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Hardcover Fiction: January 09, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast week's rankWeeks on List
1Home BodyRupi KaurSimon & Schuster$22.0016
2The Vanishing HalfBrit BennettRiverhead Books$36.00210
3Pretty Little WifeDarby KaneWilliam Morrow Paperbacks$23.99-1
4Invisible GirlLisa JewellAtria$24.99511
5Anxious PeopleFredrik BackmanSimon & Schuster$24.99814
6Where the Crawdads SingDelia OwensG.P. Putnam's Sons$35.0074
7The Guest ListLucy FoleyWilliam Morrow & Co.$23.9943
8How to Pronounce KnifeSouvankham ThammavongsaMcClelland & Stewart$24.9534
9The Wrong FamilyTarryn FisherGraydon House Books$22.99-1
10The Berlin GirlMandy RobothamAvon Books$24.99102

Hardcover Non-Fiction: January 09, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's rank
1A Promised LandBarack ObamaCrown$55.001
2UntamedGlennon DoyleThe Dial$37.008
3Braiding SweetgrassRobin Wall KimmererMilkweed Editions$26.95-
4The Greatest SecretRhonda ByrneHarperOne$33.50-
5If I Knew ThenJann ArdenRandom House Canada$32.007
6The Skin We're InDesmond ColeDoubleday Canada$29.95-
7From The AshesJesse ThistleSimon & Schuster$24.99-
8GreenlightsMatthew McConaugheyCrown$40.002
9BreathJames NestorRiverhead Books$37.00-
10BeautiesJames DuthieHarperCollins Canada$34.995

Paperback Fiction: January 09, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's rank
1BridgertonJulia QuinnAvon$12.99-
2UnsolvedJames Patterson and David EllisGrand Central$12.991
3Moral CompassDanielle SteelDell$11.992
4Shadows in DeathJ.D. RobbSaint Martin's Paperbacks$11.99-
5The Glass HotelEmily St. John MandelHarperCollins Canada$24.998
6The Book of Lost NamesKristin HarmelGallery$24.99-
7NYPD Red 6James Patterson and Marshall KarpGrand Central$22.999
8Little Fires EverywhereCeleste NgPenguin$23.00-
9The Song of AchillesMadeline MillerEcco$21.00-
10The ReturnNicholas SparksGrand Central$35.00-

Canadian Fiction: January 09, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's rank
1Home BodyRupi KaurSimon & Schuster$22.001
2How to Pronounce KnifeSouvankham ThammavongsaMcClelland & Stewart$24.952
3The Glass HotelEmily St. John MandelHarperCollins Canada$24.993
4Mexican GothicSilvia Moreno-GarciaDel Rey$36.0010
5The Forgotten DaughterJoanna GoodmanHarper Paperbacks$21.996
6The Pull of the StarsEmma DonoghueHarper Avenue$33.997
7Indians on VacationThomas KingHarperCollins Canada$32.994
8All the Devils are HereLouise PennyMinotaur$36.995
9DearlyMargaret AtwoodMcClelland & Stewart$32.958
10Milk and HoneyRupi KaurAndrews McMeel$19.999

Canadian Non-Fiction: January 09, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's rank
1If I Knew ThenJann ArdenRandom House Canada$32.004
2The Skin We're InDesmond ColeDoubleday Canada$29.95-
3From the AshesJesse ThistleSimon & Schuster$24.999
4BeautiesDuthie, JamesHarperCollins Canada$34.992
5Burke's LawBrian Burke and Stephen BruntViking$35.003
6War: How Conflict Shaped UsMargaret MacMillanAllen Lane$35.0010
7No Time Like the FutureMichael J. FoxFlatiron$37.995
8Successful AgingDaniel J. LevitinPenguin Canada$23.00-
9Stay the Blazes HomeLen WaggNimbus $19.958
10All Together NowAlan DoyleDoubleday Canada$27.007

Juvenile: January 09, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's rank
1Wings Of Fire Graphic Novel: The Dark Secret Tui T. Sutherland and Mike HolmesGraphix$16.99-
2Cat Kid Comic ClubDav PilkeyGraphix$15.991
3Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep EndJeff KinneyAmulet$17.992
4I Love You to the Moon and BackAmelia Hepworth and Tim WarnesTiger Tales$10.995
5The Ickabog J. K. RowlingScholastic$36.994
6Dog Man: Grime and PunishmentDav PilkeyGraphix$15.993
7Midnight SunStephenie MeyerLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers$34.997
8The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes (A Hunger Games Novel)Suzanne CollinsScholastic Press$36.999
9The Grinny Granny DonkeyCraig Smith and Katz CrowleyScholastic $9.9910
10The CousinsKaren M. McManusDelacorte Press$24.99-

Self Improvement: January 09, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's rank
1The Intelligent InvestorBenjamin GrahamHarper$31.008
2The Greatest SecretRhonda ByrneHarperOne$33.502
3Burn after Writing (Pink)Sharon JonesTarcherPerigee$19.009
4Think Like a MonkJay ShettySimon & Schuster$34.991
5Rich Dad Poor DadRobert T. KiyosakiPlata$11.99-
6The 4% FixKarma BrownCollins$22.99-
7Wreck This JournalKeri SmithPenguin$16.003
8Little Book of MindfulnessPatricia CollardGaia$10.996
9The Power of NowEckhart TolleNew World Library$23.95-
10Burn After WritingSharon JonesTarcherPerigee$19.005

Romance/Erotica: January 09, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList Price
1Bridgerton [TV Tie-In]Julia QuinnAvon$12.99
2Someday with YouNora RobertsSilhouette$12.99
3The ReturnNicholas SparksGrand Central$35.00
4Winning HeartsDebbie MacomberMira$12.99
5White HotSandra BrownPocket$12.99
6SheH.C. WarnerHQ$12.99
7Red, White and Royal BlueCasey McQuistonSaint Martin's Griffin$22.50
8The Best of MeNicholas SparksGrand Central$21.99
9West Texas NightsSherryl WoodsMira$12.99
10An Orphan in the SnowMolly GreenAvon$22.99

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