Rankings reflect sales for the week ended June 6, 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
Ann Patchett’s “Whistler” is new on the fiction list at No. 1. (HarperCollins/TNS)
1. WHISTLER, by Ann Patchett. (Harper) Decades after their time together, a woman reconnects with her stepfather and they look back at the directions their lives have taken.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
2. YESTERYEAR, by Caro Claire Burke. (Knopf) Natalie Heller Mills, a privileged tradwife social media influencer, wakes up to find she is living in the comparatively difficult reality of 1855.
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 9
3. LAND, by Maggie O’Farrell. (Knopf) While assisting his father on a project to map all of Ireland in 1865, a boy must work around the ways a disturbing encounter affects his father.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
4. THE CORRESPONDENT, by Virginia Evans. (Crown) Letters from someone she used to know push Sybil Van Antwerp toward revisiting her past and finding a way to forgive.
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 32
5. ROAD TRIP, by Mary Kay Andrews. (St. Martin’s) A pair of sisters travel to Ireland to find out the worth of a painting they inherited and gain new insights into their family.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
6. THE CALAMITY CLUB, by Kathryn Stockett. (Spiegel & Grau) As things get tougher during the Depression, several women look for ways to improve their circumstances.
LAST WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 5
7. OUR PERFECT STORM, by Carley Fortune. (Berkley) After her fiance leaves her, Frankie goes on her planned honeymoon trip with her best friend from childhood, George.
LAST WEEK: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 5
8. THE MIDNIGHT TRAIN, by Matt Haig. (Viking) The second book in the “Midnight World” series. Wilbur wants to go back in time to see how he might have lived differently.
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
9. PHOEBE BERMAN’S GONNA LOSE IT, by Brooke Averick. (Crown) As her 30th birthday approaches, Phoebe Berman goes from no dating life to juggling several prospects.
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
10. KISSED BY THE GODS, by Caty Rogan. (Requited) After a violent incident, Leina is sent to a military fortress, where she must master riding a winged horse or suffer the consequences.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
11. THE FINAL TARGET, by Nora Roberts. (St. Martin’s) A fan fixates on introverted author Arden Bowie, who tries to set up a new life for herself in a small town in Oregon.
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
12. CARL’S DOOMSDAY SCENARIO, by Matt Dinniman. (Ace) The second book in the “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series. Carl and Donut confront an ancient spell and heightened dangers.
LAST WEEK: 11
WEEKS ON LIST: 21
13. THE BALLAD OF FALLING DRAGONS, by Sarah A. Parker. (Avon) The second book in the “Moonfall” series. As a calamitous moonfall approaches, Raeve must make life-or-death decisions.
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
14. THE DUNGEON ANARCHIST’S COOKBOOK, by Matt Dinniman. (Ace) The third book in the “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series. Carl and Donut are up against a subway system filled with monsters.
LAST WEEK: 13
WEEKS ON LIST: 14
15. A PARADE OF HORRIBLES, by Matt Dinniman. (Ace) The eighth book in the “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series. A sense of normalcy might be a setup that spells danger for Carl and Donut.
LAST WEEK: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
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NONFICTION
1. VIEW FROM THE EAST WING, by Jill Biden. (Gallery) The former first lady recounts her time in the White House, causes she championed and her simultaneous work as a community college professor. (b)
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
2. REVOLUTION, by Eric Metaxas. (Odysseus) The author of “Martin Luther” and “Bonhoeffer” gives an account of the foundation of the United States of America. (b)
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
3. THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE, by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown) Essays on the passage of time, complicated relationships and some unexpected delights life has to offer.
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
4. STRANGERS, by Belle Burden. (Dial) Burden retraces her marriage of 20 years in search of clues to help shape her understanding about its demise and to find a way forward.
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 20
5. TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER, by Neil deGrasse Tyson. (Simon Six) The astrophysicist depicts what potential encounters with aliens from outer space might be like.
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
6. THE FIX, by Barbara McQuade. (Seven Stories) The former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan describes what she considers threats to American democracy and national security.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
7. THE HERO NEXT DOOR, by Martha Raddatz. (Avid Reader) The Emmy Award-winning ABC News anchor profiles members of the U.S. military who served in the wake of 9/11.
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
8. ALL WE SAY, by Ben Rhodes. (Random House) The former speechwriter for President Barack Obama discusses what it means to be American through this collection of 15 speeches.
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
9. LONDON FALLING, by Patrick Radden Keefe. (Doubleday) The author of “Say Nothing” details the efforts by the parents of a 19-year-old Londoner to uncover the truth about his mysterious death and secret life.
LAST WEEK: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 9
10. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION, by Jonathan Haidt. (Penguin Press) A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the effects of a phone-based life on children’s mental health.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 109
11. SUICIDAL EMPATHY, by Gad Saad. (Broadside) The host of the podcast “The Saad Truth” argues that what he considers misguided compassion is having a negative impact on society.
LAST WEEK: 12
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
12. DOGS, BOYS, AND OTHER THINGS I’VE CRIED ABOUT, by Isabel Klee. (Morrow) Klee helps foster dogs overcome challenges while she faces her own complications.
LAST WEEK: 13
WEEKS ON LIST: 6
13. UNBURDENED, by Dorit Kemsley. (Podium) The television personality, known for her appearances on “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills,” shares stories from her life and career. (b)
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
14. LIAR’S KINGDOM, by Andrew Weissmann. (Little, Brown) The author of “Where Law Ends” argues that a flaw in America’s legal system allows for deceit in our politics.
LAST WEEK: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
15. THE WRECK OF THE MENTOR, by Eric Jay Dolin. (Liveright) The story of 11 crewmen who survived the shipwreck of a whaleship in 1832 and encountered the Indigenous people of Palau.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
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