Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for March 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 23, 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. |
1/12 |
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. |
2/4 |
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. |
3/20 |
4 |
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. |
5/32 |
5 |
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. |
7/30 |
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. |
6/7 |
7 |
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. |
8/19 |
8 |
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. |
4/27 |
9 |
The Strawberry Patch Pancake House- Debut Laurie Gilmore, HarperCollins, $18.99, 9780008713348 Fall in love with the brand new spring romance set in Dream Harbor, from the bestselling author of The Pumpkin Spice Café. |
/1 |
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. |
10/25 |
11 |
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. |
12/3 |
12 |
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. |
9/97 |
13 |
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. |
11/8 |
14 |
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. |
15/132 |
15 |
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. |
14/36 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for March 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 23, 2025
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Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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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. |
1/107 |
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. |
2/4 |
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. |
3/276 |
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. |
4/45 |
5 |
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. |
7/39 |
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. |
5/177 |
7 |
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. |
6/4 |
8 |
A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever 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. |
10/2 |
9 |
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. |
8/234 |
10 |
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. |
9/25 |
11 |
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. |
12/74 |
12 |
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. |
13/6 |
13 |
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. |
11/14 |
14 |
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20.00, 9780307279286 Award-winning New Yorker staff writer Keefe presents a stunning and intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. |
/59 |
15 |
Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20.00, 9780593139158 McConaughey's unconventional memoir is filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. |
/18 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for March 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 23, 2025
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Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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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. |
1/53 |
2 |
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter- Debut Stephen Graham Jones, S&S/Saga Press, $29.99, 9781668075081 From the bestselling author of The Only Good Indians, a chilling historical horror novel tracing the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. |
/1 |
3 |
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. |
2/3 |
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. |
4/3 |
5 |
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. |
3/38 |
6 |
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. |
7/32 |
7 |
The Antidote 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. |
6/2 |
8 |
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. |
5/9 |
9 |
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. |
8/3 |
10 |
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. |
9/36 |
11 |
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. |
15/38 |
12 |
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. |
10/6 |
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. |
13/3 |
14 |
Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories 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. |
11/2 |
15 |
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. |
14/59 |
ON THE RISE | ||
18 |
The Paris Express Emma Donoghue, S&S/Summit Books, $26.99, 9781668082799 Emma Donoghue returns with a sweeping historical novel about an infamous 1895 disaster at the Paris Montparnasse train station. An April 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for March 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 23, 2025
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Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1 |
Everything Is Tuberculosis (Signed Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection- Debut John Green, Crash Course Books, $28.00, 9780525426059 John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world's deadliest disease. |
/1 |
2 |
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. |
1/13 |
3 |
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism 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. |
3/2 |
4 |
Abundance- Debut Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668023488 A once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the failures of liberal governance, and abandon the chosen scarcities that have deformed American life. |
/1 |
5 |
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. |
2/18 |
6 |
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. |
4/4 |
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The Tell: A Memoir 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. |
5/2 |
8 |
Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service- Debut Michael Lewis (Ed.), Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9798217047802 Who works for the government and what do they do? A timely and absorbing civics lesson from an all-star team of writers and storytellers. Contributors include Michael Lewis, Dave Eggers, Casey Cep, Geraldine Brooks, Sarah Vowell, W. Kamau Bell, and John Lanchester. |
/1 |
9 |
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. |
6/3 |
10 |
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. |
9/113 |
11 |
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. |
10/7 |
12 |
Everything Is Tuberculosis (Standard Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection- Debut John Green, Crash Course Books, $28.00, 9780525556572 John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world's deadliest disease. |
/1 |
13 |
How to Love Better: The Path to Deeper Connection Through Growth, Kindness, and Compassion 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. |
7/2 |
14 |
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. |
11/140 |
15 |
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. |
14/43 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for March 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 23, 2025
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Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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1984 George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935 |
1/455 |
2 |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
2/188 |
3 |
The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129 |
3/85 |
4 |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 |
5/168 |
5 |
Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 |
4/126 |
6 |
Lord of the Flies William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487 |
/83 |
7 |
The Exchange John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593685600 |
6/24 |
8 |
Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296 |
8/83 |
9 |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803 |
/91 |
10 |
Simply Lies David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538750605 |
/4 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for March 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 23, 2025
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Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
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A Wolf Called Fire Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780063415133 |
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2 |
A Song for You and I: A Graphic Novel K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182307 |
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3 |
Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860 |
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4 |
The Squad: A Graphic Novel Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315 |
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5 |
Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877 |
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6 |
Resist: A Story of D-Day Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $9.99, 9781546179382 |
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7 |
The New Girl: A Graphic Novel Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457 |
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8 |
The Lost Library Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250838834 |
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9 |
Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019 |
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10 |
Smile: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264 |
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11 |
Besties: Prank War Kayla Miller, Sarah K. Turner (Illus.), Jeffrey Canino, Clarion Books, $15.99, 9780063285590 |
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12 |
Drama: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897 |
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13 |
The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324 |
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14 |
Away Megan E. Freeman, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665959728 |
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15 |
Hatchet Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293 |
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Young Adult
Bestseller List for March 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 23, 2025
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Young Adult | ||
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Our Infinite Fates (Deluxe Limited Edition) Laura Steven, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250333889 |
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2 |
Powerless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884 |
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3 |
Rebel Witch: The Crimson Moth: Book 2 Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250866929 |
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4 |
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17.00, 9780593622452 |
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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 |
Fable for the End of the World (Deluxe Limited Edition) Ava Reid, HarperCollins, $24.99, 9780063430013 |
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7 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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8 |
Heartless Hunter: The Crimson Moth: Book 1 Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250866905 |
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9 |
Nothing Like the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138 |
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10 |
If Only I Had Told Her Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229 |
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11 |
Iron Widow Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $11.99, 9780735269958 |
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12 |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207 |
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13 |
Heavenly Tyrant Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $20.99, 9780735269989 |
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14 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196 |
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15 |
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for March 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 23, 2025
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Children's Illustrated | ||
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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 |
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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5 |
I Am Glinda (Little Golden Book) Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884 |
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6 |
The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968 |
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Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 |
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8 |
I Am Elphaba (Little Golden Book) Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896860 |
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9 |
Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007 |
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10 |
Knight Owl and Early Bird Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526 |
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11 |
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707 |
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12 |
Knight Owl Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628 |
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13 |
Guess How Much I Love You Sam McBratney, Anita Jeram (Illus.), Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536210637 |
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14 |
Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035 |
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15 |
The Going to Bed Book Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9780671449025 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for March 26, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 23, 2025
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Children's Series | ||
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The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press New in Series: Sunrise on the Reaping (9781546171461) |
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Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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3 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams |
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4 |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic |
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5 |
The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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6 |
I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Karen De la Vega (Illus.), Scholastic |
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InvestiGators (hardcover) John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second |
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8 |
The Legendborn Cycle (hardcover and paperback) Tracy Deonn, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
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9 |
Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback) Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Scholastic |
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Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending March 23, 2025
16 The Unworthy
Agustina Bazterrica, Scribner, $18.99, 9781668051887
17 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063250857
18 The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
19 The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
20 Story of My Life (Deluxe Edition)
Lucy Score, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781728297057
21 Long Island
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $18.99, 9781476785127
22 First-Time Caller
B. K. Borison, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593641194
23 The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987
24 Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781451673319
25 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593466490
26 The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498
27 The Husbands
Holly Gramazio, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593687512
28 Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228
29 Ward D
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227271
30 First Lie Wins
Ashley Elston, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593492932
31 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
32 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781982179014
33 Camino Ghosts
John Grisham, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593157800
34 Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433
35 Butter
Asako Yuzuki, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063236417
36 The Fury
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250758996
37 The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227
38 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
39 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
40 Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780345539809
41 Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279087
42 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463
43 Quicksilver
Callie Hart, Forever, $21.99, 9781538774199
44 Good Material
Dolly Alderton, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593686959
45 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
46 The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $18.00, 9781101906118
47 The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $19.00, 9781250229533
48 A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583
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 23, 2025
16 Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593652985
17 Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951
18 All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
19 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20.00, 9780593239933
20 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $21.99, 9780316299220
21 Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $19.00, 9780593472682
22 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
23 The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
24 Grief Is for People
Sloane Crosley, Picador, $18.00, 9781250371782
25 Four Red Sweaters: Powerful True Stories of Women and the Holocaust
Lucy Adlington, Harper Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780063375130
26 Sapiens (Tenth Anniversary Edition): A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $27.99, 9780063422001
27 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
28 Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Jonathan Blitzer, Penguin, $21.00, 9781984880826
29 Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
Dean Spade, Verso, $15.95, 9781839762123
30 Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together
Dean Spade, Algonquin Books, $19.99, 9781643756462
31 Meditations
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
32 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
33 Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20.00, 9781984878120
34 Burn Book: A Tech Love Story
Kara Swisher, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982163907
35 Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20.00, 9780593449240
36 Who's Afraid of Gender?
Judith Butler, Picador, $20.00, 9781250371911
37 Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $19.99, 9780062964663
38 Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807014271
39 Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal
Mohammed El-Kurd, Haymarket Books, $17.95, 9798888903155
40 How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future
Maria Ressa, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780063257528
41 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
42 The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $20.00, 9780525555247
43 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225282
44 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
James Kaplan, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780525561026
45 Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes, Haymarket Books, $17.95, 9781642598278
46 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359
47 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338143
48 How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9780984627110
49 A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446
50 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending March 23, 2025
16 All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29.00, 9780593190265
17 Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649374189
18 The Paris Express: A Novel
Emma Donoghue, S&S/Summit Books, $26.99, 9781668082799
19 Swordheart
T. Kingfisher, Bramble, $28.99, 9781250400222
20 Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374602635
21 Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $30.00, 9780593548981
22 The Bones Beneath My Skin
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250890436
23 The River Has Roots
Amal El-Mohtar, Tordotcom, $24.99, 9781250341082
24 The Story She Left Behind
Patti Callahan Henry, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781668011874
25 The Jackal's Mistress
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547642
26 Water Moon
Samantha Sotto Yambao, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593724996
27 Isola
Allegra Goodman, The Dial Press, $28.99, 9780593730089
28 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
29 Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820247
30 Show Don't Tell: Stories
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28.00, 9780593446737
31 The Nightingale (Deluxe Edition)
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $35.00, 9781250370112
32 Dream State
Eric Puchner, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550666
33 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
34 All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798874
35 Victorian Psycho
Virginia Feito, Liveright, $24.99, 9781631498633
36 Kate & Frida
Kim Fay, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $28.00, 9780593852385
37 We All Live Here
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9781984879325
38 Emily Wilde's Compendium of Lost Tales
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $29.00, 9780593500224
39 Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031
40 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236210
41 We Do Not Part
Han Kang, e. yaewon (Transl.), Paige Aniyah Morris (Transl.), Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593595459
42 All the Other Mothers Hate Me
Sarah Harman, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $29.00, 9780593851463
43 Stop Me If You've Heard This One
Kristen Arnett, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593719770
44 Beautiful Ugly
Alice Feeney, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250337788
45 Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30.00, 9780593446096
46 Deep Cuts
Holly Brickley, Crown, $28.00, 9780593799086
47 Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205
48 The Blanket Cats
Kiyoshi Shigematsu, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $28.00, 9780593852699
49 Good Dirt
Charmaine Wilkerson, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593358368
50 The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593801970
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending March 23, 2025
16 How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith
Mariann Edgar Budde, Avery, $28.00, 9780593539217
17 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
18 The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30.00, 9780593230381
19 Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316575805
20 On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer
Rick Steves, Rick Steves, $30.00, 9781641716437
21 The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More
Jefferson Fisher, Tarcher, $30.00, 9780593718728
22 Carbon: The Book of Life
Paul Hawken, Viking, $28.00, 9780525427445
23 Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning
Peter Beinart, Knopf, $26.00, 9780593803899
24 Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
Russell Shorto, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9780393881165
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 I'll Have What She's Having
Chelsea Handler, The Dial Press, $32.00, 9780593596579
27 The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
Chris Hayes, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593653111
28 On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32.00, 9780593728727
29 Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34.00, 9780593799895
30 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
31 The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir
Neko Case, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538710500
32 Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00, 9780374611996
33 Care and Feeding: A Memoir
Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $28.99, 9780063327603
34 Murder the Truth: Fear, the First Amendment, and a Secret Campaign to Protect the Powerful
David Enrich, Mariner Books, $32.99, 9780063372900
35 Antisemitism in America: A Warning
Chuck Schumer, Grand Central Publishing, $28.00, 9781538771624
36 Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35.00, 9780593734223
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 Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
Imani Perry, Ecco, $28.99, 9780062977397
39 The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage
Richard Rohr, Convergent Books, $27.00, 9780593735817
40 Lorne: The Man Who Invented Saturday Night Live
Susan Morrison, Random House, $36.00, 9780812988871
41 Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America
Clay Risen, Scribner, $31.00, 9781982141806
42 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598
43 Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of AmericanRacism
Eve L. Ewing, One World, $32.00, 9780593243701
44 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
45 On Air: The Triumph and Tumult of NPR
Steve Oney, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781451656091
46 CABIN: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
Patrick Hutchison, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250285706
47 Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $27.00, 9780385549936
48 Money, Lies, and God: Inside the Movement to Destroy American Democracy
Katherine Stewart, Bloomsbury Publishing, $29.99, 9781635578546
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 Source Code: My Beginnings
Bill Gates, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593801581
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending March 23, 2025
11 Reacher: Persuader
Lee Child, Dell, $10.99, 9780593984215
12 It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $10.99, 9780451465641
13 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
14 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
15 Resurrection Walk
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $10.99, 9781538767146
16 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
17 Cross Down
James Patterson, Brendan DuBois, Little, Brown and Company, $10.99, 9781538710739
18 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
19 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
20 Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874
21 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
22 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293
23 Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765360038
24 Clive Cussler The Corsican Shadow
Dirk Cussler, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $10.99, 9780593544198
25 The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572
26 The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626
27 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309
28 The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688
29 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
30 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
31 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
32 The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657
33 Exiles
Jane Harper, Flatiron Books, $10.99, 9781250378040
34 Shattered
James Patterson, James O. Born, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752968
35 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
36 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10.00, 9780553293357
37 Mort
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225719
38 The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
39 The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345325815
40 The Fall of Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553288209
41 Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $9.99, 9781250773012
42 Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553208849
43 Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
44 The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka, Bantam Classics, $6.95, 9780553213690
45 Mona Lisa Overdrive
William Gibson, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553281743
46 God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
47 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $10.99, 9780063221086
48 The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $11.99, 9780756407919
49 Wrong Place Wrong Time
Gillian McAllister, William Morrow Paperbacks, $9.99, 9780063427006
50 Arcanum Unbounded
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765391186