Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, May 22, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2021 NPD Group.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2021, PWxyz LLC.)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "Sooley: A Novel" by John Grisham (Doubleday) Last week: 1
2. "21st Birthday (Women's Murder Club, 21)" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro (Little, Brown) Last week: 3
3. "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir (Ballantine) Last week: 4
4. "While Justice Sleeps: A Novel" by Stacey Abrams (Doubleday) Last week: 2
5. "The Last Thing He Told Me: A Novel" by Laura Dave (Simon & Schuster) Last week: 9
6. "That Summer: A Novel" by Jennifer Weiner (Atria) Last week: 5
7. "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig (Viking) Last week: 6
8. "A Gambling Man" by David Baldacci (Grand Central) Last week: 7
9. "The Four Winds" by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s) Last week: 8
10. "Finding Ashley" by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) Last week: 5
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays On A Human-Centered Planet (Signed Edition)" by John Green (Dutton) Last week: —
2. "You Will Get Through This Night" by Daniel Howell (Dey Street) Last week: —
3. "Killing the Mob: The Fight Against Organized Crime in America" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard (St. Martin's) Last week: 1
4. "Van Richten's Guide to Ravenloft (Dungeons & Dragons)" (Wizards of the Coast) Last week: —
5. "Zero Fail: The Rise and Fall of the Secret Service" by Carol Leonnig (Random House) Last week: —
6. "Breaking the News: Exposing the Establishment Media's Hidden Deals and Secret Corruption" by Alex Marlow (Threshold Editions) Last week: —
7. "What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing" by Bruce D. Perry and Oprah Winfrey (Flatiron/Oprah) Last week: 4
8. "Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment" by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony and Cass R. Sunstein (Little, Brown Spark) Last week: —
9. "The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country" by Amanda Gorman (Viking) Last week: 5
10. "Yearbook" by Seth Rogen (Crown) Last week: 2