Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for December 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 29, 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. |
Home Body Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808 Kaur's greatly anticipated third collection of poetry. |
1/2 |
| 2. |
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. |
2/5 |
| 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. |
4/33 |
| 4. |
The Overstory Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687 National Book Award-winner Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world. |
3/87 |
| 5. |
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. |
5/2 |
| 6. |
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. |
7/3 |
| 7. |
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. |
6/2 |
| 8. |
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. |
12/22 |
| 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. |
9/26 |
| 10. |
Olive, Again Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780812986471 In Olive, Again, Strout continues the story of Olive Kitteridge, the beloved character who has captured the imaginations of millions. |
8/4 |
| 11. |
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. |
10/13 |
| 12. |
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. |
13/41 |
| 13. |
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. |
14/41 |
| 14. |
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. |
11/4 |
| 15. |
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. |
/81 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for December 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 29, 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. |
1/51 |
| 2. |
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. |
2/12 |
| 3. |
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. |
3/47 |
| 4. |
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. |
5/43 |
| 5. |
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. |
6/5 |
| 6. |
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. |
8/90 |
| 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. |
4/121 |
| 8. |
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. |
9/86 |
| 9. |
The Color of Law Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536 Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation. |
7/31 |
| 10. |
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. |
/2 |
| 11. |
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. |
11/4 |
| 12. |
Little Weirds- Debut Jenny Slate, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316485364 In Slate's debut book of essays, she channels the pain and beauty of life in writing that is fresh, new, and alive. |
/1 |
| 13. |
Shade Pete Souza, Voracious, $19.99, 9780316458214 By the bestselling author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait, a potent commentary on the presidency--and our country. |
10/4 |
| 14. |
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. |
13/2 |
| 15. |
The Body Keeps the Score Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741 van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing. |
15/12 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for December 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 29, 2020
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| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
| 1. |
Ready Player Two- Debut 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 |
| 2. |
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. |
3/26 |
| 3. |
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. |
2/12 |
| 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. |
4/8 |
| 5. |
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. |
5/8 |
| 6. |
Hamnet Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606 O'Farrell's novel is a luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a tender re-imagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten. An August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/8 |
| 7. |
A Time for Mercy John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969 Jake Brigance returns in John Grisham's most powerful courtroom drama yet. |
6/7 |
| 8. |
Rhythm of War Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $34.99, 9780765326386 Book four of Sanderson's epic fantasy saga, The Stormlight Archive. |
1/2 |
| 9. |
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. |
10/13 |
| 10. |
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. |
/4 |
| 11. |
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. |
8/5 |
| 12. |
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. |
/14 |
| 13. |
The Law of Innocence Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316485623 In Connelly's latest thriller, Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller must defend himself against murder charges. |
9/3 |
| 14. |
Moonflower Murders Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $28.99, 9780062955456 Brilliantly clever, relentlessly suspenseful, full of twists that will keep readers guessing with each revelation and clue, Moonflower Murders is a deviously dark take on vintage English crime fiction. A November 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
7/3 |
| 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. |
15/11 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for December 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 29, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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| 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. |
1/2 |
| 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. |
2/17 |
| 3. |
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. |
3/4 |
| 4. |
Untamed Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9781984801258 In Doyle's most revealing and powerful memoir yet, she explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet the expectations of the world, and start trusting the voice deep within us. |
6/38 |
| 5. |
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. |
4/8 |
| 6. |
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. |
8/40 |
| 7. |
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. |
10/8 |
| 8. |
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. |
13/39 |
| 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. |
7/6 |
| 10. |
A Wealth of Pigeons Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250262899 Steve Martin partnered with heralded New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss and together they created this collection of humorous cartoons and comic strips, with amusing commentary about their collaboration throughout. A December 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
5/2 |
| 11. |
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. |
9/2 |
| 12. |
One Life Megan Rapinoe, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984881168 Megan Rapinoe, Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion, reveals for the first time her life both on and off the field. |
11/3 |
| 13. |
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. |
/73 |
| 14. |
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. |
/15 |
| 15. |
The Answer Is . . . Alex Trebek, S&S, $26.00, 9781982157999 This wise, charming, and inspiring book is further evidence why Trebek has long been considered one of the most beloved and respected figures in entertainment. |
/5 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for December 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 29, 2020
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
| 1. |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 |
1/54 |
| 2. |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
2/230 |
| 3. |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279 |
5/2 |
| 4. |
The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741 |
3/59 |
| 5. |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
6/21 |
| 6. |
Dune Messiah Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233 |
8/11 |
| 7. |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803 |
/15 |
| 8. |
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688 |
7/19 |
| 9. |
Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 |
4/33 |
| 10. |
American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110 |
10/26 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for December 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 29, 2020
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| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1. |
The Ickabog J K. Rowling, Scholastic, $26.99, 9781338732870 |
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| 2. |
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094 |
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| 3. |
Class Act Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500 |
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| 4. |
Skunk and Badger Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057 |
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| 5. |
The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317 |
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| 6. |
Twins Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132 |
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| 7. |
New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 |
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| 8. |
This Is Your Time Ruby Bridges, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780593378526 |
|
| 9. |
The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278 |
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| 10. |
When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908 |
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| 11. |
The Silver Arrow Lev Grossman, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316539531 |
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| 12. |
A Whale of the Wild Rosanne Parry, Lindsay Moore (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $17.99, 9780062995926 |
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| 13. |
Hatchet Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293 |
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| 14. |
Max Meow: Cat Crusader John Gallagher, Random House Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780593121054 |
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| 15. |
Drama Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995 |
Young Adult
Bestseller List for December 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 29, 2020
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1. |
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691 |
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| 2. |
The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350 |
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| 3. |
One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680 |
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| 4. |
Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title) Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606 |
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| 5. |
We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 |
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| 6. |
Clap When You Land Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769 |
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| 7. |
Skyhunter Marie Lu, Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250221681 |
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| 8. |
The Truths We Hold (Young Readers Edition) Kamala Harris, Penguin, $10.99, 9780593113172 |
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| 9. |
Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title) Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469 |
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| 10. |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729 |
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| 11. |
The Left-Handed Booksellers of London Garth Nix, Katherine Tegen Books, $19.99, 9780062683250 |
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| 12. |
The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811 |
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| 13. |
Elatsoe Darcie Little Badger, Rovina Cai (Illus.), Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140053 |
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| 14. |
Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title) Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529 |
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| 15. |
Punching the Air Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062996480 |
Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for December 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 29, 2020
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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. |
Antiracist Baby Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508 |
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| 3. |
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 |
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| 4. |
Little Blue Truck's Christmas Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780544320413 |
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| 5. |
The Crayons' Christmas Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746 |
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| 6. |
The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780544580145 |
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| 7. |
5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas Jimmy Fallon, Rich Deas (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250266477 |
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| 8. |
What We'll Build Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $19.99, 9780593206751 |
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| 9. |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780394800790 |
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| 10. |
Christmas Parade Sandra Boynton, Little Simon, $7.99, 9781534478060 |
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| 11. |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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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. |
If You Come to Earth Sophie Blackall, Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781452137797 |
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| 14. |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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| 15. |
The Couch Potato Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062954534 |
Children's Series
Bestseller List for December 2, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 29, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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| Children's Series | ||
| 1. |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 2. |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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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. |
Keeper of the Lost Cities (hardcover and paperback) Shannon Messenger, Aladdin |
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| 6. |
The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
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| 7. |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 8. |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers |
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| 9. |
Who Was/Is...? (paperback) Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop |
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| 10. |
The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback) Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending November 29, 2020
16. The Queen's Gambit
Walter Tevis, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400030606
17. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983
18. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593
19. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525562627
20. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383
21. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, Picador, $17.00, 9781250758002
22. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527
23. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16.00, 9780804190138
24. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062913494
25. Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250751362
26. Miss Benson's Beetle
Rachel Joyce, Dial Press, $18.00, 9780812996708
27. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140
28. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219
29. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296
30. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
31. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
32. When No One Is Watching
Alyssa Cole, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062982650
33. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525541349
34. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776
35. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
36. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166
37. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through
Joy Harjo (Ed.), Norton, $19.95, 9780393356809
38. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781455563920
39. The Selected Works of Audre Lorde
Audre Lorde, Roxane Gay (Ed.), Norton, $16.95, 9781324004615
40. The Institute
Stephen King, Gallery Books, $19.99, 9781982110581
41. What Kind of Woman
Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780063008427
42. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533
43. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
44. The Shadow King
Maaza Mengiste, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358513
45. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781524798642
46. In a Holidaze
Christina Lauren, Gallery Books, $16.00, 9781982123949
47. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741
48. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062409218
49. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $17.99, 9780312541538
50. Exhalation
Ted Chiang, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972083
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending November 29, 2020
16. Intimations
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $10.95, 9780593297612
17. Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781984818324
18. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
19. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286
20. Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987
21. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932
22. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $16.99, 9780062300553
23. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827
24. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312
25. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488
26. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
27. Underland
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358094
28. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807057834
29. The Soul of America
Jon Meacham, Random House, $20.00, 9780399589829
30. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life
Jane Sherron de Hart, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984897831
31. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.99, 9781451697728
32. Year of the Monkey
Patti Smith, Vintage, $16.00, 9781984898920
33. The Best American Food Writing 2020
Sylvia Killingsworth, J.Kenji Lopez-Alt (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358344582
34. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510567
35. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934
36. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155
37. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
38. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039
39. The Best American Essays 2020
Andre Aciman, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358359913
40. The Best American Sports Writing 2020
Jackie MacMullan, Glenn Stout (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358196990
41. Know My Name
Chanel Miller, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223721
42. Furious Hours
Casey Cep, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972052
43. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $18.00, 9781501168703
44. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609
45. Life Undercover
Amaryllis Fox, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525564089
46. The Best American Travel Writing 2020
Robert Macfarlane, Jason Wilson (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358362036
47. Decisions and Dissents of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Corey Brettschneider (Ed.), Penguin Classics, $15.00, 9780143135111
48. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg, Penguin, $10.00, 9780143133568
49. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020
Michio Kaku, Jaime Greene (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358074298
50. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending November 29, 2020
16. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
17. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635575637
18. Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062667632
19. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27.00, 9780525620785
20. The Sentinel
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818461
21. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930
22. Homeland Elegies
Ayad Akhtar, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316496421
23. The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $26.00, 9781609455910
24. Memorial
Bryan Washington, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593087275
25. A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet, Norton, $25.95, 9781324005032
26. The Archer
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $21.00, 9780593318270
27. The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $28.00, 9780316422048
28. Dearly
Margaret Atwood, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063032491
29. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593128480
30. Daylight
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538761694
31. All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145239
32. The Book of Two Ways
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781984818355
33. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733452
34. How to Raise an Elephant
Alexander McCall Smith, Pantheon, $26.95, 9781524749361
35. Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
36. The Return
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538728574
37. Jack
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $27.00, 9780374279301
38. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
39. The Lost Spells
Robert MacFarlane, Jackie Morris (Illus.), Anansi International, $26.00, 9781487007799
40. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
41. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188817
42. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9781984880963
43. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $28.00, 9780593133842
44. White Ivy
Susie Yang, S&S, $26.00, 9781982100599
45. The Awakening
Nora Roberts, St. Martin's Press, $28.99, 9781250272614
46. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905
47. Dark Tides
Philippa Gregory, Atria Books, $28.00, 9781501187186
48. Monogamy
Sue Miller, Harper, $28.99, 9780062969651
49. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $26.99, 9781250217288
50. Deadly Cross
James Patterson, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316420259
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending November 29, 2020
16. No Time Like the Future
Michael J. Fox, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250265616
17. The 99% Invisible City
Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780358126607
18. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288
19. Solutions and Other Problems
Allie Brosh, Gallery Books, $30.00, 9781982156947
20. Stuff You Should Know
Josh Clark, Chuck Bryant, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250268501
21. Ottolenghi Flavor
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ixta Belfrage, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780399581755
22. Wintering
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $24.00, 9780593189481
23. Saving Freedom
Joe Scarborough, Harper, $29.99, 9780062950499
24. The Dead Are Arising
Les Payne, Tamara Payne, Liveright, $35.00, 9781631491665
25. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $35.00, 9781571311771
26. Vesper Flights
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802128812
27. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836
28. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616
29. Guinness World Records 2021
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781913484002
30. Dessert Person
Claire Saffitz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781984826961
31. Humans
Brandon Stanton, St. Martin's, $35.00, 9781250114297
32. His Truth Is Marching On
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30.00, 9781984855022
33. World of Wonders
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $25.00, 9781571313652
34. Pappyland
Wright Thompson, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9780735221253
35. The Rise
Marcus Samuelsson, Voracious, $38.00, 9780316480680
36. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26.00, 9780812993547
37. HRH
Elizabeth Holmes, Celadon Books, $35.00, 9781250625083
38. First Principles
Thomas E. Ricks, Harper, $29.99, 9780062997456
39. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385543767
40. She Come By It Natural
Sarah Smarsh, Scribner, $22.00, 9781982157289
41. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Emmanuel Acho, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250800466
42. Eat a Peach
David Chang, Gabe Ulla, Clarkson Potter, $28.00, 9781524759216
43. I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are
Rachel Bloom, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538745359
44. People Who Love to Eat Are Always the Best People
Julia Child, Knopf, $18.95, 9780525658795
45. Jacques Pepin Quick & Simple
Jacques Pepin, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $35.00, 9780358352556
46. Frontier Follies
Ree Drummond, William Morrow, $26.99, 9780062962751
47. We Keep the Dead Close
Becky Cooper, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538746837
48. Joe Biden
Evan Osnos, Scribner, $23.00, 9781982174026
49. Our Time Is Now
Stacey Abrams, Holt, $27.99, 9781250257703
50. Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
John Lithgow, Chronicle Prism, $22.95, 9781797209463
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending November 29, 2020
11. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
12. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
13. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541
14. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
15. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240
16. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
17. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543
18. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945
19. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
20. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487
21. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
22. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
23. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488
24. The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Voyager, $8.99, 9780061054884
25. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
Bobby Fischer, et al., Bantam, $8.99, 9780553263152
26. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702
27. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595
28. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
29. Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365293
30. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
31. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
32. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
33. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
34. The Night Fire
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538701454
35. The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553588941
36. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286
37. The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski, Orbit, $8.99, 9780316029186
38. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9781250068736
39. Blue Moon
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593567
40. Storm Front
Jim Butcher, Roc, $9.99, 9780451457813
41. The Mysterious Affair at Styles
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062984630
42. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316055420
43. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877795964
44. The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett, Signet, $10.99, 9780451166890
45. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12.00, 9780140177398
46. Red Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553560732
47. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $10.00, 9780446574754
48. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756411329
49. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey, Signet, $9.99, 9780451163967
50. Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062476371