Sales Snapshot
The week’s new releases include By Any Other Name, Jodi Picoult’s fictional exploration of the theory that poet Emilia Bassano ghostwrote Shakespeare’s works. It’s the #3 book in the country and the top pick in New England. Spirit Crossing, William Kent Krueger’s “chilling latest case for half-Irish, half-Ojibwe PI Cork O’Connor,” per our review, leads the list in the West North Central region, which includes the author and character’s home state of Minnesota. Elsewhere, the book-buying public continues to hoover up copies of It Starts with Us and its predecessor, It Ends with Us.
In Full Flower
Adalyn Grace concludes her YA dark romantasy trilogy Belladonna with Wisteria. It’s the #1 book on our children’s fiction list and, like its namesake vine, a real climber: first-week print unit sales rose with each installment.
NEW & NOTABLE
Imminent
Luis Elizondo
#2 Hardcover Nonfiction
Former intelligence official Elizondo writes about government investigations into, and efforts to conceal, the existence of UFOs, now known as UAPs (unidentified anomalous phenomena). The truth may be out there after all.
Preppy Kitchen Super Easy
John Kanell
#7 Hardcover Nonfiction
“Kanell follows up Preppy Kitchen with an impressive and memorable collection of flavor-packed recipes made with minimal fuss,” per our starred review. “This will be a go-to for busy home cooks looking to spice up their repertoire.”
