January 13, 2021

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for January 13, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 10, 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. 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.
1/11
2. The Dutch House- Debut
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
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.
3/39
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.
4/93
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.
6/19
6. Home Body
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808
Kaur's greatly anticipated third collection of poetry.
5/8
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.
2/8
8. The Queen's Gambit
Walter Tevis, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593314654
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.
7/6
9. 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.
8/8
10. 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.
9/45
11. 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.
12/9
12. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
Klune's novel is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place.
10/2
13. 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.
11/87
14. 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.
15/32
15. 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.
14/28


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for January 13, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 10, 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.
1/57
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.
/74
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.
5/15
4. 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.
8/91
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.
4/49
6. 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.
3/2
7. 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.
6/53
8. 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.
2/127
9. 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.
7/96
10. 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.
9/18
11. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
12/36
12. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in traditional Toltec beliefs.
/117
13. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286
Award-winning New Yorker staff writer Keefe presents a stunning and intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.
11/26
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.
/24
15. 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.
14/11


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for January 13, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 10, 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.
1/32
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.
2/10
3. The Prophets- Debut
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.
/1
4. 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.
3/14
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.
4/18
6. 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.
5/7
7. 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.
9/25
8. 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.
7/20
9. 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.
6/14
10. 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.
8/19
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.
13/115
12. Outlawed- Debut
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.
/1
13. Star Wars: Light of the Jedi- Debut
Charles Soule, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593157718
Long before the First Order, before the Empire, before even The Phantom Menace, Jedi lit the way for the galaxy in The High Republic.
/1
14. The Liar's Dictionary- Debut
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.
/1
15. Leave the World Behind
Rumaan Alam, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062667632
A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong. An October 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/9


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for January 13, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 10, 2021
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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.
1/8
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.
2/23
3. 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.
3/45
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.
4/44
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.
5/6
6. Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age- Debut
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.
/1
7. 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.
6/12
8. 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.
8/46
9. 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.
9/10
10. 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.
7/14
11. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288
Kendi's book is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond the awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a just and equitable society.
/33
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.
13/21
13. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616
Breath turns the conventional wisdom of what we thought we knew about our most basic biological function on its head. You will never breathe the same again.
10/21
14. Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America- Debut
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $28.00, 9781580059510
As provocative as it is essential, this book will upend everything you thought you knew about American identity and offers a bold new vision of American greatness.
/1
15. 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.
/4


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for January 13, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 10, 2021
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/60
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/236
3. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
7/2
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
10/27
5. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
4/65
6. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
5/8
7. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
3/17
8. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
/4
9. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
/38
10. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487
/30


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for January 13, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 10, 2021
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
 
2. The Ickabog
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic, $26.99, 9781338732870
 
3. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
4. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
5. The Silver Arrow
Lev Grossman, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316539531
 
6. Class Act
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500
 
7. Skunk and Badger
Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057
 
8. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
9. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
10. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
 
11. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
12. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
 
13. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
 
14. Katie the Catsitter- Debut
Colleen AF Venable, Stephanie Yue (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781984895639
 
15. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062377029
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for January 13, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending January 10, 2021
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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
 
2. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
3. The Cousins
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525708001
 
4. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
 
5. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $11.99, 9780062457806
 
6. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
7. The Black Friend: On Being a Better White Person
Frederick Joseph, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536217018
 
8. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
9. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
10. A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Holly Jackson, Ember, $10.99, 9781984896391
 
11. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
 
12. Elatsoe
Darcie Little Badger, Rovina Cai (Illus.), Levine Querido, $18.99, 9781646140053
 
13. The Poet X
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811
 
14. King of Scars
Leigh Bardugo, Square Fish, $12.99, 9781250618979
 
15. The Giver
Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for January 13, 2021
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners- Debut
Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062915627
 
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
3. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
4. Cozy
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109793
 
5. If You Come to Earth
Sophie Blackall, Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781452137797
 
6. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
7. What We'll Build: Plans For Our Together Future
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $19.99, 9780593206751
 
8. Little Blue Truck's Valentine- Debut
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780358272441
 
9. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
 
10. The Couch Potato
Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062954534
 
11. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
12. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
13. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780399230035
 
14. Margaret's Unicorn
Briony May Smith, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9781984896537
 
15. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $8.99, 9780805047905
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for January 13, 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. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
5. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
6. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
7. Keeper of the Lost Cities (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Messenger, Aladdin
 
8. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop
 
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 10, 2021

16. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $16.99, 9780063011953

17. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101971062

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

19. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182

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

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

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

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

24. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $16.99, 9780063078901

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

32. What Kind of Woman
Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780063008427

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

34. The Chicken Sisters
KJ Dell'Antonia, Putnam, $16.00, 9780593085141

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

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

37. The Red Lotus
Chris Bohjalian, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525565963

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

39. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Tor, $17.99, 9780765382030

40. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $16.00, 9781501161933

41. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
Deesha Philyaw, West Virginia University Press, $18.99, 9781949199734

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

43. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383

44. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062913494

45. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741

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

47. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Penguin, $15.00, 9780143036234

48. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $17.00, 9780307887443

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

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 10, 2021

16. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470

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

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

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

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

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

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

23. Intimations
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $10.95, 9780593297612

24. In the Dream House: A Memoir
Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $16.00, 9781644450383

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

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

27. Sapiens: A Graphic History
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780063051331

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

29. Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $15.00, 9780807014271

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

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

32. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039

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

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

35. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2021
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $15.99, 9781510761391

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

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

38. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $16.99, 9780062300553

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

40. The Soul of America
Jon Meacham, Random House, $20.00, 9780399589829

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

42. When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chödrön, Shambhala, $16.95, 9781611803433

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

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

45. Pleasure Activism
Adrienne Maree Brown (Ed.), AK Press, $20.00, 9781849353267

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

47. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807057834

48. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037

49. Conversations with RBG
Jeffrey Rosen, Picador, $18.00, 9781250762641

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 10, 2021

16. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930

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

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

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

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

21. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37. Snow
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $27.99, 9781335230003

38. The Law of Innocence
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316485623

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

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

41. The Sentinel
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818461

42. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28.00, 9780525429760

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

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

45. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28.00, 9780399562488

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

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

48. Jack
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $27.00, 9780374279301

49. Nick
Michael Farris Smith, Little, Brown , $27.00, 9780316529761

50. The Book of Two Ways
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781984818355

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending January 9, 202110

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

17. Bag Man
Rachel Maddow, Michael Yarvitz, Crown, $28.00, 9780593136683

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

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

20. World of Wonders
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $25.00, 9781571313652

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

22. Our Time Is Now
Stacey Abrams, Holt, $27.99, 9781250257703

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

24. Ottolenghi Flavor
Yotam Ottolenghi, et al., Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780399581755

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

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

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

28. Pappyland
Wright Thompson, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9780735221253

29. Keep Moving
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $24.00, 9781982132071

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

31. Love is the Way
Bishop Michael Curry, Sara Grace, Avery, $27.00, 9780525543039

32. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $28.00, 9780525510314

33. Black Futures
Kimberly Drew, Jenna Wortham, One World, $40.00, 9780399181139

34. The Greatest Beer Run Ever
John "Chick" Donohue, J.T. Molloy, William Morrow, $27.99, 9780062995469

35. Accidentally Wes Anderson
Wally Koval, Voracious, $35.00, 9780316492737

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

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

38. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Viking, $26.00, 9780525560548

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

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

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

42. Is This Anything?
Jerry Seinfeld, S&S, $35.00, 9781982112691

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

44. Begin Again
Eddie S. Glaude, Crown, $27.00, 9780525575320

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

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

47. Dolly Parton, Songteller
Dolly Parton, Robert K. Oermann, Chronicle Books, $50.00, 9781797205090

48. Badass Habits
Jen Sincero, Penguin Life, $26.00, 9781984877437

49. The Dead Are Arising
Les Payne, Tamara Payne, Liveright, $35.00, 9781631491665

50. Metazoa
Peter Godfrey-Smith, FSG, $28.00, 9780374207946

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending January 10, 2021

11. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353641

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400

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

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

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

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

25. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541

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

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

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

29. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $10.00, 9780446574754

30. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702

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

32. A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare, S&S, $6.99, 9780743477543

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

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

35. The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski, Orbit, $8.99, 9780316029186

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

37. The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Voyager, $8.99, 9780061054884

38. Franny and Zooey
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316769495

39. Bridgerton: Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353689

40. Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $5.99, 9780553208849

41. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316055420

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

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

44. The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury, S&S, $7.99, 9781451678192

45. The Bands of Mourning
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Fantasy, $8.99, 9780765378583

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

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

48. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466

49. Shadows of Self
Brandon Sanderson, Tor , $9.99, 9780765378569

50. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945

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