Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for August 19, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020
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| Trade Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 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. |
1/7 |
| 2. |
Circe Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323 Miller's masterful follow-up to The Song of Achilles is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world. |
2/18 |
| 3. |
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. |
3/26 |
| 4. |
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. |
5/72 |
| 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. |
4/67 |
| 6. |
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. |
7/2 |
| 7. |
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. |
6/13 |
| 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. |
8/11 |
| 9. |
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. |
10/72 |
| 10. |
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. |
13/102 |
| 11. |
Chances Are . . . Richard Russo, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101971994 Russo's riveting novel about the abiding yet complex power of friendship. |
14/5 |
| 12. |
City of Girls Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741 Written with a powerful wisdom about human desire and connection, City of Girls is a love story like no other. |
9/19 |
| 13. |
Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead- Debut 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. |
/1 |
| 14. |
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. |
11/29 |
| 15. |
The Woman in the Window A.J. Finn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062905086 Finn's smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense is soon to be a major motion picture. |
/12 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for August 19, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 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. |
1/71 |
| 2. |
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. |
3/3 |
| 3. |
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. |
4/28 |
| 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. |
2/12 |
| 5. |
The Color of Law Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536 Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation. |
7/16 |
| 6. |
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. |
9/36 |
| 7. |
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. |
11/11 |
| 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. |
5/12 |
| 9. |
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. |
6/12 |
| 10. |
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. |
8/33 |
| 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. |
12/75 |
| 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. |
13/6 |
| 13. |
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. |
10/7 |
| 14. |
On Tyranny Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114 Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the 20th century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. |
14/72 |
| 15. |
The Truths We Hold: An American Journey- Debut 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. |
/1 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for August 19, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020
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| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
| 1. |
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. |
1/11 |
| 2. |
Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090 Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read. |
2/104 |
| 3. |
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. |
3/7 |
| 4. |
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. |
9/6 |
| 5. |
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. |
8/30 |
| 6. |
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. |
5/2 |
| 7. |
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. |
7/29 |
| 8. |
The Order Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834843 Silva's riveting new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon. |
6/5 |
| 9. |
Migrations Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250204028 McConaghy's Migrations is both an ode to our threatened world and a breathtaking novel about the lengths we will go for the people we love. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for August 2020. |
10/2 |
| 10. |
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. |
/3 |
| 11. |
A Private Cathedral- Debut James Lee Burke, S&S, $28.00, 9781982151683 After finding himself caught up in one of Louisiana's oldest and bloodiest family rivalries, Detective Dave Robicheaux must battle the most terrifying adversary he has ever encountered. |
/1 |
| 12. |
28 Summers Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316420044 Hilderbrand's new novel explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates and enriches their lives, and the lives of the people they love. |
12/9 |
| 13. |
Sex and Vanity Kevin Kwan, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385546270 Sex and Vanity is a truly modern love story, a daring homage to A Room with a View, and a brilliantly funny comedy of manners set between two cultures. |
14/7 |
| 14. |
The Death of Vivek Oji Akwaeke Emezi, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525541608 Emezi's novel of family and friendship that challenges expectations is an August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
13/2 |
| 15. |
Harrow the Ninth Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $26.99, 9781250313225 The sensational sequel the Gideon the Ninth and the second book in Muir's Locked Tomb Trilogy is an August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
4/2 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for August 19, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 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. |
2/2 |
| 2. |
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. |
1/5 |
| 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. |
3/19 |
| 4. |
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. |
4/23 |
| 5. |
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. |
5/25 |
| 6. |
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. |
6/15 |
| 7. |
Live Free Or Die Sean Hannity, Threshold Editions, $30.00, 9781982149970 The Fox News host makes his case for the re-election of Donald Trump. |
13/2 |
| 8. |
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. |
8/99 |
| 9. |
Evil Geniuses: The Unmaking of America: A Recent History- Debut Kurt Andersen, Random House, $30.00, 9781984801340 Andersen tells the epic history of how America decided that big business gets whatever it wants, only the rich get richer, and nothing should ever change--and charts a way back to the future. |
/1 |
| 10. |
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. |
/11 |
| 11. |
Begin Again Eddie S. Glaude, Crown, $27.00, 9780525575320 At once a searing exploration that lays bare the tangled web of race, trauma, and memory, and a powerful interrogation of what we all must ask of ourselves in order to call forth a new America. |
7/7 |
| 12. |
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. |
/32 |
| 13. |
What It's Like to Be a Bird David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894 A bird book for birders and non-birders alike that will excite and inspire by providing a new and deeper understanding of what common, mostly backyard, birds are doing--and why. |
12/12 |
| 14. |
Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family- Debut Omid Scobie, Carolyn Durand, Dey Street Books, $27.99, 9780063046108 Scobie and Durand tell the true story of Duke and Duchess of Sussex's life together, revealing why they chose to pursue a more independent path and the reasons behind their unprecedented decision to step away from their royal lives. |
/1 |
| 15. |
Big Friendship Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman, S&S, $26.00, 9781982111908 An inspiring and entertaining testament to the power of society's most underappreciated relationship, Big Friendship will invite you to think about how your own bonds are formed, challenged, and preserved. |
/2 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for August 19, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 |
1/39 |
| 2. |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
2/215 |
| 3. |
The Guardians John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945 |
3/7 |
| 4. |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400 |
4/22 |
| 5. |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
9/7 |
| 6. |
Lord of the Flies William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487 |
/18 |
| 7. |
The Outsider Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781501180996 |
8/6 |
| 8. |
The Girl Who Lived Twice- Debut David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $9.99, 9780593082522 |
/1 |
| 9. |
Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 |
/27 |
| 10. |
The Couple Next Door Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310 |
6/116 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for August 19, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020
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| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1. |
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094 |
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| 2. |
The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317 |
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| 3. |
This Book Is Anti-Racist Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illus.), Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $14.99, 9780711245211 |
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| 4. |
New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 |
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| 5. |
Guts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500 |
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| 6. |
The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278 |
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| 7. |
When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908 |
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| 8. |
Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275 |
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| 9. |
Smile Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060 |
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| 10. |
Charlotte's Web E.B. White, Harper, $8.99, 9780064400558 |
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| 11. |
Drama Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995 |
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| 12. |
Ghosts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629 |
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| 13. |
Sisters Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605 |
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| 14. |
Hatchet Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293 |
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| 15. |
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $17.99, 9781481438285 |
Young Adult
Bestseller List for August 19, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 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 |
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| 2. |
The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350 |
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| 3. |
One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680 |
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| 4. |
We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 |
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| 5. |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729 |
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| 6. |
The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811 |
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| 7. |
Clap When You Land Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769 |
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| 8. |
A Peculiar Peril Jeff VanderMeer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $19.99, 9780374308865 |
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| 9. |
This Is My America Kim Johnson, Random House Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593118764 |
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| 10. |
They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $10.99, 9780062457806 |
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| 11. |
The Black Kids Christina Hammonds Reed, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534462724 |
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| 12. |
One of Us Is Next Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525707967 |
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| 13. |
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781984896360 |
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| 14. |
Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title) Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529 |
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| 15. |
American Royals Katharine McGee, Ember, $10.99, 9781984830203 |
Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for August 19, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1. |
Antiracist Baby Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508 |
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| 2. |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 3. |
Kamala and Maya's Big Idea Meena Harris, Ana Ramírez González (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062937407 |
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| 4. |
The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $18.99, 9780399246531 |
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| 5. |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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| 6. |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926 |
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| 7. |
Sulwe Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $17.99, 9781534425361 |
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| 8. |
We Will Rock Our Classmates Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368059596 |
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| 9. |
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice Marianne Celano, et al., Magination Press, $16.99, 9781433828546 |
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| 10. |
I Promise- Debut LeBron James, Nina Mata (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780062971067 |
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| 11. |
Blueberries for Sal Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698, |
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| 12. |
We Don't Eat Our Classmates Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368003551 |
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| 13. |
All Are Welcome Alexandra Penfold, Suzanne Kaufman (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780525579649 |
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| 14. |
You Matter Christian Robinson, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534421691 |
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| 15. |
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 |
Children's Series
Bestseller List for August 19, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020
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| Children's Series | ||
| 1. |
Twilight (hardcover and paperback) Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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| 2. |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 3. |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic |
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| 4. |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 5. |
Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback) J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books |
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| 6. |
The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic |
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| 7. |
The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
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| 8. |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 9. |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House |
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| 10. |
Who Was/Is...? (paperback) Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020
16. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101971062
17. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
18. Fleishman Is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Random House, $17.00, 9780525510895
19. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527
20. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
21. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219
22. Beloved
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.00, 9781400033416
23. The Secrets We Kept
Lara Prescott, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525566106
24. The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449
25. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
26. American Spy
Lauren Wilkinson, Random House, $17.00, 9780812988284
27. The Guardians
John Grisham, Bantam, $18.00, 9780593129982
28. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781524798642
29. Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9780451499066
30. Exhalation
Ted Chiang, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972083
31. The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101911815
32. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.95, 9780345804327
33. The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501154867
34. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
35. Disappearing Earth
Julia Phillips, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525436225
36. The Mothers
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $16.00, 9780399184529
37. Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804172448
38. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140
39. Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780425284704
40. The Guest Book
Sarah Blake, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250110275
41. Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316420006
42. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296
43. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $16.99, 9780316421973
44. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $16.00, 9780307455925
45. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $17.99, 9781250313188
46. The River
Peter Heller, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525563532
47. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533
48. Finna
Nate Marshall, One World, $17.00, 9780593132456
49. Ghosted
Rosie Walsh, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525522799
50. Ask Again, Yes
Mary Beth Keane, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982106997
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020
16. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
17. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286
18. March: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $14.95, 9781603093002
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. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $18.00, 9781501168703
22. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $22.00, 9780143034759
23. The Great Influenza
John M. Barry, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143036494
24. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
25. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488
26. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510567
27. Walking with the Wind
John Lewis, Michael D'Orso, S&S, $18.99, 9781476797717
28. We Want to Do More Than Survive
Bettina Love, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807028346
29. March: Book Two
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.95, 9781603094009
30. I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062319791
31. March: Book Three
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.99, 9781603094023
32. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
33. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Beverly Daniel Tatum, Basic Books, $18.99, 9780465060689
34. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
35. Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316486644
36. Are Prisons Obsolete?
Angela Y. Davis, Seven Stories Press, $15.95, 9781583225813
37. Spearhead
Adam Makos, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780804176743
38. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
39. When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chödrön, Shambhala, $16.95, 9781611803433
40. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
41. The Second Mountain
David Brooks, Random House, $18.00, 9780812983425
42. Running with Sherman
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525433255
43. Citizen
Claudia Rankine, Graywolf, $20.00, 9781555976903
44. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $21.99, 9780062397348
45. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
Angela Y. Davis, Haymarket Books, $15.95, 9781608465644
46. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155
47. The Source of Self-Regard
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562795
48. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609
49. Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde, Crossing Press, $16.99, 9781580911863
50. The End of Policing
Alex S. Vitale, Verso, $17.95, 9781784782924
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020
16. Utopia Avenue
David Mitchell, Random House, $30.00, 9780812997439
17. Camino Winds
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545938
18. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521143
19. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
20. The Pull of the Stars
Emma Donoghue, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316499019
21. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28.00, 9780399562488
22. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697
23. Axiom's End
Lindsay Ellis, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250256737
24. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28.00, 9780525429760
25. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735216723
26. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316509848
27. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28.00, 9780399590597
28. A Burning
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525658696
29. Near Dark
Brad Thor, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $28.99, 9781982104061
30. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023
31. The Lions of Fifth Avenue
Fiona Davis, Dutton, $27.00, 9781524744618
32. All Adults Here
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9781594634697
33. Big Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $28.00, 9781501133510
34. Death in Her Hands
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984879356
35. Friends and Strangers
J.Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525520597
36. The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $26.99, 9781982136451
37. A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781984820150
38. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802148537
39. If It Bleeds
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982137977
40. The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $30.00, 9780805096606
41. Redhead by the Side of the Road
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525658412
42. The Eighth Detective
Alex Pavesi, Holt, $26.99, 9781250755933
43. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671189
44. Apeirogon
Colum McCann, Random House, $28.00, 9781400069606
45. The Boy in the Field
Margot Livesey, Harper, $26.99, 9780062946393
46. The End of Her
Shari Lapena, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.00, 9781984880512
47. The Butterfly Lampshade
Aimee Bender, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385534871
48. The Book of Lost Friends
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781984819888
49. In the Valley
Ron Rash, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385544290
50. A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
Hank Green, Dutton, $27.00, 9781524743475
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020
16. It Was All a Lie
Stuart Stevens, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525658450
17. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504
18. Memorial Drive
Natasha Trethewey, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062248572
19. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Viking, $26.00, 9780525560548
20. The Room Where It Happened
John Bolton, S&S, $32.50, 9781982148034
21. Twilight of Democracy
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $25.00, 9780385545808
22. True Crimes and Misdemeanors
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385536738
23. The Answer Is . . .
Alex Trebek, S&S, $26.00, 9781982157999
24. Countdown 1945
Chris Wallace, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781982143343
25. I'm Still Here
Austin Channing Brown, Convergent Books, $25.00, 9781524760854
26. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316478526
27. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
28. New World Sourdough
Bryan Ford, Quarry Books, $27.99, 9781631598708
29. The Lazy Genius Way
Kendra Adachi, WaterBrook, $26.00, 9780525653912
30. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836
31. The Fixed Stars
Molly Wizenberg, Abrams, $25.00, 9781419742996
32. Entitled
Kate Manne, Crown, $27.00, 9781984826558
33. A Very Punchable Face
Colin Jost, Crown, $27.00, 9781101906323
34. Men to Avoid in Art and Life
Nicole Tersigni, Chronicle Books, $14.95, 9781797202839
35. Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
Anonymous, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.00, 9780358216773
36. Owls of the Eastern Ice
Jonathan C. Slaght, FSG, $28.00, 9780374228484
37. The End of Everything
Katie Mack, Scribner, $26.00, 9781982103545
38. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $28.00, 9780525510314
39. Stranger Planet
Nathan W. Pyle, Morrow Gift, $15.99, 9780063022607
40. Make Change
Shaun King, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26.00, 9780358048008
41. Fallout
Lesley M.M. Blume, S&S, $27.00, 9781982128517
42. The Biggest Bluff
Maria Konnikova, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780525522621
43. The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780735223011
44. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780525560715
45. Separated
Jacob Soboroff, Custom House, $29.99, 9780062992192
46. Veritas
Ariel Sabar, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385542586
47. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385543767
48. The Catalyst
Jonah Berger, S&S, $26.99, 9781982108601
49. Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong, One World, $27.00, 9781984820365
50. The Body
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385539302
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending August 16, 2020
11. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688
12. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143135661
13. The Andromeda Evolution
Michael Crichton, Daniel H. Wilson, Harper, $9.99, 9780062473349
14. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
15. Camino Island
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781524797157
16. The Titanic Secret
Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Putnam, $9.99, 9780735217287
17. Blue Moon
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593567
18. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
19. An Unwanted Guest
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525507574
20. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
21. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
22. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
23. The Cornwalls Vanish
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538731611
24. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
25. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543
26. Outfox
Sandra Brown, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455572205
27. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
28. Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316463249
29. The Stand
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743688
30. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12.00, 9780140177398
31. The President Is Missing
James Patterson, Bill Clinton, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538713846
32. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
33. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702
34. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488
35. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620938
36. The Rumor
Lesley Kara, Ballantine, $9.99, 9781984820549
37. Redemption
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538761427
38. The Flight Attendant
Chris Bohjalian, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593081631
39. Golden in Death
J.D. Robb, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9781250207227
40. Long Road to Mercy
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538761540
41. The New Girl
Daniel Silva, Harper, $9.99, 9780062835079
42. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
43. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
44. Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538728550
45. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
46. Before and Again
Barbara Delinsky, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9781250622662
47. Paranoid
Lisa Jackson, Zebra, $9.99, 9781420136111
48. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
49. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
50. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125