1. James, by Percival Everett
2. The Great Divide, by Cristina Henríquez (signed copies)
3. The Hunter, by Tana French
4. The Women, by Kristin Hannah
5. The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store, by James McBride
6. Whalefall, by Daniel Kraus (April 8 Boswell event)
7. Expiration Dates, by Rebecca Serle
8. Until August, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
9. Come and Get It, by Kiley Reid
10. Wandering Stars, by Tommy Orange
This might have been the eighth novel (I'm having trouble counting!) from Percival Everett since Boswell has been open, but James definitely has his best first week to date. In fact, is already #4 in sales for us after Dr No (PEN winner and we did this for book club) The Trees (finalist for the Pulitzer), and Erasure (the source for American Fiction). BookMarks tabulates 11 raves and a positive. From Dwight Garner in The New York Times: "What sets James above Everett’s previous novels, as casually and caustically funny as many are, is that here the humanity is turned up - way up. This is Everett’s most thrilling novel, but also his most soulful."
1. The Right Kind of Wrong, by Garret Bucks (signed copies)
2. The Blues Brothers, by Daniel de Visé
3. Surely You Can't Be Serious, by David Zucker, Jerry Zucker, and Jim Abra
4. The Creative Act, by Rick Rubin
5. Wisconsin Field to Fork, by Lori Fredrich
6. Secrets of the Octopus, by Sy Montgomery
7. How to Know a Person, by David Brooks
8. Reading Genesis, by Marilynne Robinson
9. Barbie The World Tour, by Margot Robbie and Andrew Mukumal
10. The Burn Book, by Kara Swisher
Octopus fever continues! With Remarkably Bright Creatures coming up on its two year anniversary as a hardcover bestseller, it's no surprise to the follow up to one of Shelby Van Pelt's inspirations (The Soul of an Octopus) has a good first week. Sy Montgomery's Secrets of the Octopus also has a great rec from Kay, praising its "gorgeous illustrations" and "funny, weird, and intense stories."
1. Dune, by Frank Herbert
2. Happy Place, by Emily Henry
3. A Little Life, by Hanya Yanagihara
4. The Case of the 66 Ford Mustang, by Tom Meschery
5. Babel, by RF Kuang
6. Bride, by Ali Hazelwood
7. Weyward, by Emilia Hart
8. Twilight Falls, by Juneau Black
9. What Moves the Dead, by T Kingfisher
10. Dune Messiah, by Frank Herbert
I note that there are two editions of Dune combined for bestseller placement, one trade paperback and one mass market (rack size). I don't include the hardcover, which is officially not a paperback, and the graphic edition, which doesn't contain the complete text. We don't stock the movie tie-in edition, which are really only different cover images. We sometimes do and sometimes don't - I will leave that to the buyer to explain.
1. Last Call at the Hotel Imperial, by Deborah Cohen
2. Wisconsin for Kennedy, by BJ Hollars (signed copies)
3. The Fight for Black Empowerment in the USA, by Kareem Muhammad
4. Beyond Ethnic Loneliness, by Prasanta Verma (Boswell April 26 event)
5. Murdle V1, by GT Karbert
6. Pathogenesis, by Jonathan Kennedy
7. Dopamine Nation, by Anna Lembke
8. Braiding Sweetgrass, by Robin Wall Kimmerer
9. Spinning Out, by Charlie Hertzog Young
10. The Way Home, by Ben Katt
Here's a book that I didn't catch in hardcover, but had a nice pop off our new paperback table - Pathogenesis : A History of the World in Eight Plagues. BookMarks gave it three raves, five positives, and one mixed. Dave Robson in the Times (UK): "In any bold retelling of history viewed through a single lens, there is a danger of being blinded by one’s theory. This is common to the smart thinking genre: if a writer’s big idea is the peg, you’ll be astonished to discover how every world issue suddenly matches the same shaped hole. Kennedy doesn’t suffer this tunnel vision, although he does sometimes downplay the many factors - including chance - that might be at play in the events he describes."
1. Dog Man V12: The Scarlet Shedder, by Dav Pilkey
2. The Great Lakes, by Barb Rosenstock, illustrations by Jamey Christoph
3. Every Day's a Holiday, by Stef Wade, illustrations Husna Aghniya
4. Ferris, by Kate DiCamillo
5. A Place for Pluto, by Stef Wade, illustrations by Melanie Demmer
6. I Am a Bunny, by Ole Risom, illustrations by Richard Scarry
7. The Lightning Thief, by Percy Jackson
8. Under This Red Rock, by Mindy McGinnis (Boswell April 3 event)
9. Buffalo Fluffalo, by Bess Kalb, illustrations by Erin Kraan
10. Finally Heard, by Kelly Yang
After months of anticipation, the new Dog Man is here. The Scarlet Shedder. From the publisher: "P.U.! Dog Man got sprayed by a skunk! After being dunked in tomato juice, the stink is gone but the scarlet red color remains. Now exiled, this spunky superhero must struggle to save the citizens who shunned him! Will the ends justify the means for Petey, who's reluctantly pulled back into a life of crime in order to help Dog Man? And who will step forward when an all-new, never-before-seen villain unleashes an army of A.I. robots?"
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