Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for March 19, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 16, 2025
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| Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Martyr! Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593685778 A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction. |
2/11 |
| 2 |
Funny Story Emily Henry, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593441213 Emily Henry's shimmering, joyful novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common. |
1/3 |
| 3 |
The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593312070 A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history. |
3/19 |
| 4 |
Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros. |
6/26 |
| 5 |
Parable of the Sower Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182 A post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the bestselling author of Kindred. |
5/31 |
| 6 |
Deep End Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20.00, 9780593550441 A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance by the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis. |
4/6 |
| 7 |
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. |
8/29 |
| 8 |
Orbital Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802163622 Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in 24 hours. Winner of the Booker Prize 2024. |
7/18 |
| 9 |
The Handmaid's Tale Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18.00, 9780525435006 Atwood's funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing novel is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and literary tour de force. Now a Hulu series. |
11/96 |
| 10 |
North Woods Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18.00, 9780593597040 When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. |
12/24 |
| 11 |
The Crash Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227325 A new psychological thriller from bestselling author Freida McFadden! The nightmare she's running from is nothing compared to where she's headed. |
9/7 |
| 12 |
I Who Have Never Known Men Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600 Ursula K. LeGuin meets The Road in a post-apocalyptic modern classic of female friendship and intimacy. |
15/2 |
| 13 |
The Unworthy Agustina Bazterrica, Scribner, $18.99, 9781668051887 A thrilling work of literary horror about a woman cloistered in a secretive, violent religious order, while outside the world has fallen into chaos. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
10/2 |
| 14 |
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. |
13/35 |
| 15 |
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. |
14/131 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 16 |
Story of My Life (Deluxe Edition) Lucy Score, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781728297057 The first in an all-new laugh-out-loud romance series from New York Times bestselling author Lucy Score. |
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for March 19, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 16, 2025
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| Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12.00, 9780804190114 Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the 20th century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. |
1/106 |
| 2 |
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490 The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by David Grann, one of our greatest nonfiction writers. |
2/3 |
| 3 |
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781571313560 Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. |
3/275 |
| 4 |
The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan, Knopf, $36.00, 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. |
4/44 |
| 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. |
5/176 |
| 6 |
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution Cat Bohannon, Vintage, $20.00, 9780345806208 Eve is not only a sweeping revision of human history, it's an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long. |
7/3 |
| 7 |
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. |
6/38 |
| 8 |
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741 van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing. |
9/233 |
| 9 |
The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20.00, 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. |
10/24 |
| 10 |
A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever- Debut Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781797232751 Even the author's previous bird takedown guides are no preparation for this hilariously harrowing collection of squawking, conceited, trash-eating, and even murderous idiots. The horror. The horror. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
/1 |
| 11 |
On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder, Nora Krug (Illus.), Ten Speed Graphic, $16.99, 9781984859150 A graphic edition of historian Timothy Snyder's bestselling book of lessons for surviving and resisting America's arc toward authoritarianism, featuring the visual storytelling talents of renowned illustrator Nora Krug. |
/13 |
| 12 |
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. |
15/73 |
| 13 |
A People's History of the United States Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $22.99, 9780062397348 Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of—and in the words of—America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. |
/5 |
| 14 |
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593652985 A vital and urgent call to action about the precarious state of American democracy, charting its historical challenges and current threats, from one of our era's most important and insightful historians, with a new afterword by the author. |
12/20 |
| 15 |
Poverty, by America Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20.00, 9780593239933 Elegantly written and fiercely argued, this compassionate book gives us new ways of thinking about a morally urgent problem. It also helps us imagine solutions. Desmond builds a startlingly original and ambitious case for ending poverty. |
8/21 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for March 19, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 16, 2025
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| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
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. |
1/52 |
| 2 |
Dream Count Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593802724 A searing, exquisite new novel by the bestselling and award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists—the story of four women and their loves, longings, and desires. |
2/2 |
| 3 |
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. |
4/37 |
| 4 |
Wild Dark Shore Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951 From the bestselling author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves, a novel about a family living alone on a remote island, when a mysterious woman washes up on shore. The #1 Indie Next Pick for March 2025. |
3/2 |
| 5 |
Onyx Storm (Standard Edition) Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649377159 After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it's impossible to know who to trust. |
5/8 |
| 6 |
The Antidote- Debut Karen Russell, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593802250 A gripping dust bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
/1 |
| 7 |
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. |
6/31 |
| 8 |
Broken Country Clare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668078181 A love triangle unearths dangerous, deadly secrets from the past in this thrilling tale perfect for fans of The Paper Palace and Where the Crawdads Sing. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
9/2 |
| 9 |
Small Things Like These Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741 Keegan's landmark novel is a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2021. |
7/35 |
| 10 |
Three Days in June Anne Tyler, Knopf, $27.00, 9780593803486 Told with deep sensitivity and a tart sense of humor, full of the joys and heartbreaks of love and marriage and family life, Three Days in June is a triumph, and gives us the perennially bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer at the height of her powers. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
8/5 |
| 11 |
Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories- Debut Torrey Peters, Random House, $28.00, 9780593595640 In this collection of one novel and three stories, Torrey Peters' keen eye for the rough edges of community and desire push the limits of trans writing. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
/1 |
| 12 |
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. |
13/44 |
| 13 |
The Dream Hotel Laila Lalami, Pantheon, $29.00, 9780593317600 A riveting and utterly original novel about one woman's fight for freedom, set in a near future where even dreams are under surveillance. |
14/2 |
| 14 |
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. |
12/58 |
| 15 |
Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172 She's survived her first year at Basgiath War College for dragon riders...but the danger is just beginning in the electrifying follow-up to Fourth Wing. |
11/37 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 18 |
The Jackal's Mistress Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547642 In this Civil War love story, inspired by a real-life friendship across enemy lines, the wife of a missing Confederate soldier discovers a wounded Yankee officer and must decide what she's willing to risk for the life of a stranger. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for March 19, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 16, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366 If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn't you. The problem is the power you give to other people. This book puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands. |
1/12 |
| 2 |
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781668072240 A bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2024. |
2/17 |
| 3 |
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism- Debut Sarah Wynn-Williams, Flatiron Books, $32.99, 9781250391230 An explosive memoir charting one woman's career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them. |
/1 |
| 4 |
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593804148 From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betrays its fundamental values. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
3/3 |
| 5 |
The Tell: A Memoir- Debut Amy Griffin, The Dial Press, $29.00, 9780593731208 An astonishing memoir that explores how far we will go to protect ourselves, and the healing made possible when we face our secrets and begin to share our stories. |
/1 |
| 6 |
Raising Hare: A Memoir Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27.00, 9780593701843 A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman's unlikely friendship with a wild hare. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
5/2 |
| 7 |
How to Love Better: The Path to Deeper Connection Through Growth, Kindness, and Compassion- Debut Yung Pueblo, Harmony, $27.00, 9780593582275 The bestselling author of Lighter offers a blueprint for deepening your compassion, kindness, and gratitude so you can truly grow in harmony with another person and build stronger connections in all your relationships. |
/1 |
| 8 |
How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith Mariann Edgar Budde, Avery, $28.00, 9780593539217 An inspirational guide to the key junctures in life that, if navigated with faith and discernment, pave the way for us to become our most courageous selves, by the bishop of the famed Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C. |
4/6 |
| 9 |
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. |
7/112 |
| 10 |
Memorial Days: A Memoir Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780593653982 A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey towards peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
6/6 |
| 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. |
8/139 |
| 12 |
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 Globally loved, the little frog is the creation of Maybell Eequay and appears in this charming book of uplifting affirmations and empowering life lessons. |
14/10 |
| 13 |
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316575805 Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light. |
12/24 |
| 14 |
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593655030 From bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. |
11/42 |
| 15 |
The Message Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30.00, 9780593230381 The bestselling author of Between the World and Me travels the world to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don't—shape our realities. |
9/24 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 16 |
Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America Russell Shorto, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9780393881165 A thrilling narrative of how New York—that brash, bold, archetypal city—came to be. |
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Mass Market
Bestseller List for March 19, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 16, 2025
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935 |
1/454 |
| 2 |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
2/187 |
| 3 |
The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129 |
3/84 |
| 4 |
Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 |
5/125 |
| 5 |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 |
4/167 |
| 6 |
The Exchange John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593685600 |
6/23 |
| 7 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340 |
10/272 |
| 8 |
Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296 |
9/82 |
| 9 |
Reacher: Persuader Lee Child, Dell, $10.99, 9780593984215 |
/5 |
| 10 |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400 |
/46 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for March 19, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 16, 2025
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| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1 |
A Wolf Called Fire Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780063415133 |
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| 2 |
Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860 |
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| 3 |
A Song for You and I: A Graphic Novel K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182307 |
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| 4 |
The Lost Library Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250838834 |
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| 5 |
Besties: Prank War Kayla Miller, Sarah K. Turner (Illus.), Jeffrey Canino, Clarion Books, $15.99, 9780063285590 |
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| 6 |
Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877 |
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| 7 |
Resist: A Story of D-Day- Debut Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $9.99, 9781546179382 |
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| 8 |
The Squad: A Graphic Novel Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315 |
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| 9 |
Hatchet Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293 |
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| 10 |
Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray! Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908 |
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| 11 |
The Eyes and the Impossible Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203 |
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| 12 |
The New Girl: A Graphic Novel Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457 |
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| 13 |
Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019 |
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| 14 |
The Bletchley Riddle Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542 |
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| 15 |
Charlotte's Web E. B. White, HarperCollins, $10.99, 9780064400558 |
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Young Adult
Bestseller List for March 19, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 16, 2025
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
Our Infinite Fates (Deluxe Limited Edition) Laura Steven, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250333889 |
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| 2 |
Rebel Witch: The Crimson Moth: Book 2 Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250866929 |
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| 3 |
Powerless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884 |
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| 4 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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| 5 |
Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637 |
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| 6 |
Heartless Hunter: The Crimson Moth: Book 1 Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250866905 |
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| 7 |
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17.00, 9780593622452 |
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| 8 |
Fable for the End of the World (Deluxe Limited Edition) Ava Reid, HarperCollins, $24.99, 9780063430013 |
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| 9 |
Heavenly Tyrant Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $20.99, 9780735269989 |
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| 10 |
Nightweaver (Deluxe Limited Edition) R. M. Gray, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316583367 |
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| 11 |
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332 |
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| 12 |
The Giver Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544340688 |
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| 13 |
Betting on You Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665921244 |
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| 14 |
Under the Same Stars Libba Bray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $24.99, 9780374388942 |
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| 15 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for March 19, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 16, 2025
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 2 |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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| 3 |
Will the Pigeon Graduate? Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454960430 |
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| 4 |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 |
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| 5 |
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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| 6 |
I Am Glinda (Little Golden Book) Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884 |
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| 7 |
Shark Girl Kate Beaton, Roaring Brook Press, $18.99, 9781250184924 |
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| 8 |
Mermaids Are the Worst! Alex Willan, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665962599 |
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| 9 |
Girls on the Rise Amanda Gorman, Loveis Wise (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593624180 |
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| 10 |
Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801 |
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| 11 |
I Am Elphaba (Little Golden Book) Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896860 |
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| 12 |
The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968 |
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| 13 |
Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007 |
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| 14 |
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707 |
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| 15 |
Little Blue Truck's Springtime Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544938090 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for March 19, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 16, 2025
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| Children's Series | ||
| 1 |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 2 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams |
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| 3 |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic |
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| 4 |
The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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| 5 |
InvestiGators (hardcover) John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second |
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I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Karen De la Vega (Illus.), Scholastic |
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New Series: The Legendborn Cycle (hardcover and paperback) Tracy Deonn, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers New in Series: Oathbound (9781665951906) |
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Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback) Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Scholastic |
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The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic |
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Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending March 16, 2025
16 Story of My Life (Deluxe Edition)
Lucy Score, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781728297057
17 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063250857
18 The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
19 The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
20 Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781451673319
21 First Lie Wins
Ashley Elston, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593492932
22 Long Island
Colm Toibin, Scribner, $18.99, 9781476785127
23 Ward D
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227271
24 First-Time Caller
B. K. Borison, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593641194
25 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593466490
26 The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498
27 The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club: A Novel
Helen Simonson, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.00, 9781984801333
28 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781982179014
29 The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987
30 The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227
31 Quicksilver
Callie Hart, Forever, $21.99, 9781538774199
32 Go Luck Yourself
Sara Raasch, Bramble, $19.99, 9781250333216
33 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
34 Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433
35 Butter
Asako Yuzuki, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063236417
36 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
37 Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279087
38 Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228
39 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
40 The Fury
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250758996
41 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463
42 Scythe & Sparrow
Brynne Weaver, Zando - Slowburn, $19.00, 9781638931812
43 The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $18.00, 9781101906118
44 Good Material
Dolly Alderton, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593686959
45 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990
46 Parable of the Talents
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732199
47 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17.00, 9781501161933
48 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756
49 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
50 Wandering Stars
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593311448
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending March 16, 2025
16 Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20.00, 9780307279286
17 Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
Dean Spade, Verso, $15.95, 9781839762123
18 Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951
19 Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20.00, 9780593139158
20 The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
21 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $21.99, 9780316299220
22 All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
23 Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together
Dean Spade, Algonquin Books, $19.99, 9781643756462
24 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
25 Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal
Mohammed El-Kurd, Haymarket Books, $17.95, 9798888903155
26 Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $19.00, 9780593472682
27 Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Jonathan Blitzer, Penguin, $21.00, 9781984880826
28 Grief Is for People
Sloane Crosley, Picador, $18.00, 9781250371782
29 Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20.00, 9780593449240
30 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
31 Who's Afraid of Gender?
Judith Butler, Picador, $20.00, 9781250371911
32 Sapiens (Tenth Anniversary Edition): A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $27.99, 9780063422001
33 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
34 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
James Kaplan, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780525561026
35 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359
36 Meditations
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
37 Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes, Haymarket Books, $17.95, 9781642598278
38 Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20.00, 9781984878120
39 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338143
40 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
41 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $20.00, 9781524746742
42 Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
Kara Swisher, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982163907
43 Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088
44 How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
Jason Stanley, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $19.00, 9780525511854
45 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831
46 How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future
Maria Ressa, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780063257528
47 Mornings Without Mii
Mayumi Inaba, FSG Originals, $17.00, 9780374614782
48 Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $19.99, 9780062964663
49 Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll, Jr., Harper Select, $19.99, 9781400337040
50 Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending March 16, 2025
16 Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649374189
17 Swordheart
T. Kingfisher, Bramble, $28.99, 9781250400222
18 The Jackal's Mistress
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547642
19 Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374602635
20 Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $30.00, 9780593548981
21 The River Has Roots
Amal El-Mohtar, Tordotcom, $24.99, 9781250341082
22 Isola
Allegra Goodman, The Dial Press, $28.99, 9780593730089
23 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
24 Show Don't Tell: Stories
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28.00, 9780593446737
25 The Bones Beneath My Skin
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250890436
26 The Gate of the Feral Gods
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593955970
27 Dream State
Eric Puchner, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550666
28 Water Moon
Samantha Sotto Yambao, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593724996
29 All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798874
30 Deep Cuts: A Novel
Holly Brickley, Crown, $28.00, 9780593799086
31 We All Live Here
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9781984879325
32 Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
33 The Nightingale (Deluxe Edition)
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $35.00, 9781250370112
34 Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $29.00, 9780593500224
35 Kate & Frida
Kim Fay, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $28.00, 9780593852385
36 Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820247
37 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
38 Victorian Psycho
Virginia Feito, Liveright, $24.99, 9781631498633
39 We Do Not Part
Han Kang, e. yaewon (Transl.), Paige Aniyah Morris (Transl.), Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593595459
40 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236210
41 We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25.00, 9780593818749
42 The Ragpicker King
Cassandra Clare, Del Rey, $32.00, 9780525620020
43 All the Other Mothers Hate Me
Sarah Harman, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $29.00, 9780593851463
44 Good Dirt
Charmaine Wilkerson, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593358368
45 Beautiful Ugly
Alice Feeney, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250337788
46 Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30.00, 9780593446096
47 The Blanket Cats
Kiyoshi Shigematsu, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $28.00, 9780593852699
48 Black Woods, Blue Sky
Eowyn Ivey, Random House, $29.00, 9780593231029
49 Battle Mountain
C.J. Box, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $32.00, 9780593851050
50 The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668045145
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending March 16, 2025
16 Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
Russell Shorto, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9780393881165
17 I'll Have What She's Having
Chelsea Handler, The Dial Press, $32.00, 9780593596579
18 On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer
Rick Steves, Rick Steves, $30.00, 9781641716437
19 The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
Chris Hayes, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593653111
20 Care and Feeding: A Memoir
Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $28.99, 9780063327603
21 The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir
Neko Case, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538710500
22 Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning
Peter Beinart, Knopf, $26.00, 9780593803899
23 On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32.00, 9780593728727
24 Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses
Peter Wolf, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316571708
25 The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35.00, 9780385348744
26 Jane Austen's Bookshelf: A Rare Book Collector's Quest to Find the Women Writers Who Shaped a Legend
Rebecca Romney, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $29.99, 9781982190248
27 Source Code: My Beginnings
Bill Gates, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593801581
28 Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35.00, 9780593734223
29 Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34.00, 9780593799895
30 CABIN: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
Patrick Hutchison, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250285706
31 The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage
Richard Rohr, Convergent Books, $27.00, 9780593735817
32 Make Magic: The Book of Inspiration You Didn't Know You Needed
Brad Meltzer, William Morrow, $14.99, 9780063440715
33 On Air: The Triumph and Tumult of NPR
Steve Oney, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781451656091
34 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
35 Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live
Susan Morrison, Random House, $36.00, 9780812988871
36 We Need Your Art: Stop Messing Around and Make Something
Amie McNee, Penguin Life, $30.00, 9780593833001
37 The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385544764
38 Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00, 9780374611996
39 Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $27.00, 9780385549936
40 Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful
David Enrich, Mariner Books, $32.99, 9780063372900
41 Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
Imani Perry, Ecco, $28.99, 9780062977397
42 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461
43 A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $34.00, 9781501183058
44 Paper Doll: Notes from a Late Bloomer
Dylan Mulvaney, Abrams Image, $28.00, 9781419770395
45 Notorious: Portraits of Stars from Hollywood, Culture, Fashion, and Tech
Maureen Dowd, Harper, $32.50, 9780063392229
46 Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Harry N. Abrams, $28.00, 9781419777295
47 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598
48 The Dog Who Followed the Moon
James Norbury, William Morrow, $25.00, 9780063420717
49 The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Sharon McMahon, Thesis, $32.00, 9780593541678
50 Medieval Cats: Claws, Paws, and Kitties of Yore
Catherine Nappington, Ten Speed Press, $15.99, 9780593837504
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending March 16, 2025
11 Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874
12 Resurrection Walk
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $10.99, 9781538767146
13 Cross Down
James Patterson, Brendan DuBois, Little, Brown and Company, $10.99, 9781538710739
14 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
15 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
16 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
17 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
18 Simply Lies
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538750605
19 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
20 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
21 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
22 It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $10.99, 9780451465641
23 The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572
24 Exiles
Jane Harper, Flatiron Books, $10.99, 9781250378040
25 The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626
26 The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688
27 Shattered
James Patterson, James O. Born, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752968
28 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
29 Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765360038
30 The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657
31 Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
32 Clive Cussler The Corsican Shadow
Dirk Cussler, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $10.99, 9780593544198
33 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309
34 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293
35 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
36 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10.00, 9780553293357
37 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
38 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
39 Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553208849
40 The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
41 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
42 Elantris
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765350374
43 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
44 Only the Brave
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9780593498453
45 Mort
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225719
46 The Long Walk
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668052013
47 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $10.99, 9780063221086
48 God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
49 Thinner
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668084274
50 The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka, Bantam Classics, $6.95, 9780553213690