September 9, 2020

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for September 9, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 6, 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. 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.
1/10
2. 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.
2/21
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.
3/75
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.
4/29
5. 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.
6/70
6. 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.
9/4
7. 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.
5/5
8. The Testaments- Debut
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525562627
Atwood's masterful sequel to her modern classic, The Handmaid's Tale.
/1
9. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17.00, 9781476749303
A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression.
7/14
10. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101971062
Gyasi's extraordinary novel illuminates slavery's troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed--and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation.
13/29
11. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983
Girl, Woman, Other is a polyphonic and richly textured social novel of black British history. Co-winner of the 2019 Booker Prize.
10/32
12. 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.
15/3
13. The Institute- Debut
Stephen King, Gallery Books, $19.99, 9781982110581
King's gut-wrenching novel of good versus evil in a world where the good guys don't always win.
/1
14. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
A testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions. A September 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/105
15. When No One Is Watching- Debut
Alyssa Cole, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062982650
Cole's novel is a gripping thriller in which the gentrification of a Brooklyn neighborhood takes on a sinister new meaning. A September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 9, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 6, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/74
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.
2/31
3. 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.
3/39
4. 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.
6/15
5. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
5/19
6. 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.
4/6
7. 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.
9/15
8. 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.
7/15
9. 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.
10/78
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.
8/14
11. 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.
14/4
12. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039
Broom's The Yellow House tells the story of her family's relationship to their home in New Orleans across a hundred years. Winner of the 2019 National Book Award for Nonfiction.
12/9
13. 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.
11/36
14. 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.
13/10
15. 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.
15/2


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for September 9, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 6, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. All the Devils Are Here- Debut
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145239
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache investigates a sinister plot in the City of Light.
/1
2. The Lying Life of Adults- Debut
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.
/1
3. Transcendent Kingdom- Debut
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.
/1
4. 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.
1/14
5. 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.
2/2
6. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/107
7. 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.
6/9
8. 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.
4/10
9. Luster
Raven Leilani, FSG, $26.00, 9780374194321
Leilani's strikingly beautiful, razor-sharp, and slyly comic novel is an August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
5/5
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.
7/33
11. 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.
8/6
12. 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.
11/2
13. Such a Fun Age (An Indies Introduce Title)
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905
Reid's debut novel is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young Black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both. An Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for January 2020.
10/32
14. The Order
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834843
Silva's riveting new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon.
12/8
15. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
Patchett's moving new novel explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
13/45


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 9, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 6, 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.
1/5
2. 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.
2/22
3. 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.
4/26
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.
3/8
5. 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.
5/2
6. 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.
6/2
7. Melania and Me: The Rise and Fall of My Friendship with the First Lady- Debut
Stephanie Winston Wolkoff, Gallery Books, $28.00, 9781982151249
In this candid and emotional memoir, Stephanie Winston Wolkoff tells of her relationship with Melania Trump.
/1
8. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713
Larson's fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz is a March 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
7/28
9. Donald Trump v. The United States: Inside the Struggle to Stop a President- Debut
Michael S. Schmidt, Random House, $30.00, 9781984854667
Schmidt's book records the shocking reality of a presidency like no other, and is an account of just how fragile and vulnerable the institutions of American democracy really are.
/1
10. 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.
9/102
11. Twilight of the Gods: War in the Western Pacific, 1944-1945- Debut
Ian W. Toll, Norton , $40.00, 9780393080650
The final volume of Toll's magisterial Pacific War Trilogy brings to life the harrowing last year of World War II in the Pacific.
/1
12. Me and White Supremacy
Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781728209807
Saad takes readers on a 28-day journey of how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.
11/18
13. 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.
12/14
14. I Have Something to Tell You: A Memoir- Debut
Chasten Buttigieg, Atria Books, $27.00, 9781982138127
A moving, hopeful, and candid memoir by the husband of former Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg.
/1
15. Hoax
Brian Stelter, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.00, 9781982142445
The untold story of the relationship between Fox News and Donald Trump by the bestselling author of Top of the Morning.
8/2


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for September 9, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 6, 2020
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/42
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/218
3. Lethal Agent
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501190636
10/2
4. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945
4/10
5. The Family Lawyer- Debut
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538751589
/1
6. The Outsider
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781501180996
7/9
7. One Good Deed- Debut
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538750544
/1
8. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
6/25
9. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
8/13
10. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487
9/21


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for September 9, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 6, 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. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
5. This Book Is Anti-Racist
Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illus.), Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $14.99, 9780711245211
 
6. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
7. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
8. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275
 
9. A Whale of the Wild- Debut
Rosanne Parry, Lindsay Moore (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $17.99, 9780062995926
 
10. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
 
11. The Silver Arrow- Debut
Lev Grossman, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316539531
 
12. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
13. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
 
14. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
 
15. Witches of Brooklyn (An Indies Introduce Title)- Debut
Sophie Escabasse, Random House Graphic, $12.99, 9780593119273
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for September 9, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending September 6, 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. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)- Debut
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
 
3. Punching the Air- Debut
Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062996480
 
4. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
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. Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769
 
8. Fable- Debut
Adrienne Young, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250254368
 
9. You Should See Me in a Crown (An Indies Introduce Title)
Leah Johnson, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338503265
 
10. The Giver
Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688
 
11. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
12. Elatsoe
Darcie Little Badger, Rovina Cai (Illus.), Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140053
 
13. The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811
 
14. Raybearer (An Indies Introduce Title)
Jordan Ifueko, Amulet, $18.99, 9781419739828
 
15. Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title)
Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for September 9, 2020
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
3. I Am Every Good Thing- Debut
Derrick Barnes, Gordon C. James (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $17.99, 9780525518778
 
4. I Promise
LeBron James, Nina Mata (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780062971067
 
5. Wild Symphony- Debut
Dan Brown, Susan Batori (Illus.), Rodale Kids, $18.99, 9780593123843
 
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
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. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $8.99, 9780805047905
 
10. You Matter
Christian Robinson, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534421691
 
11. Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice
Marianne Celano, et al., Magination Press, $16.99, 9781433828546
 
12. Kamala and Maya's Big Idea
Meena Harris, Ana Ramírez González (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062937407
 
13. The Barnabus Project- Debut
Terry Fan, Eric Fan, Devin Fan, Tundra Books, $18.99, 9780735263260
 
14. All Are Welcome
Alexandra Penfold, Suzanne Kaufman (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780525579649
 
15. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for September 9, 2020
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  Children's Series  
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
New in Series: Grime and Punishment (9781338535624)
 
2. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier, Scholastic
New in Series: Logan Likes Mary Anne! (9781338304541)
 
3. Twilight (hardcover and paperback)
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown
 
4. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
5. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
7. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
8. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
9. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 
10. American Royals (hardcover and paperback)
Katharine McGee, Random House Books for Young Readers
New in Series: Majesty (9781984830210)
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 6, 2020

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

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

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

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

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

21. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33. Agent Running in the Field
John le Carré, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984878892

34. The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449

35. American Spy
Lauren Wilkinson, Random House, $17.00, 9780812988284

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

37. Beloved
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.00, 9781400033416

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

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

40. A Better Man
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $17.99, 9781250066312

41. The Guardians
John Grisham, Bantam, $18.00, 9780593129982

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

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

44. The Guest Book
Sarah Blake, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250110275

45. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Perennial, $15.99, 9780060935467

46. The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Christy Lefteri, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780593128176

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

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

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

50. Fleishman Is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Random House, $17.00, 9780525510895

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 6, 2020

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

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

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

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

20. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781451642308

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

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

23. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110

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

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

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

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

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

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

30. Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316486644

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

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

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

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

35. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802124739

36. Dreyer's English
Benjamin Dreyer, Random House , $18.00, 9780812985719

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

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

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

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

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

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

43. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $21.99, 9780062397348

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

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

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

47. Citizen
Claudia Rankine, Graywolf, $20.00, 9781555976903

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

49. Walking with the Wind
John Lewis, Michael D'Orso, S&S, $18.99, 9781476797717

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 6, 2020

16. 28 Summers
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316420044

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

38. Friends and Strangers
J.Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525520597

39. All Adults Here
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9781594634697

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

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

42. A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781984820150

43. If It Bleeds
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982137977

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

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

46. Summer
Ali Smith, Pantheon, $27.95, 9781101870792

47. Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising
Timothy Zahn, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593157688

48. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671189

49. The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $30.00, 9780805096606

50. Apeirogon
Colum McCann, Random House, $28.00, 9781400069606

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 6, 2020

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25. How to Lead
David M. Rubenstein, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781982132156

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

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

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

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

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

31. The Dynasty
Jeff Benedict, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781982134105

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

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

34. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $28.00, 9780525510314

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

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

37. Hitler: Downfall: 1939-1945
Volker Ullrich, Knopf, $40.00, 9781101874004

38. True Crimes and Misdemeanors
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385536738

39. Countdown 1945
Chris Wallace, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781982143343

40. It Was All a Lie
Stuart Stevens, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525658450

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

42. Authoritarian Nightmare
John W. Dean, Bob Altemeyer, Melville House, $29.99, 9781612199054

43. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00, 9781328662057

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

45. Finding Freedom
Omid Scobie, Carolyn Durand, Dey Street Books, $27.99, 9780063046108

46. The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780735223011

47. A Very Punchable Face
Colin Jost, Crown, $27.00, 9781101906323

48. The Blue Zones Kitchen
Dan Buettner, National Geographic, $30.00, 9781426220135

49. Real Change
Sharon Salzberg, Flatiron Books, $24.99, 9781250310576

50. Blitz
David Horowitz, Humanix Books, $27.99, 9781630061388

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending September 6, 2020

11. Winter in Paradise
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316435529

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

13. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741

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

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

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

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

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

26. Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316463249

27. Killing the Rising Sun
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9781250755612

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

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

30. The Cornwalls Vanish
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538731611

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

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

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

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

35. The Last Wishr
Andrzej Sapkowski, Orbit, $8.99, 9780316029186

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

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

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

39. The Titanic Secret
Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Putnam, $9.99, 9780735217287

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

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

42. Same Beach, Next Year
Dorothea Benton Frank, Morrow, $7.99, 9780062993427

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

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

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

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

47. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $7.95, 9780679755333

48. The New Girl
Daniel Silva, Harper, $9.99, 9780062835079

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

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

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