Achievement Unlocked
On October 14, Emily Nagoski, a sex educator with a PhD in health behavior, and her identical twin sister, Amelia Nagoski, associate professor and coordinator of music at Western New England University, joined Brené Brown on her Unlocking Us podcast to discuss Burnout, their 2019 self-help title. Brown, who promoted the episode on her 3.1 million–follower Instagram account, called the book “a total game-changer” for her and her family. After the appearance, the trade paperback reissue, which pubbed in January, saw a pop in sales; it lands at #16 on our trade paper list.
Sticky Notes
Since the March publication of The Antiquarian Sticker Book, weekly print unit sales have been consistent, in the high three- and low four-figure range. Aimed at retro crafters and scrapbookers, the craft title periodically gets a boost from more newfangled sources. Its Instagram ad campaign uses influencer-generated content, and on October 16, TikTok user @kiacreates shared a video that amassed more than 912k views in 48 hours. By week’s end, sales were more than triple what they’d been the week before, and the title lands at #19 in hardcover fiction.
All I Want for Christmas Is You
Halloween books proliferate on our children’s lists, and two of them—Room on the Broom and Little Blue Truck’s Halloween—are among the 10 bestselling books in the country. But on the adult lists, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, with four new holiday romances and one mystery joining Christmas Kisses with My Cowboy, which debuted two weeks ago and is #6 in mass market.
#6 Hardcover Fiction: Jingle All the Way by Debbie Macomber
#3 Trade Paper: The 19th Christmas by James Patterson, Maxine Paetro
#11 Trade Paper: Christmas at Holiday House by RaeAnne Thayne
#16 Mass Market: The Last Christmas Cowboy by Maisey Yates
#19 Mass Market: A California Christmas by Brenda Novak
NEW & NOTABLE
A TIME FOR MERCY
John Grisham
#1 Hardcover Fiction, #1 overall
“This one’s for Grisham diehards only,” PW’s review said of the “disappointing third outing for attorney Jake Brigance.”
THIS JUST SPEAKS TO ME
Hoda Kotb
#2 Hardcover Nonfiction, #5 overall
The Today cohost follows 2019’s I Really Needed This Today with a second book of inspirational quotes and anecdotes.
OTTOLENGHI FLAVOR
Yotam Ottolenghi and Ixta Belfrage
#12 Hardcover Nonfiction
This collaboration between Belfrage, who works in the Ottolenghi Test Kitchen, and the eponymous chef and restaurateur uses more than 100 vegetarian and vegan recipes to illustrate key cooking reactions, ideal flavor pairings, and complementary ingredients.
