December 11, 2019

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for December 11, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2019
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
National Book Award-winner Powers delivers a sweeping, impassioned novel of activism and resistance that is also a stunning evocation of--and paean to--the natural world.
1/36
2. Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780062684738
Kingsolver's timely novel interweaves past and present to explore the human capacity for resiliency and compassion in times of great upheaval.
3/8
3. The Tattooist of Auschwitz
Heather Morris, Harper, $16.99, 9780062797155
A testament to the endurance of love and humanity under the darkest possible conditions. A September 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/66
4. Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $17.00, 9780735224315
A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of a picture-perfect family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.
4/31
5. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143110439
Towles' transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel.
5/37
6. Nine Perfect Strangers
Liane Moriarty, Flatiron Books, $17.99, 9781250069832
Could 10 days at a health resort really change you forever? In Liane Moriarty's novel, nine perfect strangers are about to find out.
6/10
7. There There (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tommy Orange, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525436140
Orange's debut novel is a wondrous and shattering portrait of an America few of us have ever seen.
7/31
8. Before We Were Yours
Lisa Wingate, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780425284704
Wingate's novel, which is based on a notorious adoption scandal, is a riveting, wrenching, and ultimately uplifting tale that reminds us the heart never forgets where we belong.
8/29
9. The Best American Short Stories 2019
Anthony Doerr, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9781328484246
A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories.
12/8
10. The Woman in the Window
A.J. Finn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062678423
Finn's smart, sophisticated novel of psychological suspense is soon to be a major motion picture.
10/40
11. The Great Alone
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250229533
Hannah's novel is a daring and beautiful story about love and loss, the fight for survival, and the wildness that lives in both man and nature.
11/11
12. Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781538728543
A story about a chance encounter that becomes a touchstone for two vastly different individuals--transcending decades, continents, and the bittersweet workings of fate.
14/8
13. Ghosted
Rosie Walsh, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525522799
Seven perfect days. Then he disappeared. Ghosted is a love story with a secret at its heart.
13/19
14. Girl, Woman, Other- Debut
Bernardine Evaristo, Grove Press/Black Cat, $17.00, 9780802156983
Girl, Woman, Other is a polyphonic and richly textured social novel of black British history. Co-winner of the 2019 Booker Prize.
/1
15. Killing Commendatore
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $17.00, 9780525435761
An epic novel by the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of 1Q84.
9/10


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 11, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2019
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference
Greta Thunberg, Penguin, $10.00, 9780143133568
The groundbreaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young climate activist who has become the voice of a generation, including her historic address to the United Nations.
1/4
2. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $22.99, 9780062316110
A groundbreaking narrative of humanity's creation and evolution that explores the ways in which biology and history have defined us and enhanced our understanding of what it means to be human.
2/81
3. The Library Book
Susan Orlean, S&S, $16.99, 9781476740195
Orlean's book is a dazzling love letter to a beloved institution--and an investigation into one of its greatest mysteries.
4/10
4. Calypso
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $17.99, 9780316392426
Calypso is simultaneously Sedaris's darkest and warmest book yet--and it just might be his very best.
3/26
5. The Fifth Risk: Undoing Democracy- Debut
Michael Lewis, Norton, $16.95, 9780393357455
Lewis examines what the consequences are if the people given control over our government have no idea how it works.
/1
6. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $18.00, 9780399588198
Noah's compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime coming-of-age memoir is set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed.
5/40
7. On Desperate Ground
Hampton Sides, Anchor, $17.00, 9781101971215
A chronicle of the extraordinary feats of heroism by Marines called on to do the impossible during the greatest battle of the Korean War.
7/6
8. Classic Krakauer: Essays on Wilderness and Risk
Jon Krakauer, Anchor, $15.00, 9781984897695
Spanning an extraordinary range of subjects and locations, these 10 gripping essays show why Jon Krakauer is considered a standard-bearer of modern journalism.
6/5
9. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781422157992
A collection of Harvard Business Review articles to help you maximize yourself.
9/137
10. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361
Ten articles from the Harvard Business Review to help you build your emotional strength and resilience--and to achieve high performance.
11/88
11. 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
Yuval Noah Harari, Spiegel & Grau, $18.00, 9780525512196
The bestselling author of Sapiens turns to the present to make sense of today's most pressing issues.
10/16
12. Upstream: Selected Essays
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143130086
Upstream is a collection of essays in which Mary Oliver reflects on her willingness, as a young child and as an adult, to lose herself within the beauty and mysteries of both the natural world and the world of literature.
8/6
13. Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $18.00, 9781571313560
Drawing on her life as an indigenous scientist, and as a woman, Kimmerer shows how other living beings offer us gifts and lessons, even if we've forgotten how to hear their voices.
/3
14. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir
Sherman Alexie, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316270748
Alexie's moving memoir about family, love, loss, and forgiveness.
13/3
15. Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $18.00, 9781476795935
In this culmination of five decades of acclaimed studies in presidential history, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Doris Kearns Goodwin offers an illuminating exploration of the early development, growth, and exercise of leadership.
14/10


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for December 11, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2019
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Dutch House
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062963673
Patchett's moving new novel explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/11
2. The Starless Sea
Erin Morgenstern, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541213
Morgenstern's new novel is a timeless love story set in a secret underground world. A November 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
1/5
3. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
3/68
4. Olive, Again
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $27.00, 9780812996548
In Olive, Again, Strout continues the story of Olive Kitteridge, the beloved character who has captured the imaginations of millions. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/8
5. The Water Dancer
Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $28.00, 9780399590597
Coates' debut novel is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
6/11
6. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $28.95, 9780385543781
Atwood's masterful sequel to her modern classic, The Handmaid's Tale.
5/13
7. On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
Ocean Vuong, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9780525562023
Vuong's debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling. The #1 Indie Next List Pick for June 2019.
12/27
8. The Guardians
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385544184
In his riveting new novel, Grisham delivers a classic legal thriller--with a twist.
7/8
9. Blue Moon
Lee Child, Delacorte Press, $28.99, 9780399593543
In Child's new bestseller, Jack Reacher comes to the aid of an elderly couple...and confronts his most dangerous opponents yet.
8/6
10. Nothing to See Here
Kevin Wilson, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062913463
Wilson's moving and uproarious novel about a woman who finds meaning in her life when she begins caring for two children who have a remarkable ability. A November 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/6
11. The Giver of Stars
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $28.00, 9780399562488
Set in Depression-era America, a breathtaking novel of five extraordinary women and their remarkable journey through the mountains of Kentucky and beyond. An October 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
11/9
12. Agent Running in the Field
John le Carré, Viking, $29.00, 9781984878878
A brilliant new novel of espionage by the bestselling author of a Legacy of Spies.
9/7
13. A Minute to Midnight
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538761601
In Baldacci's new bestseller, FBI Agent Atlee Pine returns to her Georgia hometown to investigate her twin sister's abduction.
14/3
14. The Nickel Boys
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $24.95, 9780385537070
Whitehead's masterful and haunting new novel about two boys sentenced to a hellish reform school in Jim Crow-era Florida is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for August 2019.
/15
15. Under Occupation
Alan Furst, Random House, $27.00, 9780399592300
Furst's new novel is a mesmerizing thriller about French resistance fighters working secretly and bravely to defeat Hitler.
15/2


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 11, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2019
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Talking to Strangers
Malcolm Gladwell, Little Brown, $30.00, 9780316478526
Gladwell offers a powerful examination of our interactions with strangers--and why they often go wrong.
2/13
2. The Body
Bill Bryson, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385539302
Bryson takes us on a head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body. As addictive as it is comprehensive, this is Bryson at his very best, a must-read owner's manual for everybody.
3/8
3. A Warning
Anonymous, Twelve, $30.00, 9781538718469
An unprecedented behind-the-scenes portrait of the Trump presidency from the anonymous senior official whose first words of warning about the president rocked the nation's capital.
1/3
4. Blowout
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $30.00, 9780525575474
Maddow's in-depth look at the unimaginably lucrative and equally corrupting oil and gas industry.
8/10
5. Me
Elton John, Holt, $30.00, 9781250147608
In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life.
5/8
6. Educated (An Indies Introduce Title)
Tara Westover, Random House, $28.00, 9780399590504
Westover's unforgettable memoir about growing up, being kept out of school, leaving her survivalist family, and going on to earn a PhD from Cambridge University. A Winter/Spring 2018 Indies Introduce title and the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for March 2018.
7/94
7. Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow, Little Brown, $30.00, 9780316486637
In this dramatic account, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Farrow exposes serial abusers and a cabal of powerful interests hell-bent on covering up the truth at any cost.
4/8
8. Finding Chika
Mitch Albom, Harper, $24.99, 9780062952394
Albom's latest is an intimate and heartwarming memoir about what it means to be a family and the young Haitian orphan who would forever change his heart.
6/5
9. Acid for the Children: A Memoir
Flea, Grand Central, $30.00, 9781455530533
The iconic bassist and co-founder of the Red Hot Chili Peppers takes readers on a deeply personal and revealing tour of his formative years, spanning from Australia to the New York City suburbs to, finally, Los Angeles.
10/5
10. Becoming
Michelle Obama, Crown, $32.50, 9781524763138
Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations--and whose story inspires us to do the same.
/49
11. How To
Randall Munroe, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780525537090
The world's most entertaining and useless self-help guide, by the brilliant mind behind the wildly popular webcomic xkcd and bestselling author of What If?.
9/8
12. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers
Brian Kilmeade, Sentinel, $28.00, 9780525540533
The breathtaking story of the fight for Texas by the bestselling author of George Washington's Secret Six and Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates.
11/5
13. Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse
John Lithgow, Chronicle Prism, $19.95, 9781452182759
Chronicling the last few raucous years in American politics, Lithgow takes readers verse by verse through the history of Donald Trump's presidency.
/5
14. Say Nothing
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385521314
Award-winning New Yorker staff writer Keefe presents a stunning and intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions.
/10
15. The Yellow House: A Memoir
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $26.00, 9780802125088
Broom's The Yellow House tells the story of her family's relationship to their home in New Orleans across a hundred years. A 2019 National Book Award winner.
12/2


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for December 11, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 7, 2019
For an independent bookstore store near you, call 1-888-266-5736,
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620938
2/25
2. Elevation
Stephen King, Scribner, $9.99, 9781982102326
1/3
3. The Lying Game
Ruth Ware, Pocket, $9.99, 9781982123420
7/2
4. The 13-Minute Murder- Debut
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9781538749678
/1
5. Silent Night- Debut
Danielle Steel, Dell, $8.99, 9780399179402
/1
6. Tom Clancy Oath of Office
Marc Cameron, Berkley, $9.99, 9780735215979
5/4
7. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310
3/84
8. Dark Sacred Night
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9781538731765
8/9
9. Past Tense
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593536
6/31
10. Doctor Sleep
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982138868
4/10


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for December 11, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2019
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
2. Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid: Rowley Jefferson's Journal
Jeff Kinney, Abrams, $13.99, 9781419740275
 
3. The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs
America's Test Kitchen Kids, Sourcebooks Explore, $19.99, 9781492677697
 
4. My Book with No Pictures
B.J. Novak, Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593111017
 
5. A Tale of Magic...
Chris Colfer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316523479
 
6. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
 
7. White Bird: A Wonder Story
R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $24.99, 9780525645535
 
8. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers
Fred Rogers, Luke Flowers (Illus.), Quirk Books, $19.99, 9781683691136
 
9. Pages & Co.: The Bookwanderers
Anna James, Paola Escobar (Illus.), Philomel Books, $16.99, 9781984837127
 
10. The Wonders of Nature
Ben Hoare, DK Children, $19.99, 9781465485366
 
11. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $17.99, 9781481438285
 
12. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women
Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo, Timbuktu Labs, $35.00, 9780997895810
 
13. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
14. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
 
15. Best Friends
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317469
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for December 11, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2019
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  Young Adult  
1. The Fountains of Silence
Ruta Sepetys, Philomel Books, $18.99, 9780399160318
 
2. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
3. Call Down the Hawk
Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338188325
 
4. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Penguin, $12.99, 9780593109069
 
5. Thirteen Doorways, Wolves Behind Them All
Laura Ruby, Balzer + Bray, $17.99, 9780062317643
 
6. On the Come Up
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062498564
 
7. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
8. Turtles All the Way Down
John Green, Penguin, $14.99, 9780525555377
 
9. The Giver
Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688
 
10. Frankly in Love
David Yoon, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984812209
 
11. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
12. American Royals
Katharine McGee, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984830173
 
13. Dry
Neal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781481481977
 
14. Salt to the Sea
Ruta Sepetys, Penguin, $10.99, 9780142423622
 
15. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Penguin, $12.99, 9780142424179
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for December 11, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2019
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. The Crayons' Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
 
2. Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever
Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536201376
 
3. The Serious Goose- Debut
Jimmy Kimmel, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780525707752
 
4. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780394800790
 
5. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780544580145
 
6. Little Blue Truck's Christmas
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780544320413
 
7. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
8. I Spy Christmas: A Book of Picture Riddles
Jean Marzollo, Walter Wick (Illus.), Cartwheel Books, $14.99, 9781338332582
 
9. The Shortest Day
Susan Cooper, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9780763686987
 
10. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
11. The Snowy Nap
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399170737
 
12. The Dinky Donkey
Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338600834
 
13. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
 
14. Dinosnores
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9781523508136
 
15. Frozen 2 Little Golden Book
Golden Books/Disney, $4.99, 9780736440202
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for December 11, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2019
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  Children's Series  
1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
2. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
3. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
4. Legacy of Orisha (hardcover)
Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
New in Series: Children of Virtue and Vengeance (9781250170996)
 
5. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
6. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Diane Bailey, et al., Penguin Workshop
 
7. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
8. The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick
 
9. The Questioneers (hardcover and paperback)
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams
 
10. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2019

16. The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood, Anchor, $15.95, 9780525435006

17. An Anonymous Girl
Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250133755

18. A Spark of Light
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $17.00, 9780345545008

19. Winter in Paradise
Elin Hilderbrand, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316435536

20. Olive Kitteridge
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $17.00, 9780812971835

21. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $16.00, 9780735220690

22. Run Away
Harlan Coben, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538748442

23. Flights
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780525534204

24. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $17.00, 9781501173219

25. Washington Black
Esi Edugyan, Vintage, $16.95, 9780525563242

26. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom, Harper, $15.99, 9780062294456

27. The Great Believers
Rebecca Makkai, Penguin, $16.00, 9780735223530

28. My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite, Anchor, $14.95, 9780525564201

29. Celestial Bodies
Jokha Alharthi, Catapult, $16.95, 9781948226943

30. The Chef
James Patterson, Max DiLallo, Grand Central , $16.99, 9781538714867

31. Queenie
Candice Carty-Williams, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.00, 9781501196027

32. The Night Circus
Erin Morgenstern, Anchor, $16.00, 9780307744432

33. The Party
Robyn Harding, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.99, 9781982123444

34. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400

35. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455563920

36. A Well-Behaved Woman
Therese Anne Fowler, St. Martin's Griffin, $16.99, 9781250095480

37. The Witch Elm
Tana French, Penguin, $17.00, 9780735224643

38. Still Life
Louise Penny, St. Martin's, $16.99, 9780312541538

39. Ducks, Newburyport
Lucy Ellmann, Biblioasis, $22.95, 9781771963077

40. The Fall of Gondolin
J.R.R. Tolkien, Alan Lee (Illus.), Mariner, $16.99, 9780358131458

41. The Lost Girls of Paris
Pam Jenoff, Park Row, $16.99, 9780778330271

42. The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $16.99, 9780062315007

43. The Only Woman in the Room
Marie Benedict, Sourcebooks Landmark, $16.99, 9781492666899

44. Conversations with Friends
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $17.00, 9780451499066

45. The Best American Mystery Stories 2019
Jonathan Lethem, Otto Penzler (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9781328636096

46. The Winter Soldier
Daniel Mason, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316477598

47. The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu, Tor, $16.99, 9780765382030

48. Warlight
Michael Ondaatje, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525562962

49. The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek
Kim Michele Richardson, Sourcebooks Landmark, $15.99, 9781492671527

50. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Anchor, $16.95, 9780345804327

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2019

16. The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee
David Treuer, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780399573194

17. Impeach
Neal Katyal, Sam Koppelman, Mariner, $14.99, 9780358391173

18. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $17.00, 9780593133934

19. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Leadership
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781422157978

20. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2020
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988102

21. These Truths
Jill Lepore, Norton, $19.95, 9780393357424

22. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2020
Sarah Janssen (Ed.), World Almanac, $15.99, 9781600572302

23. The Good Neighbor
Maxwell King, Abrams, $18.00, 9781419735165

24. In Pieces
Sally Field, Grand Central, $17.99, 9781538763032

25. An Arabian Journey
Levison Wood, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802148858

26. How to Change Your Mind
Michael Pollan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735224155

27. The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037

28. White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo, Beacon Press, $16.00, 9780807047415

29. The Mueller Report Illustrated
The Washington Post, Jan Feindt (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781982149277

30. The Spy and the Traitor
Ben Macintyre, Broadway Books, $18.00, 9781101904213

31. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Fred Rogers, Penguin Books, $16.00, 9780143135388

32. Killers of the Flower Moon
David Grann, Vintage, $16.95, 9780307742483

33. Great at Work
Morten T. Hansen, S&S, $18.00, 9781476765822

34. The Best American Food Writing 2019
Samin Nosrat, Sylvia Killingsworth (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9781328662255

35. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $12.00, 9780316078917

36. The Flame
Leonard Cohen, Picador, $18.00, 9781250234797

37. Into the Raging Sea
Rachel Slade, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062699879

38. The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk, Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741

39. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2019
Sy Montgomery, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9781328519009

40. Braving the Wilderness
Brené Brown, Random House, $18.00, 9780812985818

41. The Best American Sports Writing 2019
Charles P. Pierce, Glenn Stout (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9781328507853

42. The Irishman
Charles Brandt, Steerforth, $17.00, 9781586422479

43. The Best American Essays 2019
Rebecca Solnit, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9781328465801

44. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16.00, 9780762447695

45. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.99, 9781451697728

46. The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310

47. The Point of It All
Charles Krauthammer, Crown Forum, $18.00, 9781984825506

48. American Dialogue
Joseph J. Ellis, Vintage, $17.00, 9780804172479

49. Shoe Dog
Phil Knight, Scribner, $20.00, 9781501135927

50. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $18.00, 9781501145254

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2019

16. Circe
Madeline Miller, Little Brown, $27.00, 9780316556347

17. The Institute
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982110567

18. Dead Astronauts
Jeff VanderMeer, MCD, $27.00, 9780374276805

19. The Topeka School
Ben Lerner, FSG, $27.00, 9780374277789

20. Exhalation: Stories
Ted Chiang, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101947883

21. Criss Cross
James Patterson, Little Brown, $29.00, 9780316526883

22. The Night Fire
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $29.00, 9780316485616

23. Trust Exercise
Susan Choi, Holt, $27.00, 9781250309884

24. This Tender Land
William Kent Krueger, Atria, $27.00, 9781476749297

25. The Andromeda Evolution
Michael Crichton, Daniel H. Wilson, Harper, $29.99, 9780062473271

26. Disappearing Earth
Julia Phillips, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525520412

27. The Family Upstairs
Lisa Jewell, Atria, $27.00, 9781501190100

28. Red at the Bone
Jacqueline Woodson, Riverhead Books, $26.00, 9780525535270

29. A Better Man
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250066213

30. Normal People
Sally Rooney, Hogarth, $26.00, 9781984822178

31. Twisted Twenty-Six
Janet Evanovich, Putnam, $28.00, 9780399180194

32. Ninth House
Leigh Bardugo, Flatiron Books, $27.99, 9781250313072

33. Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead
Olga Tokarczuk, Riverhead Books, $27.00, 9780525541332

34. Find Me
André Aciman, FSG, $27.00, 9780374155018

35. The Secrets We Kept
Lara Prescott, Knopf, $26.95, 9780525656159

36. The Confession Club
Elizabeth Berg, Random House, $26.00, 9781984855176

37. City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9781594634734

38. The Captain and the Glory
Dave Eggers, Knopf, $15.95, 9780525659082

39. The World That We Knew
Alice Hoffman, S&S, $27.99, 9781501137570

40. The Rise of Magicks
Nora Roberts, St. Martin's , $28.99, 9781250123039

41. Night Boat to Tangier
Kevin Barry, Doubleday, $25.95, 9780385540315

42. Grand Union: Stories
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9780525558996

43. The Deserter
Nelson DeMille, Alex DeMille, S&S, $28.99, 9781501101755

44. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $26.99, 9781250301697

45. The Most Fun We Ever Had
Claire Lombardo, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385544252

46. Hollow Kingdom
Kira Jane Buxton, Grand Central, $27.00, 9781538745823

47. Fleishman Is in Trouble
Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Random House, $27.00, 9780525510871

48. Conviction
Denise Mina, Mulholland Books, $27.00, 9780316528504

49. The Ten Thousand Doors of January
Alix E. Harrow, Redhook, $27.00, 9780316421997

50. Christmas Shopaholic
Sophie Kinsella, The Dial Press, $27.00, 9780593132821

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2019

16. The Book of Gutsy Women
Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, S&S, $35.00, 9781501178412

17. Strange Planet
Nathan W. Pyle, Morrow Gift, $14.99, 9780062970701

18. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836

19. Dear Girls
Ali Wong, Random House, $27.00, 9780525508830

20. Letters from an Astrophysicist
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Norton, $19.95, 9781324003311

21. Joy of Cooking: 2019 Edition Fully Revised and Updated
Irma S. Rombauer, et al., Scribner, $40.00, 9781501169717

22. The Pioneers
David McCullough, S&S, $30.00, 9781501168680

23. Edison
Edmund Morris, Random House, $38.00, 9780812993110

24. Little Weirds
Jenny Slate, Little Brown, $27.00, 9780316485340

25. Nothing Fancy
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $32.50, 9780451497017

26. Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice
Michelle Obama, Clarkson Potter, $19.99, 9780593139127

27. The Beautiful Ones
Prince, Spiegel & Grau, $30.00, 9780399589652

28. Crime in Progress
Glenn Simpson, Peter Fritsch, Random House, $30.00, 9780593134153

29. The Subtle Art of Not Giving A F*ck
Mark Manson, Harper, $26.99, 9780062457714

30. The Blue Zones Kitchen
Dan Buettner, National Geographic, $30.00, 9781426220135

31. The American Story
David M. Rubenstein, S&S, $30.00, 9781982120252

32. Brilliant Maps for Curious Minds
Ian Wright, The Experiment, $19.95, 9781615196258

33. Mobituaries
Mo Rocca, S&S, $29.99, 9781501197628

34. Atlas Obscura, 2nd Edition
Joshua Foer, et al., Workman , $37.50, 9781523506484

35. Running with Sherman
Christopher McDougall, Knopf, $27.95, 9781524732363

36. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581

37. Guinness World Records 2020
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781912286836

38. Year of the Monkey
Patti Smith, Knopf, $24.95, 9780525657682

39. The Coffee Bean
Jon Gordon, Damon West, Wiley, $17.00, 9781119430278

40. A Pilgrimage to Eternity
Timothy Egan, Viking, $28.00, 9780735225237

41. The Great Pretender
Susannah Cahalan, Grand Central , $28.00, 9781538715284

42. How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi, One World, $27.00, 9780525509288

43. I Really Needed This Today
Hoda Kotb, Putnam, $24.00, 9780735217416

44. In the Dream House
Carmen Maria Machado, Graywolf Press, $26.00, 9781644450031

45. With All Due Respect
Nikki R. Haley, St. Martin's, $29.99, 9781250266552

46. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484

47. Home Work
Julie Andrews, Hachette Books, $30.00, 9780316349253

48. The Witches Are Coming
Lindy West, Hachette Books, $27.00, 9780316449885

49. Trick Mirror
Jia Tolentino, Random House, $27.00, 9780525510543

50. Maybe You Should Talk to Someone
Lori Gottlieb, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $28.00, 9781328662057

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending December 8, 2019

11. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525506348

12. Andrew Jackson and the Miracle of New Orleans
Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $9.99, 9780593085868

13. Target: Alex Cross
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9781538713778

14. The House Next Door
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538713907

15. You Don't Own Me
Mary Higgins Clark, Alafair Burke, Pocket, $8.99, 9781501171802

16. Sea of Greed
Clive Cussler, Graham Brown, Putnam, $9.99, 9780735219045

17. Daughter of War
Brad Taylor, Dutton, $9.99, 9781101984864

18. The Ocean at the End of the Lane
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $7.99, 9780062459367

19. We Were the Lucky Ones
Georgia Hunter, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143134763

20. Someone Knows
Lisa Scottoline, Putnam, $9.99, 9780525539667

21. Red War
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501190605

22. A Snowy Little Christmas
Fern Michaels, et al., Zebra, $8.99, 9781420146080

23. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719

24. The Wedding Guest
Jonathan Kellerman, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780525618515

25. Mission Critical
Mark Greaney, Berkley, $9.99, 9780451488954

26. Running Scared
Lisa Jackson, Zebra, $8.99, 9781420147704

27. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977

28. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741

29. The Irishman
Charles Brandt, Steerforth, $9.99, 9781586422462

30. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

31. Santa's on His Way
Lisa Jackson, et al., Zebra, $7.99, 9781420145892

32. The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt, Little Brown, $10.99, 9780316055420

33. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342

34. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803

35. No Exit
Taylor Adams, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062955265

36. The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $8.99, 9780307743657

37. Net Force: Dark Web
Jerome Preisler, Hanover Square Press, $9.99, 9781335917829

38. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780812550702

39. A Column of Fire
Ken Follett, Penguin, $10.99, 9780451478009

40. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110

41. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129

42. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Perigee, $9.99, 9780399501487

43. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $9.99, 9780441478125

44. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $9.99, 9780765365279

45. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $7.99, 9780440180296

46. Year One
Nora Roberts, St. Martin's, $8.99, 9781250122971

47. The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $8.50, 9780877795964

48. The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756407919

49. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little Brown, $8.99, 9780316769488

50. The Cabin at the End of the World
Paul Tremblay, Morrow, $7.99, 9780062912237

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