Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for October 23, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 20, 2024
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Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1 |
Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984 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. |
1/8 |
2 |
Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros. |
2/5 |
3 |
North Woods Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18.00, 9780593597040 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. |
3/3 |
4 |
The Boyfriend Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227 A novel about obsession and crimes of passion. She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim... |
5/3 |
5 |
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. |
4/110 |
6 |
The Pumpkin Spice Café Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008610678 A small-town, grumpy x sunshine romance with plenty of (pumpkin) spice. |
8/3 |
7 |
The Housemaid Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570 An addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist, Freida McFadden's The Housemaid is perfect for fans of Ruth Ware, Lisa Jewell, and Verity. |
6/19 |
8 |
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593466490 Two college friends—often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before. |
7/17 |
9 |
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. |
10/75 |
10 |
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. |
9/101 |
11 |
The Bee Sting Paul Murray, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338259 Murray's novel is an irresistibly funny, wise, and thought-provoking tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart. |
13/7 |
12 |
It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781668055960 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. |
12/119 |
13 |
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. |
11/20 |
14 |
Holly Stephen King, Scribner, $19.99, 9781668014943 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. |
15/6 |
15 |
The Vegetarian Han Kang, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781101906118 Kang's beautiful and unsettling novel is the winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize. |
/7 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for October 23, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 20, 2024
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Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1 |
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456 This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost. |
1/17 |
2 |
The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593536131 A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club. |
2/23 |
3 |
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. |
3/254 |
4 |
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651 A history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history. |
6/52 |
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. |
5/212 |
6 |
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. |
4/155 |
7 |
The Truths We Hold Kamala Harris, Penguin, $20.00, 9780525560739 Vice President 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. |
7/35 |
8 |
The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932 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. |
8/8 |
9 |
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World Naomi Klein, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338143 Naomi Klein's reckoning with her famous double, and with what doppelgangers have to tell us about our world. |
13/6 |
10 |
Hillbilly Elegy J. D. Vance, Harper, $18.99, 9780062300553 Vance's account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a probing look at the struggles of America's white working class. |
10/40 |
11 |
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359 Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. |
12/14 |
12 |
Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $19.99, 9780062964663 The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story—of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention. |
11/5 |
13 |
Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials Marion Gibson, Scribner, $18.99, 9781668002438 A global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate a pattern of demonization and conspiratorial thinking that has profoundly shaped human history. |
9/3 |
14 |
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. |
/81 |
15 |
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $21.99, 9780316299220 Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong. |
14/89 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for October 23, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 20, 2024
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1 |
Intermezzo Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374602635 An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family—but especially love—from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
1/4 |
2 |
Tell Me Everything Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30.00, 9780593446096 From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world. A September 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
2/6 |
3 |
Playground Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031 Set in the world's largest ocean, this awe-filled novel explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
3/4 |
4 |
James Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550369 Percival Everett's new novel is a brilliant, action-packed re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2024. |
4/31 |
5 |
The Life Impossible Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593489277 Matt Haig's new novel is filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning. A September 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
7/7 |
6 |
Somewhere Beyond the Sea TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205 The hugely anticipated sequel to TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea, one of the best-loved and bestselling fantasy novels of the past decade. A September 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
6/6 |
7 |
The God of the Woods Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593418918 Moore's multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore's most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet. The #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2024. |
5/16 |
8 |
The Women Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30.00, 9781250178633 The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm's way to help others. |
9/37 |
9 |
The Waiting- Debut Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316563796 LAPD Detective Renée Ballard tracks a serial rapist whose trail has gone cold, and enlists a new volunteer to the Open-Unsolved Unit: Patrol Officer Maddie Bosch, Harry's daughter. |
/1 |
10 |
The Mighty Red Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32.00, 9780063277052 In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinary people's lives. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
8/3 |
11 |
All Fours Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29.00, 9780593190265 Miranda July returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious, and surprising novel about a woman upending her life. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
11/23 |
12 |
Creation Lake Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521 From Rachel Kushner comes a new novel about a seductive and cunning American woman who infiltrates an anarchist collective in France—a propulsive page-turner of glittering insights and dark humor. The #1 Indie Next Pick for September 2024. |
12/7 |
13 |
We Solve Murders Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9780593653227 From the bestselling author of The Thursday Murder Club series—a brand new mystery, an iconic new detective duo, and a thrilling new murder to solve. |
10/5 |
14 |
The Wedding People Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576 A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew. The #1 Indie Next Pick for August 2024. |
14/11 |
15 |
Here One Moment Liane Moriarty, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798607 A brilliantly constructed tale that looks at free will and destiny, grief and love, and the endless struggle to maintain certainty and control in an uncertain world. |
13/6 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for October 23, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 20 , 2024
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Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1 |
The Message Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30.00, 9780593230381 The bestselling author of Between the World and Me travels the world to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don't—shape our realities. |
1/3 |
2 |
War- Debut Bob Woodward, Simon & Schuster, $32.00, 9781668052273 Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Bob Woodward tells the revelatory, behind-the-scenes story of three wars—Ukraine, the Middle East, and the struggle for the American Presidency. |
/1 |
3 |
Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir Ina Garten, Crown, $34.00, 9780593799895 In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table. |
2/3 |
4 |
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316575805 Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light. |
3/3 |
5 |
What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)- Debut Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781668055687 Stanley Tucci's new book is a funny, poignant, heartfelt, and deeply satisfying serving of memories and meals and an irresistible celebration of the profound role that food plays in all our lives. |
/1 |
6 |
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35.00, 9780593734223 From the bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. |
4/6 |
7 |
Into the Uncut Grass Trevor Noah, Sabina Hahn (Illus.), One World, $26.00, 9780593729960 In the tradition of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse comes a gorgeously illustrated fable about a young child's journey into the world beyond the shadow of home, a magical landscape where he discovers the secrets of sharing, connection, and finding peace with the people we love. |
7/2 |
8 |
Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions- Debut John Grisham, Jim McCloskey, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385550444 #1 bestselling author John Grisham and Centurion Ministries Founder Jim McCloskey share ten harrowing true stories of wrongful convictions. |
/1 |
9 |
From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough, Random House, $32.00, 9780593733875 Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley Keough. |
5/2 |
10 |
Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00, 9780374611996 A liberating, invigorating journey toward a more meaningful life—a journey that begins not with fantasies of the ideal existence but with the reality in which we actually find ourselves. |
6/2 |
11 |
Sonny Boy: A Memoir- Debut Al Pacino, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780593655115 From one of the most iconic actors in the history of film, an astonishingly revelatory account of a creative life in full. |
/1 |
12 |
Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $37.99, 9780399581779 Yotam Ottolenghi brings his inspiring, flavor-forward cooking to comfort dishes. |
10/2 |
13 |
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Erik Larson, Crown, $35.00, 9780385348744 Larson brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a slow-burning crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
12/25 |
14 |
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. |
9/92 |
15 |
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593655030 From bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. |
11/30 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for October 23, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 20, 2024
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Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
3/433 |
2 |
Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 |
8/104 |
3 |
The Exchange John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593685600 |
2/3 |
4 |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 |
1/146 |
5 |
The House Across the Lake Riley Sager, Dutton, $10.99, 9780593853092 |
5/2 |
6 |
Code Red Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982165000 |
7/4 |
7 |
23 1/2 Lies James Patterson, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752692 |
9/3 |
8 |
The Long Walk Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668052013 |
/7 |
9 |
The Shining Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657 |
6/37 |
10 |
Invisible Girl Lisa Jewell, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668033593 |
/6 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for October 23, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 20, 2024
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Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
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Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860 |
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2 |
The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316554732 |
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3 |
The Bletchley Riddle Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542 |
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4 |
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 |
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5 |
Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877 |
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6 |
Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes that Dot Our Planet Geo Rutherford, Harry N. Abrams, $24.99, 9781419770531 |
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7 |
The New Girl: A Graphic Novel Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457 |
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8 |
The Sherlock Society James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665932530 |
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9 |
The Last Dragon on Mars Scott Reintgen, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665946513 |
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10 |
Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019 |
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11 |
The Hotel Balzaar Kate DiCamillo, Júlia Sardà (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536223316 |
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12 |
Detective Beans and the Case of the Missing Hat- Debut Li Chen, Andrews McMeel Publishing, $12.99, 9781524882587 |
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13 |
Mouse and His Dog Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250345004 |
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14 |
Out of My Dreams Sharon M. Draper, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $18.99, 9781665949545 |
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15 |
When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary Alice Hoffman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338856941 |
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Young Adult
Bestseller List for October 23, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 20, 2024
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Young Adult | ||
1 |
Nothing Like the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138 |
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2 |
Heir Sabaa Tahir, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780593616949 |
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3 |
Powerless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884 |
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4 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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5 |
Immortal Dark (Deluxe Limited Edition) Tigest Girma, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316570381 |
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6 |
Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637 |
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7 |
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...: A LOVE Story Jason Reynolds, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $19.99, 9781665961271 |
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8 |
The Thirteenth Child Erin A. Craig, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593482582 |
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9 |
If Only I Had Told Her Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229 |
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10 |
The Grandest Game Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316481014 |
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11 |
When the World Tips Over Jandy Nelson, Dial Books, $21.99, 9780525429098 |
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12 |
Compound Fracture Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636121 |
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13 |
The Glass Girl Kathleen Glasgow, Delacorte Press, $21.99, 9780525708087 |
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14 |
Betting on You Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665921244 |
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15 |
Lightlark Alex Aster, Amulet, $12.99, 9781419760877 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for October 23, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 20, 2024
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Children's Illustrated | ||
1 |
Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409 |
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2 |
Knight Owl and Early Bird- Debut Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526 |
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3 |
Room on the Broom Special Edition Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593859926 |
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4 |
Bluey's Halloween Mix-and-Match Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593752838 |
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5 |
Little Blue Truck's Halloween Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780544772533 |
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6 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 |
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7 |
Construction Site: Garbage Crew to the Rescue! Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797226552 |
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8 |
The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968 |
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9 |
How Do Dinosaurs Say Trick or Treat? Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338891980 |
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10 |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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11 |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Creepy-Crawly Halloween Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $12.99, 9780593751084 |
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12 |
Little Witch Cat: Finger Puppet Book Emily Dove (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797228105 |
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13 |
5 More Sleeps 'til Halloween Jimmy Fallon, Rich Deas (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250857798 |
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14 |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 |
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15 |
The Most Boring Book Ever Brandon Sanderson, Kazu Kibuishi (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250843661 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for October 23, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 20, 2024
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Children's Series | ||
1 |
The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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2 |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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3 |
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback) Rick Riordan, Hyperion |
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4 |
InvestiGators (hardcover) John Patrick Green, First Second |
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5 |
I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic New in Series: I Survived the Black Death, 1348 (9781338891805) |
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6 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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7 |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic |
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8 |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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9 |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers |
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10 |
Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback) Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Scholastic |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 20, 2024
16 My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609455064
17 Blackouts
Justin Torres, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338068
18 The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
19 The Crescent Moon Tearoom
Stacy Sivinski, Atria, $18.99, 9781668058398
20 Graveyard Shift: A Novella
M. L. Rio, Flatiron Books, $16.99, 9781250356796
21 A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583
22 The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Amor Towles (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Vintage, $19.00, 9780593470619
23 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
24 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
25 Normal People
Sally Rooney, Crown, $17.00, 9781984822185
26 The Nightmare Before Kissmas
Sara Raasch, Bramble, $19.99, 9781250333193
27 Starling House
Alix E. Harrow, Tor, $19.99, 9781250799067
28 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
29 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
30 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17.00, 9781501161933
31 The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
32 The Fraud
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $19.00, 9780525558989
33 Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
34 The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $18.00, 9780593418406
35 The Cinnamon Bun Book Store
Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008641580
36 Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263
37 Starter Villain
John Scalzi, Tor Books, $18.99, 9781250879394
38 Prophet Song
Paul Lynch, Grove Press, $18.00, 9780802163523
39 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593183212
40 The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
41 Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433
42 Can't Spell Treason Without Tea
Rebecca Thorne, Bramble, $19.99, 9781250333292
43 Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182
44 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
45 A Pirate's Life for Tea
Rebecca Thorne, Bramble, $19.99, 9781250333179
46 The Housemaid Is Watching
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464221132
47 Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593420324
48 The Housemaid's Secret
Freida McFadden, Mobius, $12.99, 9780349132617
49 This Is Happiness
Niall Williams, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.00, 9781635576313
50 The House in the Pines
Ana Reyes, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593186732
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 20, 2024
16 Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical
Anthony Bourdain, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.99, 9781639734696
17 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
18 How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9780984627110
19 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
20 Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative
Isabella Hammad, Grove Press, Black Cat, $18.00, 9780802163929
21 Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll, Harper Select, $19.99, 9781400337040
22 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
23 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $21.99, 9780063394230
24 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831
25 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780062316110
26 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
27 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20.00, 9780143129257
28 Loving Corrections
adrienne maree brown, AK Press, $18.00, 9781849355544
29 The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
Douglas Brunt, Atria Books, $19.99, 9781982169916
30 Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20.00, 9780307279286
31 Inciting Joy: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $19.99, 9781643753959
32 Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Michael Lewis, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324105817
33 World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $22.00, 9780062802767
34 The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Robert A. Caro, Vintage, $27.00, 9780394720241
35 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225282
36 Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
Werner Herzog, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593490310
37 The Kids Are All Right: Parenting with Confidence in an Uncertain World
Gabrielle Stanley Blair, Ben Blair, Workman Publishing Company, $17.99, 9781523526505
38 Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20.00, 9781984878120
39 The Dictionary People: The Unsung Heroes Who Created the Oxford English Dictionary
Sarah Ogilvie, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593469989
40 The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $19.99, 9781643756356
41 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593298909
42 On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12.00, 9780804190114
43 How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers, Crown, $19.00, 9780593139028
44 The Use of Photography
Annie Ernaux, Marc Marie, Seven Stories Press, $22.95, 9781644214138
45 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20.00, 9780593239933
46 HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
47 The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
Liza Mundy, Crown, $22.00, 9780593238196
48 The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
49 Ten Birds That Changed the World
Stephen Moss, Basic Books, $22.99, 9781541606326
50 Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
Maria Bamford, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781982168575
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 20, 2024
16 All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798874
17 The Empusium
Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Transl.), Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593712948
18 The Night We Lost Him
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $28.99, 9781668002933
19 Forest of Noise: Poems
Mosab Abu Toha, Knopf, $22.00, 9780593803974
20 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
21 Counting Miracles
Nicholas Sparks, Random House, $30.00, 9780593449592
22 By Any Other Name
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593497210
23 We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25.00, 9780593818749
24 Polostan: Volume One of Bomb Light
Neal Stephenson, William Morrow, $32.00, 9780062334497
25 Bull Moon Rising
Ruby Dixon, Ace, $30.00, 9780593817025
26 Blue Sisters
Coco Mellors, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593723760
27 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
28 The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145
29 The Stars Are Dying: Special Edition
Chloe C. Peñaranda, Bramble, $32.99, 9781250355669
30 The Last One at the Wedding
Jason Rekulak, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250895783
31 The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst, Bramble, $29.99, 9781250333971
32 Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593537619
33 Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
34 The Full Moon Coffee Shop
Mai Mochizuki, Jesse Kirkwood (Transl.), Ballantine Books, $23.00, 9780593726822
35 Women's Hotel
Daniel M. Lavery, HarperVia, $28.99, 9780063343535
36 Beach Read: Deluxe Edition
Emily Henry, Berkley, $35.00, 9780593817414
37 The Bog Wife
Kay Chronister, Counterpoint, $28.00, 9781640096622
38 Death at the Sign of the Rook
Kate Atkinson, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385547994
39 The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385546874
40 The Mistletoe Mystery: A Maid Novella
Nita Prose, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9780593875445
41 The Restaurant of Lost Recipes
Hisashi Kashiwai, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $26.00, 9780593717790
42 Entitlement
Rumaan Alam, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593718469
43 Sandwich
Catherine Newman, Harper, $26.99, 9780063345164
44 Milk and Honey: 10th Anniversary Collector's Edition
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel Publishing, $24.99, 9781524892876
45 American Rapture
CJ Leede, Tor Nightfire, $27.99, 9781250857927
46 Model Home
Rivers Solomon, MCD, $28.00, 9780374607135
47 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
48 Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29.00, 9780593441282
49 Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems: 1961-2023
Margaret Atwood, Knopf, $40.00, 9780593802649
50 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 20, 2024
16 The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Sharon McMahon, Thesis, $32.00, 9780593541678
17 Melania
Melania Trump, Skyhorse, $40.00, 9781510782693
18 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292
19 On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32.00, 9780593728727
20 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
21 Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668017234
22 Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves
Stephen Colbert, Evie McGee Colbert, Celadon Books, $35.00, 9781250859990
23 Taylor Swift Style: Fashion Through the Eras
Sarah Chapelle, St. Martin's Griffin, $35.00, 9781250906151
24 The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260
25 The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi
Wright Thompson, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780593299821
26 What Goes with What: 100 Recipes, 20 Charts, Endless Possibilities
Julia Turshen, Flatiron Books, $34.99, 9781250340962
27 Easy Weeknight Dinners: 100 Fast, Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat
Emily Weinstein, New York Times Cooking, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780593836323
28 Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health
Casey Means, M.D., Calley Means, Avery, $32.00, 9780593712641
29 Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Harry N. Abrams, $28.00, 9781419777295
30 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461
31 The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder through Science & Poetry
Maria Popova, Ofra Amit (Illus.), Storey Publishing, LLC, $22.00, 9781635868838
32 The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir
Kelly Bishop, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781668023778
33 John Lewis: A Life
David Greenberg, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982142995
34 Lovely One: A Memoir
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Random House, $35.00, 9780593729908
35 An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982108663
36 Still Life with Remorse
Maira Kalman, Harper Influence, $35.00, 9780063391819
37 Guinness World Records 2025
Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484569
38 The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
Evan Friss, Viking, $30.00, 9780593299920
39 Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days that Changed America's Politics Forever
Chris Wallace, Dutton, $35.00, 9780593852194
40 What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, One World, $34.00, 9780593229361
41 The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science
Dava Sobel, Atlantic Monthly Press, $30.00, 9780802163820
42 Cats of the World
Hannah Shaw, Andrew Marttila, Plume, $32.00, 9780593183113
43 The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World
Noam Chomsky, Nathan J. Robinson, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593656327
44 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
45 The Silver Snarling Trumpet: The Birth of the Grateful Dead�The Lost Manuscript of Robert Hunter
Robert Hunter, Hachette Books, $32.00, 9780306835155
46 Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $30.00, 9780593475522
47 Ornithography: An Illustrated Guide to Bird Lore & Symbolism (Hidden Languages #2)
Jessica Roux, Andrews McMeel Publishing, $21.99, 9781524888770
48 Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $27.00, 9780385549936
49 Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
Sonia Purnell, Viking, $35.00, 9780593297803
50 A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $32.50, 9781501183058
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending October 20, 2024
11 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
12 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
13 Camino Island
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9781524797157
14 'Salem's Lot
Stephen King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780307743671
15 The Secret
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $10.99, 9781984818614
16 All the Dangerous Things
Stacy Willingham, Minotaur Books, $9.99, 9781250344090
17 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309
18 Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345337665
19 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
20 The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572
21 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
22 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
23 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293
24 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
25 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
26 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
27 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
28 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
29 The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626
30 God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
31 The House of Wolves
James Patterson, Mike Lupica, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538710791
32 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
33 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
34 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
35 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
36 The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688
37 Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
38 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
39 Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668052679
40 Carrie
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743664
41 Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874
42 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
43 Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765360038
44 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
45 The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345325815
46 Hamlet
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477123
47 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
48 A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
49 Elantris
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765350374
50 Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553208849