Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569 From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read. |
1/54 |
| 2 |
Trust Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593420324 Trust is an unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy, and perception. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. |
2/21 |
| 3 |
The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498 Haig's book is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived. |
6/20 |
| 4 |
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933 Reid's novel is a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day. |
3/121 |
| 5 |
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology- Debut Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463 These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. |
/1 |
| 6 |
Mad Honey Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18.00, 9781984818409 A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind. |
4/3 |
| 7 |
Babel R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433 Kuang's breathtaking novel grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. |
5/4 |
| 8 |
The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987 In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. |
/70 |
| 9 |
It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368 In Hoover's honest, evocative, and tender novel, a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance can't stop thinking about her first love. |
7/95 |
| 10 |
A Court of Mist and Fury Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583 The seductive and stunning sequel to Sarah J. Maas's spellbinding A Court of Thorns and Roses. |
12/5 |
| 11 |
Lucy by the Sea Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18.00, 9780593446089 Strout's poignant, pitch-perfect novel about a divorced couple stuck together during lockdown—and the love, loss, despair, and hope that animate us even as the world seems to be falling apart. |
9/2 |
| 12 |
The Last Thing He Told Me Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352 Dave's novel is a gripping mystery about a woman who thinks she's found the love of her life—until he disappears. |
/26 |
| 13 |
Assistant to the Villain Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $19.99, 9781649375803 Maehrer's laugh-out-loud viral TikTok series turned novel, about the sunshine assistant to an Evil Villain...and their unexpected romance. |
11/4 |
| 14 |
The Silent Patient Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703 A gripping psychological thriller about a woman's act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive. |
15/59 |
| 15 |
Our Missing Hearts Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593492666 Ng's inspiring novel about a mother's unbreakable love in a world consumed by fear. |
8/5 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann, Vintage, $17.00, 9780307742483 Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history. |
1/114 |
| 2 |
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us Ed Yong, Random House, $20.00, 9780593133255 Every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. In An Immense World, science journalist Ed Yong helps us to experience the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that other animals perceive. |
3/4 |
| 3 |
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781571313560 Drawing on her life as an Indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices. |
2/198 |
| 4 |
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951 From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. |
6/26 |
| 5 |
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25.00, 9780375726262 A deep, fantastic look at the complex physicist and father of the atomic bomb. |
4/14 |
| 6 |
All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. |
7/99 |
| 7 |
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741 van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing. |
5/156 |
| 8 |
Stay True: A Memoir Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593315200 From The New Yorker staff writer Hua Hsu, a gripping memoir on friendship, grief, the search for self, and the solace that can be found through art. Winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize in Memoir. |
8/2 |
| 9 |
Solito: A Memoir Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088 A young poet tells the unforgettable story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this moving, page-turning memoir. |
9/16 |
| 10 |
The 2024 Old Farmer's Almanac Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571989529 The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more all presented in the inimitably useful and humorous way it has done since 1792. |
10/4 |
| 11 |
Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18.00, 9781524746742 Dr. Anna Lembke explores the exciting new scientific discoveries that explain why the relentless pursuit of pleasure leads to pain—and what to do about it. |
/35 |
| 12 |
The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310 A practical guide to personal freedom, outlining a way of life rooted in traditional Toltec beliefs. |
13/210 |
| 13 |
The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19.00, 9780143129257 A revolutionary program for personal renewal, The Artist's Way will help get you back on track, rediscover your passions, and take the steps you need to change your life. |
15/4 |
| 14 |
Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22.00, 9781324094067 Necessary reading for anyone who cares about America's past, present, and future, Indigenous Continent restores Native peoples to their rightful place at the very fulcrum of American history. |
12/2 |
| 15 |
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220 Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong. |
14/70 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 18 |
Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us Rachel Aviv, Picador, $18.00, 9781250872913 The acclaimed, award-winning New Yorker writer Rachel Aviv offers a groundbreaking exploration of mental illness and the mind, and illuminates the startling connections between diagnosis and identity. |
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Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Tom Lake Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063327528 In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
1/8 |
| 2 |
The Last Devil to Die- Debut Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9780593299425 A new mystery is afoot in the fourth book in the Thursday Murder Club series from million-copy bestselling author Richard Osman. |
/1 |
| 3 |
The Vaster Wilds Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593418390 A taut and electrifying novel from celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, about one spirited girl alone in the wilderness, trying to survive. The #1 Indie Next Pick for September 2023. |
2/2 |
| 4 |
Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922 Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. |
5/49 |
| 5 |
Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros. |
7/18 |
| 6 |
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946 Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
6/7 |
| 7 |
The Fraud Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29.00, 9780525558965 From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets to be believed. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
3/3 |
| 8 |
Holly Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668016138 Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King's most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town. |
4/3 |
| 9 |
Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547345 Funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist. An April 2022 Indie Next Pick. |
8/77 |
| 10 |
The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32.00, 9780802162175 Verghese's new novel is a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
9/21 |
| 11 |
Wellness- Debut Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593536117 From the gritty '90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia of detox diets and home-renovation hysteria, Wellness reimagines the love story with a healthy dose of insight, irony, and heart. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
/1 |
| 12 |
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201 The exhilarating new novel by the bestselling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is the #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2022. |
10/63 |
| 13 |
North Woods- Debut Daniel Mason, Random House, $28.00, 9780593597033 When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
/1 |
| 14 |
The River We Remember William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212 The River We Remember is an unflinching look at the wounds left by the wars we fight abroad and at home, a moving exploration of the ways in which we seek to heal, and a testament to the enduring power of the stories we tell about the places we call home. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
11/3 |
| 15 |
Starter Villain- Debut John Scalzi, Tor Books, $28.99, 9780765389220 Inheriting your uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might think. Particularly when you discover who's running the place. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
/1 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 19 |
Bright Young Women Jessica Knoll, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $27.99, 9781501153228 Two women from opposite sides of the country are brought together by violent acts of the same man, and become allies and sisters in arms as they pursue the justice that would otherwise elude them in one of the most acclaimed, highly anticipated thrillers of the year. |
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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Elon Musk Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982181284 An astonishingly intimate biography of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. |
1/2 |
| 2 |
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260 The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by David Grann, one of our greatest nonfiction writers. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
3/23 |
| 3 |
The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886 From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us. |
4/36 |
| 4 |
Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune- Debut Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700 The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story—of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention. |
/1 |
| 5 |
Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30.00, 9780593545409 Arthur C. Brooks and Oprah Winfrey invite you to begin a journey toward greater happiness no matter how challenging your circumstances. They show you how to improve your life right now instead of waiting for the outside world to change. |
2/2 |
| 6 |
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374610326 Doppelganger asks: What do we neglect as we polish and perfect our digital reflections? Is it possible to dispose of our doubles and overcome the pathologies of a culture of multiplication? Can we create a politics of collective care and undertake a true reckoning with historical crimes? The result is a revelatory treatment of the way many of us think and feel now—and an intellectual adventure story for our times. |
5/2 |
| 7 |
Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity Peter Attia M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598 A groundbreaking manifesto on living better and longer that challenges the conventional medical thinking on aging and reveals a new approach to preventing chronic disease and extending long-term health. |
7/26 |
| 8 |
Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593472675 Bestselling author Joe Posnanski is back with a masterful ode to the game: a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball's history, to make you fall in love with the sport all over again. |
8/3 |
| 9 |
The Book of (More) Delights: Essays- Debut Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $28.00, 9781643753096 In Ross Gay's new collection of small, daily wonders, again written over the course of a year, one of America's most original voices continues his ongoing investigation of delight. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
/1 |
| 10 |
To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker, National Geographic, $30.00, 9781426223303 This enlightening illustrated narrative by the world's most celebrated astrophysicist explains the universe from the solar system to the farthest reaches of space with authority and humor. |
6/2 |
| 11 |
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292 James Clear reveals practical strategies that will teach you exactly how to form good habits, break bad ones, and master the tiny behaviors that lead to remarkable results. |
11/82 |
| 12 |
Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell- Debut Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780358458180 Hopeful and optimistic, Of Time and Turtles is an antidote to the instability of our frenzied world. |
/1 |
| 13 |
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525657323 This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost. The #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2023. |
10/13 |
| 14 |
I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824 A heartbreaking and hilarious memoir by iCarly and Sam & Cat star Jennette McCurdy about her struggles as a former child actor—including eating disorders, addiction, and a complicated relationship with her overbearing mother—and how she retook control of her life. |
9/59 |
| 15 |
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 Radiant with Mackesy's warmth and gentle wit, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse blends hand-written narrative with dozens of drawings. |
14/177 |
| ON THE RISE | ||
| 16 |
Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America Michael Harriot, Dey Street Books, $32.50, 9780358439165 From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. |
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Mass Market
Bestseller List for September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
No Plan B Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577 |
4/12 |
| 2 |
The Boys from Biloxi John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916 |
2/5 |
| 3 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
1/377 |
| 4 |
A Haunting in Venice Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972 |
3/5 |
| 5 |
Billy Summers Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129 |
6/13 |
| 6 |
Sparring Partners John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909 |
8/7 |
| 7 |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279 |
/97 |
| 8 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367 |
5/201 |
| 9 |
Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 |
/122 |
| 10 |
The Wish Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538728635 |
7/2 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1 |
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 |
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| 2 |
The Lost Library Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810 |
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| 3 |
Dogtown- Debut Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608 |
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| 4 |
Cat on the Run in Cat of Death! Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825 |
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| 5 |
From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153 |
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| 6 |
Mexikid Pedro Martín, Dial Books, $14.99, 9780593462294 |
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| 7 |
A Horse Named Sky Rosanne Parry, Kirbi Fagan (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062995957 |
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| 8 |
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312 |
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| 9 |
Drama: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897 |
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| 10 |
Ghost Book Remy Lai, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $14.99, 9781250810434 |
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| 11 |
The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260 |
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| 12 |
96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More!- Debut Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933 |
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| 13 |
Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128 |
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| 14 |
Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods Grace Lin, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $24.99, 9780316486002 |
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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 September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439 |
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| 2 |
A Study in Drowning- Debut Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506 |
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| 3 |
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114 |
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| 4 |
This Winter Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338885132 |
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| 5 |
Nimona ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227 |
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| 6 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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| 7 |
Hell Followed with Us Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636 |
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| 8 |
Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637 |
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| 9 |
We Were Liars E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279 |
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| 10 |
Solitaire Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338863420 |
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| 11 |
Foxglove Adalyn Grace, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316162500 |
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| 12 |
Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh Rachael Lippincott, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665937535 |
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| 13 |
House of Marionne J. Elle, Razorbill, $19.99, 9780593527702 |
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| 14 |
Legendborn (Indies Introduce) Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613 |
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| 15 |
A Thousand Boy Kisses- Debut Tillie Cole, Bloom Books, $12.99, 9781728297088 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1 |
Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409 |
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| 2 |
Boo! Bluey's Halloween Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540 |
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| 3 |
Just Because Matthew McConaughey, Renée Kurilla (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593622032 |
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| 4 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 5 |
Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 |
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| 6 |
Peekaboo: Pumpkin Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813 |
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| 7 |
Eek! Halloween! Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925143 |
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| 8 |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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| 9 |
Little Blue Truck's Halloween Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544772533 |
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| 10 |
Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire- Debut Flavia Z. Drago, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536233322 |
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| 11 |
Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368059589 |
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| 12 |
Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $10.99, 9780593486955 |
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| 13 |
Spooky Pookie Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781481497671 |
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| 14 |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 |
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| 15 |
Bluey: Sleepytime Joe Brumm, Penguin Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593659588 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for September 27, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Children's Series | ||
| 1 |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 2 |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 3 |
I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Álvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic |
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| 4 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 5 |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers |
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| 6 |
The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic |
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| 7 |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic |
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| 8 |
The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
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| 9 |
The Inheritance Games (hardcover and paperback) Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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| 10 |
Hooky (hardcover and paperback) Míriam Bonastre Tur, Clarion Books |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
16 The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Lauren Groff (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Anchor, $18.00, 9780593470596
17 Things We Left Behind
Lucy Score, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781728276120
18 Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
19 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
20 It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
21 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
22 A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707
23 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
24 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
25 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063342965
26 Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591
27 Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982153090
28 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606
29 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
30 Godkiller
Hannah Kaner, Harper Voyager, $18.99, 9780063348271
31 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
32 Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088
33 Other Birds
Sarah Addison Allen, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.00, 9781250019875
34 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990
35 Bunny
Mona Awad, Penguin, $17.00, 9780525559757
36 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990
37 The Unfortunate Side Effects of Heartbreak and Magic
Breanne Randall, Alcove Press, $18.99, 9781639105731
38 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab, Tor, $19.99, 9780765387578
39 You, Again
Kate Goldbeck, Dial Press, $18.00, 9780593448120
40 The Marriage Portrait
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593315088
41 Bliss Montage: Stories
Ling Ma, Picador, $17.00, 9781250893543
42 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038
43 The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064
44 The Winners
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $19.99, 9781982112806
45 Cleat Cute
Meryl Wilsner, St. Martin's Griffin, $18.00, 9781250873309
46 All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781501173219
47 Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Scribner, $20.00, 9781668002193
48 A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.00, 9781635575620
49 The Enigma of Room 622
Joël Dicker, HarperVia, $19.99, 9780063098824
50 Red, White & Royal Blue
Casey McQuiston, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250316776
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
16 Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
17 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
18 Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Rachel Aviv, Picador, $18.00, 9781250872913
19 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18.00, 9781250849359
20 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $17.99, 9781643753287
21 A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446
22 Prisoners of the Castle: An Epic Story of Survival and Escape from Colditz, the Nazis' Fortress Prison
Ben Macintyre, Crown, $18.00, 9780593136355
23 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
24 This Is What It Sounds Like: A Legendary Producer Turned Neuroscientist on Finding Yourself Through Music
Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas, W. W. Norton & Company, $17.95, 9781324065968
25 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.00, 9780525510321
26 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
27 The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25.00, 9781250858801
28 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
29 Gender Queer: A Memoir
Maia Kobabe, Oni Press, $24.99, 9781549304002
30 How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
The Moth, Meg Bowls, Catherine Burns, Crown, $18.00, 9780593139028
31 Sacred Nature: Restoring Our Ancient Bond with the Natural World
Karen Armstrong, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593313404
32 The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
John Green, Dutton, $18.00, 9780525555247
33 Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $20.00, 9780374533557
34 Fantastic Numbers and Where to Find Them: A Journey to the Edge of Physics
Antonio Padilla, Picador, $20.00, 9781250872821
35 Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber
Andy Borowitz, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781668003893
36 Quietly Hostile: Essays
Samantha Irby, Vintage, $17.00, 9780593315699
37 HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
38 The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene, Penguin, $26.00, 9780140280197
39 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
40 The Mosquito Bowl: A Game of Life and Death in World War II
Buzz Bissinger, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780062879936
41 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $20.00, 9780593230275
42 Just Kids: A National Book Award Winner
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
43 One Hundred Saturdays: Stella Levi and the Search for a Lost World
Michael Frank, Maira Kalman (Illus.), Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982167233
44 Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2022
Margaret Atwood, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593314074
45 The Untethered Soul: The Journey Beyond Yourself
Michael A. Singer, New Harbinger, $18.95, 9781572245372
46 How to Focus (Mindfulness Essentials #9)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781952692178
47 The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $17.99, 9781451697728
48 In the Dream House: A Memoir
Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $18.00, 9781644450383
49 Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Oregon State University Press, $18.95, 9780870714993
50 These Precious Days: Essays
Ann Patchett, Harper Perennial, $19.00, 9780063092792
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
16 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833
17 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
18 Rouge
Mona Awad, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $28.00, 9781982169695
19 Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $27.99, 9781501153228
20 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243732
21 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335005625
22 Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593441275
23 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $28.00, 9781982179007
24 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969
25 Crook Manifesto
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385545150
26 Mother-Daughter Murder Night
Nina Simon, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063315044
27 Normal Rules Don't Apply: Stories
Kate Atkinson, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385549509
28 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
29 Happiness Falls
Angie Kim, Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593448205
30 Fall of Ruin and Wrath (Awakening)
Jennifer L. Armentrout, Bramble, $27.99, 9781250750198
31 Masters of Death
Olivie Blake, Tor Books, $26.99, 9781250892461
32 The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $28.00, 9780812998627
33 Nineteen Steps
Millie Bobby Brown, William Morrow, $28.99, 9780063335776
34 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
35 Chenneville
Paulette Jiles, William Morrow, $30.00, 9780063252684
36 The Only One Left
Riley Sager, Dutton, $28.00, 9780593183229
37 The Invisible Hour
Alice Hoffman, Atria Books, $27.99, 9781982175375
38 The Wren, the Wren
Anne Enright, W. W. Norton & Company, $27.95, 9781324005681
39 The Secret Hours
Mick Herron, Soho Crime, $27.95, 9781641295215
40 The Wolves of Eternity
Karl Ove Knausgaard, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780593490839
41 The Last Ranger
Peter Heller, Knopf, $27.00, 9780593535110
42 Lady Tan's Circle of Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982117085
43 The Pole
J.M. Coetzee, Liveright, $26.00, 9781324093862
44 Black Sheep
Rachel Harrison, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593545850
45 The September House
Carissa Orlando, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593548615
46 The Breakaway
Jennifer Weiner, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781668033425
47 Amazing Grace Adams
Fran Littlewood, Henry Holt and Co., $27.99, 9781250857019
48 The Bee Sting
Paul Murray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374600303
49 Somebody's Fool
Richard Russo, Knopf, $29.00, 9780593317891
50 Family Lore
Elizabeth Acevedo, Ecco, $30.00, 9780063207264
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
16 Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Michael Harriot, Dey Street Books, $32.50, 9780358439165
17 Sure, I'll Join Your Cult: A Memoir of Mental Illness and the Quest to Belong Anywhere
Maria Bamford, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781982168568
18 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28.00, 9780593239919
19 The Democrat Party Hates America
Mark R. Levin, Threshold Editions, $30.00, 9781501183157
20 Guinness World Records 2024
Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484378
21 Necessary Trouble: Growing Up at Midcentury
Drew Gilpin Faust, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374601805
22 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593298886
23 Tyranny of the Minority: Why American Democracy Reached the Breaking Point
Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt, Crown, $28.99, 9780593443071
24 Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair
Mercury Stardust, DK, $24.99, 9780744079074
25 The League of Lady Poisoners: Illustrated True Stories of Dangerous Women
Lisa Perrin, Chronicle Books, $24.95, 9781797215884
26 Leslie F*cking Jones
Leslie Jones, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538706497
27 Emotional Intelligence Habits
Travis Bradberry, Talentsmart, $36.95, 9780974719375
28 Up Home: One Girl's Journey
Ruth J. Simmons, Random House, $27.00, 9780593446003
29 The World Central Kitchen Cookbook: Feeding Humanity, Feeding Hope
José Andrés, World Central Kitchen, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780593579077
30 Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
B. Dylan Hollis, DK, $32.00, 9780744080049
31 Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation (A Norton Short)
Tiya Miles, W. W. Norton & Company, $22.00, 9781324020875
32 50 Years of Ms.: The Best of the Pathfinding Magazine That Ignited a Revolution
Katherine Spillar (Ed.), Knopf, $50.00, 9780593321560
33 Pageboy: A Memoir
Elliot Page, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250878359
34 The Six: The Untold Story of America's First Women Astronauts
Loren Grush, Scribner, $32.50, 9781982172800
35 The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
Douglas Brunt, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982169909
36 Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $37.50, 9781476753836
37 Scattershot: Life, Music, Elton, and Me
Bernie Taupin, Hachette Books, $32.50, 9780306828676
38 Misfit: Growing Up Awkward in the '80s
Gary Gulman, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250777065
39 The Coming Wave: Technology, Power, and the Twenty-first Century's Greatest Dilemma
Mustafa Suleyman, Crown, $32.50, 9780593593950
40 Shabbat: Recipes and Rituals from My Table to Yours
Adeena Sussman, Avery, $35.00, 9780593327777
41 Blueberries for Sal Cookbook: Sweet Recipes Inspired by the Beloved Children's Classic
Robert McCloskey, Clarkson Potter, $14.00, 9780593580400
42 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Viking, $30.00, 9780735225268
43 The Deadline: Essays
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $45.00, 9781631496127
44 Talking to My Angels
Melissa Etheridge, Harper Wave, $30.00, 9780063257450
45 Made in Taiwan: Recipes and Stories from the Island Nation (A Cookbook)
Clarissa Wei, S&S/Simon Element, $40.00, 9781982198978
46 Punished for Dreaming: How School Reform Harms Black Children and How We Heal
Bettina L. Love, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250280381
47 Monsters: A Fan's Dilemma
Claire Dederer, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525655114
48 The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013
49 Glossy: Ambition, Beauty, and the Inside Story of Emily Weiss's Glossier
Marisa Meltzer, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.99, 9781982190606
50 Gambler: Secrets from a Life at Risk
Billy Walters, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781668032855
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending September 24, 2023
11 That Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668020661
12 The Judge's List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831
13 Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928
14 The Noise
James Patterson, J.D. Barker, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538753040
15 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9781250318541
16 The Whittiers
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821850
17 Apples Never Fall
Liane Moriarty, Holt Paperbacks, $10.99, 9781250894229
18 The Hotel Nantucket
Elin Hilderbrand, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316258937
19 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
20 The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657
21 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
22 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
23 The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
24 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
25 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
26 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803
27 Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780593599006
28 Fear No Evil
James Patterson, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752906
29 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
30 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
31 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
32 The Perfect Assassin
James Patterson, Brian Sitts, Grand Central Publishing, $9.99, 9781538721865
33 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
34 The Recovery Agent
Janet Evanovich, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982154936
35 The Omega Factor
Steve Berry, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538720974
36 Carrie
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743664
37 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286
38 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
39 Tom Clancy Zero Hour
Don Bentley, Berkley, $9.99, 9780593422748
40 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
41 The Girl Who Survived
Lisa Jackson, Zebra, $9.99, 9781420146363
42 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
43 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
44 The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672
45 The Last House Guest
Megan Miranda, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $10.99, 9781668012796
46 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
47 Call of Duty
Jeff Rovin, St. Martin's Paperbacks, $9.99, 9781250782885
48 The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553588941
49 The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $8.99, 9780062459367
50 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765365309