Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for April 2, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 30, 2025
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| Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
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. |
1/13 |
| 2 |
Funny Story Emily Henry, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593441213 Emily Henry's shimmering, joyful novel about a pair of opposites with the wrong thing in common. |
2/5 |
| 3 |
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. |
3/21 |
| 4 |
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. |
7/20 |
| 5 |
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. |
5/31 |
| 6 |
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. |
8/28 |
| 7 |
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. |
4/33 |
| 8 |
Deep End 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. |
6/8 |
| 9 |
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. |
10/26 |
| 10 |
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. |
12/98 |
| 11 |
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. |
14/133 |
| 12 |
I Who Have Never Known Men Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600 Ursula K. LeGuin meets The Road in a post-apocalyptic modern classic of female friendship and intimacy. |
11/4 |
| 13 |
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. |
15/37 |
| 14 |
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. |
13/9 |
| 15 |
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. |
/19 |
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| 17 |
How to Solve Your Own Murder Kristen Perrin, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593474020 A dual narrative, feel good mystery in which a woman spends a lifetime trying to prevent her murder as predicted by a fortune teller at a country fair when she was just 17. |
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Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for April 2, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 30, 2025
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| Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 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. |
1/108 |
| 2 |
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490 The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by David Grann, one of our greatest nonfiction writers. |
2/5 |
| 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. |
3/277 |
| 4 |
The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan, Knopf, $36.00, 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. |
4/46 |
| 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. |
5/40 |
| 6 |
All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. |
6/178 |
| 7 |
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution Cat Bohannon, Vintage, $20.00, 9780345806208 Eve is not only a sweeping revision of human history, it's an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long. |
7/5 |
| 8 |
A Dumb Birds Field Guide to the Worst Birds Ever Matt Kracht, Chronicle Books, $15.95, 9781797232751 Even the author's previous bird takedown guides are no preparation for this hilariously harrowing collection of squawking, conceited, trash-eating, and even murderous idiots. The horror. The horror. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
8/3 |
| 9 |
The Portable Feminist Reader- Debut Roxane Gay (Ed.), Penguin Classics, $25.00, 9780143110392 Through The Portable Feminist Reader, readers explore the state of American feminism, its successes and failures, and what feminism looks like in practice, as a complex, contradictory, personal and political, and ever-growing legacy of feminist thought. |
/1 |
| 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. |
9/235 |
| 11 |
On Tyranny Graphic Edition: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder, Nora Krug (Illus.), Ten Speed Graphic, $16.99, 9781984859150 A graphic edition of historian Timothy Snyder's bestselling book of lessons for surviving and resisting America's arc toward authoritarianism, featuring the visual storytelling talents of renowned illustrator Nora Krug. |
13/15 |
| 12 |
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. |
11/75 |
| 13 |
The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20.00, 9780143129257 A revolutionary program for personal renewal, The Artist's Way will help get you back on track, rediscover your passions, and take the steps you need to change your life. |
10/26 |
| 14 |
A People's History of the United States Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $22.99, 9780062397348 Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of—and in the words of—America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. |
12/7 |
| 15 |
There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension- Debut Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20.00, 9780593448809 A poignant, personal reflection on basketball, life, and home—from the author of the National Book Award finalist A Little Devil in America. |
/1 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for April 2, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 30, 2025
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| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 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. |
1/54 |
| 2 |
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. |
5/39 |
| 3 |
Wild Dark Shore Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951 From the bestselling author of Migrations and Once There Were Wolves, a novel about a family living alone on a remote island, when a mysterious woman washes up on shore. The #1 Indie Next Pick for March 2025. |
4/4 |
| 4 |
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. |
6/33 |
| 5 |
Dream Count Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593802724 A searing, exquisite new novel by the bestselling and award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists—the story of four women and their loves, longings, and desires. |
3/4 |
| 6 |
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. |
8/10 |
| 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. |
11/39 |
| 8 |
Broken Country Clare Leslie Hall, Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668078181 A love triangle unearths dangerous, deadly secrets from the past in this thrilling tale perfect for fans of The Paper Palace and Where the Crawdads Sing. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
9/4 |
| 9 |
The Antidote Karen Russell, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593802250 A gripping dust bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
7/3 |
| 10 |
The Buffalo Hunter Hunter Stephen Graham Jones, S&S/Saga Press, $29.99, 9781668075081 From the bestselling author of The Only Good Indians, a chilling historical horror novel tracing the life of a vampire who haunts the fields of the Blackfeet reservation looking for justice. |
2/2 |
| 11 |
When the Moon Hits Your Eye- Debut John Scalzi, Tor Books, $29.99, 9780765389091 New York Times bestselling author John Scalzi flies you to the moon with his most fantastic tale to date. An April 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
/1 |
| 12 |
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. |
10/37 |
| 13 |
Elphie (Deluxe Limited Edition)- Debut Gregory Maguire, William Morrow, $30.00, 9780063377011 For the first time Gregory Maguire reveals the story of prickly young Elphie, the future Wicked Witch of the West—setting the stage for the blockbuster international phenomenon that is Wicked: The Musical. |
/1 |
| 14 |
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. |
15/60 |
| 15 |
Twist- Debut Colum McCann, Random House, $28.00, 9780593241738 A propulsive novel of rupture and repair in the digital age, delving into a hidden world deep under the ocean—from the bestselling author of Apeirogon and Let the Great World Spin. |
/1 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for April 2, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 30, 2025
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Everything Is Tuberculosis (Signed Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection John Green, Crash Course Books, $28.00, 9780525426059 John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world's deadliest disease. |
1/2 |
| 2 |
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About Mel Robbins, Sawyer 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. |
2/14 |
| 3 |
Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism Sarah Wynn-Williams, Flatiron Books, $32.99, 9781250391230 An explosive memoir charting one woman's career at the heart of one of the most influential companies on the planet, Careless People gives you a front-row seat to Facebook, the decisions that have shaped world events in recent decades, and the people who made them. |
3/3 |
| 4 |
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. |
5/19 |
| 5 |
Abundance Ezra Klein, Derek Thompson, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668023488 A once-in-a-generation, paradigm-shifting call to renew a politics of plenty, face up to the failures of liberal governance, and abandon the chosen scarcities that have deformed American life. |
4/2 |
| 6 |
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593804148 From award-winning novelist and journalist Omar El Akkad comes a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betrays its fundamental values. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
6/5 |
| 7 |
The Tell: A Memoir Amy Griffin, The Dial Press, $29.00, 9780593731208 An astonishing memoir that explores how far we will go to protect ourselves, and the healing made possible when we face our secrets and begin to share our stories. |
7/3 |
| 8 |
Raising Hare: A Memoir Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27.00, 9780593701843 A moving and fascinating meditation on freedom, trust, loss, and our relationship with the natural world, explored through the story of one woman's unlikely friendship with a wild hare. A March 2025 Indie Next Pick. |
9/4 |
| 9 |
Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public Service Michael Lewis (Ed.), Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9798217047802 Who works for the government and what do they do? A timely and absorbing civics lesson from an all-star team of writers and storytellers. Contributors include Michael Lewis, Dave Eggers, Casey Cep, Geraldine Brooks, Sarah Vowell, W. Kamau Bell, and John Lanchester. |
8/2 |
| 10 |
Everything Is Tuberculosis (Standard Edition): The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection John Green, Crash Course Books, $28.00, 9780525556572 John Green, the #1 bestselling author of The Anthropocene Reviewed and a passionate advocate for global healthcare reform, tells a deeply human story illuminating the fight against the world's deadliest disease. |
12/2 |
| 11 |
Memorial Days: A Memoir 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. |
11/8 |
| 12 |
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. |
15/44 |
| 13 |
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. |
10/114 |
| 14 |
When the Going Was Good: An Editor's Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines- Debut Graydon Carter, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593655900 From the pages of Vanity Fair to the red carpets of Hollywood, editor Graydon Carter's memoir revives the glamorous heyday of print magazines when they were at the vanguard of American culture. |
/1 |
| 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. |
14/141 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for April 2, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 30, 2025
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935 |
1/456 |
| 2 |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
2/189 |
| 3 |
The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129 |
3/86 |
| 4 |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 |
4/169 |
| 5 |
Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 |
5/127 |
| 6 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340 |
/273 |
| 7 |
Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296 |
8/84 |
| 8 |
The Exchange John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593685600 |
7/25 |
| 9 |
It Can't Happen Here Sinclair Lewis, Signet, $10.99, 9780451465641 |
/9 |
| 10 |
Lord of the Flies William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487 |
6/84 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for April 2, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 30, 2025
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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 |
A Wolf Called Fire Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780063415133 |
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| 3 |
A Song for You and I: A Graphic Novel K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182307 |
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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 Lost Library Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250838834 |
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| 6 |
Drama: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897 |
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| 7 |
The New Girl: A Graphic Novel Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457 |
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| 8 |
Resist: A Story of D-Day Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $9.99, 9781546179382 |
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| 9 |
The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780062991324 |
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| 10 |
The Squad: A Graphic Novel Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315 |
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| 11 |
The Bletchley Riddle Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542 |
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| 12 |
Besties: Prank War Kayla Miller, Sarah K. Turner (Illus.), Jeffrey Canino, Clarion Books, $15.99, 9780063285590 |
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| 13 |
Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019 |
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| 14 |
Smile: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264 |
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| 15 |
Sisters: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880 |
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Young Adult
Bestseller List for April 2, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 30, 2025
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
Our Infinite Fates (Deluxe Limited Edition) Laura Steven, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250333889 |
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| 2 |
Powerless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884 |
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| 3 |
Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637 |
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| 4 |
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17.00, 9780593622452 |
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| 5 |
Rebel Witch: The Crimson Moth: Book 2 Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250866929 |
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| 6 |
If Only I Had Told Her Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229 |
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| 7 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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| 8 |
Wings of Starlight Allison Saft, Disney Press, $18.99, 9781368098458 |
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| 9 |
Heartless Hunter: The Crimson Moth: Book 1 Kristen Ciccarelli, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250866905 |
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| 10 |
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332 |
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| 11 |
Betting on You Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665921244 |
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| 12 |
Reckless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665955430 |
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| 13 |
Nothing Like the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138 |
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| 14 |
All Better Now Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781534432758 |
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| 15 |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for April 2, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 30, 2025
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1 |
Little Blue Truck and Racer Red- Debut Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063387843 |
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| 2 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 3 |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 |
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| 4 |
Will the Pigeon Graduate? Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454960430 |
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| 5 |
Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 |
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| 6 |
I Am Glinda (Little Golden Book) Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896884 |
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| 7 |
Dragons Love Tacos Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801 |
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| 8 |
Little Blue Truck Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358451228 |
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| 9 |
I Am Elphaba (Little Golden Book) Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593896860 |
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| 10 |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $8.99, 9780805047905 |
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| 11 |
Pat the Bunny Dorothy Kunhardt, Golden Books, $9.99, 9780307120007 |
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| 12 |
Dragon's First Taco Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178 |
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| 13 |
Knight Owl and Early Bird Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526 |
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| 14 |
The Going to Bed Book Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9780671449025 |
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| 15 |
Knight Owl Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $17.99, 9780316310628 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for April 2, 2025
Based on sales for the week ending March 30, 2025
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| Children's Series | ||
| 1 |
The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press |
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| 2 |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 3 |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic |
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| 4 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams |
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| 5 |
The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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| 6 |
InvestiGators (hardcover) John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second |
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| 7 |
I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Karen De la Vega (Illus.), Scholastic |
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| 8 |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 9 |
Baby-Sitters Club Graphix (hardcover and paperback) Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Scholastic |
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| 10 |
Spy School (hardcover and paperback) Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending March 30, 2025
16 The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
17 How to Solve Your Own Murder
Kristen Perrin, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593474020
18 Yellowface
R. F. Kuang, William Morrow Paperbacks, $18.99, 9780063250857
19 Story of My Life (Deluxe Edition)
Lucy Score, Bloom Books, $18.99, 9781728297057
20 The Strawberry Patch Pancake House
Laurie Gilmore, HarperCollins, $18.99, 9780008713348
21 The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987
22 The Unworthy
Agustina Bazterrica, Scribner, $18.99, 9781668051887
23 First-Time Caller
B.K. Borison, Berkley, $19.00, 9780593641194
24 Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $17.00, 9781451673319
25 The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498
26 The Husbands
Holly Gramazio, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593687512
27 Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228
28 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
29 First Lie Wins
Ashley Elston, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593492932
30 Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593466490
31 Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433
32 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
33 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463
34 Quicksilver
Callie Hart, Forever, $21.99, 9781538774199
35 Long Island
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $18.99, 9781476785127
36 Butter
Asako Yuzuki, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063236417
37 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
38 Ward D
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464227271
39 Camino Ghosts
John Grisham, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593157800
40 None of This Is True
Lisa Jewell, Atria Books, $18.99, 9781982179014
41 Everyone on This Train Is a Suspect
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063279087
42 Close to Death
Anthony Horowitz, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780063305656
43 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
44 The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $18.00, 9781101906118
45 One Perfect Couple
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $19.99, 9781668025604
46 The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
47 The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227
48 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756
49 The Fury
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250758996
50 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending March 30, 2025
16 Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20.00, 9780307279286
17 Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America
Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593652985
18 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20.00, 9780593239933
19 Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951
20 Greenlights
Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20.00, 9780593139158
21 Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $19.00, 9780593472682
22 The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689
23 All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me
Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
24 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
25 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $21.99, 9780316299220
26 How to Stand Up to a Dictator: The Fight for Our Future
Maria Ressa, Harper Perennial, $19.99, 9780063257528
27 Who's Afraid of Gender?
Judith Butler, Picador, $20.00, 9781250371911
28 Love in a F*cked-Up World: How to Build Relationships, Hook Up, and Raise Hell Together
Dean Spade, Algonquin Books, $19.99, 9781643756462
29 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037
30 Grief Is for People
Sloane Crosley, Picador, $18.00, 9781250371782
31 Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis
Jonathan Blitzer, Penguin, $21.00, 9781984880826
32 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
33 Four Red Sweaters: Powerful True Stories of Women and the Holocaust
Lucy Adlington, Harper Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780063375130
34 Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20.00, 9781984878120
35 Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity During This Crisis (and the Next)
Dean Spade, Verso, $15.95, 9781839762123
36 Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us
Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20.00, 9780593449240
37 Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Oregon State University Press, $18.95, 9780870714993
38 3 Shades of Blue: Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
James Kaplan, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780525561026
39 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
40 How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them
Jason Stanley, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $19.00, 9780525511854
41 Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes, Haymarket Books, $17.95, 9781642598278
42 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359
43 Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Michael Lewis, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324105817
44 Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $19.99, 9780062964663
45 Meditations
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
46 The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400078431
47 Adult Children of Emotionally Immature Parents: How to Heal from Distant, Rejecting, or Self-Involved Parents
Lindsay C. Gibson, New Harbinger Publications, $18.95, 9781626251700
48 Perfect Victims: And the Politics of Appeal
Mohammed El-Kurd, Haymarket Books, $17.95, 9798888903155
49 HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
50 Mornings Without Mii
Mayumi Inaba, FSG Originals, $17.00, 9780374614782
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending March 30, 2025
16 The Dream Hotel
Laila Lalami, Pantheon, $29.00, 9780593317600
17 Three Days in June
Anne Tyler, Knopf, $27.00, 9780593803486
18 All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29.00, 9780593190265
19 Stag Dance: A Novel & Stories
Torrey Peters, Random House, $28.00, 9780593595640
20 Onyx Storm (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649374189
21 Tilt
Emma Pattee, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $27.99, 9781668055472
22 Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert
Bob the Drag Queen, Gallery Books, $27.99, 9781668061978
23 Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820247
24 The Paris Express
Emma Donoghue, S&S/Summit Books, $26.99, 9781668082799
25 Swordheart
T. Kingfisher, Bramble, $28.99, 9781250400222
26 Intermezzo
Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374602635
27 Summer in the City (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Alex Aster, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063411661
28 Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
Grady Hendrix, Berkley, $30.00, 9780593548981
29 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
30 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
31 The Jackal's Mistress
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547642
32 Isola
Allegra Goodman, The Dial Press, $28.99, 9780593730089
33 The River Has Roots
Amal El-Mohtar, Tordotcom, $24.99, 9781250341082
34 Nobody's Fool
Harlan Coben, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538756355
35 Water Moon
Samantha Sotto Yambao, Del Rey, $28.99, 9780593724996
36 We All Live Here
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9781984879325
37 Slaying the Vampire Conqueror
Carissa Broadbent, Bramble, $29.99, 9781250368928
38 Dream State
Eric Puchner, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550666
39 The Bones Beneath My Skin
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $29.99, 9781250890436
40 All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798874
41 The Story She Left Behind
Patti Callahan Henry, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781668011874
42 We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25.00, 9780593818749
43 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236210
44 Show Don't Tell: Stories
Curtis Sittenfeld, Random House, $28.00, 9780593446737
45 Victorian Psycho
Virginia Feito, Liveright, $24.99, 9781631498633
46 The Nightingale (Deluxe Edition)
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $35.00, 9781250370112
47 Kate & Frida
Kim Fay, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $28.00, 9780593852385
48 Sons and Daughters
Chaim Grade, Knopf, $35.00, 9780394536460
49 Saltwater
Katy Hays, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593875551
50 Good Dirt
Charmaine Wilkerson, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593358368
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending March 30, 2025
16 How to Love Better: The Path to Deeper Connection Through Growth, Kindness, and Compassion
Yung Pueblo, Harmony, $27.00, 9780593582275
17 How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith
Mariann Edgar Budde, Avery, $28.00, 9780593539217
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 Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316575805
20 The Message
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30.00, 9780593230381
21 Bad Law: Ten Popular Laws That Are Ruining America
Elie Mystal, New Press, $26.99, 9781620978580
22 On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer
Rick Steves, Rick Steves, $30.00, 9781641716437
23 Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza: A Reckoning
Peter Beinart, Knopf, $26.00, 9780593803899
24 Taking Manhattan: The Extraordinary Events That Created New York and Shaped America
Russell Shorto, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9780393881165
25 I'll Have What She's Having
Chelsea Handler, The Dial Press, $32.00, 9780593596579
26 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
27 The Sirens' Call: How Attention Became the World's Most Endangered Resource
Chris Hayes, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593653111
28 The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35.00, 9780385348744
29 On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32.00, 9780593728727
30 There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America
Brian Goldstone, Crown, $30.00, 9780593237144
31 The Tears of Things: Prophetic Wisdom for an Age of Outrage
Richard Rohr, Convergent Books, $27.00, 9780593735817
32 The Echo Machine: How Right-Wing Extremism Created a Post-Truth America
David Pakman, Beacon Press, $27.95, 9780807016534
33 Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00, 9780374611996
34 Care and Feeding: A Memoir
Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $28.99, 9780063327603
35 What Art Does: An Unfinished Theory
Brian Eno, Bette Adriaanse, Faber & Faber, $19.95, 9780571395514
36 How to Menopause: Take Charge of Your Health, Reclaim Your Life, and Feel Even Better than Before
Tamsen Fadal, Balance, $30.00, 9780306833540
37 The Next Conversation: Argue Less, Talk More
Jefferson Fisher, Tarcher, $30.00, 9780593718728
38 Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $34.00, 9780593799895
39 Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35.00, 9780593734223
40 Wild Courage: Go After What You Want and Get It
Jenny Wood, Portfolio, $29.00, 9780593717646
41 Carbon: The Book of Life
Paul Hawken, Viking, $28.00, 9780525427445
42 The Harder I Fight the More I Love You: A Memoir
Neko Case, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538710500
43 Waiting on the Moon: Artists, Poets, Drifters, Grifters, and Goddesses
Peter Wolf, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316571708
44 Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of AmericanRacism
Eve L. Ewing, One World, $32.00, 9780593243701
45 CABIN: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman
Patrick Hutchison, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250285706
46 Antisemitism in America: A Warning
Chuck Schumer, Grand Central Publishing, $28.00, 9781538771624
47 Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People
Imani Perry, Ecco, $28.99, 9780062977397
48 Martha Stewart's Gardening Handbook: The Essential Guide to Designing, Planting, and Growing
Martha Stewart, Harvest, $40.00, 9780063323285
49 Good Soil: The Education of an Accidental Farmhand
Jeff Chu, Convergent Books, $26.00, 9780593727362
50 Unmasking for Life: The Autistic Person's Guide to Connecting, Loving, and Living Authentically
Devon Price, Ph.D., Harmony, $28.00, 9780593735756
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending March 30, 2025
11 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
12 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
13 Resurrection Walk
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $10.99, 9781538767146
14 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
15 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
16 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
17 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803
18 Reacher: Persuader
Lee Child, Dell, $10.99, 9780593984215
19 Cross Down
James Patterson, Brendan DuBois, Little, Brown and Company, $10.99, 9781538710739
20 Rhythm of War
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309
21 Simply Lies
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538750605
22 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293
23 The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
24 The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657
25 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
26 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
27 Clive Cussler The Corsican Shadow
Dirk Cussler, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $10.99, 9780593544198
28 The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572
29 Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874
30 The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
31 A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716
32 Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765360038
33 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10.00, 9780553293357
34 Exiles
Jane Harper, Flatiron Books, $10.99, 9781250378040
35 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
36 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
37 Arcanum Unbounded
Brandon Sanderson, Tor , $11.99, 9780765391186
38 The Silmarillion
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345325815
39 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
40 Shattered
James Patterson, James O. Born, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752968
41 Siddhartha
Hermann Hesse, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553208849
42 Heretics of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098264
43 The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $11.99, 9780756407919
44 Chapterhouse: Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098271
45 The Hero of Ages
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318626
46 The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Signet, $8.95, 9780451530608
47 The Autobiography of Malcolm X
Malcom X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688
48 Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $9.99, 9781250773012
49 God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
50 The Fall of Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553288209