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 February 2022!
| FICTION |
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It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover | The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood | House of Sky and Breath (Crescent City #2) by Sarah J. Maas | The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Armas | Verity by Colleen Hoover
Maybe Somebody by Colleen Hoover | My Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa Moshfegh | The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid | Heaven’s Official Blessing Vol. 2 by Mò Xiāng Tóng Xiù | A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller | Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan | No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai | The Secret History by Donna Tartt | All Your Perfects by Colleen Hoover
The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren | The Midnight Library by Matt Haig | The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett | A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara | The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
| KIDS + TEENS |
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Heartstopper Vol. 1 by Alice Oseman | A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson | The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes | Good-Bye Stacey, Good-bye (Baby-Sitters Club Graphic Novels #11) by Ann M. Martin & Gabriela Epstein | Cat Kid Comic Club #2: Perspectives by Dav Pilkey
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Big Shot by Dav Pilkey | Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo | Girl in Pieces by Kathleen Glasgow | The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones | Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi
Legendborn by Tracy Deonn | Kingdom of the Wicked by Kerri Maniscalco | Heartstopper Volume 2 by Alice Oseman | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling | One of Us Is Lying by Karen M. McManus
| NONFICTION |
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The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones | The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz | Atomic Habits by James Clear | All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks | The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki | Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown | The 48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene | Hella Town: Oakland’s History of Development and Disruption by Mitchell Schwarzer | Sacred Woman by Queen Afua
Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins | Real Estate License Exams for Dummies by John A. Yoegel | As A Man Thinketh by James Allen | Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill | Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
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.
It seems like everyone is talking about Atomic Habits so no surprise to see it there. Also happy to see Vanishing Half – loved that book! Also David Goggins – love!