Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 2, which were reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. Every week, thousands of diverse selling locations report their actual sales on hundreds of thousands of individual titles. The panel of reporting retailers is comprehensive and reflects sales in stores of all sizes and demographics across the United States. E-book rankings reflect sales from leading online vendors of e-books in a variety of popular e-reader formats. Titles are included regardless of whether they are published in both print and electronic formats or just one format. Publisher credits for e-books are listed under the corporate publishing name instead of by the publisher’s division.
An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales were barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores reported receiving bulk orders.
1. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, by Delia Owens. (Putnam) In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
2. IT ENDS WITH US, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria) A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.
3. VERITY, by Colleen Hoover. (Grand Central) Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth.
4. UGLY LOVE, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria) Tate Collins and Miles Archer, an airline pilot, think they can handle a no-strings-attached arrangement. But they can’t.
5. THE HOTEL NANTUCKET, by Elin Hilderbrand. (Little, Brown) The new general manager of a hotel far from its Gilded Age heyday deals with the complicated pasts of her guests and staff.
6. THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO, by Taylor Jenkins Reid. (Washington Square/Atria) A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.
7. SUSPECTS, by Danielle Steel. (Delacorte) A CIA agent on a covert mission develops a relationship with a woman who is considered fashion royalty and has a tragic past.
8. BOOK LOVERS, by Emily Henry. (Berkley) While on vacation in North Carolina, a literary agent keeps running into an editor.
9. NOVEMBER 9, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria) Is Ben using his relationship with Fallon as fodder for his novel?
10. SPARRING PARTNERS, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) Three novellas: “Homecoming,” “Strawberry Moon” and “Sparring Partners.”
11. EVERY SUMMER AFTER, by Carley Fortune. (Berkley) The love story of Percy and Sam is told over the course of six summers and one weekend.
12. PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION, by Emily Henry. (Berkley) Opposites Poppy and Alex meet to vacation together one more time in hopes of saving their relationship.
13. BEACH READ, by Emily Henry. (Berkley) A relationship develops between a literary fiction author and a romance novelist as they both try to overcome writer’s block.
14. ALL YOUR PERFECTS, by Colleen Hoover. (Atria) Quinn and Graham’s marriage depends on past promises.
15. MALIBU RISING, by Taylor Jenkins Reid. (Ballantine) An epic party has serious outcomes for four famous siblings.
1. BATTLE FOR THE AMERICAN MIND, by Pete Hegseth with David Goodwin. (Broadside) The “Fox & Friends Weekend” host makes his case for what he calls classical Christian education.
2. WHY WE DID IT, by Tim Miller. (Harper) The former Republican political operative assesses why some centrist conservatives fell under the sway of Donald Trump.
3. THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE, by Bessel van der Kolk. (Penguin) How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
4. HAPPY-GO-LUCKY, by David Sedaris. (Little, Brown) The humorist portrays personal and public upheavals of his life in its seventh decade and the world in the time of a pandemic.
5. AN IMMENSE WORLD, by Ed Yong. (Random House) The Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer explains the sensory perceptions and ways of communication used by a variety of animals.
6. FINDING ME, by Viola Davis. (HarperOne) The multiple award-winning actress describes the difficulties she encountered before claiming her sense of self and achieving professional success.
7. ROGUES, by Patrick Radden Keefe. (Doubleday) A dozen articles, previously published in The New Yorker, which include profiles of a black-market arms merchant, a whistleblower and the late Anthony Bourdain.
8. KILLING THE KILLERS, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (St. Martin’s) The 11th book in the conservative commentator’s “Killing” series gives an account of the global war against terrorists.
9. CRYING IN H MART, by Michelle Zauner. (Knopf) The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.
10. THE END OF THE WORLD IS JUST THE BEGINNING, by Peter Zeihan. (Harper Business) A look at potential changes in globalization.
11. JAMES PATTERSON, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown) The author’s life, from growing up in small-town New York to working in the advertising industry to becoming a successful storyteller.
12. I’D LIKE TO PLAY ALONE, PLEASE, by Tom Segura. (Grand Central) The stand-up comedian and podcaster shares stories of parenting and strange encounters.
13. BRAIDING SWEETGRASS, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. (Milkweed Editions) A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.
14. NOT MY FIRST RODEO, by Kristi Noem. (Twelve) The governor of South Dakota chronicles running her family’s farm and ranch, and her time in office.
15. SCARS AND STRIPES, by Tim Kennedy and Nick Palmisciano. (Atria) The Green Beret and former mixed martial arts fighter describes how his failures shaped who he is today.
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