Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for December 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 3, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781668017340 Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II. |
2/7 |
| 2 |
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. |
1/64 |
| 3 |
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. |
4/31 |
| 4 |
Bookshops & Bonedust Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886101 Set in the world of Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust takes us on a journey of high fantasy, first loves, and secondhand books. |
3/4 |
| 5 |
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. |
6/131 |
| 6 |
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. |
7/80 |
| 7 |
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. |
5/30 |
| 8 |
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology 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. |
8/11 |
| 9 |
A Little Life Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707 Yanagihara's astonishing novel about love and friendship in the 21st century was a March 2015 Indie Next Pick and a National Book Award finalist. |
12/35 |
| 10 |
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. |
9/14 |
| 11 |
The Best American Short Stories 2023 Min Jin Lee, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063275904 A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee and series editor Heidi Pitlor. |
/5 |
| 12 |
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. |
11/15 |
| 13 |
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. |
13/13 |
| 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. |
15/66 |
| 15 |
Wreck the Halls Tessa Bailey, Avon, $18.99, 9780063308305 Tessa Bailey delivers a sexy, hilarious holiday rom-com about the adult children of two former rock stars who team up to convince their estranged mothers to play a Christmas Eve concert. |
14/2 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for December 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 3, 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, $18.00, 9780593470831 Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history. |
1/8 |
| 2 |
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. |
2/208 |
| 3 |
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $21.99, 9780063076105 A candid and insightful memoir by the popular member of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. |
3/5 |
| 4 |
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. |
11/14 |
| 5 |
All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. |
6/109 |
| 6 |
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 Rashid Khalidi, Picador, $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. |
4/6 |
| 7 |
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present Paul McCartney, Liveright, $30.00, 9781324094098 A work of unparalleled candor and splendorous beauty, The Lyrics celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of Paul McCartney through 154 of his most meaningful songs. |
7/4 |
| 8 |
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $21.00, 9781982117368 Rich with Mukherjee's revelatory and exhilarating stories of scientists, doctors, and the patients whose lives may be saved by their work, The Song of the Cell is the third book in this extraordinary writer's exploration of what it means to be human. |
8/6 |
| 9 |
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. |
5/36 |
| 10 |
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741 van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing. |
9/166 |
| 11 |
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. |
10/14 |
| 12 |
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. |
14/20 |
| 13 |
Novelist as a Vocation Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $17.00, 9781101974537 An insightful look into the mind of a master storyteller—and a unique look at the craft of writing from the beloved and bestselling author of 1Q84. |
12/4 |
| 14 |
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. |
/24 |
| 15 |
The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams Stacy Schiff, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316441094 A revelatory biography from Pulitzer Prize-winner Schiff about the most essential founding father—the one who stood behind the change in thinking that produced the American Revolution. |
/5 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for December 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 3, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
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. |
1/4 |
| 2 |
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. |
3/17 |
| 3 |
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. |
4/18 |
| 4 |
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. |
5/87 |
| 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. |
2/28 |
| 6 |
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. |
6/59 |
| 7 |
North Woods 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. |
15/6 |
| 8 |
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. |
/11 |
| 9 |
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. |
10/31 |
| 10 |
The Little Liar Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406651 Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a coastal Greek city during the Holocaust, to America, where the intertwined lives of three survivors are forever changed by the perils of deception and the grace of redemption. |
8/3 |
| 11 |
So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802160850 From Booker Prize Finalist and bestselling author of Small Things Like These, comes a triptych of stories about love, lust, betrayal, and the ever-intriguing interchanges between women and men. A November 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
11/3 |
| 12 |
The Narrow Road Between Desires Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $26.00, 9780756419172 Patrick Rothfuss returns to the wildly popular Kingkiller Chronicle universe with a stunning reimagining of The Lightning Tree. This touching stand-alone story is sure to please new readers and veteran Rothfuss fans alike. |
7/3 |
| 13 |
The Exchange John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385548953 John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm. |
13/7 |
| 14 |
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. |
12/71 |
| 15 |
Let Us Descend Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982104498 Ward's brilliant new novel about an enslaved girl in the years before the Civil War is the #1 Indie Next Pick for November 2023. |
14/6 |
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| 17 |
The Bee Sting Paul Murray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374600303 Murray's novel is an irresistibly funny, wise, and thought-provoking tour de force about family, fortune, and the struggle to be a good person when the world is falling apart. Shortlisted for the 2023 Booker Prize. |
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Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for December 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 3, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
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. |
1/33 |
| 2 |
Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism Rachel Maddow, Crown, $32.00, 9780593444511 Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-right plotters trying to steer our nation toward an alliance with the Nazis. |
4/7 |
| 3 |
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Heather Cox Richardson, Viking, $30.00, 9780593652961 Many books tell us what has happened over the last five years. Democracy Awakening explains how we got to this perilous point, what our history really tells us about ourselves, and what the future of democracy can be. |
5/10 |
| 4 |
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. |
3/46 |
| 5 |
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen David Brooks, Random House, $30.00, 9780593230060 A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives. |
7/6 |
| 6 |
My Name Is Barbra Barbra Streisand, Viking, $47.00, 9780525429524 No entertainer's memoir has been more anticipated than Barbra Streisand's, and this engrossing and delightful book will be eagerly welcomed by her millions of fans. |
6/4 |
| 7 |
The Woman in Me Britney Spears, Gallery Books, $32.99, 9781668009048 Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears's groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love—and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last. |
2/6 |
| 8 |
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir Matthew Perry, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250866448 Matthew Perry's memoir is is both intimate and eye-opening—as well as a hand extended to anyone struggling with sobriety. Unflinchingly honest, moving, and uproariously funny, this is the book fans have been waiting for. |
8/8 |
| 9 |
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461 From the bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a luminous book that traces the passing of seasons, personal and natural. A November 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
9/6 |
| 10 |
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things Adam Grant, Viking, $32.00, 9780593653142 This book reveals how anyone can rise to achieve greater things. The true measure of your potential is not the height of the peak you've reached, but how far you've climbed to get there. |
10/6 |
| 11 |
World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music Jeff Tweedy, Dutton, $26.00, 9780593472521 An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and bestselling author Jeff Tweedy, sharing fifty songs that changed his life, the real-life experiences behind each one, as well as what he's learned about how music and life intertwine and enhance each other. |
13/4 |
| 12 |
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. |
12/12 |
| 13 |
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon Michael Lewis, Norton, $30.00, 9781324074335 From the bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX's spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center. |
11/9 |
| 14 |
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. |
/6 |
| 15 |
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. |
/86 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for December 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 3, 2023
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
1/387 |
| 2 |
The Boys from Biloxi John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916 |
5/15 |
| 3 |
Just After Sunset: Stories- Debut Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668018101 |
/1 |
| 4 |
Tom Clancy Red Winter Marc Cameron, Berkley, $10.99, 9780593422779 |
4/3 |
| 5 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367 |
2/211 |
| 6 |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803 |
6/76 |
| 7 |
The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741 |
/136 |
| 8 |
Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 |
7/128 |
| 9 |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279 |
3/103 |
| 10 |
Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 |
10/71 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for December 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 3, 2023
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| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1 |
Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World Tui T. Sutherland, Joy Ang (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $24.99, 9781338634822 |
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| 2 |
Letters from Father Christmas J.R.R. Tolkien, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063340534 |
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| 3 |
The Puppets of Spelhorst (The Norendy Tales) Kate DiCamillo, Julie Morstad (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536216752 |
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| 4 |
The Lost Library Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810 |
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| 5 |
Dogtown Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608 |
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| 6 |
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 |
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| 7 |
Juniper's Christmas Eoin Colfer, Roaring Brook Press, $22.99, 9781250321947 |
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| 8 |
96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More! Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933 |
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| 9 |
Charlotte's Web E.B. White, Harper, $8.99, 9780064400558 |
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| 10 |
Cat on the Run in Cat of Death! Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825 |
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| 11 |
A First Time for Everything Dan Santat, First Second, $14.99, 9781250851048 |
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| 12 |
Wrecker Carl Hiaasen, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593376287 |
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| 13 |
A Horse Named Sky Rosanne Parry, Kirbi Fagan (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062995957 |
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| 14 |
The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260 |
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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 December 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 3, 2023
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
Check & Mate Ali Hazelwood, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $14.00, 9780593619919 |
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| 2 |
Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439 |
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| 3 |
Gwen & Art Are Not in Love- Debut Lex Croucher, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250847218 |
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| 4 |
What the River Knows Isabel Ibañez, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250803375 |
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| 5 |
Nightbane Alex Aster, Amulet, $19.99, 9781419760907 |
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| 6 |
Lightlark Alex Aster, Amulet, $12.99, 9781419760877 |
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| 7 |
Powerless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884 |
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| 8 |
Nimona ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227 |
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| 9 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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| 10 |
A Study in Drowning Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506 |
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| 11 |
The Spirit Bares Its Teeth Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114 |
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| 12 |
Betting on You- Debut Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665921237 |
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| 13 |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207 |
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| 14 |
Curious Tides Pascale Lacelle, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $21.99, 9781665939270 |
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| 15 |
This Winter Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338885132 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for December 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 3, 2023
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1 |
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767 |
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| 2 |
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh! Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770 |
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| 3 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383 |
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| 4 |
Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 |
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| 5 |
The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780544580145 |
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| 6 |
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 |
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| 7 |
Moo, Baa, Fa La La La La! Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665914352 |
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| 8 |
Dasher Can't Wait for Christmas Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536230130 |
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| 9 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 10 |
Little Blue Truck's Christmas Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780544320413 |
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| 11 |
Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $19.99, 9781419769047 |
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| 12 |
The Mitten Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780399231094 |
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| 13 |
Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Lost Christmas! Alastair Heim, Aristides Ruiz (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593563168 |
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| 14 |
Snow, Snow, Snow!: A Christmastime Song- Debut Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665948364 |
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| 15 |
Bluey: 12 Days of Christmas Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593661420 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for December 6, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 3, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Children's Series | ||
| 1 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 2 |
Cat Kid Comic Club (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix New in Series: Cat Kid Comic Club: Influencers (9781338896398) |
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| 3 |
The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic |
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| 4 |
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback) Rick Riordan, Hyperion |
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| 5 |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 6 |
The Bad Guys (paperback) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
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| 7 |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 8 |
Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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| 9 |
The Inheritance Cycle (hardcover and paperback) Christopher Paolini, Knopf Books for Young Readers |
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| 10 |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 3, 2023
16 Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088
17 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
18 The Maid
Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18.00, 9780593356173
19 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
20 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
21 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038
22 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606
23 It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
24 Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop
Jenny Colgan, Avon, $18.99, 9780063260450
25 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780593500156
26 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
27 House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577020
28 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990
29 Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982153090
30 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
31 The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $18.00, 9780307389091
32 The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064
33 The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
34 The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
35 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990
36 The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023
R. F. Kuang, John Joseph Adams, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063315747
37 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
38 House of Sky and Breath
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639731756
39 The Twist of a Knife
Anthony Horowitz, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780062938190
40 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab, Tor, $19.99, 9780765387578
41 A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $18.00, 9780143110439
42 The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Lauren Groff (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Anchor, $18.00, 9780593470596
43 Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591
44 A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.00, 9781635575620
45 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593183212
46 The Man Who Died Twice
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984881014
47 Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593492666
48 A Merry Little Meet Cute
Julie Murphy, Sierra Simone, Avon, $17.99, 9780063222595
49 When Women Were Dragons
Kelly Barnhill, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593466575
50 Wildfire
Hannah Grace, Atria, $18.99, 9781668026274
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 3, 2023
16 Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Likes to Walk Outside
Nick Offerman, Dutton, $18.00, 9781101984703
17 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
18 The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143125471
19 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
20 And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Jon Meacham, Random House, $25.00, 9780553393989
21 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
22 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18.99, 9781643753287
23 How to Smile (Mindfulness Essentials #10)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781952692437
24 Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593315200
25 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
26 The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
Carl Zimmer, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063293212
27 The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2024
Sarah Janssen, World Almanac, $17.99, 9781510777606
28 Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
29 Winter Solstice: An Essay
Nina MacLaughlin, Black Sparrow Press, $14.95, 9781574232578
30 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $18.00, 9781250849359
31 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19.00, 9780143129257
32 The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 1
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $19.99, 9781524884970
33 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18.00, 9781524746742
34 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.99, 9780525510321
35 The Best American Essays 2023
Vivian Gornick, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063288843
36 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
37 The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $18.99, 9781451697728
38 Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22.00, 9781324094067
39 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781797212272
40 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
41 Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316078917
42 How We Live Is How We Die
Pema Chodron, Shambhala, $21.95, 9781645472407
43 Critical Hits: Writers Playing Video Games
Carmen Maria Machado (Ed.), Graywolf Press, $18.00, 9781644452615
44 Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Angela Y. Davis, Haymarket Books, $15.95, 9781608465644
45 The Best American Food Writing 2023
Mark Bittman, Silvia Killingsworth, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063322523
46 Israel: A Simple Guide to the Most Misunderstood Country on Earth
Noa Tishby, Free Press, $19.99, 9781982144944
47 Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807014271
48 HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
49 Visual Thinking: The Hidden Gifts of People Who Think in Pictures, Patterns, and Abstractions
Temple Grandin, PhD, Riverhead Books, $18.00, 9780593418376
50 How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers, Crown, $19.00, 9780593139028
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 3, 2023
16 Fourth Wing Special Edition
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649376169
17 The Bee Sting
Paul Murray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374600303
18 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
19 The Mystery Guest
Nita Prose, Ballantine Books, $29.00, 9780593356180
20 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
21 Day
Michael Cunningham, Random House, $28.00, 9780399591341
22 Resurrection Walk
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316563765
23 Absolution
Alice McDermott, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28.00, 9780374610487
24 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243732
25 Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668016138
26 Chain-Gang All-Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Pantheon, $27.00, 9780593317334
27 Roman Stories
Jhumpa Lahiri, Todd Portnowitz (Transl.), Knopf, $27.00, 9780593536322
28 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
29 The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593418390
30 Yellowface
R.F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833
31 The Iliad
Homer, Emily Watson (Transl.), Norton, $39.95, 9781324001805
32 System Collapse
Martha Wells, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250826978
33 The Vulnerables
Sigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593715512
34 The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $27.00, 9781646221950
35 The Edge
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $30.00, 9781538719916
36 The Secret
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9781984818584
37 Blackouts
Justin Torres, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374293574
38 The Mysteries
Bill Watterson, John Kascht, Andrews McMeel, $19.99, 9781524884949
39 Starter Villain
John Scalzi, Tor Books, $28.99, 9780765389220
40 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $20.99, 9781250236210
41 The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212
42 What You Are Looking for Is in the Library
Michiko Aoyama, Hanover Square Press, $21.99, 9781335005625
43 Foster
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802160140
44 Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $27.99, 9781501153228
45 The Last Devil to Die
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9780593299425
46 Wellness
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593536117
47 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969
48 The Armor of Light
Ken Follett, Viking, $38.00, 9780525954996
49 Starling House
Alix E. Harrow, Tor, $28.99, 9781250799050
50 Sword Catcher
Cassandra Clare, Del Rey, $30.00, 9780525619994
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 3, 2023
16 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525657323
17 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598
18 My Effin' Life
Geddy Lee, Harper, $40.00, 9780063159419
19 Being Henry: The Fonz...and Beyond
Henry Winkler, Celadon Books, $30.00, 9781250888099
20 Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll, Harper Select, $29.99, 9781400337019
21 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
22 Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
Mary Beard, Liveright, $39.99, 9780871404220
23 Making It So: A Memoir
Patrick Stewart, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781982167738
24 Guinness World Records 2024
Guinness World Records, Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484378
25 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593298886
26 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780358458180
27 Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30.00, 9780593545409
28 A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9781984881724
29 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
30 Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook
Sohla El-Waylly, Knopf, $45.00, 9780593320464
31 Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Cat Bohannon, Knopf, $35.00, 9780385350549
32 Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
Dolly Parton, Ten Speed Press, $50.00, 9781984862129
33 Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700
34 Snacking Bakes: Simple Recipes for Cookies, Bars, Brownies, Cakes, and More
Yossy Arefi, Clarkson Potter, $25.00, 9780593579176
35 I Must Be Dreaming
Roz Chast, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.99, 9781620403228
36 Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593655955
37 UFO: The Inside Story of the US Government's Search for Alien Life Here—and Out There
Garrett M. Graff, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $32.50, 9781982196776
38 Class: A Memoir of Motherhood, Hunger, and Higher Education
Stephanie Land, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.00, 9781982151393
39 To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker, National Geographic, $30.00, 9781426223303
40 More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen: A Cookbook
Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780593578841
41 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28.00, 9780593239919
42 Big Heart Little Stove: Bringing Home Meals & Moments from The Lost Kitchen
Erin French, Celadon Books, $38.00, 9781250832313
43 The Cat Who Taught Zen
James Norbury, William Morrow, $25.00, 9780063347618
44 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
45 Blueberries for Sal Cookbook: Sweet Recipes Inspired by the Beloved Children's Classic
Robert McCloskey, Clarkson Potter, $14.00, 9780593580400
46 The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $28.00, 9781643753096
47 Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $37.50, 9781476753836
48 Safe and Sound: A Renter-Friendly Guide to Home Repair
Mercury Stardust, DK, $24.99, 9780744079074
49 Enough
Cassidy Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668028285
50 Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party
Jonathan Karl, Dutton, $32.00, 9780593473986
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending December 3, 2023
11 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
12 The Wish
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538728635
13 No Plan B
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577
14 Girl, Forgotten
Karin Slaughter, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062859044
15 The Judge's List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831
16 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972
17 Without a Trace
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821881
18 In a Holidaze
Christina Lauren, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668026601
19 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
20 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
21 The Family Upstairs
Lisa Jewell, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668026519
22 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
23 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
24 Treasure State
C.J. Box, Minotaur, $9.99, 9781250896421
25 Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909
26 The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
27 The Jailhouse Lawyer
James Patterson, Nancy Allen, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752609
28 3 Days to Live
James Patterson, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752678
29 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
30 Only the Dead
Jack Carr, Pocket Books, $10.99, 9781982181703
31 Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
32 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
33 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
34 The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672
35 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
36 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
37 Falling Stars
Fern Michaels, Zebra, $9.99, 9781420154283
38 A Flicker in the Dark
Stacy Willingham, Minotaur, $9.99, 9781250896445
39 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
40 Overkill
Sandra Brown, Grand Central , $10.99, 9781538752029
41 The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553588941
42 The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657
43 That Summer
Jennifer Weiner, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668020661
44 Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928
45 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
46 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
47 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365286
48 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
49 Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765360038
50 The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756407919