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 May 2019.
| FICTION |
|---|
There There by Tommy Orange | Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens | The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho | Supermarket by Bobby Hall (Logic) | The Mister by EL James
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman | Dune by Frank Herbert | A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles | Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng | Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin
1984 by George Orwell | Night School (Jack Reacher #21) by Lee Child | The Overstory by Richard Powers | Past Tense (Jack Reacher #23) by Lee Child | The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn
| KIDS + TEENS |
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Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowly Jefferson’s Journal by Jeff Kinney | The Sun Is Also A Star by Nicola Yoon | Just Jaime by Terri Libenson | Share Your Smile: Raina’s Guide to Telling Your Own Story by Raina Telgemeier | Camp by Kayla Miller
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas | Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling | Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy: A Graphic Novel by Rey Terciero & Bre Indigo | I Wish You More by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenchild | Smile by Taina Telgemeier
British Invasion (Spy School #7) by Stuart Gibbs | Drama by Raina Telgemeier | Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey | Big Nate: Payback Time! by Lincoln Pierce | I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez
| NONFICTION |
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The Mueller Report | Becoming by Michelle Obama | Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez | The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz | The Subtle Art of Not Giving A Fuck by Mark Manson
Everything Is F*cked: A Book About Hope by Mark Manson | Born A Crime by Trevor Noah | The 5 Love Languages by Gary Chapman | Howard Stern Comes Again | You Are A Badass by Jen Sincero
Sacred Woman by Queen Afua | Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari | The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life by David Brooks | How To Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie | Salt Fat Acid Heat by Samin Nosrat
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.
There seems to be some books that have been on the list forever, the standout one is The Alchemist :) Crazy Rich Asians also always seem to be present on this list, so it’s surprising to see it not here. Great post!