October 14, 2020

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for October 14, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 11, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/80
2. 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.
2/26
3. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345804341
Whitehead's 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.
3/15
4. 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.
6/19
5. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, Picador, $17.00, 9781250758002
Lerner's novel is a tender and expansive family drama set in the American Midwest at the turn of the 21st century.
7/2
6. 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.
4/34
7. 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.
5/34
8. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525562627
Atwood's masterful sequel to her modern classic, The Handmaid's Tale.
8/6
9. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593
Herbert's classic masterpiece--a triumph of the imagination--is soon to be a major motion picture.
11/5
10. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182
A post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the bestselling author of Kindred.
10/8
11. 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.
13/6
12. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135166
A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of a picture-perfect family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. Now a Hulu original series.
9/75
13. A Single Thread- Debut
Tracy Chevalier, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525558262
An immersive, moving novel of a woman coming into her own at the dawn of the Second World War.
/1
14. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.95, 9781101971383
A timeless love story set in a secret underground world--a place of pirates, painters, lovers, liars, and ships that sail upon a starless sea.
12/10
15. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062913494
Wilson's moving and uproarious novel about a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children who have a remarkable ability.
/2
ON THE RISE
20. Cilka's Journey
Heather Morris, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250265692
From child to woman, from woman to healer, Cilka's Journey illuminates the resilience of the human spirit--and the will we have to survive.
 


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for October 14, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 11, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. 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.
1/40
2. 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.
2/79
3. 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.
3/44
4. 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.
4/36
5. 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.
11/83
6. 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.
7/11
7. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827
Oluo guides readers of all races in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race and racism, and how they infect almost every aspect of American life.
5/20
8. The Truths We Hold
Kamala Harris, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525560739
Senator and Vice Presidential Nominee 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.
/7
9. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470
In this groundbreaking book, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology.
10/15
10. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932
The tenth-anniversary edition of Alexander's iconic book discusses the impact the book has had and the state of the criminal justice reform movement today.
12/20
11. The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $13.95, 9780679744726
At once a powerful evocation of James Baldwin's early life in Harlem and a disturbing examination of the consequences of racial injustice.
8/19
12. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
6/24
13. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
A groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be human.
15/114
14. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934
A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice.
14/40
15. Ruth Bader Ginsburg: A Life
Jane Sherron de Hart, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984897831
Jane Sherron de Hart explores the central experiences that crucially shaped Ginsburg's passion for justice, her advocacy for gender equality, and her meticulous jurisprudence, as well as her desire to make "We the people" more united and our union more perfect.
9/4
ON THE RISE
17. Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
Casey Cep, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972052
Cep unravels the mystery surrounding Harper Lee's first and only work of nonfiction, and the shocking true crimes at the center of it.
 


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for October 14, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 11, 2020
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Searcher- Debut
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
2. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue- Debut
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.
/1
3. Leave the World Behind- Debut
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.
/1
4. 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.
1/19
5. 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.
2/5
6. 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.
6/4
7. All the Devils Are Here
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250145239
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache investigates a sinister plot in the City of Light.
4/6
8. 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.
8/6
9. Jack
Marilynne Robinson, FSG, $27.00, 9780374279301
Pulitzer Prize-winner Robinson returns to the world of Gilead with Jack, the latest novel in one of the great works of contemporary American fiction.
3/2
10. The Book of Two Ways
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9781984818355
Picoult's riveting new novel about the choices that alter the course of our lives.
9/3
11. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635575637
The intoxicating, hypnotic new novel by the bestselling author of Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is a September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/4
12. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $28.00, 9780593128480
Novik's new novel is the story of an unwilling dark sorceress who is destined to rewrite the rules of magic. An October 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
5/2
13. Magic Lessons- Debut
Alice Hoffman, S&S, $27.99, 9781982108847
Hoffmans's unforgettable new novel unveils the story of Maria Owens, accused of witchcraft in Salem, and matriarch of a line of the amazing Owens women and men featured in Practical Magic and The Rules of Magic.
/1
14. The Lying Life of Adults
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $26.00, 9781609455910
Ferrante's powerful and gripping new novel about the transition from childhood to adolescence to adulthood is a September 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
7/6
15. Troubles in Paradise- Debut
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316435581
Travel to the bright Caribbean one last time in the satisfying conclusion to Hilderbrand's Winter in Paradise trilogy.
/1


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for October 14, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 11, 2020
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Modern Comfort Food: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook- Debut
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.
/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.
1/10
3. Rage
Bob Woodward, S&S, $30.00, 9781982131739
Woodward's new book is an unprecedented and intimate tour de force of new reporting on the Trump presidency facing a global pandemic, economic disaster, and racial unrest.
2/4
4. The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design- Debut
Roman Mars, Kurt Kohlstedt, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $30.00, 9780358126607
A beautifully designed guidebook to the unnoticed yet essential elements of our cities, from the creators of the wildly popular 99% Invisible podcast.
/1
5. Is This Anything?- Debut
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.
/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.
5/31
7. Solutions and Other Problems
Allie Brosh, Gallery Books, $30.00, 9781982156947
The bestselling author of Hyperbole and a Half returns with a new collection of comedic, autobiographical, and illustrated essays. An October 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/3
8. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288
Kendi's book is an essential work for anyone who wants to go beyond the awareness of racism to the next step: contributing to the formation of a just and equitable society.
4/27
9. 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.
6/33
10. Humans- Debut
Brandon Stanton, St. Martin's, $35.00, 9781250114297
The new book by the creator of Humans of New York will resonate with readers across the globe--providing a portrait of our shared experience.
/1
11. Trust: America's Best Chance- Debut
Pete Buttigieg, Liveright, $23.95, 9781631498770
Refusing to give in to the despair that threatens our foundations, Buttigieg seeks to inspire Americans to build a powerful movement that will define all of us in the years to come.
/1
12. Too Much and Never Enough
Mary L. Trump, Ph.D., S&S, $28.00, 9781982141462
Mary L. Trump's revelatory and authoritative portrait of her uncle, Donald J. Trump.
8/13
13. Undaunted: My Fight Against America's Enemies, At Home and Abroad- Debut
John O. Brennan, Celadon Books, $30.00, 9781250241771
Former CIA director John Brennan's memoir is a work of history with strong implications for the future of America and our country's relationships with other world powers.
/1
14. The Man Who Ran Washington
Peter Baker, Susan Glasser, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385540551
A biography of former White House chief of staff and secretary of state James A. Baker III.
9/2
15. Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown
John Lithgow, Chronicle Prism, $22.95, 9781797209463
Lithgow presents a brand-new collection of satirical poems chronicling the age of Donald Trump.
10/2


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for October 14, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 11, 2020
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/47
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/223
3. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657
8/7
4. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
7/14
5. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
3/4
6. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
/55
7. The Guardians
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620945
10/15
8. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487
/25
9. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400
4/30
10. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
/28


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for October 14, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 11, 2020
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Class Act- Debut
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500
 
2. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
3. Skunk and Badger
Amy Timberlake, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Algonquin Young Readers, $18.95, 9781643750057
 
4. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
5. Twins- Debut
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
 
6. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
7. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
8. The Witches: The Graphic Novel
Roald Dahl, Penelope Bagieu (Illus.), Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338677430
 
9. The One and Only Ivan
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780061992278
 
10. Witches of Brooklyn
Sophie Escabasse, Random House Graphic, $12.99, 9780593119273
 
11. This Book Is Anti-Racist
Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand (Illus.), Frances Lincoln Children's Books, $14.99, 9780711245211
 
12. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
13. Notorious RBG Young Readers' Edition
Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, Harper, $17.99, 9780062748539
 
14. Becoming Muhammad Ali- Debut
James Patterson, Kwame Alexander, Dawud Anyabwile (Illus.), jimmy patterson, $16.99, 9780316498166
 
15. A Whale of the Wild
Rosanne Parry, Lindsay Moore (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $17.99, 9780062995926
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for October 14, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 10, 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
 
2. Dear Justyce
Nic Stone, Crown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984829665
 
3. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
4. The Lives of Saints- Debut
Leigh Bardugo, Daniel J. Zollinger (Illus.), Imprint, $24.99, 9781250765208
 
5. Skyhunter
Marie Lu, Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250221681
 
6. The Left-Handed Booksellers of London
Garth Nix, Katherine Tegen Books, $19.99, 9780062683250
 
7. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
8. Grown
Tiffany D. Jackson, Katherine Tegen Books, $17.99, 9780062840356
 
9. Punching the Air
Ibi Zoboi, Yusef Salaam, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062996480
 
10. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
 
11. Dear Martin (An Indies Introduce Title)
Nic Stone, Ember, $9.99, 9781101939529
 
12. All This Time
Mikki Daughtry, Rachael Lippincott, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781534466340
 
13. Clap When You Land
Elizabeth Acevedo, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062882769
 
14. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $11.99, 9780062457806
 
15. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for October 14, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 11, 2020
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Room on the Broom Push-Pull-Slide Board Book
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
 
2. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
3. What We'll Build: Plans For Our Together Future- Debut
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel Books, $19.99, 9780593206751
 
4. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780544772533
 
5. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
6. Gustavo, the Shy Ghost
Flavia Z. Drago, Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536211146
 
7. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
8. Bunheads
Misty Copeland, Setor Fiadzigbey (Illus.), G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780399547645
 
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
10. Happy Halloween from The Very Busy Spider- Debut
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $12.99, 9780593097106
 
11. Julián at the Wedding- Debut
Jessica Love, Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536212389
 
12. Creepy Carrots!
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781442402973
 
13. The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt- Debut
Riel Nason, Byron Eggenschwiler (Illus.), Tundra Books, $17.99, 9780735264472
 
14. Attack of the Underwear Dragon- Debut
Scott Rothman, Pete Oswald (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780593119891
 
15. Margaret's Unicorn- Debut
Briony May Smith, Schwartz & Wade, $17.99, 9781984896537
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for October 14, 2020
Based on sales for the week ending October 11, 2020
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  Children's Series  
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2. The Trials of Apollo (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
New in Series: The Tower of Nero (9781484746455)
 
3. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
4. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
New in Series: The Winglets Quartet (9781338732399)
 
5. Spy School (hardcover and paperback)
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
New in Series: Spy School Revolution (9781534443785)
 
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
7. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
8. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Ellen Morgan et. Al, Penguin Workshop
 
9. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
10. The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick
New in Series: The Princess in Black and the Giant Problem (9781536202229)
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 11, 2020

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

17. Girl, Woman, Other
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983

18. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525541349

19. The Institute
Stephen King, Gallery Books, $19.99, 9781982110581

20. Cilka's Journey
Heather Morris, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250265692

21. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155

22. Lovecraft Country
Matt Ruff, Harper Perennial, $16.99, 9780062292070

23. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296

24. The World That We Knew
Alice Hoffman, S&S, $17.00, 9781501137587

25. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527

26. Walk the Wire
David Baldacci, Grand Central , $16.99, 9781538761472

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

28. When No One Is Watching
Alyssa Cole, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062982650

29. Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson, Riverhead Books, $16.00, 9780525535287

30. The Memory Police
Yoko Ogawa, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101911815

31. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $17.99, 9781250313188

32. There There
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140

33. What Happens in Paradise
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay , $16.99, 9780316435543

34. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634741

35. The Good Lord Bird
James McBride, Riverhead, $16.00, 9781594632785

36. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $17.99, 9780312541538

37. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006

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

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

40. Exhalation
Ted Chiang, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972083

41. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16.00, 9780735220690

42. Beowulf: A New Translation
Maria Dahvana Headley, MCD x FSG Originals, $15.00, 9780374110031

43. Gilead
Marilynne Robinson, Picador, $17.00, 9781250784018

44. In a Holidaze
Christina Lauren, Gallery Books, $16.00, 9781982123949

45. Agent Running in the Field
John le Carre, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984878892

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

47. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Tor, $17.99, 9780765382030

48. The Hole
Hiroko Oyamada, New Directions, $12.95, 9780811228879

49. Then She Was Gone
Lisa Jewell, Atria, $16.00, 9781501154652

50. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062905086

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 11, 2020

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

17. Furious Hours
Casey Cep, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101972052

18. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741

19. Life Undercover
Amaryllis Fox, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525564089

20. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802149039

21. Year of the Monkey
Patti Smith, Vintage, $16.00, 9781984898920

22. Be Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $15.99, 9780593233009

23. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $18.00, 9781501168703

24. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2021
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988485

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

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

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

28. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?
Caitlin Doughty, Dianne Ruz (Illus.), Norton, $15.95, 9780393358490

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

30. Underland
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358094

31. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $9.99, 9780804190114

32. White Tears/Brown Scars
Ruby Hamad, Catapult, $16.95, 9781948226745

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

34. Decisions and Dissents of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Corey Brettschneider (Ed.), Penguin Classics, $15.00, 9780143135111

35. Dear Girls
Ali Wong, Random House , $18.00, 9780525508854

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

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

38. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $17.00, 9781451642308

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

40. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488

41. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802124739

42. March: Book One
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $14.95, 9781603093002

43. A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $21.99, 9780062397348

44. March (Trilogy Slipcase Set)
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Top Shelf Productions, $49.99, 9781603093958

45. The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $17.00, 9780143129257

46. I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Michelle McNamara, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062319791

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

48. Pleasure Activism
Adrienne Maree Brown (Ed.), AK Press, $20.00, 9781849353267

49. What Unites Us
Dan Rather, Elliot Kirschner, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781616209940

50. The Seine
Elaine Sciolino, Norton, $17.95, 9780393358599

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 11, 2020

16. The Return
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538728574

17. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474

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

19. Squeeze Me
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $28.95, 9781524733452

20. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090

21. Snow
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $27.99, 9781335230003

22. Troubled Blood
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland Books, $29.00, 9780316498937

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

24. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188817

25. Monogamy
Sue Miller, Harper, $28.99, 9780062969651

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

27. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9781984880963

28. Just Like You
Nick Hornby, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780593191385

29. Battle Ground
Jim Butcher, Ace, $28.00, 9780593199305

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

31. To Sleep in a Sea of Stars
Christopher Paolini, Tor, $29.99, 9781250762849

32. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673

33. Homeland Elegies
Ayad Akhtar, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316496421

34. Luster
Raven Leilani, FSG, $26.00, 9780374194321

35. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $26.00, 9780525541905

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

37. Missionaries
Phil Klay, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9781984880659

38. The Exiles
Christina Baker Kline, Custom House, $27.99, 9780062356345

39. Whale Day: And Other Poems
Billy Collins, Random House, $26.00, 9780399589751

40. The Only Good Indians
Stephen Graham Jones, Gallery/Saga Press, $26.99, 9781982136451

41. The City We Became
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $28.00, 9780316509848

42. Next to Last Stand
Craig Johnson, Viking, $28.00, 9780525522539

43. Total Power
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $28.99, 9781501190650

44. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Viking, $28.00, 9780525429760

45. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697

46. How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons): Poetry
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $24.99, 9780062993083

47. A Burning
Megha Majumdar, Knopf, $25.95, 9780525658696

48. The Darkest Evening
Ann Cleeves, Minotaur, $27.99, 9781250204509

49. Migrations
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250204028

50. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper, $28.99, 9780062671189

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 11, 2020

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

17. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581

18. His Truth Is Marching On
Jon Meacham, Random House, $30.00, 9781984855022

19. Vesper Flights
Helen MacDonald, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802128812

20. His Very Best
Jonathan Alter, S&S, $37.50, 9781501125485

21. Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World
Fareed Zakaria, Norton , $26.95, 9780393542134

22. Notorious RBG
Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, Dey Street, $25.99, 9780062415837

23. Eat a Peach
David Chang, Gabe Ulla, Clarkson Potter, $28.00, 9781524759216

24. All We Can Save
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, Katharine K. Wilkinson (Eds.), One World, $29.00, 9780593237069

25. Disloyal
Michael Cohen, Skyhorse, $32.50, 9781510764699

26. Keep Moving
Maggie Smith, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $24.00, 9781982132071

27. Killing Crazy Horse
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30.00, 9781627797047

28. Guinness World Records 2021
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781913484002

29. Just Us
Claudia Rankine, Graywolf Press, $30.00, 9781644450215

30. Let Love Rule
Lenny Kravitz, David Ritz, Holt, $29.99, 9781250113085

31. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $26.00, 9780812993547

32. Everything Beautiful in Its Time
Jenna Bush Hager, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062960627

33. Forward
David Jeremiah, Thomas Nelson, $26.99, 9780785224020

34. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138

35. Agent Sonya
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $28.00, 9780593136300

36. Me and White Supremacy
Layla Saad, Sourcebooks, $25.99, 9781728209807

37. Think Like a Monk
Jay Shetty, S&S, $27.00, 9781982134488

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

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

40. Eleanor
David Michaelis, S&S, $35.00, 9781439192016

41. Didn't See That Coming
Rachel Hollis, Dey Street Books, $20.00, 9780063010529

42. Abe
David S. Reynolds, Penguin Press, $45.00, 9781594206047

43. Educated
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504

44. Where Law Ends
Andrew Weissmann, Random House, $30.00, 9780593138571

45. The Quiet Americans
Scott Anderson, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385540452

46. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Viking, $26.00, 9780525560548

47. The Meaning of Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey, Andy Cohen Books, $29.99, 9781250164681

48. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316478526

49. A Life on Our Planet
Sir David Attenborough, Grand Central, $26.00, 9781538719985

50. Jacques Pépin Quick & Simple
Jacques Pépin, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $35.00, 9780358352556

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending October 11, 2020

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

12. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874

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

14. Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $9.99, 9781250755834

15. One Good Deed
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538750544

16. Final Option
Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison, Putnam, $9.99, 9780525541837

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

18. Kiss the Girls and Make Them Cry
Mary Higgins Clark, Pocket, $8.99, 9781501171772

19. Lethal Agent
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501190636

20. Criss Cross
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538715406

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

22. The Last Widow
Karin Slaughter, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062858894

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

24. The Stand
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743688

25. The Family Lawyer
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538751589

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

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

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

29. 'Salem's Lot
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743671

30. The Last Odyssey
James Rollins, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062892928

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

32. The Outsider
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781501180996

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

34. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279

35. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey, Signet, $9.99, 9780451163967

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

37. Treason
Stuart Woods, Putnam, $9.99, 9780593083208

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

39. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310

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

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

42. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $7.95, 9780679755333

43. Winter in Paradise
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316435529

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

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

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

47. The Girl You Left Behind
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143136316

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

49. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143135661

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

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