Published Wednesday, May 29, 2024 (for the sales week ended Sunday, May 26, 2024). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States. For information on more titles, please visit IndieBound.org.
Debuts for the week:
Hardcover Fiction
#2-You Like It Darker, by Stephen King (9781668037713)
#9-Lies and Weddings, by Kevin Kwan (9780385546294)
#11-One Perfect Couple, by Ruth Ware (9781668025598)
Hardcover Nonfiction
#6-In My Time of Dying, by Sebastian Junger (9781668050835)
#7-What This Comedian Said Will Shock You, by Bill Maher (9781668051351)
#15-Challenger, by Adam Higginbotham (9781982176617)
Paperback Fiction
#9-Kairos, by Jenny Erpenbeck, Michael Hofmann (Transl.) (9780811238533)
Mass Market
#8-Happiness, by Danielle Steel (9781984821942)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29, 9780593441282
2. You Like It Darker: Stories- Debut
Stephen King, Scribner, $30, 9781668037713
3. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin’s Press, $30, 9781250178633
4. James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369
5. All Fours
Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593190265
6. Long Island
Colm Tóibín, Scribner, $28, 9781476785110
7. The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145
8. Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32, 9780593296370
9. Lies and Weddings- Debut
Kevin Kwan, Doubleday, $29, 9780385546294
10. The Paris Novel
Ruth Reichl, Random House, $29, 9780812996302
11. One Perfect Couple- Debut
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $29.99, 9781668025598
12. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
13. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593422946
14. Fourth Wing
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042
15. The Familiar
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250884251
On the Rise:
16. The Last Murder at the End of the World
Stuart Turton, Sourcebooks Landmark, $27.99, 9781728254654
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $35, 9780385348744
2. The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30, 9780593655030
3. An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982108663
4. The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
5. Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk
Kathleen Hanna, Ecco, $29.99, 9780062825230
6. In My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife- Debut
Sebastian Junger, Simon & Schuster, $27.99, 9781668050835
7. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You- Debut
Bill Maher, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668051351
8. The Situation Room: The Inside Story of Presidents in Crisis
George Stephanopoulos, Lisa Dickey, Grand Central, $35, 9781538740767
9. Somehow: Thoughts on Love
Anne Lamott, Riverhead Books, $22, 9780593714416
10. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Doubleday, $30, 9780385534260
11. Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder
Salman Rushdie, Random House, $28, 9780593730249
12. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $28.99, 9781668007976
13. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292
14. The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook
Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35, 9780385544764
15. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space- Debut
Adam Higginbotham, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982176617
PAPERBACK FICTION
1. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575569
2. This Summer Will Be Different
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $19, 9780593638880
3. Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $19, 9780593441190
4. Just for the Summer
Abby Jimenez, Forever, $17.99, 9781538704431
5. A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19, 9781635575583
6. The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
7. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17, 9781501161933
8. Can’t Spell Treason Without Tea
Rebecca Thorne, Bramble, $19.99, 9781250333292
9. Kairos- Debut
Jenny Erpenbeck, Michael Hofmann (Transl.), New Directions, $16.95, 9780811238533
10. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Ken Liu (Transl.), Tor, $18.99, 9780765382030
11. Murder Your Employer: The McMasters Guide to Homicide
Rupert Holmes, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781451648225
12. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $18, 9780441013593
13. The Guest
Emma Cline, Random House, $18, 9780812988031
14. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
15. Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19, 9780399562976
PAPERBACK NONFICTION
1. The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $35, 9780593536131
2. The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017
Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781571313560
4. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
5. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
6. Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951
7. Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18, 9780593470831
8. Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $20, 9780593239933
9. Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
10. The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
11. The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times
Michelle Obama, Crown, $19.99, 9780593237489
12. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know
Adam Grant, Penguin, $20, 9781984878120
13. Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom
Ilyon Woo, 37 Ink, $19.99, 9781501191060
14. World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments
Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Fumi Nakamura (Illus.), Milkweed Editions, $20, 9781639550562
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:
16. Pageboy: A Memoir
Elliot Page, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250878373
MASS MARKET
1. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340
2. Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
3. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935
4. Camino Island
John Grisham, Anchor, $9.99, 9781524797157
5. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
6. The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, William Morrow, $10.99, 9780063374317
7. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
8. Happiness- Debut
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821942
9. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765365279
10. The Boys from Biloxi
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916
EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE
1. The One and Only Family
Katherine Applegate, Harper, $19.99, 9780063221123
2. Orris and Timble: The Beginning
Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791
3. The Eyes and the Impossible
Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203
4. Swim School: A Bluey Storybook
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593752791
5. Heroes: A Novel of Pearl Harbor
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736076
6. Plain Jane and the Mermaid
Vera Brosgol, First Second, $14.99, 9781250314857
7. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
8. Ferris
Kate DiCamillo, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536231052
9. 96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More!
Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933
10. Drama: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801897
11. The Secret Library
Kekla Magoon, Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536230888
12. Guts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
13. Sisters: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880
14. Charlotte’s Web
E. B. White, Harper, $10.99, 9780064400558
15. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
YOUNG ADULT
1. The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207
2. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
3. Powerless
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884
4. Divine Rivals
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439
5. If Only I Had Told Her
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229
6. Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191
7. Lightlark
Alex Aster, Amulet, $12.99, 9781419760877
8. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
9. Anatomy: A Love Story
Dana Schwartz, Wednesday Books, $14, 9781250342898
10. Turtles All the Way Down
John Green, Penguin, $14.99, 9780525555377
11. Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17, 9780593622452
12. Check & Mate
Ali Hazelwood, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $14, 9780593619919
13. Ruthless Vows
Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $20, 9781250857453
14. Powerful: A Powerless Story
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665966306
15. Legendborn (Indies Introduce)
Tracy Deonn, Margaret K. McElderry Books, $13.99, 9781534441613
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
1. Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
2. Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography
Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
4. Bluey: The Pool
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593385685
5. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
6. May You Love and Be Loved: Wishes for Your Life
Cleo Wade, Feiwel & Friends, $18.99, 9781250873958
7. Bluey: Camping
Penguin Young Readers, $5.99, 9780593519103
8. Bluey: The Beach
Penguin Young Readers, $4.99, 9780593226094
9. Bubbly Beautiful Kitty-Corn
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $19.99, 9781419768774
10. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
11. Dinosaurs in Trucks Because Hey, Why Not?
Sandra Boynton, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780316574662
12. Little Blue Truck Feeling Happy
Alice Schertle, Clarion Books, $14.99, 9780063342705
13. Dragon’s First Taco
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178
14. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780803736801
15. Buffalo Fluffalo
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593564530
CHILDREN’S SERIES
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
3. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
4. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
5. Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
6. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Scholastic
7. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
8. Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback)
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
9. InvestiGators (hardcover and paperback)
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
10. Dragon Masters (paperback)
Tracey West, Matt Loveridge (Illus.), Scholastic
