May 19, 2021



Bestseller List for May 19, 2021
Based on sales for the week ending May 16, 2021
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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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