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Hardcover Fiction: August 28, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast week's rankWeeks on List
1Billy SummersStephen KingScribner$39.9913
2Not a Happy FamilyShari LapenaDoubleday Canada$24.9524
3The Last Thing He Told MeLaura DaveSimon & Schuster$24.99716
4People We Meet on VacationEmily HenryBerkley$22.0035
5ComplicationsDanielle SteelDelacorte Press$38.99-1
6It Ends with UsColleen HooverAtria Books$22.9963
7Malibu RisingTaylor Jenkins ReidDoubleday Canada$24.95812
8The Midnight LibraryMatt HaigHarper Avenue$21.9993
9The Perfect FamilyRobyn HardingSimon & Schuster$24.9952
10Five Little IndiansMichelle GoodHarperCollins Canada$22.9947

Hardcover Non-Fiction: August 28, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's rank
1The Body Keeps the ScoreBessel Van Der KolkPenguin Books$25.001
2Braiding SweetgrassRobin Wall KimmererMilkweed Editions$26.952
3The ReckoningMary L. TrumpSt. Martin's Press$38.50-
4What Happened to You?Oprah Winfrey; Bruce D. PerryFlatiron Books$36.993
5How to Do the WorkNicole LePeraHarper Wave$23.995
6Seven Fallen FeathersTanya TalagaHouse of Anansi Press$22.95-
7Sisters and Spies: Two Remarkable Sisters Who Risked Everything As WWII Special AgentsSusan OttawayHarperElement$12.994
8UntamedGlennon DoyleThe Dial$37.0010
9Between Two KingdomsSuleika JaouadRandom House$24.008
10The Menopause ManifestoJen GunterRandom House Canada$26.959

Paperback Fiction: August 28, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's rank
1A Time for MercyJohn GrishamDell$12.991
2BlindsideJames Patterson and James O. BornGrand Central$12.992
3Deliver Us from EvilDavid BaldacciGrand Central Publishing$22.994
4RoyalDanielle SteelDell$11.993
5The ReturnNicholas SparksGrand Central Publishing$22.99-
6Where the Crawdads SingDelia OwensG.P. Putnam's Sons$24.006
7You Betrayed MeLisa JacksonZebra Books$12.997
8Fair WarningMichael ConnellyGrand Central$12.995
9Faithless in DeathJ.D. RobbSaint Martin's Paperbacks$12.998
10The Seven Husbands of Evelyn HugoTaylor Jenkins ReidWashington Square Press$23.0010

Canadian Fiction: August 28, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's rank
1Not a Happy FamilyShari LapenaDoubleday Canada$24.951
2The Perfect FamilyRobyn HardingSimon & Schuster$24.993
3Five Little IndiansMichelle GoodHarperCollins Canada$22.992
4Dark RoadsChevy StevensSt. Martin's Press$24.994
5Tuscan DaughterLisa RochonHarper Avenue$24.995
6Cul-De-sacJoy FieldingDoubleday Canada$23.956
7Every Step She TakesK. L. ArmstrongSeal Books$11.997
8Fight NightMiriam ToewsKnopf Canada$29.95-
9All the Devils Are HereLouise PennyMinotaur Books$12.999
10The Winter WivesLinden MacIntyreRandom House Canada$34.958

Canadian Non-Fiction: August 28, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's rank
1Seven Fallen FeathersTanya TalagaHouse of Anansi Press$22.95-
2The Menopause ManifestoJen GunterRandom House Canada$26.951
3The Bomber MafiaMalcolm GladwellLittle Brown$34.002
412 Rules for LifeJordan B. PetersonRandom House Canada$34.953
5YearbookSeth RogenViking$35.005
6From the AshesJesse ThistleSimon & Schuster$24.994
7The Inconvenient IndianThomas KingAnchor Canada$22.00-
8Beyond OrderJordan B. PetersonRandom House Canada$39.959
9Finding the Mother TreeSuzanne SimardAllen Lane$34.956
10Call Me IndianFred Sasakamoose; Bryan TrottierViking$32.007

Juvenile: August 28, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's rank
1Dog man: Mothering HeightsDav PilkeyGraphix$15.992
2Baby-Sitters Little Sister: Karen's Kittycat ClubAnn M. Martin; Katy FarinaGraphix$13.991
3They Both Die at the EndAdam SilveraQuill Tree$14.993
4We Were LiarsE. LockhartEmber$14.995
5I Survived Graphic Novel: I Survived the Attacks of September 11th, 2001Lauren Tarshis; Corey EgbertGraphix$13.99-
6Big Nate: Top DogLincoln PeirceAndrews McMeel Publishing$19.998
7The Very Hungry CaterpillarEric CarlePenguin Young Readers Group$14.996
8The Cruel PrinceHolly BlackLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers$16.997
9Six of CrowsLeigh BardugoSquare Fish$16.509
10Wave of the Sea Dragon: A Branches BookTracey West; Matt LoveridgeScholastic$7.99-

Self-Improvement: August 28, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week's rank
1The 48 Laws of PowerRobert Greene; Joost ElffersPenguin$35.003
2The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ckMark MansonHarperCollins Canada$23.991
3Rich Dad Poor DadRobert T. KiyosakiPlata$11.992
4How to Win Friends and Influence PeopleDale CarnegiePocket$22.994
5The Four AgreementsDon Miguel Ruiz and Janet MillsAmber-Allen Publishing$18.95-
6Think Like a MonkJay ShettySimon & Schuster$34.995
7The Intelligent Investor Rev Ed.Benjamin GrahamHarper$31.00-
8The Power of NowEckhart TolleNew World Library$23.956
9The Untethered SoulMichael A. SingerNew Harbinger Publications$18.95-
10The Comfort BookMatt HaigHarper Avenue$24.997

Mystery: August 28, 2021

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList Price
1Billy SummersStephen KingScribner$39.99
2Not a Happy FamilyShari LapenaDoubleday Canada$24.95
3A Time for MercyJohn GrishamDell$12.99
4BlindsideJames Patterson and James O. BornGrand Central Publishing$12.99
5Deliver Us from EvilDavid BaldacciGrand Central Publishing$22.99
6The Perfect FamilyRobyn HardingSimon & Schuster$24.99
7You Betrayed MeLisa JacksonZebra Books$12.99
8Fair WarningMichael ConnellyGrand Central $12.99
9False WitnessKarin SlaughterWilliam Morrow$23.99
10Faithless in DeathJ.D. RobbSaint Martin's Paperbacks$12.99

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