Bestsellers for the week ending Aug. 22

By Publishers WeeklyAugust 28, 2020

Publishers Weekly’s U.S. list powered by NPD BookScan for the week ending Aug. 22.

1. ROYAL, by Danielle Steel (Delacorte)

2. THE VANISHING HALF, by Brit Bennett (Riverhead)

3. 1ST CASE, by James Patterson and Chris Tebbetts (Little, Brown)

4. THE GUEST LIST, by Lucy Foley (Morrow)

5. THE JACKAL, by J.R. Ward (Gallery)

6. THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE, by Charlie Mackesy (HarperOne)

7. 28 SUMMERS, by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown)

8. THE ORDER, by Daniel Silva (Harper)

9. NEAR DARK, by Brad Thor (Atria)

10. AMERICAN DIRT, by Jeanine Cummins (Flatiron)

1. LIVE FREE OR DIE, by Sean Hannity (Threshold)

2. UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle (Dial)

3. CASTE, by Isabel Wilkerson (Random House)

4. TOO MUCH AND NEVER ENOUGH, by Mary L. Trump (Simon & Schuster)

5. LIVE IN LOVE, by Lauren Akins (Ballantine)

6. LOSE WEIGHT LIKE CRAZY EVEN IF YOU HAVE A CRAZY LIFE!, by Autumn Calabrese (Galvanized Media)

7. BLITZ, by David Horowitz (Humanix)

8. RETURN FROM SIBERIA, by John Shallman (Skyhorse)

9. DOESN’T HURT TO ASK, by Trey Gowdy (Crown Forum)

10. THE ANSWER IS . . ., by Alex Trebek (Simon & Schuster)

1. PUBLICATION MANUAL OF THE APA (7th ed.) (APA)

2. THE MIDWIFE MURDERS, by James Patterson and Richar DiLallo (Grand Central)

3. THE DISTANCE LEARNING PLAYBOOK (Grades K–12), by Douglas Fisher (Corwin)

4. SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE, by Ijeoma Oluo (Seal)

5. THE NEW JIM CROW, by Michelle Alexander (New Press)

6. CRITICAL ROLE: VOX MACHINA ORIGINS Vol. II, by Matthew Mercer et al. (Dark Horse)

7. CAJUN JUSTICE, by James Patterson and Tucker Axum (Grand Central)

8. THE TRUTHS WE HOLD, by Kamala Harris (Penguin)

9. FIRE & BLOOD, by George R.R. Martin and George Wheatley (Bantam)

10. RAND MCNALLY 2021 LARGE SCALE ROAD ATLAS (Rand McNally)

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