Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for July 22, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending July 19, 2020
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Trade Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
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. |
1/3 |
2. |
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. |
4/14 |
3. |
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. |
3/22 |
4. |
Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166 A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of a picture-perfect family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Now a Hulu original series. |
2/63 |
5. |
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. |
5/68 |
6. |
Beach Read Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734 Henry's novel about a romance writer who no longer believes in love and a literary writer stuck in a rut is a June 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
6/9 |
7. |
The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal- Debut Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, et al., First Second, $19.99, 9781250232632 Based on the blockbuster podcast, The Adventure Zone: Petals to the Metal has it all: blossoming new friendships, pining for outlaw lovers, and a rollicking race you can root for! |
/1 |
8. |
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. |
7/7 |
9. |
The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449 Morrison's virtuosic first novel asks powerful questions about race, class, and gender with the subtlety and grace that have always characterized her writing. |
/5 |
10. |
The Tattooist of Auschwitz Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155 A testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions. A September 2018 Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/98 |
11. |
City of Girls Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741 Written with a powerful wisdom about human desire and connection, City of Girls is a love story like no other. |
8/15 |
12. |
Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.00, 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. |
10/25 |
13. |
Chances Are . . .- Debut Richard Russo, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101971994 Russo's riveting novel about the abiding yet complex power of friendship. |
/1 |
14. |
Girl, Woman, Other Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983 Girl, Woman, Other is a polyphonic and richly textured social novel of black British history. Co-winner of the 2019 Booker Prize. |
11/25 |
15. |
The Woman in the Window A.J. Finn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062905086 Finn's smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense is soon to be a major motion picture. |
14/9 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for July 22, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending July 19, 2020
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
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. |
1/67 |
2. |
So You Want to Talk About Race Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827 Oluo guides readers of all races in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race and racism, and how they infect almost every aspect of American life. |
3/8 |
3. |
Stamped from the Beginning Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987 Kendi's National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society. |
2/8 |
4. |
The Color of Law Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536 Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation. |
5/12 |
5. |
Just Mercy Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934 A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice. |
7/29 |
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. |
10/71 |
7. |
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. |
4/7 |
8. |
The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932 The tenth-anniversary edition of Alexander's iconic book discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today. |
6/8 |
9. |
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. |
8/24 |
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. |
9/3 |
11. |
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. |
11/32 |
12. |
The Yellow House Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039 Broom's The Yellow House tells the story of her family's relationship to their home in New Orleans across a hundred years. Winner of the 2019 National Book Award for Nonfiction. |
/2 |
13. |
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Beverly Daniel Tatum, Basic Books, $18.99, 9780465060689 The fully revised edition of this classic book on the psychology of racism is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand the dynamics of race in America. |
12/6 |
14. |
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. |
14/21 |
15. |
A Woman of No Importance Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312 A never-before-told story of Virginia Hall, the American spy who changed the course of World War II. |
13/16 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for July 22, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending July 19, 2020
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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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. |
1/7 |
2. |
Utopia Avenue- Debut David Mitchell, Random House, $30.00, 9780812997439 Mitchell's kaleidoscopic novel tells the unexpurgated story of Utopia Avenue, the strangest British band you've never heard of. A July 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
/1 |
3. |
Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090 Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read. |
2/100 |
4. |
The Order- Debut Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834843 Silva's riveting new thriller featuring art restorer and legendary spy Gabriel Allon. |
/1 |
5. |
Peace Talks- Debut Jim Butcher, Ace, $28.00, 9780451464415 Harry Dresden is back and ready for action in Butcher's new Dresden Files novel. |
/1 |
6. |
28 Summers Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $28.00, 9780316420044 Hilderbrand's new novel explores the agony and romance of a one-weekend-per-year affair and the dramatic ways this relationship complicates and enriches their lives, and the lives of the people they love. |
5/5 |
7. |
Sex and Vanity Kevin Kwan, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385546270 Sex and Vanity is a truly modern love story, a daring homage to A Room with a View, and a brilliantly funny comedy of manners set between two cultures. |
6/3 |
8. |
American Dirt Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764 Cummins's new novel is an exploration into the inner hearts of people willing to sacrifice everything for a glimmer of hope. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for February 2020. |
4/26 |
9. |
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. |
8/3 |
10. |
Such a Fun Age (An Indies Introduce Title) Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905 Reid's debut novel is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both. An Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for January 2020. |
10/25 |
11. |
The Guest List Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930 A wedding celebration turns dark and deadly in this deliciously wicked and atmospheric thriller by bestselling author of The Hunting Party. |
12/2 |
12. |
A Burning Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525658696 An electrifying debut novel about three unforgettable people who seek to rise--to the middle class, to political power, to fame in the movies--and find their lives entangled in the wake of a catastrophe in contemporary India. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for June 2020. |
7/7 |
13. |
Friends and Strangers J. Courtney Sullivan, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525520597 An insightful and hilarious novel about a complicated friendship between two women who are at two very different stages in life. A July 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
15/3 |
14. |
Camino Winds John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385545938 Welcome back to Camino Island, where anything can happen--even a murder in the midst of a hurricane, which might prove to be the perfect crime. |
14/12 |
15. |
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. |
9/11 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for July 22, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending July 19, 2020
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Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World's Most Dangerous Man- Debut Mary L. Trump, Ph.D., S&S, $28.00, 9781982141462 Mary L. Trump's revelatory and authoritative portrait of her uncle, Donald J. Trump. |
/1 |
2. |
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. |
1/15 |
3. |
The Room Where It Happened John Bolton, S&S, $32.50, 9781982148034 An account of the Trump administration by the former National Security Advisor. |
2/4 |
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. |
3/19 |
5. |
The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713 Larson's fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz is a March 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
5/21 |
6. |
Me and White Supremacy Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781728209807 Saad takes readers on a 28-day journey of how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too. |
6/11 |
7. |
Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26.00, 9780812993547 Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis in this bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history. A September 2015 Indie Next List Great Read. |
4/95 |
8. |
Begin Again Eddie S. Glaude, Crown, $27.00, 9780525575320 At once a searing exploration that lays bare the tangled web of race, trauma, and memory, and a powerful interrogation of what we all must ask of ourselves in order to call forth a new America. |
9/3 |
9. |
I'm Still Here Austin Channing Brown, Convergent Books, $25.00, 9781524760854 Austin Channing Brown's accounts bear witness to the complexity of America's social fabric--from Black Cleveland neighborhoods to private schools in the middle-class suburbs, from prison walls to the boardrooms at majority-white organizations. |
7/6 |
10. |
Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close- Debut Aminatou Sow, Ann Friedman, S&S, $26.00, 9781982111908 An inspiring and entertaining testament to the power of society's most underappreciated relationship, Big Friendship will invite you to think about how your own bonds are formed, challenged, and preserved. |
/1 |
11. |
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. |
14/8 |
12. |
Hood Feminism Mikki Kendall, Viking, $26.00, 9780525560548 A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in Black feminism. |
8/6 |
13. |
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. |
11/29 |
14. |
Educated (An Indies Introduce Title) Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504 Westover's unforgettable memoir about growing up, being kept out of school, leaving her survivalist family, and going on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. A Winter/Spring 2018 Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for March 2018. |
13/126 |
15. |
Countdown 1945 Chris Wallace, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781982143343 An electrifying behind-the-scenes account of the 116 days leading up to the American attack on Hiroshima. |
10/6 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for July 22, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending July 19, 2020
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Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
1/211 |
2. |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 |
3/35 |
3. |
The Guardians John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945 |
2/3 |
4. |
The Couple Next Door Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310 |
4/112 |
5. |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400 |
6/18 |
6. |
The Outsider Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781501180996 |
7/2 |
7. |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
/3 |
8. |
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688 |
5/7 |
9. |
Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143135661 |
9/17 |
10. |
Blue Moon Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593567 |
/3 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for July 22, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending July 19, 2020
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Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
1. |
The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317 |
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2. |
New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 |
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3. |
This Book Is Anti-Racist Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illus.), Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $14.99, 9780711245211 |
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4. |
Guts Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500 |
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5. |
The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278 |
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6. |
Drama Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995 |
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7. |
When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908 |
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8. |
Ghost Boys Jewell Parker Rhodes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780316262262 |
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9. |
Smile Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060 |
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10. |
Brown Girl Dreaming Jacqueline Woodson, Puffin, $10.99, 9780147515827 |
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11. |
Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275 |
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12. |
Sisters Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605 |
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13. |
Best Friends Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317469 |
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14. |
Doodleville Chad Sell, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781984894717 |
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15. |
Stepping Stones Lucy Knisley, Random House Graphic, $12.99, 9781984896841 |
Young Adult
Bestseller List for July 22, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending July 19, 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. |
A Peculiar Peril Jeff VanderMeer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $19.99, 9780374308865 |
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4. |
Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title) Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529 |
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5. |
One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680 |
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6. |
Clap When You Land Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769 |
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7. |
The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062662811 |
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8. |
All American Boys Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $11.99, 9781481463348 |
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9. |
On the Come Up Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062498564 |
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10. |
You Should See Me in a Crown Leah Johnson, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338503265 |
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11. |
One of Us Is Next Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780525707967 |
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12. |
The Extraordinaries- Debut TJ Klune, Tor Teen, $18.99, 9781250203656 |
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13. |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729 |
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14. |
We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 |
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15. |
Turtles All the Way Down John Green, Penguin, $14.99, 9780525555377 |
Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for July 22, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending July 19, 2020
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Children's Illustrated | ||
1. |
Antiracist Baby Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508 |
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2. |
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story about Racial Injustice Marianne Celano, et al., Magination Press, $16.99, 9781433828546 |
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3. |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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4. |
Sulwe Lupita Nyong'o, Vashti Harrison (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534425361 |
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5. |
The Day You Begin Jacqueline Woodson, Rafael López (Illus.), Nancy Paulsen Books, $18.99, 9780399246531 |
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6. |
The World Needs More Purple People Kristen Bell, Benjamin Hart, Daniel Wiseman (Illus.), Random House (BYR), $17.99, 9780593121962 |
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7. |
A Is for Activist Innosanto Nagara, Triangle Square, $9.99, 9781609805395 |
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8. |
Let's Talk About Race Julius Lester, Karen Barbour (Illus.), Harper, $7.99, 9780064462266 |
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9. |
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 |
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10. |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926 |
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11. |
You Matter Christian Robinson, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534421691 |
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12. |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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13. |
Hair Love Matthew A. Cherry, Vashti Harrison (Illus.), Kokila, $17.99, 9780525553366 |
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14. |
The Undefeated Kwame Alexander, Kadir Nelson (Illus.), Versify, $17.99, 9781328780966 |
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15. |
Blueberries for Sal Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $7.99, 9780140501698 |
Children's Series
Bestseller List for July 22, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending July 19, 2020
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Children's Series | ||
1. |
The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic |
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2. |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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3. |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic |
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4. |
Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback) J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books |
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5. |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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6. |
The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
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7. |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House |
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8. |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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9. |
Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback) Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier (Illus.), Graphix |
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10. |
Who Was/Is...? (paperback) Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending July 19, 2020
16. American Spy
Lauren Wilkinson, Random House, $17.00, 9780812988284
17. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.95, 9780345804327
18. A Better Man
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $17.99, 9781250066312
19. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143110439
20. The Guardians
John Grisham, Bantam, $18.00, 9780593129982
21. Exhalation
Ted Chiang, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972083
22. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296
23. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
24. The Secrets We Kept
Lara Prescott, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525566106
25. Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316420006
26. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527
27. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781524798642
28. Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9780451499066
29. The Island of Sea Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501154867
30. Ask Again, Yes
Mary Beth Keane, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982106997
31. Fleishman Is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Random House, $17.00, 9780525510895
32. Ghosted
Rosie Walsh, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525522799
33. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $16.00, 9780307455925
34. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140
35. Disappearing Earth
Julia Phillips, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525436225
36. Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780425284704
37. The River
Peter Heller, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525563532
38. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219
39. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
40. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533
41. The Lager Queen of Minnesota
J. Ryan Stradal, Penguin , $17.00, 9780399563065
42. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
43. Beloved
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.00, 9781400033416
44. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $17.99, 9781250313188
45. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $16.99, 9780316421973
46. Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780804172448
47. The Guest Book
Sarah Blake, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250110275
48. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776
49. Big Sky
Kate Atkinson, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316523080
50. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending July 19, 2020
16. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $22.00, 9780143034759
17. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488
18. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510567
19. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
20. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $18.00, 9781501168703
21. March: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $14.95, 9781603093002
22. The Great Influenza
John M. Barry, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143036494
23. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781451642308
24. The End of Policing
Alex S. Vitale, Verso, $17.95, 9781784782924
25. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
26. Frederick Douglass
David W. Blight, S&S, $22.00, 9781416590323
27. Sister Outsider
Audre Lorde, Crossing Press, $16.99, 9781580911863
28. The Source of Self-Regard
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562795
29. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $21.99, 9780062397348
30. D-Day Girls
Sarah Rose, Broadway Books, $18.00, 9780451495099
31. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Reni Eddo-Lodge, Bloomsbury, $18.00, 9781635572957
32. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
33. Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race
Debby Irving, Elephant Room Press, $19.99, 9780991331307
34. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807057834
35. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers
Brian Kilmeade, Sentinel, $17.00, 9780525540540
36. Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316486644
37. Biased
Jennifer L. Eberhardt, Penguin , $18.00, 9780735224957
38. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg, Penguin, $10.00, 9780143133568
39. Spearhead
Adam Makos, Ballantine , $20.00, 9780804176743
40. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609
41. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence
Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633690196
42. March: Book Two
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Top Shelf Productions, $19.95, 9781603094009
43. White Rage
Carol Anderson, Bloomsbury USA, $17.00, 9781632864130
44. March: Book Three
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Top Shelf Productions, $19.99, 9781603094023
45. I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062319791
46. Heavy
Kiese Laymon, Scribner, $16.00, 9781501125669
47. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
Angela Y. Davis, Haymarket Books, $15.95, 9781608465644
48. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426
49. The Second Mountain
David Brooks, Random House, $18.00, 9780812983425
50. When Things Fall Apart
Pema Chödrön, Shambhala, $16.95, 9781611803433
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending July 19, 2020
16. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
17. A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
Hank Green, Dutton, $27.00, 9781524743475
18. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525521143
19. Big Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $28.00, 9781501133510
20. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28.00, 9780525429760
21. Death in Her Hands
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984879356
22. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316509848
23. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28.00, 9780399590597
24. All Adults Here
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9781594634697
25. If It Bleeds
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982137977
26. Antkind
Charlie Kaufman, Random House, $30.00, 9780399589683
27. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023
28. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28.00, 9780399562488
29. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697
30. Make Russia Great Again
Christopher Buckley, S&S, $28.00, 9781982157463
31. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802148537
32. Fair Warning
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $29.00, 9780316539425
33. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671189
34. The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $26.99, 9781982136451
35. Memoirs and Misinformation
Jim Carrey, Dana Vachon, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525655978
36. A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781984820150
37. The Lost and Found Bookshop
Susan Wiggs, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062914095
38. Rodham
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590917
39. The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel, Holt, $30.00, 9780805096606
40. My Dark Vanessa
Kate Elizabeth Russell, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062941503
41. The Summer House
James Patterson, Brendan DuBois, Little Brown, $28.00, 9780316539555
42. Devolution
Max Brooks, Del Rey, $28.00, 9781984826787
43. Florence Adler Swims Forever
Rachel Beanland, S&S, $25.99, 9781982132460
44. Walk the Wire
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538761465
45. The Lantern Men
Elly Griffiths, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $27.00, 9780358237044
46. Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780525535270
47. The Lies That Bind
Emily Giffin, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780399178955
48. The Jane Austen Society
Natalie Jenner, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9781250248732
49. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541213
50. The Book of Lost Friends
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781984819888
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending July 19, 2020
16. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30.00, 9780316478526
17. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
18. What It's Like to Be a Bird
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894
19. A Very Punchable Face
Colin Jost, Crown, $27.00, 9781101906323
20. The Beauty in Breaking
Michele Harper, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525537380
21. Separated
Jacob Soboroff, Custom House, $29.99, 9780062992192
22. Trixie and Katya's Guide to Modern Womanhood
Trixie Mattel, Katya, Plume, $26.00, 9780593086704
23. Humankind
Rutger Bregman, Little Brown, $30.00, 9780316418539
24. Becoming Duchess Goldblatt
Anonymous, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.00, 9780358216773
25. Dirt
Bill Buford, Knopf, $28.95, 9780307271013
26. The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780735223011
27. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836
28. Jubilee
Toni Tipton-Martin, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781524761738
29. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $28.00, 9780525510314
30. The Mamba Mentality
Kobe Bryant, MCD, $35.00, 9780374201234
31. The Book of Delights
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $23.95, 9781616207922
32. Our Time Is Now
Stacey Abrams, Holt, $27.99, 9781250257703
33. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385543767
34. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00, 9781328662057
35. The Biggest Bluff
Maria Konnikova, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780525522621
36. New World Sourdough
Bryan Ford, Quarry Books, $27.99, 9781631598708
37. Surviving Autocracy
Masha Gessen, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780593188934
38. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
39. Blitz
David Horowitz, Humanix Books, $27.99, 9781630061388
40. Hell and Other Destinations
Madeleine Albright, Harper, $29.99, 9780062802255
41. Demagogue
Larry Tye, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $36.00, 9781328959720
42. The Catalyst
Jonah Berger, S&S, $26.99, 9781982108601
43. The Body
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385539302
44. Why We Swim
Bonnie Tsui, Algonquin Books, $26.95, 9781616207861
45. Stranger Planet
Nathan W. Pyle, Morrow Gift, $15.99, 9780063022607
46. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $26.99, 9781612197494
47. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062457714
48. Falastin
Sami Tamimi, Tara Wigley, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780399581731
49. Notes on a Silencing
Lacy Crawford, Little Brown, $28.00, 9780316491556
50. Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, Talentsmart, $24.99, 9780974320625
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending July 19, 2020
11. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487
12. Camino Island
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781524797157
13. Redemption
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538761427
14. Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316463249
15. An Unwanted Guest
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525507574
16. The Flight Attendant
Chris Bohjalian, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593081631
17. The Andromeda Evolution
Michael Crichton, Daniel H. Wilson, Harper, $9.99, 9780062473349
18. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543
19. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620938
20. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
21. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
22. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
23. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
24. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
25. Long Road to Mercy
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538761540
26. The New Girl
Daniel Silva, Harper, $9.99, 9780062835079
27. The President Is Missing
James Patterson, Bill Clinton, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538713846
28. Same Beach, Next Year
Dorothea Benton Frank, Morrow, $7.99, 9780062993427
29. True Believer
Jack Carr, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501180859
30. Backlash
Brad Thor, Pocket, $9.99, 9781982104047
31. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
32. Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538728550
33. Wolf Pack
C.J. Box, Putnam, $9.99, 9780525538219
34. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
35. Celtic Empire
Clive Cussler, Dirk Cussler, Putnam, $9.99, 9780735219014
36. Crazy Rich Asians
Kevin Kwan, Anchor, $9.99, 9780593310908
37. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
38. Liar Liar
James Patterson, Candice Fox, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538730775
39. The First Lady
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538714942
40. Last Girl Standing
Lisa Jackson, Nancy Bush, Zebra, $8.99, 9781420136159
41. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
42. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
43. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
44. The Stand
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743688
45. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
46. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286
47. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
48. The Brink
James S. Murray, Darren Wearmouth, Harper Voyager, $9.99, 9780062868978
49. The Tale Teller
Anne Hillerman, Harper, $9.99, 9780062391964
50. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541