Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for August 26, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 23, 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. |
1/8 |
| 2. |
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. |
4/73 |
| 3. |
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. |
2/19 |
| 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. |
3/27 |
| 5. |
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. |
8/12 |
| 6. |
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. |
5/68 |
| 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. |
6/3 |
| 8. |
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. |
7/14 |
| 9. |
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. |
10/103 |
| 10. |
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. |
9/73 |
| 11. |
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. |
13/2 |
| 12. |
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. |
14/30 |
| 13. |
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. |
12/20 |
| 14. |
The Song of Achilles- Debut 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. |
/1 |
| 15. |
Chances Are . . . Richard Russo, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101971994 Russo's riveting novel about the abiding yet complex power of friendship. |
11/6 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for August 26, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 23, 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. |
1/72 |
| 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. |
3/29 |
| 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. |
4/13 |
| 4. |
The Color of Law Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536 Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation. |
5/17 |
| 5. |
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. |
2/4 |
| 6. |
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. |
7/12 |
| 7. |
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. |
9/13 |
| 8. |
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. |
6/37 |
| 9. |
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. |
8/13 |
| 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. |
10/34 |
| 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. |
11/76 |
| 12. |
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. |
15/2 |
| 13. |
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. |
12/7 |
| 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. |
13/8 |
| 15. |
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. |
14/73 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for August 26, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 23, 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. |
1/12 |
| 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. |
2/105 |
| 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. |
3/8 |
| 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. |
4/7 |
| 5. |
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. |
10/4 |
| 6. |
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. |
5/31 |
| 7. |
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. |
6/3 |
| 8. |
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. |
7/30 |
| 9. |
The Order Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834843 Silva's riveting new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon. |
8/6 |
| 10. |
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. |
9/3 |
| 11. |
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. |
/43 |
| 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. |
12/10 |
| 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. |
13/8 |
| 14. |
The Pull of the Stars Emma Donoghue, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316499019 In The Pull of the Stars, Donoghue finds the light in the darkness, and hope and survival against all odds. |
/3 |
| 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. |
15/3 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for August 26, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 23, 2020
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| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 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. |
1/3 |
| 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. |
2/6 |
| 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. |
4/24 |
| 4. |
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. |
3/20 |
| 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. |
5/26 |
| 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. |
6/16 |
| 7. |
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. |
8/100 |
| 8. |
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. |
7/3 |
| 9. |
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. |
11/8 |
| 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. |
10/12 |
| 11. |
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. |
13/13 |
| 12. |
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. |
15/3 |
| 13. |
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. |
12/33 |
| 14. |
Hood Feminism Mikki Kendall, Viking, $26.00, 9780525560548 A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in Black feminism. |
/10 |
| 15. |
Evil Geniuses 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. |
9/2 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for August 26, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 23, 2020
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 |
1/40 |
| 2. |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
2/216 |
| 3. |
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688 |
/11 |
| 4. |
The Guardians John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945 |
3/8 |
| 5. |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400 |
4/23 |
| 6. |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
5/8 |
| 7. |
The Girl Who Lived Twice David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $9.99, 9780593082522 |
8/2 |
| 8. |
Lord of the Flies William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487 |
6/19 |
| 9. |
The Outsider Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781501180996 |
7/7 |
| 10. |
Blue Moon Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593567 |
/7 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for August 26, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 23, 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. |
The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278 |
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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. |
This Book Is Anti-Racist Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illus.), Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $14.99, 9780711245211 |
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| 7. |
Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275 |
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| 8. |
When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908 |
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| 9. |
Sisters Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605 |
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| 10. |
Smile Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060 |
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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. |
Best Friends Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317469 |
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| 14. |
Charlotte's Web E.B. White, Harper, $8.99, 9780064400558 |
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| 15. |
Hatchet Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293 |
Young Adult
Bestseller List for August 26, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 23, 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. |
We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 |
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| 4. |
One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680 |
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| 5. |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729 |
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| 6. |
Raybearer (An Indies Introduce Title)- Debut Jordan Ifueko, Amulet Books, $18.99, 9781419739828 |
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| 7. |
A Peculiar Peril Jeff VanderMeer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $19.99, 9780374308865 |
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| 8. |
Clap When You Land Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769 |
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| 9. |
The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811 |
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| 10. |
Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title) Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529 |
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| 11. |
The Giver Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688 |
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| 12. |
You Should See Me in a Crown (An Indies Introduce Title) Leah Johnson, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338503265 |
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| 13. |
One of Us Is Next Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525707967 |
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| 14. |
The Outsiders S.E. Hinton, Speak, $10.00, 9780142407332 |
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| 15. |
They Both Die at the End Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $10.99, 9780062457806 |
Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for August 26, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 23, 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. |
I Promise LeBron James, Nina Mata (Illus.), Harper, $19.99, 9780062971067 |
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| 3. |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 4. |
Kamala and Maya's Big Idea Meena Harris, Ana Ramírez González (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062937407 |
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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. |
The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $18.99, 9780399246531 |
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| 8. |
We Will Rock Our Classmates Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368059596 |
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| 9. |
You Matter Christian Robinson, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534421691 |
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| 10. |
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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| 11. |
A Is for Activist Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $11.95, 9781609805395 |
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| 12. |
Sulwe Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $17.99, 9781534425361 |
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| 13. |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $8.99, 9780805047905 |
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| 14. |
Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007 |
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| 15. |
Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801 |
Children's Series
Bestseller List for August 26, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending August 23, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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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. |
Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback) J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books |
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| 5. |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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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 23, 2020
16. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062905086
17. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
18. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101971062
19. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527
20. Lovecraft Country
Matt Ruff, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062292070
21. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296
22. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $17.99, 9781250313188
23. The Guardians
John Grisham, Bantam, $18.00, 9780593129982
24. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
25. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781524798642
26. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219
27. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.95, 9780345804327
28. A Better Man
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $17.99, 9781250066312
29. American Spy
Lauren Wilkinson, Random House, $17.00, 9780812988284
30. Beloved
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.00, 9781400033416
31. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $16.00, 9780307455925
32. The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449
33. Exhalation
Ted Chiang, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972083
34. Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316420006
35. The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101911815
36. The Secrets We Kept
Lara Prescott, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525566106
37. Agent Running in the Field
John le Carré, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984878892
38. Fleishman Is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Random House, $17.00, 9780525510895
39. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140
40. Fire & Blood
George R.R. Martin, Doug Wheatley (Illus.), Bantam, $22.00, 9781524796303
41. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
42. The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal
Griffin McElroy Clint McElroy, et al., First Second, $19.99, 9781250232632
43. The Guest Book
Sarah Blake, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250110275
44. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
45. Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804172448
46. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533
47. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062684738
48. Ghosted
Rosie Walsh, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525522799
49. The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501154867
50. Disappearing Earth
Julia Phillips, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525436225
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending August 23, 2020
16. March: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $14.95, 9781603093002
17. Underland
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358094
18. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286
19. Know My Name
Chanel Miller, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223721
20. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312
21. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
22. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488
23. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
24. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $18.00, 9781501168703
25. The Great Influenza
John M. Barry, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143036494
26. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $22.00, 9780143034759
27. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510567
28. Walking with the Wind
John Lewis, Michael D'Orso, S&S, $18.99, 9781476797717
29. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781451642308
30. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Beverly Daniel Tatum, Basic Books, $18.99, 9780465060689
31. Are Prisons Obsolete?
Angela Y. Davis, Seven Stories Press, $15.95, 9781583225813
32. I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062319791
33. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
34. March: Book Three
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.99, 9781603094023
35. The Source of Self-Regard
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562795
36. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
37. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609
38. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
39. Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde, Crossing Press, $16.99, 9781580911863
40. We Want to Do More Than Survive
Bettina Love, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807028346
41. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155
42. March: Book Two
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.95, 9781603094009
43. Citizen
Claudia Rankine, Graywolf, $20.00, 9781555976903
44. Running with Sherman
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525433255
45. Emergent Strategy
Adrienne Maree Brown, AK Press, $16.00, 9781849352604
46. Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316486644
47. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers
Brian Kilmeade, Sentinel, $17.00, 9780525540540
48. When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chödrön, Shambhala, $16.95, 9781611803433
49. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807057834
50. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending August 23, 2020
16. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28.00, 9780525429760
17. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316509848
18. A Private Cathedral
James Lee Burke, S&S, $28.00, 9781982151683
19. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735216723
20. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023
21. The Lions of Fifth Avenue
Fiona Davis, Dutton, $27.00, 9781524744618
22. Camino Winds
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545938
23. The Death of Vivek Oji
Akwaeke Emezi, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525541608
24. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521143
25. A Burning
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525658696
26. Utopia Avenue
David Mitchell, Random House, $30.00, 9780812997439
27. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697
28. All Adults Here
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9781594634697
29. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802148537
30. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28.00, 9780399562488
31. Axiom's End
Lindsay Ellis, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250256737
32. If It Bleeds
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982137977
33. A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781984820150
34. Death in Her Hands
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984879356
35. Big Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $28.00, 9781501133510
36. Near Dark
Brad Thor, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $28.99, 9781982104061
37. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28.00, 9780399590597
38. Friends and Strangers
J.Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525520597
39. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671189
40. The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $30.00, 9780805096606
41. When These Mountains Burn
David Joy, Putnam, $27.00, 9780525536888
42. The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $26.99, 9781982136451
43. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $26.99, 9781250217288
44. Redhead by the Side of the Road
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525658412
45. The Boy in the Field
Margot Livesey, Harper, $26.99, 9780062946393
46. The Shadows
Alex North, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250318039
47. The Book of Lost Names
Kristin Harmel, Gallery Books, $28.00, 9781982131890
48. Rodham
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590917
49. Peace Talks
Jim Butcher, Ace, $28.00, 9780451464415
50. The End of Her
Shari Lapena, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.00, 9781984880512
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending August 23, 2020
16. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504
17. It Was All a Lie
Stuart Stevens, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525658450
18. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316478526
19. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
20. The Answer Is . . .
Alex Trebek, S&S, $26.00, 9781982157999
21. Twilight of Democracy
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $25.00, 9780385545808
22. Finding Freedom
Omid Scobie, Carolyn Durand, Dey Street Books, $27.99, 9780063046108
23. Memorial Drive
Natasha Trethewey, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062248572
24. The Room Where It Happened
John Bolton, S&S, $32.50, 9781982148034
25. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836
26. Countdown 1945
Chris Wallace, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781982143343
27. True Crimes and Misdemeanors
Jeffrey Toobin, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385536738
28. I'm Still Here
Austin Channing Brown, Convergent Books, $25.00, 9781524760854
29. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $28.00, 9780525510314
30. Reaganland
Rick Perlstein, S&S, $40.00, 9781476793054
31. Entitled
Kate Manne, Crown, $27.00, 9781984826558
32. New World Sourdough
Bryan Ford, Quarry Books, $27.99, 9781631598708
33. Separated
Jacob Soboroff, Custom House, $29.99, 9780062992192
34. The Book of Delights
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $23.95, 9781616207922
35. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
36. Owls of the Eastern Ice
Jonathan C. Slaght, FSG, $28.00, 9780374228484
37. The Biggest Bluff
Maria Konnikova, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780525522621
38. Time of the Magicians
Wolfram Eilenberger, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780525559665
39. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780525560715
40. A Very Punchable Face
Colin Jost, Crown, $27.00, 9781101906323
41. The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780735223011
42. Blitz
David Horowitz, Humanix Books, $27.99, 9781630061388
43. Stranger Planet
Nathan W. Pyle, Morrow Gift, $15.99, 9780063022607
44. The Fixed Stars
Molly Wizenberg, Abrams, $25.00, 9781419742996
45. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00, 9781328662057
46. Dirt
Bill Buford, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307271013
47. The End of Everything
Katie Mack, Scribner, $26.00, 9781982103545
48. The Body
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385539302
49. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385543767
50. The Detective in the Dooryard
Timothy A. Cotton, Down East Books, $24.95, 9781608937424
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending August 23, 2020
11. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310
12. Camino Island
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781524797157
13. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143135661
14. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12.00, 9780140177398
15. The Cornwalls Vanish
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538731611
16. The Last Odyssey
James Rollins, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062892928
17. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
18. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
19. Outfox
Sandra Brown, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455572205
20. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
21. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543
22. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
23. The Titanic Secret
Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, Putnam, $9.99, 9780735217287
24. The Andromeda Evolution
Michael Crichton, Daniel H. Wilson, Harper, $9.99, 9780062473349
25. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
26. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
27. An Unwanted Guest
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525507574
28. The Stand
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743688
29. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
30. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
31. The President Is Missing
James Patterson, Bill Clinton, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538713846
32. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
33. The Flight Attendant
Chris Bohjalian, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593081631
34. Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316463249
35. Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538728550
36. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
37. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
38. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
39. Same Beach, Next Year
Dorothea Benton Frank, Morrow, $7.99, 9780062993427
40. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620938
41. Golden in Death
J.D. Robb, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9781250207227
42. The Rumor
Lesley Kara, Ballantine, $9.99, 9781984820549
43. Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365293
44. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
45. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525506348
46. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
47. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
48. Labyrinth
Catherine Coulter, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501193668
49. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $7.95, 9780679755333
50. Redemption
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538761427