BOOKS IN HAND • What Customers Bought in March 2021

World is opening up again. I’m still scared. D:

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 March 2021!

FICTION

Demon Slayer Vol. 1 | Life After Death by Sister Souljah | The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller | The Promised Neverland Vol. 1 | Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston

I Want To Eat Your Pancreas | Later by Stephen King | The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah | A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas | Circe by Madeline Miller

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro | There There by Tommy Orange | The Midnight Library by Matt Haig | The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab | Shiver by Junji Ito

KIDS + TEENS

They Both Die At The End by Adam Silvera | Ambitious Girl by Meena Harris | Dog Man: Mothering Heights by Dav Pilkey | Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories by Jeff Kinney | We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardguo | Claudia and the New Girl (The Baby-Sitters Club #9) by Gabriela Epstein | Cat Kid Comic Club by Dav Pilkey | The Deep End (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #15) by Jeff Kinney | The Cruel Prince by Holly Black | Amari and the Night Brothers by B.B. Alston

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling | Logan Likes Mary Anne! (The Baby-Sitters Club #8) by Ann M. Martin and Gale Galligan | The Deep End (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #15) by Jeff Kinney | All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven | These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong

NONFICTION

The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz | The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman | A Promised Land by Barack Obama | Sacred Woman by Queen Afua | The Mastery of Love by Don Miguel Ruiz

Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki | Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson | The Code Breaker: Jennifer Doudna, Gene Editing, and the Future of the Human Race by Walter Isaacson | Becoming by Michelle Obama | The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck by Mark Manson

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B. Peterson | Keep Sharp: Build A Better Brain At Any Age by Sanjay Gupta, MD | The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee | Just As I Am by Cicely Tyson | Daring Greatly by Brene Brown

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.)