Hardcover rankings reflect sales for the week ended April 15, 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. DARK ANGEL, by John Sandford. (Putnam) The second book in the Letty Davenport series. Letty takes an undercover assignment that puts her in harm’s way with a group of hackers.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
2. LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY, by Bonnie Garmus. (Doubleday) A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 49
3. THE ONLY SURVIVORS, by Megan Miranda. (Marysue Rucci) Death and trouble loom over a reunion marking 10 years since tragedy befell a group of high school seniors.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
4. HELLO BEAUTIFUL, by Ann Napolitano. (Dial) In an homage to Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” a young man’s dark past resurfaces as he gets to know the family of his college sweetheart.
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 5
5. TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, by Gabrielle Zevin. (Knopf) Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 29
6. HANG THE MOON, by Jeannette Walls. (Scribner)
Nine years after being cast out, a young woman returns to reclaim her place in her family and comes into her own as a bootlegger.
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
7. LASSITER, by J.R. Ward. (Gallery) The 21st book in the Black Dagger Brotherhood series. A fallen angel meets a mysterious female.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
8. ROMANTIC COMEDY, by Curtis Sittenfeld. (Random House) A late-night show’s sketch writer may become involved with a pop music sensation who is a guest host.
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
9. THINGS I WISH I TOLD MY MOTHER, by Susan Patterson and Susan DiLallo with James Patterson. (Little, Brown) Secrets and hopes get unpacked when a mother and daughter vacation together in Paris.
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WEEKS ON LIST: 1
10. HOMECOMING, by Kate Morton. (Mariner) An unemployed journalist connects events in a true-crime book, which details a long-buried murder in 1959 in South Australia, to her own family.
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
11. I WILL FIND YOU, by Harlan Coben. (Grand Central) A man imprisoned for the murder of his 3-year-old son becomes convinced his son is still alive, and plans an escape.
LAST WEEK: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 5
12. 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: 13
WEEKS ON LIST: 13
13. DEMON COPPERHEAD, by Barbara Kingsolver. (Harper) A re-imagining of Charles Dickens’ “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.
LAST WEEK: 12
WEEKS ON LIST: 26
14. PINEAPPLE STREET, by Jenny Jackson. (Pamela Dorman) Three women navigate their roles in a well-to-do family living in Brooklyn Heights.
LAST WEEK: 11
WEEKS ON LIST: 6
15. COUNTDOWN, by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois. (Little, Brown) A botched field operation and a terrorist plot endanger Amy Cornwall and her family.
LAST WEEK: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
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NONFICTION
1. OUTLIVE, by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford. (Harmony) A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
2. 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: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 36
3. YOU COULD MAKE THIS PLACE BEAUTIFUL, by Maggie Smith. (Atria/One Signal ) The poet explores her love for her children and commitment to herself after the end of her marriage.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
4. SPARE, by Prince Harry. (Random House) The Duke of Sussex details his struggles with the royal family, loss of his mother, service in the British army and marriage to Meghan Markle.
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 14
5. POVERTY, BY AMERICA, by Matthew Desmond. (Crown) The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Evicted” examines ways in which affluent Americans keep poor people poor.
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
6. I SWEAR, by Katie Porter. (Crown) The Democratic congresswoman from California describes challenges she faced before and during her time in office.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
7. IT. GOES. SO. FAST., by Mary Louise Kelly. (Holt) The cohost of NPR’s “All Things Considered” reflects on the time when her father died and her older son would soon leave for college.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
8. GOT YOUR NUMBER, by Mike Greenberg with Paul Hembekides. (Hyperion Avenue) The ESPN host and his producer create their list of top 100 sports legends.
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
9. GREENLIGHTS, by Matthew McConaughey. (Crown) The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over 35 years.
LAST WEEK: 13
WEEKS ON LIST: 89
10. THE LIGHT WE CARRY, by Michelle Obama. (Crown) The former first lady shares personal stories and the tools she uses to deal with difficult situations.
LAST WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 22
11. ON THE ORIGIN OF TIME, by Thomas Hertog. (Bantam) The cosmologist shares a theory, which he posited with Stephen Hawking, that gives a Darwinian perspective on the origins of our universe.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
12. A FEVER IN THE HEARTLAND, by Timothy Egan. (Viking) The Pulitzer- and National Book Award-winning author details the Ku Klux Klan’s rise to the height of its power in the 1920s and how one brutalized woman’s testimony diminished it.
LAST WEEK: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
13. FOLLOW ME TO HELL, by Tom Clavin. (St. Martin’s) A portrayal of a ranger named Leander McNelly and his men in 1870s Texas.
LAST WEEK: 12
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
14. LEBRON, by Jeff Benedict. (Avid Reader) The author of “The Dynasty” and “Tiger Woods” details the life and career of the star basketball player LeBron James.
LAST WEEK: —
Weekend Scoop
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
15. WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?, by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey. (Flatiron) An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 50
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