Published Wednesday, September 27, 2023 (for the sales week ended Sunday, September 24, 2023). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-The Last Devil to Die, by Richard Osman (9780593299425)
#11-Wellness, by Nathan Hill (9780593536117)
#13-North Woods, by Daniel Mason (9780593597033)
#15-Starter Villain, by John Scalzi (9780765389220)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#4-Astor, by Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe (9780062964700)
#9-The Book of (More) Delights, by Ross Gay (9781643753096)
#12-Of Time and Turtles, by Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.) (9780358458180)
Paperback Fiction
#5-Never Whistle at Night, by Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.) (9780593468463)
Early and Middle Grade
#3-Dogtown, by Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.) (9781250811608)
#12-96 Facts About Taylor Swift, by Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.) (9780593750933)
Young Adult
#2-A Study in Drowning, by Ava Reid (9780063211506)
#15-A Thousand Boy Kisses, by Tillie Cole (9781728297088)
Children’s Illustrated
#10-Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire, by Flavia Z. Drago (9781536233322)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Tom Lake
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30, 9780063327528
2. The Last Devil to Die- Debut
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29, 9780593299425
3. The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593418390
4. Demon Copperhead
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922
5. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
6. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
7. The Fraud
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29, 9780525558965
8. Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781668016138
9. Lessons in Chemistry
Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29, 9780385547345
10. The Covenant of Water
Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32, 9780802162175
11. Wellness- Debut
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $30, 9780593536117
12. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28, 9780593321201
13. North Woods- Debut
Daniel Mason, Random House, $28, 9780593597033
14. The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212
15. Starter Villain- Debut
John Scalzi, Tor Books, $28.99, 9780765389220
On the Rise:
19. Bright Young Women
Jessica Knoll, S&S/ Marysue Rucci Books, $27.99, 9781501153228
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Elon Musk
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982181284
2. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
3. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
4. Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune- Debut
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700
5. Build the Life You Want: The Art and Science of Getting Happier
Arthur C. Brooks, Oprah Winfrey, Portfolio, $30, 9780593545409
6. Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30, 9780374610326
7. Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32, 9780593236598
8. Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29, 9780593472675
9. The Book of (More) Delights: Essays- Debut
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $28, 9781643753096
10. To Infinity and Beyond: A Journey of Cosmic Discovery
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Lindsey Nyx Walker, National Geographic, $30, 9781426223303
11. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
12. Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell- Debut
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780358458180
13. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28, 9780525657323
14. I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781982185824
15. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
On the Rise:
16. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
Michael Harriot, Dey Street Books, $32.50, 9780358439165
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
2. Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17, 9780593420324
3. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17, 9781501161933
5. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology- Debut
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17, 9780593468463
6. Mad Honey
Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18, 9781984818409
7. Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20, 9780063021433
8. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $18, 9781984880987
9. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
10. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583
11. Lucy by the Sea
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $18, 9780593446089
12. The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
13. Assistant to the Villain
Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $19.99, 9781649375803
14. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
15. Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18, 9780593492666
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $17, 9780307742483
2. An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20, 9780593133255
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
4. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
5. American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer
Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25, 9780375726262
6. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
7. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
8. Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17, 9780593315200
9. Solito: A Memoir
Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18, 9780593498088
10. The 2024 Old Farmer’s Almanac
Old Farmer’s Almanac, $9.95, 9781571989529
11. Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $18, 9781524746742
12. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
13. The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19, 9780143129257
14. Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22, 9781324094067
15. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
On the Rise:
18. Strangers to Ourselves: Unsettled Minds and the Stories That Make Us
Rachel Aviv, Picador, $18, 9781250872913
MASS MARKET
1. No Plan B
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577
2. The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972
5. Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
6. Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909
7. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279
8. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367
9. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
10. The Wish
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538728635
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE
1. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
2. The Lost Library
Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810
3. Dogtown- Debut
Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608
4. Cat on the Run in Cat of Death!
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825
5. From the World of Percy Jackson: The Sun and the Star
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368081153
6. Mexikid
Pedro Martín, Dial Books, $14.99, 9780593462294
7. A Horse Named Sky
Rosanne Parry, Kirbi Fagan (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $18.99, 9780062995957
8. Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Judy Blume, Atheneum Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781665921312
9. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
10. Ghost Book
Remy Lai, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $14.99, 9781250810434
11. The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel
K. O’Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260
12. 96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More!- Debut
Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933
13. Super Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon)
Scholastic, $14.99, 9781338714128
14. Chinese Menu: The History, Myths, and Legends Behind Your Favorite Foods
Grace Lin, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $24.99, 9780316486002
15. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
YOUNG ADULT
1. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
2. A Study in Drowning- Debut
Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506
3. The Spirit Bares Its Teeth
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $19.99, 9781682636114
4. This Winter
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338885132
5. Nimona
ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227
6. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
7. Hell Followed with Us
Andrew Joseph White, Peachtree Teen, $12.99, 9781682635636
8. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
9. We Were Liars
E. Lockhart, Ember, $10.99, 9780385741279
10. Solitaire
Alice Oseman, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338863420
11. Foxglove
Adalyn Grace, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316162500
12. Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh
Rachael Lippincott, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665937535
13. House of Marionne
J. Elle, Razorbill, $19.99, 9780593527702
14. Legendborn (Indies Introduce)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
15. A Thousand Boy Kisses- Debut
Tillie Cole, Bloom Books, $12.99, 9781728297088
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. Room on the Broom
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593110409
2. Boo! Bluey’s Halloween
Penguin Young Readers, $14.99, 9780593659540
3. Just Because
Matthew McConaughey, Renée Kurilla (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593622032
4. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
5. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
6. Peekaboo: Pumpkin
Camilla Reid, Ingela P. Arrhenius (Illus.), Candlewick Press, $9.99, 9781536229813
7. Eek! Halloween!
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665925143
8. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
9. Little Blue Truck’s Halloween
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780544772533
10. Vlad, the Fabulous Vampire- Debut
Flavia Z. Drago, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536233322
11. Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $18.99, 9781368059589
12. Grumpy Monkey Don’t Be Scared
Suzanne Lang, Max Lang (Illus.), Random House Studio, $10.99, 9780593486955
13. Spooky Pookie
Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781481497671
14. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
15. Bluey: Sleepytime
Joe Brumm, Penguin Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593659588
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
3. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Alvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
5. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
6. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic
7. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
8. The Bad Guys (hardcover and paperback)
Aaron Blabey, Scholastic
9. The Inheritance Games (hardcover and paperback)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
10. Hooky (hardcover and paperback)
Miriam Bonastre Tur, Clarion Books
