May 19, 2021

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. People We Meet on Vacation- Debut
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806758
Henry's sparkling new novel will leave you with the warm, hazy afterglow usually reserved for the best vacations. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
/1
2. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624
Miller's monumental debut novel is an action-packed adventure and epic love story that brilliantly re-imagines Homer's enduring masterwork, The Iliad.
2/37
3. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18.00, 9780735219106
Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder.
1/7
4. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 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.
3/57
5. 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.
5/2
6. Such a Fun Age
Kiley Reid, Putnam, $17.00, 9780525541912
Reid's debut novel is a page-turning and big-hearted story about race and privilege, set around a young Black babysitter, her well-intentioned employer, and a surprising connection that threatens to undo them both.
4/4
7. The Rose Code
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $17.99, 9780062943477
A breathtaking World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over. A March 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
6/10
8. Squeeze Me- Debut
Carl Hiaasen, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9780525435280
A hilarious novel of social and political intrigue, set against the glittering backdrop of Florida's gold coast.
/1
9. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $17.00, 9780399562495
Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking novel of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond.
8/2
10. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780062963680
Patchett's moving novel explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go.
7/19
11. The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
Klune's novel is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place.
9/18
12. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world.
13/110
13. Deacon King Kong
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780735216730
National Book Award-winner McBride's wise and witty novel about what happens to the witnesses of a shooting.
10/15
14. The Book of Longings
Sue Monk Kidd, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143111399
An inspiring, unforgettable novel of one woman's bold struggle to realize the passion and potential inside her, while living in a time, place, and culture devised to silence her.
15/8
15. The Woman with the Blue Star
Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $17.99, 9780778389385
A riveting tale of courage and unlikely friendship during World War II.
12/2


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18.00, 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.
1/75
2. Minor Feelings
Cathy Park Hong, One World, $18.00, 9781984820389
A radically honest work of art, Minor Feelings forms a portrait of one Asian American psyche--and of a writer's search to both uncover and speak the truth.
3/11
3. Nomadland
Jessica Bruder, Norton, $16.95, 9780393356311
Bruder tells a compelling, eye-opening tale of the underbelly of the American economy. At the same time she celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of quintessential Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive. Now a major motion picture.
2/12
4. Entangled Life
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321
In Entangled Life, biologist Merlin Sheldrake shows us the world from a fungal point of view, providing an exhilarating change of perspective.
6/5
5. The Body Keeps the Score
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.
5/33
6. The Body
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $17.00, 9780804172721
Bryson takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody.
7/16
7. Hood Feminism
Mikki Kendall, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525560562
A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in Black feminism.
8/12
8. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in traditional Toltec beliefs.
11/123
9. The Bird Way
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223035
A radical investigation into the bird way of being, and the recent scientific research that is dramatically shifting our understanding of birds--how they live and how they think.
12/2
10. Why Fish Don't Exist
Lulu Miller, S&S, $17.00, 9781501160349
Part biography, part memoir, part scientific adventure, Why Fish Don't Exist is a wondrous fable about how to persevere in a world where chaos will always prevail.
/5
11. Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide- Debut
Karen Kilgariff, Georgia Hardstark, Forge Books, $18.99, 9781250759221
The voices behind the hit podcast My Favorite Murder irreverently recount their biggest mistakes and deepest fears, reflecting on the formative life events that shaped them into two of the most followed voices in the nation.
/1
12. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
A groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be human.
/144
13. Hidden Valley Road
Robert Kolker, Anchor, $17.00, 9780525562641
The heartrending story of a mid-century American family with twelve children--six of them diagnosed with schizophrenia--that became science's great hope in the quest to understand the disease.
10/11
14. The Color of Law
Richard Rothstein, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631494536
Rothstein's powerful book describes how the American government systematically imposed residential segregation.
/44
15. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $18.99, 9781524763145
Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations--and whose story inspires us to do the same.
4/10


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Hill We Climb
Amanda Gorman, Viking, $15.99, 9780593465271
Amanda Gorman's powerful and historic poem, read at President Joe Biden's inauguration, now available as a collectible gift edition.
1/7
2. While Justice Sleeps- Debut
Stacey Abrams, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385546577
Abrams' novel is a gripping, complexly plotted thriller set within the halls of the U.S. Supreme Court. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
/1
3. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780593135204
In Weir's latest, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
2/2
4. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Viking, $26.00, 9780525559474
Haig's latest is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived.
3/28
5. Klara and the Sun
Kazuo Ishiguro, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593318171
Ishiguro's new novel offers a look at our changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator, and one that explores the fundamental question: What does it mean to love? A March 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/11
6. Great Circle
Maggie Shipstead, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656975
An unforgettable novel about a daredevil female aviator determined to chart her own course in life at any cost. The #1 Indie Next Pick for May 2021.
5/2
7. Whereabouts
Jhumpa Lahiri, Knopf, $24.00, 9780593318317
A marvelous new novel about a woman questioning her place in the world, wavering between stasis and movement, between the need to belong and the refusal to form lasting ties.
7/3
8. Sooley
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385547680
John Grisham takes you to a different kind of court in his first basketball novel. Samuel "Sooley" Sooleymon is a raw, young talent with big hoop dreams--and even bigger challenges off the court.
8/3
9. The Four Winds
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250178602
Hannah's new novel is an American epic about love and heroism and hope, set during the Great Depression, when millions were out of work and even the land seemed to have turned against them. A February 2021 Indie Next List Great Read.
6/15
10. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S, $27.00, 9781501171345
A gripping mystery about a woman who thinks she's found the love of her life--until he disappears. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
9/2
11. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V.E. Schwab, Tor, $26.99, 9780765387561
France, 1714: In a moment of desperation, a young woman makes a Faustian bargain to live forever--and is cursed to be forgotten by everyone she meets. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for October 2020.
10/32
12. The Vanishing Half
Brit Bennett, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525536291
Bennett's beautiful new novel about twin sisters, inseparable as children, who ultimately choose to live in two very different worlds, one Black and one white. A June 2020 Indie Next List Great Read.
12/50
13. That Summer- Debut
Jennifer Weiner, Atria, $28.00, 9781501133541
A deliciously twisty novel of intrigue, secrets, and the transformative power of female friendship.
/1
14. Hour of the Witch
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385542432
A twisting, tightly plotted novel of historical suspense, Hour of the Witch is a timely and terrifying story of socially sanctioned brutality and the original American witch hunt.
11/2
15. When the Stars Go Dark
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780593237892
McLain's propulsive and deeply affecting new novel is an April 2021 Indie Next List Pick.
13/5


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Premonition
Michael Lewis, Norton, $30.00, 9780393881554
Michael Lewis's taut nonfiction thriller pits a band of medical visionaries against what was the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of COVID-19.
1/2
2. Finding the Mother Tree
Suzanne Simard, Knopf, $28.95, 9780525656098
Simard brings us into the intimate world of trees to illuminate fascinating and vital truths—that trees are not simply the source of timber or pulp, but are a complicated, interdependent circle of life.
2/2
3. Crying in H Mart
Michelle Zauner, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657743
From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast fame, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. A May 2021 Indie Next Pick.
3/4
4. 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.
4/63
5. The Bomber Mafia
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown, $27.00, 9780316296618
Gladwell weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history.
6/3
6. Caste
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $32.00, 9780593230251
Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today.
7/41
7. Yearbook- Debut
Seth Rogen, Crown, $28.00, 9781984825407
A collection of funny personal essays from the popular actor, writer, producer, and director.
/1
8. Untamed
Glennon Doyle, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9781984801258
In Doyle's most revealing and powerful memoir yet, she explores the joy and peace we discover when we stop striving to meet the expectations of the world, and start trusting the voice deep within us.
9/62
9. Persist
Elizabeth Warren, Metropolitan Books, $27.99, 9781250799241
The inspiring, influential senator mixes vivid personal stories with a passionate plea for political transformation.
5/2
10. What Happened to You?
Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry, Flatiron Books: An Oprah Book, $28.99, 9781250223180
Our earliest experiences shape our lives far down the road, and What Happened to You? provides powerful scientific and emotional insights into the behavioral patterns so many of us struggle to understand.
10/3
11. The Code Breaker
Walter Isaacson, S&S, $35.00, 9781982115852
Isaacson's gripping account of how Nobel Prize winner Jennifer Doudna and her colleagues launched a revolution that will allow us to cure diseases, fend off viruses, and have healthier babies.
11/10
12. The Secret to Superhuman Strength
Alison Bechdel, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $24.00, 9780544387652
A profoundly affecting graphic memoir of Bechdel's lifelong love affair with exercise, set against a hilarious chronicle of fitness fads in our times.
13/2
13. Facing the Mountain: A True Story of Japanese American Heroes in World War II- Debut
Daniel James Brown, Viking, $30.00, 9780525557401
Brown's book is a gripping World War II saga of patriotism highlighting the contributions and sacrifices that Japanese immigrants and their American-born children made for the sake of the nation.
/1
14. World Travel
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $35.00, 9780062802798
A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain.
8/4
15. Notes on Grief- Debut
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $16.00, 9780593320808
By the bestselling author of We Should All Be Feminists, a timely and deeply personal account of the loss of her father.
/1


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
1/78
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
2/254
3. The Sentinel
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818485
4/2
4. Bridgerton: The Duke and I
Julia Quinn, Avon, $9.99, 9780063078697
3/20
5. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
5/39
6. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279
/15
7. Bridgerton: Romancing Mister Bridgerton
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353689
/12
8. Bridgerton: The Viscount Who Loved Me
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353641
6/18
9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
/22
10. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
/29


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $14.99, 9781419756979
 
2. Stamped (For Kids): Racism, Antiracism, and You- Debut
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $15.99, 9780316167581
 
3. Cat Kid Comic Club
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338712766
 
4. Allergic
Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338568905
 
5. When Stars Are Scattered
Victoria Jamieson, Omar Mohamed, Dial Books, $12.99, 9780525553908
 
6. Forge Your Dragon World: A Wings of Fire Creative Guide- Debut
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338634778
 
7. New Kid
Jerry Craft, Harper, $12.99, 9780062691194
 
8. Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Adventure
Jeff Kinney, Amulet, $14.99, 9781419749094
 
9. Twins
Varian Johnson, Shannon Wright (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338236132
 
10. When You Trap a Tiger
Tae Keller, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9781524715700
 
11. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
12. Class Act
Jerry Craft, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062885500
 
13. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780062991317
 
14. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
 
15. The Last Fallen Star
Graci Kim, Rick Riordan Presents, $16.99, 9781368059633
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
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  Young Adult  
1. Realm Breaker
Victoria Aveyard, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780062872623
 
2. They Both Die at the End
Adam Silvera, Quill Tree Books, $12.99, 9780062457806
 
3. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
 
4. Firekeeper's Daughter
Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co., $18.99, 9781250766564
 
5. Legendborn (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $18.99, 9781534441606
 
6. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
7. Last Night at the Telegraph Club
Malinda Lo, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780525555254
 
8. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
9. Concrete Rose
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $19.99, 9780062846716
 
10. Yolk
Mary H.K. Choi, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781534446007
 
11. The Ones We're Meant to Find
Joan He, Roaring Brook Press, $18.99, 9781250258564
 
12. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You
Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316453691
 
13. Cemetery Boys (An Indies Introduce Title)
Aiden Thomas, Swoon Reads, $17.99, 9781250250469
 
14. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
15. The Magic Fish
Trung Le Nguyen, Random House Graphic, $16.99, 9781984851598
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. Peace Train- Debut
Cat Stevens, Peter H. Reynolds (Illus.), Harper, $18.99, 9780063053991
 
2. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House, $18.99, 9780679805274
 
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
4. We Are Water Protectors
Carole Lindstrom, Michaela Goade (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $17.99, 9781250203557
 
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399226908
 
6. Itty-Bitty Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Abrams, $18.99, 9781419750915
 
7. The Rock from the Sky
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536215625
 
8. Jungle Night
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $7.95, 9781523513604
 
9. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $19.95, 9780060254926
 
10. The Bruce Swap
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney-Hyperion, $17.99, 9781368028561
 
11. Eyes That Kiss in the Corners
Joanna Ho, Dung Ho (Illus.), Harper, $17.99, 9780062915627
 
12. Pat the Bunny
Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007
 
13. The Octopus Escapes- Debut
Maile Meloy, Felicita Sala (Illus.), G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9781984812698
 
14. Antiracist Baby
Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky (Illus.), Kokila, $8.99, 9780593110508
 
15. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin, Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
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  Children's Series  
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2. Shadow and Bone (hardcover and paperback)
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR
 
3. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
5. Six of Crows (hardcover and paperback)
Leigh Bardugo, Henry Holt and Co. BYR
 
6. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
7. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
8. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
 
9. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
10. FunJungle (hardcover and paperback)
Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
New in Series: Bear Bottom (9781534479463)
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021

16. Interior Chinatown
Charles Yu, Vintage, $16.00, 9780307948472

17. The Bookshop of Second Chances
Jackie Fraser, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780593355657

18. The Night Watchman
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18.00, 9780062671196

19. A Long Petal of the Sea
Isabel Allende, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780593157497

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

21. One by One
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.99, 9781501188824

22. A Deadly Education
Naomi Novik, Del Rey, $17.00, 9780593128503

23. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802124944

24. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501173219

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

26. Monogamy
Sue Miller, Harper Perennial, $17.00, 9780062969668

27. Writers & Lovers
Lily King, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148544

28. Big Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501133527

29. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263

30. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781984822185

31. Beach Read
Emily Henry, Berkley, $16.00, 9781984806734

32. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400

33. Shuggie Bain
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148506

34. Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538732182

35. The Mirror & the Light
Hilary Mantel, Picador, $18.00, 9781250182494

36. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $18.00, 9780143110439

37. Later
Stephen King, Hard Case Crime, $14.95, 9781789096491

38. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Vintage, $16.95, 9781101971062

39. A Children's Bible
Lydia Millet, Norton, $15.95, 9780393867381

40. All Adults Here
Emma Straub, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9781594634703

41. The Glass Hotel
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525562948

42. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18.00, 9780441013593

43. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933

44. The Henna Artist
Alka Joshi, Mira, $17.99, 9780778331476

45. The Most Fun We Ever Had
Claire Lombardo, Anchor, $16.95, 9780525564232

46. Home Body
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $16.99, 9781449486808

47. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781455563920

48. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $15.95, 9780345804341

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

50. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.00, 9781635575569

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021

16. The New York Times Cooking No-Recipe Recipes
Sam Sifton, Ten Speed Press, $28.00, 9781984858474

17. My Grandmother's Hands
Resmaa Menakem, Central Recovery Press, $17.95, 9781942094470

18. The Warmth of Other Suns
Isabel Wilkerson, Vintage, $17.95, 9780679763888

19. We Do This 'til We Free Us
Mariame Kaba, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9781642595253

20. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, One World, $18.00, 9780399588198

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

22. The Undocumented Americans
Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, One World, $17.00, 9780399592706

23. How to Do Nothing
Jenny Odell, Melville House, $17.99, 9781612198552

24. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Anchor, $16.95, 9780307279286

25. All About Love
bell hooks, Morrow, $15.99, 9780060959470

26. The End of Everything
Katie Mack, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982103552

27. In the Dream House
Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $16.00, 9781644450383

28. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415

29. Press Reset
Jason Schreier, Grand Central, $17.99, 9781538735497

30. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155

31. Why We Swim
Bonnie Tsui, Algonquin Books, $16.95, 9781643751375

32. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, New Press, $18.99, 9781620971932

33. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, One World, $17.00, 9780593133934

34. Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
Lauren Hough, Vintage, $16.95, 9780593080764

35. Know My Name
Chanel Miller, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735223721

36. The Body Is Not an Apology
Sonya Renee Taylor, Berrett-Koehler, $18.95, 9781523090990

37. A Woman of No Importance
Sonia Purnell, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225312

38. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $18.00, 9780374533557

39. The Artist's Way
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $17.00, 9780143129257

40. The Inner Life of Animals
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $16.95, 9781771648028

41. Until the End of Time
Brian Greene, Vintage, $17.95, 9780525432173

42. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510567

43. An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807057834

44. Burnout
PhD Nagoski, Emily, DMA Nagoski, Amelia, Ballantine, $17.00, 9781984818324

45. Dirt
Bill Buford, Vintage, $17.00, 9780307455802

46. How Iceland Changed the World
Egill Bjarnason, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143135883

47. The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle, New World Library, $17.00, 9781577314806

48. Freedom Is a Constant Struggle
Angela Y. Davis, Haymarket Books, $15.95, 9781608465644

49. On Tyranny
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $9.99, 9780804190114

50. Wow, No Thank You.
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $15.95, 9780525563488

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021

16. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525657606

17. The Devil May Dance
Jake Tapper, Little, Brown, $28.00, 9780316530231

18. The Plot
Jean Hanff Korelitz, Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250790767

19. The Lost Apothecary
Sarah Penner, Park Row, $27.99, 9780778311010

20. First Person Singular
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593318072

21. Mary Jane
Jessica Anya Blau, Custom House, $27.99, 9780063052291

22. Ariadne
Jennifer Saint, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250773586

23. Anxious People
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $28.00, 9781501160837

24. Second Place
Rachel Cusk, FSG, $25.00, 9780374279226

25. A Master of Djinn
P. Djèlí Clark, Tordotcom, $27.99, 9781250267689

26. Sorrowland
Rivers Solomon, MCD, $27.00, 9780374266776

27. The Paris Library
Janet Skeslien Charles, Atria, $28.00, 9781982134198

28. A Gambling Man
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538719671

29. China
Edward Rutherfurd, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385538930

30. Olympus, Texas
Stacey Swann, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385545211

31. Good Company
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $27.99, 9780062876003

32. Detransition, Baby
Torrey Peters, One World, $27.00, 9780593133378

33. The Dictionary of Lost Words
Pip Williams, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780593160190

34. The Newcomer
Mary Kay Andrews, St. Martin's, $28.99, 9781250256966

35. Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.00, 9781635575637

36. Northern Spy
Flynn Berry, Viking, $26.00, 9780735224995

37. The Summer of Lost and Found
Mary Alice Monroe, Gallery, $28.00, 9781982148348

38. Early Morning Riser
Katherine Heiny, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525659341

39. Mexican Gothic
Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Del Rey, $27.00, 9780525620785

40. Libertie
Kaitlyn Greenidge, Algonquin Books, $26.95, 9781616207014

41. The Committed
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $27.00, 9780802157065

42. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023

43. The Guest List
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $27.99, 9780062868930

44. The Music of Bees
Eileen Garvin, Dutton, $26.00, 9780593183922

45. What Comes After
JoAnne Tompkins, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593085998

46. Of Women and Salt
Gabriela Garcia, Flatiron Books, $26.99, 9781250776686

47. We Begin at the End
Chris Whitaker, Holt, $27.99, 9781250759665

48. American Dirt
Jeanine Cummins, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250209764

49. The Man Who Lived Underground
Richard Wright, Library of America, $22.95, 9781598536768

50. Ocean Prey
John Sandford, Putnam, $29.00, 9780593087022

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021

16. Empire of Pain
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $32.50, 9780385545686

17. Dusk, Night, Dawn
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593189696

18. You Are Your Best Thing
Tarana Burke, Brené Brown (Eds.), Random House, $27.00, 9780593243626

19. Killing the Mob
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, St. Martin's, $30.00, 9781250273659

20. On Juneteenth
Annette Gordon-Reed, Liveright, $15.95, 9781631498831

21. The Sum of Us
Heather McGhee, One World, $28.00, 9780525509561

22. Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $30.00, 9780593139134

23. The Hummingbirds' Gift
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $20.00, 9781982176082

24. Broken Horses
Brandi Carlile, Crown, $28.00, 9780593237243

25. Cook This Book
Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $32.50, 9780593138274

26. Think Again
Adam Grant, Viking, $28.00, 9781984878106

27. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
George Saunders, Random House, $28.00, 9781984856029

28. Madhouse at the End of the Earth
Julian Sancton, Crown, $30.00, 9781984824332

29. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Deluxe (Yellow) Edition
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $24.99, 9780063142787

30. Breath
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780735213616

31. Brat
Andrew McCarthy, Grand Central , $28.00, 9781538754276

32. Broken (in the best possible way)
Jenny Lawson, Holt, $27.99, 9781250077035

33. Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie
Lisa Napoli, Abrams, $28.00, 9781419750403

34. Goodbye, Again
Jonny Sun, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780062880857

35. The Heartbeat of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $26.95, 9781771646895

36. A Promised Land
Barack Obama, Crown, $45.00, 9781524763169

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

38. The Splendid and the Vile
Erik Larson, Crown, $32.00, 9780385348713

39. What It's Like to Be a Bird
David Allen Sibley, Knopf, $35.00, 9780307957894

40. Finding Freedom
Erin French, Celadon Books, $28.00, 9781250312341

41. Nine Nasty Words
John McWhorter, Avery, $24.00, 9780593188798

42. The Wreckage of My Presence
Casey Wilson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062960580

43. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288

44. Everyone's Table
Gregory Gourdet, JJ Goode, Harper Wave, $37.50, 9780062984517

45. Nothing Personal
James Baldwin, Beacon Press, $18.00, 9780807006429

46. Madam Speaker
Susan Page, Twelve, $32.50, 9781538750698

47. Billie Eilish
Billie Eilish, Grand Central, $35.00, 9781538720479

48. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $35.00, 9781571311771

49. Out of Many, One
George W. Bush, Crown, $38.00, 9780593136966

50. The Women of the Bible Speak
Shannon Bream, Broadside Books, $25.99, 9780063046597

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021

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

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

13. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $11.00, 9780399501487

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

15. Bridgerton: To Sir Phillip, With Love
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353733

16. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874

17. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233

18. The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345350688

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

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

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

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

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

24. Bridgerton: When He Was Wicked
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353788

25. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062073488

26. Neuromancer
William Gibson, Ace, $8.99, 9780441569595

27. Bridgerton: An Offer From a Gentleman
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353658

28. Camino Winds
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780593157770

29. Bridgerton: It's in His Kiss
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353795

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

31. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $8.99, 9781250318541

32. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $7.99, 9780553293357

33. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $12.00, 9780140177398

34. The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672

35. God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257

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

37. Near Dark
Brad Thor, Pocket, $9.99, 9781982104078

38. Bridgerton: On the Way to the Wedding
Julia Quinn, Avon, $8.99, 9780062353818

39. Mythology
Edith Hamilton, Grand Central, $10.00, 9780446574754

40. The Dry
Jane Harper, Flatiron Books, $9.99, 9781250778574

41. The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345325815

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

43. Rich Dad Poor Dad
Robert T. Kiyosaki, Plata Publishing, $8.99, 9781612680194

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

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

46. The Once and Future King
T.H. White, Ace, $9.99, 9780441627400

47. The Dispossessed
Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Voyager, $8.99, 9780061054884

48. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $7.99, 9781250068736

49. Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098240

50. Neverwhere
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062476371

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