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Hardcover Fiction: January 16, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast week's rankWeeks on List
1Pretty Little WifeDarby KaneWilliam Morrow Paperbacks$23.9932
2Home BodyRupi KaurSimon & Schuster$22.0017
3The Vanishing HalfBrit BennettRiverhead Books$36.00211
4The Wrong FamilyTarryn FisherGraydon House Books$22.9992
5The PushAshley AudrainViking$24.95-1
6Star Wars: Light of the Jedi (the High Republic)Charles SouleDel Rey$38.99-1
7American DirtJeanine CumminsFlatiron$23.99-1
8Where the Crawdads SingDelia OwensG.P. Putnam's Sons$35.0065
9Anxious PeopleFredrik BackmanSimon & Schuster$24.99515
10NeighborsDanielle SteelDelacorte Press$38.99-1

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Hardcover Non-Fiction: January 16, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's rank
1A Promised LandBarack ObamaCrown$55.001
2Keep SharpSanjay GuptaSimon & Schuster$37.00-
3UntamedGlennon DoyleThe Dial$37.002
4SapiensYuval Noah HarariSignal$23.00-
5The Body Keeps the ScoreBessel Van Der KolkPenguin Books$25.00-
6The Greatest SecretRhonda ByrneHarperOne$33.504
7Braiding SweetgrassRobin Wall KimmererMilkweed Editions$26.953
8From The AshesJesse ThistleSimon & Schuster$24.997
9If I Knew ThenJann ArdenRandom House Canada$32.005
10GreenlightsMatthew McConaugheyCrown$40.008

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Paperback Fiction: January 16, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's rank
1The InnJames PattersonGrand Central$12.99-
2Shadows in DeathJ.D. RobbSaint Martin's Paperbacks$11.994
3BridgertonJulia QuinnAvon$12.991
4UnsolvedJames Patterson and David EllisGrand Central$12.992
5An Irish WishNora RobertsSilhouette$12.99-
6Moral CompassDanielle SteelDell$11.993
7Twice KissedLisa JacksonKensington $21.95-
8The Warsaw ProtocolSteve BerrySaint Martin's Paperbacks$12.99-
9NYPD Red 6James Patterson and Marshall KarpGrand Central$22.997
10Into the FireGregg HurwitzSaint Martin's Paperbacks$12.99-

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Canadian Fiction: January 16, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's rank
1Home BodyRupi KaurSimon & Schuster$22.001
2The PushAshley AudrainViking$24.95-
3How to Pronounce KnifeSouvankham ThammavongsaMcClelland & Stewart$24.952
4Our Darkest NightJennifer RobsonWilliam Morrow$23.99-
5The Glass HotelEmily St. John MandelHarperCollins Canada$24.993
6The Handmaid's TaleMargaret AtwoodMcClelland & Stewart$19.95-
7Indians on VacationThomas KingHarperCollins Canada$32.997
8News of the World Movie Tie-InPaulette JilesWilliam Morrow Paperbacks$21.00-
9The Pull of the StarsEmma DonoghueHarper Avenue$33.996
10The Forgotten DaughterJoanna GoodmanHarper Paperbacks$21.995

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Canadian Non-Fiction: January 16, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's rank
1From the AshesJesse ThistleSimon & Schuster$24.993
2If I Knew ThenJann ArdenRandom House Canada$32.001
3BeautiesDuthie, JamesHarperCollins Canada$34.994
4Successful AgingDaniel J. LevitinPenguin Canada$23.008
521 Things You May Not Know about the Indian ActBob JosephIndigenous Relations$19.95-
6Extraordinary CanadiansPeter MansbridgeSimon & Schuster$36.99-
7The Skin We're InDesmond ColeDoubleday Canada$29.952
8No Time Like the FutureMichael J. FoxFlatiron$37.997
9All Together NowAlan DoyleDoubleday Canada$27.0010
10Burke's LawBrian Burke and Stephen BruntViking$35.005

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Juvenile: January 16, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's rank
1Cat Kid Comic ClubDav PilkeyGraphix$15.992
2Wings Of Fire Graphic Novel: The Dark Secret Tui T. Sutherland and Mike HolmesGraphix$16.991
3I Love You to the Moon and BackAmelia Hepworth and Tim WarnesTiger Tales$10.994
4Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep EndJeff KinneyAmulet$17.993
5Dog Man: Grime and PunishmentDav PilkeyGraphix$15.996
6The Ickabog J. K. RowlingScholastic$36.995
7LoreAlexandra BrackenHyperion Books for Children$23.99-
8Midnight SunStephenie MeyerLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers$34.997
9Love You ForeverRobert Munsch and Sheila McGraw Firefly Books$6.95-
10The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)Suzanne CollinsScholastic Press$36.998

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Self Improvement: January 16, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's Rank
1The Intelligent InvestorBenjamin GrahamHarper$31.001
2Burn after Writing (Pink)Sharon JonesTarcherPerigee$19.003
3Think Like a MonkJay ShettySimon & Schuster$34.994
4The Power of NowEckhart TolleNew World Library$23.959
5The Greatest SecretRhonda ByrneHarperOne$33.502
6The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ckMark MansonHarperCollins Canada$23.99-
7The 4% FixKarma BrownCollins$22.996
8Burn After WritingSharon JonesTarcherPerigee$19.0010
9The Four AgreementsDon Miguel Ruiz and Janet MillsAmber-Allen Publishing$18.95-
10One DecisionMike BayerPenguin Books$36.00-

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Historical Fiction: January 16, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList Price
1The Song of AchillesMadeline MillerEcco$21.00
2The Forgotten OrphanGlynis PetersOne More Chapter$22.99
3The Henna ArtistAika JoshiMira$23.99
4News of the World Movie Tie-InPaulette JilesWilliam Morrow Paperbacks$21.00
5The Pull of the StarsEmma DonoghueHarper Avenue$33.99
6The Tattooist Of AuschwitzHeather MorrisHarper Paperbacks$24.99
7The Mystery of Mrs. ChristieMarie BenedictSourcebooks Landmark$24.99
8The Evening and the MorningKen FollettViking$48.00
9A Gentleman in MoscowTowles, AmorPenguin Books$23.00
10CirceMadeline MillerBack Bay Books$22.99

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