October 4, 2023

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593420324
Trust is an unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy, and perception. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
2/22
2 A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569
From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.
1/55
3 The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498
Haig's book is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived.
3/21
4 Mad Honey
Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18.00, 9781984818409
A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind.
6/4
5 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933
Reid's novel is a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day.
4/122
6 Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433
Kuang's breathtaking novel grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire.
7/5
7 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.
8/71
8 It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
In Hoover's honest, evocative, and tender novel, a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance can't stop thinking about her first love.
9/96
9 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.
5/2
10 The Passenger- Debut
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $18.00, 9780307389091
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Road returns with the first of a two-volume masterpiece: The Passenger is the story of a salvage diver, haunted by loss, afraid of the watery deep, pursued for a conspiracy beyond his understanding, and longing for a death he cannot reconcile with God. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick.
/1
11 A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583
The seductive and stunning sequel to Sarah J. Maas's spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses.
10/6
12 Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780593446089
Strout's poignant, pitch-perfect novel about a divorced couple stuck together during lockdown—and the love, loss, despair, and hope that animate us even as the world seems to be falling apart.
11/3
13 The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
A gripping psychological thriller about a woman's act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.
14/60
14 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
The 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.
/165
15 Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593492666
Ng's inspiring novel about a mother's unbreakable love in a world consumed by fear.
15/6
ON THE RISE
16 House of Sky and Breath
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639731756
In this sexy, action-packed sequel to House of Earth and Blood, Sarah J. Maas weaves a captivating story of a world about to explode—and the people who will do anything to save it.
 
 
     


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17.00, 9780307742483
Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history.
1/115
2 Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781571313560
Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
3/199
3 An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20.00, 9780593133255
Every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. In An Immense World, science journalist Ed Yong helps us to experience the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that other animals perceive.
2/5
4 Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951
From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity.
4/27
5 American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25.00, 9780375726262
A deep, fantastic look at the complex physicist and father of the atomic bomb.
5/15
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.
6/100
7 Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593315200
From The New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Memoir.
8/3
8 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.
7/157
9 Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088
A young poet tells the unforgettable story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this moving, page-turning memoir.
9/17
10 The 2024 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571989529
The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more all presented in the inimitably useful and humorous way it has done since 1792.
10/5
11 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong.
15/71
12 Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22.00, 9781324094067
Necessary reading for anyone who cares about America's past, present, and future, Indigenous Continent restores Native peoples to their rightful place at the very fulcrum of American history.
14/3
13 Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us- Debut
Rachel Aviv, Picador, $18.00, 9781250872913
The acclaimed, award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv offers a groundbreaking exploration of mental illness and the mind, and illuminates the startling connections between diagnosis and identity.
/1
14 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19.00, 9780143129257
A revolutionary program for personal renewal, The Artist's Way will help get you back on track, rediscover your passions, and take the steps you need to change your life.
13/5
15 Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
David Sedaris once again captures what is most unexpected, hilarious, and poignant about recent upheavals, personal and public, and expresses in precise language both the misanthropy and desire for connection that drive us all.
/17
 
     


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Hardcover Fiction

 



Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063327528
In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick.
1/9
2 Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros.
5/19
3 Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
4/50
4 The Fragile Threads of Power- Debut
V. E. Schwab, Tor Books, $29.99, 9780765387493
V. E. Schwab, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, opens another door to a new fantasy series set in the dazzling world of Shades of Magic. An October Indie Next Pick.
/1
5 Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547345
Funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist. An April 2022 Indie Next Pick.
9/78
6 The Iliad- Debut
Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), W. W. Norton & Company, $39.95, 9781324001805
The greatest literary landmark of antiquity masterfully rendered by the most celebrated translator of our time.
/1
7 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946
Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick.
6/8
8 The Fraud
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29.00, 9780525558965
From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets to be believed. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick.
7/4
9 The Last Devil to Die
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9780593299425
A new mystery is afoot in the fourth book in the Thursday Murder Club series from million-copy bestselling author Richard Osman.
2/2
10 The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593418390
A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive. The #1 Indie Next Pick for September 2023.
3/3
11 Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668016138
Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King's most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town.
8/4
12 The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32.00, 9780802162175
Verghese's new novel is a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick.
10/22
13 North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28.00, 9780593597033
When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick.
13/2
14 The Running Grave- Debut
Robert Galbraith, Mulholland Books, $32.50, 9780316572101
Utterly page-turning, The Running Grave moves Strike's and Robin's story forward in this epic, unforgettable seventh installment of the series.
/1
15 The Armor of Light- Debut
Ken Follett, Viking, $38.00, 9780525954996
The long-awaited sequel to A Column of Fire, The Armor of Light, heralds a new dawn for Kingsbridge, England, where progress clashes with tradition, class struggles push into every part of society, and war in Europe engulfs the entire continent and beyond.
/1
ON THE RISE
19 Land of Milk and Honey
C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593538241
The award-winning author of How Much of These Hills Is Gold returns with a rapturous and revelatory novel about a young chef whose discovery of pleasure alters her life and, indirectly, the world. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick.
 
 
     


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America- Debut
Heather Cox Richardson, Viking, $30.00, 9780593652961
Many books tell us what has happened over the last five years. Democracy Awakening explains how we got to this perilous point, what our history really tells us about ourselves, and what the future of democracy can be.
/1
2 Enough- Debut
Cassidy Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668028285
Cassidy Hutchinson's desk was mere steps from the most controversial president in recent American history. Now, she provides a riveting account of her extraordinary experiences as an idealistic young woman thrust into the middle of a national crisis, where she risked everything to tell the truth about some of the most powerful people in Washington.
/1
3 Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982181284
An astonishingly intimate biography of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence.
1/3
4 The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260
The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by David Grann, one of our greatest nonfiction writers. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick.
2/24
5 Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700
The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story—of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention.
4/2
6 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.
3/37
7 Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30.00, 9780593545409
Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. They show you how to improve your life right now instead of waiting for the outside world to change.
5/3
8 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374610326
Doppelganger asks: What do we neglect as we polish and perfect our digital reflections? Is it possible to dispose of our doubles and overcome the pathologies of a culture of multiplication? Can we create a politics of collective care and undertake a true reckoning with historical crimes? The result is a revelatory treatment of the way many of us think and feel now—and an intellectual adventure story for our times.
6/3
9 The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $28.00, 9781643753096
In Ross Gay's new collection of small, daily wonders, again written over the course of a year, one of America's most original voices continues his ongoing investigation of delight. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick.
9/2
10 Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593472675
Bestselling author Joe Posnanski is back with a masterful ode to the game: a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball's history, to make you fall in love with the sport all over again.
8/4
11 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292
James Clear reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results.
11/83
12 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598
A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health.
7/27
13 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780358458180
Hopeful and optimistic, Of Time and Turtles is an antidote to the instability of our frenzied world.
12/2
14 To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker, National Geographic, $30.00, 9781426223303
This enlightening illustrated narrative by the world's most celebrated astrophysicist explains the universe from the solar system to the farthest reaches of space with authority and humor.
10/3
15 I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life.
14/60
 
     


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
3/378
2 The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916
2/6
3 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
9/123
4 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972
4/6
5 Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
5/14
6 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
8/202
7 The Judge's List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831
/15
8 No Plan B
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577
1/13
9 The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657
/32
10 The Family Upstairs- Debut
Lisa Jewell, Pocket Books, $10.99, 9781668026519
/1
 
     

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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1 The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
 
2 Dogtown
Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608
 
3 Wrecker- Debut
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593376287
 
4 The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810
 
5 From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153
 
6 Cat on the Run in Cat of Death!
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825
 
7 A Horse Named Sky
Rosanne Parry, Kirbi Fagan (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062995957
 
8 Ghost Book
Remy Lai, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $14.99, 9781250810434
 
9 Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
 
10 Mexikid
Pedro Martín, Dial Books, $14.99, 9780593462294
 
11 Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880
 
12 Odder
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $16.99, 9781250147424
 
13 Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
 
14 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
 
15 Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
 
 
     

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Young Adult



Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Young Adult  
1 Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
 
2 The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114
 
3 A Study in Drowning
Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506
 
4 Foul Heart Huntsman- Debut
Chloe Gong, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $21.99, 9781665905619
 
5 If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
 
6 Nimona
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227
 
7 They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
 
8 Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636
 
9 The Scarlet Veil- Debut
Shelby Mahurin, HarperTeen, $21.99, 9780063258754
 
10 This Winter
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338885132
 
11 A Thousand Boy Kisses
Tillie Cole, Bloom Books, $12.99, 9781728297088
 
12 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196
 
13 Foxglove
Adalyn Grace, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316162500
 
14 Solitaire
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338863420
 
15 These Violent Delights
Chloe Gong, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781665921763
 
 
     

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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Illustrated  
1 Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
 
2 Something, Someday- Debut
Amanda Gorman, Christian Robinson (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593203255
 
3 Boo! Bluey's Halloween
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540
 
4 Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544772533
 
5 Dragon's First Taco- Debut
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178
 
6 Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
 
7 Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
8 Just Because
Matthew McConaughey, Renée Kurilla (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593622032
 
9 Peekaboo: Pumpkin
Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813
 
10 Eek! Halloween!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925143
 
11 Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368059589
 
12 Construction Site: Taking Flight!- Debut
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $17.99, 9781797221922
 
13 Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $10.99, 9780593486955
 
14 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
15 Spooky Pookie
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781481497671
 
 
     

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Children's Series



Bestseller List for October 4, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Series  
1 Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 
2 Wild Robot (hardcover)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
 
3 Dog Man (paperback)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
4 Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
5 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (paperback)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
6 The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 
7 I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Alvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic
 
8 Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
 
9 Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
10 The Bad Guys (paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023

16 House of Sky and Breath
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639731756

17 Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088

18 The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352

19 Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591

20 Assistant to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $19.99, 9781649375803

21 A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707

22 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702

23 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606

24 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624

25 The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Lauren Groff (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Anchor, $18.00, 9780593470596

26 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570

27 It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226

28 Godkiller
Hannah Kaner, Harper Voyager, $18.99, 9780063348271

29 Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736

30 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957

31 Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982153090

32 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063342965

33 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990

34 All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781501173219

35 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038

36 Things We Left Behind
Lucy Score, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781728276120

37 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318

38 Other Birds
Sarah Addison Allen, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.00, 9781250019875

39 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990

40 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593183212

41 You, Again
Kate Goldbeck, Dial Press, $18.00, 9780593448120

42 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $19.99, 9780765387578

43 Bunny
Mona Awad, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525559757

44 The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593315088

45 The Odyssey
Homer, Emily Wilson (Trans.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250

46 Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776

47 The Winners
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $19.99, 9781982112806

48 A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.00, 9781635575620

49 House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577020

50 The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18.00, 9780593356173

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023

16 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18.00, 9781524746742

17 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

18 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $17.99, 9781643753287

19 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791

20 This Is What It Sounds Like: A Legendary Producer Turned Neuroscientist on Finding Yourself Through Music
Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas, Norton, $17.95, 9781324065968

21 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18.00, 9781250849359

22 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321

23 Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
Karen Armstrong, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593313404

24 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255

25 Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18.00, 9780593136355

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

27 How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
The Moth, Meg Bowls, Catherine Burns, Crown, $18.00, 9780593139028

28 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609

29 Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe, Oni Press, $24.99, 9781549304002

30 The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25.00, 9781250858801

31 The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene, Penguin, $26.00, 9780140280197

32 HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361

33 A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446

34 The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $18.00, 9780525555247

35 Thinking 101: How to Reason Better to Live Better
Woo-kyoung Ahn, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250805973

36 The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $17.99, 9781451697728

37 Empire of the Summer Moon: Quanah Parker and the Rise and Fall of the Comanches, the Most Powerful Indian Tribe in American History
S.C. Gwynne, Scribner, $18.00, 9781416591061

38 Quietly Hostile: Essays
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593315699

39 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $20.00, 9780593230275

40 The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $17.00, 9781400078431

41 Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228

42 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110

43 The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 1
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $19.99, 9781524884970

44 Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Journey to the Edge of Physics
Antonio Padilla, Picador, $20.00, 9781250872821

45 Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
Andy Borowitz, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668003893

46 Killing the Killers: The Secret War Against Terrorists (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's Griffin, $19.00, 9781250905994

47 One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
Michael Frank, Maira Kalman (Illus.), Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982167233

48 Come As You Are: The Surprising New Science That Will Transform Your Sex Life
Emily Nagoski, Ph.D., Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982165314

49 Educated: A Memoir (Indies Introduce)
Tara Westover, Random House, $18.99, 9780399590528

50 These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $19.00, 9780063092792

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023

16 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201

17 Wellness
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593536117

18 The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212

19 Land of Milk and Honey
C Pam Zhang, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593538241

20 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833

21 Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $27.99, 9781501153228

22 Starter Villain
John Scalzi, Tor Books, $28.99, 9780765389220

23 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157

24 Rouge
Mona Awad, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $28.00, 9781982169695

25 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243732

26 Happiness Falls
Angie Kim, Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593448205

27 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28.00, 9781982179007

28 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335005625

29 Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Nina Simon, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063315044

30 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969

31 Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593441275

32 The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $28.00, 9780812998627

33 Crook Manifesto
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385545150

34 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991

35 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741

36 Masters of Death
Olivie Blake, Tor Books, $26.99, 9781250892461

37 The Last Ranger
Peter Heller, Knopf, $27.00, 9780593535110

38 The Wren, the Wren
Anne Enright, W. W. Norton & Company, $27.95, 9781324005681

39 The Secret Hours
Mick Herron, Soho Crime, $27.95, 9781641295215

40 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $20.99, 9781250236210

41 The Only One Left
Riley Sager, Dutton, $28.00, 9780593183229

42 Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories
Kate Atkinson, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385549509

43 Fall of Ruin and Wrath (Awakening)
Jennifer L. Armentrout, Bramble, $27.99, 9781250750198

44 The Caretaker
Ron Rash, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385544276

45 The Invisible Hour
Alice Hoffman, Atria Books, $27.99, 9781982175375

46 Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
Rupert Holmes, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.00, 9781451648218

47 Not Forever, But For Now
Chuck Palahniuk, Simon & Schuster, $26.99, 9781668021415

48 Black River Orchard
Chuck Wendig, Del Rey, $29.99, 9780593158746

49 Lady Tan's Circle of Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982117085

50 The Pole
J.M. Coetzee, Liveright, $26.00, 9781324093862

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023

16 Killing the Witches: The Horror of Salem, Massachusetts (Bill O'Reilly's Killing Series)
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's Press, $32.00, 9781250283320

17 Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Michael Harriot, Dey Street Books, $32.50, 9780358439165

18 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525657323

19 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28.00, 9780593239919

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

21 Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
Maria Bamford, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781982168568

22 Guinness World Records 2024
, Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484378

23 Thicker than Water: A Memoir
Kerry Washington, Little, Brown Spark, $30.00, 9780316497398

24 The Democrat Party Hates America
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $30.00, 9781501183157

25 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593298886

26 The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women
Lisa Perrin, Chronicle Books, $24.95, 9781797215884

27 Emotional Intelligence Habits
Travis Bradberry, Talentsmart, $36.95, 9780974719375

28 The Deadline: Essays
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $45.00, 9781631496127

29 Leslie F*cking Jones
Leslie Jones, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538706497

30 Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt, Crown, $28.99, 9780593443071

31 Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair
Mercury Stardust, DK, $24.99, 9780744079074

32 The World Central Kitchen Cookbook: Feeding Humanity, Feeding Hope
José Andrés, World Central Kitchen, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780593579077

33 The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts
Loren Grush, Scribner, $32.50, 9781982172800

34 Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
B. Dylan Hollis, DK, $32.00, 9780744080049

35 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

36 Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $37.50, 9781476753836

37 Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
Drew Gilpin Faust, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374601805

38 Pageboy: A Memoir
Elliot Page, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250878359

39 The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
Douglas Brunt, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982169909

40 Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet
Ben Goldfarb, W. W. Norton & Company, $30.00, 9781324005896

41 The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062457714

42 Goth: A History
Lol Tolhurst, Hachette Books, $29.00, 9780306828423

43 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Viking, $30.00, 9780735225268

44 Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation (A Norton Short)
Tiya Miles, W. W. Norton & Company, $22.00, 9781324020875

45 Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me
Bernie Taupin, Hachette Books, $32.50, 9780306828676

46 The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture
Gabor Maté, M.D., Daniel Maté, Avery, $30.00, 9780593083888

47 Atlas of the Heart: Mapping Meaningful Connection and the Language of Human Experience
Brené Brown, Random House, $30.00, 9780399592553

48 The World According to Joan Didion
Evelyn McDonnell, HarperOne, $26.99, 9780063289079

49 Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier
Marisa Meltzer, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.99, 9781982190606

50 Jacques Pépin Cooking My Way: Recipes and Techniques for Economical Cooking
Jacques Pépin, Harvest, $37.50, 9780358581802

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending October 1, 2023

11 A Flicker in the Dark
Stacy Willingham, Minotaur Books, $9.99, 9781250896445

12 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342

13 The Wish
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538728635

14 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541

15 Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909

16 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279

17 The Noise
James Patterson, J.D. Barker, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538753040

18 Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928

19 That Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668020661

20 Night Shift
Stephen King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780307743640

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

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

23 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487

24 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296

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

26 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110

27 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125

28 Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780593599006

29 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488

30 Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt Paperbacks, $10.99, 9781250894229

31 The Whittiers
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821850

32 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686

33 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357

34 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741

35 Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743664

36 The Horsewoman
James Patterson, Mike Lupica, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538752944

37 The Omega Factor
Steve Berry, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538720974

38 The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466

39 The Recovery Agent
Janet Evanovich, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982154936

40 The Girl Who Survived
Lisa Jackson, Zebra, $9.99, 9781420146363

41 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233

42 The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672

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

44 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286

45 The Last House Guest
Megan Miranda, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $10.99, 9781668012796

46 The Hotel Nantucket
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316258937

47 'Salem's Lot
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743671

48 Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345337665

49 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400

50 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765365309

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