Rankings reflect sales for the week ended July 18, which were reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
An asterisk (*) indicates that a book\u2019s sales were barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores reported receiving bulk orders.<\/p>\n
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FICTION<\/p>\n
1. RANSOM, by Daniel Silva. (Harper) The 26th book in the \u201cGabriel Allon\u201d series. A search for a British billionaire\u2019s missing wife turns up secrets and an old enemy.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: \u2014<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 1<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 1<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 15<\/p>\n
3. 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.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 2<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 7<\/p>\n
4. THE CALAMITY CLUB, by Kathryn Stockett. (Spiegel & Grau) As things get tougher during the Depression, several women look for ways to improve their circumstances.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 3<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 11<\/p>\n
5. THE COUNTRY ROAD MURDERS, by James Patterson and Mike Lupica. (Little, Brown) A former football player returns to the town where his father was killed.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: \u2014<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 1<\/p>\n
6. 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.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 6<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 38<\/p>\n
7. THE ROMANCE REVIVAL, by Christina Lauren. (Gallery) A scientist uses a classified technology to bring her landscaper husband back to life, but he does not remember her.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: \u2014<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 1<\/p>\n
8. CARL\u2019S DOOMSDAY SCENARIO, by Matt Dinniman. (Ace) The second book in the \u201cDungeon Crawler Carl\u201d series. Carl and Donut confront an ancient spell and heightened dangers.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 7<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 27<\/p>\n
9. THE DUNGEON ANARCHIST\u2019S COOKBOOK, by Matt Dinniman. (Ace) The third book in the \u201cDungeon Crawler Carl\u201d series. Carl and Donut are up against a subway system filled with monsters.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 9<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 20<\/p>\n
10. THE GOAL, by Elle Kennedy. (Bloom) The fourth book in the \u201cOff-Campus\u201d series. Pregnancy complicates things between a college senior and a hockey player.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: \u2014<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 1<\/p>\n
11. THE LEGACY, by Elle Kennedy. (Bloom) The fifth book in the \u201cOff-Campus\u201d series. Four couples experience the ups and downs of life after graduating from college.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: \u2014<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 1<\/p>\n
12. THE SHAMPOO EFFECT, by Jenny Jackson. (Pamela Dorman) When Caroline Lash is pushed out of a social circle in a small seaside town, she exposes secrets that rile up the residents.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 8<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 3<\/p>\n
13. LOVE YOU MORE, by Emily Giffin. (Ballantine) Shortly after becoming engaged, Billie receives a call from her first love that compels her to return to Wisconsin.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 5<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 2<\/p>\n
14. DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL, by Matt Dinniman. (Ace) A Coast Guard vet named Carl and his ex-girlfriend\u2019s cat, Princess Donut, are trapped in a fantasy dungeon.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 10<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 17<\/p>\n
15. THE GATE OF THE FERAL GODS, by Matt Dinniman. (Ace) The fourth book in the \u201cDungeon Crawler Carl\u201d series. Obstacles abound on the fifth floor of the dungeon.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 14<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 11<\/p>\n
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NONFICTION
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New on the nonfiction list is a look at the infamous 1898 race massacre and coup in North Carolina: “They Stole a City: Wilmington’s White Supremacist Coup and the Families Who Live With Its Legacy,” by Lauren Collins. (Courtesy\/Penguin Press)<\/p>\n
1. REGIME CHANGE, by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan. (Simon & Schuster) Two White House correspondents for The New York Times delve into the first year of President Donald Trump\u2019s second term.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 1<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 4<\/p>\n
2. THE DAY AFTER, by Brian Tyler Cohen. (Harper) The author of \u201cShameless\u201d looks at the relationship Republicans and Democrats have to power and prescribes ways for it to be used after Donald Trump\u2019s presidency.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: \u2014<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 1<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 4<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 26<\/p>\n
4. COMMUNION, by JD Vance. (Harper) The vice president and author of \u201cHillbilly Elegy\u201d describes how he perceives his faith played a part in his work in public life.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 5<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 5<\/p>\n
5. REVOLUTION, by Eric Metaxas. (Odysseus) The author of \u201cMartin Luther\u201d and \u201cBonhoeffer\u201d gives an account of the foundation of the United States of America. (b)<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 2<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 6<\/p>\n
6. CANCEL ME IF YOU CAN, by Dave Portnoy. (Gallery) The founder of Barstool Sports describes how he grew his business from a four-page newspaper into the digital media company it is today.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 3<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 3<\/p>\n
7. 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.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 6<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 8<\/p>\n
8. LONDON FALLING, by Patrick Radden Keefe. (Doubleday) The author of \u201cSay Nothing\u201d details the efforts by the parents of a 19-year-old Londoner to uncover the truth about his mysterious death and secret life.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 7<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 15<\/p>\n
9. PUSH THE WALL, by Frank Miller. (S&S\/Saga) The comic book writer and artist chronicles his career from his time in New York in the 1970s to projects made in Hollywood over the decades.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: \u2014<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 1<\/p>\n
10. THEY STOLE A CITY, by Lauren Collins. (Penguin Press) A staff writer at The New Yorker depicts the 1898 massacre and coup in Wilmington, North Carolina, and its impact on four families.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: \u2014<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 1<\/p>\n
11. SUICIDAL EMPATHY, by Gad Saad. (Broadside) The host of the podcast \u201cThe Saad Truth\u201d argues that what he considers misguided compassion is having a negative impact on society.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 15<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 10<\/p>\n
12. CATCH THE DEVIL, by Pamela Colloff. (Knopf) A staff writer at The New York Times Magazine and reporter at ProPublica gives an account of the damage caused by a con man in Florida.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: \u2014<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 1<\/p>\n
13. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION, by Jonathan Haidt. (Penguin Press) A co-author of \u201cThe Coddling of the American Mind\u201d looks at the effects of a phone-based life on children\u2019s mental health.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: 9<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 115<\/p>\n
14. CARELESS PEOPLE, by Sarah Wynn-Williams. (Flatiron) A former Facebook executive gives an account of policies and leadership at the social media platform.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: \u2014<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 9<\/p>\n
15. THE RENOIR GIRLS, by Catherine Ostler. (Atria) The lives of three sisters, who were painted as children by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, go in different directions.<\/p>\n
LAST WEEK: \u2014<\/p>\n
WEEKS ON LIST: 1<\/p>\n
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