Number One in Hardcover Fiction: The Correspondent: Virginia Evans, published by Crown
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HARDCOVER FICTION
- The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430 - Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32, 9780525659181 - Vigil
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509622 - Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176 - Lost Lambs
Madeline Cash, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28, 9780374619237 - Once and Again
Rebecca Serle, Atria Books, $27, 9781668025918 - Judge Stone
James Patterson, Viola Davis, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316579834 - Lady Tremaine
Rachel Hochhauser, St. Martin’s Press, $29, 9781250396341 - Sisters in Yellow
Mieko Kawakami, Knopf, $30, 9780593537732 - Brawler: Stories
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $29, 9780593418420 - Carl’s Doomsday Scenario
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30, 9780593820261 - Now I Surrender
Álvaro Enrigue, Riverhead Books, $30, 9780593084076 - The Disappointment
Scott Broker, Catapult, $28, 9781646222858 - The Elsewhere Express
Samantha Sotto Yambao, Del Rey, $32.99, 9780593725023 - Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
- The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22, 9781668209028 - Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318 - A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $32, 9781984881991 - You with the Sad Eyes: A Memoir
Christina Applegate, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316594929 - Young Man in a Hurry: A Memoir of Discovery
Gavin Newsom, Penguin Press, $30, 9781984881939 - Good Writing: 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences
Neal Allen, Anne Lamott, Avery, $27, 9798217046959 - One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148 - Mobilize: How to Reboot the American Industrial Base and Stop World War III
Shyam Sankar, Madeline Hart, Bombardier Books, $30, 9798895655160 - Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!
Liza Minnelli, Grand Central Publishing, $36, 9781538773666 - Stay Alive: Berlin, 1939-1945
Ian Buruma, Penguin Press, $35, 9780593654347 - Even the Good Girls Will Cry: A ’90s Rock Memoir
Melissa Auf der Maur, Da Capo, $32.5, 9780306833755 - The Power of Real Optimism: A Practical, Science-Based Guide to Staying Resilient, Curious, and Open Even When Life Is Hard
Deepika Chopra, S&S/Simon Element, $29.99, 9781668081129 - The Creative Act: A Way of Being
Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886 - The Supreme Gift: Love Is the Greatest Thing in the World
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780063470088 - Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
- Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228 - Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512 - Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637 - Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254 - The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594 - The Antidote
Karen Russell, Vintage, $19, 9780593688366 - Hamnet
Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876 - I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600 - Stone Yard Devotional
Charlotte Wood, Riverhead Books, $19, 9798217047369 - The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925 - Martyr!
Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20, 9780593685778 - Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19, 9780593466490 - Strange Buildings
Uketsu, HarperVia, $18.99, 9780063514096 - The City and Its Uncertain Walls
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840 - Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
- The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22, 9780385348768 - Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21, 9780593689004 - The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456 - All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470 - The Beginning Comes After the End: Notes on a World of Change
Rebecca Solnit, Haymarket Books, $16.95, 9798888904510 - Miracles and Wonder: The Historical Mystery of Jesus
Elaine Pagels, Vintage, $20, 9780593314593 - On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114 - The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490 - The Backyard Bird Chronicles
Amy Tan, Knopf, $36, 9780593536131 - I’m Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831 - The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257 - Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity: 10th Anniversary Edition
David Lynch, Tarcher, $20, 9780143130147 - Slouching Towards Bethlehem: Essays
Joan Didion, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18, 9780374531386 - Say Everything: A Memoir
Ione Skye, Gallery Books, $19, 9781668048276 - Everything Now: Lessons from the City-State of Los Angeles
Rosecrans Baldwin, Picador, $19, 9781250849199
MASS MARKET
- 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935 - Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340 - Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342 - The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Signet, $8.95, 9780451530608 - The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803 - The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125 - Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345409874 - Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 - Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487 - I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345514400
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
- Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 - For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books (Illus.), Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977 - Pat the Bunny Board Book
Dorothy Kunhardt, Random House Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9798217120949 - I Am a Bunny
Ole Risom, Richard Scarry (Illus.), Golden Books, $8.99, 9780375827785 - The House Hunt
Ashley Willis, Amy Glatiotis (Illus.), Welcome Home Press, $18.95, 9798988883050 - Decoy Saves Opening Day
Shohei Ohtani, Michael Blank, Fanny Liem (Illus.), HarperCollins, $21.99, 9780063460775 - Richard Scarry’s Bunnies
Richard Scarry, Golden Books, $6.99, 9780593899151 - The Future Book
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9798217033171 - Goldfinches
Mary Oliver, Melissa Sweet (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593692417
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 Lions’ Run
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9781250392817 - Matilda
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Puffin, $8.99, 9780142410370 - Five Survive
Holly Jackson, Ember, $14.99, 9780593374191 - The Reappearance of Rachel Price
Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9780593374238 - The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457 - Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665947145 - The Bletchley Riddle
Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780593527559 - Cabin Head and Tree Head
Scott Campbell, Tundra Books, $9.99, 9781774885079 - James and the Giant Peach
Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780142410363
CHILDREN'S SERIES
- Wings of Fire
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic - Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams - Keeper of the Lost Cities
Shannon Messenger, Valeria Tenaga Romanazzi (Illus.), Aladdin - Elephant & Piggie
Mo Willems, Hyperion - Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix - Warriors Graphic Novels
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley - Dory Fantasmagory
Abby Hanlon, Puffin - Big Nate
Lincoln Peirce, Andrews McMeel Publishing - The First Cat in Space
Mac Barnett, Shawn Harris (Illus.), HarperAlley - Magic Tree House
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers
