Rankings reflect sales for the week ended June 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. 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: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 11
2. 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: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
3. 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: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 7
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: 34
5. 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: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 23
6. 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: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 7
7. 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: 15
WEEKS ON LIST: 6
8. ROCKET’S RED GLARE, by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann. (Little, Brown) A murder interrupts a presidential campaign and Nat Phillips leads a team of special operators.
LAST WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
9. CHOKE POINT, by Brad Thor. (Atria/Emily Bestler) The 25th book in the “Scot Harvath” series. America’s top spy investigates bombings that may portend a shakeup in the geopolitical balance.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
10. 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: 16
11. THE GATE OF THE FERAL GODS, by Matt Dinniman. (Ace) The fourth book in the “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series. Obstacles abound on the fifth floor of the dungeon.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 7
12. THE BUTCHER’S MASQUERADE, by Matt Dinniman. (Ace) The fifth book in the “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series. The action moves to the sixth floor, which is known as the Hunting Grounds.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
13. THE EYE OF THE BEDLAM BRIDE, by Matt Dinniman. (Ace) The sixth book in the “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series. On the eighth floor, Carl and Donut must capture a lethal monster.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
14. 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: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
15. HARVEST SEASON, by Brynne Weaver. (Slowburn) The second book in the “Seasons of Carnage” trilogy. Loyalties become more complicated as secrets and death emerge.
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
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NONFICTION
Vice President JD Vance’s memoir “Communion” joins the nonfiction list at No. 1. (Harper Collins/TNS)
1. COMMUNION, by JD Vance. (Harper) The vice president and author of “Hillbilly Elegy” describes how he perceives his faith played a part in his work in public life.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
2. 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: 4
3. 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: 22
4. STRIPPED DOWN, by Bunnie Xo. (Dey Street) The host of the “Dumb Blonde Podcast” shares how redemption was an important part of her journey toward reaching her goals.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 13
5. COURAGE CAN SAVE US, by Rye Barcott. (Bloomsbury) Profiles of Democratic and Republican politicians who previously served in the military or the FBI. (b)
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
6. THE CROOKED PLACES MADE STRAIGHT, by Raphael G. Warnock. (Penguin Press) The senior pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church of Atlanta, who also serves as a Democratic senator from Georgia, shares his perspectives on moral and political issues.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
7. 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: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 11
8. 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: 2
9. AMERICA, U.S.A., by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. (Crown) The author of “Begin Again” delves into elements of America’s difficult and complicated past, and what they portend for our future.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
10. THE CASE FOR AMERICA, by Bret Baier. (Mariner) The chief political anchor for Fox News shares his perspectives on our national character during divisive times.
LAST WEEK: 11
WEEKS ON LIST: 6
11. 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: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 6
12. 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: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 111
13. 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: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
14. 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: 15
WEEKS ON LIST: 6
15. THE GALES OF NOVEMBER, by John U. Bacon. (Liveright) An account of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, an American Great Lakes freighter, 50 years ago.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 16
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