May 26, 2021

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for May 26, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 23, 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. Hamnet- Debut
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $16.95, 9781984898876
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.
/1
2. 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.
2/38
3. People We Meet on Vacation
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806758
Henry's sparkling new novel will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
1/2
4. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18.00, 9780735219106
Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder.
3/8
5. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
The 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.
4/58
6. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
A gripping psychological thriller about a woman's act of violence against her husband--and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.
5/3
7. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $17.00, 9780525541912
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.
6/5
8. 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.
10/20
9. The Rose Code
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062943477
A breathtaking World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over. A March 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
7/11
10. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $17.00, 9780399562495
Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking novel of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond.
9/3
11. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9780525435280
A hilarious novel of social and political intrigue, set against the glittering backdrop of Florida's gold coast.
8/2
12. 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.
12/111
13. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
An enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place.
11/19
14. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780735216730
National Book Award winner McBride's wise and witty novel about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting.
13/16
15. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo- Debut
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933
Reid's novel is a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day.
/1


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for May 26, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 23, 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.
1/76
2. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
5/34
3. Nomadland
Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95, 9780393356311
Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the underbelly of the American economy. At the same time she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Now a major motion picture.
3/13
4. Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18.00, 9781984820389
A radically honest work of art, Minor Feelings forms a portrait of one Asian American psyche--and of a writer's search to both uncover and speak the truth.
2/12
5. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321
In Entangled Life, biologist Merlin Sheldrake shows us the world from a fungal point of view, providing an exhilarating change of perspective.
4/6
6. The Body
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.
6/17
7. The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223035
A radical investigation into the bird way of being, and the recent scientific research that is dramatically shifting our understanding of birds--how they live and how they think.
9/3
8. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525560562
A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in Black feminism.
7/13
9. 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.
12/145
10. Why Fish Don't Exist
Lulu Miller, S&S, $17.00, 9781501160349
Part biography, part memoir, part scientific adventure, Why Fish Don't Exist is a wondrous fable about how to persevere in a world where chaos will always prevail.
10/6
11. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $18.99, 9781524763145
Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations--and whose story inspires us to do the same.
15/11
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.
8/124
13. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
14/45
14. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483
Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history.
/68
15. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Anchor, $17.00, 9780525562641
The heartrending story of a mid-century American family with twelve children--six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia--that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease.
13/12


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for May 26, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 23, 2021
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
Amanda Gorman's powerful and historic poem, read at President Joe Biden's inauguration, now available as a collectible gift edition.
1/8
2. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
In Weir's latest, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
3/3
3. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474
Haig's latest is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived.
4/29
4. While Justice Sleeps
Stacey Abrams, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385546577
Abrams' novel is a gripping, complexly plotted thriller set within the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
2/2
5. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593318171
Ishiguro's new novel offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: What does it mean to love? A March 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
5/12
6. Sooley
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547680
John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in his first basketball novel. Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoop dreams--and even bigger challenges off the court.
8/4
7. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250178602
Hannah's new novel is an American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to have turned against them. A February 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
9/16
8. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S, $27.00, 9781501171345
A gripping mystery about a woman who thinks she's found the love of her life--until he disappears. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
10/3
9. The Plot- Debut
Jean Hanff Korelitz, Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250790767
A propulsive novel about a story too good not to steal, and the writer who steals it. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
/1
10. Whereabouts
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $24.00, 9780593318317
A marvelous new novel about a woman questioning her place in the world, wavering between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties.
7/4
11. Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656975
An unforgettable novel about a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life at any cost. The #1 Indie Next Pick for May 2021.
6/3
12. 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.
11/33
13. 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.
12/51
14. That Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $28.00, 9781501133541
A deliciously twisty novel of intrigue, secrets, and the transformative power of female friendship.
13/2
15. Hour of the Witch
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385542432
A twisting, tightly plotted novel of historical suspense, Hour of the Witch is a timely and terrifying story of socially sanctioned brutality and the original American witch hunt.
14/3


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for May 26, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 23, 2021
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet- Debut
John Green, Dutton, $28.00, 9780525555216
A deeply moving collection of personal essays by the bestselling author of The Fault in Our Stars and Turtles All the Way Down.
/1
2. The Premonition
Michael Lewis, Norton, $30.00, 9780393881554
Michael Lewis's taut nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against what was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19.
1/3
3. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
3/5
4. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
Radiant with Mackesy's warmth and gentle wit, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse blends hand-written narrative with dozens of drawings.
4/64
5. Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
Simard brings us into the intimate world of trees to illuminate fascinating and vital truths—that trees are not simply the source of timber or pulp, but are a complicated, interdependent circle of life.
2/3
6. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35.00, 9780062802798
A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain.
14/5
7. The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27.00, 9780316296618
Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history.
5/4
8. Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service- Debut
Carol Leonnig, Random House, $30.00, 9780399589010
Leonnig's account of the rise and fall of the Secret Service, from the Kennedy assassination to the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
/1
9. Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment- Debut
Daniel Kahneman, et al., Little, Brown Spark, $32.00, 9780316451406
A revolutionary exploration of why people make bad judgments and how to make better ones.
/1
10. 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.
6/42
11. Yearbook
Seth Rogen, Crown, $28.00, 9781984825407
A collection of funny personal essays from the popular actor, writer, producer, and director.
7/2
12. Notes on Grief
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $16.00, 9780593320808
By the bestselling author of We Should All Be Feminists, a timely and deeply personal account of the loss of her father.
15/2
13. Facing the Mountain
Daniel James Brown, Viking, $30.00, 9780525557401
Brown's book is a gripping World War II saga of patriotism highlighting the contributions and sacrifices that Japanese immigrants and their American-born children made for the sake of the nation.
13/2
14. What Happened to You?
Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99, 9781250223180
Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road, and What Happened to You? provides powerful scientific and emotional insights into the behavioral patterns so many of us struggle to understand.
10/4
15. 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.
8/63


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for May 26, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 23, 2021
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/79
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/255
3. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
4/21
4. The Sentinel
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818485
3/3
5. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
6/16
6. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
5/40
7. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353641
8/19
8. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
/44
9. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
/16
10. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
/74


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for May 26, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 23, 2021
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
 
2. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
 
3. Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780316167581
 
4. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
 
5. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
6. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
7. Just Pretend- Debut
Tori Sharp, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780316538855
 
8. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
 
9. Forge Your Dragon World: A Wings of Fire Creative Guide
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338634778
 
10. When You Trap a Tiger
Tae Keller, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524715700
 
11. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
 
12. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
13. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
 
14. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
 
15. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for May 26, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 23, 2021
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  Young Adult  
1. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
 
2. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
3. Realm Breaker
Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780062872623
 
4. Tokyo Ever After- Debut
Emiko Jean, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250766601
 
5. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
 
6. Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716
 
7. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
8. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
9. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 
10. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
 
11. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
12. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
 
13. May the Best Man Win- Debut
ZR Ellor, Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250625120
 
14. Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780525555254
 
15. The Magic Fish
Trung Le Nguyen, Random House Graphic, $16.99, 9781984851598
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for May 26, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 23, 2021
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
 
2. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
3. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
 
4. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
 
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
6. The Rock from the Sky
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536215625
 
7. Jungle Night
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523513604
 
8. The Octopus Escapes
Maile Meloy, Felicita Sala (Illus.), Putnam, $17.99, 9781984812698
 
9. The Bruce Swap
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney-Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368028561
 
10. Peace Train
Cat Stevens, Peter H. Reynolds (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780063053991
 
11. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062915627
 
12. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
 
13. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
14. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
 
15. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for May 26, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 23, 2021
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  Children's Series  
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2. Shadow and Bone (hardcover and paperback)
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR
 
3. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
5. Six of Crows (hardcover and paperback)
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR
 
6. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
7. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
8. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
9. The Dreamer Trilogy (hardcover and paperback)
Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic
New in Series: Mister Impossible (9781338188363)
 
10. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 23, 2021

16. Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu, Vintage, $16.00, 9780307948472

17. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734

18. A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780593157497

19. The Woman with the Blue Star
Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $17.99, 9780778389385

20. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143111399

21. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $17.00, 9780593128503

22. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.95, 9780345804327

23. Monogamy
Sue Miller, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780062969668

24. The Bookshop of Second Chances
Jackie Fraser, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780593355657

25. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802124944

26. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.99, 9781501188824

27. Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148506

28. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18.00, 9780062671196

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

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

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

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

33. Later
Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $14.95, 9781789096491

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

35. In Five Years
Rebecca Serle, Atria, $17.00, 9781982137458

36. How Much of These Hills Is Gold
C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books, $16.00, 9780525537212

37. Big Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501133527

38. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $18.00, 9780143110439

39. The Henna Artist
Alka Joshi, Mira, $17.99, 9780778331476

40. Fresh Water for Flowers
Valérie Perrin, Europa Editions, $16.95, 9781609456764

41. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.00, 9781635575569

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

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

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

45. All Adults Here
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634703

46. The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781982136468

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

48. A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet, Norton, $15.95, 9780393867381

49. Home Body
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 23, 2021

16. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes
Sam Sifton, Ten Speed Press, $28.00, 9781984858474

17. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18.00, 9780399588198

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

19. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888

20. Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered
Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark, Forge Books, $18.99, 9781250759221

21. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $17.99, 9781612198552

22. We Do This 'til We Free Us
Mariame Kaba, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781642595253

23. Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
Lauren Hough, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593080764

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

25. The Undocumented Americans
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, One World, $17.00, 9780399592706

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

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

28. The Inner Life of Animals:
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $16.95, 9781771648028

29. Dbt for Dummies
Gillian Galen, Blaise Aguirre, For Dummies, $24.99, 9781119730125

30. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $18.00, 9780374533557

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

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

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

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

35. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726

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

37. The Body Is Not an Apology
Sonya Renee Taylor, Berrett-Koehler, $18.95, 9781523090990

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

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

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

41. Countdown 1945
Chris Wallace, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $17.99, 9781982143350

42. How Iceland Changed the World
Egill Bjarnason, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135883

43. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415

44. The Book of Eels
Patrik Svensson, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062968821

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

46. Holding Change
Adrienne Maree Brown, AK Press, $15.00, 9781849354189

47. Dirt
Bill Buford, Vintage, $17.00, 9780307455802

48. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609

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

50. Why We Swim
Bonnie Tsui, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781643751375

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 23, 2021

16. First Person Singular
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593318072

17. The Devil May Dance
Jake Tapper, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316530231

18. The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner, Park Row, $27.99, 9780778311010

19. Mary Jane
Jessica Anya Blau, Custom House, $27.99, 9780063052291

20. Ariadne
Jennifer Saint, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250773586

21. Where the Grass Is Green and the Girls Are Pretty
Lauren Weisberger, Random House, $28.00, 9781984855565

22. When the Stars Go Dark
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780593237892

23. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.00, 9781501160837

24. The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $28.00, 9781982134198

25. Second Place
Rachel Cusk, FSG, $25.00, 9780374279226

26. Local Woman Missing
Mary Kubica, Park Row, $27.99, 9780778389446

27. The Committed
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802157065

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

29. A Gambling Man
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538719671

30. Sorrowland
Rivers Solomon, MCD, $27.00, 9780374266776

31. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27.00, 9780525620785

32. The Newcomer
Mary Kay Andrews, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250256966

33. Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters, One World, $27.00, 9780593133378

34. We Begin at the End
Chris Whitaker, Holt, $27.99, 9781250759665

35. Of Women and Salt
Gabriela Garcia, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250776686

36. China
Edward Rutherfurd, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385538930

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

38. The Music of Bees
Eileen Garvin, Dutton, $26.00, 9780593183922

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

40. Good Company
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062876003

41. The Soulmate Equation
Christina Lauren, Gallery Books, $26.00, 9781982123963

42. Northern Spy
Flynn Berry, Viking, $26.00, 9780735224995

43. The Summer of Lost and Found
Mary Alice Monroe, Gallery Books, $28.00, 9781982148348

44. Early Morning Riser
Katherine Heiny, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525659341

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

46. Libertie
Kaitlyn Greenidge, Algonquin Books, $26.95, 9781616207014

47. A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.00, 9781681196282

48. Unsettled Ground
Claire Fuller, Tin House Books, $26.95, 9781951142483

49. Olympus, Texas
Stacey Swann, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385545211

50. Hummingbird Salamander
Jeff VanderMeer, MCD, $27.00, 9780374173548

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 23, 2021

16. The Secret to Superhuman Strength
Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.00, 9780544387652

17. The Code Breaker
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35.00, 9781982115852

18. Empire of Pain
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385545686

19. Persist
Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan Books, $27.99, 9781250799241

20. On Juneteenth
Annette Gordon-Reed, Liveright, $15.95, 9781631498831

21. Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie
Lisa Napoli, Abrams, $28.00, 9781419750403

22. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30.00, 9780593139134

23. The Hummingbirds' Gift
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $20.00, 9781982176082

24. Cook This Book
Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $32.50, 9780593138274

25. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders, Random House, $28.00, 9781984856029

26. Freedom
Sebastian Junger, S&S, $25.99, 9781982153410

27. The Free World
Louis Menand, FSG, $35.00, 9780374158453

28. Killing the Mob
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's, $30.00, 9781250273659

29. The Sum of Us
Heather McGhee, One World, $28.00, 9780525509561

30. Let the Record Show
Sarah Schulman, FSG, $40.00, 9780374185138

31. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713

32. A Radical Awakening
Shefali Tsabary, HarperOne, $27.99, 9780062985897

33. Dusk, Night, Dawn
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593189696

34. Think Again
Adam Grant, Viking, $28.00, 9781984878106

35. Broken (in the best possible way)
Jenny Lawson, Holt, $27.99, 9781250077035

36. You Are Your Best Thing
Tarana Burke, Brene Brown (Eds.), Random House, $27.00, 9780593243626

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

38. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616

39. You Will Get Through This Night
Daniel Howell, Dey Street Books, $23.99, 9780063053885

40. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Deluxe (Yellow) Edition
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780063142787

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

42. Nothing Personal
James Baldwin, Beacon Press, $18.00, 9780807006429

43. Let's Talk About Hard Things
Anna Sale, S$S, $27.00, 9781501190247

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

45. Finding Freedom
Erin French, Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250312341

46. Let Me Tell You What I Mean
Joan Didion, Knopf, $23.00, 9780593318485

47. Brat
Andrew McCarthy, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538754276

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

49. Make Your Bed
Admiral William H. McRaven, Grand Central, $20.00, 9781455570249

50. Madhouse at the End of the Earth
Julian Sancton, Crown, $30.00, 9781984824332

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending May 23, 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

17. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25. Bridgerton: To Sir Phillip, With Love
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353733

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

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

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

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

30. Camino Winds
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780593157770

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

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

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

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

35. Red Mars
Kim Stanley Robinson, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553560732

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

37. The Lord of the Rings:The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706

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

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

40. The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672

41. The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553588941

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

43. Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing, $8.99, 9781612680194

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

45. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756411329

46. Bridgerton: An Offer From a Gentleman
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353658

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

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

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

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

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