October 11, 2023

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
1 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
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
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
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
1 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
 
     


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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  
1 Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World- Debut
Tui T. Sutherland, Joy Ang (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $24.99, 9781338634822
 
2 The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
 
3 Dogtown
Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608
 
4 The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810
 
5 Wrecker
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593376287
 
6 From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153
 
7 Cat on the Run in Cat of Death!
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825
 
8 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
 
9 Ghost Book
Remy Lai, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $14.99, 9781250810434
 
10 A Horse Named Sky
Rosanne Parry, Kirbi Fagan (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062995957
 
11 Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880
 
12 Mexikid
Pedro Martín, Dial Books, $14.99, 9780593462294m
 
13 Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
 
14 Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
 
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  
1 Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
 
2 The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114
 
3 Curious Tides- Debut
Pascale Lacelle, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $21.99, 9781665939270
 
4 A Study in Drowning
Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506
 
5 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196
 
6 Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636
 
7 If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
 
8 This Book Is Gay
Juno Dawson, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728254326
 
9 Nimona
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227nimo
 
10 This Winter
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338885132
 
11 All Boys Aren't Blue: A Memoir-Manifesto
George M. Johnson, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $18.99, 9780374312718
 
12 Lightlark (The Lightlark Saga Book 1)- Debut
Alex Aster, Amulet Paperbacks, $12.99, 9781419760877
 
13 The Scarlet Veil
Shelby Mahurin, HarperTeen, $21.99, 9780063258754
 
14 Looking for Alaska
John Green, Penguin, $12.99, 9780593109069
 
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
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Illustrated  
1 Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
 
2 Boo! Bluey's Halloween
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540
 
3 Dragon's First Taco
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178
 
4 Peekaboo: Pumpkin
Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813
 
5 Something, Someday
Amanda Gorman, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203255
 
6 Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544772533
 
7 Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $10.99, 9780593486955
 
8 Just Because
Matthew McConaughey, Renée Kurilla (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593622032
 
9 Eek! Halloween!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925143
 
10 Construction Site: Taking Flight!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $17.99, 9781797221922
 
11 Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
 
12 Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
13 Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368059589
 
14 Spooky Pookie
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781481497671
 
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  
1 Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 
2 Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
3 Wild Robot (hardcover)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
 
4 Spy School (hardcover and paperback)
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
 
5 InvestiGators (hardcover)
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
 
6 Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
7 I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Álvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic
 
8 Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
 
9 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
10 Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 

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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

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