Best Sellers Print Hardcover

August 22, 2021

THIS LAST WEEKS THIS LAST WEEKS WEEK WEEK Fiction ON LIST WEEK WEEK Nonfiction ON LIST 1 BILLY SUMMERS, by Stephen King. (Scribner) A killer for hire 1 1 1 AMERICAN MARXISM, by Mark R. Levin. (Threshold Editions) 4 who only takes out bad guys seeks redemption as he does one The Fox News host gives his take on the Green New Deal, critical final job. race theory and social activism. 2 1 THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME, by Laura Dave. (Simon & 14 2 HERE, RIGHT MATTERS, by Alexander Vindman. (Harper) The 1 Schuster) Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel recounts his actions that led husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous to the impeachment of President Trump and his testimony before relationship. Congress. 3 WE WERE NEVER HERE, by Andrea Bartz. (Ballantine) Will the 1 3 2 I ALONE CAN FIX IT, by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker. 3 secrets Emily shares with Kristen about violent incidents in the (Penguin Press) The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters examine past ruin her life? Trump’s final year in office, with a focus on the key players around him. 4 2 THE PAPER PALACE, by Miranda Cowley Heller. (Riverhead) After 5 an extramarital dalliance, Elle must choose between her husband 4 3 THE AUTHORITARIAN MOMENT, by Ben Shapiro. (Broadside) 2 and her childhood love. The conservative commentator describes what he perceives as threats to American business, education and politics. (†) 5 BLIND TIGER, by Sandra Brown. (Grand Central) During 1 Prohibition, Thatcher Hutton and Laurel Plummer wind up on 5 4 HOW I SAVED THE WORLD, by Jesse Watters. (Broadside) The 5 opposite sides of a moonshine war in Texas. Fox News host recounts his career and prescribes ways to defend against what he considers left-wing radicalism. (†) 6 3 NOT A HAPPY FAMILY, by Shari Lapena. (Pamela Dorman) 2 Questions arise when a rich couple are murdered after an Easter 6 THE PREMONITION, by Michael Lewis. (Norton) Stories of 10 dinner with their three adult children. skeptics who went against the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of Covid-19. The profiles include a 7 7 THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, by Matt Haig. (Viking) Nora Seed finds 36 local public-health officer and a group of doctors nicknamed the a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with Wolverines. multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived. 7 8 GREENLIGHTS, by Matthew McConaughey. (Crown) The Academy 42 8 4 MALIBU RISING, by Taylor Jenkins Reid. (Ballantine) An epic 10 Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over party has serious outcomes for four famous siblings. the last 35 years. 9 5 THE CELLIST, by Daniel Silva. (Harper) The 21st book in the 4 8 11 KILLING THE MOB, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (St. 14 Gabriel Allon series. A private intelligence service plans an act of Martin’s) The 10th book in the conservative commentator’s Killing violence that will aid Russia and divide America. series looks at organized crime in the United States during the 20th century. 10 6 BLACK ICE, by Brad Thor. (Emily Bestler/Atria) The 20th book in 3 the Scot Harvath series. The American spy faces dangers in the 9 7 WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?, by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah 15 Arctic Circle. Winfrey. (Flatiron) An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it. 11 WE ARE THE BRENNANS, by Tracey Lange. (Celadon) After a 1 drunken-driving incident, Sunday Brennan returns to her family in 10 9 UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. (Dial) The activist and public 74 New York where her past follows her. speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice. 12 8 THE PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER, by Bill Clinton and James 9 11 12 CASTE, by Isabel Wilkerson. (Random House) The Pulitzer Prize- 53 Patterson. (Little, Brown) Matthew Keating, a past president and winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across former Navy SEAL, goes on his own to find his abducted teenage civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today. daughter. 12 14 CRYING IN H MART, by Michelle Zauner. (Knopf) The daughter 14 13 THE TURNOUT, by Megan Abbott. (Putnam) An accident upsets 1 of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the the composure of a family-run ballet studio. indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer. 14 AFTERPARTIES, by Anthony Veasna So. (Ecco) A collection of 1 stories that portray the lives of Cambodian Americans. 13 PUTTING IT TOGETHER, by James Lapine. (Farrar, Straus & 1 Giroux) The playwright and director provides insights on working 15 ONCE THERE WERE WOLVES, by Charlotte McConaghy. 1 with Stephen Sondheim to create the musical “Sunday in the Park (Flatiron) Twin sisters lead a team of biologists to reintroduce 14 With George.” gray wolves into the Scottish Highlands. 14 ALL THE FREQUENT TROUBLES OF OUR DAYS, by Rebecca 1 Donner. (Little, Brown) An account of Mildred Harnack, an American who became a central figure in the German resistance to Hitler. 15 10 THIS IS YOUR MIND ON PLANTS, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin 5 Press) A look at arbitrary beliefs surrounding opium, caffeine and mescaline, which are derived from plants.

Copyright © 2021 by The New York Times Rankings reflect sales for the week ending August 7, which are reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles published in the United States. 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 tens of thousands of stores of all sizes and demographics across the United States. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Editorial, Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology. Best Sellers Combined Print & E-Book

August 22, 2021

THIS LAST WEEKS THIS LAST WEEKS WEEK WEEK Fiction ON LIST WEEK WEEK Nonfiction ON LIST 1 BILLY SUMMERS, by Stephen King. (Scribner) A killer for hire 1 1 1 AMERICAN MARXISM, by Mark R. Levin. (Threshold Editions) 4 who only takes out bad guys seeks redemption as he does one The Fox News host gives his take on the Green New Deal, critical final job. race theory and social activism. 2 1 THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME, by Laura Dave. (Simon & 14 2 HERE, RIGHT MATTERS, by Alexander Vindman. (Harper) The 1 Schuster) Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel recounts his actions that led husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous to the impeachment of President Trump and his testimony before relationship. Congress. 3 BLIND TIGER, by Sandra Brown. (Grand Central) During 1 3 2 I ALONE CAN FIX IT, by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker. 3 Prohibition, Thatcher Hutton and Laurel Plummer wind up on (Penguin Press) The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters examine opposite sides of a moonshine war in Texas. Trump’s final year in office, with a focus on the key players around him. 4 5 IT ENDS WITH US, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria) A battered wife 8 raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse. 4 5 THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, by Bessel van der Kolk. 50 (Penguin) How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative 5 2 PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION, by Emily Henry. (Berkley) 13 treatments for recovery. Opposites Poppy and Alex meet to vacation together one more time in hopes of saving their relationship. 5 THE PREMONITION, by Michael Lewis. (Norton) Stories of 11 skeptics who went against the official response of the Trump 6 CLASS ACT, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam) The 58th book in the 1 administration to the outbreak of Covid-19. The profiles include a Stone Barrington series. An old feud flares up again in New York local public-health officer and a group of doctors nicknamed the City. Wolverines. 7 WE WERE NEVER HERE, by Andrea Bartz. (Ballantine) Will the 1 6 4 HOW I SAVED THE WORLD, by Jesse Watters. (Broadside) The 5 secrets Emily shares with Kristen about violent incidents in the Fox News host recounts his career and prescribes ways to defend past ruin her life? against what he considers left-wing radicalism. 8 3 THE PAPER PALACE, by Miranda Cowley Heller. (Riverhead) After 5 7 3 THE AUTHORITARIAN MOMENT, by Ben Shapiro. (Broadside) 2 an extramarital dalliance, Elle must choose between her husband The conservative commentator describes what he perceives as and her childhood love. threats to American business, education and politics. 9 4 THE CELLIST, by Daniel Silva. (HarperCollins) The 21st book in 4 8 8 GREENLIGHTS, by Matthew McConaughey. (Crown) The Academy 42 the Gabriel Allon series. A private intelligence service plans an act Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over of violence that will aid Russia and divide America. the last 35 years. 10 11 WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, by Delia Owens. (Putnam) In a 142 9 13 KILLING THE MOB, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (St. 14 quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman Martin’s) The 10th book in the conservative commentator’s Killing who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect. series looks at organized crime in the United States during the 20th century. 11 14 THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO, by Taylor Jenkins 6 Reid. (Washington Square) A movie icon recounts stories of her 10 ALL THE FREQUENT TROUBLES OF OUR DAYS, by Rebecca 1 loves and career to a struggling magazine writer. Donner. (Little, Brown) An account of Mildred Harnack, an American who became a central figure in the German resistance 12 THE GUEST LIST, by Lucy Foley. (Morrow) A wedding between 22 to Hitler. a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of Ireland turns deadly. 11 9 UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. (Dial) The activist and public 74 speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice. 13 9 MALIBU RISING, by Taylor Jenkins Reid. (Ballantine) An epic 10 party has serious outcomes for four famous siblings. 12 14 CASTE, by Isabel Wilkerson. (Random House) The Pulitzer Prize- 53 winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across 14 12 THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, by Matt Haig. (Viking) Nora Seed finds 36 civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today. a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived. 13 11 WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?, by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah 15 Winfrey. (Flatiron) An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts 15 10 BLACK ICE, by Brad Thor. (Emily Bestler/Atria) The 20th book in 3 an essential question used to investigate it. the Scot Harvath series. The American spy faces dangers in the Arctic Circle. 14 BORN A CRIME, by Trevor Noah. (Spiegel & Grau) A memoir 77 about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.” 15 15 BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. (Milkweed 16 Editions) A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending August 7, which are reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles published in the United States. 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 tens of thousands of stores of all sizes and demographics across the United States. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books in a variety of popular e-reader formats. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by publisher’s division. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Editorial, Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology. Best Sellers Print Paperback

August 22, 2021

THIS WEEKS THIS WEEKS WEEK Paperback Trade Fiction ON LIST WEEK Paperback Nonfiction ON LIST 1 IT ENDS WITH US, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria) A battered wife 14 1 THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, by Bessel van der Kolk. 146 raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse. (Penguin) How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery. 2 PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION, by Emily Henry. (Berkley) 13 Opposites Poppy and Alex meet to vacation together one more 2 BORN A CRIME, by Trevor Noah. (One World) A memoir about 130 time in hopes of saving their relationship. growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.” 3 WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, by Delia Owens. (Putnam) In a 19 quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman 3 BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. (Milkweed 69 who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect. Editions) A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and 4 THE SONG OF ACHILLES, by Madeline Miller. (Ecco) A 42 animals. reimagining of Homer’s “Iliad” that is narrated by Achilles’ companion Patroclus. 4 AGENT SONYA, by Ben Macintyre. (Crown) Ursula Burton, who 1 resided in the English Cotswolds in 1942 with her family, turned 5 THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO, by Taylor Jenkins 22 out to have been a high-ranking Soviet intelligence officer seeking Reid. (Washington Square) A movie icon recounts stories of her scientific secrets to build the bomb. loves and career to a struggling magazine writer. 5 JUST MERCY, by Bryan Stevenson. (One World) A civil rights 261 6 THE GUEST LIST, by Lucy Foley. (Morrow) A wedding between 1 lawyer and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of work to free innocent people condemned to death. Ireland turns deadly. 6 SAPIENS, by Yuval Noah Harari. (Harper Perennial) How Homo 156 7 BEACH READ, by Emily Henry. (Berkley) A relationship develops 23 sapiens became Earth’s dominant species. between a literary fiction author and a romance novelist as they both try to overcome writer’s block. 7 KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, by David Grann. (Vintage) 91 The story of a murder spree in 1920s Oklahoma that targeted 8 THE SILENT PATIENT, by Alex Michaelides. (Celadon) Theo Faber 14 Osage Indians, whose lands contained oil. The fledgling F.B.I. looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking intervened, ineffectively. after shooting her husband. 8 THE GLASS CASTLE, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner) The author 445 9 ANXIOUS PEOPLE, by Fredrik Backman. (Washington Square/ 5 recalls how she and her siblings were constantly moved from one Atria) A failed bank robber holds a group of strangers hostage at bleak place to another. (†) an apartment open house. 9 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown) 340 10 CIRCE, by Madeline Miller. (Back Bay) Zeus banishes Helios’ 61 Unexpected factors that explain why some people succeed, such daughter to an island, where she must choose between living with as upbringing, timing and 10,000 hours of deliberate practice. gods or mortals. 10 KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL, by Anthony Bourdain. (Ecco) A 68 11 VERITY, by Colleen Hoover. (Colleen Hoover) Lowen Ashleigh is 1 memoir-exposé of the restaurant world. Originally published in hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular 2000. series and uncovers a horrifying truth. 11 NUDGE, by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein. (Penguin) 7 12 UGLY LOVE, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria) A casual sexual 2 Based on recent experiences in and around government by relationship between Tate and Miles becomes more complicated the authors, a revised edition of findings on ways people make than they expected. decisions. 13 THE UNHONEYMOONERS, by Christina Lauren. (Gallery) When 10 12 THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, 282 food poisoning spoils a wedding, Olive Torres goes with the Straus & Giroux) When we can and cannot trust our intuitions in best man — who is also her nemesis — on her twin sister’s making business and personal decisions. honeymoon. 13 THE IMMORTAL LIFE OF HENRIETTA LACKS, by Rebecca 224 14 RED, WHITE AND ROYAL BLUE, by Casey McQuiston. (Griffin) 20 Skloot. (Broadway) The story of a woman whose cancer cells were A staged friendship between the son of the president and his cultured without her permission in 1951. rival, the Prince of Wales, evolves into a secret and potentially dangerous romance. 14 BECOMING, by Michelle Obama. (Crown) The former first lady 21 describes her journey from the South Side of Chicago to the White 15 THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB, by Richard Osman. (Penguin) 1 House, and how she balanced work, family and her husband’s Four septuagenarian friends, who meet to discuss unsolved political ascent. crimes, find themselves taking on their first live case. 15 HOOD FEMINISM, by Mikki Kendall. (Penguin) A critique of how 13 today’s mainstream feminism overlooks basic needs such as access to food, education, living wages and medical care.

Copyright © 2021 by The New York Times Rankings reflect sales for the week ending August 7, which are 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. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Editorial, Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology. Best Sellers Children’s

August 22, 2021

THIS WEEKS THIS WEEKS WEEK Middle Grade Hardcover ON LIST WEEK Young Adult Hardcover ON LIST 1 BLACK BOY JOY, edited by Kwame Mbalia. (Delacorte) 1 1 ONE OF US IS LYING, by Karen M. McManus. (Delacorte) For 184 Seventeen stories that celebrate the joys of Black boyhood. (Ages five students, a detour into detention ends in murder. (Ages 14 8 to 12) and up) 2 WONDER, by R.J. Palacio. (Knopf) A boy with a facial deformity 308 2 THE HATE U GIVE, by Angie Thomas. (Balzer + Bray) A 16-year- 226 starts school. (Ages 8 to 12) old girl sees a police officer kill her friend. (Ages 14 and up) 3 THE OFFICIAL HARRY POTTER BAKING BOOK, by Joanna 3 3 STAMPED, by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi. (Little, Brown) 71 Farrow. (Scholastic) Forty-three tasty recipes inspired by the Harry An exploration of racism and antiracism in America. (Ages 13 to Potter films. (Ages 10 to 18) 17) 4 REFUGEE, by Alan Gratz. (Scholastic) Three children in three 142 4 REALM BREAKER, by Victoria Aveyard. (HarperTeen) A small 14 different conflicts look for safe haven. (Ages 9 to 12) band of misfits attempt to save Allward. (Ages 13 and up) 5 AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS, by B.B. Alston. (Balzer 27 5 SMALL FAVORS, by Erin A. Craig. (Delacorte) Mythic monsters 2 + Bray) Amari Peters competes for a spot at the Bureau of have returned to destroy Amity Falls and Ellerie must protect her Supernatural Affairs. (Ages 8 to 12) farm and siblings. (Ages 12 and up) 6 THE ONE AND ONLY BOB, by Katherine Applegate. Illustrated by 66 6 LORE, by Alexandra Bracken. (Disney-Hyperion) To get revenge 30 Patricia Castelao. (HarperCollins) In this sequel to “The One and for her family’s murder, Lore must re-enter a hunt know as the Only Ivan,” Bob sets out on a dangerous journey in search of his Agon. (Ages 14 to 18) long-lost sister. (Ages 8 to 12) 7 THESE VIOLENT DELIGHTS, by Chloe Gong. (Margaret K. 14 7 THE ICKABOG, by J.K. Rowling. (Scholastic) A fearsome monster 39 McElderry) A reimagining of Romeo and Juliet set in 1920s threatens the kingdom of Cornucopia. (Ages 8 to 18) Shanghai. (Ages 14 to 18) 8 ALI CROSS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON, by James Patterson. 6 8 GOOD GIRL, BAD BLOOD, by Holly Jackson. (Delacorte) Pip 14 (jimmy patterson) Ali investigates the shooting of new friend, Zoe. investigates the disappearance of her friend. (Ages 14 and up) (Ages 10 to 14) 9 ACE OF SPADES, by Faridah Abike-Iyimide. (Feiwel & Friends) An 10 9 GROUND ZERO, by Alan Gratz. (Scholastic) Parallel storylines of 20 anonymous texter known as Aces reveals secrets about an elite Brandon and Reshmina take place on Sept. 11th, in 2001 and private school’s only two Black students. (Ages 14 to 18) 2019. (Ages 9 to 12) 10 THEY’LL NEVER CATCH US, by Jessica Goodman. (Razorbill) Two 1 10 THE GAME MASTER: SUMMER SCHOOLED, by Matt and 7 sisters on a cross-country running team are the prime suspects Rebecca Zamolo. (HarperCollins) Rebecca Zamolo takes on the when a rival disappears. (Ages 14 to 17) Game Master, who threatens to ruin summer. (Ages 8 to 12)

Copyright © 2021 by The New York Times Rankings reflect sales for the week ending August 7, which are reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles published in the United States. 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 tens of thousands of stores of all sizes and demographics across the United States. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Editorial, Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology. Best Sellers Children’s

August 22, 2021

THIS WEEKS THIS WEEKS WEEK Picture Books ON LIST WEEK Series ON LIST 1 TIME FOR SCHOOL, LITTLE BLUE TRUCK, by Alice Schertle. 7 1 HARRY POTTER, by J.K. Rowling. (Scholastic) A wizard hones his 646 Illustrated by Jill McElmurry. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Blue conjuring skills in the service of fighting evil. (Ages 10 and up) gives a friend a ride to school. (Ages 4 to 7) 2 THE TWILIGHT SAGA, by Stephenie Meyer. (Little, Brown) 269 2 THE PIGEON HAS TO GO TO SCHOOL!, by Mo Willems. 35 Vampires and werewolves and their intrigues in high school. (Ages (Hyperion) Pigeon deals with the anxieties of going to school for 12 and up) the first time. (Ages 3 to 5) 3 DIARY OF A WIMPY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. 647 3 THREE LITTLE ENGINES, by Bob McKinnon. Illustrated by Lou 1 (Amulet) The travails and challenges of adolescence. (Ages 9 to Fancher and Steve Johnson. (Grosset & Dunlap) Three engines 12) encounter different challenges and obstacles. (Ages 3 to 7) 4 SHADOW AND BONE TRILOGY, by Leigh Bardugo. (Square 22 4 THE DAY YOU BEGIN, by Jacqueline Woodson. Illustrated 31 Fish) The basis of the Netflix series; previously titled “The Grisha by Rafael López. (Nancy Paulsen) A group of school children Trilogy.” (Ages 12 to 18) embrace their differences. (Ages 5 to 8) 5 PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS, by Rick Riordan. (Disney- 583 5 WE DON’T EAT OUR CLASSMATES!, by Ryan T. Higgins. 30 Hyperion) A boy battles mythological monsters. (Ages 9 to 12) (Disney-Hyperion) Penelope Rex must control her urge to eat the children in her class. (Ages 3 to 5) 6 AWESOME FRIENDLY KID, written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney. 21 (Amulet) Rowley Jefferson chronicles his life story and adventures. 6 DRAGONS LOVE TACOS, by Adam Rubin. Illustrated by Daniel 320 (Ages 9 to 12) Salmieri. (Dial) What to serve your dragon-guests. (Ages 3 to 5) 7 WINGS OF FIRE, by Tui T. Sutherland. (Scholastic) Only the five 126 7 THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU WILL BE, by Emily Winfield 274 dragonets of destiny can unite the seven warring dragon tribes. Martin. (Random House) A celebration of future possibilities. (Ages 9 to 12) (Ages 3 to 7) 8 CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS, written and illustrated by Dav Pilkey. 260 8 ALL ARE WELCOME, by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne 27 (Scholastic) Boys and their principal fight evil. (Ages 7 to 10) Kaufman. (Knopf) A celebration of kindness, inclusivity and diversity at a school. (Ages 4 to 8) 9 THE LAST KIDS ON EARTH, by Max Brallier. Illustrated by 77 Douglas Holgate. (Viking) Jack and his friends fight for their lives 9 GOOD NIGHT, LITTLE BLUE TRUCK, by Alice Schertle and Jill 31 through the zombie apocalypse. (Ages 8 to 12) McElmurry. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Blue and Toad offer shelter from a storm to other farm animals. (Ages 4 to 7) 10 FOLK OF THE AIR, by Holly Black. (Little, Brown) Jude’s quest to 7 become the first mortal queen of the High Court of Faerie. (Ages 10 GRUMPY MONKEY, by Suzanne Lang. Illustrated by Max Lang. 59 14 to 17) (Random House) Jim Panzee is having a bad day. (Ages 3 to 7)

Picture Book rankings include hardcover sales only. Series rankings include all print and e-book sales. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Editorial, Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology. Best Sellers Audio Monthly

August 22, 2021

THIS MONTHS THIS MONTHS MONTH Audio Fiction ON LIST MONTH Audio Nonfiction ON LIST 1 THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME, by Laura Dave. (Simon & 3 1 GREENLIGHTS, by Matthew McConaughey. (Random House 10 Schuster Audio) Hannah Hall discovers truths about her husband. Audio) The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from Read by Rebecca Lowman. 8 hours, 49 minutes unabridged. the diaries he kept over the last 35 years. Read by the author. 6 hours, 42 minutes unabridged. 2 PROJECT HAIL MARY, by Andy Weir. (Audible Studios) Ryland 3 Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the 2 I ALONE CAN FIX IT, by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker. 1 fate of humanity rests on his shoulders. Read by Ray Porter. 16 (Penguin Audio) The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters examine hours, 10 minutes unabridged. Trump’s final year in office. Read by January LaVoy and the authors. 19 hours, 24 minutes unabridged. 3 THE PAPER PALACE, by Miranda Cowley Heller. (Penguin Audio) 1 After an extramarital dalliance, Elle must choose between her 3 AMERICAN MARXISM, by Mark R. Levin. (Simon & Schuster 1 husband and her childhood love. Read by Nan McNamara, 12 Audio) The Fox News host gives his take on the Green New Deal, hours, 37 minutes unabridged. critical race theory and social activism. Read by Jeremy Lowell and the author. 9 hours, 46 minutes unabridged. 4 THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, by Matt Haig. (Penguin Audio) Nora 8 Seed finds a library that contains books with multiple possibilities. 4 WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?, by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah 4 Read by Carey Mulligan. 8 hours, 50 minutes unabridged. Winfrey. (Macmillan Audio) An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it. Read by 5 MALIBU RISING, by Taylor Jenkins Reid. (Random House Audio) 2 the authors. 8 hours, 27 minutes unabridged. An epic party has serious outcomes for four famous siblings. Read by Julia Whelan. 11 hours, 5 minutes unabridged. 5 LANDSLIDE, by Michael Wolff. (Macmillan Audio) The author of 1 “Fire and Fury” and “Siege” portrays events during the final days 6 BLACK ICE, by Brad Thor. (Simon & Schuster Audio) The 20th 1 of Trump’s presidency. Read by Holter Graham. 11 hours, 11 book in the Scot Harvath series. The spy faces dangers in the Arctic minutes unabridged. Circle. Read by Armand Schultz. 10 hours, 7 minutes unabridged. 6 THIS IS YOUR MIND ON PLANTS, by Michael Pollan. (Penguin 1 7 THE CELLIST, by Daniel Silva. (HarperAudio) The 21st book in 1 Audio) A look at arbitrary beliefs surrounding opium, caffeine and the Gabriel Allon series. A private intelligence service plans an mescaline, which are derived from plants. Read by the author. 7 act of violence that will aid Russia and divide America. Read by hours, 37 mintues unabridged. Edoardo Ballerini. 10 hours, 13 minutes unabridged. 7 MEATEATER’S CAMPFIRE STORIES: CLOSE CALLS, by 1 8 FALSE WITNESS, by Karin Slaughter. (Blackstone) Leigh Collier’s 1 Steven Rinella. (Random House Audio) A collection of outdoor past may come to light when a wealthy man she knows asks adventures and dangerous encounters. Read by the author and her to represent him in a rape case. Read by Kathleen Early. 18 other contributors. 5 hours, 15 minutes unabridged. hours, 39 minutes unabridged. 8 FRANKLY, WE DID WIN THIS ELECTION, by Michael C. Bender. 1 9 DUNE, by Frank Herbert. (Macmillan Audio) The 1965 science 3 (Hachette Audio) A senior White House reporter for The Wall fiction novel that is the basis of several adaptations, including Street Journal looks at Trump’s 2020 campaign and final year in the forthcoming film directed by Denis Villeneuve. Read by Scott office. Read by Eric Pollins. 17 hours, 6 minutes unabridged. Brick, Orlagh Cassidy, Euan Morton, Simon Vance and Ilyana Kadushin. 21 hours, 2 minutes unabridged. 9 THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, by Bessel van der Kolk. (Penguin 9 Audio) How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative 10 WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, by Delia Owens. (Penguin 34 treatments for recovery. Read by Sean Pratt. 16 hours, 17 Audio) A young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes minutes unabridged. a murder suspect. Read by Cassandra Campbell. 12 hours, 12 minutes unabridged. 10 THE AUTHORITARIAN MOMENT, by Ben Shapiro. (HarperAudio) 1 The conservative commentator depicts what he perceives as 11 THE FOUR WINDS, by Kristin Hannah. (Macmillan Audio) As 6 threats to American business, education and politics. Read by the dust storms roll during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose author. 6 hours, 11 minutes unabridged. between saving the family and farm or heading West. Read by Julia Whelan. 15 hours, 2 minutes unabridged. 11 HOW I SAVED THE WORLD, by Jesse Watters. (HarperAudio) 1 The Fox News host recounts his career and prescribes ways to 12 THE PRESIDENT’S DAUGHTER, by Bill Clinton and James 2 defend against what he considers left-wing radicalism. Read by Patterson. (Hachette Audio) Matthew Keating, a past president Larry Wayne. 9 hours, 26 minutes unabridged. and former Navy SEAL, goes on his own to find his abducted teenage daughter. Read by Tony Goldwyn, January LaVoy et al. 14 12 UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. (Random House Audio) The activist 17 hours, 21 minutes unabridged. and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice. Read by the author. 8 hours, 22 minutes unabridged. 13 PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION, by Emily Henry. (Penguin 3 Audio) Opposites Poppy and Alex meet to vacation together one 13 EXTREME OWNERSHIP, by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. 37 more time in hopes of saving their relationship. Read by Julia (Macmillan Audio) Applying the principles of Navy SEALs Whelan. 10 hours, 46 minutes unabridged. leadership training to any organization. Read by the authors. 8 hours, 15 minutes unabridged. 14 FALLING, by T.J. Newman. (Simon & Schuster Audio) A kidnapper 1 demands that a pilot crash his plane with 144 passengers 14 A PROMISED LAND, by Barack Obama. (Random House Audio) 9 onboard to save his family. Read by Steven Weber. 8 hours, 26 In the first volume of his presidential memoirs, Barack Obama minutes unabridged. offers reflections on his formative years and moments through his first term. Read by the author. 29 hours, 10 minutes unabridged. 15 THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO, by Taylor Jenkins 1 Reid. (Simon & Schuster Audio) A movie icon recounts stories 15 THE BOMBER MAFIA, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Pushkin Industries) 4 of her loves and career. Read by Alma Cuervo, Julia Whelan and A look at the key players and outcomes of precision bombing during Robin Miles. 12 hours, 10 minutes unabridged. World War II. Read by the author. 5 hours, 14 minutes unabridged.

The titles ranked in these monthly Audiobook Best-Seller Lists are tabulated by the Best-Seller List editors from sales in the United States of digital and physical audio products for the month of July. Sales of titles published in the United States are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Free-trial or low-cost trial audiobook sales are not eligible for inclusion. Publisher credits for audiobooks are listed under the audiobook publisher name. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Editorial, Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers. Best Sellers Monthly

August 22, 2021

THIS MONTHS THIS MONTHS MONTH Graphic Books and Manga ON LIST MONTH Mass Market ON LIST 1 MOTHERING HEIGHTS, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) The 10th 5 1 A TIME FOR MERCY, by John Grisham. (Dell) The third book 1 book in the Dog Man series. Can the power of love overcome the in the Jake Brigance series. A 16-year-old is accused of killing a darkness and despair created by new villains? deputy in Clanton, Miss., in 1990. 2 CHAINSAW MAN, VOL. 1, by Tatsuki Fujimoto. (VIZ Media) A 2 2 ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, by Quentin Tarantino. 2 poor young man who was betrayed by someone he once trusted (Harper Perennial) A novelization of the film set in 1969, by its discovers he has the power of a devil inside him. director and screenwriter. 3 THE BAD GUYS IN CUT TO THE CHASE, by Aaron Blabey. 1 3 THE INSTITUTE, by Stephen King. (Pocket) Children with special 1 (Scholastic) The 13th book in the Bad Guys series. What lies talents are abducted and sequestered in an institution where the beyond a mysterious doorway in the grossest restaurant in the sinister staff seeks to extract their gifts through harsh methods. world? 4 THE BOY FROM THE WOODS, by Harlan Coben. (Grand Central) 1 4 THE ADVENTURE ZONE: THE CRYSTAL KINGDOM, by Clint 1 When a girl goes missing, a private investigator’s feral childhood McElroy et al. (First Second) The fourth installment of the series becomes an asset in the search. that is based on the podcast from the McElroy family. An unknown menace has seized control of a deadly relic. 5 CLOSE TO YOU, by Nora Roberts. (Silhouette) Two mystery 1 stories: “Mind Over Matter” and “Lawless.” 5 GRIME AND PUNISHMENT, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) The ninth 6 book in the Dog Man series. After turning in his badge, the canine 6 DADDY’S GIRLS, by Danielle Steel. (Dell) After a California 2 cop is determined not to just roll over. rancher’s sudden death, his three daughters discover things they did not know about their father. 6 CAT KID COMIC CLUB, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) Stories within 8 a story come to life as Li’l Petey, Flippy and Molly show baby frogs 7 NYPD RED 6, by James Patterson and Marshall Karp. (Grand 1 how to create comics. Central) Detectives Kylie MacDonald and Zach Jordan search for a reality TV star who goes missing from her wedding reception. 7 KAREN’S KITTYCAT CLUB, by Ann M. Martin. Illustrated by Katy 1 Farina. (Scholastic) The fourth book in the Baby-Sitters Little 8 SUSANNAH’S GARDEN, by Debbie Macomber. (MIRA) The third 1 Sister series. Will Karen and her friends get hired to cat-sit? book in the Blossom Street series. Susannah returns home to take care of her mother and reflect on choices she made. 8 MY HERO ACADEMIA, VOL. 28, by Kohei Horikoshi. (VIZ Media) 2 As the war against the Paranormal Liberation Front continues, 9 SHAKEUP, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam) The 55th book in the 1 Midoriya senses an ominous presence in the hospital. Stone Barrington series. A criminal mastermind turns out to be a person of influence. 9 FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) The 6 seventh book in the Dog Man series. A new villain has a bone to 10 HALF MOON BAY, by Jonathan Kellerman and Jesse Kellerman. 1 pick with Dog Man while Petey the Cat starts a new life. (Ballantine) The third book in the Clay Edison series. The deputy coroner is on the case when a decades-old skeleton of a child is 10 FETCH-22, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) The eighth book in the 5 found in a park. Dog Man series. Petey the Cat feels better after getting out of jail but Li’l Petey struggles to find good in the world. 11 A BRAMBLEBERRY SUMMER, by RaeAnne Thayne. (Harlequin) 1 The fifth book in the Women of Brambleberry House series. Dark 11 THE TWISTED ONES, by Scott Cawthon and Kira Breed-Wrisley. 5 secrets threaten what is developing between Rosa and Wyatt. (Scholastic) The second book in the Five Nights at Freddy’s series. When bodies are found near her school, Charlie is drawn 12 CAJUN JUSTICE, by James Patterson and Tucker Axum III. (Grand 2 back into the world of her father’s creations. Central) Cain Lemaire, an ex-Secret Service agent from New Orleans, gets in the thick of things as the head of security for a 12 CLAUDIA AND THE NEW GIRL, by Ann M. Martin. Illustrated by 6 chief executive in Tokyo. Gabriela Epstein. (Scholastic) The ninth book in the Baby-Sitters Club series. Claudia must choose between spending time with the 13 SOMEONE WE KNOW, by Shari Lapena. (Penguin) In a quiet 1 very artistic Ashley or the Baby-Sitters Club. suburb, a teenager has been breaking into homes and hacking into computers, while a woman is found murdered. 13 TRULY TYLER, by Terri Libenson. (Balzer + Bray) The fifth book 3 in the Emmie & Friends series. Tyler likes nerding out with Emmie 14 DEVIL IN DISGUISE, by Lisa Kleypas. (Avon) The seventh book 1 but his jock friends give him a hard time about doing so. in the Ravenels series. Lady Merritt Sterling falls for a Scottish whisky distiller who is in danger. 14 ATTACK ON TITAN, VOL. 1, by Hajime Isayama. (Kodansha) 3 A group of survivors must go into hiding to escape the giant 15 FAITHLESS IN DEATH, by J.D. Robb. (St. Martin’s) The 52nd 1 humanoids known as the Titans. book of the In Death series. Eve Dallas investigates the murder of a young sculptor in the West Village. 15 NEW KID, by Jerry Craft. (HarperCollins) Jordan Banks, an 20 artistically inclined seventh grader from Washington Heights, has a tough time navigating an upscale private school where diversity is low and maintaining his neighborhood friendships.

Copyright © 2021 by The New York Times The titles ranked in these monthly Best-Seller Lists are tabulated by the editors of the Best-Seller Lists, from graphic books in hardcover, paperback, manga and digital formats and from mass-market paperback books, sold and published in the United States, and reported to The New York Times during July. Adult, children’s, young adult, fiction and nonfiction graphic books are eligible for inclusion on the graphic books list. Children’s series titles are not eligible for inclusion on the monthly graphic books list. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a title’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the title ranked above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Editorial, Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology. Best Sellers Advice, How-To & Misc. and Monthly

August 22, 2021

THIS WEEKS THIS WEEK Advice, How-to and Miscellaneous ON LIST MONTH Business

ATOMIC HABITS, by James Clear. (Avery) (†) 89 1 ATOMIC HABITS, by James Clear. (Avery) (†) 1 2 THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE, by Charlie 88 2 DARE TO LEAD, by Brené Brown. (Random House) Mackesy. (HarperOne) THE FAMILY FIRM, by Emily Oster. (Penguin Press) 1 3 NOISE, by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Sunstein. 3 (Little, Brown Spark) 4 THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK, by Mark Manson. 214 4 OUTLIERS, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Back Bay/Little, Brown) (Harper) (†) 5 THE GIFTS OF IMPERFECTION, by Brené Brown. (Random 87 5 AN UGLY TRUTH, by Sheera Frenkel and Cecilia Kang. (Harper) House) YOU ARE A BADASS, by Jen Sincero. (Running Press) 240 6 THINKING, FAST AND SLOW, by Daniel Kahneman. (Farrar, 6 Straus & Giroux) 7 THE FIVE LOVE LANGUAGES, by Gary Chapman. (Northfield) 343 7 GRIT, by Angela Duckworth. (Scribner)

MAKE YOUR BED, by William H. McRaven. (Grand Central) 103 8 EXTREME OWNERSHIP, by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin. (St. 8 Martin’s) (†) DARE TO LEAD, by Brené Brown. (Random House) 55 9 WINNING, by Tim S. Grover with Shari Lesser Wenk. (Scribner) 9 (†) 10 HOW TO DO THE WORK, by Nicole LePera. (Harper Wave) 12 10 EMPIRE OF PAIN, by Patrick Radden Keefe. (Doubleday)

Copyright © 2021 by The New York Times The category Advice, How-To, and Miscellaneous Best Sellers includes both print and e-book sales. The titles ranked in these monthly Best-Seller Lists are tabulated by the Best-Seller List editors from among all adult nonfiction print and e-book titles sold and published in the United States, and reported to The New York Times during July. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a title’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the title ranked above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Editorial, Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology. Best Sellers Monthly

August 22, 2021

THIS THIS MONTH Middle Grade Paperback MONTH Young Adult Paperback 1 A LONG WALK TO WATER, by Linda Sue Park. (Houghton Mifflin 1 THEY BOTH DIE AT THE END, by Adam Silvera. (Quill Tree) Harcourt) 2 THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN, by Katherine Applegate. Illustrated by 2 WE WERE LIARS, by E. Lockhart. (Ember) Patricia Castelao. (HarperCollins) 3 OUT OF MY MIND, by Sharon M. Draper. (Atheneum) 3 A GOOD GIRL’S GUIDE TO MURDER, by Holly Jackson. (Ember)

4 FISH IN A TREE, by Lynda Mullaly Hunt. (Puffin) 4 SIX OF CROWS, by Leigh Bardugo. (Square Fish)

5 WISH, by Barbara O’Connor. (Square Fish) 5 THE BOOK THIEF, by Markus Zusak. (Knopf)

6 RESTART, by Gordon Korman. (Scholastic) 6 THE LAKE, by Natasha Preston. (Delacorte)

7 BROWN GIRL DREAMING, by Jacqueline Woodson. (Puffin) 7 CROOKED KINGDOM, by Leigh Bardugo. (Square Fish)

8 I AM MALALA, by Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick. 8 14 WAYS TO DIE, by Vincent Ralph. (Sourcebooks Fire) (Little, Brown) 9 THE CROSSOVER, by Kwame Alexander. (Houghton Mifflin 9 LONG WAY DOWN, by Jason Reynolds. (Atheneum/Caitlyn Harcourt) Dlouhy) 10 A WOLF CALLED WANDER, by Rosanne Parry. Illustrated by 10 THE INHERITANCE GAMES, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes. (Little, Mónica Armiño. (Greenwillow) Brown)

Copyright © 2021 by The New York Times The titles ranked in these monthly Best-Seller Lists are tabulated by the editors of the Best-Seller Lists, from Middle Grade and Young Adult paperback books, sold and published in the United States, and reported to The New York Times during July. Sales are statistically weighted to represent and accurately reflect all outlets proportionally nationwide. Among the categories not actively tracked at this time are: perennial sellers, required classroom reading, textbooks, reference and test preparation guides, e-books available exclusively from a single vendor, journals, workbooks, calorie counters, shopping guides, periodicals and crossword puzzles. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A dagger (†) indicates that some bookstores report receiving bulk orders. The New York Times Best Sellers are compiled and archived by The Best-Seller Lists Desk of The New York Times News Department, and are separate from the Editorial, Culture, Advertising and Business sides of The New York Times Company. More information on rankings and full methodology: www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/methodology. Best Sellers

August 22, 2021 EDITORS’ CHOICE/STAFF PICKS FROM THE BOOK REVIEW

DAMNATION SPRING, by Ash Davidson. (Scribner, STRANGE BEASTS OF CHINA, by Yan Ge. Translated by WAYWARD, by Dana Spiotta. (Knopf, $27.) A $28.) Davidson’s sprawling, immersive and Jeremy Tiang. (Melville House, $25.99.) Elusive middleaged woman spontaneously buys a new assured debut novel explores the deep roots of a creatures flit through a Chinese city in this house and moves into it alone, without her Northern California logging community. It’s a enchanting novel, alternately avoiding and husband or teenage daughter. Spiotta’s precisely vivid portrayal of the land and its people, a consorting with its human inhabitants, all the observed, fiercely intelligent novel excavates the snapshot of a not-so-distant time, but it also digs while pursued by a cryptozoologist with a long and winding path that led our protagonist to into the place’s gnarled history. fondness for smokes and booze — a female, this place. A science-minded Sam Spade. WE ARE THE BRENNANS, by Tracey Lange. (Celadon, SHOCK, by Keith Ridgway. (New Directions, paper, $26.99.) Lange’s confident, polished debut novel is EDGE CASE, by YZ Chin. (Ecco, $26.99.) Chin’s debut, $17.95.) What initially seems like a collection of about family secrets. An Irish clan in Westchester about a Malaysian immigrant in America stories reveals itself to be an expertly constructed County welcomes their prodigal daughter home searching for her missing husband, is not only a novel of intersecting lives in London. Full of from Los Angeles and, one after another, subtly provocative depiction of the tech industry, echoes and variations on certain themes, these longhidden skeletons begin to emerge from their and this country, as tilting ever more off-kilter, but tales of people living on various margins are like closets. also a realistic portrayal of a woman in crisis. tantalizing snippets of conversation overheard at the local pub. PESSOA: A Biography, by Richard Zenith. (Liveright, ALEC, by William di Canzio. (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $40.) In his monumental new biography, Zenith $27.) “Alec” picks up and continues E. M. Forster’s PASTELS AND PEDOPHILES: Inside the Mind of considers the galaxy of identities that made up classic “Maurice.” This novel begins by revisiting QAnon, by Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko. the Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa, who, the story of Forster’s original, now seen from the (Redwood, $20.) Two experts on extremist behavior after his death in 1935, left behind some 25,000 perspective of Alec, Maurice’s lover. It then takes analyze the many reasons QAnon’s followers pages of writings under a variety of pen names the characters past Forster’s hazily suggested persist in believing the movement’s outlandish (or heteronyms, as he called them) with entirely happily-ever-after and thrusts them into the notions in defiance of all knowledge and reason. different literary styles. The book’s achievements Great War. There’s a sweeping romantic vision include studies of Pessoa’s fearless ambition and here that’s as old-fashioned as it is refreshingly The full reviews of these and other recent books are on his struggle with his homosexuality. modern. the web: nytimes.com/books.

PAPERBACK ROW

THE BASS ROCK, by Evie Wyld. (Vintage, 368 pp., TIME OF THE MAGICIANS: Wittgenstein, Benjamin, FALLOUT: The Hiroshima Cover-Up and the $17.) Haunted by “a sense of impending violence,” Cassirer, Heidegger, and the Decade That Reporter Who Revealed It to the World, by Lesley Wyld’s “wondrous and disturbing” third novel is Reinvented Philosophy, by Wolfram Eilenberger. M. M. Blume. (Simon & Schuster, 288 pp., $17.) While set on the eastern shore of Scotland near the Translated by Shaun Whiteside. (Penguin, 432 pp., $19.) our reviewer, William Langewiesche, disputed the island of volcanic rock from which it takes its title. This “accessible and deeply human” portrait of subtitle’s claim of a cover-up, he praised Blume’s It plumbs “the base, shadowy havoc that is four “notoriously incomprehensible” thinkers, as tirelessly researched, beautifully written account masculinity,” John Williams wrote in The Times, our reviewer, John Kaag, described them, posits of John Hersey’s unequaled reporting on the dire and “the complications and saving graces of that “intellectual magi” met interwar turbulence consequences for humanity of the 1945 U.S. female companionship.” by conjuring “a new world.” nuclear attacks against Japan.

THIS IS WHAT AMERICA LOOKS LIKE: My Journey THE LOST PIANOS OF SIBERIA, by Sophy Roberts. AFTERLAND, by Lauren Beukes. (Mulholland, 432 pp., From Refugee to Congresswoman, by Ilhan Omar. (Grove, 448 pp., $18.) A quest to find a piano for a $16.99.) Sprung from a government research (Dey Street, 288 pp., $16.99.) Having struggled with German friend’s young protégé in Mongolia facility, a preteen boy (one of the few males left in racism, financial hardship, unplanned pregnancy becomes, as our reviewer, Sophie Pinkham, put it, the aftermath of a pandemic known as Manfall) is and single parenthood, Omar may be “more “a travel narrative in which Siberia’s sublimely on the run with his mother to Florida for sea representative of the average American than her harsh natural setting, brutal history and exotic passage to their home continent of Africa. Our colleagues” in Congress “who’ve lived here since folk traditions are placed in contrast with the reviewer, Stephen King, called this futuristic birth,” Christina Cauterucci noted in her review of great percussive symbol of European civilization.” “neo-noir, coast-tocoast chase novel” “splendid.” the Somali refugee’s memoir. Jennifer Krauss