The New York Times Best Sellers- August 22, 2021
Authoritatively ranked lists of books sold in the United States, sorted by format and genre.
The New York Times Best Sellers - August 22, 2021
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Combined Print & E-Book Fiction
New this week
BILLY SUMMERS
by Stephen King
A killer for hire who only takes out bad guys seeks redemption as he does one final job.
14 weeks on the list
THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME
by Laura Dave
Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.
New this week
BLIND TIGER
by Sandra Brown
During Prohibition, Thatcher Hutton and Laurel Plummer wind up on opposite sides of a moonshine war in Texas.
8 weeks on the list
IT ENDS WITH US
by Colleen Hoover
A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.
13 weeks on the list
PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION
by Emily Henry
Opposites Poppy and Alex meet to vacation together one more time in hopes of saving their relationship.
Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction
4 weeks on the list
AMERICAN MARXISM
by Mark R. Levin
The Fox News host gives his take on the Green New Deal, critical race theory and social activism.
New this week
HERE, RIGHT MATTERS
by Alexander Vindman
The retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel recounts his actions that led to the impeachment of President Trump and his testimony before Congress.
3 weeks on the list
I ALONE CAN FIX IT
by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker
The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters examine Trump’s final year in office, with a focus on the key players around him.
- Read Review
50 weeks on the list
THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
by Bessel van der Kolk
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
- Read Review
11 weeks on the list
THE PREMONITION
by Michael Lewis
Stories of skeptics who went against the official response of the Trump administration to the outbreak of Covid-19. The profiles include a local public-health officer and a group of doctors nicknamed the Wolverines.
Hardcover Fiction
New this week
BILLY SUMMERS
by Stephen King
A killer for hire who only takes out bad guys seeks redemption as he does one final job.
14 weeks on the list
THE LAST THING HE TOLD ME
by Laura Dave
Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.
New this week
WE WERE NEVER HERE
by Andrea Bartz
Will the secrets Emily shares with Kristen about violent incidents in the past ruin her life?
5 weeks on the list
THE PAPER PALACE
by Miranda Cowley Heller
After an extramarital dalliance, Elle must choose between her husband and her childhood love.
New this week
BLIND TIGER
by Sandra Brown
During Prohibition, Thatcher Hutton and Laurel Plummer wind up on opposite sides of a moonshine war in Texas.
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Hardcover Nonfiction
4 weeks on the list
AMERICAN MARXISM
by Mark R. Levin
The Fox News host gives his take on the Green New Deal, critical race theory and social activism.
New this week
HERE, RIGHT MATTERS
by Alexander Vindman
The retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel recounts his actions that led to the impeachment of President Trump and his testimony before Congress.
3 weeks on the list
I ALONE CAN FIX IT
by Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker
The Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters examine Trump’s final year in office, with a focus on the key players around him.
2 weeks on the list
THE AUTHORITARIAN MOMENT
by Ben Shapiro
The conservative commentator describes what he perceives as threats to American business, education and politics.
5 weeks on the list
HOW I SAVED THE WORLD
by Jesse Watters
The Fox News host recounts his career and prescribes ways to defend against what he considers left-wing radicalism.
Paperback Trade Fiction
14 weeks on the list
IT ENDS WITH US
by Colleen Hoover
A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse.
13 weeks on the list
PEOPLE WE MEET ON VACATION
by Emily Henry
Opposites Poppy and Alex meet to vacation together one more time in hopes of saving their relationship.
19 weeks on the list
WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING
by Delia Owens
In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
- Read Review
42 weeks on the list
THE SONG OF ACHILLES
by Madeline Miller
A reimagining of Homer’s “Iliad” that is narrated by Achilles' companion Patroclus.
22 weeks on the list
THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
A movie icon recounts stories of her loves and career to a struggling magazine writer.
Paperback Nonfiction
- Read Review
146 weeks on the list
THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE
by Bessel van der Kolk
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
130 weeks on the list
BORN A CRIME
by Trevor Noah
A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the host of “The Daily Show.”
69 weeks on the list
BRAIDING SWEETGRASS
by Robin Wall Kimmerer
A botanist and member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation espouses having an understanding and appreciation of plants and animals.
New this week
AGENT SONYA
by Ben Macintyre
Ursula Burton, who resided in the English Cotswolds in 1942 with her family, turned out to have been a high-ranking Soviet intelligence officer seeking scientific secrets to build the bomb.
- Read Review
261 weeks on the list
JUST MERCY
by Bryan Stevenson
A civil rights lawyer and MacArthur grant recipient’s memoir of his decades of work to free innocent people condemned to death.
Advice, How-To & Miscellaneous
89 weeks on the list
ATOMIC HABITS
by James Clear
88 weeks on the list
THE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE
by Charlie Mackesy
New this week
THE FAMILY FIRM
by Emily Oster
214 weeks on the list
THE SUBTLE ART OF NOT GIVING A F*CK
by Mark Manson
87 weeks on the list
THE GIFTS OF IMPERFECTION
by Brené Brown
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Children’s Middle Grade Hardcover
New this week
BLACK BOY JOY
edited by Kwame Mbalia
Seventeen stories that celebrate the joys of Black boyhood.
- Read Review
308 weeks on the list
WONDER
by R.J. Palacio
A boy with a facial deformity starts school.
3 weeks on the list
THE OFFICIAL HARRY POTTER BAKING BOOK
by Joanna Farrow
Forty-three tasty recipes inspired by the Harry Potter films.
142 weeks on the list
REFUGEE
by Alan Gratz
Three children in three different conflicts look for safe haven.
27 weeks on the list
AMARI AND THE NIGHT BROTHERS
by B.B. Alston
Amari Peters competes for a spot at the Bureau of Supernatural Affairs.
Children’s Picture Books
7 weeks on the list
TIME FOR SCHOOL, LITTLE BLUE TRUCK
by Alice Schertle. Illustrated by Jill McElmurry
Blue gives a friend a ride to school.
35 weeks on the list
THE PIGEON HAS TO GO TO SCHOOL!
by Mo Willems
Pigeon deals with the anxieties of going to school for the first time.
New this week
THREE LITTLE ENGINES
by Bob McKinnon. Illustrated by Lou Fancher and Steve Johnson
Three engines encounter different challenges and obstacles.
31 weeks on the list
THE DAY YOU BEGIN
by Jacqueline Woodson. Illustrated by Rafael López
A group of school children embrace their differences.
30 weeks on the list
WE DON'T EAT OUR CLASSMATES!
by Ryan T. Higgins
Penelope Rex must control her urge to eat the children in her class.
Children’s Series
646 weeks on the list
HARRY POTTER
by J.K. Rowling
A wizard hones his conjuring skills in the service of fighting evil.
- Read Review
269 weeks on the list
THE TWILIGHT SAGA
by Stephenie Meyer
Vampires and werewolves and their intrigues in high school.
647 weeks on the list
DIARY OF A WIMPY KID
written and illustrated by Jeff Kinney
The travails and challenges of adolescence.
22 weeks on the list
SHADOW AND BONE TRILOGY
by Leigh Bardugo
The basis of the Netflix series; previously titled "The Grisha Trilogy."
- Read Review
583 weeks on the list
PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS
by Rick Riordan
A boy battles mythological monsters.
Young Adult Hardcover
184 weeks on the list
ONE OF US IS LYING
by Karen M. McManus
For five students, a detour into detention ends in murder.
226 weeks on the list
THE HATE U GIVE
by Angie Thomas
A 16-year-old girl sees a police officer kill her friend.
71 weeks on the list
STAMPED
by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
An exploration of racism and antiracism in America.
14 weeks on the list
REALM BREAKER
by Victoria Aveyard
A small band of misfits attempt to save Allward.
2 weeks on the list
SMALL FAVORS
by Erin A. Craig
Mythic monsters have returned to destroy Amity Falls and Ellerie must protect her farm and siblings.
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