Hardcover rankings reflect sales for the week ended May 13, 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. HAPPY PLACE, by Emily Henry. (Berkley) A former couple pretend to be together for the sake of their friends during their annual getaway in Maine.
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
2. THE MAKING OF ANOTHER MAJOR MOTION PICTURE MASTERPIECE, by Tom Hanks. (Knopf) A World War II soldier’s experiences inspire a comic book, which gets adapted into a superhero movie.
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: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
4. 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: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 53
5. QUEEN CHARLOTTE, by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes. (Avon) Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz weds King George III and contends with the politics of the court.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
6. THE 23RD MIDNIGHT, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown) The 23rd book in the Women’s Murder Club series. Lindsay Boxer tracks a copycat killer.
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
7. DEMON COPPERHEAD, by Barbara Kingsolver. (Harper) A re-imagining of Charles Dickens’ “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 28
8. THE COVENANT OF WATER, by Abraham Verghese. (Grove) Three generations of a family living on South India’s Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning.
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
9. SIMPLY LIES, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) A former detective becomes the prime suspect in a murder case involving a man with mob ties who was in witness protection.
LAST WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
10. HELLO BEAUTIFUL, by Ann Napolitano. (Dial) In this 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: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 9
11. THE WEDDING PLANNER, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte) An unmarried wedding planner contends with problems, secrets and scandals.
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
12. TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, AND TOMORROW, by Gabrielle Zevin. (Knopf) Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.
LAST WEEK: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 33
13. THE SECRET BOOK OF FLORA LEA, by Patti Callahan Henry. (Atria) When an illustrated book offering potential clues arrives years after World War II, a woman in London delves into her past.
LAST WEEK: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
14. 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.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
15. 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: 15
WEEKS ON LIST: 17
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NONFICTION
1. 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: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 18
2. 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: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 26
3. 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: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
4. THE DADDY DIARIES, by Andy Cohen. (Holt) The host and executive producer of “Watch What Happens Live” juggles fatherhood and his career.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
5. OUTLIVE, by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford. (Harmony) A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 7
6. I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED, by Jennette McCurdy. (Simon & Schuster) The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.
LAST WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 40
7. LOOK FOR ME THERE, by Luke Russert. (Harper Horizon) The Emmy Award-winning journalist details how he grieved for his late father and sought to make his own way.
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
8. WALKING WITH SAM, by Andrew McCarthy. (Grand Central) The actor and travel writer treks 500 miles across Spain’s Camino de Santiago with his elder son.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
9. GREENLIGHTS, by Matthew McConaughey. (Crown) The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over 35 years.
LAST WEEK: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 93
10. LESSONS LEARNED AND CHERISHED, by Deborah Roberts. (Andscape) Essays by celebrities about the teachers who impacted their lives.
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
11. YOU CAN’T JOKE ABOUT THAT, by Kat Timpf. (Broadside) The co-host of “Gutfeld!” and Fox News contributor gives her take on free speech and comedy. (b)
LAST WEEK: 13
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
12. IT. GOES. SO. FAST., by Mary Louise Kelly. (Holt) The co-host of NPR’s “All Things Considered” reflects on the period when her father died and her older son would soon leave for college.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
13. 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: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
14. THE LAST HONEST MAN, by James Risen with Thomas Risen. (Little, Brown) Sen. Frank Church’s investigation in 1975-76 of abuses of power in the intelligence community.
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LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
15. WHEN THE HEAVENS WENT ON SALE, by Ashlee Vance. (Ecco) The author of “Elon Musk” chronicles the work of four companies attempting to make an intergalactic land grab.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
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