December 11, 2024

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for December 11, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802163622
Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in 24 hours. Winner of the Booker Prize 2024.
2/4
2 Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
1/15
3 The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593312070
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.
3/5
4 North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18.00, 9780593597040
When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike.
4/10
5 Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
5/12
6 The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years.
6/6
7 Wicked
Gregory Maguire, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780062852847
The New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony Award-winning hit musical, now a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande.
7/2
8 A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569
From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.
8/117
9 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593466490
Two college friends—often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before.
10/24
10 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756
An exquisite homage to Louisa May Alcott's timeless classic, Little Women, Hello Beautiful is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it.
9/3
11 The Hunter- Debut
Tana French, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593493458
Tana French's novel is a nuanced, atmospheric tale that explores what we'll do for our loved ones, what we'll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide.
/1
12 The Best American Short Stories 2024
Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959
A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, and series editor Heidi Pitlor.
14/7
13 The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781101906118
Kang's beautiful and unsettling novel is the winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize.
11/14
14 The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club.
/105
15 Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263
A personal selection of Oliver's best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career.
/17
 
     

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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 11, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593536131
A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club.
1/30
2 On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12.00, 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.
4/92
3 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781571313560
Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
2/261
4 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.
3/24
5 Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20.00, 9780307279286
Award-winning New Yorker staff writer Keefe presents a stunning and intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.
5/45
6 Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593652985
A vital and urgent call to action about the precarious state of American democracy, charting its historical challenges and current threats, from one of our era's most important and insightful historians, with a new afterword by the author.
6/7
7 Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20.00, 9780593139158
McConaughey's unconventional memoir is filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.
7/4
8 The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more all presented in the inimitably useful and humorous way it has done since 1792.
9/15
9 The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 19172017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
A history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history.
10/59
10 All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering.
8/162
11 All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me- Debut
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard.
/1
12 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
Perfect for the anti-aviary or bird fanatic with a sense of humor, this snarky illustrated handbook is equal parts profane, funny, and—let's face it—true.
12/27
13 The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
11/219
14 World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $22.00, 9780062802767
A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain.
/13
15 The Best American Essays 2024
Wesley Morris, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351554
A collection of the year's best essays, selected by Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Wesley Morris and series editor Kim Dana Kupperman.
/4
 
     

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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for December 11, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550369
Percival Everett's new novel is a brilliant, action-packed re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2024.
1/38
2 Wind and Truth- Debut
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $39.99, 9781250319180
The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the bestselling Stormlight Archive—the iconic epic fantasy masterpiece from acclaimed bestselling author Brandon Sanderson.
/1
3 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
Keegan's landmark novel is a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2021.
4/21
4 Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374602635
An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family—but especially love—from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick.
2/11
5 The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593801970
A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for these strange post-pandemic times, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a singular and towering achievement by one of modern literature's most important writers. A December 2024 Indie Next Pick.
3/3
6 The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593418918
Moore's multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore's most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet. The #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2024.
5/23
7 All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29.00, 9780593190265
Miranda July returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious, and surprising novel about a woman upending her life. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick.
10/30
8 The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30.00, 9781250328137
The 19th mystery in Louise Penny's bestselling Armand Gamache series.
6/6
9 Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
Set in the world's largest ocean, this awe-filled novel explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick.
8/11
10 The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30.00, 9781250178633
The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm's way to help others.
7/44
11 Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30.00, 9780593446096
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world. A September 2024 Indie Next Pick.
9/13
12 The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576
A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew. The #1 Indie Next Pick for August 2024.
12/17
13 Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593537619
A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction. A February 2024 Indie Next Pick.
/12
14 The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593489277
Matt Haig's new novel is filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning. A September 2024 Indie Next Pick.
13/14
15 The Mighty Red
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32.00, 9780063277052
In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinary people's lives. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick.
15/9
 
     

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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 11, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781668072240
A bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2024.
1/3
2 Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34.00, 9780593799895
In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table.
3/10
3 The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30.00, 9780593230381
The bestselling author of Between the World and Me travels the world to explore how the stories we tell--and the ones we don't--shape our realities.
2/10
4 Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316575805
Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light.
4/10
5 The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35.00, 9780385348744
Larson brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a slow-burning crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick.
6/32
6 Cher: The Memoir, Part One
Cher, Dey Street Books, $36.00, 9780062863102
Cher: The Memoir, Part One follows her extraordinary beginnings through childhood to meeting and marrying Sonny Bono—and reveals the highly complicated relationship that made them world-famous, but eventually drove them apart.
5/3
7 What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781668055687
Stanley Tucci's new book is a funny, poignant, heartfelt, and deeply satisfying serving of memories and meals and an irresistible celebration of the profound role that food plays in all our lives.
7/8
8 The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385544764
From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day.
/18
9 Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35.00, 9780593734223
From the bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world.
8/13
10 Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593320969
The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs.
9/7
11 Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy
Tieghan Gerard, Clarkson Potter, $32.99, 9780593232576
120+ recipes for delicious, soul-warming comfort food...and getting it ready in a hurry.
10/3
12 Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham, Jim McCloskey, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385550444
John Grisham and Centurion Ministries Founder Jim McCloskey share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions.
14/8
13 CABIN: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman- Debut
Patrick Hutchison, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250285706
A memoir of the author's journey from an office job to restoring a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, based on his wildly popular Outside Magazine piece. A December 2024 Indie Next Pick.
/1
14 What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird
Sy Montgomery, Atria Books, $22.99, 9781668047361
A charming and eye-opening exploration of the special relationship between humans and chickens from Sy Montgomery. A November 2024 Indie Next Pick.
12/5
15 The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260
The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by David Grann, one of our greatest nonfiction writers. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick.
/77
 
     

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Mass Market



Bestseller List for December 11, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
1/440
2 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
6/153
3 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
3/111
4 The Exchange
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593685600
4/9
5 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
2/173
6 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
5/262
7 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
7/74
8 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309
/2
9 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
/86
10 Never Too Late
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9780593498422
10/6
 
     

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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for December 11, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1 Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
 
2 The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
 
3 The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science
Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316554732
 
4 The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
 
5 The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
 
6 The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
Barbara Robinson, HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780063416475
 
7 The Sherlock Society
James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665932530
 
8 Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
 
9 Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes that Dot Our Planet
Geo Rutherford, Abrams Books for Young Readers, $24.99, 9781419770531
 
10 Orris and Timble: The Beginning
Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791
 
11 The Hotel Balzaar
Kate DiCamillo, Júlia Sardà (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536223316
 
12 Let It Glow
Marissa Meyer, Joanne Levy, Feiwel & Friends, $9.99, 9781250360816
 
13 The Last Dragon on Mars
Scott Reintgen, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665946513
 
14 Stella & Marigold
Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $15.99, 9781797219707
 
15 Charlotte's Web
E. B. White, Harper, $10.99, 9780064400558
 
 
     

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Young Adult



Bestseller List for December 11, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Young Adult  
1 Darkly
Marisha Pessl, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593706558
 
2 Heir
Sabaa Tahir, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780593616949
 
3 Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
 
4 Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138
 
5 Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
 
6 Not for the Faint of Heart
Lex Croucher, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250847232
 
7 Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17.00, 9780593622452
 
8 The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
 
9 A Study in Drowning (Collector's Deluxe Limited Edition)
Ava Reid, HarperCollins, $21.99, 9780063419414
 
10 If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
 
11 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196
 
12 The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207
 
13 Where the Library Hides
Isabel Ibañez, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250822994
 
14 The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207
 
15 Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
 
 
     

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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for December 11, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2024
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  Children's Illustrated  
1 How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?
Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767
 
2 Santa's First Christmas
Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593524978
 
3 How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383
 
4 Alice in a Winter Wonderland
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593533888
 
5 The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780544580145
 
6 The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
7 Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770
 
8 The Mitten
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780399231094
 
9 Where's Bluey? At Christmas
Penguin Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593752982
 
10 Knight Owl and Early Bird
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526
 
11 Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho
William Boniface, Julien Chung (Illus.), Beach Lane Books, $18.99, 9781665954761
 
12 The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
 
13 Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
 
14 Little Blue Truck's Christmas
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780544320413
 
15 Christmas at Hogwarts
J. K. Rowling, Ziyi Gao (Illus.), Scholastic, $19.99, 9781546129950
 
 
     

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Children's Series



Bestseller List for December 11, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2024
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  Children's Series  
1 Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
New in Series: Big Jim Begins (9781338896459)
 
2 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
 
3 The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
 
4 Keeper of the Lost Cities (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin
New in Series: Unraveled Book 9.5 (9781665967419)
 
5 Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
6 Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 
7 The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
8 Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
9 Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
10 Dragon Masters (paperback)
Tracey West, Graham Howells (Illus.), Scholastic
New in Series: Haunting of the Ghost Dragon (9781339022406)
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2024

16 The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227

17 The Christmas Tree Farm
Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008610746

18 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570

19 Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228

20 The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498

21 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463

22 This Is Happiness
Niall Williams, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.99, 9781635576313

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

24 Quicksilver
Callie Hart, Forever, $21.99, 9781538774199

25 Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182

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

27 My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609455064

28 A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583

29 The Bee Sting
Paul Murray, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338259

30 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17.00, 9781501161933

31 Make the Season Bright
Ashley Herring Blake, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593550595

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

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

34 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624

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

36 How My Neighbor Stole Christmas
Meghan Quinn, Bloom Books, $17.99, 9781464230158

37 The House in the Pines
Ana Reyes, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593186732

38 Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433

39 Absolution
Alice McDermott, Picador, $19.00, 9781250337993

40 The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Amor Towles (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Vintage, $19.00, 9780593470619

41 It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781668055960

42 The Pumpkin Spice Café
Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008610678

43 The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687

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

45 Under Loch and Key
Lana Ferguson, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593816851

46 Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.99, 9781635577808

47 Normal People
Sally Rooney, Crown, $17.00, 9781984822185

48 The Teller of Small Fortunes
Julie Leong, Ace, $19.00, 9780593815915

49 Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $19.99, 9781668014943

50 The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2024

16 The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024
Bill McKibben, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063333994

17 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

18 Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll, Harper Select, $19.99, 9781400337040

19 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $21.99, 9780316299220

20 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593298909

21 This Beautiful Day: Daily Wisdom from Mister Rogers (Day by Day Series #1)
Fred Rogers, Hachette Go, $19.99, 9780306835315

22 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359

23 Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $19.99, 9780062964663

24 Life's Short, Talk Fast: Fifteen Writers on Why We Can't Stop Watching Gilmore Girls
Ann Hood (Ed.), W. W. Norton & Company, $17.99, 9781324079453

25 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831

26 Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951

27 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338143

28 Sailing the Graveyard Sea: The Deathly Voyage of the Somers, the U.S. Navy's Only Mutiny, and the Trial That Gripped the Nation
Richard Snow, Scribner, $19.00, 9781982185459

29 Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Oregon State University Press, $18.95, 9780870714993

30 Inciting Joy: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $19.99, 9781643753959

31 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18.99, 9781643753287

32 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225282

33 How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9780984627110

34 Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316078917

35 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791

36 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $21.99, 9780063394230

37 The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson, Crown, $22.00, 9780385348737

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

39 Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical
Anthony Bourdain, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.99, 9781639734696

40 Hillbilly Elegy
J. D. Vance, Harper, $18.99, 9780062300553

41 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780062316110

42 On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Nora Krug (Illus.), Ten Speed Graphic, $16.99, 9781984859150

43 The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024
Padma Lakshmi, Jaya Saxena (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063370647

44 An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20.00, 9780593133255

45 Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $15.99, 9781608465767

46 A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446

47 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20.00, 9780143129257

48 Meditations (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255

49 The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $18.99, 9781451697728

50 How to Fuck Like a Girl: Essays
Vera Blossom, DOPAMINE/Semiotext, $17.95, 9781635902273
 

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2024

16 We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25.00, 9780593818749

17 Water, Water: Poems
Billy Collins, Random House, $27.00, 9780593731024

18 Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205

19 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157

20 Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521

21 All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798874

22 We Solve Murders
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9780593653227

23 Time of the Child
Niall Williams, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.99, 9781639734207

24 The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145

25 The Wood at Midwinter
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $16.99, 9781639734481

26 The Mistletoe Mystery: A Maid Novella
Nita Prose, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9780593875445

27 Brightly Shining
Ingvild Rishøi, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802163493

28 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991

29 By Any Other Name
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593497210

30 The Blue Hour
Paula Hawkins, Mariner Books, $30.00, 9780063396524

31 Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172

32 To Die For
David Baldacci, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538757901

33 Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063412866

34 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236210

35 Good Material
Dolly Alderton, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593801307

36 Christmas Crimes at The Mysterious Bookshop
Otto Penzler (Ed.), Mysterious Press, $19.95, 9781613165720

37 The Waiting
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316563796

38 Before We Forget Kindness
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335915283

39 Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32.00, 9780593296370

40 Rental House
Weike Wang, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593545546

41 The Empusium
Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Transl.), Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593712948

42 In Too Deep
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $30.00, 9780593725801

43 Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29.00, 9780593441282

44 The House of Cross
James Patterson, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316402682

45 The Bright Sword
Lev Grossman, Viking, $35.00, 9780735224049

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

47 Absolution
Jeff VanderMeer, MCD, $30.00, 9780374616595

48 Wicked Collector's Edition
Gregory Maguire, William Morrow, $40.00, 9780063391086

49 Sandwich
Catherine Newman, Harper, $26.99, 9780063345164

50 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2024

16 The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886

17 Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $37.99, 9780399581779

18 The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Sharon McMahon, Thesis, $32.00, 9780593541678

19 A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $32.50, 9781501183058

20 The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013

21 Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches
Matty Matheson, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9781984862150

22 Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Doubleday, $26.00, 9780385550826

23 The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593655030

24 Into the Uncut Grass
Trevor Noah, Sabina Hahn (Illus.), One World, $26.00, 9780593729960

25 Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves
Stephen Colbert, Evie McGee Colbert, Celadon Books, $35.00, 9781250859990

26 Guinness World Records 2025
Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484569

27 Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music
Rob Sheffield, Dey Street Books, $27.99, 9780063351318

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

29 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292

30 Didion and Babitz
Lili Anolik, Scribner, $29.99, 9781668065488

31 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461

32 On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32.00, 9780593728727

33 Martha: The Cookbook: 100 Favorite Recipes, with Lessons and Stories from My Kitchen
Martha Stewart, Clarkson Potter, $40.00, 9780593139202

34 Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00, 9780374611996

35 There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House, $32.00, 9780593448793

36 The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder through Science & Poetry
Maria Popova, Ofra Amit (Illus.), Storey Publishing, LLC, $22.00, 9781635868838

37 Melania
Melania Trump, Skyhorse, $40.00, 9781510782693

38 What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe, Dey Street Books, $35.00, 9780063412644

39 War
Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster, $32.00, 9781668052273

40 Taylor Swift Style: Fashion Through the Eras
Sarah Chapelle, St. Martin's Griffin, $35.00, 9781250906151

41 Freedom: Memoirs 1954 - 2021
Angela Merkel, St. Martin's Press, $40.00, 9781250319906

42 An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982108663

43 The Dog Who Followed the Moon
James Norbury, William Morrow, $25.00, 9780063420717

44 The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
Evan Friss, Viking, $30.00, 9780593299920

45 The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
Wright Thompson, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780593299821

46 Every Valley: The Desperate Lives and Troubled Times That Made Handel's Messiah
Charles King, Doubleday, $32.00, 9780385548267

47 Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Abrams Press, $28.00, 9781419777295

48 The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir
Kelly Bishop, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781668023778

49 Sonny Boy: A Memoir
Al Pacino, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780593655115

50 Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $30.00, 9780593475522

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2024

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

12 After That Night
Karin Slaughter, William Morrow Paperbacks, $10.99, 9780063157804

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

14 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286

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

16 Countdown
James Patterson, Brendan DuBois, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538723999

17 The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch, Flatiron Books, $9.99, 9781250361844

18 Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765360038

19 Shattered
James Patterson, James O. Born, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752968

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

21 Red Sky Mourning
Jack Carr, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668047156

22 The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657

23 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686

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

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

26 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $10.99, 9780593853092

27 The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572

28 The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688

29 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293

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

31 Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987

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

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

34 The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345325815

35 Edgedancer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $13.99, 9781250166548

36 Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874

37 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357

38 Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $9.99, 9781250773012

39 Arcanum Unbounded
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765391186

40 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400

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

42 Stormlight Archive MM Boxed Set I, Books 1-3: The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $37.97, 9781250776631

43 Camino Island
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9781524797157

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

45 The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626

46 God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257

47 Code Red
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982165000

48 Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553208849

49 The Secret
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $10.99, 9781984818614

50 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977

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