October 2, 2019

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for October 2, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending September 29, 2019
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 Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006
Atwood's funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing novel is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and literary tour de force. Now a Hulu series.
1/75
2. 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.
2/26
3. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780735224315
A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of a picture-perfect family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.
3/21
4. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
A testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions. A September 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/56
5. Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780425284704
Wingate's novel, which is based on a notorious adoption scandal, is a riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale that reminds us the heart never forgets where we belong.
5/19
6. The Great Alone- Debut
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533
Hannah's novel is a daring and beautiful story about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature.
/1
7. There There (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140
Orange's debut novel is a wondrous and shattering portrait of an America few of us have ever seen.
9/21
8. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143110439
Towles' transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.
7/27
9. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062678423
Finn's smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense is soon to be a major motion picture.
6/30
10. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16.00, 9780735220690
Honeyman's novel is a smart, warm, and uplifting story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and wit make for an irresistible journey.
8/69
11. The Witch Elm
Tana French, Penguin, $17.00, 9780735224643
A spellbinding standalone novel by the bestselling author of the Dublin Murder Squad series.
12/9
12. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Back Bay, $20.00, 9780316055444
Tartt's novel--plumbing the deepest mysteries of love, identity, and art--is the winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Now a major motion picture.
10/32
13. Ghosted
Rosie Walsh, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525522799
Seven perfect days. Then he disappeared. Ghosted is a love story with a secret at its heart.
11/14
14. A Spark of Light- Debut
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780345545008
Picoult's powerful and provocative novel about ordinary lives that intersect during a crisis.
/1
15. Winter in Paradise- Debut
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316435536
Hilderbrand's novel is truly transporting, and the exciting start to a new series.
/1


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for October 2, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending September 29, 2019
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. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 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.
1/71
2. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $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.
3/30
3. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426
Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet--and it just might be his very best.
2/16
4. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari, Spiegel & Grau, $18.00, 9780525512196
The bestselling author of Sapiens turns to the present to make sense of today's most pressing issues.
4/6
5. The Spy and the Traitor
Ben Macintyre, Broadway Books, $18.00, 9781101904213
Macintyre tells the incredible true story of Oleg Gordievsky, the Russian whose secret work helped hasten the end of the Cold War.
5/8
6. Braving the Wilderness
Brené Brown, Random House, $18.00, 9780812985818
A timely and important book that challenges everything we think we know about cultivating true belonging in our communities, organizations, and culture.
6/5
7. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
Ten articles from the Harvard Business Review to help you build your emotional strength and resilience--and to achieve high performance.
7/78
8. Heartland
Sarah Smarsh, Scribner, $17.00, 9781501133107
Smarsh's eye-opening memoir of working-class poverty in America deepens our understanding of the ways in which class shapes our country. A National Book Award finalist.
8/4
9. The Escape Artists
Neal Bascomb, Mariner, $15.99, 9780358118220
Bascomb tells the spellbinding story of the downed Allied airmen who masterminded the remarkably courageous--and ingenious--breakout from Germany's most devilish POW camp during World War I.
11/3
10. Great at Work
Morten T. Hansen, S&S, $18.00, 9781476765822
Why do some people perform better at work than others? Hansen reveals the answers that can be applied by anyone looking to maximize their time and performance.
15/3
11. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155
Pollan investigates the medical and scientific revolution taking place around psychedelic drugs--and the spellbinding story of his own life-changing psychedelic experiences.
12/19
12. Killing the Rising Sun
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250237095
Killing the Rising Sun details the final moments of World War II like never before.
13/2
13. 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.
10/40
14. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16.00, 9780762447695
Sincero helps you understand why you are how you are, how to love what you can't change, how to change what you don't love, and how to start living the kind of life you used to be jealous of.
9/218
15. Dopesick
Beth Macy, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316551304
Macy's masterful book takes readers into the epicenter of America's 20-plus year struggle with opioid addiction.
14/8


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for October 2, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending September 29, 2019
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 Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $28.95, 9780385543781
Atwood's masterful sequel to her modern classic, The Handmaid's Tale.
1/3
2. The Water Dancer- Debut
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28.00, 9780399590597
Coates' debut novel is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
3. The Dutch House- Debut
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
Patchett's moving new novel explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
4. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/58
5. The Institute
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982110567
King's gut-wrenching novel of good versus evil in a world where the good guys don't always win.
3/3
6. Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780525535270
In Woodson's powerful new novel, an unexpected teenage pregnancy pulls together two families from different social classes, and exposes the private hopes, disappointments, and longings that can bind or divide us from each other. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for October 2019.
7/2
7. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385537070
Whitehead's masterful and haunting new novel about two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for August 2019.
5/11
8. A Better Man
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250066213
A suspenseful new Chief Inspector Gamache novel by the bestselling author of Kingdom of the Blind.
4/5
9. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023
Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The #1 Indie Next List Pick for June 2019.
10/17
10. Circe
Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27.00, 9780316556347
Miller's masterful follow-up to The Song of Achilles is an April 2018 Indie Next List Great read.
6/69
11. The Secrets We Kept
Lara Prescott, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525656159
Prescott's thrilling novel of love, duty, and sacrifice about secretaries turned spies, is a September 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
8/4
12. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $27.00, 9781476749297
Krueger's magnificent novel about four orphans on a life-changing odyssey during the Great Depression is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for September 2019.
11/4
13. The Girl Who Lived Twice
David Lagercrantz, Knopf, $27.95, 9780451494344
Lisbeth Salander faces the most important battle of her life in the new thriller by the bestselling author of The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye.
9/5
14. The World That We Knew- Debut
Alice Hoffman, S&S, $27.99, 9781501137570
In 1941, during humanity's darkest hour, three unforgettable young women must act with courage and love to survive. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
/1
15. Lethal Agent- Debut
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $28.99, 9781501190629
In the new Mitch Rapp thriller, an unprecedented and terrifying bio-terrorism plot threatens to kill millions.
/1


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for October 2, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending September 29, 2019
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30.00, 9780316478526
Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.
1/3
2. Permanent Record
Edward Snowden, Metropolitan Books, $30.00, 9781250237231
Snowden, the man who exposed the U.S. government's system of mass surveillance, reveals the story of his life, including how he helped to build that system and what motivated him to try to bring it down.
2/2
3. Year of the Monkey- Debut
Patti Smith, Knopf, $24.95, 9780525657682
Smith's profound, beautifully realized memoir in which dreams and reality are vividly woven into a tapestry of one transformative year.
/1
4. Educated (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504
Westover's unforgettable memoir about growing up, being kept out of school, leaving her survivalist family, and going on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. A Winter/Spring 2018 Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for March 2018.
3/84
5. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $24.99, 9780062457714
Superstar blogger Manson shows us how to stop trying to be "positive" all the time so that we can truly become better, happier people.
6/130
6. Know My Name: A Memoir- Debut
Chanel Miller, Viking, $28.00, 9780735223707
Know My Name will forever transform the way we think about sexual assault, challenging our beliefs about what is acceptable and speaking truth to the tumultuous reality of healing.
/1
7. The Education of an Idealist
Samantha Power, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780062820693
In her memoir, Power offers an urgent response to the question "What can one person do?"--and a call for a clearer eye, a kinder heart, and a more open and civil hand in our politics and daily lives.
5/3
8. Call Sign Chaos
Jim Mattis, Bing West, Random House, $28.00, 9780812996838
The account of Mattis's storied career, from wide-ranging leadership roles in three wars to ultimately commanding a quarter of a million troops across the Middle East.
4/4
9. How To
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780525537090
The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, by the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and bestselling author of What If?.
7/4
10. She Said
Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780525560340
Kantor and Twohey describe not only the consequences of their reporting for the #MeToo movement, but the inspiring and affecting journeys of the women who spoke up--for the sake of other women, for future generations, and for themselves.
8/3
11. Inside Out: A Memoir- Debut
Demi Moore, Harper, $27.99, 9780062049537
Moore's memoir is a story of survival, success, and surrender--an honest portrayal of one woman's at once ordinary and iconic life.
/1
12. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $30.00, 9781501168680
Pulitzer Prize-winner McCullough tells of the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define our country.
10/21
13. Over the Top: A Raw Journey to Self-Love- Debut
Jonathan Van Ness, HarperOne, $27.99, 9780062906373
A laugh-and-cry-out-loud memoir by the beloved star of Netflix's Queer Eye.
/1
14. 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.
14/7
15. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations--and whose story inspires us to do the same.
11/46


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for October 2, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending September 29, 2019
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620938
1/15
2. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316055420
2/4
3. Red War
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501190605
3/4
4. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310
4/74
5. Past Tense
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593536
5/21
6. Blood Work
Michael Connelly, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781478948339
7/3
7. We Were the Lucky Ones
Georgia Hunter, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143134763
8/8
8. Target: Alex Cross- Debut
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9781538713778
/1
9. Shadow Tyrants
Clive Cussler, Boyd Morrison, Putnam, $9.99, 9780735219083
6/3
10. A Column of Fire
Ken Follett, Penguin, $10.99, 9780451478009
10/2


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for October 2, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending September 29, 2019
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
2. Best Friends
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317469
 
3. Beverly, Right Here- Debut
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick Press, $16.99, 9780763694647
 
4. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275
 
5. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
 
6. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
7. Stargazing
Jen Wang, First Second, $12.99, 9781250183880
 
8. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
 
9. Pages & Co.: The Bookwanderers- Debut
Anna James, Paola Escobar (Illus.), Philomel Books, $16.99, 9781984837127
 
10. The Wonders of Nature
Ben Hoare, DK Children, $19.99, 9781465485366
 
11. The Okay Witch
Emma Steinkellner, Aladdin, $12.99, 9781534431454
 
12. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
 
13. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
14. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $9.95, 9781616207465
 
15. Real Friends
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781626727854
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for October 2, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending September 29, 2019
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  Young Adult  
1. Pumpkinheads
Rainbow Rowell, Faith Erin Hicks (Illus.), First Second, $17.99, 9781626721623
 
2. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
3. Frankly in Love
David Yoon, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984812209
 
4. Are You Listening?
Tillie Walden, First Second, $17.99, 9781250207562
 
5. Turtles All the Way Down
John Green, Penguin, $14.99, 9780525555377
 
6. American Royals
Katharine McGee, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984830173
 
7. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Penguin, $12.99, 9780593109069
 
8. Juliet Takes a Breath
Gabby Rivera, Penguin, $17.99, 9780593108178
 
9. Children of Blood and Bone
Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), $18.99, 9781250170972
 
10. Pet
Akwaeke Emezi, Make Me a World, $17.99, 9780525647072
 
11. The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Harvest, $11.99, 9780156012195
 
12. SLAY (An Indies Introduce Title)- Debut
Brittney Morris, Simon Pulse, $18.99, 9781534445420
 
13. The Giver
Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688
 
14. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
15. The Bone Houses- Debut
Emily Lloyd-Jones, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316418416
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for October 2, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending September 28, 2019
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Puffin, $7.99, 9780142501122
 
2. Just Ask!: Be Different, Be Brave, Be You
Sonia Sotomayor, Rafael López (Illus.), Philomel Books, $17.99, 9780525514121
 
3. Dinosnores
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9781523508136
 
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
5. The Scarecrow
Beth Ferry, The Fan Brothers (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062475763
 
6. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
7. Hey Grandude!
Paul McCartney, Kathryn Durst (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780525648673
 
8. The Tale of the Tiger Slippers
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399170744
 
9. The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!
Mo Willems, Hyperion Books for Children, $16.99, 9781368046459
 
10. Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9780544772533
 
11. Three Cheers for Kid McGear!- Debut
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle, $17.99, 9781452155821
 
12. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.95, 9780060254926
 
13. Bruce's Big Storm
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368026222
 
14. Dr. Seuss's Horse Museum
Dr. Seuss, Andrew Joyner (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399559129
 
15. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for October 2, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending September 29, 2019
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  Children's Series  
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
3. The Last Kids on Earth (hardcover)
Max Brallier, Douglas Holgate (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers
 
4. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
5. Simon Snow (hardcover and paperback)
Rainbow Rowell, Wednesday Books
New in Series: Wayward Son (9781250146076)
 
6. Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback)
Ann M. Martin, Raina Telgemeier (Illus.), Scholastic
 
7. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Ann Waldron, et al., Penguin Workshop
 
8. The Trials of Apollo (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
New in Series: The Tyrant's Tomb (9781484746448)
 
9. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
10. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 29, 2019

16. The Fall of Gondolin
J.R.R. Tolkien, Alan Lee (Illus.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358131458

17. Convenience Store Woman
Sayaka Murata, Grove Press, $15.00, 9780802129628

18. Hippie
Paulo Coelho, Vintage, $15.00, 9780525565185

19. My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite, Anchor, $14.95, 9780525564201

20. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $16.99, 9780062364913

21. The Winter Soldier
Daniel Mason, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316477598

22. Beloved
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.00, 9781400033416

23. The Outsider
Stephen King, Gallery , $18.99, 9781501181009

24. The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai, Penguin, $16.00, 9780735223530

25. Liar Liar
James Patterson, Candice Fox, Grand Central , $16.99, 9781538730720

26. It
Stephen King, Scribner, $19.99, 9781982127794

27. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17.00, 9781501173219

28. The Silence of the Girls
Pat Barker, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525564102

29. When Life Gives You Lululemons
Lauren Weisberger, S&S, $16.99, 9781476778457

30. The Immortalists
Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $16.00, 9780735215092

31. Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9780451499066

32. The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $14.95, 9780307278449

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

34. Washington Black
Esi Edugyan, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525563242

35. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624

36. Virgil Wander
Leif Enger, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802147127

37. Less
Andrew Sean Greer, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316316132

38. Warlight
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525562962

39. Ducks, Newburyport
Lucy Ellmann, Biblioasis, $22.95, 9781771963077

40. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.95, 9780345804327

41. The O. Henry Prize Stories 100th Anniversary Edition (2019)
Laura Furman (Ed.), Anchor, $15.95, 9780525565536

42. The Lost Girls of Paris
Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $16.99, 9780778330271

43. House of Gold
Natasha Solomons, Putnam, $17.00, 9780735212985

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

45. My Year of Rest and Relaxation
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525522133

46. The Only Woman in the Room
Marie Benedict, Sourcebooks Landmark, $16.99, 9781492666899

47. The Bookish Life of Nina Hill
Abbi Waxman, Berkley, $16.00, 9780451491879

48. The Power
Naomi Alderman, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316547604

49. The Feral Detective
Jonathan Lethem, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062859075

50. Once Upon a River
Diane Setterfield, Atria/Emily Bestler Books, $17.00, 9780743298087

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 29, 2019

16. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16.00, 9780812984965

17. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18.00, 9781571313560

18. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781422157992

19. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Tim Duggan Books, $8.99, 9780804190114

20. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2020
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988102

21. Shoe Dog
Phil Knight, Scribner, $20.00, 9781501135927

22. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781422157978

23. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $18.00, 9780143127741

24. The Good Neighbor
Maxwell King, Abrams Press, $18.00, 9781419735165

25. The Real Lolita
Sarah Weinman, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062661937

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

27. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781633690196

28. Whose Story Is This?
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $15.95, 9781642590180

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

30. So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo, Seal Press, $16.99, 9781580058827

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

32. Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now
Jaron Lanier, Picador, $13.00, 9781250239082

33. Fear
Bob Woodward, S&S, $18.00, 9781501175527

34. Daring Greatly
Brené Brown, Avery, $17.00, 9781592408412

35. The Coddling of the American Mind
Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224919

36. Dear America
Jose Antonio Vargas, Dey Street Books, $15.99, 9780062851345

37. Anthony Bourdain: The Last Interview
Melville House, $16.99, 9781612198248

38. They Called Us Enemy
George Takei, et al., Top Shelf Productions, $19.99, 9781603094504

39. The Big Fella
Jane Leavy, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062380234

40. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.00, 9781451697728

41. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Picador, $17.00, 9781250076229

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

43. Exactly What to Say
Phil M. Jones, Page Two Books, $14.99, 9781989025000

44. Accessory to War
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Avis Lang, Norton , $18.95, 9780393357462

45. How to Invent Everything
Ryan North, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780735220157

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

47. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $16.99, 9780062300553

48. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World Library, $16.00, 9781577314806

49. How to Love
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006884

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 29, 2019

16. Quichotte
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $28.00, 9780593132982

17. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9781594634734

18. Chances Are . . .
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947746

19. A Single Thread
Tracy Chevalier, Viking, $27.00, 9780525558248

20. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $26.00, 9781984822178

21. The Beekeeper of Aleppo
Christy Lefteri, Ballantine, $27.00, 9781984821218

22. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $25.99, 9781250313195

23. Inland
Téa Obreht, Random House, $27.00, 9780812992861

24. Land of Wolves
Craig Johnson, Viking, $28.00, 9780525522508

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

26. Fleishman Is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Random House, $27.00, 9780525510871

27. Killer Instinct
James Patterson, Little Brown, $28.00, 9780316420297

28. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $27.00, 9780316421997

29. The Turn of the Key
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $27.99, 9781501188770

30. Cold Storage
David Koepp, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062916433

31. The Lager Queen of Minnesota
J.Ryan Stradal, Pamela Dorman Books, $26.00, 9780399563058

32. The Last Train to London
Meg Waite Clayton, Harper, $27.99, 9780062946935

33. One Good Deed
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538750568

34. Ask Again, Yes
Mary Beth Keane, Scribner, $27.00, 9781982106980

35. The Dearly Beloved
Cara Wall, S&S, $26.99, 9781982104528

36. The Whisper Man
Alex North, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250317995

37. The New Girl
Daniel Silva, Harper, $28.99, 9780062834836

38. Rusty Brown
Chris Ware, Pantheon, $35.00, 9780375424328

39. An American Sunrise: Poems
Joy Harjo, Norton, $25.95, 9781324003861

40. The Long Call
Ann Cleeves, Minotaur, $26.99, 9781250204448

41. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525541332

42. Summer of '69
Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $28.00, 9780316420013

43. Lady in the Lake
Laura Lippman, Morrow, $26.99, 9780062390011

44. The Most Fun We Ever Had
Claire Lombardo, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385544252

45. Exhalation: Stories
Ted Chiang, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101947883

46. The Inn
James Patterson, Little Brown, $28.00, 9780316527583

47. A Cosmology of Monsters
Shaun Hamill, Pantheon, $26.95, 9781524747671

48. Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon James, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780735220171

49. Old Bones
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $28.00, 9781538747223

50. Bomber's Moon
Archer Mayor, Minotaur, $27.99, 9781250113306

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 29, 2019

16. Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs?
Caitlin Doughty, Dianne Ruz (Illus.), Norton, $25.95, 9780393652703

17. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $27.00, 9780525510543

18. The United States of Trump
Bill O'Reilly, Holt, $28.00, 9781250237224

19. On Fire
Naomi Klein, S&S, $27.00, 9781982129910

20. Three Women
Lisa Taddeo, Avid Reader Press/S&S , $27.00, 9781451642292

21. Super Pumped
Mike Isaac, Norton, $27.95, 9780393652246

22. Everything Is F*cked
Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062888433

23. The Ride of a Lifetime
Robert Iger, Random House, $28.00, 9780399592096

24. Everything Is Figureoutable
Marie Forleo, Portfolio, $25.00, 9780525534990

25. What It Takes
Stephen A. Schwarzman, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $30.00, 9781501158148

26. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00, 9781328662057

27. We Are the Weather
Jonathan Safran Foer, FSG, $25.00, 9780374280000

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

29. Tools and Weapons
Brad Smith, Carol Ann Browne, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9781984877710

30. The Second Founding
Eric Foner, Norton, $26.95, 9780393652574

31. Dare to Lead
Brené Brown, Random House, $28.00, 9780399592522

32. High School
Sara Quin, Tegan Quin, MCD, $27.00, 9780374169947

33. How to Raise a Reader
Pamela Paul, Maria Russo, Dan Yaccarino (Illus.), Workman, $19.95, 9781523505302

34. Stories That Stick
Kindra Hall, HarperCollins Leadership, $27.99, 9781400211937

35. The Source of Self-Regard
Toni Morrison, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525521037

36. The Second Mountain
David Brooks, Random House, $28.00, 9780812993264

37. The Moment of Lift
Melinda Gates, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250313577

38. Something Deeply Hidden
Sean Carroll, Dutton, $29.00, 9781524743017

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

40. Guinness World Records 2020
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781912286836

41. Range
David Epstein, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735214484

42. Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Melissa Wagner, Fred Rogers Productions, Max Dalton (Illus.), Clarkson Potter, $15.00, 9781984826442

43. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $26.00, 9780802125088

44. The Gift of Struggle
Bobby Herrera, Bard Press, $19.99, 9781885167873

45. The One Thing
Gary Keller, Jay Papasan, Bard Press, $24.95, 9781885167774

46. Creative Calling
Chase Jarvis, HarperBusiness, $28.99, 9780062879967

47. Make It Scream, Make It Burn
Leslie Jamison, Little Brown, $28.00, 9780316259637

48. Sontag
Benjamin Moser, Ecco, $39.99, 9780062896391

49. The Only Plane in the Sky
Garrett M. Graff, Avid Reader Press/S&S, $30.00, 9781501182204

50. The Uninhabitable Earth
David Wallace-Wells, Tim Duggan Books, $27.00, 9780525576709

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending September 29, 2019

11. Doctor Sleep
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982138868

12. Spymaster
Brad Thor, Pocket, $9.99, 9781476789422

13. Murder, Interrupted
James Patterson, Grand Central, $8.99, 9781538763223

14. Look Alive Twenty-Five
Janet Evanovich, Putnam, $9.99, 9780399179242

15. Cottage by the Sea
Debbie Macomber, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780399181276

16. Tom Clancy's Op-Center: For Honor
Jeff Rovin, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9781250156891

17. The Art of Racing in the Rain
Garth Stein, Harper, $9.99, 9780062370945

18. Crucible
James Rollins, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062381798

19. A Stranger in the House
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525506331

20. Holy Ghost
John Sandford, Putnam, $9.99, 9780735217348

21. Abandoned
Allison Brennan, Minotaur, $8.99, 9781250164490

22. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977

23. Still Me
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143135029

24. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

25. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719

26. Texas Ranger
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9781538713808

27. Origin
Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99, 9780525563709

28. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741

29. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487

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

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

32. Killing Patton
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $9.99, 9781250224262

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

34. The Store
James Patterson, Richard DiLallo, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538745502

35. The Rooster Bar
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9781101967706

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

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

38. The Perfect Couple
Elin Hilderbrand, Little Brown, $9.99, 9780316375238

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

40. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488

41. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345514400

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

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

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

45. Tear It Down
Nick Petrie, Putnam, $9.99, 9780525542148

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

47. Stygian
Sherrilyn Kenyon, Tor, $8.99, 9781250102690

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

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

50. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525506348

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