Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for October 11, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 8, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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Trust Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593420324 Trust is an unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy, and perception. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. |
1/23 |
2 |
A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569 From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read. |
2/56 |
3 |
The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498 Haig's book is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived. |
3/22 |
4 |
Mad Honey Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18.00, 9781984818409 A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind. |
4/5 |
5 |
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 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. |
5/123 |
6 |
The Passenger Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $18.00, 9780307389091 The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road returns with the first of a two-volume masterpiece: The Passenger is the story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick. |
10/2 |
7 |
Babel R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433 Kuang's breathtaking novel grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. |
6/6 |
8 |
The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987 In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. |
7/72 |
9 |
Wildfire- Debut Hannah Grace, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668026274 The latest in the TikTok sensation and deliciously "swoonworthy" (Elena Armas, New York Times bestselling author) Maple Hills series follows two summer camp counselors who reconnect after a sizzling one-night stand. An October 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
/1 |
10 |
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463 These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. |
9/3 |
11 |
A Court of Mist and Fury Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583 The seductive and stunning sequel to Sarah J. Maas's spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses. |
11/7 |
12 |
It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368 In Hoover's honest, evocative, and tender novel, a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance can't stop thinking about her first love. |
8/97 |
13 |
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. |
13/61 |
14 |
Lucy by the Sea Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780593446089 Strout's poignant, pitch-perfect novel about a divorced couple stuck together during lockdown—and the love, loss, despair, and hope that animate us even as the world seems to be falling apart. |
12/4 |
15 |
Our Missing Hearts Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593492666 Ng's inspiring novel about a mother's unbreakable love in a world consumed by fear. |
15/7 |
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for October 11, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 8, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1 |
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann, Vintage, $17.00, 9780307742483 Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history. |
1/116 |
2 |
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 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. |
2/200 |
3 |
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951 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. |
4/28 |
4 |
All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. |
6/101 |
5 |
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma 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. |
8/158 |
6 |
Stay True: A Memoir Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593315200 From The New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Memoir. |
7/4 |
7 |
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us Ed Yong, Random House, $20.00, 9780593133255 Every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. In An Immense World, science journalist Ed Yong helps us to experience the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that other animals perceive. |
3/6 |
8 |
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25.00, 9780375726262 A deep, fantastic look at the complex physicist and father of the atomic bomb. |
5/16 |
9 |
Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Likes to Walk Outside- Debut Nick Offerman, Dutton, $18.00, 9781101984703 A humorous and rousing set of literal and figurative sojourns as well as a mission statement about comprehending, protecting, and truly experiencing the outdoors. |
/1 |
10 |
Solito: A Memoir Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088 A young poet tells the unforgettable story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this moving, page-turning memoir. |
9/18 |
11 |
The 2024 Old Farmer's Almanac Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571989529 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. |
10/6 |
12 |
Gender Queer: A Memoir Maia Kobabe, Oni Press, $24.99, 9781549304002 Started as a way to explain to eir family what it means to be nonbinary and asexual, Gender Queer is more than a personal story: it is a useful and touching guide on gender identity—what it means and how to think about it—for advocates, friends, and humans everywhere. |
/5 |
13 |
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220 Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong. |
11/72 |
14 |
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us Rachel Aviv, Picador, $18.00, 9781250872913 The acclaimed, award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv offers a groundbreaking exploration of mental illness and the mind, and illuminates the startling connections between diagnosis and identity. |
13/2 |
15 |
Happy-Go-Lucky David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433 David Sedaris once again captures what is most unexpected, hilarious, and poignant about recent upheavals, personal and public, and expresses in precise language both the misanthropy and desire for connection that drive us all. |
15/18 |
ON THE RISE | ||
16 |
How We Live Is How We Die Pema Chödrön, Shambhala, $21.95, 9781645472407 Discover newfound freedom in life's ever-constant flow of endings and beginnings with the wise words of Pema Chödrön, beloved Buddhist nun and bestselling author of When Things Fall Apart. |
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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for October 11, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 8, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1 |
Tom Lake Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063327528 In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
1/10 |
2 |
Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros. |
2/20 |
3 |
Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922 Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. |
3/51 |
4 |
Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547345 Funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist. An April 2022 Indie Next Pick. |
5/79 |
5 |
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946 Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
7/9 |
6 |
Starling House- Debut Alix E. Harrow, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250799050 Starling House is a gorgeous, modern gothic fantasy from the New York Times bestselling author of The Ten Thousand Doors of January. An October 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
/1 |
7 |
The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32.00, 9780802162175 Verghese's new novel is a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
12/23 |
8 |
The Fraud Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29.00, 9780525558965 From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets to be believed. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
8/5 |
9 |
The Last Devil to Die Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9780593299425 A new mystery is afoot in the fourth book in the Thursday Murder Club series from million-copy bestselling author Richard Osman. |
9/3 |
10 |
The Iliad Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), W. W. Norton & Company, $39.95, 9781324001805 The greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time. |
6/2 |
11 |
The Vaster Wilds Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593418390 A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive. The #1 Indie Next Pick for September 2023. |
10/4 |
12 |
The Fragile Threads of Power V. E. Schwab, Tor Books, $29.99, 9780765387493 V. E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, opens another door to a new fantasy series set in the dazzling world of Shades of Magic. An October Indie Next Pick. |
4/2 |
13 |
Holly Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668016138 Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King's most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town. |
11/5 |
14 |
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201 The exhilarating new novel by the bestselling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is the #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2022. |
/64 |
15 |
North Woods Daniel Mason, Random House, $28.00, 9780593597033 When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
13/3 |
ON THE RISE | ||
18 |
Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror Jordan Peele (Ed.), Random House, $30.00, 9780593243794 The visionary writer and director of Get Out, Us, and Nope, and founder of Monkeypaw Productions, curates this groundbreaking anthology of all-new stories of Black horror, exploring not only the terrors of the supernatural but the chilling reality of injustice that haunts our nation. |
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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for October 11, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 8, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1 |
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon- Debut Michael Lewis, W. W. Norton & Company, $30.00, 9781324074335 From the #1 bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX's spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center. |
/1 |
2 |
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Heather Cox Richardson, Viking, $30.00, 9780593652961 Many books tell us what has happened over the last five years. Democracy Awakening explains how we got to this perilous point, what our history really tells us about ourselves, and what the future of democracy can be. |
1/2 |
3 |
Elon Musk Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982181284 An astonishingly intimate biography of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. |
3/4 |
4 |
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260 The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by David Grann, one of our greatest nonfiction writers. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
4/25 |
5 |
The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886 From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us. |
6/38 |
6 |
Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700 The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention. |
5/3 |
7 |
Making It So: A Memoir- Debut Patrick Stewart, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781982167738 The long-awaited memoir from iconic, beloved actor and living legend Sir Patrick Stewart! |
/1 |
8 |
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution- Debut Cat Bohannon, Knopf, $35.00, 9780385350549 Eve is not only a sweeping revision of human history, it's an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long. Picking up where Sapiens left off, Eve will completely change what you think you know about evolution and why Homo sapiens has become such a successful and dominant species. |
/1 |
9 |
Enough Cassidy Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668028285 Cassidy Hutchinson's desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington. |
2/2 |
10 |
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374610326 Doppelganger asks: What do we neglect as we polish and perfect our digital reflections? Is it possible to dispose of our doubles and overcome the pathologies of a culture of multiplication? Can we create a politics of collective care and undertake a true reckoning with historical crimes? The result is a revelatory treatment of the way many of us think and feel now—and an intellectual adventure story for our times. |
8/4 |
11 |
Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30.00, 9780593545409 Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. They show you how to improve your life right now instead of waiting for the outside world to change. |
7/4 |
12 |
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292 James Clear reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. |
11/84 |
13 |
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598 A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health. |
12/28 |
14 |
Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593472675 Bestselling author Joe Posnanski is back with a masterful ode to the game: a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball's history, to make you fall in love with the sport all over again. |
10/5 |
15 |
The Book of (More) Delights: Essays Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $28.00, 9781643753096 In Ross Gay's new collection of small, daily wonders, again written over the course of a year, one of America's most original voices continues his ongoing investigation of delight. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
9/3 |
ON THE RISE | ||
18 |
Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America Steve Inskeep, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593297865 A compelling and nuanced exploration of Abraham Lincoln's political acumen, illuminating a great politician's strategy in a country divided—and lessons for our own disorderly present. |
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Mass Market
Bestseller List for October 11, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 8, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
1/379 |
2 |
A Haunting in Venice Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972 |
4/7 |
3 |
No Plan B Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577 |
8/14 |
4 |
The Boys from Biloxi John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916 |
2/7 |
5 |
The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129 |
/66 |
6 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367 |
6/203 |
7 |
The Judge's List John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831 |
7/16 |
8 |
Billy Summers Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129 |
5/15 |
9 |
The Family Upstairs Lisa Jewell, Pocket Books, $10.99, 9781668026519 |
10/2 |
10 |
Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 |
3/124 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for October 11, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 8, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
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Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World- Debut Tui T. Sutherland, Joy Ang (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $24.99, 9781338634822 |
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2 |
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 |
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3 |
Dogtown Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608 |
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4 |
The Lost Library Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810 |
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5 |
Wrecker Carl Hiaasen, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593376287 |
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6 |
From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153 |
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7 |
Cat on the Run in Cat of Death! Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825 |
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8 |
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312 |
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9 |
Ghost Book Remy Lai, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $14.99, 9781250810434 |
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10 |
A Horse Named Sky Rosanne Parry, Kirbi Fagan (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062995957 |
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11 |
Sisters: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880 |
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12 |
Mexikid Pedro Martín, Dial Books, $14.99, 9780593462294m |
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13 |
Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128 |
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14 |
Drama: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897 |
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15 |
The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260 |
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Young Adult
Bestseller List for October 11, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 8, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
Young Adult | ||
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Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439 |
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2 |
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114 |
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3 |
Curious Tides- Debut Pascale Lacelle, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $21.99, 9781665939270 |
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4 |
A Study in Drowning Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506 |
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5 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196 |
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6 |
Hell Followed with Us Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636 |
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7 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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8 |
This Book Is Gay Juno Dawson, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728254326 |
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9 |
Nimona ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227nimo |
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10 |
This Winter Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338885132 |
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11 |
All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto George M. Johnson, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $18.99, 9780374312718 |
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12 |
Lightlark (The Lightlark Saga Book 1)- Debut Alex Aster, Amulet Paperbacks, $12.99, 9781419760877 |
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13 |
The Scarlet Veil Shelby Mahurin, HarperTeen, $21.99, 9780063258754 |
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14 |
Looking for Alaska John Green, Penguin, $12.99, 9780593109069 |
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15 |
Night of the Witch Sara Raasch, Beth Revis, Sourcebooks Fire, $18.99, 9781728272160 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for October 11, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 8, 2023
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Children's Illustrated | ||
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Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409 |
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Boo! Bluey's Halloween Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540 |
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3 |
Dragon's First Taco Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178 |
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4 |
Peekaboo: Pumpkin Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813 |
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5 |
Something, Someday Amanda Gorman, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203255 |
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Little Blue Truck's Halloween Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544772533 |
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Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $10.99, 9780593486955 |
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Just Because Matthew McConaughey, Renée Kurilla (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593622032 |
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9 |
Eek! Halloween! Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925143 |
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10 |
Construction Site: Taking Flight! Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $17.99, 9781797221922 |
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11 |
Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 |
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12 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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13 |
Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368059589 |
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14 |
Spooky Pookie Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781481497671 |
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15 |
If I Was a Horse- Debut Sophie Blackall, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316510981 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for October 11, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 8, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
Children's Series | ||
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback) Rick Riordan, Hyperion |
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2 |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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Wild Robot (hardcover) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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4 |
Spy School (hardcover and paperback) Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
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5 |
InvestiGators (hardcover) John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second |
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6 |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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7 |
I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Álvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic |
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8 |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic |
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Diary of a Wimpy Kid (paperback) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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10 |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 8, 2023
16 The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
17 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
18 House of Sky and Breath
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639731756
19 A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707
20 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
21 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606
22 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
23 Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
24 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038
25 Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591
26 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
27 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
28 The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Lauren Groff (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Anchor, $18.00, 9780593470596
29 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593183212
30 It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
31 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
32 All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781501173219
33 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab, Tor, $19.99, 9780765387578
34 The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064
35 Bunny
Mona Awad, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525559757
36 House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577020
37 The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593439357
38 Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088
39 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063342965
40 Other Birds
Sarah Addison Allen, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.00, 9781250019875
41 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990
42 All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781668017340
43 You, Again
Kate Goldbeck, Dial Press, $18.00, 9780593448120
44 The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593315088
45 Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982153090
46 The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
47 Stella Maris
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $17.00, 9780307389107
48 When Women Were Dragons
Kelly Barnhill, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593466575
49 Things We Left Behind
Lucy Score, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781728276120
50 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 8, 2023
16 How We Live Is How We Die
Pema Chödrön, Shambhala, $21.95, 9781645472407
17 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18.00, 9781524746742
18 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18.99, 9781643753287
19 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
20 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19.00, 9780143129257
21 When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most Powerful Consulting Firm
Walt Bogdanich, Michael Forsythe, Anchor, $18.00, 9780593081877
22 Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22.00, 9781324094067
23 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
24 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18.00, 9781250849359
25 In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
Mona Chollet, St. Martin's Griffin, $20.00, 9781250894878
26 A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446
27 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
28 How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
The Moth, Meg Bowls, Catherine Burns, Crown, $18.00, 9780593139028
29 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
30 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321
31 Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18.00, 9780593136355
32 Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History
Art Spiegelman, Pantheon, $16.95, 9780394747231
33 Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
Andy Borowitz, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668003893
34 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
35 Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
Karen Armstrong, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593313404
36 The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25.00, 9781250858801
37 The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene, Penguin, $26.00, 9780140280197
38 This Is What It Sounds Like: A Legendary Producer Turned Neuroscientist on Finding Yourself Through Music
Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas, Norton, $17.95, 9781324065968
39 Quietly Hostile: Essays
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593315699
40 The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $18.00, 9780525555247
41 The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $17.99, 9781451697728
42 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
43 Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better
Woo-kyoung Ahn, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250805973
44 How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms
Frank Hyman, Storey Publishing, $16.99, 9781635863321
45 American Demon: Eliot Ness and the Hunt for America's Jack the Ripper
Daniel Stashower, Minotaur Books, $20.00, 9781250905727
46 The Girl Who Survived Auschwitz
Eti Elboim, Sara Leibovits, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008600280
47 These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $19.00, 9780063092792
48 Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Journey to the Edge of Physics
Antonio Padilla, Picador, $20.00, 9781250872821
49 Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
Emily Nagoski, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982165314
50 Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807014271
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 8, 2023
16 Wellness
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593536117
17 The Armor of Light
Ken Follett, Viking, $38.00, 9780525954996
18 Out There Screaming: An Anthology of New Black Horror
Jordan Peele (Ed.), Random House, $30.00, 9780593243794
19 The MANIAC
Benjamin Labatut, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593654477
20 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
21 Death Valley
Melissa Broder, Scribner, $27.00, 9781668024843
22 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833
23 The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212
24 Land of Milk and Honey
C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593538241
25 Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $28.00, 9781501153228
26 Starter Villain
John Scalzi, Tor Books, $28.99, 9780765389220
27 The Running Grave
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland Books, $32.50, 9780316572101
28 Rouge
Mona Awad, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $28.00, 9781982169695
29 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243732
30 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28.00, 9781982179007
31 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335005625
32 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969
33 Yumi and the Nightmare Painter
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250899699
34 Brooklyn Crime Novel
Jonathan Lethem, Ecco, $30.00, 9780062938824
35 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
36 Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Nina Simon, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063315044
37 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
38 Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593441275
39 The Wren, the Wren
Anne Enright, W. W. Norton & Company, $27.95, 9781324005681
40 Judgment Prey
John Sandford, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $30.00, 9780593542811
41 Our Strangers: Stories
Lydia Davis, Bookshop Editions, $26.00, 9798987717103
42 The Hurricane Wars
Thea Guanzon, Harper Voyager, $30.00, 9780063277274
43 Crook Manifesto
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385545150
44 The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $28.00, 9780812998627
45 Masters of Death
Olivie Blake, Tor Books, $26.99, 9781250892461
46 A Haunting on the Hill
Elizabeth Hand, Mulholland Books, $30.00, 9780316527323
47 The Invisible Hour
Alice Hoffman, Atria Books, $27.99, 9781982175375
48 Happiness Falls
Angie Kim, Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593448205
49 Menewood
Nicola Griffith, MCD, $35.00, 9780374208080
50 The Oceans and the Stars: A Sea Story, A War Story, A Love Story
Mark Helprin, The Overlook Press, $30.00, 9781419769085
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 8, 2023
16 To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker, National Geographic, $30.00, 9781426223303
17 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525657323
18 Differ We Must: How Lincoln Succeeded in a Divided America
Steve Inskeep, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593297865
19 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780358458180
20 I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
21 Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's Press, $32.00, 9781250283320
22 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
23 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28.00, 9780593239919
24 A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, a History, a Memorial
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802160508
25 Thicker than Water: A Memoir
Kerry Washington, Little, Brown Spark, $30.00, 9780316497398
26 Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Michael Harriot, Dey Street Books, $32.50, 9780358439165
27 Guinness World Records 2024
Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484378
28 Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
Maria Bamford, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781982168568
29 Begin Again: How We Got Here and Where We Might Go - Our Human Story. So Far.
Oliver Jeffers, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $26.99, 9780593621554
30 How to Say Babylon: A Memoir
Safiya Sinclair, 37 Ink, $28.99, 9781982132330
31 Lou Reed: The King of New York
Will Hermes, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $35.00, 9780374193393
32 In the Form of a Question: The Joys and Rewards of a Curious Life
Amy Schneider, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $28.00, 9781668013304
33 The Democrat Party Hates America
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $30.00, 9781501183157
34 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593298886
35 Collision of Power: Trump, Bezos, and THE WASHINGTON POST
Martin Baron, Flatiron Books, $34.99, 9781250844200
36 Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair
Mercury Stardust, DK, $24.99, 9780744079074
37 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Viking, $30.00, 9780735225268
38 Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
Drew Gilpin Faust, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374601805
39 Seafood Simple: A Cookbook
Eric Ripert, Random House, $35.00, 9780593449523
40 Pageboy: A Memoir
Elliot Page, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250878359
41 Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt, Crown, $28.99, 9780593443071
42 The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts
Loren Grush, Scribner, $32.50, 9781982172800
43 The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013
44 Oh. It's You.: Love Poems by Cats
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle Books, $12.95, 9781797220031
45 The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Gabor Maté, M.D., Daniel Maté, Avery, $30.00, 9780593083888
46 Emotional Intelligence Habits
Travis Bradberry, Talentsmart, $36.95, 9780974719375
47 Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
B. Dylan Hollis, DK, $32.00, 9780744080049
48 The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women
Lisa Perrin, Chronicle Books, $24.95, 9781797215884
49 Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation (A Norton Short)
Tiya Miles, W. W. Norton & Company, $22.00, 9781324020875
50 Extremely Online: The Untold Story of Fame, Influence, and Power on the Internet
Taylor Lorenz, Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781982146863
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending October 8, 2023
11 Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909
12 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
13 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
14 A Flicker in the Dark
Stacy Willingham, Minotaur Books, $9.99, 9781250896445
15 The Wish
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538728635
16 Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928
17 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
18 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
19 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
20 That Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668020661
21 The Noise
James Patterson, J.D. Barker, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538753040
22 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
23 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
24 The Whittiers
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821850
25 The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657
26 Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780593599006
27 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
28 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
29 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
30 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
31 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
32 The Horsewoman
James Patterson, Mike Lupica, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538752944
33 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
34 The Recovery Agent
Janet Evanovich, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982154936
35 Night Shift
Stephen King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780307743640
36 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
37 Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt Paperbacks, $10.99, 9781250894229
38 The Omega Factor
Steve Berry, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538720974
39 The Hotel Nantucket
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316258937
40 The Last House Guest
Megan Miranda, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $10.99, 9781668012796
41 Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743664
42 The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
43 The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672
44 'Salem's Lot
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743671
45 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
46 In the Company of Witches
Auralee Wallace, Berkley, $8.99, 9780593335833
47 Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing, $9.99, 9781612681139
48 The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318572
49 The Girl Who Survived
Lisa Jackson, Zebra, $9.99, 9781420146363
50 Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062476371