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Hardcover Fiction: May 15, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast week's RankWeeks on List
1The Last Thing He Told MeLaura DaveSimon & Schuster$24.99-1
2The Rose CodeKate QuinnWilliam Morrow Paperbacks$24.99210
3Find You FirstLinwood BarclayWilliam Morrow$23.99-1
4SooleyJohn GrishamDoubleday$38.9512
5The Midnight LibraryMatt HaigHarper Avenue$21.9949
6Project Hail MaryAndy WeirBallantine Books$38.99-1
721st BirthdayJames Patterson; Maxine PaetroLittle Brown$37.00-1
8Finding AshleyDanielle SteelDelacorte Press$38.9932
9Letters Across the SeaGenevieve GrahamSimon & Schuster$24.9962
10The Lost ApothecarySarah PennerPark Row Books$24.9979

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Hardcover Non-Fiction: May 15, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's Rank
1What Happened to You?Oprah Winfrey; Bruce D. PerryFlatiron Books$36.991
2The Bomber MafiaMalcolm GladwellLittle Brown$34.002
3World TravelAnthony BourdainEcco$43.503
4The PremonitionMichael LewisW. W. Norton$40.00-
5How to Do the WorkNicole LePeraHarper Wave$23.994
6CrossroadsKaleb DahlgrenCollins$32.995
7Beyond OrderJordan B. PetersonRandom House Canada$39.956
8Finding the Mother TreeSuzanne SimardAllen Lane$34.95-
9UntamedGlennon DoyleThe Dial$37.008
10Braiding SweetgrassRobin Wall KimmererMilkweed Editions$26.957

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Paperback Fiction: May 15, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's Rank
1The SentinelLee Child; Andrew ChildDell$12.991
2The Midwife MurdersJames Patterson; Richard DiLalloGrand Central Publishing$12.997
3Where the Crawdads SingDelia OwensG.P. Putnam's Sons$24.002
4The Law of InnocenceMichael ConnellyGrand Central Publishing$22.993
5Under CurrentsNora RobertsSaint Martin's Paperbacks$11.994
6The Wedding DressDanielle SteelDell$11.995
7The Song of AchillesMadeline MillerEcco$21.006
8Ready to Love AgainDebbie Macomber; Brenda NovakMira$12.99-
9Near DarkBrad ThorPocket Books$12.99-
10The NannyGilly MacmillanWilliam Morrow$12.99-

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Canadian Fiction: May 15, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's Rank
1Find You FirstLinwood BarclayWilliam Morrow$23.997
2Letters Across the SeaGenevieve GrahamSimon & Schuster$24.991
3The PushAshley AudrainViking$24.952
4Lost ImmunityDaniel KallaSimon & Schuster$22.009
5Home BodyRupi KaurSimon & Schuster$22.003
6The SwapRobyn HardingSimon & Schuster$12.99-
7Jonny AppleseedJoshua WhiteheadArsenal Pulp Press$19.954
8Six Weeks to LiveCatherine McKenzieSimon & Schuster$22.00-
9The Handmaid's TaleMargaret AtwoodMcClelland & Stewart$19.956
10How to Pronounce KnifeSouvankham ThammavongsaMcClelland & Stewart$24.95-

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Canadian Non-Fiction: May 15, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's Rank
1The Bomber MafiaMalcolm GladwellLittle Brown$34.001
2CrossroadsKaleb DahlgrenCollins$32.992
3Beyond OrderJordan B. PetersonRandom House Canada$39.953
4Finding the Mother TreeSuzanne SimardAllen Lane$34.95-
5The Light of DaysJudy BatalionWilliam Morrow$24.995
6From the AshesJesse ThistleSimon & Schuster$24.998
7Collected: Colour + Neutral, Volume No 3Sarah RichardsonSimon & Schuster$22.994
8ValuesMark CarneySignal$39.956
921 Things You May Not Know about the Indian ActBob JosephIndigenous Relations$19.957
10My Mother's DaughterPerdita FelicienDoubleday Canada$32.95-

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Juvenile: May 15, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's Rank
1Dog man: Mothering HeightsDav PilkeyGraphix$15.991
2Shadow and BoneLeigh BardugoSquare Fish$12.992
3Siege and StormLeigh BardugoSquare Fish$12.993
4Ruin and RisingLeigh BardugoSquare Fish$12.994
5They Both Die at the EndAdam SilveraQuill Tree$14.995
6Six of CrowsLeigh BardugoSquare Fish$16.506
7We Were LiarsE. LockhartEmber$14.998
8Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Spooky StoriesJeff KinneyAmulet Books$17.997
9Realm BreakerVictoria AveyardHarperTeen$24.99-
10I Love You to the Moon and BackAmelia Hepworth and Tim WarnesTiger Tales$10.9910

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Self-Improvement: May 15, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's Rank
1Rich Dad Poor DadRobert T. KiyosakiPlata$11.991
2The Intelligent InvestorBenjamin GrahamHarper$31.00-
3How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale CarnegiePocket$22.99-
4Think Like a MonkJay ShettySimon & Schuster$34.993
5The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ckMark MansonHarperCollins Canada$23.992
6The Power of NowEckhart TolleNew World Library$23.957
7The Untethered SoulMichael A. SingerNew Harbinger Publications$18.95-
8Think AgainAdam GrantViking$37.005
9The 48 Laws of PowerRobert GreenePenguin$34.008
10Mind over Mood, Second EditionDennis Greenberger; Christine A. Padesky; Aaron T. BeckThe Guilford Press$33.729

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Mystery: May 15, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList Price
1The SentinelLee Child; Andrew ChildDelacorte$28.99
2Find You FirstLinwood BarclayWilliam Morrow$23.99
3The Midwife MurdersJames Patterson; Richard DiLalloGrand Central Publishing$12.99
421st BirthdayJames Patterson; Maxine PaetroLittle Brown$37.00
5A Gambling ManDavid BaldacciGrand Central Publishing$37.00
6Near DarkBrad ThorPocket Books$12.99
7The NannyGilly MacmillanWilliam Morrow$12.99
8The PushAshley AudrainViking$24.95
9Camino WindsJohn GrishamDell$12.99
10Tom Clancy Firing PointMike MadenBerkley$12.99

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