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Bestselling Books Week Ended April 11th.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse? by Charlie Mackesy (Harperone)

2. “Texas Outlaw” by Patterson/Bourelle (Little, Brown)

3. “The Boy from the Woods” by Harlan Coben (Grand Central Publishing)

4. “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins (Flatiron Books)

5. “Redhead by the Side of The Road” by Anne Tyler (Knopf)

6. “The Book of Lost Friends” by Lisa Wingate (Ballantine)

7. “Valentine” by Elizabeth Wetmore (Harper)

8. “The Giver of Stars” by Jojo Moyes (Viking/Dorman)

9. “The Glass Hotel” by Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf)

10. “Blindside” by James Patterson and James Born (Little, Brown)

11. “Chosen Ones” by Veronica Roth (HMH/Adams)

12. “The Dutch House” by Ann Patchett (Harper)

13. “The Numbers Game” by Danielle Steel (Dell)

14. “The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires” by Grady Hendrix (Quirk)

15. “The Mirror & the Light” by Hilary Mantel (Henry Holt & Co.)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “Magnolia Table, Vol.2” by Joanna Gaines (Morrow)

2. “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle (Dial)

3. “The Splendid and the Vile” by Erik Larson (Crown)

4. “Fortitude” by Dan Crenshaw (Twelve)

5. “Hidden Valley Road” by Robert Kolker (Doubleday)

6. “The Last Book on the Left” by Ben Kissel et al. (HMH)

7. “Arguing with Socialists” by Glenn Beck (Threshold)

8. “More Myself” by Alicia Keys (Flatiron)

9. “Nothing General About It” by Maurice Benard (Morrow)

10. “Open Book” by Jessica Simpson (Dey Street)

11. “Get Out of Your Head” by Jennie Allen (Waterbrook)

12. “Joy at Work” by Kondo/Sonenshein (Little, Brown, Spark)

13. “Front Row at the Trump Show” by Jonathan Karl (Dutton)

14. “Find Your Path” by Carrie Underwood (Dey Street)

15. “Fear is not the Boss of You” by Jennifer Allwood (Zondervan)

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS

1. “Long, Tall Texans: Rey/Stuart” by Diana Palmer (Harlequin)

2. “Lost and Found” by Danielle Steel (Dell)

3. “Shelter in Place” by Nora Roberts (St. Martin’s Press)

4. “Envious” by Lisa Jackson (Zebra)

5. “The 18th Abduction” by Patterson/Paetro (Grand Central Publishing)

6. “Neon Prey” by John Sandford (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

7. “Denim and Diamonds” by Debbie Macomber (Mira)

8. “A Hill of Beans” by William W. Johnstone (Pinnacle)

9. “Window on the Bay” by Debbie Macomber (Ballantine)

10. “Killer Take All” by William W. Johnstone (Pinnacle)

11. “Little Fires Everywhere” (TV tie-in) by Celest Ng (Penguin)

12. “The Woman in the Window” (movie tie-in) by A.J. Finn (Morrow)

13. “Long Road to Mercy” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)

14. “Liar Liar” by Patterson/Fox (Grand Central Publishing)

15. “Tom Clancy: Enemy Contact” by Mike Maden (Berkley)

TRADE PAPERBACKS

1. “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng (Penguin Books)

2. “Revenge” by Patterson/Holmes (Grand Central)

3. “The Odd Is Out: The first Sequel” by James Rallison (TarcherPerigee)

4. “The Woman in the Window” (movie tie-in) by A.J. Finn (William Morrow)

5. “Wild Remedies” by De la Foret/Han (Hay House)

6. “Before We Were Yours? by Lisa Wingate (Ballantine)

7. “Normal People” by Sally Rooney (Hogarth)

8. “City of Girls” by Elizabeth Gilbert (Riverhead)

9. “The Wives” by Tarryn Fisher (Graydon House)

10. “The Inn” by Patterson/Fox (Grand Central Publishing)

11. “Little Fires Everywhere” (TV tie-in) by Celest Ng (Penguin)

12. “Wow, No Thank You” by Samantha Irby (Vintage)

13. “The Dancing Girls” by M.M. Chouinard (Bookouture)

14. “Worlds Within Worlds” by Kerby Rosanes (Plume)

15. “A Woman of No Importance” by Sonnia Purnell (Penguin)

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