2021 started, and now we’re already in February. How did that happen?
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 January 2021!
| FICTION |
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The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller | Demon Slayer Vol. 1 | The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett | Dune by Frank Herbert | I Want To Eat Your Pancreas
Circe by Madeline Miller | Light of the Jedi (Star Wars: The High Republic) by Charles Soule | The Promised Neverland Vol. 5 | Home Body by Rupi Kaur | The Boy, The Mole, The Fox and The Horse by Charlie Macksey
The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune | A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara | Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen | The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab | Uzumaki by Junji Ito
| KIDS + TEENS |
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Karen’s Worst Day (Baby-Sitters Little Sister) by Katy Farina | Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas | The Dark Secret (Wings of Fire #4) by Tui T. Sutherland | Logan Likes Mary Anne! (The Baby-Sitters Club) by Gale Galligan | We Were Liars by E. Lockhart
Claudia and the New Girl (The Baby-Sitters Club #9) by Gabriela Epstein | They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera | Dog Man: Grime and Punishment by Dav Pilkey | Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey | Six of Crows by Leigh Bardguo
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling | The Deep End (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #15) by Jeff Kinney | The Cruel Prince by Holly Black | Who Is Kamala Harris? | Lore by Alexandra Bracken
| NONFICTION |
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The Art of Impossible: A Peak Performance Primer by Steven Kotler | Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez | A Promised Land by Barack Obama | Chasing My Cure: A Doctor’s Race to Turn Hope into Action by David Fajgenbaum | The Full Plate by Ayesha Curry
The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz | Keep Sharp: Build A Better Brain At Any Age by Sanjay Gupta, MD | Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki | World of Wonders by Aimee Nezhukumatathil | Just As I Am by Cicely Tyson
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson | The Greatest Secret by Rhonda Byrne | The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk | Untamed by Glennon Doyle | The Truths We Hold by Kamala Harris |
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.)
This is a great selection of books. I haven’t read any of the books from the list except for The Cruel Prince. The ones I have my eye on are Demon Slayer, The Vanishing Half, The Truths We Hold, and A Promised Land.