February 3, 2021

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for February 3, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 31, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780062963680
Patchett's moving novel explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go.
1/4
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.
2/14
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.
3/42
4. 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.
4/11
5. 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.
7/22
6. 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.
6/96
7. Home Body
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808
Kaur's greatly anticipated third collection of poetry.
5/11
8. Bridgerton: The Duke and I- Debut
Julia Quinn, Avon, $16.99, 9780063078901
From Julia Quinn comes the first novel in the beloved Regency-set world of her charming, powerful Bridgerton family. Now a Netfilx series.
/1
9. 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.
12/12
10. 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.
8/11
11. The Only Good Indians- Debut
Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781982136468
Stephen Graham Jones presents a terrifying and beautiful novel of revenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition.
/1
12. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $16.99, 9780063011953
A brilliant work of historical fiction that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. Now a major motion picture.
13/3
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.
/47
14. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
A post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the bestselling author of Kindred.
9/14
15. 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.
14/34


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for February 3, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 31, 2021
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.
1/60
2. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114
Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the 20th century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
2/77
3. 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.
4/18
4. The Body: A Guide for Occupants- Debut
Bill Bryson, Anchor , $17.00, 9780804172721
Bryson takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody.
/1
5. 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.
5/52
6. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525560739
Vice President 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.
3/21
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.
6/130
8. 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.
15/99
9. 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.
7/94
10. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
In this groundbreaking book, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology.
14/20
11. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $17.99, 9781612198552
An action plan for thinking outside of capitalist narratives of efficiency and techno-determinism. Provocative, timely, and utterly persuasive, this book will change how you see your place in our world.
9/5
12. The Education of an Idealist: A Memoir- Debut
Samantha Power, Dey Street Books, $18.99, 9780062820709
In her memoir, Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?"--and a call for a clearer eye, a kinder heart, and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives.
/1
13. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
11/39
14. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice.
13/27
15. Quit Like a Woman
Holly Whitaker, Dial Press, $18.00, 9781984825070
Whitaker's honest and witty book is at once a groundbreaking look at drinking culture and a road map to cutting out alcohol in order to live our best lives without the crutch of intoxication. You will never look at drinking the same way again.
8/3


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for February 3, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 31, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525536291
Bennett's beautiful new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one Black and one white. A June 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
1/35
2. 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.
3/13
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.
2/16
4. 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.
4/21
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.
5/17
6. The Prophets
Robert Jones, Jr., Putnam, $27.00, 9780593085684
A singular and stunning debut novel about the forbidden union between two enslaved young men on a Deep South plantation, the refuge they find in each other, and a betrayal that threatens their existence. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for January 2021.
6/4
7. 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.
10/17
8. 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.
7/28
9. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930
A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller by the bestselling author of The Hunting Party.
13/16
10. The Liar's Dictionary
Eley Williams, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385546775
Williams' delightful novel chronicles the misadventures of a lovelorn Victorian lexicographer and the young woman put on his trail a century later to root out his misdeeds while confronting questions of her own sexuality and place in the world. A January 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
8/4
11. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
11/118
12. Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters, One World, $27.00, 9780593133378
Torrey Peters brilliantly and fearlessly navigates the most dangerous taboos around gender, sex, and relationships, gifting us a thrillingly original, witty, and deeply moving novel.
9/2
13. Outlawed
Anna North, Bloomsbury Publishing, $26.00, 9781635575422
North's novel is a riveting adventure story of a fugitive girl, a mysterious gang of robbers, and their dangerous mission to transform the Wild West. A January 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/4
14. 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.
14/10
15. A Thousand Ships- Debut
Natalie Haynes, Harper, $27.99, 9780063065390
A gorgeous retelling of the Trojan War from the perspectives of the many women involved in its causes and consequences. A February 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for February 3, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 31, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/48
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.
3/26
3. Keep Sharp
Sanjay Gupta, M.D., S&S, $28.00, 9781501166730
Keep your brain young, healthy, and sharp with this science-driven guide to protecting your mind from decline by neurosurgeon and CNN chief medical correspondent Sanjay Gupta.
7/4
4. A Promised Land
Barack Obama, Crown, $45.00, 9781524763169
Barack Obama's insightful first volume of his presidential memoirs.
2/11
5. 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.
6/9
6. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders, Random House, $28.00, 9781984856029
Saunders' new book is a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves--and our world today. A January 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/3
7. Let Me Tell You What I Mean- Debut
Joan Didion, Knopf, $23.00, 9780593318485
A timeless collection of mostly early pieces that reveal what would become Joan Didion's subjects, including the press, politics, California robber barons, women, and her own self-doubt.
/1
8. 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.
5/47
9. Just as I Am: A Memoir- Debut
Cicely Tyson, Harper, $28.99, 9780062931061
Award-winning actor and trailblazer Cicely Tyson tells her stunning story, looking back at her six-decade career and life.
/1
10. 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.
9/15
11. 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.
8/49
12. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616
Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again.
13/24
13. 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.
12/13
14. The Doctors Blackwell
Janice P. Nimura, Norton, $27.95, 9780393635546
Nimura presents a story of trial and triumph. Together, the Blackwell sisters founded the New York Infirmary for Indigent Women and Children, the first hospital staffed entirely by women.
15/2
15. Land
Simon Winchester, Harper, $29.99, 9780062938336
Winchester explores the notion of property--our proprietary relationship with the land--through human history, how it has shaped us and what it will mean for our future.
11/2


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for February 3, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 31, 2021
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
2/63
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
1/239
3. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353641
8/3
4. Bridgerton: An Offer From a Gentleman- Debut
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353658
/1
5. Bridgerton: Romancing Mister Bridgerton- Debut
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353689
/1
6. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
3/5
7. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
/19
8. Bridgerton: To Sir Phillip, With Love- Debut
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353733
/1
9. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
7/37
10. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
6/10


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for February 3, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 31, 2021
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
 
2. Amari and the Night Brothers
B.B. Alston, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062975164
 
3. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
 
4. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
5. When You Trap a Tiger- Debut
Tae Keller, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524715700
 
6. Everything Sad Is Untrue: (a true story)
Daniel Nayeri, Levine Querido, $17.99, 9781646140008
 
7. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
8. The Ickabog
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $26.99, 9781338732870
 
9. Katie the Catsitter
Colleen AF Venable, Stephanie Yue (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781984895639
 
10. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
11. Nicky & Vera: A Quiet Hero of the Holocaust and the Children He Rescued- Debut
Peter Sís, Norton Young Readers, $19.95, 9781324015741
 
12. Skunk and Badger
Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057
 
13. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
14. This Is Your Time
Ruby Bridges, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780593378526
 
15. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for February 3, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 31, 2021
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  Young Adult  
1. Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716
 
2. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
3. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $11.99, 9780062457806
 
4. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 
5. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
6. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
7. Wings of Ebony- Debut
J. Elle, Denene Millner Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781534470675
 
8. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
 
9. Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769
 
10. The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
Frederick Joseph, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536217018
 
11. The Cousins
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525708001
 
12. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
 
13. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
 
14. Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780525555254
 
15. These Violent Delights
Chloe Gong, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.99, 9781534457690
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for February 3, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 31, 2021
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Little Blue Truck's Valentine
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780358272441
 
2. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
 
3. Ambitious Girl
Meena Harris, Marissa Valdez (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 9780316229692, $18.99
 
4. Champ and Major: First Dogs
Joy McCullough, Sheyda Abvabi Best (Illus.), Dial Books, $17.99, 9780593407141
 
5. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, 9780694003617, $8.99
 
6. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
7. Kamala and Maya's Big Idea
Meena Harris, Ana Ramírez González (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062937407
 
8. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
9. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062915627
 
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
11. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
12. Telephone Tales- Debut
Gianni Rodari, Valerio Vidali (Illus.), Enchanted Lion Books, $27.95, 9781592702848
 
13. Kamala Harris: Rooted in Justice
Nikki Grimes, Laura Freeman (Illus.), Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534462670
 
14. Oona- Debut
Kelly DiPucchio, Raissa Figueroa (Illus.), Katherine Tegen Books, $17.99, 9780062982247
 
15. Outside, Inside
LeUyen Pham, Roaring Brook Press, $18.99, 9781250798350
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for February 3, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 31, 2021
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  Children's Series  
1. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
2. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
4. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Kirsten Anderson, et al., Penguin Workshop
 
5. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
6. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
7. Keeper of the Lost Cities (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin
 
8. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
9. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
10. The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 31, 2021

16. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781984822185

17. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143110439

18. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345804341

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

20. The Queen's Gambit
Walter Tevis, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593314654

21. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593

22. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007

23. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219

24. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140

25. The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
John le Carré, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143124757

26. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933

27. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $16.99, 9780316229296

28. The Authenticity Project
Clare Pooley, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984878632

29. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525541349

30. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166

31. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527

32. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Perennial, $15.99, 9780060935467

33. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781455563920

34. Olive, Again
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780812986471

35. The Best American Short Stories 2020
Curtis Sittenfeld, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328485373

36. Eight Perfect Murders
Peter Swanson, Morrow , $16.99, 9780062838193

37. Weather
Jenny Offill, Vintage, $16.00, 9780345806901

38. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983

39. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776

40. Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250751362

41. When No One Is Watching
Alyssa Cole, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062982650

42. Long Bright River
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525540687

43. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707

44. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533

45. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148544

46. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, Picador, $17.00, 9781250758002

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

48. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $16.99, 9780316421973

49. The Ex Talk
Rachel Lynn Solomon, Berkley, $16.00, 9780593200124

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 31, 2021

16. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827

17. The Moment of Lift
Melinda Gates, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250257727

18. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18.00, 9781501145254

19. Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987

20. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

21. Chasing My Cure
David Fajgenbaum, Ballantine , $17.00, 9781524799632

22. Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781984818324

23. Little Weirds
Jenny Slate, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316485364

24. Uncanny Valley
Anna Wiener, Picador, $17.00, 9781250785695

25. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932

26. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155

27. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286

28. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.99, 9781451697728

29. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470

30. The Listening Path
Julia Cameron, St. Martin's Essentials, $17.99, 9781250768582

31. Emergent Strategy
Adrienne Maree Brown, AK Press, $16.00, 9781849352604

32. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510567

33. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312

34. In the Dream House
Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $16.00, 9781644450383

35. The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $17.00, 9780143129257

36. The Fran Lebowitz Reader
Fran Lebowitz, Vintage, $16.95, 9780679761808

37. The Spy and the Traitor
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18.00, 9781101904213

38. What Unites Us
Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616209940

39. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934

40. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World Library, $16.00, 9781577314806

41. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483

42. Know My Name
Chanel Miller, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223721

43. All That the Rain Promises and More
David Arora, Ten Speed Press, $17.99, 9780898153880

44. One Long River of Song
Brian Doyle, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316492881

45. Hyperbole and a Half
Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $21.00, 9781451666175

46. Lead from the Outside
Stacey Abrams, Picador, $17.00, 9781250214805

47. Underland
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358094

48. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488

49. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988485

50. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $21.99, 9780062397348

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 31, 2021

16. The Push
Ashley Audrain, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9781984881663

17. Transcendent Kingdom
Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525658184

18. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764

19. Perestroika in Paris
Jane Smiley, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525520351

20. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735216723

21. The Children's Blizzard
Melanie Benjamin, Delacorte Press, $28.00, 9780399182280

22. Homeland Elegies
Ayad Akhtar, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316496421

23. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9781984880963

24. Mystery of Mrs. Christie
Marie Benedict, Sourcebooks Landmark, $26.99, 9781492682721

25. The Cold Millions
Jess Walter, Harper, $28.99, 9780062868084

26. Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062667632

27. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635575637

28. The Wife Upstairs
Rachel Hawkins, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250245496

29. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593128480

30. The Ministry for the Future
Kim Stanley Robinson, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316300131

31. The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $28.00, 9780316422048

32. A Time for Mercy
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969

33. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905

34. A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet, Norton, $25.95, 9781324005032

35. Black Buck
Mateo Askaripour, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $26.00, 9780358380887

36. The Lost Spells
Robert MacFarlane, Jackie Morris (Illus.), Anansi International, $26.00, 9781487007799

37. The Office of Historical Corrections
Danielle Evans, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9781594487330

38. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733452

39. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316509848

40. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671189

41. The Evening and the Morning
Ken Follett, Viking, $36.00, 9780525954989

42. Moonflower Murders
Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $28.99, 9780062955456

43. Remote Control
Nnedi Okorafor, Tordotcom, $19.99, 9781250772800

44. The House on Vesper Sands
Paraic O'Donnell, Tin House Books, $26.95, 9781951142247

45. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023

46. Luster
Raven Leilani, FSG, $26.00, 9780374194321

47. Migrations
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250204028

48. The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $26.00, 9781609455910

49. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802148537

50. Prodigal Son
Gregg Hurwitz, Minotaur, $27.99, 9781250252289

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 31, 2021

16. Dessert Person
Claire Saffitz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781984826961

17. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288

18. You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey
Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538719367

19. Mediocre
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $28.00, 9781580059510

20. What It's Like to Be a Bird
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894

21. Modern Comfort Food
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780804187060

22. Everybody Has a Podcast (Except You)
Justin McElroy, et al., Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062974808

23. Exercised
Daniel Lieberman, Pantheon, $29.95, 9781524746988

24. The Book of Delights
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $23.95, 9781616207922

25. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836

26. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $35.00, 9781571311771

27. The Copenhagen Trilogy
Tove Ditlevsen, FSG, $30.00, 9780374602390

28. The Price You Pay for College
Ron Lieber, Harper, $27.99, 9780062867308

29. The Devil You Know
Charles M. Blow, Harper, $26.99, 9780062914668

30. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138

31. Atomic Habits
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292

32. Extraterrestrial
Avi Loeb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27.00, 9780358278146

33. The 99% Invisible City
Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780358126607

34. Solutions and Other Problems
Allie Brosh, Gallery Books, $30.00, 9781982156947

35. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484

36. Bravey
Alexi Pappas, The Dial Press, $27.00, 9781984801128

37. All We Can Save
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson (Eds.), One World, $29.00, 9780593237069

38. First Principles
Thomas E. Ricks, Harper, $29.99, 9780062997456

39. Kill Switch
Adam Jentleson, Liveright, $26.95, 9781631497773

40. Robert E. Lee and Me
Ty Seidule, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250239266

41. Me and White Supremacy
Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781728209807

42. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26.00, 9780812993547

43. Tiny Love Stories
Daniel Jones, Miya Lee, Artisan, $14.95, 9781579659912

44. Shakespeare in a Divided America
James Shapiro, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9780525522294

45. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385543767

46. The Answer Is . . .
Alex Trebek, S&S, $26.00, 9781982157999

47. Vesper Flights
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802128812

48. A Wealth of Pigeons
Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250262899

49. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504

50. Evil Geniuses
Kurt Andersen, Random House, $30.00, 9781984801340

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending January 30, 2021

11. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688

12. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342

13. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977

14. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874

15. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741

16. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296

17. Bridgerton: When He Was Wicked
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353788

18. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240

19. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487

20. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919

21. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488

22. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125

23. Bridgerton: On the Way to the Wedding
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353818

24. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129

25. Bridgerton: It's in His Kiss
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353795

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

27. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
Bobby Fischer, et al., Bantam, $8.99, 9780553263152

28. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12.00, 9780140177398

29. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657

30. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803

31. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110

32. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877795964

33. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286

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

35. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595

36. Undercover Kitty
Sofie Ryan, Berkley, $7.99, 9781984802354

37. Blue Moon
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593567

38. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716

39. Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365293

40. The Pillars of the Earth
Ken Follett, Signet, $10.99, 9780451166890

41. False Value
Ben Aaronovitch, DAW, $7.99, 9780756411367

42. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699

43. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357

44. The Dry
Jane Harper, Flatiron Books, $9.99, 9781250778574

45. The Truth About Melody Browne
Lisa Jewell, Pocket, $9.99, 9781982164096

46. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9781250068736

47. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543

48. Elevation
Stephen King, Scribner, $9.99, 9781982102326

49. The Night Fire
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538701454

50. The Great Gatsby
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Pocket, $6.99, 9781982146702

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