Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for December 16, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 13, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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| Trade Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1. |
Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148506 A heartbreaking story of addiction, sexuality, and love, Shuggie Bain is an epic portrayal of a working-class family that is rarely seen in fiction. A 2020 National Book Award Finalist and winner of the 2020 Booker Prize. |
3/7 |
| 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. |
4/89 |
| 3. |
Home Body Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808 Kaur's greatly anticipated third collection of poetry. |
1/4 |
| 4. |
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. |
6/35 |
| 5. |
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. |
5/5 |
| 6. |
Interior Chinatown Charles Yu, Vintage, $16.00, 9780307948472 Yu's deeply personal novel about race, pop culture, immigration, assimilation, and escaping the roles we are forced to play. Winner of the 2020 National Book Award. |
7/4 |
| 7. |
The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18.00, 9780399590610 Coates' debut novel is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen. |
2/4 |
| 8. |
The Queen's Gambit Walter Tevis, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400030606 Engaging and fast-paced, this gripping coming-of-age novel of chess, feminism, and addiction speeds to a conclusion as elegant and satisfying as a mate in four. Now an acclaimed Netflix series. |
8/2 |
| 9. |
This Tender Land William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17.00, 9781476749303 A magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression. |
14/28 |
| 10. |
The Best American Short Stories 2020 Curtis Sittenfeld, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328485373 A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories. |
10/6 |
| 11. |
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. |
9/83 |
| 12. |
Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101971062 Gyasi's extraordinary novel illuminates slavery's troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed--and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation. |
15/43 |
| 13. |
The Song of Achilles Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624 Miller's monumental debut novel is an action-packed adventure and epic love story that brilliantly re-imagines Homer's enduring masterwork, The Iliad. |
11/15 |
| 14. |
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. |
12/24 |
| 15. |
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. |
/42 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for December 16, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 13, 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. |
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. |
1/53 |
| 2. |
My Own Words Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18.00, 9781501145254 Ruth Bader Ginsburg's first book after becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993 is a witty, engaging, and serious collection of writings and speeches. |
2/49 |
| 3. |
The Truths We Hold Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525560739 Vice President-elect 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. |
3/14 |
| 4. |
What Unites Us Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616209940 With this collection of essays, venerated journalist Rather reminds us of the principles upon which the United States was founded. |
5/7 |
| 5. |
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. |
7/92 |
| 6. |
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. |
4/45 |
| 7. |
Sapiens Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110 A groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be human. |
6/123 |
| 8. |
The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021 Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988485 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. |
8/4 |
| 9. |
The Color of Law Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536 Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation. |
9/33 |
| 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. |
/42 |
| 11. |
The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2021- Debut Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $15.99, 9781510761391 The 2021 edition of The World Almanac reviews the biggest events of 2020. |
/1 |
| 12. |
Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind (Vol. 1) Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780063051331 Featuring full-color illustrations and easy-to-understand text covering the first part of the full-length original edition, this adaptation of the mind-expanding book furthers the ongoing conversation as it introduces Harari's ideas to a wide new readership. |
11/4 |
| 13. |
Wow, No Thank You. Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488 The essays in this collection draw on the raw, hilarious particulars of Irby's new life. Wow, No Thank You. is Irby at her most unflinching, riotous, and relatable. |
/14 |
| 14. |
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. |
10/88 |
| 15. |
Conversations with RBG Jeffrey Rosen, Picador, $18.00, 9781250762641 Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers an intimate look at her life and career, through an extraordinary series of conversations with the head of the National Constitution Center, Jeffrey Rosen. |
12/6 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for December 16, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 13, 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. |
2/28 |
| 2. |
Ready Player Two Ernest Cline, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781524761332 Ready Player Two takes us on another imaginative, fun, action-packed adventure through the virtual universe, and jolts us thrillingly into the future once again. |
1/3 |
| 3. |
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. |
5/10 |
| 4. |
The Searcher Tana French, Viking, $27.00, 9780735224650 In French's latest novel of suspense, a former Chicago police officer retreats to a bucolic Irish village and starts to realize that even small towns shelter dangerous secrets. |
4/10 |
| 5. |
Anxious People Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.00, 9781501160837 An ingeniously constructed novel about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope--the things that save us, even in the most anxious times. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for September 2020. |
3/14 |
| 6. |
The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474 Haig's latest is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived. |
11/6 |
| 7. |
A Time for Mercy John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969 Jake Brigance returns in John Grisham's most powerful courtroom drama yet. |
7/9 |
| 8. |
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561 France, 1714: In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever--and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for October 2020. |
8/10 |
| 9. |
Perestroika in Paris Jane Smiley, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525520351 Smiley's beguiling new novel is a captivating, brilliantly imaginative story of three extraordinary animals--and a young boy--whose lives intersect in Paris. |
6/2 |
| 10. |
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. |
13/21 |
| 11. |
Transcendent Kingdom Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525658184 Gyasi's stunning follow-up to Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama. A September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
14/15 |
| 12. |
The Cold Millions Jess Walter, Harper, $28.99, 9780062868084 Walter's propulsive and richly entertaining novel about two brothers swept up in the turbulent class warfare of the early 20th century is a November 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
10/7 |
| 13. |
Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090 Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/111 |
| 14. |
Deacon King Kong James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735216723 National Book Award winner McBride's wise and witty new novel about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting is a March 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
12/16 |
| 15. |
The Evening and the Morning Ken Follett, Viking, $36.00, 9780525954989 Follett's thrilling and addictive new Kingsbridge novel is a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth. |
/12 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for December 16, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 13, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
or visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
| 1. |
A Promised Land Barack Obama, Crown, $45.00, 9781524763169 Barack Obama's insightful first volume of his presidential memoirs. |
1/4 |
| 2. |
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. |
3/19 |
| 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. |
5/40 |
| 4. |
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. |
2/41 |
| 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. |
6/42 |
| 6. |
Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up, and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House- Debut Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz, Crown, $28.00, 9780593136683 Based on the hit podcast, Bag Man expands and deepens the story of Spiro Agnew's scandal and its lasting influence on our politics. |
/1 |
| 7. |
Modern Comfort Food Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780804187060 From cocktails to dessert, from special weekend breakfasts to quick weeknight dinners, you'll find yourself making these cozy and delicious recipes over and over again. |
7/10 |
| 8. |
The Best of Me David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316628242 The Best of Me spans a career spent watching and learning and laughing--quite often at himself--and invites readers deep into the world of one of the most brilliant and original writers of our time. |
4/6 |
| 9. |
Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30.00, 9780593139134 McConaughey's unconventional memoir is filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. |
9/8 |
| 10. |
Is This Anything? Jerry Seinfeld, S&S, $35.00, 9781982112691 The first book in 25 years from Jerry Seinfeld features his best work across five decades in comedy. |
8/10 |
| 11. |
Wintering Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $24.00, 9780593189481 An intimate, revelatory book exploring the ways we can care for and repair ourselves when life knocks us down. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for December 2020. |
10/2 |
| 12. |
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. |
12/17 |
| 13. |
Dolly Parton, Songteller Dolly Parton, Robert K. Oermann, Chronicle Books, $50.00, 9781797205090 A landmark celebration of the remarkable life and career of a country music and pop culture legend, Dolly Parton. |
11/4 |
| 14. |
Becoming Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138 Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations--and whose story inspires us to do the same. |
13/75 |
| 15. |
The 99% Invisible City Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780358126607 A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast. |
/6 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for December 16, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 13, 2020
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
| 1. |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 |
1/56 |
| 2. |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
2/232 |
| 3. |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279 |
5/4 |
| 4. |
The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741 |
3/61 |
| 5. |
Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 |
9/35 |
| 6. |
Dune Messiah Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233 |
6/13 |
| 7. |
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688 |
7/21 |
| 8. |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
4/23 |
| 9. |
Still Life Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9781250068736 |
/4 |
| 10. |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803 |
8/17 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for December 16, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 13, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1. |
Cat Kid Comic Club Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766 |
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| 2. |
The Ickabog J K. Rowling, Scholastic, $26.99, 9781338732870 |
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| 3. |
Skunk and Badger Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057 |
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| 4. |
Class Act Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500 |
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| 5. |
New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 |
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| 6. |
The Silver Arrow Lev Grossman, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316539531 |
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| 7. |
The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317 |
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| 8. |
When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908 |
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| 9. |
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094 |
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| 10. |
The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278 |
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| 11. |
Twins Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132 |
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| 12. |
This Is Your Time Ruby Bridges, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780593378526 |
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| 13. |
The Complete Cookbook for Young Chefs America's Test Kitchen Kids, Sourcebooks Explore, $19.99, 9781492670025 |
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| 14. |
Lightfall: The Girl & the Galdurian Tim Probert, HarperAlley, $12.99, 9780062990464 |
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| 15. |
Guts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500 |
Young Adult
Bestseller List for December 16, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 13, 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 Cousins Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525708001 |
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| 3. |
One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680 |
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| 4. |
The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350 |
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| 5. |
The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person Frederick Joseph, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536217018 |
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| 6. |
Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title) Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606 |
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| 7. |
We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 |
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| 8. |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729 |
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| 9. |
The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811 |
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| 10. |
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London Garth Nix, Katherine Tegen Books, $19.99, 9780062683250 |
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| 11. |
Clap When You Land Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769 |
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| 12. |
Dear Justyce Nic Stone, Crown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984829665 |
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| 13. |
Punching the Air Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062996480 |
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| 14. |
The Giver Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688 |
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| 15. |
Dragon Hoops Gene Luen Yang, First Second, $24.99, 9781626720794 |
Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for December 16, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 13, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1. |
Cozy Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109793 |
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| 2. |
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 |
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| 3. |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780394800790 |
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| 4. |
The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780544580145 |
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| 5. |
Antiracist Baby Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508 |
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| 6. |
Little Blue Truck's Christmas Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780544320413 |
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| 7. |
What We'll Build: Plans For Our Together Future Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $19.99, 9780593206751 |
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| 8. |
5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas Jimmy Fallon, Rich Deas (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250266477 |
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| 9. |
If You Come to Earth Sophie Blackall, Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781452137797 |
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| 10. |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 11. |
The Night Before Christmas Clement C. Moore, Loren Long (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062869463 |
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| 12. |
Unicorns Are the Worst! Alex Willan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534453838 |
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| 13. |
The Crayons' Christmas Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746 |
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| 14. |
Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536201376 |
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| 15. |
The Mitten Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399231094 |
Children's Series
Bestseller List for December 16, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending December 13, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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| Children's Series | ||
| 1. |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 2. |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 3. |
Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback) J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books |
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| 4. |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic |
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| 5. |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 6. |
The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
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| 7. |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers |
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| 8. |
The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback) Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick |
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| 9. |
Narwhal and Jelly (hardcover and paperback) Ben Clanton, Tundra Books |
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| 10. |
I Survived (paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 13, 2020
16. What Kind of Woman
Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780063008427
17. Olive, Again
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780812986471
18. The Chicken Sisters
KJ Dell'Antonia, Putnam, $16.00, 9780593085141
19. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527
20. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219
21. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296
22. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593
23. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $17.00, 9780307887443
24. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983
25. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
26. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383
27. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062409218
28. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166
29. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525562627
30. Long Bright River
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525540687
31. Miss Benson's Beetle
Rachel Joyce, Dial Press, $18.00, 9780812996708
32. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140
33. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
34. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, Picador, $17.00, 9781250758002
35. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741
36. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062913494
37. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $17.99, 9780312541538
38. Magpie Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062645234
39. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through
Joy Harjo (Ed.), Norton, $19.95, 9780393356809
40. In a Holidaze
Christina Lauren, Gallery Books, $16.00, 9781982123949
41. Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250751362
42. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
43. The Institute
Stephen King, Gallery Books, $19.99, 9781982110581
44. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525541349
45. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734
46. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020
Diana Gabaldon, John Joseph Adams (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328613103
47. The Star-Crossed Sisters of Tuscany
Lori Nelson Spielman, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984803160
48. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $15.95, 9780393356182
49. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781455563920
50. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 13, 2020
16. The MeatEater Guide to Wilderness Skills and Survival
Steven Rinella, Random House, $25.00, 9780593129692
17. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312
18. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $16.99, 9780062300553
19. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
20. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.99, 9781451697728
21. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286
22. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The Last Interview
Melville House (Ed.), Melville House, $17.99, 9781612199191
23. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
24. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932
25. Shade
Pete Souza, Voracious, $19.99, 9780316458214
26. Little Weirds
Jenny Slate, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316485364
27. Intimations
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $10.95, 9780593297612
28. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
29. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
30. The Best American Sports Writing 2020
Jackie MacMullan, Glenn Stout (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358196990
31. The Best American Food Writing 2020
Sylvia Killingsworth, J.Kenji Lopez-Alt (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358344582
32. Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781984818324
33. One Long River of Song
Brian Doyle, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316492881
34. The Spy and the Traitor
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18.00, 9781101904213
35. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life
Jane Sherron de Hart, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984897831
36. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
37. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039
38. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609
39. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020
Michio Kaku, Jaime Greene (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358074298
40. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $18.00, 9781501168703
41. Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987
42. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
43. Underland
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358094
44. The Soul of America
Jon Meacham, Random House, $20.00, 9780399589829
45. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827
46. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $12.99, 9780316078917
47. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155
48. The Great Influenza
John M. Barry, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143036494
49. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807057834
50. These Truths
Jill Lepore, Norton, $19.95, 9780393357424
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 13, 2020
16. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635575637
17. Moonflower Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $28.99, 9780062955456
18. Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062667632
19. The Law of Innocence
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316485623
20. The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $26.00, 9781609455910
21. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930
22. Homeland Elegies
Ayad Akhtar, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316496421
23. Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $34.99, 9780765326386
24. All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145239
25. A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet, Norton, $25.95, 9781324005032
26. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9781984880963
27. The Book of Two Ways
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781984818355
28. Daylight
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538761694
29. The Sentinel
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818461
30. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733452
31. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905
32. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
33. Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
34. Jack
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $27.00, 9780374279301
35. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316509848
36. The Archer
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $21.00, 9780593318270
37. The Return
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538728574
38. Snow
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $27.99, 9781335230003
39. The Lost Spells
Robert MacFarlane, Jackie Morris (Illus.), Anansi International, $26.00, 9781487007799
40. Dearly
Margaret Atwood, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063032491
41. Memorial
Bryan Washington, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593087275
42. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28.00, 9780525429760
43. The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $28.00, 9780316422048
44. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188817
45. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $28.00, 9780593133842
46. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Christopher Paolini, Tor, $29.99, 9781250762849
47. Monogamy
Sue Miller, Harper, $28.99, 9780062969651
48. Deadly Cross
James Patterson, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316420259
49. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593128480
50. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 13, 2020
16. Ottolenghi Flavor
Yotam Ottolenghi, et al., Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780399581755
17. Solutions and Other Problems
Allie Brosh, Gallery Books, $30.00, 9781982156947
18. Dessert Person
Claire Saffitz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781984826961
19. A Wealth of Pigeons
Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250262899
20. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836
21. Humans
Brandon Stanton, St. Martin's, $35.00, 9781250114297
22. World of Wonders
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $25.00, 9781571313652
23. The Answer Is . . .
Alex Trebek, S&S, $26.00, 9781982157999
24. One Life
Megan Rapinoe, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984881168
25. Vesper Flights
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802128812
26. Pappyland
Wright Thompson, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9780735221253
27. No Time Like the Future
Michael J. Fox, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250265616
28. First Principles
Thomas E. Ricks, Harper, $29.99, 9780062997456
29. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616
30. Eleanor
David Michaelis, S&S, $35.00, 9781439192016
31. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $35.00, 9781571311771
32. Saving Freedom
Joe Scarborough, Harper, $29.99, 9780062950499
33. The Last Days of John Lennon
James Patterson, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316429061
34. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288
35. Guinness World Records 2021
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781913484002
36. The Dead Are Arising
Les Payne, Tamara Payne, Liveright, $35.00, 9781631491665
37. Mediocre
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $28.00, 9781580059510
38. Clanlands
Sam Heughan, Graham McTavish, Quercus, $26.99, 9781529342000
39. His Truth Is Marching On
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30.00, 9781984855022
40. Accidentally Wes Anderson
Wally Koval, Voracious, $35.00, 9780316492737
41. Stuff You Should Know
Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250268501
42. Eat a Peach
David Chang, Gabe Ulla, Clarkson Potter, $28.00, 9781524759216
43. People Who Love to Eat Are Always the Best People
Julia Child, Knopf, $18.95, 9780525658795
44. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385543767
45. Too Much and Never Enough
Mary L. Trump, Ph.D., S&S, $28.00, 9781982141462
46. Black Futures
Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham, One World, $40.00, 9780399181139
47. The Rise
Marcus Samuelsson, Voracious, $38.00, 9780316480680
48. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504
49. Badass Habits
Jen Sincero, Penguin Life, $26.00, 9781984877437
50. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $28.00, 9780525510314
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending December 13, 2020
11. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
12. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
13. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
14. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702
15. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
16. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877795964
17. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240
18. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543
19. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
20. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945
21. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
22. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
23. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286
24. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541
25. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
Bobby Fischer, et al., Bantam, $8.99, 9780553263152
26. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
27. The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Voyager, $8.99, 9780061054884
28. Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365293
29. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
30. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
31. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487
32. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
33. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
34. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey, Signet, $9.99, 9780451163967
35. Red Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553560732
36. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12.00, 9780140177398
37. The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553588941
38. The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672
39. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756411329
40. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
41. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
42. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488
43. The Night Fire
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538701454
44. Heir to the Empire
Timothy Zahn, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780553296129
45. The Princess Bride
William Goldman, Mariner, $10.99, 9780156035217
46. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595
47. The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett, Signet, $10.99, 9780451166890
48. Open Season
C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 9780399576607
49. Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, Signet, $6.99, 9780593198025
50. The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706