The New York Review of Books - USA (2021-11-21)

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 25

MONTHLY BEST SELLERS SALES PERIOD OF OCTOBER 3-30

THIS

MONTH

MONTHS

ON LIST

1

MOTHERING HEIGHTS, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic)^8

The 10th book in the Dog Man series. Can the

power of love overcome the darkness and despair

created by new villains?

2

CHAINSAW MAN, VOL. 7, by Tatsuki Fujimoto. (VIZ^1

Media) Assassins target Denji after he appears on

a news program.

3

ATTACK ON TITAN, VOL. 34, by Hajime Isayama.^1

(Kodansha) The fate of humanity depends on an

epic showdown.

4

KRISTY AND THE SNOBS, by Ann M. Martin.^2

Illustrated by Chan Chau. (Scholastic) The 10th

book in the Baby-sitters Club series. The unfriendly

kids in the ritzy neighborhood across town mock

and criticize.

5

ON TYRANNY, by Timothy Snyder. Illustrated by^1

Nora Krug. (Ten Speed) A graphic edition of the

book with 20 lessons from the 20th century about

the course of tyranny.

6

CAT KID COMIC CLUB, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic)^11

Stories within a story come to life as Li’l Petey,

Flippy and Molly show baby frogs how to create

comics.

7

GRIME AND PUNISHMENT, by Dav Pilkey.^9

(Scholastic) The ninth book in the Dog Man

series. After turning in his badge, the canine cop is

determined not to just roll over.

8

JUJUTSU KAISEN, VOL. 12, by Gege Akutami. (VIZ^1

Media) Toji Zen’in returns, Mei Mei confronts Geto

and Itadori fights the eldest Death Painting Womb

brother.

9

DEMON SLAYER: KIMETSU NO YAIBA, VOL. 1, by^10

Koyoharu Gotouge. (VIZ Media) A young charcoal

seller must avenge his family by destroying the

demon that slaughtered them.

10

FOR WHOM THE BALL ROLLS, by Dav Pilkey.^8

(Scholastic) The seventh book in the Dog Man

series. A new villain has a bone to pick with Dog

Man while Petey the Cat starts a new life.

11

FETCH-22, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) The eighth^6

book in the Dog Man series. Petey the Cat feels

better after getting out of jail but Li’l Petey struggles

to find good in the world.

12

BRAWL OF THE WILD, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic)^6

The sixth book in the Dog Man series. When he is

wrongly sent to the pound, Dog Man’s friends try to

prove his innocence.

13

FRIENDS FOREVER, by Shannon Hale. Illustrated^2

by LeUyen Pham. (First Second) The third book in

the Best Friends series.

14

DOG MAN, by Dav Pilkey. (Scholastic) A dog’s head^3

is combined with a policeman’s body to create this

hybrid supercop hound.

15

SPY X FAMILY, VOL. 6, by Tatsuya Endo. (VIZ^1

Media) Nightfall’s secret crush on Twilight might be

revealed when they enter an underground tennis

tournament to obtain an intelligence document.

1

THE 19TH CHRISTMAS, by James Patterson^1

and Maxine Paetro. (Grand Central) In the 19th

installment of the Women’s Murder Club series,

Detective Lindsay Boxer and company take on a

fearsome criminal known only as “Loman.”

2

BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED, by Lisa Gardner.^1

(Dutton) A recovering alcoholic puts herself in

danger when she searches for a Haitian teenager in

a Boston neighborhood.

3

MISSING AND ENDANGERED, by J. A. Jance.^1

(Morrow) The 19th book in the Joanna Brady

Mysteries series. The Cochise County Sheriff’s

daughter becomes involved in a missing persons

case.

4

THE PERFECT CHRISTMAS, by Debbie Macomber.^10

(Mira) A matchmaker assigns Cassie Beaumont

three tasks before revealing her perfect mate;

includes the 1998 story “Can This Be Christmas?”

5

PIECE OF MY HEART, by Mary Higgins Clark^1

and Alafair Burke. (Pocket) As their wedding

approaches, a television producer and her fiancé

must search for his missing 7-year-old nephew.

6

WHEN ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE, by William W.^1

Johnstone and J. A. Johnstone. (Pinnacle) The third

book in the Preacher and MacCallister Western

series. A rescue mission goes wrong.

7

JINGLE ALL THE WAY, by Debbie Macomber.^1

(Ballantine) A December cruise in the Amazon

fosters a potential change in priorities for a career-

focused real-estate executive.

8

DUNE, by Frank Herbert. (Ace) The 1965 science^1

fiction novel that is the basis of several adaptations,

including the recent film directed by Denis

Villeneuve.

9

WALK THE WIRE, by David Baldacci. (Grand^2

Central) The sixth book in the Memory Man series.

Decker and Jamison investigate a murder in a

North Dakota town in a fracking boom.

10

A FOREVER KIND OF LOVE, by Nora Roberts.^1

(Silhouette) Two romance stories: “Waiting for

Nick” and “Considering Kate.”

11

HUSH-HUSH, by Stuart Woods. (Putnam) The 56th^1

book in the Stone Barrington series.

12

TEXAS OUTLAW, by James Patterson and Andrew^2

Bourelle. (Grand Central) A Texas Ranger goes to

a small town to investigate whether an accidental

death was actually a murder.

13

THE UNKNOWN, by Heather Graham. (MIRA) The^1

35th book in the Krewe of Hunters series. A serial

arsonist is on the loose in New Orleans.

14

A TIME FOR MERCY, by John Grisham. (Dell) The^4

third book in the Jake Brigance series. A 16-year-

old is accused of killing a deputy in Clanton, Miss.,

in 1990.

15

COUNTRY WEDDINGS, by Debbie Macomber.^2

(MIRA) Two romance stories: “A Little Bit Country”

and “Country Bride.”

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