September 27, 2023

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 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.
1/54
2 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.
2/21
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.
6/20
4 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.
3/121
5 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology- Debut
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.
/1
6 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.
4/3
7 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.
5/4
8 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.
/70
9 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.
7/95
10 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.
12/5
11 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.
9/2
12 The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
Dave's novel is a gripping mystery about a woman who thinks she's found the love of her life—until he disappears.
/26
13 Assistant to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $19.99, 9781649375803
Maehrer's laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain...and their unexpected romance.
11/4
14 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.
15/59
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.
8/5
 
     


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 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.
1/114
2 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.
3/4
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.
2/198
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.
6/26
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.
4/14
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.
7/99
7 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.
5/156
8 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.
8/2
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.
9/16
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.
10/4
11 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18.00, 9781524746742
Dr. Anna Lembke explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain—and what to do about it.
/35
12 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in traditional Toltec beliefs.
13/210
13 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.
15/4
14 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.
12/2
15 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.
14/70
ON THE RISE
18 Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
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.
 
 
     


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Hardcover Fiction

 



Bestseller List for September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 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.
1/8
2 The Last Devil to Die- Debut
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.
/1
3 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.
2/2
4 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.
5/49
5 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.
7/18
6 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.
6/7
7 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.
3/3
8 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.
4/3
9 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.
8/77
10 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.
9/21
11 Wellness- Debut
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593536117
From the gritty '90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia of detox diets and home-renovation hysteria, Wellness reimagines the love story with a healthy dose of insight, irony, and heart. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick.
/1
12 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201
The exhilarating new novel by the bestselling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is the #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2022.
10/63
13 North Woods- Debut
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.
/1
14 The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212
The River We Remember is an unflinching look at the wounds left by the wars we fight abroad and at home, a moving exploration of the ways in which we seek to heal, and a testament to the enduring power of the stories we tell about the places we call home. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick.
11/3
15 Starter Villain- Debut
John Scalzi, Tor Books, $28.99, 9780765389220
Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick.
/1
ON THE RISE
19 Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $27.99, 9781501153228
Two women from opposite sides of the country are brought together by violent acts of the same man, and become allies and sisters in arms as they pursue the justice that would otherwise elude them in one of the most acclaimed, highly anticipated thrillers of the year.
 
 
     


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 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.
1/2
2 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.
3/23
3 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.
4/36
4 Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune- Debut
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700
The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story—of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention.
/1
5 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.
2/2
6 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.
5/2
7 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.
7/26
8 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.
8/3
9 The Book of (More) Delights: Essays- Debut
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.
/1
10 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.
6/2
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.
11/82
12 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell- Debut
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.
/1
13 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525657323
This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost. The #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2023.
10/13
14 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.
9/59
15 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
Radiant with Mackesy's warmth and gentle wit, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse blends hand-written narrative with dozens of drawings.
14/177
ON THE RISE
16 Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Michael Harriot, Dey Street Books, $32.50, 9780358439165
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.
 
 
     


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 No Plan B
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577
4/12
2 The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916
2/5
3 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
1/377
4 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972
3/5
5 Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
6/13
6 Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909
8/7
7 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
/97
8 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
5/201
9 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
/122
10 The Wish
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538728635
7/2
 
     


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 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 The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810
 
3 Dogtown- Debut
Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608
 
4 Cat on the Run in Cat of Death!
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825
 
5 From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153
 
6 Mexikid
Pedro Martín, Dial Books, $14.99, 9780593462294
 
7 A Horse Named Sky
Rosanne Parry, Kirbi Fagan (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062995957
 
8 Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
 
9 Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
 
10 Ghost Book
Remy Lai, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $14.99, 9781250810434
 
11 The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
 
12 96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More!- Debut
Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933
 
13 Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
 
14 Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods
Grace Lin, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $24.99, 9780316486002
 
15 Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
 
     


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Young Adult  
1 Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
 
2 A Study in Drowning- Debut
Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506
 
3 The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114
 
4 This Winter
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338885132
 
5 Nimona
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227
 
6 If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
 
7 Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636
 
8 Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
 
9 We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
10 Solitaire
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338863420
 
11 Foxglove
Adalyn Grace, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316162500
 
12 Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh
Rachael Lippincott, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665937535
 
13 House of Marionne
J. Elle, Razorbill, $19.99, 9780593527702
 
14 Legendborn (Indies Introduce)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
 
15 A Thousand Boy Kisses- Debut
Tillie Cole, Bloom Books, $12.99, 9781728297088
 
 
     


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 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 Boo! Bluey's Halloween
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540
 
3 Just Because
Matthew McConaughey, Renée Kurilla (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593622032 
 
4 Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
5 Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
 
6 Peekaboo: Pumpkin
Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813
 
7 Eek! Halloween!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925143
 
8 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
9 Little Blue Truck's Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544772533
 
10 Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire- Debut
Flavia Z. Drago, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536233322
 
11 Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368059589
 
12 Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $10.99, 9780593486955
 
13 Spooky Pookie
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781481497671
 
14 Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
 
15 Bluey: Sleepytime
Joe Brumm, Penguin Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593659588
 
 
     


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Series  
1 Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2 Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
3 I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Álvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic
 
4 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
5 Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
 
6 The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 
7 Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
 
8 The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
9 The Inheritance Games (hardcover and paperback)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
 
10 Hooky (hardcover and paperback)
Míriam Bonastre Tur, Clarion Books
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023

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

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

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

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

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

21 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

35 Bunny
Mona Awad, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525559757

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

37 The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
Breanne Randall, Alcove Press, $18.99, 9781639105731

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

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

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

41 Bliss Montage: Stories
Ling Ma, Picador, $17.00, 9781250893543

42 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038

43 The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064

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

45 Cleat Cute
Meryl Wilsner, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.00, 9781250873309

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

47 Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $20.00, 9781668002193

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

49 The Enigma of Room 622
Joël Dicker, HarperVia, $19.99, 9780063098824

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023

16 Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433

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

18 Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Rachel Aviv, Picador, $18.00, 9781250872913

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33 Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $20.00, 9780374533557

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

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

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

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

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

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

40 The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
Buzz Bissinger, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780062879936

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

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

43 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

44 Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2022
Margaret Atwood, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593314074

45 The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $18.95, 9781572245372

46 How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials #9)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781952692178

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

48 In the Dream House: A Memoir
Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $18.00, 9781644450383

49 Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Oregon State University Press, $18.95, 9780870714993

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33 Nineteen Steps
Millie Bobby Brown, William Morrow, $28.99, 9780063335776

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

35 Chenneville
Paulette Jiles, William Morrow, $30.00, 9780063252684

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

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

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 The Wolves of Eternity
Karl Ove Knausgaard, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780593490839

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

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

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

44 Black Sheep
Rachel Harrison, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593545850

45 The September House
Carissa Orlando, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593548615

46 The Breakaway
Jennifer Weiner, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781668033425

47 Amazing Grace Adams
Fran Littlewood, Henry Holt and Co., $27.99, 9781250857019

48 The Bee Sting
Paul Murray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374600303

49 Somebody's Fool
Richard Russo, Knopf, $29.00, 9780593317891

50 Family Lore
Elizabeth Acevedo, Ecco, $30.00, 9780063207264

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28 Up Home: One Girl's Journey
Ruth J. Simmons, Random House, $27.00, 9780593446003

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

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

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

32 50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution
Katherine Spillar (Ed.), Knopf, $50.00, 9780593321560

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

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

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

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

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

38 Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s
Gary Gulman, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250777065

39 The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
Mustafa Suleyman, Crown, $32.50, 9780593593950

40 Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours
Adeena Sussman, Avery, $35.00, 9780593327777

41 Blueberries for Sal Cookbook: Sweet Recipes Inspired by the Beloved Children's Classic
Robert McCloskey, Clarkson Potter, $14.00, 9780593580400

42 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

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

44 Talking to My Angels
Melissa Etheridge, Harper Wave, $30.00, 9780063257450

45 Made in Taiwan: Recipes and Stories from the Island Nation (A Cookbook)
Clarissa Wei, S&S/Simon Element, $40.00, 9781982198978

46 Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
Bettina L. Love, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250280381

47 Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
Claire Dederer, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525655114

48 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

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

50 Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk
Billy Walters, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781668032855

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023

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

12 The Judge's List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357

20 The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28 Fear No Evil
James Patterson, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752906

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

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

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

32 The Perfect Assassin
James Patterson, Brian Sitts, Grand Central Publishing, $9.99, 9781538721865

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

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

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

36 Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743664

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

38 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686

39 Tom Clancy Zero Hour
Don Bentley, Berkley, $9.99, 9780593422748

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

47 Call of Duty
Jeff Rovin, St. Martin's Paperbacks, $9.99, 9781250782885

48 The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553588941

49 The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062459367

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

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