Rankings reflect sales for the week ended April 20, which were reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. Every week, thousands of diverse selling locations report their actual sales on hundreds of thousands of individual titles. The panel of reporting retailers is comprehensive and reflects sales in stores of all sizes and demographics across the United States.
An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales were barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores reported receiving bulk orders.
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FICTION
1. THE WOMEN, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin’s) In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 11
2. A CALAMITY OF SOULS, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) Lawyers from different backgrounds represent a Black man charged with killing a wealthy white couple in Virginia in 1968.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
3. FOURTH WING, by Rebecca Yarros. (Red Tower) Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 50
4. THE FAMILIAR, by Leigh Bardugo. (Flatiron) Luzia Cotado encounters dangers when her magic draws the attention of the disgraced secretary to Spain’s king.
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
5. IRON FLAME, by Rebecca Yarros. (Red Tower) The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves.
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 24
6. TABLE FOR TWO, by Amor Towles. (Viking) A collection of six short stories based in New York City around the year 2000 and a novella set during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
7. TOXIC PREY, by John Sandford. (Putnam) The 34th book in the Prey series. Letty and Lucas must find an expert on tropical and infectious diseases before a virus becomes weaponized.
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
8. JAMES, by Percival Everett. (Doubleday) A re-imagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” shines a different light on Mark Twain’s classic, revealing new facets of the character of Jim.
LAST WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 5
9. REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES, by Shelby Van Pelt. (Ecco) A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.
LAST WEEK: 11
WEEKS ON LIST: 47
10. THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE, by James McBride. (Riverhead) Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well.
LAST WEEK: 13
WEEKS ON LIST: 35
11. THE #1 LAWYER, by James Patterson and Nancy Allen. (Little, Brown) A criminal defense attorney in Biloxi becomes the prime suspect in his wife’s murder.
LAST WEEK: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 5
12. CLOSE TO DEATH, by Anthony Horowitz. (Harper) The fifth book in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. In a quiet community, a new resident is found with a crossbow bolt sticking out of his chest.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
13. FIRST LIE WINS, by Ashley Elston. (Pamela Dorman) A woman who works for a mysterious boss takes on a new identity to dig up information on someone.
LAST WEEK: 12
WEEKS ON LIST: 16
14. HOUSE OF FLAME AND SHADOW, by Sarah J. Maas. (Bloomsbury) The third book in the Crescent City series. Bryce wants to return home while Hunt is trapped in Asteri’s dungeons.
LAST WEEK: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 12
15. A FATE INKED IN BLOOD, by Danielle L. Jensen. (Del Rey) After the secret of her magic to repel attacks is revealed, Freya encounters dangerous tests by the gods.
LAST WEEK: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 8
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NONFICTION
1. AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. (Simon & Schuster) A trove of items collected by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s late husband inspired an appraisal of central figures and pivotal moments of the 1960s.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
2. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION, by Jonathan Haidt. (Penguin Press) A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
3. LOVE, MOM, by Nicole Saphier. (Broadside) Fox News anchors and personalities contribute to a collection of reflections on motherhood.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
4. KNIFE, by Salman Rushdie. (Random House) The Booker Prize-winning author details the attack on him at the Chautauqua Institution in 2022 and the steps he took to heal from it.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
5. SOMEHOW, by Anne Lamott. (Riverhead) Meditations and stories about the transformational power of love by the author of “Dusk, Night, Dawn” and “Bird by Bird.”
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
6. THE WIDE WIDE SEA, by Hampton Sides. (Doubleday) The author of “On Desperate Ground” depicts Capt. James Cook’s final voyage and the controversies surrounding its legacy.
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
7. BRIEFLY PERFECTLY HUMAN, by Alua Arthur. (Mariner) A death doula portrays moments that she and some of her clients experienced as they faced the end of their lives.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
8. MY BELOVED MONSTER, by Caleb Carr. (Little, Brown) Carr describes his 17-year relationship with a Siberian Forest cat named Masha.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
9. I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED, by Jennette McCurdy. (Simon & Schuster) The actor and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 80
10. THE WAGER, by David Grann. (Doubleday) The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.
LAST WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 52
11. OUTLIVE, by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford. (Harmony) A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
LAST WEEK: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 56
12. AGE OF REVOLUTIONS, by Fareed Zakaria. (Norton) The CNN host draws out lessons for the present polarized era from the 17th-century Netherlands, the French Revolution and the Industrial Revolution.
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
13. THERE’S ALWAYS THIS YEAR, by Hanif Abdurraqib. (Random House) The MacArthur Foundation fellow and author of “Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest” reflects on life and success through the lens of basketball.
LAST WEEK: 13
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
14. NUCLEAR WAR, by Annie Jacobsen. (Dutton) The author of “Operation Paperclip” portrays possible outcomes in the minutes following a nuclear missile launch.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
15. NEW COLD WARS, by David E. Sanger with Mary K. Brooks. (Crown) An examination of current struggles America faces with Russia and China.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
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