BOOKS IN HAND • What Customers Bought in August 2020

Annnnnnnd we are back with another Books in Hand!!

It has made a return after taking a few months off due to the pandemic.

During the last week of February 2018, I pondered about what type of post to make for “Books in Hand.” At first, I planned to discuss all the books customers came in asking for or buying, but that’s a bit too much because everybody came in asking for different books, and I didn’t remember all of them. My boss showed me a way to check our store’s best selling books, and I found out what we sold a lot of! And that’s what this post is—seeing the top selling books of August 2020!

FICTION

Dune by Frank Herbert | The Promised Neverland Vol. 1 | The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett | Circe by Madeline Miller | My Hero Academia Vol. 1

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho | Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia | Normal People by Sally Rooney | Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff | The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Long Call by Ann Cleeves | Money Devils 1 by Ashley & JaQuavis | Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin | Venus in the Blindspot by Junji Ito | The Guest List by Lucy Foley

KIDS + TEENS

Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer | Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Adventure by Jeff Kinney | Act by Kayla Miller | The Shadow of Kyoshi (Avatar: Kyoshi #2) by F.C. Yee | The Mayflower (History Smashers series) by Kate Messner

Women’s Right to Vote (History Smashers series) by Kate Messner | The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson #1) by Rick Riordan | The War That Saved My Life by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley | Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford | Hurricane Katrina Rescue (Ranger in Time) by Kate Messner

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes by Suzanne Collins| The Rise of Kyoshi (Avatar: Kyoshi #1) by F.C. Yee | We Were Liars by E. Lockhart | The Black Kids by Christina Hammonds Reed | They All Die At the End by Adam Silvera

NONFICTION

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson | Too Much and Never Enough by Mary L. Trump | White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo | The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz | Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki

The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris | Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins | Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own by Eddie S. Glaude Jr. | Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Y. Davis | Attached by Amir Levine

The Way of the Superior Man by David Deida | How to Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi | Big Friendship: How We Keep Each Other Close by Aminatou Sow | His Truth Is Marching On: John Lewis and The Power of Hope by Jon Meacham | You Were Born For This by Chani Nicholas

NOTES:

Every bookstore’s top-selling books will be different from each other. This list is just for my store.
Lots of manga sold this month.
These books seem to be forever on the top-selling list: The Alchemist, anything Dog Man or Diary of a Wimpy Kid, The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck, You Are A Badass, The Four Agreements, the 5 Love Languages, and Milk and Honey. (Don’t be surprise if you see these books here or in future “Books in Hand” posts. People love these books.)