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Amazon books: Most sold books last week on Amazon [Aug. 4-12]

By Alexandria Ingham

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 25: People shop in the newly opened Amazon Books on May 25, 2017 in New York City. Amazon.com Inc.'s first New York City bookstore occupies 4,000 square feet in The Shops at Columbus Circle in Manhattan and stocks upwards of 3,000 books. Amazon Books, like the Amazon Go store, does not accept cash and instead lets Prime members use the Amazon app on their smartphone to pay for purchases. Non-members can use a credit or debit card. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 25: People shop in the newly opened Amazon Books on May 25, 2017 in New York City. Amazon.com Inc.'s first New York City bookstore occupies 4,000 square feet in The Shops at Columbus Circle in Manhattan and stocks upwards of 3,000 books. Amazon Books, like the Amazon Go store, does not accept cash and instead lets Prime members use the Amazon app on their smartphone to pay for purchases. Non-members can use a credit or debit card. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) /
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Could anything knock Where the Crawdads Sing off the top spot of the most sold Amazon books last week? Here’s the Top 20 from Aug. 4 to 12.

For almost a year, Where the Crawdads Sing has held the top spot in the Top 20 most sold Amazon books during the week. Would Aug. 4 to 12 be any different? No, but there is some movement elsewhere on the list.

While Delia Owens took the top spot, we did get to see some movement in the Top 10. Claire McGowan’s What You Did moved back up another place into third place, while three new books have entered in the Top 10, The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda, Here to Stay by Mark Edwards, and Dark Age by Pierce Brown.

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Some of the biggest movers were in the second half of the list. Summer of ‘69 dropped five spots with the new arrivals, with it and City of Girls just getting knocked out of the Top 10.

Lisa Wingate’s reentry from last week, Before We Were Yours, moved up fix spots and The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead moved up two spots. Both books made it into the Top 15.

The rest of the list has a good mixture of old and new. The Art of Racing in the Rain unsurprisingly has made it to the list for the first week. The movie based on the book is now out in theaters and we often see a drive in sales. Adventures of Tom Stranger also entered the list. This is an Audible book, which makes it a double interesting mention.

And we can’t overlook The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. The book has reentered the list, but surprisingly, this is only the third week ever that this book has made it to the most sold Amazon books! Considering the popularity of the Lord of the Rings franchise, this surprises me.

Here’s the full list of most sold Amazon books last week.

1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (–)
2. One Good Deed by David Baldacci (–)
3. What You Did by Claire McGowan (+1)
4. The New Girl by Daniel Silva (-1)
5. The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda (new addition)
6. Here to Stay by Mark Edwards (new addition)
7. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (-1)
8. Last Summer by Kerry Lonsdale (-3)
9. Dark Age by Pierce Brown (new addition)
10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (-1)
11. City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert (-3)
12. Summer of ‘69 by Elin Hilderbrand (-5)
13. Under Currents by Nora Roberts (-3)
14. Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate (+5)
15. The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (+2)
16. The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein (new addition)
17. Adventures of Tom Stranger by Larry Correia (new addition)
18. The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkein (reentry)
19. Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane (-8)
20. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng (reentry)

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