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Bestselling Books Week Ended March 21st.

FICTION

1. “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

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

3. “Dog Man: Getch-22” by Dav (ilkey (Graphix)

4. “Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Wrecking Ball” by Jeff Kinney (Amulet)

5. “The Rise of Skywalker: Expanded Edition” by Rae Carson (Del Rey)

6. “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins (Flatiron)

7. “Pete the Cat: Big Easter Adventure” by Kimberly Dean and James Dean (HarperFestival)

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

9. “Smoke Bitten” by Patricia Briggs (Ace)

10. “The Jerusalem Assassin” by Joel C. Rosenberg (Tyndale)

NONFICTION

1. “Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount” by Wizards RPG Team (Wizards of the Coast)

2. “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle (Dial)

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

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

5. “Mamba Mentality” by Kobe Bryant (MCD)

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

7. “Educated” A memoir” by Tara Westover (Random House)

8. “The Gift of Forgiveness” by Katherine Schwarzenegger Pratt (Pamela Dorman)

9. “Marketing Made Simple” by Donald Miller and J.J. Peterson (HarperCollins Leadership)

10.

FICTION E-BOOKS

1. “Smoke Bitten” by Patricia Briggs (Ace)

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

3. “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celest Ng (Penguin)

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

5. “A Conspiracy of Bones” by Kathy Reichs (Scribner)

6. “In Five Years” by Rebecca Serle (Atria)

7. “Cross Her Heart” by Melinda Leigh (Montlake Romance)

8. “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

9. “The Front” by Patricia Cornwell (Berkley)

10. “Triple” by Ken Follett (Penguin)

NONFICTION E-BOOKS

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

2. “End of Days” by Sylvia Browne and Lindsay Harrison (New American Library)

3. “Untamed” by Glennon Doyle (Dial)

4. “The Obstacle Is the Way” by Ryan Holiday (Portfolio)

5. “If You Tell” by Gregg Olsen (Thomas & Mercer)

6. “The Great Influenza” by John Barry (Penguin)

7. “Fixing the Fates” by Diane Dewey (She Writes)

8. “Educated: A Memoir” by Tara Westover (Random House)

9. “How the Irish Saved Civilization” by Thomas Cahill (Anchor)

10. “Born to Shine” by Ashley LeMieux (Morgan James)

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