Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for October 16, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 13, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984 Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. |
2/7 |
| 2 |
Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros. |
1/4 |
| 3 |
North Woods Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18.00, 9780593597040 When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. |
3/2 |
| 4 |
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. |
4/109 |
| 5 |
The Boyfriend Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227 A novel about obsession and crimes of passion. She's looking for the perfect man. He's looking for the perfect victim... |
5/2 |
| 6 |
The Housemaid Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570 An addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist, Freida McFadden's The Housemaid is perfect for fans of Ruth Ware, Lisa Jewell, and Verity. |
12/18 |
| 7 |
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593466490 Two college friends—often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before. |
6/16 |
| 8 |
The Pumpkin Spice Café Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008610678 A small-town, grumpy x sunshine romance with plenty of (pumpkin) spice. |
8/2 |
| 9 |
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. |
7/100 |
| 10 |
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. |
11/74 |
| 11 |
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. |
9/19 |
| 12 |
It Ends with Us Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781668055960 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. |
13/118 |
| 13 |
The Bee Sting Paul Murray, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338259 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. |
10/6 |
| 14 |
The Nightmare Before Kissmas- Debut Sara Raasch, Bramble, $19.99, 9781250333193 A sexy, quirky rom-com where the golden-hearted Prince of Christmas falls for the totally off-limits Prince of Halloween. |
/1 |
| 15 |
Holly Stephen King, Scribner, $19.99, 9781668014943 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. |
/5 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for October 16, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 13, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456 This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost. |
1/16 |
| 2 |
The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593536131 A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club. |
2/22 |
| 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. |
4/253 |
| 4 |
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. |
6/154 |
| 5 |
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. |
7/211 |
| 6 |
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651 A history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history. |
8/51 |
| 7 |
The Truths We Hold Kamala Harris, Penguin, $20.00, 9780525560739 Vice President Harris looks at the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them. |
3/34 |
| 8 |
The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932 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. |
9/7 |
| 9 |
Witchcraft: A History in Thirteen Trials Marion Gibson, Scribner, $18.99, 9781668002438 A global history of witch trials across Europe, Africa, and the Americas, told through thirteen distinct trials that illuminate a pattern of demonization and conspiratorial thinking that has profoundly shaped human history. |
13/2 |
| 10 |
Hillbilly Elegy J. D. Vance, Harper, $18.99, 9780062300553 Vance's account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a probing look at the struggles of America's white working class. |
5/39 |
| 11 |
Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $19.99, 9780062964663 The story of the Astors is a quintessentially American story—of ambition, invention, destruction, and reinvention. |
11/4 |
| 12 |
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359 Drawing on the insights of both ancient and contemporary philosophers, psychologists, and spiritual teachers, Oliver Burkeman delivers an entertaining, humorous, practical, and ultimately profound guide to time and time management. |
/13 |
| 13 |
Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World Naomi Klein, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338143 Naomi Klein's reckoning with her famous double, and with what doppelgangers have to tell us about our world. |
10/5 |
| 14 |
Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $21.99, 9780316299220 Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers—and why they often go wrong. |
/88 |
| 15 |
Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll, Harper Select, $19.99, 9781400337040 Scrutinizing long-buried historical documents, NCIS star Mark Harmon and co-author Leon Carroll, a former NCIS Special Agent, have brought forth a true-life NCIS story of deception, discovery, and danger. |
/4 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for October 16, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 12, 2024
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| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Intermezzo Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374602635 An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family—but especially love—from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
1/3 |
| 2 |
Tell Me Everything Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30.00, 9780593446096 From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world. A September 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
2/5 |
| 3 |
Playground Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031 Set in the world's largest ocean, this awe-filled novel explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
3/3 |
| 4 |
James Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550369 Percival Everett's new novel is a brilliant, action-packed re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2024. |
5/30 |
| 5 |
The God of the Woods Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593418918 Moore's multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore's most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet. The #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2024. |
8/15 |
| 6 |
Somewhere Beyond the Sea TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205 The hugely anticipated sequel to TJ Klune's The House in the Cerulean Sea, one of the best-loved and bestselling fantasy novels of the past decade. A September 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
4/5 |
| 7 |
The Life Impossible Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593489277 Matt Haig's new novel is filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning. A September 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
6/6 |
| 8 |
The Mighty Red Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32.00, 9780063277052 In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinary people's lives. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
7/2 |
| 9 |
The Women Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30.00, 9781250178633 The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm's way to help others. |
10/36 |
| 10 |
We Solve Murders Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9780593653227 From the bestselling author of The Thursday Murder Club series—a brand new mystery, an iconic new detective duo, and a thrilling new murder to solve. |
9/4 |
| 11 |
All Fours Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29.00, 9780593190265 Miranda July returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious, and surprising novel about a woman upending her life. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
11/22 |
| 12 |
Creation Lake Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521 From Rachel Kushner comes a new novel about a seductive and cunning American woman who infiltrates an anarchist collective in France—a propulsive page-turner of glittering insights and dark humor. The #1 Indie Next Pick for September 2024. |
13/6 |
| 13 |
Here One Moment Liane Moriarty, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798607 A brilliantly constructed tale that looks at free will and destiny, grief and love, and the endless struggle to maintain certainty and control in an uncertain world. |
14/5 |
| 14 |
The Wedding People Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576 A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew. The #1 Indie Next Pick for August 2024. |
/10 |
| 15 |
The Empusium Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Transl.), Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593712948 The Nobelist's latest masterwork, set in a sanitarium on the eve of World War I, probes the horrors that lie beneath our most hallowed ideas. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
12/3 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for October 16, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 13, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
| 1 |
The Message Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30.00, 9780593230381 The bestselling author of Between the World and Me travels the world to explore how the stories we tell—and the ones we don't—shape our realities. |
1/2 |
| 2 |
Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir Ina Garten, Crown, $34.00, 9780593799895 In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—aka the Barefoot Contessa—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table. |
2/2 |
| 3 |
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316575805 Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light. |
3/2 |
| 4 |
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35.00, 9780593734223 From the bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. |
4/5 |
| 5 |
From Here to the Great Unknown: A Memoir- Debut Lisa Marie Presley, Riley Keough, Random House, $32.00, 9780593733875 Born to an American myth and raised in the wilds of Graceland, Lisa Marie Presley tells her whole story for the first time in this raw, riveting, one-of-a-kind memoir faithfully completed by her daughter, Riley Keough. |
/1 |
| 6 |
Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts- Debut Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00, 9780374611996 A liberating, invigorating journey toward a more meaningful life—a journey that begins not with fantasies of the ideal existence but with the reality in which we actually find ourselves. |
/1 |
| 7 |
Into the Uncut Grass- Debut Trevor Noah, Sabina Hahn (Illus.), One World, $26.00, 9780593729960 In the tradition of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse comes a gorgeously illustrated fable about a young child's journey into the world beyond the shadow of home, a magical landscape where he discovers the secrets of sharing, connection, and finding peace with the people we love. |
/1 |
| 8 |
The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement Sharon McMahon, Thesis, $32.00, 9780593541678 From America's favorite government teacher, a heartfelt, inspiring portrait of twelve ordinary Americans whose courage formed the character of our country. |
5/3 |
| 9 |
The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886 From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us. |
9/91 |
| 10 |
Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook- Debut Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $37.99, 9780399581779 Yotam Ottolenghi brings his inspiring, flavor-forward cooking to comfort dishes. |
/1 |
| 11 |
The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593655030 From bestselling coauthor of The Coddling of the American Mind, an essential investigation into the collapse of youth mental health—and a plan for a healthier, freer childhood. |
8/29 |
| 12 |
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Erik Larson, Crown, $35.00, 9780385348744 Larson brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a slow-burning crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
6/24 |
| 13 |
Taylor Swift Style: Fashion Through the Eras- Debut Sarah Chapelle, St. Martin's Griffin, $35.00, 9781250906151 This definitive book of Taylor Swift's fashion evolution is a journey through all 10 eras with over 200 photographs. |
/1 |
| 14 |
The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi Wright Thompson, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9780593299821 A shocking and revelatory account of the murder of Emmett Till, laying bare the global forces that converged on the Mississippi Delta in the long lead-up to the crime, and how the truth was hidden for so long. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
10/3 |
| 15 |
Something Lost, Something Gained: Reflections on Life, Love, and Liberty Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668017234 Hillary Clinton offers her candid views on life and love, politics, liberty, democracy, the threats we face, and the future within our reach. |
7/4 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for October 16, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 13, 2024
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 |
3/145 |
| 2 |
The Exchange John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593685600 |
1/2 |
| 3 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
2/432 |
| 4 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340 |
9/256 |
| 5 |
The House Across the Lake- Debut Riley Sager, Dutton, $10.99, 9780593853092 |
/1 |
| 6 |
The Shining Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657 |
4/36 |
| 7 |
Code Red Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982165000 |
5/3 |
| 8 |
Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 |
6/103 |
| 9 |
23 1/2 Lies James Patterson, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752692 |
7/2 |
| 10 |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
/168 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for October 16, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 13, 2024
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| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1 |
Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860 |
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| 2 |
The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316554732 |
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| 3 |
The Bletchley Riddle- Debut Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542 |
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| 4 |
Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877 |
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| 5 |
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 |
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| 6 |
Spooky Lakes: 25 Strange and Mysterious Lakes that Dot Our Planet Geo Rutherford, Harry N. Abrams, $24.99, 9781419770531 |
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| 7 |
The Sherlock Society James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665932530 |
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| 8 |
The New Girl: A Graphic Novel Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457 |
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| 9 |
The Last Dragon on Mars Scott Reintgen, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665946513 |
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| 10 |
Mouse and His Dog Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250345004 |
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| 11 |
The Hotel Balzaar Kate DiCamillo, Júlia Sardà (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536223316 |
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| 12 |
Spy School Entrance Exam: A Spy School Book of Devious Word Searches, Clever Crosswords, Sly Sudoku, and Other Top Secret Puzzles! Stuart Gibbs, Jeff Chen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9781665951364 |
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| 13 |
Out of My Dreams Sharon M. Draper, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $18.99, 9781665949545 |
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| 14 |
Dogtown Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250811622 |
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| 15 |
Stella & Marigold- Debut Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $15.99, 9781797219707 |
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Young Adult
Bestseller List for October 16, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 13, 2024
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
Nothing Like the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138 |
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| 2 |
Heir Sabaa Tahir, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780593616949 |
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| 3 |
Twenty-Four Seconds from Now...: A LOVE Story- Debut Jason Reynolds, Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $19.99, 9781665961271 |
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| 4 |
Powerless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884 |
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| 5 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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| 6 |
Immortal Dark (Deluxe Limited Edition) Tigest Girma, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316570381 |
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| 7 |
Compound Fracture Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636121 |
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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 |
The Thirteenth Child Erin A. Craig, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593482582 |
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| 10 |
Reckless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665955430 |
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| 11 |
Betting on You Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665921244 |
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| 12 |
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17.00, 9780593622452 |
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| 13 |
The Glass Girl Kathleen Glasgow, Delacorte Press, $21.99, 9780525708087 |
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| 14 |
When the World Tips Over Jandy Nelson, Dial Books, $21.99, 9780525429098 |
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| 15 |
If Only I Had Told Her Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for October 16, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 13, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1 |
Room on the Broom Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409 |
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| 2 |
Bluey's Halloween Mix-and-Match Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593752838 |
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| 3 |
Room on the Broom Special Edition Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593859926 |
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| 4 |
The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968 |
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| 5 |
Little Blue Truck's Halloween Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780544772533 |
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| 6 |
Construction Site: Garbage Crew to the Rescue! Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797226552 |
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| 7 |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Creepy-Crawly Halloween Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $12.99, 9780593751084 |
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| 8 |
How Do Dinosaurs Say Trick or Treat? Jane Yolen, Mark Teague (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338891980 |
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| 9 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 10 |
Little Witch Cat: Finger Puppet Book Emily Dove (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797228105 |
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| 11 |
The Most Boring Book Ever Brandon Sanderson, Kazu Kibuishi (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $19.99, 9781250843661 |
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| 12 |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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| 13 |
5 More Sleeps 'til Halloween Jimmy Fallon, Rich Deas (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250857798 |
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| 14 |
Little Ghost Makes a Friend Maggie Edkins Willis, Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books, $18.99, 9781665927857 |
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| 15 |
Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for October 16, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending October 13, 2024
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| Children's Series | ||
| 1 |
The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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| 2 |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 3 |
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback) Rick Riordan, Hyperion |
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| 4 |
InvestiGators (hardcover) John Patrick Green, First Second |
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| 5 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 6 |
I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Dave Shephard (Illus.), Scholastic |
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| 7 |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic |
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| 8 |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 9 |
Spy School (hardcover and paperback) Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
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| 10 |
Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback) Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 13, 2024
16 Starling House
Alix E. Harrow, Tor, $19.99, 9781250799067
17 My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609455064
18 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
19 Graveyard Shift: A Novella
M.L. Rio, Flatiron Books, $16.99, 9781250356796
20 The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Amor Towles (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Vintage, $19.00, 9780593470619
21 The Crescent Moon Tearoom
Stacy Sivinski, Atria, $18.99, 9781668058398
22 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17.00, 9781501161933
23 The Fraud
Zadie Smith, Penguin, $19.00, 9780525558989
24 The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
25 Normal People
Sally Rooney, Crown, $17.00, 9781984822185
26 The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781101906118
27 A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583
28 Blackouts
Justin Torres, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338068
29 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
30 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
31 Starter Villain
John Scalzi, Tor Books, $18.99, 9781250879394
32 The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches
Sangu Mandanna, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593439357
33 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
34 The Cinnamon Bun Book Store
Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008641580
35 A Pirate's Life for Tea
Rebecca Thorne, Bramble, $19.99, 9781250333179
36 The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
37 The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $18.00, 9780593418406
38 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
39 The Housemaid Is Watching
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464221132
40 Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
41 Daydream
Hannah Grace, Atria, $19.99, 9781668026250
42 A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.00, 9781635575620
43 Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593441190
44 Slow Horses (Deluxe Edition)
Mick Herron, Soho Crime, $18.95, 9781641292979
45 Prophet Song
Paul Lynch, Grove Press, $18.00, 9780802163523
46 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593183212
47 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606
48 A Court of Silver Flames
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577990
49 Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263
50 Weyward
Emilia Hart, St. Martin's Griffin, $19.00, 9781250842725
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 13, 2024
16 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
17 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831
18 Loving Corrections
adrienne maree brown, AK Press, $18.00, 9781849355544
19 Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951
20 The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
Douglas Brunt, Atria Books, $19.99, 9781982169916
21 How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9780984627110
22 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $21.99, 9780063394230
23 Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Michael Lewis, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324105817
24 Recognizing the Stranger: On Palestine and Narrative
Isabella Hammad, Grove Press, Black Cat, $18.00, 9780802163929
25 Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20.00, 9780307279286
26 Dress Up Taylor: A Taylor Swift paper doll book featuring her iconic eras
Julia Murray (Illus.), Smith Street Books, $16.95, 9781923049765
27 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
28 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
29 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225282
30 Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20.00, 9781984878120
31 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780062316110
32 Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
Werner Herzog, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593490310
33 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20.00, 9780143129257
34 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593298909
35 A Day in the Life of Abed Salama: Anatomy of a Jerusalem Tragedy
Nathan Thrall, Metropolitan Books, $18.99, 9781250854964
36 World Travel: An Irreverent Guide
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $22.00, 9780062802767
37 Inciting Joy: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $19.99, 9781643753959
38 The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
39 A Return to Radiance: The Power Method to Ignite Your Soul and Unleash Your Potential
Becca Powers, New World Library, $19.95, 9781608689347
40 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20.00, 9780593239933
41 How to Piss Off Men: 109 Things to Say to Shatter the Male Ego
Kyle Prue, Sourcebooks, $16.99, 9781728291925
42 The 48 Laws of Power
Robert Greene, Penguin, $26.00, 9780140280197
43 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
44 The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York
Robert A. Caro, Vintage, $27.00, 9780394720241
45 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
46 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $20.00, 9781524746742
47 The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400078431
48 The Sisterhood: The Secret History of Women at the CIA
Liza Mundy, Crown, $22.00, 9780593238196
49 Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228
50 On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12.00, 9780804190114
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 13, 2024
16 The Night We Lost Him
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $28.99, 9781668002933
17 All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798874
18 Counting Miracles
Nicholas Sparks, Random House, $30.00, 9780593449592
19 We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25.00, 9780593818749
20 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
21 The Last One at the Wedding
Jason Rekulak, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250895783
22 Blue Sisters
Coco Mellors, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593723760
23 Beach Read Deluxe Edition)
Emily Henry, Berkley, $35.00, 9780593817414
24 By Any Other Name
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593497210
25 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
26 The Restaurant of Lost Recipes
Hisashi Kashiwai, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $26.00, 9780593717790
27 Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
28 The Stars Are Dying (Special Edition)
Chloe C. Peñaranda, Bramble, $32.99, 9781250355669
29 The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst, Bramble, $29.99, 9781250333971
30 The Bog Wife
Kay Chronister, Counterpoint, $28.00, 9781640096622
31 Swordcrossed
Freya Marske, Bramble, $28.99, 9781250341624
32 The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145
33 Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593537619
34 The Mistletoe Mystery: A Maid Novella (Molly the Maid)
Nita Prose, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9780593875445
35 Entitlement
Rumaan Alam, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593718469
36 Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems: 1961-2023
Margaret Atwood, Knopf, $40.00, 9780593802649
37 The Stone Witch of Florence
Anna Rasche, Park Row, $30.00, 9780778310457
38 The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385546874
39 A Song to Drown Rivers (Deluxe Edition)
Ann Liang, St. Martin's Press, $32.00, 9781250289469
40 Our Evenings
Alan Hollinghurst, Random House, $30.00, 9780593243060
41 Death at the Sign of the Rook
Kate Atkinson, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385547994
42 The Full Moon Coffee Shop
Mai Mochizuki, Jesse Kirkwood (Transl.), Ballantine Books, $23.00, 9780593726822
43 Sandwich
Catherine Newman, Harper, $26.99, 9780063345164
44 Model Home
Rivers Solomon, MCD, $28.00, 9780374607135
45 The Sequel
Jean Hanff Korelitz, Celadon Books, $29.00, 9781250875471
46 The Drowned
John Banville, Hanover Square Press, $28.99, 9781335000590
47 Colored Television
Danzy Senna, Riverhead Books, $29.00, 9780593544372
48 The House in the Cerulean Sea (Special Edition)
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250357243
49 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
50 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending October 13, 2024
16 On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32.00, 9780593728727
17 Melania
Melania Trump, Skyhorse, $40.00, 9781510782693
18 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292
19 The Third Gilmore Girl: A Memoir
Kelly Bishop, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781668023778
20 Easy Weeknight Dinners: 100 Fast, Flavor-Packed Meals for Busy People Who Still Want Something Good to Eat [A Cookbook]
Emily Weinstein, New York Times Cooking, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9780593836323
21 The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260
22 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
23 What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures
Ayana Elizabeth Johnson, One World, $34.00, 9780593229361
24 The PLAN: Manage Your Time Like a Lazy Genius
Kendra Adachi, Convergent Books, $27.00, 9780593727935
25 The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder through Science & Poetry
Maria Popova, Ofra Amit (Illus.), Storey Publishing, LLC, $22.00, 9781635868838
26 Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves
Stephen Colbert, Evie McGee Colbert, Celadon Books, $35.00, 9781250859990
27 Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Harry N. Abrams, $28.00, 9781419777295
28 Lovely One: A Memoir
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Random House, $35.00, 9780593729908
29 Guinness World Records 2025
, Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484569
30 Good Energy: The Surprising Connection Between Metabolism and Limitless Health
Casey Means, M.D., Calley Means, Avery, $32.00, 9780593712641
31 Ornithography: An Illustrated Guide to Bird Lore & Symbolism (Hidden Languages #2)
Jessica Roux, Andrews McMeel Publishing, $21.99, 9781524888770
32 The Silver Snarling Trumpet: The Birth of the Grateful Dead—The Lost Manuscript of Robert Hunter
Robert Hunter, Hachette Books, $32.00, 9780306835155
33 Countdown 1960: The Behind-the-Scenes Story of the 312 Days that Changed America's Politics Forever
Chris Wallace, Dutton, $35.00, 9780593852194
34 Play Nice: The Rise, Fall, and Future Of Blizzard Entertainment
Jason Schreier, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538725429
35 The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
Evan Friss, Viking, $30.00, 9780593299920
36 Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win
Jessica Valenti, Crown, $25.00, 9780593800232
37 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461
38 The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science
Dava Sobel, Atlantic Monthly Press, $30.00, 9780802163820
39 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
40 An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982108663
41 Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $30.00, 9780593475522
42 John Lewis: A Life
David Greenberg, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982142995
43 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598
44 Kingmaker: Pamela Harriman's Astonishing Life of Power, Seduction, and Intrigue
Sonia Purnell, Viking, $35.00, 9780593297803
45 Autocracy, Inc.: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World
Anne Applebaum, Doubleday, $27.00, 9780385549936
46 I Heard There Was a Secret Chord: Music as Medicine
Daniel J. Levitin, W. W. Norton & Company, $32.50, 9781324036180
47 A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $32.50, 9781501183058
48 The Art of Power: My Story as America's First Woman Speaker of the House
Nancy Pelosi, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668048047
49 Henry V: The Astonishing Triumph of England's Greatest Warrior King
Dan Jones, Viking, $35.00, 9780593652732
50 On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything
Nate Silver, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9781594204128
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending October 13, 2024
11 The Long Walk
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668052013
12 The Secret
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $10.99, 9781984818614
13 Invisible Girl
Lisa Jewell, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668033593
14 Camino Island
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9781524797157
15 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
16 'Salem's Lot
Stephen King, Anchor, $10.99, 9780307743671
17 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
18 Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345337665
19 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
20 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309
21 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
22 All the Dangerous Things
Stacy Willingham, Minotaur Books, $9.99, 9781250344090
23 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
24 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
25 The House of Wolves
James Patterson, Mike Lupica, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538710791
26 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
27 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
28 The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318572
29 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
30 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
31 Carrie
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743664
32 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293
33 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
34 Fairy Tale
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668052679
35 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
36 Elantris
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765350374
37 The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688
38 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
39 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
40 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
41 The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345325815
42 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
43 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
44 Edgedancer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $13.99, 9781250166548
45 Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
46 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
47 Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765360038
48 God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
49 Endymion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553572940
50 The Last Colony
John Scalzi, Tor, $9.99, 9780765356185