September 16, 2020

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for September 16, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 13, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
Miller's 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.
2/22
2. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345804341
Whitehead's masterful and haunting novel about two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida is the winner of the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
1/11
3. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
National Book Award-winner Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world.
3/76
4. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781984822185
Rooney brings her brilliant psychological acuity and perfectly spare prose to a story that explores the subtleties of class, the electricity of first love, and the complex entanglements of family and friendship.
4/30
5. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525562627
Atwood's masterful sequel to her modern classic, The Handmaid's Tale.
8/2
6. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101971062
Gyasi's extraordinary novel illuminates slavery's troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed--and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.
10/30
7. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166
A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of a picture-perfect family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Now a Hulu original series.
5/71
8. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17.00, 9781476749303
A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression.
9/15
9. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
A post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the bestselling author of Kindred.
12/4
10. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383
A timeless love story set in a secret underground world--a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea.
7/6
11. Dune- Debut
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593
Herbert's classic masterpiece--a triumph of the imagination--is soon to be a major motion picture.
/1
12. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525541349
Tokarczuk's Nobel Prize-winning novel is deeply satisfying thriller cum fairy tale, and a provocative exploration of the murky borderland between sanity and madness, justice and tradition, autonomy and fate.
6/5
13. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734
Henry's novel about a romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut is a June 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
/16
14. 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.
/3
15. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143110439
Towles' transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.
/74


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 16, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 13, 2020
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415
DiAngelo explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.
1/75
2. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888
Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilkerson's chronicle of the decades-long migration of black citizens who fled the South in search of a better life.
2/32
3. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827
Oluo guides readers of all races in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race and racism, and how they infect almost every aspect of American life.
4/16
4. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525560739
Senator and Vice Presidential Nominee Harris looks at the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them.
11/5
5. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18.00, 9781571313560
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
3/40
6. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932
The tenth-anniversary edition of Alexander's iconic book discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today.
8/16
7. Intimations
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $10.95, 9780593297612
Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of reflective essays by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time.
6/7
8. Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987
Kendi's National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society.
7/16
9. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
5/20
10. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice.
10/15
11. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18.00, 9780399588198
Noah's compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime coming-of-age memoir is set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.
9/79
12. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934
A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice.
13/37
13. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
A groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be human.
/111
14. Know My Name
Chanel Miller, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223721
Know My Name will forever transform the way we think about sexual assault, challenging our beliefs about what is acceptable and speaking truth to the tumultuous reality of healing.
15/3
15. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
In this groundbreaking book, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology.
14/11


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for September 16, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 13, 2020
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145239
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache investigates a sinister plot in the City of Light.
1/2
2. Anxious People- Debut
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.00, 9781501160837
An ingeniously constructed novel about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope--the things that save us, even in the most anxious times. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for September 2020.
/1
3. Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525658184
Gyasi's stunning follow-up to Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama. A September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/2
4. The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $26.00, 9781609455910
Ferrante's powerful and gripping new novel about the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood is a September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/2
5. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525536291
Bennett's beautiful new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one black and one white. A June 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/15
6. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733452
Hiaasen's hilarious new novel of social and political intrigue, set against the glittering backdrop of Florida's gold coast.
5/3
7. One by One- Debut
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188817
Ware's suspenseful new thriller set in the French Alps is a September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
8. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
6/108
9. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930
A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller by the bestselling author of The Hunting Party.
7/10
10. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
Cummins's new novel is an exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for February 2020.
10/34
11. What Are You Going Through- Debut
Sigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780593191415
With her new novel, the National Book Award-winning author of The Friend brings her singular voice to a story about the meaning of life and death, and the value of companionship.
/1
12. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27.00, 9780525620785
A re-imagining of the classic gothic suspense novel, Mexican Gothic is a story about an isolated mansion in 1950s Mexico--and the brave socialite drawn to its treacherous secrets. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for July 2020.
8/11
13. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606
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. An August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
11/7
14. Monogamy- Debut
Sue Miller, Harper, $28.99, 9780062969651
Miller's engrossing and haunting novel about marriage, love, family, happiness, and sorrow is a September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
15. The Exiles
Christina Baker Kline, Custom House, $27.99, 9780062356345
An emotionally resonant novel about three women whose lives are bound together in 19th-century Australia and the hardships they weather together as they fight for redemption and freedom in a new society. A September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/3


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 16, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 13, 2020
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32.00, 9780593230251
Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today.
1/6
2. Disloyal: A Memoir- Debut
Michael Cohen, Skyhorse, $32.50, 9781510764699
An insider's account by the former attorney and personal advisor to President Donald Trump.
/1
3. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288
Kendi's book is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond the awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a just and equitable society.
2/23
4. Too Much and Never Enough
Mary L. Trump, Ph.D., S&S, $28.00, 9781982141462
Mary L. Trump's revelatory and authoritative portrait of her uncle, Donald J. Trump.
4/9
5. 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.
3/27
6. His Truth Is Marching On
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30.00, 9781984855022
An intimate and revealing portrait of civil rights icon and longtime U.S. congressman John Lewis, linking his life to the painful quest for justice in America from the 1950s to the present.
5/3
7. Vesper Flights
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802128812
Macdonald's new collection of essays is a captivating and foundational book about observation, fascination, time, memory, love, and loss and how we make sense of the world around us. A September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
6/3
8. Compromised: Counterintelligence and the Threat of Donald J. Trump- Debut
Peter Strzok, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780358237068
The FBI veteran behind the Russia investigation draws on decades of experience hunting foreign agents in the United States to expose what he believes is the threat posed by President Trump.
/1
9. Eat a Peach: A Memoir- Debut
David Chang, Gabe Ulla, Clarkson Potter, $28.00, 9781524759216
Chang gives us a penetrating look at restaurant life, in which he balances his deep love for the kitchen with unflinching honesty about the industry's history and its uncertain future. A September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
10. Just Us: An American Conversation- Debut
Claudia Rankine, Graywolf Press, $30.00, 9781644450215
As everyday white supremacy becomes increasingly vocalized with no clear answers at hand, how best might we approach one another? Claudia Rankine, without telling us what to do, urges us to begin the discussions that might open pathways through this divisive and stuck moment in American history. A September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
11. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713
Larson's fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz is a March 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
8/29
12. Melania and Me
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, Gallery Books, $28.00, 9781982151249
In this candid and emotional memoir, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff tells of her relationship with Melania Trump.
7/2
13. Everything Beautiful in Its Time: Seasons of Love and Loss- Debut
Jenna Bush Hager, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062960627
Jenna Bush Hager shares moving and funny stories about her beloved grandparents and the wisdom they passed on that has shaped her life.
/1
14. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26.00, 9780812993547
Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis in this bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history. A September 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/103
15. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616
Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again.
13/15


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for September 16, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 13, 2020
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/43
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/219
3. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
8/26
4. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945
4/11
5. One Good Deed
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538750544
7/2
6. Lethal Agent
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501190636
3/3
7. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
/10
8. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
/54
9. Winter in Paradise- Debut
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316435529
/1
10. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487
10/22


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for September 16, 2020
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
2. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
3. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
 
4. A Whale of the Wild
Rosanne Parry, Lindsay Moore (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $17.99, 9780062995926
 
5. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
6. Before the Ever After- Debut
Jacqueline Woodson, Nancy Paulsen Books, $17.99, 9780399545436
 
7. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
8. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
9. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275
 
10. This Book Is Anti-Racist
Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illus.), Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $14.99, 9780711245211
 
11. Witches of Brooklyn
Sophie Escabasse, Random House Graphic, $12.99, 9780593119273
 
12. Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story)- Debut
Daniel Nayeri, Levine Querido, $17.99, 9781646140008
 
13. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
 
14. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
15. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for September 16, 2020
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  Young Adult  
1. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 
2. Punching the Air
Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062996480
 
3. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
4. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
 
5. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
6. A Peculiar Peril
Jeff VanderMeer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $19.99, 9780374308865
 
7. The Giver
Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688
 
8. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
9. You Should See Me in a Crown (An Indies Introduce Title)
Leah Johnson, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338503265
 
10. Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769
 
11. The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811
 
12. Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title)
Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529
 
13. One of Us Is Next
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525707967
 
14. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Penguin Books, $12.99, 9780142424179
 
15. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for September 16, 2020
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
2. Wild Symphony
Dan Brown, Susan Batori (Illus.), Rodale Kids, $18.99, 9780593123843
 
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
4. I Am Every Good Thing
Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $17.99, 9780525518778
 
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
6. I Promise
LeBron James, Nina Mata (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780062971067
 
7. The Day You Begin
Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $18.99, 9780399246531
 
8. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
9. The Barnabus Project
Terry Fan, Eric Fan, Devin Fan, Tundra Books, $18.99, 9780735263260
 
10. Room on the Broom Push-Pull-Slide Board Book- Debut
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
 
11. You Matter
Christian Robinson, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534421691
 
12. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
13. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698
 
14. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
 
15. Sulwe
Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534425361
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for September 16, 2020
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  Children's Series  
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
3. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
4. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
5. Twilight (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
 
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
7. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
8. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 
9. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Ellen Morgan, et. Al, Penguin Workshop
 
10. I Survived (paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
New in Series: I Survived The California Wildfires, 2018 (9781338317442)
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 13, 2020

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

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

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

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

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

21. The World That We Knew
Alice Hoffman, S&S, $17.00, 9781501137587

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

23. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062905086

24. Cilka's Journey
Heather Morris, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250265692

25. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609455064

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

27. Lovecraft Country
Matt Ruff, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062292070

28. Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson, Riverhead Books, $16.00, 9780525535287

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

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

31. Beowulf: A New Translation
Maria Dahvana Headley, MCD x FSG Originals, $15.00, 9780374110031

32. The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101911815

33. The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde, Roxane Gay (Ed.), Norton, $16.95, 9781324004615

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

35. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006

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

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

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

39. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.95, 9780345804327

40. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $16.00, 9780307455925

41. Then She Was Gone
Lisa Jewell, Atria, $16.00, 9781501154652

42. Chances Are . . .
Richard Russo, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101971994

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

44. The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501154867

45. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Tor, $17.99, 9780765382030

46. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $17.99, 9781250313188

47. The Discomfort of Evening
Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, Graywolf Press, $16.00, 9781644450345

48. The River
Peter Heller, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525563532

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

50. Disappearing Earth
Julia Phillips, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525436225

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 13, 2020

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

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

18. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741

19. Our Malady
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12.00, 9780593238899

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

21. March: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $14.95, 9781603093002

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

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

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

25. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $17.00, 9781451642308

26. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510567

27. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $18.00, 9781501168703

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

29. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988485

30. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609

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

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

33. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Beverly Daniel Tatum, Basic Books, $18.99, 9780465060689

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

35. I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062319791

36. We Want to Do More Than Survive
Bettina Love, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807028346

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

38. Emergent Strategy
Adrienne Maree Brown, AK Press, $16.00, 9781849352604

39. March: Book Three
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.99, 9781603094023

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

41. Are Prisons Obsolete?
Angela Y. Davis, Seven Stories Press, $15.95, 9781583225813

42. The Gifts of Imperfection
Brene Brown, Hazelden, $16.95, 9781592858491

43. White Rage
Carol Anderson, Bloomsbury USA, $17.00, 9781632864130

44. March: Book Two
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.95, 9781603094009

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

46. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $15.00, 9780807014271

47. The Outlaw Ocean
Ian Urbina, Vintage, $18.00, 9781101972373

48. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $22.00, 9780143034759

49. When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chödrön, Shambhala, $16.95, 9781611803433

50. The Source of Self-Regard
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562795

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 13, 2020

16. Luster
Raven Leilani, FSG, $26.00, 9780374194321

17. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673

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

19. The Invention of Sound
Chuck Palahniuk, Grand Central, $27.00, 9781538718001

20. The Darkest Evening
Ann Cleeves, Minotaur, $27.99, 9781250204509

21. Fifty Words for Rain
Asha Lemmie, Dutton, $26.00, 9781524746360

22. Migrations
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250204028

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

24. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697

25. 28 Summers
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316420044

26. Harrow the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tordotcom, $26.99, 9781250313225

27. Daddy: Stories
Emma Cline, Random House, $27.00, 9780812998641

28. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28.00, 9780525429760

29. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023

30. The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316499019

31. A Burning
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525658696

32. The Lions of Fifth Avenue
Fiona Davis, Dutton, $27.00, 9781524744618

33. The Death of Vivek Oji
Akwaeke Emezi, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525541608

34. The Glass Hotel
Emily St.John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521143

35. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28.00, 9780399562488

36. The Order
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834843

37. Fangs
Sarah Andersen, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781524860677

38. Sex and Vanity
Kevin Kwan, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385546270

39. Camino Winds
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545938

40. The Last Story of Mina Lee
Nancy Jooyoun Kim, Park Row, $27.99, 9780778310174

41. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735216723

42. Utopia Avenue
David Mitchell, Random House, $30.00, 9780812997439

43. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802148537

44. Death in Her Hands
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984879356

45. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $26.99, 9781250217288

46. Shadows in Death
J.D. Robb, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250207234

47. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28.00, 9780399590597

48. A Private Cathedral
James Lee Burke, S&S, $28.00, 9781982151683

49. Antkind
Charlie Kaufman, Random House, $30.00, 9780399589683

50. Axiom's End
Lindsay Ellis, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250256737

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 13, 2020

16. Donald Trump v. The United States
Michael S. Schmidt, Random House, $30.00, 9781984854667

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

18. Me and White Supremacy
Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781728209807

19. World of Wonders
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $25.00, 9781571313652

20. Killing Crazy Horse
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30.00, 9781627797047

21. Think Like a Monk
Jay Shetty, S&S, $27.00, 9781982134488

22. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504

23. Hoax
Brian Stelter, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.00, 9781982142445

24. The Gifts of Imperfection: 10th Anniversary Edition
Brené Brown, Random House, $25.00, 9780593133583

25. Live Free Or Die
Sean Hannity, Threshold Editions, $30.00, 9781982149970

26. Begin Again
Eddie S. Glaude, Crown, $27.00, 9780525575320

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

28. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316478526

29. Evil Geniuses
Kurt Andersen, Random House, $30.00, 9781984801340

30. Creativity
John Cleese, Crown, $14.00, 9780385348270

31. Twilight of the Gods
Ian W. Toll, Norton, $40.00, 9780393080650

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

33. The Quiet Americans
Scott Anderson, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385540452

34. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Viking, $26.00, 9780525560548

35. The Dynasty
Jeff Benedict, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $30.00, 9781982134105

36. How to Lead
David M. Rubenstein, S&S, $30.00, 9781982132156

37. Having and Being Had
Eula Biss, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780525537458

38. I Have Something to Tell You
Chasten Buttigieg, Atria , $27.00, 9781982138127

39. Memorial Drive
Natasha Trethewey, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062248572

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

41. Mill Town
Kerri Arsenault, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250155931

42. What Can I Do?
Jane Fonda, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593296226

43. I'm Still Here
Austin Channing Brown, Convergent Books, $25.00, 9781524760854

44. The Room Where It Happened
John Bolton, S&S, $32.50, 9781982148034

45. Big Friendship
Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman, S&S, $26.00, 9781982111908

46. Twilight of Democracy
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $25.00, 9780385545808

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

48. JFK
Fredrik Logevall, Random House, $40.00, 9780812997132

49. Speaking for Myself
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, St. Martin's , $29.99, 9781250271334

50. Atomic Habits
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending September 13, 2020

11. The Family Lawyer
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538751589

12. The Last Odyssey
James Rollins, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062892928

13. The Outsider
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781501180996

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

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

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

17. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110

18. An Unwanted Guest
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525507574

19. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977

20. Camino Island
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781524797157

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

22. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233

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

24. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279

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

26. The Girl Who Lived Twice
David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $9.99, 9780593082522

27. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143135661

28. A Time to Kill
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780440245919

29. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310

30. The Flight Attendant
Chris Bohjalian, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593081631

31. The Stand
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743688

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

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

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

35. Outfox
Sandra Brown, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455572205

36. Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538728550

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

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

39. The President Is Missing
James Patterson, Bill Clinton, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538713846

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

41. The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski, Orbit, $8.99, 9780316029186

42. The Andromeda Evolution
Michael Crichton, Daniel H. Wilson, Harper, $9.99, 9780062473349

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

44. I Know Who You Are
Alice Feeney, Flatiron Books, $9.99, 9781250755803

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

46. Elevation
Stephen King, Scribner, $9.99, 9781982102326

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

48. Golden in Death
J.D. Robb, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9781250207227

49. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316055420

50. Orphan Train
Christina Baker Kline, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062993885

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