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BOOKS IN HAND • What Customers Bought in August 2021

September 6, 2021 Comment : 1

We’re selling a lot of the same books now, and I can’t wait to see new titles.

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 2021!

FICTION

It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover | The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid | The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller | No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai | People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry

Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston | Circe by Madeline Miller | Normal People by Sally Rooney | Dune by Frank Herbert | A Touch of Darkness by Scarlett St. Clair

Punk 57 by Penelope Douglas | One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston | The Hating Game by Sally Thorne | The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton | The Alchemist by Paulo Coehlo

The City We Became by N.K. Jemisin | We Are All the Same in the Dark by Julia Heaberlin | Billy Summers by Stephen King | A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab | All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

KIDS + TEENS

They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera | The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes | We Were Liars by E. Lockhart | A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson | The Cruel Prince by Holly Black

Heartstopper Vol. 1 by Alice Oseman | The Pigeon HAS to Go to School! by Mo Willems | Dance of Thieves by Mary E. Pearson | Caraval by Stephanie Garber | Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

 Six of Crows by Leigh Bardguo | Wilder Girls by Rory Power | Scythe by Neal Shusterman | Daughter of the Pirate King by Tricia Levenseller | One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus

Blood & Honey by Shelby Mahurin | The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster | I Am Not Your Perfect Daughter by Erika L. Sanchez | Mothering Heights (Dog Man) by Dav Pilkey | Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow

NONFICTION

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz | The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk | Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner | Atomic Habits by James Clear | Atomic Habits by James Clear

The Fifth Agreement by Don Miguel Ruiz | Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl | Badass Habits by Jen Sincero | The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene | The Bomber Mafia by Malcolm Gladwell

Becoming Supernatural by Dr. Joe Dispenza | To Selena, With Love by Chris Perez | Becoming by Michelle Obama | Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill | Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki

 How to Make Money in Stocks by William J. O’Neil | Agent Sonya: The Spy Next Door by Ben Macintyre | This Is Your Mind on Plants by Michael Pollan | I Alone Can Fix It by Carol Leonnig & Philip Rucker | Nice Racism: How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm by Robin Diangelo

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.)
  • For the past year, we’ve been selling a lot of manga—so much that it exceeds the different subjects of books we sell. That will be in its own post.
Were there any surprises? What did you think would be a top-selling book? What books from this list have you read? 

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Comments

  1. Jess says

    September 6, 2021 at 6:05 pm

    No Longer Human surprised me because it’s not a book I’m familiar with. I”ll have to do some research on it !

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