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Most read Amazon books last week: The Institute climbs up

By Alexandria Ingham

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 25: People enter 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 enter 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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Last week, The Institute claimed the top spot of the most sold Amazon books. Now it moves to the top spot of the most read books.

Stephen King’s book, The Institute, debuted well last week on the list of most read Amazon books. Who would have thought that it would move up to the top spot this week? That’s what it did! It’s time to look at the top 20.

Like on the list of most sold books last week, the newest Stephen King novel has now knocked Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing off the top spot. The novel had a good run, and now it’s time for a new thriller to take over the top spot. How long will it last? Only time will tell.

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For the most part, the rest of the list has remained the same. That’s the case for most of the Top 10, anyway, only with The Handmaid’s Tale and The Goldfinch moving up a place each, making Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban drop two places out of the top 10.

Most of the movement in the second half of the list is just up or down a couple of spots each. There are two notable books, though. The first is Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb, which dropped five spots this month.

The second is the only new book on the full list. Save Your Breath by Melinda Leigh enters the list in 19th place. Will it get to keep that positioning or move up during the week? What could knock it out? With a new month of new releases, anything is possible.

Here’s the full list of most read Amazon books from Sept. 22 to 28.

1. The Institute by Stephen King (+1)
2. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (-1)
3. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling (–)
4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling (–)
5. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling (–)
6. The Testaments by Margaret Atwood (–)
7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (–)
8. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J. K. Rowling (–)
9. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (+1)
10. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (+1)
11. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling (-2)
12. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling (+1)
13. It by Stephen King (+1)
14. Quantum by Patricia Cornwell (-2)
15. City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert (+2)
16. The Dressmaker’s Gift by Fiona Valpy (+2)
17. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides (+2)
18. A Better Man by Louise Penny (-2)
19. Save Your Breath by Melinda Leigh (new addition)
20. Vendetta in Death by J.D. Robb (-5)

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