Putnam, $9.99, 9780593419878

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

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

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

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

50 Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062476371

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