February 12, 2025

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for February 12, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 9, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 Deep End- Debut
Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20.00, 9780593550441
A competitive diver and an ace swimmer jump into forbidden waters in this steamy college romance by the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis.
/1
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.
1/21
3 Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593685778
A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction.
2/6
4 The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593312070
A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.
3/14
5 Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182
A post-apocalyptic novel of hope and terror by the bestselling author of Kindred.
5/26
6 Orbital
Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802163622
Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in 24 hours. Winner of the Booker Prize 2024.
6/13
7 Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984
Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
7/24
8 The Crash
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227325
A new psychological thriller from bestselling author Freida McFadden! The nightmare she's running from is nothing compared to where she's headed.
4/2
9 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063250857
Yellowface grapples with questions of diversity, racism, and cultural appropriation, as well as the terrifying alienation of social media. R. F. Kuang's novel is timely, razor-sharp, and eminently readable.
9/5
10 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.
10/126
11 The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $18.00, 9780525435006
Atwood's funny, unexpected, horrifying, and altogether convincing novel is at once scathing satire, dire warning, and literary tour de force. Now a Hulu series.
8/91
12 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
An addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist, Freida McFadden's The Housemaid is perfect for fans of Ruth Ware, Lisa Jewell, and Verity.
14/31
13 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.
12/19
14 The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384
A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years.
11/15
15 First Lie Wins- Debut
Ashley Elston, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593492932
Evie Porter has everything a nice, Southern girl could want: a perfect, doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence and a garden, a fancy group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn't exist.
/1
 
     

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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for February 12, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 9, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12.00, 9780804190114
Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the 20th century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience.
1/101
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.
2/270
3 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.
3/39
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.
4/171
5 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost.
5/33
6 The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 19172017
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.
7/68
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.
6/228
8 Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20.00, 9780307279286
Award-winning New Yorker staff writer Keefe presents a stunning and intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.
8/54
9 Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593652985
A vital and urgent call to action about the precarious state of American democracy, charting its historical challenges and current threats, from one of our era's most important and insightful historians, with a new afterword by the author.
10/15
10 Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Jonathan Blitzer, Penguin, $21.00, 9781984880826
An epic, heartbreaking, and deeply reported history of the disastrous humanitarian crisis at the southern border told through the lives of the migrants forced to risk everything and the policymakers who determine their fate.
9/3
11 Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
Dean Spade, Verso, $15.95, 9781839762123
Writing for those new to activism as well as those who have been in social movements for a long time, Dean Spade draws on years of organizing to offer a radical vision of community mobilization, social transformation, compassionate activism, and solidarity.
15/4
12 Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together
Dean Spade, Algonquin Books, $19.99, 9781643756462
In this inspiring self-help handbook, a trans activist dares us to be the change we want to see—both out in the world, and amongst our closest connections.
/2
13 Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20.00, 9780593139158
McConaughey's unconventional memoir is filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction.
11/13
14 All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard.
12/9
15 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.
14/90
 
     

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Hardcover Fiction

 



Bestseller List for February 12, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 9, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 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.
2/47
2 Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649374189
After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it's impossible to know who to trust.
1/3
3 The Bones Beneath My Skin- Debut
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250890436
A supernatural road-trip thriller featuring an extraordinary young girl and her two unlikely protectors on the run from cultists and the government. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
/1
4 Onyx Storm (Standard Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649377159
After nearly eighteen months at Basgiath War College, Violet Sorrengail knows there's no more time for lessons. No more time for uncertainty. Because the battle has truly begun, and with enemies closing in from outside their walls and within their ranks, it's impossible to know who to trust.
3/3
5 The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593418918
Moore's multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore's most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet. The #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2024.
6/32
6 Small Things Like These
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741
Keegan's landmark novel is a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2021.
7/30
7 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.
5/32
8 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.
8/26
9 Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $30.00, 9780593548981
Set in Florida in the 1970s, Grady Hendrix's newest novel follows five young women in a home for unwed mothers who find a guide to witchcraft. The #1 Indie Next Pick for January 2025.
4/4
10 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.
9/39
11 Isola- Debut
Allegra Goodman, The Dial Press, $28.99, 9780593730089
Inspired by the real life of a sixteenth-century heroine, Isola is the timeless story of a woman fighting for survival. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
/1
12 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.
10/53
13 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.
11/20
14 Black Woods, Blue Sky- Debut
Eowyn Ivey, Random House, $29.00, 9780593231029
Eowyn Ivey returns to the mythical Alaska landscape of her Pulitzer Prize finalist The Snow Child with an unforgettable reimagining of Beauty and the Beast that asks the question: can love save us from ourselves? A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
/1
15 We Do Not Part
Han Kang, e. yaewon (Transl.), Paige Aniyah Morris (Transl.), Hogarth, $28.00, 9780593595459
From the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Han Kang's new novel tells the story of a friendship between two women while powerfully reckoning with a hidden chapter in Korean history.
12/3
ON THE RISE
17 Last Twilight in Paris
Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $28.99, 9780778307983
Inspired by a real department store in Paris that was converted to a Nazi prison camp, Last Twilight in Paris is a gripping story of love against all odds and one woman's quest to solve a decade-old mystery. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
 
 
     

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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for February 12, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 9, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
If you've ever felt stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with where you are, the problem isn't you. The problem is the power you give to other people. This book puts the power to create a life you love back in your hands.
1/7
2 The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781668072240
A bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2024.
2/12
3 Memorial Days: A Memoir- Debut
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780593653982
A heartrending and beautiful memoir of sudden loss and a journey towards peace, from the bestselling, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Horse. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
/1
4 The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
Chris Hayes, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593653111
From the bestselling author and MSNBC and podcast host, a powerful wide-angle reckoning with how the assault from attention capitalism on our minds and our hearts has reordered our politics and the very fabric of our society.
3/2
5 Source Code: My Beginnings- Debut
Bill Gates, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593801581
The origin story of one of the most influential and transformative business leaders and philanthropists of the modern age.
/1
6 The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir
Neko Case, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538710500
Singer-songwriter Neko Case paints a vivid portrait of an extraordinary life—one forged through a poverty-stricken childhood, obsessive desire, bursts of comedy, and indispensable friendships. A February 2025 Indie Next Pick.
4/2
7 On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer- Debut
Rick Steves, Rick Steves, $30.00, 9781641716437
Stow away with Rick Steves for a glimpse into the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and memories of his 1978 journey on the legendary Hippie Trail.
/1
8 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.
5/19
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.
7/107
10 Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning
Peter Beinart, Knopf, $26.00, 9780593803899
A provocative argument that will expand and inform one of the defining conversations of our time. It is a book that only Peter Beinart could write: a passionate yet measured work that brings together his personal experience, his commanding grasp of history, his keen understanding of political and moral dilemmas, and a clear vision for the future.
12/2
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.
6/134
12 How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith- Debut
Mariann Edgar Budde, Avery, $28.00, 9780593539217
An inspirational guide to the key junctures in life that, if navigated with faith and discernment, pave the way for us to become our most courageous selves, by the bishop of the famed Episcopal Diocese of Washington, D.C.
/1
13 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.
10/19
14 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.
11/37
15 Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
Imani Perry, Ecco, $28.99, 9780062977397
A surprising, beautiful meditation on the color blue—and its fascinating role in Black history and culture—from National Book Award winner Imani Perry.
9/2
 
     

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Mass Market



Bestseller List for February 12, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 9, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
1/449
2 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
2/182
3 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
3/79
4 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
4/120
5 Reacher: Persuader- Debut
Lee Child, Dell, $10.99, 9780593984215
/1
6 The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
6/162
7 The Exchange
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593685600
8/18
8 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
5/80
9 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
9/77
10 Simply Lies
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538750605
/3
 
     

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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for February 12, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 9, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1 A Wolf Called Fire- Debut
Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780063415133
 
2 Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860
 
3 The Squad: A Graphic Novel
Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315
 
4 The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
 
5 Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
 
6 Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
 
7 The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542
 
8 The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324
 
9 Mixed-Up- Debut
Kami Garcia, Brittney Williams (Illus.), First Second, $14.99, 9781250840882
 
10 Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
 
11 Chickenpox- Debut
Remy Lai, Henry Holt and Co. BYR Paperbacks, $14.99, 9781250863294
 
12 The First State of Being
Erin Entrada Kelly, Greenwillow Books, $19.99, 9780063337312
 
13 Bluey 5-Minute Stories: 6 Stories in 1 Book? Hooray!
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593521908
 
14 Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
 
15 Charlotte's Web
E. B. White, HarperCollins, $10.99, 9780064400558
 
 
     

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Young Adult



Bestseller List for February 12, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 9, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Young Adult  
1 Wings of Starlight- Debut
Allison Saft, Disney Press, $18.99, 9781368098458
 
2 Under the Same Stars- Debut
Libba Bray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux BYR, $24.99, 9780374388942
 
3 Heavenly Tyrant
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $20.99, 9780735269989
 
4 Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
 
5 All Better Now- Debut
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781534432758
 
6 Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17.00, 9780593622452
 
7 If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
 
8 The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196
 
9 The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544340688
 
10 Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
 
11 Legendborn (Indies Introduce)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
 
12 Iron Widow
Xiran Jay Zhao, Tundra Books, $11.99, 9780735269958
 
13 Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
 
14 The Last Bookstore on Earth
Lily Braun-Arnold, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593899489
 
15 The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
 
 
     

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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for February 12, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 9, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Illustrated  
1 Little Blue Truck's Valentine
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, 9780358272441, $13.99
 
2 Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, 9780694003617, $10.99
 
3 The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
4 The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
5 Girls on the Rise
Amanda Gorman, Loveis Wise (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593624180
 
6 The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Peekaboo Valentine
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, 9780593754757, $9.99, 9780593754757
 
7 Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
 
8 The Bakery Dragon
Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968
 
9 Knight Owl and Early Bird
Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526
 
10 Your Forest- Debut
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $8.99, 9781536230833
 
11 How to Be Romance with Bluey and Bingo
Penguin Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593755105
 
12 I Am Glinda (Little Golden Book)
Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884
 
13 Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
 
14 I Spy Love- Debut
Dan Marzollo, Dave Marzollo, Walter Wick (Illus.), Cartwheel Books, $14.99, 9781546119784
 
15 Happy Valentine's Day, Curious George!
H. A. Rey, Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780063384903
 
 
     

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Children's Series



Bestseller List for February 12, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending February 9, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.

  Children's Series  
1 Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2 Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
 
3 Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
 
4 The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
 
5 Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
6 I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scholastic
 
7 InvestiGators (hardcover)
John Patrick Green, First Second
 
8 The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
 
9 Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 
10 City Spies (hardcover and paperback)
James Ponti, Aladdin
New in Series: London Calling (9781665932509)
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending February 9, 2025

16 Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781451673319

17 The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400

18 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781982179014

19 Good Material
Dolly Alderton, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593686959

20 Dream Girl Drama
Tessa Bailey, Avon, $18.99, 9780063380783

21 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593466490

22 The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227

23 Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433

24 Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279087

25 Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228

26 I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600

27 Quicksilver
Callie Hart, Forever, $21.99, 9781538774199

28 A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583

29 The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498

30 The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987

31 The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781101906118

32 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624

33 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318

34 Wicked
Gregory Maguire, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780062852847

35 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756

36 The Hunter
Tana French, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593493458

37 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323

38 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702

39 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957

40 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463

41 One Dark Window
Rachel Gillig, Orbit, $18.99, 9780316312486

42 Butter
Asako Yuzuki, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063236417

43 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17.00, 9781501161933

44 Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263

45 Annihilation
Jeff VanderMeer, Picador, $18.00, 9781250824042

46 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990

47 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606

48 The Poppy War
R.F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $19.99, 9780062662583

49 The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison, Vintage, $16.00, 9780307278449

50 The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Vintage, $16.00, 9780345804341

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending February 9, 2025

16 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20.00, 9780143129257

17 A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $22.99, 9780062397348

18 King: A Life
Jonathan Eig, Picador, $23.00, 9781250335647

19 Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20.00, 9780593449240

20 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

21 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359

22 Meditations
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255

23 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338143

24 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791

25 Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes, Haymarket Books, $17.95, 9781642598278

26 How to Love (Mindfulness Essentials #3)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006884

27 Sapiens [Tenth Anniversary Ed]: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $27.99, 9780063422001

28 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $20.00, 9781524746742

29 The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story
Pagan Kennedy, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593314715

30 The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin, Vintage, $14.00, 9780679744726

31 Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807014271

32 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037

33 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $21.99, 9780316299220

34 How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
Jason Stanley, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $19.00, 9780525511854

35 A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446

36 Hillbilly Elegy
J. D. Vance, Harper, $18.99, 9780062300553

37 A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
Eckhart Tolle, Penguin Life, $18.00, 9780452289963

38 Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088

39 The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689

40 The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400078431

41 Imagination: A Manifesto
Ruha Benjamin, W. W. Norton & Company, $12.00, 9781324105015

42 Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement
Angela Y. Davis, Haymarket Books, $15.95, 9781608465644

43 Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split the Sixties
Elijah Wald, Dey Street Books, $18.99, 9780062366696

44 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

45 The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Nikole Hannah-Jones (Creator), The New York Times Magazine, One World, $25.00, 9780593230596

46 The Courage to Be Disliked: The Japanese Phenomenon That Shows You How to Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
Ichiro Kishimi, Fumitake Koga, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781668065969

47 Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Isabel Wilkerson, Random House, $21.00, 9780593230275

48 The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932

49 Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18.00, 9780374531386

50 Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending February 9, 2025

16 Water Moon
Samantha Sotto Yambao, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593724996

17 Last Twilight in Paris
Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $28.99, 9780778307983

18 This Is a Love Story
Jessica Soffer, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593851265

19 All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798874

20 Good Dirt
Charmaine Wilkerson, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593358368

21 Victorian Psycho
Virginia Feito, Liveright, $24.99, 9781631498633

22 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157

23 Tell Me Everything
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30.00, 9780593446096

24 Beautiful Ugly
Alice Feeney, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250337788

25 Playground
Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031

26 Death of the Author (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Nnedi Okorafor, William Morrow, $30.00, 9780063391147

27 Presumed Guilty
Scott Turow, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538706367

28 44 Poems on Being with Each Other
Pádraig Ó. Tuama, W. W. Norton & Company, $27.99, 9781324086161

29 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991

30 The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593801970

31 Gliff
Ali Smith, Pantheon, $28.00, 9780593701560

32 The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668045145

33 We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25.00, 9780593818749

34 The Stolen Queen
Fiona Davis, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593474273

35 Harlem Rhapsody
Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $29.00, 9780593638484

36 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236210

37 Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205

38 The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593489277

39 Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521

40 The Life Cycle of the Common Octopus
Emma Knight, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9780593830451

41 The Three Lives of Cate Kay
Kate Fagan, Atria Books, $27.99, 9781668076217

42 Wind and Truth
Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $39.99, 9781250319180

43 The Lamb
Lucy Rose, Harper, $27.99, 9780063374607

44 Tartufo
Kira Jane Buxton, Grand Central Publishing, $29.00, 9781538770818

45 Time of the Child
Niall Williams, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.99, 9781639734207

46 Rejection: Fiction
Tony Tulathimutte, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063337879

47 The Favorites
Layne Fargo, Random House, $28.00, 9780593732045

48 Playworld
Adam Ross, Knopf, $29.00, 9780385351294

49 The Grey Wolf
Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30.00, 9781250328137

50 Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820247

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending February 9, 2025

16 Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34.00, 9780593799895

17 The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35.00, 9780385348744

18 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

19 Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35.00, 9780593734223

20 The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385544764

21 Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00, 9780374611996

22 On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32.00, 9780593728727

23 Food for Thought: Essays and Ruminations
Alton Brown, Gallery Books, $28.99, 9781668064214

24 Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Abrams Press, $28.00, 9781419777295

25 CABIN: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
Patrick Hutchison, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250285706

26 The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260

27 Pure Innocent Fun: Essays
Ira Madison, III, Random House, $29.00, 9780593446188

28 Aflame: Learning from Silence
Pico Iyer, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593420287

29 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

30 Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $25.00, 9780593189481

31 Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593320969

32 Bibliophobia: A Memoir
Sarah Chihaya, Random House, $29.00, 9780593594728

33 The 5 Types of Wealth: A Transformative Guide to Design Your Dream Life
Sahil Bloom, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593723180

34 Unicorn Team: The Nine Leadership Types You Need to Launch Your Big Ideas with Speed and Success
Jen Kem, Hay House Business, $26.99, 9781401980276

35 Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy
Tieghan Gerard, Clarkson Potter, $32.99, 9780593232576

36 Reading the Waves: A Memoir
Lidia Yuknavitch, Riverhead Books, $29.00, 9780593713051

37 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461

38 Beyond Anxiety: Curiosity, Creativity, and Finding Your Life's Purpose
Martha Beck, The Open Field, $30.00, 9780593656389

39 Melania
Melania Trump, Skyhorse, $40.00, 9781510782693

40 How to Win at Travel
Brian Kelly, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668068656

41 Open Socrates: The Case for a Philosophical Life
Agnes Callard, W. W. Norton & Company, $35.00, 9781631498466

42 Into the Uncut Grass
Trevor Noah, Sabina Hahn (Illus.), One World, $26.00, 9780593729960

43 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598

44 Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches
Matty Matheson, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9781984862150

45 From Ted to Tom: The Illustrated Envelopes of Edward Gorey
Edward Gorey, New York Review Books, $24.95, 9781681379050

46 Save Our Souls: The True Story of a Castaway Family, Treachery, and Murder
Matthew Pearl, Harper, $30.00, 9780063338067

47 What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts)
Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781668055687

48 An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982108663

49 Superbloom: How Technologies of Connection Tear Us Apart
Nicholas Carr, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324064619

50 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending February 9, 2025

11 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400

12 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488

13 Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340

14 Only the Brave
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9780593498453

15 Clive Cussler The Corsican Shadow
Dirk Cussler, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $10.99, 9780593544198

16 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125

17 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286

18 The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688

19 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309

20 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803

21 Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987

22 It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $10.99, 9780451465641

23 Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765360038

24 Shattered
James Patterson, James O. Born, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752968

25 The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572

26 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741

27 The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626

28 After That Night
Karin Slaughter, William Morrow Paperbacks, $10.99, 9780063157804

29 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686

30 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293

31 The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657

32 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233

33 Thinner
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668084274

34 It Had to Be You
Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668034668

35 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10.00, 9780553293357

36 Wrong Place Wrong Time
Gillian McAllister, William Morrow Paperbacks, $9.99, 9780063427006

37 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024

38 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488

39 The Great Gatsby
F.Scott Fitzgerald, Pocket, $9.99, 9781982146702

40 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484

41 The Fall of Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553288209

42 A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $8.95, 9780679755333

43 The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345325815

44 Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553208849

45 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977

46 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716

47 Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874

48 All Quiet on the Western Front
Erich Maria Remarque, Ballantine, $6.99, 9780449213940

49 Carrie
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743664

50 Bobby Fischer Teaches Chess
Bobby Fischer, et al., Bantam, $9.99, 9780553263152

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