Poetry About Survival and Blogger's Raw and Honest Self-Help Guide Top Barnes & Noble's Bestseller Lists for 2017

By: Bonnie Lynn Wagner Dec. 19, 2017

Poetry About Survival and Blogger's Raw and Honest Self-Help Guide Top Barnes & Noble's Bestseller Lists for 2017 Image

Barnes & Noble Announces the Highest-Selling Books of 2017 in Fiction, Nonfiction, Teen, and Kid Titles

New York, NY - December 18, 2017 - MILK & HONEY, a book of poetry and prose addressing survival and love, sits alongside a blogger's guide to finding happiness by ditching "positivity" in rankings of the highest-selling books in 2017 for Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE: BKS).

"It's hard to imagine two more aesthetically different books at the top of our fiction and nonfiction bestseller lists for the year," said Liz Harwell, Director of Merchandise. "But in some ways, both books are addressing a core issue for many of us: how to live good, satisfying lives."

The titles, released today by the world's largest retail bookseller, represent purchases made across Barnes & Noble's more than 600 stores and online this year through mid-December.

"We are glad to see a wide range of new and reissued titles in our lists this year," Harwell said. "As always, popular shows and movies drove some books to the top of our lists, including THE HANDMAID'S TALE and the children's title WONDER. Meanwhile, classics 1984 and TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD were popular again this year, showing the lasting power of good books."

See the full lists below:

Fiction

Milk and Honey, Rupi Kaur
The Handmaid's Tale, Margaret Atwood
The Woman in Cabin 10, Ruth Ware
1984, George Orwell
Origin, Dan Brown
A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman
Camino Island, John Grisham
The Alchemist (25th Anniversary Edition), Paulo Coelho
It: A Novel, Stephen King
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee

Nonfiction

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, Mark Manson
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Neil deGrasse Tyson
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, J. D. Vance
You Are a Badass: How to Stop Doubting Your Greatness and Start Living an Awesome Life, Jen Sincero
What Happened, Hillary Rodham Clinton
Make Your Bed: Little Things That Can Change Your Life...And Maybe the World, William H. McRaven
5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts, Gary Chapman
Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls
Night, Elie Wiesel
Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race, Margot Lee Shetterly

Teens

Everything, Everything, Nicola Yoon
Thirteen Reasons Why, Jay Asher
Turtles All the Way Down, John Green
The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas
The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton
Before I Fall, Lauren Oliver
The Book Thief, Markus Zusak
One of Us Is Lying, Karen M. McManus
This Is Where It Ends, Marieke Nijkamp
Red Queen (Book #1), Victoria Aveyard

Kids

Wonder, R. J. Palacio
A Loud Winter's Nap, Katy Hudson
What Do You Do With a Problem?, Kobi Yamada
Getaway (Dairy of a Wimpy Kid Series #12), Jeff Kinney
Oh, the Places You'll Go!, Seuss
The Rainbow Fish, Marcus Pfister
How to Catch a Monster, Adam Wallace
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts One & Two, J.K. Rowling
The Wonderful Things You Will Be, Emily Winfield Martin
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book #1), Rick Riordan

Titles above include in-store and online sales from January 1 through Dec. 13, 2017. More bestseller lists can be found at barnesandnoble.com/b/books.