Number One in Hardcover Fiction:Vigil:George Saunders, published by Random House.
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HARDCOVER FICTION
- Vigil
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509622 - The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430 - Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176 - Brawler: Stories
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593418420 - What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728 - Operation Bounce House
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $32, 9780593820308 - Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739 - Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32, 9780525659181 - Flesh
David Szalay, Scribner, $28.99, 9781982122799 - Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374619237 - The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155 - So Old, So Young
Grant Ginder, Gallery/Scout Press, $30, 9781668051771 - James
Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369 - This Is Not About Us: Fiction
Allegra Goodman, The Dial Press, $29, 9780593447840 - My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $32, 9781984881991 - Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery
Gavin Newsom, Penguin Press, $30, 9781984881939 - Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318 - American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology
Jon Meacham, Random House, $38, 9780593597552 - Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27, 9780735211292 - Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005 - We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America
Norah O’Donnell, Kate Andersen Brower, Ballantine Books, $35, 9780593727027 - A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280 - 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 - Bread of Angels: A Memoir
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124 - The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886 - Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120 - A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
Gisèle Pelicot, Penguin Press, $32, 9798217181322 - One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148 - Ursula K. Le Guin’s Book of Cats
Ursula K. Le Guin, Library of America, $16.95, 9781598538298
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Wuthering Heights (Movie Tie-In)
Emily Brontë, Penguin Books, $18, 9780143139140 - Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228 - Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512 - Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254 - Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164 - Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637 - Lonesome Dove
Larry McMurtry, Simon & Schuster, $24.99, 9781439195260 - Game Changer
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620 - The Long Game
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644 - Stone Yard Devotional
Charlotte Wood, Riverhead Books, $19, 9798217047369 - Train Dreams
Denis Johnson, Picador, $17, 9781250007650 - The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594 - Hamnet
Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876 - And Now, Back to You
B.K. Borison, Berkley, $19, 9780593953143 - Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18, 9780345539809
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831 - Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161 - Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21, 9780593689004 - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114 - The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456 - Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676 - The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
Amanda Montell, Atria/One Signal Publishers, $19, 9781668007983 - The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490 - Just Kids
Patti Smith, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060936228 - Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
Rosecrans Baldwin, Picador, $19, 9781250849199 - All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470 - The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741 - Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560 - Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17, 9781984898951 - The Year of Magical Thinking
Joan Didion, Vintage, $18, 9781400078431
MASS MARKET
- Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 - The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484 - 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935 - A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716 - The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488 - The Martian Chronicles
Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $10.99, 9781668094853 - The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129 - Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë, Bantam Classics, $6.99, 9780553211405 - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345514400 - Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977 - Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 - Broken
X. Fang, Tundra Books, $18.99, 9781774882009 - Decoy Saves Opening Day
Shohei Ohtani, Michael Blank, Fanny Liem (Illus.), HarperCollins, $21.99, 9780063460775 - Here We Are: Notes for Living on Planet Earth
Oliver Jeffers, Philomel, $20.99, 9780399167898 - Rumpelstiltskin
Mac Barnett, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Orchard Books, $19.99, 9781338673852 - KPop Demon Hunters: The Official Poster Book
Random House, Random House Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9798217233960 - Whirby
Molly Harris, Jacob Souva (Illus.), HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063385474 - Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 - Richard Scarry’s Easter Cars and Trucks
Richard Scarry, Random House Books for Young Readers, $4.99, 9798217115921
CHILDREN'S INTEREST
- Unsettling Salad! (Jasper Rabbit’s Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961110 - The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412 - The Lions’ Run
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9781250392817 - Cabin Head and Tree Head
Scott Campbell, Tundra Books, $9.99, 9781774885079 - Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $18, 9780593622452 - The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World
Jonathan Haidt, Catherine Price, Cynthia Yuan Cheng (Illus.), Rocky Pond Books, $14.99, 9798217111916 - The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 - Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362 - Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $19, 9798217043408 - An Unofficial Guided Journal for Fans of KPop Demon Hunters: Besties Forever!
Editors of Media Lab Books, Media Lab Books, $12.99, 9781964487663
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix - Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic - Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams - The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press - Spy School
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers - Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers - Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Valeria Tenaga Romanazzi (Illus.), Aladdin - Percy Jackson and the Olympians
Rick Riordan, Hyperion - The First Cat in Space
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley - Baby-Sitters Club Graphix
Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Graphix
