May 5, 2021

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for May 5, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 2, 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. 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.
1/5
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.
2/35
3. 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.
3/55
4. 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.
4/2
5. 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.
8/17
6. 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.
6/8
7. 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.
13/108
8. 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.
5/16
9. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143111399
An inspiring, unforgettable novel of one woman's bold struggle to realize the passion and potential inside her, while living in a time, place, and culture devised to silence her.
7/6
10. A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780593157497
Allende's epic novel spanning decades and crossing continents, following two young people as they flee the aftermath of the Spanish Civil War in search of a place to call home.
12/4
11. 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.
10/13
12. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18.00, 9780062671196
Erdrich's novel is based on the extraordinary life of her grandfather who worked as a night watchman and carried the fight against Native dispossession from rural North Dakota all the way to Washington, D.C.
9/6
13. 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.
11/24
14. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802124944
Nguyen's blistering novel of identity, politics, and America is a 2016 Indies Choice Adult Fiction Honor Book and winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
/62
15. All Adults Here- Debut
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634703
Straub's warm, funny, and keenly perceptive novel about the life cycle of one family.
/1


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for May 5, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 2, 2021
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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.
1/73
2. 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.
9/10
3. 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.
3/9
4. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741
van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing.
4/31
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.
5/3
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.
7/14
7. Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
Lauren Hough, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593080764
Hough's searing and extremely personal essays are shot through with the darkest elements America can manifest, while discovering light and humor in unexpected corners.
2/3
8. 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.
11/9
9. 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.
/8
10. 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.
6/10
11. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes
Sam Sifton, Ten Speed Press, $28.00, 9781984858474
The debut cookbook from the popular New York Times website features 100 vividly photographed no-recipe recipes to make weeknight cooking more inspired and delicious.
13/7
12. 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.
8/29
13. 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.
14/4
14. The Undocumented Americans
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, One World, $17.00, 9780399592706
One of the first undocumented immigrants to graduate from Harvard reveals the hidden lives of her fellow undocumented Americans in this deeply personal and groundbreaking portrait of a nation. A National Book Award Finalist.
12/4
15. 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.
15/143


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for May 5, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 2, 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.
1/5
2. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474
Haig's latest is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived.
3/26
3. 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.
2/9
4. Whereabouts- Debut
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.
/1
5. 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.
4/13
6. Sooley- Debut
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.
/1
7. 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.
6/48
8. First Person Singular
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593318072
A mind-bending new collection of short stories by the internationally acclaimed author of Kafka on the Shore.
7/4
9. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
France, 1714: In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever--and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for October 2020.
5/30
10. When the Stars Go Dark
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780593237892
McLain's propulsive and deeply affecting new novel is an April 2021 Indie Next List Pick.
8/3
11. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606
O'Farrell's novel is a luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a tender re-imagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten. An August 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/29
12. Fugitive Telemetry- Debut
Martha Wells, Tordotcom, $19.99, 9781250765376
The sixth installment of the bestselling Murderbot Diaries is a May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
/1
13. The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner, Park Row, $27.99, 9780778311010
Penner's debut novel is a subversive and intoxicating story of secrets, vengeance, and the remarkable ways women can save each other despite the barrier of time. A March 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
9/9
14. The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $28.00, 9781982134198
Based on the true World War II story of the heroic librarians at the American Library in Paris, this is an unforgettable novel of romance, friendship, family, and the power of literature. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for February 2021.
11/12
15. Good Company
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062876003
A warm, incisive new novel about the enduring bonds of marriage and friendship by the bestselling author of The Nest.
/3


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for May 5, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 2, 2021
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/2
2. 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.
3/61
3. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast fame, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
2/2
4. The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War- Debut
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.
/1
5. 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.
4/39
6. What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing- Debut
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.
/1
7. The Code Breaker
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35.00, 9781982115852
Isaacson's gripping account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies.
9/8
8. Empire of Pain
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385545686
A portrait of three generations of the Sackler family, famed for their philanthropy, whose fortune was built by Valium and whose reputation was destroyed by OxyContin.
10/3
9. 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.
8/60
10. Dusk, Night, Dawn
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593189696
Lamott's new book is an inspiring guide to restoring hope and joy in our lives.
12/9
11. Broken Horses
Brandi Carlile, Crown, $28.00, 9780593237243
The critically acclaimed singer-songwriter, producer, and six-time Grammy winner opens up about a life shaped by music in this candid, heartfelt, and intimate memoir.
11/4
12. Broken (in the best possible way)
Jenny Lawson, Holt, $27.99, 9781250077035
Lawson's deeply relatable book filled with humor and honesty about depression and anxiety is an April 2021 Indie Next List Pick.
5/4
13. Cook This Book
Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $32.50, 9780593138274
A thoroughly modern guide to becoming a better, faster, more creative cook, featuring fun, flavorful recipes anyone can make.
6/2
14. You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience- Debut
Tarana Burke, Brené Brown (Eds.), Random House, $27.00, 9780593243626
Tarana Burke and Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics, and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two have dedicated their lives to understanding and teaching: vulnerability and shame resilience.
/1
15. Goodbye, Again
Jonny Sun, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780062880857
Jonny Sun is back with a collection of essays and other writings in his unique, funny, and heartfelt style.
7/2


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for May 5, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 2, 2021
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/76
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/252
3. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353641
4/16
4. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
3/18
5. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
10/42
6. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
/28
7. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
8/72
8. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
6/14
9. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
/40
10. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
/23


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for May 5, 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. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
 
4. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
5. Ground Zero
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338245752
 
6. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
7. A Wolf Called Wander
Rosanne Parry, Greenwillow Books, $7.99, 9780062895943
 
8. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
 
9. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
10. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
11. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
12. When You Trap a Tiger
Tae Keller, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524715700
 
13. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
14. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
 
15. Class Act
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for May 5, 2021
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  Young Adult  
1. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $18.99, 9781250766564
 
2. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
 
3. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
4. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
5. Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716
 
6. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
 
7. Kate in Waiting
Becky Albertalli, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062643834
 
8. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
9. Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780525555254
 
10. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
 
11. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 
12. The Gilded Ones
Namina Forna, Delacorte Press, $18.99, 9781984848697
 
13. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
14. House of Hollow
Krystal Sutherland, Putnam, $18.99, 9780593110348
 
15. You Don't Have to Be Everything: Poems for Girls Becoming Themselves
Diana Whitney (Ed.), Workman, $14.95, 9781523510993
 


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Children's Illustrated



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  Children's Illustrated  
1. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
 
2. The Rock from the Sky
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536215625
 
3. Jungle Night
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523513604
 
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harpern $8.99, 9780694003617
 
5. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
6. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
 
7. Our Skin: A First Conversation About Race
Megan Madison, Jessica Ralli, Isabel Roxas (Illus.), Rise x Penguin Workshop, $8.99, 9780593382639
 
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
9. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062915627
 
10. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, Putnam, $7.99, 9780399230035
 
11. Milo Imagines the World
Matt de la Peña, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Putnam, $18.99, 9780399549083
 
12. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
 
13. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
 
14. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
 
15. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for May 5, 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. Six of Crows (hardcover and paperback)
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR
 
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
6. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
7. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
8. I Survived (paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
 
9. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
10. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 2, 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

22. Dial A for Aunties
Jesse Q. Sutanto, Berkley, $16.00, 9780593333037

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

24. The Most Fun We Ever Had
Claire Lombardo, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525564232

25. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263

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

27. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562948

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

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

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

31. How to Love the World
James Crews, Storey Publishing, $14.95, 9781635863864

32. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $17.00, 9781476749303

33. The Beautiful Ones
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Tor , $17.99, 9781250785565

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

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

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

37. The Law of Innocence
Michael Connelly, Grand Central , $16.99, 9781538752548

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

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

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

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

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

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

44. Breasts and Eggs
Mieko Kawakami, Europa Editions, $16.95, 9781609456702

45. Simon the Fiddler
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062966759

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

47. Redhead by the Side of the Road
Anne Tyler, Vintage, $16.00, 9780593080948

48. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18.00, 9780399590610

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

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 2, 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

22. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. The Desire Factorpiritual Power
Christy Whitman, Beyond Words, $14.99, 9781582707594

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

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

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

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

34. Late Migrations
Margaret Renkl, Milkweed Editions, $16.00, 9781571313836

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

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

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

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

39. Leave Only Footprints
Conor Knighton, Crown, $17.00, 9781984823557

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

41. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World Library, $17.00, 9781577314806

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

43. Until the End of Time
Brian Greene, Vintage, $17.95, 9780525432173

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

45. Range
David Epstein, Riverhead Books, $18.00, 9780735214507

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

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

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

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

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 2, 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24. What Comes After
JoAnne Tompkins, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593085998

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

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

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

28. The Consequences of Fear
Jacqueline Winspear, Harper, $27.99, 9780062868022

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

30. The Dictionary of Lost Words
Pip Williams, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780593160190

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

32. The Sanatorium
Sarah Pearse, Pamela Dorman Books, $27.00, 9780593296677

33. Ocean Prey
John Sandford, Putnam, $29.00, 9780593087022

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

35. Sunflower Sisters
Martha Hall Kelly, Ballantine, $28.00, 9781524796402

36. The Man Who Lived Underground
Richard Wright, Library of America, $22.95, 9781598536768

37. Ready Player Two
Ernest Cline, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781524761332

38. Gold Diggers
Sanjena Sathian, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984882035

39. 2034
Elliot Ackerman, Admiral James Stavridis, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984881250

40. A Thousand Ships
Natalie Haynes, Harper, $27.99, 9780063065390

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

42. Reunion Beach
Elin Hilderbrand, et al., Morrow, $27.99, 9780063048935

43. How Beautiful We Were
Imbolo Mbue, Random House, $28.00, 9780593132425

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

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

46. Transient Desires
Donna Leon, Atlantic Monthly Press, $27.00, 9780802158178

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

48. Star Wars: Thrawn Ascendancy
Timothy Zahn, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593158296

49. Outlawed
Anna North, Bloomsbury Publishing, $26.00, 9781635575422

50. Win
Harlan Coben, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538748213

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 2, 2021

16. Antitrust
Amy Klobuchar, Knopf, $32.50, 9780525654896

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

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

19. Madam Speaker
Susan Page, Twelve, $32.50, 9781538750698

20. Out of Many, One
George W. Bush, Crown, $38.00, 9780593136966

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

22. Philip Roth
Blake Bailey, Norton, $40.00, 9780393240726

23. A World on the Wing
Scott Weidensaul, Norton, $32.00, 9780393608908

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

25. How Y'all Doing?
Leslie Jordan, Morrow, $26.99, 9780063076198

26. How to Avoid a Climate Disaster
Bill Gates, Knopf, $26.95, 9780385546133

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

28. On the House
John Boehner, St. Martin's, $29.99, 9781250238443

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

30. A Little Devil in America
Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House, $27.00, 9781984801197

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

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

33. The Soul of a Woman
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $22.99, 9780593355626

34. A Promised Land
Barack Obama, Crown, $45.00, 9781524763169

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

36. Keep Sharp
Sanjay Gupta, M.D., S&S, $28.00, 9781501166730

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

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

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

40. White Magic
Elissa Washuta, Tin House Books, $26.95, 9781951142391

41. The Hero Code
Admiral William H. McRaven, Grand Central, $22.00, 9781538719961

42. The Barbizon
Paulina Bren, S&S, $27.00, 9781982123895

43. Blood and Treasure
Bob Drury, Tom Clavin, St. Martin's, $29.99, 9781250247131

44. The Light of Days
Judy Batalion, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062874214

45. Vegetable Simple
Eric Ripert, Random House, $35.00, 9780593132487

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

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

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

49. Beautiful Things
Hunter Biden, Gallery Books, $28.00, 9781982151119

50. The God Equation
Michio Kaku, Doubleday, $22.00, 9780385542746

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending May 2, 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33. Murder in the Cookbook Nook
Ellery Adams, Kensington, $8.99, 9781496729460

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

43. The Fellowship of the Ring
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345339706

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

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

46. Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare, Pocket, $6.99, 9780743477116

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

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

49. Crooked River
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538747247

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

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