Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020
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Trade Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
Home Body- Debut Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808 Kaur's greatly anticipated third collection of poetry. |
/1 |
2. |
Shuggie Bain Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148506 A heartbreaking story of addiction, sexuality, and love, Shuggie Bain is an epic portrayal of a working-class family that is rarely seen in fiction. A 2020 National Book Award Finalist and shortlisted for the 2020 Booker Prize. |
5/4 |
3. |
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. |
3/86 |
4. |
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. |
4/32 |
5. |
The Water Dancer- Debut Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $18.00, 9780399590610 Coates' debut novel is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen. |
/1 |
6. |
Interior Chinatown- Debut 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. |
/1 |
7. |
Devotions Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263 A personal selection of Oliver's best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career. |
1/2 |
8. |
Olive, Again Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780812986471 In Olive, Again, Strout continues the story of Olive Kitteridge, the beloved character who has captured the imaginations of millions. |
6/3 |
9. |
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. |
8/25 |
10. |
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. |
12/12 |
11. |
The Best American Short Stories 2020 Curtis Sittenfeld, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328485373 A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories. |
9/3 |
12. |
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. |
7/21 |
13. |
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. |
14/40 |
14. |
Homegoing Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101971062 Gyasi's extraordinary novel illuminates slavery's troubled legacy both for those who were taken and those who stayed--and shows how the memory of captivity has been inscribed on the soul of our nation. |
13/40 |
15. |
What Kind of Woman Kate Baer, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780063008427 A stunning and honest debut poetry collection about the beauty and hardships of being a woman in the world today. |
2/2 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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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. |
2/50 |
2. |
The Truths We Hold Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525560739 Vice President-elect Harris looks at the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them. |
1/11 |
3. |
My Own Words Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18.00, 9781501145254 Ruth Bader Ginsburg's first book after becoming a Supreme Court Justice in 1993 is a witty, engaging, and serious collection of writings and speeches. |
3/46 |
4. |
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. |
12/120 |
5. |
The Warmth of Other Suns Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888 Pulitzer Prize-winner Wilkerson's chronicle of the decades-long migration of Black citizens who fled the South in search of a better life. |
5/42 |
6. |
What Unites Us Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616209940 With this collection of essays, venerated journalist Rather reminds us of the principles upon which the United States was founded. |
8/4 |
7. |
The Color of Law Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536 Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation. |
9/30 |
8. |
Born a Crime Trevor Noah, One World, $18.00, 9780399588198 Noah's compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime coming-of-age memoir is set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed. |
7/89 |
9. |
White Fragility Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415 DiAngelo explores the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality. |
4/85 |
10. |
Shade Pete Souza, Voracious, $19.99, 9780316458214 By the bestselling author of Obama: An Intimate Portrait, a potent commentary on the presidency--and our country. |
/3 |
11. |
Conversations with RBG Jeffrey Rosen, Picador, $18.00, 9781250762641 Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers an intimate look at her life and career, through an extraordinary series of conversations with the head of the National Constitution Center, Jeffrey Rosen. |
11/3 |
12. |
No One Asked for This: Essays- Debut Cazzie David, Mariner, $17.99, 9780358197027 David's acerbic, darkly funny essays about misanthropy, social media, anxiety, relationships, and growing up in a wildly eccentric family. |
/1 |
13. |
The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021- Debut Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988485 The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more all presented in the inimitably useful and humorous way it has done since 1792. |
/1 |
14. |
Intimations Zadie Smith, Penguin, $10.95, 9780593297612 Deeply personal and powerfully moving, a short and timely series of reflective essays by one of the most clear-sighted and essential writers of our time. |
15/16 |
15. |
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. |
6/11 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
Rhythm of War- Debut Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $34.99, 9780765326386 Book four of Sanderson's epic fantasy saga, The Stormlight Archive. |
/1 |
2. |
Anxious People Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.00, 9781501160837 An ingeniously constructed novel about the enduring power of friendship, forgiveness, and hope--the things that save us, even in the most anxious times. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for September 2020. |
3/11 |
3. |
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. |
2/25 |
4. |
The Searcher Tana French, Viking, $27.00, 9780735224650 In French's latest novel of suspense, a former Chicago police officer retreats to a bucolic Irish village and starts to realize that even small towns shelter dangerous secrets. |
1/7 |
5. |
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561 France, 1714: In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever--and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for October 2020. |
7/7 |
6. |
A Time for Mercy John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385545969 Jake Brigance returns in John Grisham's most powerful courtroom drama yet. |
6/6 |
7. |
Moonflower Murders Anthony Horowitz, Harper, $28.99, 9780062955456 Brilliantly clever, relentlessly suspenseful, full of twists that will keep readers guessing with each revelation and clue, Moonflower Murders is a deviously dark take on vintage English crime fiction. A November 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
4/2 |
8. |
The Cold Millions Jess Walter, Harper, $28.99, 9780062868084 Walter's propulsive and richly entertaining novel about two brothers swept up in the turbulent class warfare of the early 20th century is a November 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
11/4 |
9. |
The Law of Innocence Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $29.00, 9780316485623 In Connelly's latest thriller, Lincoln Lawyer Mickey Haller must defend himself against murder charges. |
5/2 |
10. |
Transcendent Kingdom Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $27.95, 9780525658184 Gyasi's stunning follow-up to Homegoing is a powerful, raw, intimate, deeply layered novel about a Ghanaian family in Alabama. A September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/12 |
11. |
The Sentinel Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818461 Lee Child teams up with his brother and fellow thriller writer Andrew Child for the latest Jack Reacher novel. |
10/4 |
12. |
Leave the World Behind Rumaan Alam, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062667632 A magnetic novel about two families, strangers to each other, who are forced together on a long weekend gone terribly wrong. An October 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
8/7 |
13. |
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. |
13/19 |
14. |
Daylight- Debut David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538761694 FBI Agent Atlee Pine's search for her sister clashes with military investigator John Puller's high-stakes case, leading them both deep into a global conspiracy. |
/1 |
15. |
The Evening and the Morning Ken Follett, Viking, $36.00, 9780525954989 Follett's thrilling and addictive new Kingsbridge novel is a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth. |
14/10 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020
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Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
A Promised Land- Debut Barack Obama, Crown, $45.00, 9781524763169 Barack Obama's insightful first volume of his presidential memoirs. |
/1 |
2. |
Caste Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32.00, 9780593230251 Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today. |
1/16 |
3. |
The Best of Me David Sedaris, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316628242 The Best of Me spans a career spent watching and learning and laughing--quite often at himself--and invites readers deep into the world of one of the most brilliant and original writers of our time. |
2/3 |
4. |
Modern Comfort Food Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780804187060 From cocktails to dessert, from special weekend breakfasts to quick weeknight dinners, you'll find yourself making these cozy and delicious recipes over and over again. |
4/7 |
5. |
A Wealth of Pigeons: A Cartoon Collection- Debut Steve Martin, Harry Bliss (Illus.), Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250262899 Steve Martin partnered with heralded New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss and together they created this collection of humorous cartoons and comic strips, with amusing commentary about their collaboration throughout. A December 2020 Indie Next List Great Read |
/1 |
6. |
Untamed Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9781984801258 In Doyle's most revealing and powerful memoir yet, she explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet the expectations of the world, and start trusting the voice deep within us. |
5/37 |
7. |
Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30.00, 9780593139134 McConaughey's unconventional memoir is filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. |
3/5 |
8. |
The Splendid and the Vile Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713 Larson's fresh and compelling portrait of Winston Churchill and London during the Blitz is a March 2020 Indie Next List Great Read. |
9/39 |
9. |
Dolly Parton, Songteller: My Life in Lyrics- Debut Dolly Parton, Robert K. Oermann, Chronicle Books, $50.00, 9781797205090 A landmark celebration of the remarkable life and career of a country music and pop culture legend, Dolly Parton. |
/1 |
10. |
Is This Anything? Jerry Seinfeld, S&S, $35.00, 9781982112691 The first book in 25 years from Jerry Seinfeld features his best work across five decades in comedy. |
10/7 |
11. |
One Life Megan Rapinoe, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781984881168 Megan Rapinoe, Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women's World Cup champion, reveals for the first time her life both on and off the field. |
6/2 |
12. |
No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality- Debut Michael J. Fox, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250265616 Michael J.Fox's moving account of resilience, hope, fear, and mortality, and how these things resonate in our lives. |
/1 |
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. |
/38 |
14. |
HRH: So Many Thoughts on Royal Style- Debut Elizabeth Holmes, Celadon Books, $35.00, 9781250625083 Veteran style journalist Elizabeth Holmes' nuanced look at the fashion and branding of the four most influential members of the British Royal Family: Queen Elizabeth II; Diana, Princess of Wales; Catherine, The Duchess of Cambridge; and Meghan, The Duchess of Sussex. |
/1 |
15. |
First Principles Thomas E. Ricks, Harper, $29.99, 9780062997456 A revelatory new book about the founding fathers, examining their educations and, in particular, their devotion to the ancient Greek and Roman classics--and how that influence would shape their ideals and the new American nation. |
7/2 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020
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Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1. |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719 |
1/53 |
2. |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
2/229 |
3. |
The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741 |
/58 |
4. |
Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 |
/32 |
5. |
The Way of Kings- Debut Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279 |
/1 |
6. |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
9/20 |
7. |
The Autobiography of Malcolm X Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688 |
4/18 |
8. |
Dune Messiah Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233 |
3/10 |
9. |
Lord of the Flies William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487 |
5/29 |
10. |
American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110 |
/25 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020
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Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
1. |
The Ickabog J K. Rowling, Scholastic, $26.99, 9781338732870 |
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2. |
This Is Your Time Ruby Bridges, Delacorte Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780593378526 |
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3. |
Class Act Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500 |
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4. |
Skunk and Badger Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057 |
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5. |
New Kid Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194 |
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6. |
The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317 |
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7. |
Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094 |
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8. |
Twins Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132 |
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9. |
The One and Only Ivan Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278 |
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10. |
A Whale of the Wild Rosanne Parry, Lindsay Moore (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $17.99, 9780062995926 |
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11. |
When Stars Are Scattered Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908 |
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12. |
Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $8.99, 9781481438292 |
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13. |
The Silver Arrow Lev Grossman, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780316539531 |
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14. |
Becoming Muhammad Ali James Patterson, Kwame Alexander, Dawud Anyabwile (Illus.), jimmy patterson, $16.99, 9780316498166 |
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15. |
Pax Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $8.99, 9780062377029 |
Young Adult
Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 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. |
These Violent Delights- Debut Chloe Gong, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $19.99, 9781534457690 |
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3. |
Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title) Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606 |
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4. |
We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 |
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5. |
Dear Justyce Nic Stone, Crown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984829665 |
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6. |
The Hate U Give Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350 |
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7. |
Punching the Air Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062996480 |
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8. |
Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title) Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469 |
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9. |
One of Us Is Lying Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680 |
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10. |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729 |
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11. |
Super Fake Love Song- Debut David Yoon, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984812230 |
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12. |
Clap When You Land Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769 |
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13. |
Skyhunter Marie Lu, Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250221681 |
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14. |
Juliet Takes a Breath Gabby Rivera, Penguin Young Readers Group, $17.99, 9780593108178 |
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15. |
Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title) Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529 |
Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020
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Children's Illustrated | ||
1. |
Cozy Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593109793 |
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2. |
What We'll Build: Plans For Our Together Future Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $19.99, 9780593206751 |
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3. |
5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas Jimmy Fallon, Rich Deas (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250266477 |
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4. |
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 |
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5. |
Antiracist Baby Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508 |
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6. |
Little Blue Truck's Christmas Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780544320413 |
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7. |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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8. |
Kamala and Maya's Big Idea Meena Harris, Ana Ramírez González (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062937407 |
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9. |
Unicorns Are the Worst! Alex Willan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781534453838 |
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10. |
I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark Debbie Levy, Elizabeth Baddeley (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781481465595 |
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11. |
The Couch Potato Jory John, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062954534 |
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12. |
The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780544580145 |
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13. |
The Crayons' Christmas Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746 |
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14. |
Attack of the Underwear Dragon Scott Rothman, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593119891 |
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15. |
Christmas Parade- Debut Sandra Boynton, Little Simon, $7.99, 9781534478060 |
Children's Series
Bestseller List for November 25, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020
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Children's Series | ||
1. |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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2. |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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3. |
Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback) J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books |
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4. |
Keeper of the Lost Cities (hardcover and paperback) Shannon Messenger, Aladdin New in Series: Unlocked (9781534463424) |
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5. |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic |
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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 Books for Young Readers |
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8. |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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9. |
Who Was/Is...? (paperback) Ellen Morgan, et al., Penguin Workshop |
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10. |
The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback) Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020
16. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, Picador, $17.00, 9781250758002
17. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143110439
18. The Queen's Gambit
Walter Tevis, Vintage, $16.95, 9781400030606
19. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062913494
20. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527
21. The Shadow King
Maaza Mengiste, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358513
22. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
23. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219
24. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166
25. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383
26. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
27. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525541349
28. Miss Benson's Beetle
Rachel Joyce, Dial Press, $18.00, 9780812996708
29. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983
30. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
31. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525562627
32. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140
33. Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250751362
34. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593
35. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296
36. In a Holidaze
Christina Lauren, Gallery Books, $16.00, 9781982123949
37. When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through
Joy Harjo (Ed.), Norton, $19.95, 9780393356809
38. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $16.99, 9780316421973
39. When No One Is Watching
Alyssa Cole, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062982650
40. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2020
Diana Gabaldon, John Joseph Adams (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9781328613103
41. The Secret Lives of Church Ladies
Deesha Philyaw, West Virginia University Press, $18.99, 9781949199734
42. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533
43. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007
44. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741
45. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tordotcom, $17.99, 9781250313188
46. The Institute
Stephen King, Gallery Books, $19.99, 9781982110581
47. Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776
48. The Grammarians
Cathleen Schine, Picador, $17.00, 9781250758231
49. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781524798642
50. Exhalation
Ted Chiang, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972083
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020
16. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
17. Sapiens: A Graphic History
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780063051331
18. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827
19. Burnout
Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781984818324
20. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039
21. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
22. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932
23. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934
24. Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi, Bold Type Books, $19.99, 9781568585987
25. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2020
Michio Kaku, Jaime Greene (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358074298
26. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286
27. The Soul of America
Jon Meacham, Random House, $20.00, 9780399589829
28. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
29. The Best American Food Writing 2020
Sylvia Killingsworth, J.Kenji Lopez-Alt (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358344582
30. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312
31. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114
32. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807057834
33. The Best American Essays 2020
Andre Aciman, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358359913
34. Underland
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358094
35. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488
36. The Best American Travel Writing 2020
Robert Macfarlane, Jason Wilson (Eds.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358362036
37. White Tears/Brown Scars
Ruby Hamad, Catapult, $16.95, 9781948226745
38. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.99, 9781451697728
39. We Will Not Cancel Us
Adrienne Maree Brown, AK Press, $10.00, 9781849354226
40. Life Undercover
Amaryllis Fox, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525564089
41. These Truths
Jill Lepore, Norton, $19.95, 9780393357424
42. Year of the Monkey
Patti Smith, Vintage, $16.00, 9781984898920
43. Lead from the Outside
Stacey Abrams, Picador, $17.00, 9781250214805
44. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470
45. Hyperbole and a Half
Allie Brosh, Touchstone, $21.00, 9781451666175
46. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
47. The Great Influenza
John M. Barry, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143036494
48. How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
Kiese Laymon, Scribner, $16.00, 9781982170820
49. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99, 9781476740195
50. Running with Sherman
Christopher McDougall, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525433255
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020
16. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
17. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474
18. Dearly
Margaret Atwood, Ecco, $27.99, 9780063032491
19. Memorial
Bryan Washington, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593087275
20. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635575637
21. The Book of Two Ways
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781984818355
22. The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $26.00, 9781609455910
23. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606
24. All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145239
25. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930
26. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733452
27. The Archer
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $21.00, 9780593318270
28. The Once and Future Witches
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $28.00, 9780316422048
29. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764
30. Jack
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $27.00, 9780374279301
31. Snow
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $27.99, 9781335230003
32. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593128480
33. The Lost Spells
Robert MacFarlane, Jackie Morris (Illus.), Anansi International, $26.00, 9781487007799
34. The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $28.00, 9780593133842
35. The Kingdom
Jo Nesbo, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525655411
36. Magic Lessons
Alice Hoffman, S&S, $27.99, 9781982108847
37. The Office of Historical Corrections
Danielle Evans, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9781594487330
38. Monogamy
Sue Miller, Harper, $28.99, 9780062969651
39. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9781984880963
40. Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
41. The Return
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538728574
42. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905
43. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188817
44. The Silence
Don DeLillo, Scribner, $22.00, 9781982164553
45. The Exiles
Christina Baker Kline, Custom House, $27.99, 9780062356345
46. Fortune and Glory
Janet Evanovich, Atria, $28.99, 9781982154837
47. V2
Robert Harris, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656715
48. The Burning God
R.F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $26.99, 9780062662620
49. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316509848
50. To Be a Man
Nicole Krauss, Harper, $26.99, 9780062431028
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020
16. Solutions and Other Problems
Allie Brosh, Gallery Books, $30.00, 9781982156947
17. The Answer Is . . .
Alex Trebek, S&S, $26.00, 9781982157999
18. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
19. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288
20. Ottolenghi Flavor
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ixta Belfrage, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780399581755
21. Pappyland
Wright Thompson, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9780735221253
22. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616
23. The 99% Invisible City
Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780358126607
24. I Want to Be Where the Normal People Are
Rachel Bloom, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538745359
25. What It's Like to Be a Bird
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894
26. Vesper Flights
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802128812
27. Our Time Is Now
Stacey Abrams, Holt, $27.99, 9781250257703
28. Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man
Emmanuel Acho, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250800466
29. The Dead Are Arising
Les Payne, Tamara Payne, Liveright, $35.00, 9781631491665
30. His Truth Is Marching On
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30.00, 9781984855022
31. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $35.00, 9781571311771
32. Wintering
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $24.00, 9780593189481
33. Dessert Person
Claire Saffitz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9781984826961
34. We Keep the Dead Close
Becky Cooper, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538746837
35. Guinness World Records 2021
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781913484002
36. Humans
Brandon Stanton, St. Martin's, $35.00, 9781250114297
37. People Who Love to Eat Are Always the Best People
Julia Child, Knopf, $18.95, 9780525658795
38. Eleanor
David Michaelis, S&S, $35.00, 9781439192016
39. Jacques Pepin Quick & Simple
Jacques Pepin, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $35.00, 9780358352556
40. This Time Next Year We'll Be Laughing
Jacqueline Winspear, Soho Press, $27.95, 9781641292696
41. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26.00, 9780812993547
42. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836
43. Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
John Lithgow, Chronicle Prism, $22.95, 9781797209463
44. Joe Biden
Evan Osnos, Scribner, $23.00, 9781982174026
45. Eat a Peach
David Chang, Gabe Ulla, Clarkson Potter, $28.00, 9781524759216
46. Frontier Follies
Ree Drummond, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062962751
47. Keep Moving
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $24.00, 9781982132071
48. What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat
Aubrey Gordon, Beacon Press, $25.95, 9780807041307
49. Notorious RBG
Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, Dey Street, $25.99, 9780062415837
50. Obama: An Intimate Portrait
Pete Souza, Little Brown, $50.00, 9780316512589
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending November 22, 2020
11. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
12. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296
13. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
14. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
15. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125
16. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9781250068736
17. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919
18. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
19. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240
20. Blue Moon
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593567
21. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
22. Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365293
23. One Day in December
Josie Silver, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780593160329
24. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
25. Rebecca
Daphne Du Maurier, Avon, $8.99, 9780380778553
26. The Night Fire
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538701454
27. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874
28. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488
29. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286
30. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945
31. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541
32. The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672
33. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357
34. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12.00, 9780140177398
35. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey, Signet, $9.99, 9780451163967
36. Go Tell It on the Mountain
James Baldwin, Vintage, $7.99, 9780345806543
37. In the Woods
Tana French, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143134824
38. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702
39. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699
40. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877795964
41. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595
42. Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor Books, $7.99, 9780307743664
43. The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
44. The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Voyager, $8.99, 9780061054884
45. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $10.00, 9780446574754
46. The Museum of Desire
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780525618546
47. Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
Bobby Fischer, et al., Bantam, $8.99, 9780553263152
48. The Little Bookshop on the Seine
Rebecca Raisin, Hqn, $9.99, 9781335209603
49. The Slow Regard of Silent Things
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756411329
50. Storm Front
Jim Butcher, Roc, $9.99, 9780451457813