Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for September 25, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending September 22, 2024
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| Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Fourth Wing- Debut 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. |
/1 |
| 2 |
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. |
1/4 |
| 3 |
A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569 From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read. |
2/106 |
| 4 |
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. |
3/13 |
| 5 |
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. |
4/3 |
| 6 |
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. |
5/115 |
| 7 |
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. |
9/71 |
| 8 |
My Brilliant Friend Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609455064 Through the lives of two women, Ferrante tells the story of a neighborhood, a city, and a country as it is transformed in ways that, in turn, also transform the relationship between the women. |
6/14 |
| 9 |
The Fraud- Debut Zadie Smith, Penguin, $19.00, 9780525558989 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. |
/1 |
| 10 |
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. |
10/15 |
| 11 |
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. |
7/3 |
| 12 |
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. |
/97 |
| 13 |
The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners Amor Towles (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Vintage, $19.00, 9780593470619 Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's edition contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. |
8/2 |
| 14 |
A Court of Mist and Fury Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583 The seductive and stunning sequel to Sarah J. Maas's spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses. |
11/55 |
| 15 |
The Nightingale Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400 Hannah's heartbreakingly beautiful novel that celebrates the resilience of the human spirit and the durability of women. |
/19 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 16 |
A Bit Much: Poems Lyndsay Rush, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.00, 9781250323460 The debut poetry collection from Lyndsay Rush (aka @maryoliversdrunkcousin) is a humorous and joyful celebration of big feelings, tender truths, and hard-won wisdom, for fans of Maggie Smith, Kate Baer, and Kate Kennedy. |
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for September 25, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending September 22, 2024
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| Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
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. |
1/19 |
| 2 |
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. |
2/13 |
| 3 |
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. |
3/31 |
| 4 |
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. |
4/250 |
| 5 |
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. |
5/151 |
| 6 |
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. |
6/208 |
| 7 |
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. |
9/48 |
| 8 |
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. |
8/2 |
| 9 |
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. |
7/4 |
| 10 |
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon Michael Lewis, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324105817 From the bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX's spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center. |
10/4 |
| 11 |
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. |
13/78 |
| 12 |
Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune- Debut Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780062964663 The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story—of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention. |
/1 |
| 13 |
Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell- Debut Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $21.99, 9780063394230 Hopeful and optimistic, Of Time and Turtles is an antidote to the instability of our frenzied world. |
/1 |
| 14 |
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 Scrutinizing long-buried historical documents, NCIS star Mark Harmon and co-author Leon Carroll, a former NCIS Special Agent, have brought forth a true-life NCIS story of deception, discovery, and danger. |
15/3 |
| 15 |
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. |
12/36 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for September 25, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending September 22, 2024
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| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
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. |
1/2 |
| 2 |
We Solve Murders- Debut 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. |
/1 |
| 3 |
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. |
2/2 |
| 4 |
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. |
3/3 |
| 5 |
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. |
5/27 |
| 6 |
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. |
7/3 |
| 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. |
4/12 |
| 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. |
8/33 |
| 9 |
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. |
6/2 |
| 10 |
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. |
11/8 |
| 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. |
9/19 |
| 12 |
The Night We Lost Him- Debut Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $28.99, 9781668002933 In this riveting novel from the bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me, estranged siblings discover their father has been keeping a secret for more than fifty years, one that may have been fatal. The #1 Indie Next Pick for October 2024. |
/1 |
| 13 |
Blue Sisters Coco Mellors, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593723760 Three estranged sisters return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister's death in this unforgettable story of grief, hope, and the complexities of family. A September 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
12/3 |
| 14 |
By Any Other Name Jodi Picoult, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593497210 A sweeping new novel about two women, centuries apart—one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare's plays—who are both forced to hide behind another name. A September 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
10/5 |
| 15 |
All the Colors of the Dark Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798874 A missing person mystery, a serial killer thriller, a love story, a unique twist on each, Chris Whitaker has written a novel about what lurks in the shadows of obsession and the blinding light of hope. A July 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
15/13 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 16 |
Entitlement Rumaan Alam, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593718469 A riveting novel for our new gilded age, a story that confidently considers questions about need and worth, race and privilege, philanthropy and generosity, passion and obsession. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for September 25, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending September 22, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
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. |
1/2 |
| 2 |
On Freedom- Debut Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32.00, 9780593728727 A brilliant exploration of freedom—what it is, how it's been misunderstood, and why it's our only chance for survival—by the acclaimed Yale historian and bestselling author of On Tyranny. |
/1 |
| 3 |
Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty- Debut Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668017234 Hillary Clinton offers her candid views on life and love, politics, liberty, democracy, the threats we face, and the future within our reach. |
/1 |
| 4 |
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. |
2/21 |
| 5 |
Lovely One: A Memoir Ketanji Brown Jackson, Random House, $35.00, 9780593729908 Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court, chronicles her life story and her extraordinary path to becoming a jurist on America's highest court in this inspiring, intimate memoir. |
3/3 |
| 6 |
The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir- Debut Kelly Bishop, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781668023778 A candid and captivating memoir from award-winning and beloved actress Kelly Bishop, spanning her six decades in show business from A Chorus Line, Dirty Dancing, Gilmore Girls, and much more. |
/1 |
| 7 |
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593655030 From New York Times 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. |
4/26 |
| 8 |
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. |
5/88 |
| 9 |
What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures- Debut Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, One World, $34.00, 9780593229361 Sometimes the bravest thing we can do while facing an existential crisis is imagine life on the other side. This provocative and joyous book maps an inspiring landscape of possible climate futures. |
/1 |
| 10 |
Lucky Loser: How Donald Trump Squandered His Father's Fortune and Created the Illusion of Success- Debut Russ Buettner, Susanne Craig, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780593298640 An explosive investigation into the history of Donald Trump's wealth, revealing how one of the country's biggest business failures lied his way into the White House. |
/1 |
| 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. |
6/125 |
| 12 |
Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous- Debut Gillian Anderson, Abrams Press, $28.00, 9781419777295 From the star of Sex Education and The X-Files comes a groundbreaking and provocative exploration of the sex lives and desires of real women today. |
/1 |
| 13 |
Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves- Debut Stephen Colbert, Evie McGee Colbert, Celadon Books, $35.00, 9781250859990 Stephen and Evie Colbert invite you to pull up a chair as they share their favorite recipes from family and friends and offer a glimpse of food and fun in their South Carolina home. |
/1 |
| 14 |
The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668048047 The woman who has been lauded by her opposition as "the most powerful Speaker" ever shows us why she is not afraid of a good fight. The Art of Power is about the fighting spirit that has always animated her, and the historic legacy that spirit has produced. |
7/7 |
| 15 |
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. |
8/75 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for September 25, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending September 22, 2024
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
1/429 |
| 2 |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
9/166 |
| 3 |
The Long Walk Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668052013 |
7/4 |
| 4 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340 |
5/253 |
| 5 |
The Secret Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $10.99, 9781984818614 |
2/13 |
| 6 |
Camino Island John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9781524797157 |
8/55 |
| 7 |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 |
4/142 |
| 8 |
Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 |
3/100 |
| 9 |
Invisible Girl Lisa Jewell, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668033593 |
6/3 |
| 10 |
Long Shadows David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538719831 |
/2 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for September 25, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending September 22, 2024
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| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1 |
Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860 |
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| 2 |
Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877 |
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| 3 |
The Sherlock Society James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665932530 |
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| 4 |
When We Flew Away: A Novel of Anne Frank Before the Diary- Debut Alice Hoffman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338856941 |
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| 5 |
Out of My Dreams Sharon M. Draper, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $18.99, 9781665949545 |
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| 6 |
Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019 |
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| 7 |
Mouse and His Dog- Debut Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250345004 |
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| 8 |
The New Girl: A Graphic Novel Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457 |
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| 9 |
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 |
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| 10 |
Dogtown Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250811622 |
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| 11 |
The One and Only Family Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063221123 |
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| 12 |
The Night Librarian: A Graphic Novel Christopher Lincoln, Dial Books, $13.99, 9780593617663 |
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| 13 |
Greeking Out Heroes and Olympians- Debut Kenny Curtis, Jillian Hughes, National Geographic Kids, $19.99, 9781426376276 |
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| 14 |
Charlotte's Web E. B. White, Harper, $10.99, 9780064400558 |
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| 15 |
Unico: Awakening (Volume 1): An Original Manga Tezuka Osamu, Samuel Sattin, Gurihiru (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781339036335 |
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Young Adult
Bestseller List for September 25, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending September 22, 2024
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
Immortal Dark (Deluxe Limited Edition) Tigest Girma, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316570381 |
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| 2 |
Powerless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884 |
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| 3 |
Compound Fracture Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636121 |
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| 4 |
Celestial Monsters Aiden Thomas, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250822086 |
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| 5 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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| 6 |
Reckless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665955430 |
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| 7 |
The Reappearance of Rachel Price Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207 |
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| 8 |
If Only I Had Told Her Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229 |
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| 9 |
The Grandest Game Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316481014 |
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| 10 |
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332 |
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| 11 |
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17.00, 9780593622452 |
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| 12 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196 |
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| 13 |
Lightlark Alex Aster, Amulet, $12.99, 9781419760877 |
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| 14 |
Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637 |
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| 15 |
Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for September 25, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending September 22, 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 |
Bluey's Halloween Mix-and-Match Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593752838 |
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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 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 5 |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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| 6 |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Creepy-Crawly Halloween Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $12.99, 9780593751084 |
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| 7 |
How Do Dinosaurs Say Trick or Treat? Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338891980 |
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| 8 |
Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 |
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| 9 |
5 More Sleeps 'til Halloween Jimmy Fallon, Rich Deas (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250857798 |
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| 10 |
Little Blue Truck's Halloween Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780544772533 |
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| 11 |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 |
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| 12 |
Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801 |
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| 13 |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905 |
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| 14 |
Little Ghost Makes a Friend- Debut Maggie Edkins Willis, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, $18.99, 9781665927857 |
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| 15 |
Little Witch Cat: Finger Puppet Book- Debut Emily Dove (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797228105 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for September 25, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending September 22, 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 |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 4 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 5 |
I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Dave Shephard (Illus.), Scholastic |
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| 6 |
Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback) Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Scholastic New in Series: Kristy and the Walking Disaster (9781338835557) |
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| 7 |
The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback) Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick |
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| 8 |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic |
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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 |
Who Was/Is...? (paperback) Kirsten Anderson, Gregory Copeland (Illus.), Penguin Workshop |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending September 22, 2024
16 A Bit Much: Poems
Lyndsay Rush, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.00, 9781250323460
17 Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
18 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
19 The Pumpkin Spice Café
Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008610678
20 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17.00, 9781501161933
21 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
22 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463
23 The Pairing
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $20.00, 9781250862747
24 Daydream
Hannah Grace, Atria, $19.99, 9781668026250
25 The Housemaid Is Watching
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464221132
26 Slow Horses (Deluxe Edition)
Mick Herron, Soho Crime, $18.95, 9781641292979
27 The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
28 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606
29 Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593441190
30 A Dark and Drowning Tide
Allison Saft, Del Rey, $18.99, 9780593722343
31 It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
32 The Exchange
John Grisham, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593685280
33 Let Us Descend
Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $17.99, 9781982104504
34 A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707
35 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990
36 Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593420324
37 Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228
38 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
39 Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Nina Simon, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063315051
40 Lady Tan's Circle of Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $18.99, 9781982117092
41 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593183212
42 A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.00, 9781635575620
43 The Last Devil to Die
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593299449
44 Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182
45 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
46 Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433
47 Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263
48 Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $18.99, 9781501153235
49 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
50 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19.00, 9780399562976
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending September 22, 2024
16 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $21.99, 9780316299220
17 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
18 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
19 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831
20 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20.00, 9780143129257
21 Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088
22 How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9780984627110
23 Loving Corrections
adrienne maree brown, AK Press, $18.00, 9781849355544
24 The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Robert A. Caro, Vintage, $27.00, 9780394720241
25 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
26 How to Piss Off Men: 109 Things to Say to Shatter the Male Ego
Kyle Prue, Sourcebooks, $16.99, 9781728291925
27 On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12.00, 9780804190114
28 World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $22.00, 9780062802767
29 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359
30 Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20.00, 9781984878120
31 The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
Liza Mundy, Crown, $22.00, 9780593238196
32 Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20.00, 9780307279286
33 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593298909
34 I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki: Conversations with My Psychiatrist
Baek Sehee, Anton Hur (Transl.), Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.99, 9781639732043
35 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20.00, 9780593239933
36 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780062316110
37 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
38 Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
39 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
40 A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
Nathan Thrall, Metropolitan Books, $18.99, 9781250854964
41 Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir
Matthew Perry, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250866455
42 Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $22.00, 9780374533557
43 Trail of the Lost: The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail
Andrea Lankford, Hachette Books, $19.99, 9780306831966
44 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
45 The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668065969
46 Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
Maria Bamford, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781982168575
47 The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
48 The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $20.00, 9780679763888
49 World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781639550562
50 The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $18.99, 9781451697728
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending September 22, 2024
16 Entitlement
Rumaan Alam, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593718469
17 The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145
18 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
19 The House in the Cerulean Sea (Special Edition)
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250357243
20 Buried Deep and Other Stories
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $30.00, 9780593600351
21 Death at the Sign of the Rook
Kate Atkinson, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385547994
22 Sandwich
Catherine Newman, Harper, $26.99, 9780063345164
23 Colored Television
Danzy Senna, Riverhead Books, $29.00, 9780593544372
24 We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25.00, 9780593818749
25 Rejection: Fiction
Tony Tulathimutte, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063337879
26 The Games Gods Play (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Abigail Owen, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649376565
27 The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst, Bramble, $29.99, 9781250333971
28 Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
29 The Full Moon Coffee Shop
Mai Mochizuki, Jesse Kirkwood (Transl.), Ballantine Books, $23.00, 9780593726822
30 Fear the Flames
Olivia Rose Darling, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9780593873892
31 A Sunny Place for Shady People: Stories
Mariana Enriquez, Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593733257
32 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
33 Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593537619
34 North Woods
Daniel Mason, Random House, $29.00, 9780593597033
35 Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29.00, 9780593441282
36 There Are Rivers in the Sky
Elif Shafak, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593801710
37 The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385546874
38 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946
39 Long Island Compromise
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Random House, $30.00, 9780593133491
40 Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32.00, 9780593296370
41 The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781668036587
42 Lady Macbeth
Ava Reid, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593722565
43 The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29.00, 9780812996302
44 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236210
45 The Bright Sword
Lev Grossman, Viking, $35.00, 9780735224049
46 The Butcher Game
Alaina Urquhart, Zando, $28.00, 9781638931249
47 A Sorceress Comes to Call
T. Kingfisher, Tor Books, $27.99, 9781250244079
48 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
49 Small Rain
Garth Greenwell, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28.00, 9780374279547
50 An Academy for Liars
Alexis Henderson, Ace, $29.00, 9780593638309
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending September 22, 2024
16 Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $30.00, 9780593475522
17 On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
Nate Silver, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9781594204128
18 The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
Evan Friss, Viking, $30.00, 9780593299920
19 Who Could Ever Love You: A Family Memoir
Mary L. Trump, PhD, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250278470
20 Connie: A Memoir
Connie Chung, Grand Central Publishing, $32.50, 9781538766989
21 An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982108663
22 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461
23 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
24 Good Lookin' Cookin': A Year of Meals - A Lifetime of Family, Friends, and Food [A Cookbook]
Dolly Parton, Rachel Parton George, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9781984863164
25 Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health
Casey Means, M.D., Calley Means, Avery, $32.00, 9780593712641
26 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
27 I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine
Daniel J. Levitin, W. W. Norton & Company, $32.50, 9781324036180
28 Guinness World Records 2025
Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484569
29 Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
Sonia Purnell, Viking, $35.00, 9780593297803
30 Confronting the Presidents: No Spin Assessments from Washington to Biden
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's Press, $35.00, 9781250346414
31 Atlas Obscura: Wild Life: An Explorer's Guide to the World's Living Wonders
Cara Giaimo, et al., Workman Publishing Company, $40.00, 9781523514410
32 Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $27.00, 9780385549936
33 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598
34 The Siege: A Six-Day Hostage Crisis and the Daring Special-Forces Operation That Shocked the World
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $32.00, 9780593728093
35 That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
Amanda Jones, Bloomsbury Publishing, $29.99, 9781639733538
36 A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $32.50, 9781501183058
37 What's Next: A Backstage Pass to The West Wing, Its Cast and Crew, and Its Enduring Legacy of Service
Melissa Fitzgerald, Mary McCormack, Dutton, $35.00, 9780593184547
38 Imminent: Inside the Pentagon's Hunt for UFOs
Luis Elizondo, William Morrow, $29.99, 9780063235564
39 The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
Zoë Schlanger, Harper, $29.99, 9780063073852
40 The Road to Wisdom: On Truth, Science, Faith, and Trust
Francis S. Collins, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316576307
41 The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385544764
42 By the Fire We Carry: The Generations-Long Fight for Justice on Native Land
Rebecca Nagle, Harper, $32.00, 9780063112049
43 Men Have Called Her Crazy: A Memoir
Anna Marie Tendler, Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668032343
44 The Ambitious Kitchen Cookbook: 125 Ridiculously Good for You, Sometimes Indulgent, and Absolutely Never Boring Recipes for Every Meal of the Day
Monique Volz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780593581650
45 There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House, $32.00, 9780593448793
46 Reagan: His Life and Legend
Max Boot, Liveright, $45.00, 9780871409447
47 The Bean Book: 100 Recipes for Cooking with All Kinds of Beans, from the Rancho Gordo Kitchen
Steve Sando, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9781984860002
48 How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen
David Brooks, Random House, $30.00, 9780593230060
49 On Call: A Doctor's Journey in Public Service
Anthony Fauci, M.D., Viking, $36.00, 9780593657478
50 Somehow: Thoughts on Love
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22.00, 9780593714416
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending September 22, 2024
11 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
12 The Summer Place
Jennifer Weiner, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668033661
13 The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657
14 The House of Wolves
James Patterson, Mike Lupica, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538710791
15 The Ball at Versailles
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9780593498361
16 'Salem's Lot
Stephen King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780307743671
17 Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345337665
18 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
19 Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668052679
20 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
21 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
22 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
23 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
24 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
25 A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
26 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
27 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
28 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293
29 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
30 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
31 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
32 The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688
33 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
34 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
35 The 6:20 Man
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538719862
36 The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318572
37 The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
Edgar Allan Poe, Signet, $5.95, 9780451530318
38 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
39 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
40 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
41 Fire & Blood
George R. R. Martin, Bantam, $10.00, 9780593598016
42 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309
43 Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
44 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
45 Going Postal
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062334978
46 The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626
47 The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345325815
48 Carrie
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743664
49 Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874
50 Red Seas Under Red Skies
Scott Lynch, Del Rey, $10.99, 9780553588958