You ever want to know what people are buying in bookstores? Well, it so happens that I work at one!
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 ten selling books of March 2019.
| FICTION |
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Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens | The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho | The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin | The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
There There by Tommy Orange | The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller | An American Marriage by Tayari Jones | The Island of Sea Women by Lisa See
Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James | The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemison | Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi | Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
| KIDS + TEENS |
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I Like Myself by Karen Beaumont | Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott | What If? by Sandra Magsaman | The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire: The Graphic Novel #2) by Tui T. Sutherland
Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild by Dav Pilkey | On the Come Up by Angie Thomas | The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas | Dog Man by Dav Pilkey
Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy: A Graphic Novel by Rey Terciero & Bre Indigo | Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey | Supernova (Amulet #8) by Kazu Kibuishi | Sisters by Raina Telgemeier
| NONFICTION |
|---|
Becoming by Michelle Obama | Finding My Voice: My Journey to the West Wing and the Path Forward by Valerie Jarrett | Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez | The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck by Mark Manso
Born A Crime by Trevor Noah | Educated by Tara Westover | Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat | Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up by Marie Kondo | You Are A Badass by Jen Sincero | Dare to Lead by Brene Brown | The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
NOTES:
- Every bookstore’s top-selling books will be different from each other. This list is just for my store.
- 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.)
- I omitted the poetry list because it didn’t change from February, so it was The Sun and Her Flowers, Pillow Thoughts, Milk and Honey, and 2Fish.
I love that people are still buying The Song of Achilles!