Hot This Week: March 30

The latest action-packed Jumanji installment bursts onto our list this week with a #1 debut. In music, the new album from former One Direction member Niall Horan is the only newcomer to the chart. Fiction sees a new novel from Harlan Coben, as well as the novelization of the blockbuster conclusion to the Star Wars Skywalker saga, while most titles hold strong in nonfiction.

Movies

1. Jumanji: The Next Level (Blu-ray | 4K)
2. Spies in Disguise (Blu-ray | 4K)
3. Knives Out (Blu-ray | 4K)
4. Richard Jewell (Blu-ray)
5. Uncut Gems (Blu-ray)
6. Charlie's Angels (Blu-ray | 4K)
7. Bombshell (Blu-ray)
8. Midway (Blu-ray | 4K)
9. Frozen II (Blu-ray | 4K)
10. Ford v Ferrari (Blu-ray | 4K)

Music

1. Lil Baby, My Turn
2. Niall Horan, Heartbreak Weather
3. Jhene Aiko, Chilombo
4. Roddy Ricch, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
5. Post Malone, Hollywood's Bleeding
6. Justin Bieber, Changes
7. Frozen II Soundtrack
8. BTS, Map of the Soul: 7
9. Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
10. Eminem, Music to Be Murdered By

Fiction

1. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
2. The Boy from the Woods, Harlan Coben
3. American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins
4. The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel
5. Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker by Rae Carson
6. In Five Years, Rebecca Serle
7. Blindside, James Patterson and James O. Born
8. Journey of the Pharaohs, Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
9. My Dark Vanessa, Kate Elizabeth Russell
10. The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides

Nonfiction

1. Untamed, Glennon Doyle
2. The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson
3. Educated, Tara Westover
4. Open Book, Jessica Simpson and Kevin Carr O'Leary
5. Becoming, Michelle Obama
6. Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell
7. John Adams Under Fire, Dan Abrams and David Fisher
8. Unknown Valor, Martha MacCallum and Ronald J. Drez
9. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Lori Gottlieb
10. Capital and Ideology, Thomas Piketty

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Hot This Week: March 23

Movie lovers have four new titles to pick from this week, led by the animated hit Spies in Disguise. Singer Jhene Aiko and K-pop band NCT 127 land new albums on the music chart. Hilary Mantel leads five new novels on the fiction list with the conclusion to her Booker Prize-winning Thomas Cromwell series. In nonfiction, new books by Glennon Doyle and Thomas Piketty make their debuts.

Movies

1. Spies in Disguise (Blu-ray | 4K)
2. Uncut Gems (Blu-ray)
3. Knives Out (Blu-ray | 4K)
4. Charlie's Angels (Blu-ray | 4K)
5. Frozen II (Blu-ray | 4K)
6. Bombshell (Blu-ray)
7. Midway (Blu-ray | 4K)
8. Ford v Ferrari (Blu-ray | 4K)
9. 21 Bridges (Blu-ray)
10. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Blu-ray | 4K)

Music

1. Jhene Aiko, Chilombo
2. Lil Baby, My Turn
3. NCT 127, NCT #127: Neo Zone, The 2nd Album
4. Roddy Ricch, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
5. Post Malone, Hollywood's Bleeding
6. BTS, Map of the Soul: 7
7. Justin Bieber, Changes
8. Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
9. Eminem, Music to Be Murdered By
10. Pop Smoke, Meet the Woo, v.2

Fiction

1. The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel
2. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
3. Journey of the Pharaohs, Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
4. American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins
5. A Good Neighborhood, Therese Anne Fowler
6. My Dark Vanessa, Kate Elizabeth Russell
7. Long Range, C.J. Box
8. Blindside, James Patterson and James O. Born
9. The Numbers Game, Danielle Steel
10. In Five Years, Rebecca Serle

Nonfiction

1. Untamed, Glennon Doyle
2. The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson
3. Educated, Tara Westover
4. Open Book, Jessica Simpson and Kevin Carr O'Leary
5. Unknown Valor, Martha MacCallum and Ronald J. Drez
6. Capital and Ideology, Thomas Piketty
7. John Adams Under Fire, Dan Abrams and David Fisher
8. Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell
9. Becoming, Michelle Obama
10. The MAGA Doctrine, Charlie Kirk

Hot This Week: March 16

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Movies

1. Frozen II (Blu-ray | 4K)
2. Knives Out (Blu-ray | 4K)
3. Midway (Blu-ray | 4K)
4. Queen & Slim (Blu-ray | 4K)
5. Ford v Ferrari (Blu-ray | 4K)
6. 21 Bridges (Blu-ray)
7. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Blu-ray | 4K)
8. Dark Waters (Blu-ray)
9. Playing with Fire (Blu-ray)
10. Joker (Blu-ray | 4K)

Music

1. Lil Baby, My Turn
2. BTS, Map of the Soul: 7
3. James Taylor, American Standard
4. Roddy Ricch, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
5. Justin Bieber, Changes
6. Five Finger Death Punch, F8
7. Post Malone, Hollywood's Bleeding
8. Harry Styles, Fine Line
9. Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
10. Pop Smoke, Meet the Woo, v.2

Fiction

1. Long Range, C.J. Box
2. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
3. The Numbers Game, Danielle Steel
4. American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins
5. Blindside, James Patterson and James O. Born
6. You Are Not Alone, Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
7. Writers & Lovers, Lily King
8. The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides
9. The Night Watchman, Louise Erdrich
10. Such a Fun Age, Kiley Reid

Nonfiction

1. The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson
2. Unknown Valor, Martha MacCallum and Ronald J. Drez
3. Educated, Tara Westover
4. The MAGA Doctrine, Charlie Kirk
5. Open Book, Jessica Simpson and Kevin Carr O'Leary
6. Becoming, Michelle Obama
7. Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell
8. John Adams Under Fire, Dan Abrams and David Fisher
9. Dark Towers, David Enrich
10. Until the End of Time, Brian Greene

Hot This Week: March 9

All our top titles are new this week. In movies, the blockbuster murder mystery Knives Out edges out the sequel to Frozen for top honors. In music, K-pop sensation BTS tops the chart, followed by new music from Ozzy Osbourne. A new James Patterson novel leads five new titles in fiction, while bestselling author Erik Larson's look at London during the Blitz leads four in nonfiction.

Movies

1. Knives Out (Blu-ray | 4K)
2. Frozen II (Blu-ray | 4K)
3. Midway (Blu-ray | 4K)
4. 21 Bridges (Blu-ray)
5. Ford v Ferrari (Blu-ray | 4K)
6. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Blu-ray | 4K)
7. Playing with Fire (Blu-ray)
8. Joker (Blu-ray | 4K)
9. Doctor Sleep (Blu-ray | 4K)
10. Jojo Rabbit (Blu-ray | 4K)

Music

1. BTS, Map of the Soul: 7
2. Ozzy Osbourne, Ordinary Man
3. Justin Bieber, Changes
4. Roddy Ricch, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
5. Post Malone, Hollywood's Bleeding
6. Pop Smoke, Meet the Woo, v.2
7. Trippie Redd, A Love Letter to You 4
8. Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
9. Eminem, Music to Be Murdered By
10. Frozen II Soundtrack
    

Fiction

1. Blindside, James Patterson and James O. Born
2. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
3. American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins
4. The Warsaw Protocol, Steve Berry
5. The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides
6. Coconut Layer Cake Murder, Joanne Fluke
7. Apeirogon, Colum McCann
8. The Dutch House, Ann Patchett
9. Such a Fun Age, Kiley Reid
10. The Giver of Stars, Jojo Moyes

Nonfiction

1. The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson
2. Unknown Valor, Martha MacCallum and Ronald J. Drez
3. Open Book, Jessica Simpson and Kevin Carr O'Leary
4. Educated, Tara Westover
5. Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell
6. Becoming, Michelle Obama
7. Until the End of Time, Brian Greene
8. Profiles in Corruption, Peter Schweizer
9. Dark Towers, David Enrich
10. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone, Lori Gottlieb

Hot This Week: March 2

If you and your patrons are looking for new movies, we have good news: there are four great ones popping up on our list for the first time this week. Multiplatinum pop star Justin Bieber tops the music chart with two other new albums also making the list. In fiction, new novels from Preston and Child and Mary Kubica make their debuts, while nonfiction sees an examination of shady financial dealings jump to the top.

Movies

1. Midway (Blu-ray | 4K)
2. 21 Bridges (Blu-ray)
3. Ford v Ferrari (Blu-ray | 4K)
4. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Blu-ray | 4K)
5. Playing with Fire (Blu-ray)
6. Jojo Rabbit (Blu-ray | 4K)
7. Joker (Blu-ray | 4K)
8. Doctor Sleep (Blu-ray | 4K)
9. Terminator: Dark Fate (Blu-ray | 4K)
10. Gemini Man (Blu-ray | 4K)

Music

1. Justin Bieber, Changes
2. Tame Impala, The Slow Rush
3. Roddy Ricch, Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial
4. Monsta X, All About Luv
5. Post Malone, Hollywood's Bleeding
6. Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
7. Pop Smoke, Meet the Woo, v.2
8. Eminem, Music to Be Murdered By
9. Halsey, Manic
10. Frozen II Soundtrack
    

Fiction

1. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
2. American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins
3. The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides
4. Golden in Death, J.D. Robb
5. The Dutch House, Ann Patchett
6. A Long Petal of the Sea, Isabel Allende
7. The Guardians, John Grisham
8. The Giver of Stars, Jojo Moyes
9. Crooked River, Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child
10. The Other Mrs., Mary Kubica

Nonfiction

1. Dark Towers, David Enrich
2. Open Book, Jessica Simpson and Kevin Carr O'Leary
3. Profiles in Corruption, Peter Schweizer
4. Educated, Tara Westover
5. Becoming, Michelle Obama
6. Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell
7. Why We're Polarized, Ezra Klein
8. The Body, Bill Bryson
9. The Big Goodbye, Sam Wasson
10. When Time Stopped, Ariana Neumann