Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for December 18, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2024
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| Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
Orbital Samantha Harvey, Grove Press, $17.00, 9780802163622 Orbital is an eloquent meditation on space and life on our planet through the eyes of six astronauts circling the earth in 24 hours. Winner of the Booker Prize 2024. |
1/5 |
| 2 |
The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593312070 A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history. |
3/6 |
| 3 |
Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper Perennial, $21.99, 9780063251984 Kingsolver's brilliant novel enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity. A November 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. |
2/16 |
| 4 |
Wicked Gregory Maguire, William Morrow Paperbacks, $19.99, 9780062852847 The New York Times bestseller and basis for the Tony Award-winning hit musical, now a major motion picture starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. |
7/3 |
| 5 |
North Woods Daniel Mason, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18.00, 9780593597040 When two young lovers abscond from a Puritan colony, little do they know that their humble cabin in the woods will become the home of an extraordinary succession of human and nonhuman characters alike. |
4/11 |
| 6 |
Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $20.99, 9781649377371 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros. |
5/13 |
| 7 |
The Berry Pickers Amanda Peters, Catapult, $17.95, 9781646222384 A four-year-old Mi’kmaq girl goes missing from the blueberry fields of Maine, sparking a mystery that will haunt the survivors, unravel a family, and remain unsolved for nearly fifty years. |
6/7 |
| 8 |
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Vintage, $19.00, 9780593466490 Two college friends—often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before. |
9/25 |
| 9 |
A Court of Thorns and Roses Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575569 From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read. |
8/118 |
| 10 |
The Hunter Tana French, Penguin , $19.00, 9780593493458 Tana French's novel is a nuanced, atmospheric tale that explores what we'll do for our loved ones, what we'll do for revenge, and what we sacrifice when the two collide. |
11/2 |
| 11 |
Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $18.99, 9780593243756 An exquisite homage to Louisa May Alcott's timeless classic, Little Women, Hello Beautiful is a profoundly moving portrait of what is possible when we choose to love someone not in spite of who they are, but because of it. |
10/4 |
| 12 |
The Thursday Murder Club Richard Osman, Penguin, $18.00, 9781984880987 In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. |
14/106 |
| 13 |
Devotions Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263 A personal selection of Oliver's best work in this definitive collection spanning more than five decades of her esteemed literary career. |
15/18 |
| 14 |
The Best American Short Stories 2024 Lauren Groff, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063275959 A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by celebrated bestselling author Lauren Groff, and series editor Heidi Pitlor. |
12/8 |
| 15 |
The Vegetarian Han Kang, Hogarth, $17.00, 9781101906118 Kang's beautiful and unsettling novel is the winner of the 2016 Man Booker International Prize. |
13/15 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for December 18, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
The Backyard Bird Chronicles Amy Tan, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593536131 A gorgeous, witty account of birding, nature, and the beauty around us that hides in plain sight, written and illustrated by the best-selling author of The Joy Luck Club. |
1/31 |
| 2 |
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 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. |
3/262 |
| 3 |
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12.00, 9780804190114 Today, our political order faces new threats, not unlike the totalitarianism of the 20th century. We are no wiser than the Europeans who saw democracy yield to fascism, Nazism, or communism. Our one advantage is that we might learn from their experience. |
2/93 |
| 4 |
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456 This is a riveting story of art, crime, love, and an insatiable hunger to possess beauty at any cost. |
4/25 |
| 5 |
Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $20.00, 9780307279286 Award-winning New Yorker staff writer Keefe presents a stunning and intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions. |
5/46 |
| 6 |
The 2025 Old Farmer's Almanac Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781571989932 The annual almanac of weather, astrology, calendars, gardening tips, home remedies, and more all presented in the inimitably useful and humorous way it has done since 1792. |
8/16 |
| 7 |
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Heather Cox Richardson, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593652985 A vital and urgent call to action about the precarious state of American democracy, charting its historical challenges and current threats, from one of our era's most important and insightful historians, with a new afterword by the author. |
6/8 |
| 8 |
All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470 All About Love is a revelation about what causes a polarized society and how to heal the divisions that cause suffering. |
10/163 |
| 9 |
Greenlights Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $20.00, 9780593139158 McConaughey's unconventional memoir is filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. |
7/5 |
| 10 |
The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of North America Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781452174037 Perfect for the anti-aviary or bird fanatic with a sense of humor, this snarky illustrated handbook is equal parts profane, funny, and—let's face it—true. |
12/28 |
| 11 |
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 Rashid Khalidi, Metropolitan Books, $19.99, 9781250787651 A history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal events and family history. |
9/60 |
| 12 |
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19.00, 9780143127741 van der Kolk transforms our understanding of trauma and offers a bold new paradigm for healing. |
13/220 |
| 13 |
All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310 A fascinating, revelatory portrait of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and its treasures by a former New Yorker staffer who spent a decade as a museum guard. |
11/2 |
| 14 |
World Travel: An Irreverent Guide Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $22.00, 9780062802767 A guide to some of the world's most fascinating places, as seen and experienced by writer, television host, and relentlessly curious traveler Anthony Bourdain. |
14/14 |
| 15 |
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2024 Bill McKibben, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063333994 Award-winning environmentalist, author, and journalist Bill McKibben and series editor Jaime Green select twenty science and nature essays that represent the best examples of the form published in the previous year. |
/4 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for December 18, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2024
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| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
James Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385550369 Percival Everett's new novel is a brilliant, action-packed re-imagining of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. The #1 Indie Next Pick for April 2024. |
1/39 |
| 2 |
Small Things Like These Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802158741 Keegan's landmark novel is a tale of one man's courage and a remarkable portrait of love and family. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2021. |
3/22 |
| 3 |
The God of the Woods Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593418918 Moore's multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore's most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet. The #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2024. |
6/24 |
| 4 |
Wind and Truth Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $39.99, 9781250319180 The long-awaited explosive climax to the first arc of the bestselling Stormlight Archive—the iconic epic fantasy masterpiece from acclaimed bestselling author Brandon Sanderson. |
2/2 |
| 5 |
The Women Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Press, $30.00, 9781250178633 The Women is the story of one woman gone to war, but it shines a light on the story of all women who put themselves in harm's way to help others. |
10/45 |
| 6 |
Intermezzo Sally Rooney, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $29.00, 9780374602635 An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family—but especially love—from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
4/12 |
| 7 |
The City and Its Uncertain Walls Haruki Murakami, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593801970 A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for these strange post-pandemic times, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a singular and towering achievement by one of modern literature's most important writers. A December 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
5/4 |
| 8 |
All Fours Miranda July, Riverhead Books, $29.00, 9780593190265 Miranda July returns with an irreverently sexy, tender, hilarious, and surprising novel about a woman upending her life. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
7/31 |
| 9 |
Playground Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $29.99, 9781324086031 Set in the world's largest ocean, this awe-filled novel explores that last wild place we have yet to colonize in a still-unfolding oceanic game, and interweaves beautiful writing, rich characterization, profound themes of technology and the environment, and a deep exploration of our shared humanity in a way only Richard Powers can. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
9/12 |
| 10 |
The Grey Wolf Louise Penny, Minotaur Books, $30.00, 9781250328137 The 19th mystery in Louise Penny's bestselling Armand Gamache series. |
8/7 |
| 11 |
The Wedding People Alison Espach, Henry Holt and Co., $28.99, 9781250899576 A propulsive and uncommonly wise novel about one unexpected wedding guest and the surprising people who help her start anew. The #1 Indie Next Pick for August 2024. |
12/18 |
| 12 |
Tell Me Everything Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $30.00, 9780593446096 From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Elizabeth Strout comes a hopeful, healing novel about new friendships, old loves, and the very human desire to leave a mark on the world. A September 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
11/14 |
| 13 |
Martyr! Kaveh Akbar, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593537619 A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction. A February 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
13/13 |
| 14 |
The Mighty Red Louise Erdrich, Harper, $32.00, 9780063277052 In this stunning novel, Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author Louise Erdrich tells a story of love, natural forces, spiritual yearnings, and the tragic impact of uncontrollable circumstances on ordinary people's lives. An October 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
15/10 |
| 15 |
We Solve Murders Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30.00, 9780593653227 From the bestselling author of The Thursday Murder Club series—a brand new mystery, an iconic new detective duo, and a thrilling new murder to solve. |
/8 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for December 18, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2024
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781668072240 A bold and inspiring vision for how to orient our lives around gratitude, reciprocity, and community, based on the lessons of the natural world. The #1 Indie Next Pick for December 2024. |
1/4 |
| 2 |
Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir Ina Garten, Crown, $34.00, 9780593799895 In her long-awaited memoir, Ina Garten—-aka the Barefoot Contessa—shares her personal story with readers hungry for a seat at her table. |
2/11 |
| 3 |
The Message Ta-Nehisi Coates, One World, $30.00, 9780593230381 The bestselling author of Between the World and Me travels the world to explore how the stories we tell--and the ones we don't--shape our realities. |
3/11 |
| 4 |
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316575805 Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand-new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light. |
4/11 |
| 5 |
The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Erik Larson, Crown, $35.00, 9780385348744 Larson brings to life the pivotal five months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the start of the Civil War—a slow-burning crisis that finally tore a deeply divided nation in two. A May 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
5/33 |
| 6 |
What I Ate in One Year: (And Related Thoughts) Stanley Tucci, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781668055687 Stanley Tucci's new book is a funny, poignant, heartfelt, and deeply satisfying serving of memories and meals and an irresistible celebration of the profound role that food plays in all our lives. |
7/9 |
| 7 |
The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook Hampton Sides, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385544764 From New York Times bestselling author Hampton Sides, an epic account of the most momentous voyage of the Age of Exploration, which culminated in Captain James Cook's death in Hawaii, and left a complex and controversial legacy still debated to this day. |
8/19 |
| 8 |
Cher: The Memoir, Part One Cher, Dey Street Books, $36.00, 9780062863102 Cher: The Memoir, Part One follows her extraordinary beginnings through childhood to meeting and marrying Sonny Bono—and reveals the highly complicated relationship that made them world-famous, but eventually drove them apart. |
6/4 |
| 9 |
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385534260 The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by David Grann, one of our greatest nonfiction writers. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
15/78 |
| 10 |
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI Yuval Noah Harari, Random House, $35.00, 9780593734223 From the bestselling author of Sapiens comes the groundbreaking story of how information networks have made, and unmade, our world. |
9/14 |
| 11 |
The Creative Act: A Way of Being Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9780593652886 From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us. |
/99 |
| 12 |
What the Chicken Knows: A New Appreciation of the World's Most Familiar Bird Sy Montgomery, Atria Books, $22.99, 9781668047361 A charming and eye-opening exploration of the special relationship between humans and chickens from Sy Montgomery. A November 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
14/6 |
| 13 |
Taylor Swift by the Book: The Literature Behind the Lyrics, from Fairy Tales to Tortured Poets- Debut Rachel Feder, Tiffany Tatreau, Quirk Books, $19.99, 9781683694748 Packed with fun facts, entertaining analysis, and literary-themed playlists that fans will love, Taylor Swift by the Book will turn anyone from a Taylor Swift lover into a Taylor Swift scholar. |
/1 |
| 14 |
CABIN: Off the Grid Adventures with a Clueless Craftsman Patrick Hutchison, St. Martin's Press, $29.00, 9781250285706 A memoir of the author's journey from an office job to restoring a cabin in the Pacific Northwest, based on his wildly popular Outside Magazine piece. A December 2024 Indie Next Pick. |
13/2 |
| 15 |
Patriot: A Memoir Alexei Navalny, Knopf, $35.00, 9780593320969 The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs. |
10/8 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for December 18, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2024
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935 |
1/441 |
| 2 |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279 |
2/154 |
| 3 |
Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541 |
3/112 |
| 4 |
Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342 |
5/174 |
| 5 |
The Exchange John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593685600 |
4/10 |
| 6 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593640340 |
6/263 |
| 7 |
The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741 |
/142 |
| 8 |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345391803 |
9/87 |
| 9 |
Rhythm of War Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365309 |
8/3 |
| 10 |
The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129 |
7/75 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for December 18, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2024
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| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1 |
Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809860 |
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| 2 |
The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316554732 |
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| 3 |
The Bletchley Riddle Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin, Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593527542 |
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| 4 |
The Eyes and the Impossible Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781524764203 |
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| 5 |
The Sherlock Society James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665932530 |
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| 6 |
Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin #1 Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877 |
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| 7 |
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever Barbara Robinson, HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780063416475 |
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| 8 |
The Squad: A Graphic Novel Christina Soontornvat, Joanna Cacao (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741315 |
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| 9 |
Orris and Timble: The Beginning Kate DiCamillo, Carmen Mok (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536222791 |
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| 10 |
Stella & Marigold Annie Barrows, Sophie Blackall (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $15.99, 9781797219707 |
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| 11 |
The Hotel Balzaar Kate DiCamillo, Júlia Sardà (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536223316 |
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| 12 |
The Last Dragon on Mars Scott Reintgen, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665946513 |
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| 13 |
Dogtown Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250811622 |
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| 14 |
Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokémon) Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019 |
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| 15 |
Letters from Father Christmas J.R.R. Tolkien, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063340534 |
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Young Adult
Bestseller List for December 18, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2024
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
Darkly Marisha Pessl, Delacorte Press, $19.99, 9780593706558 |
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| 2 |
Heir Sabaa Tahir, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780593616949 |
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| 3 |
Powerless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884 |
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| 4 |
Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637 |
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| 5 |
Nothing Like the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665947138 |
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| 6 |
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $17.00, 9780593622452 |
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| 7 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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| 8 |
The Outsiders S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332 |
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| 9 |
The Reappearance of Rachel Price Holly Jackson, Delacorte Press, $20.99, 9780593374207 |
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| 10 |
If Only I Had Told Her Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $12.99, 9781728276229 |
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| 11 |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207 |
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| 12 |
A Study in Drowning (Collector's Deluxe Limited Edition) Ava Reid, HarperCollins, $21.99, 9780063419414 |
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| 13 |
What the River Knows Isabel Ibañez, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250803375 |
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| 14 |
Where the Library Hides Isabel Ibañez, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250822994 |
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| 15 |
Eleanor & Park Rainbow Rowell, Wednesday Books, $15.00, 9781250356406 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for December 18, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2024
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| Children's Illustrated | ||
| 1 |
How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? Mac Barnett, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Candlewick, $18.99, 9781536223767 |
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| 2 |
How the Grinch Stole Christmas! Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593434383 |
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| 3 |
Santa's First Christmas Mac Barnett, Sydney Smith (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593524978 |
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| 4 |
The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780544580145 |
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| 5 |
Alice in a Winter Wonderland Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593533888 |
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| 6 |
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 |
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| 7 |
Knight Owl and Early Bird Christopher Denise, Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316564526 |
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| 8 |
The Mitten Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780399231094 |
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| 9 |
The Bakery Dragon Devin Elle Kurtz, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780593710968 |
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| 10 |
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh! Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770 |
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| 11 |
Little Blue Truck's Christmas Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780544320413 |
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| 12 |
Where's Bluey? At Christmas Penguin Young Readers, $8.99, 9780593752982 |
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| 13 |
Chicka Chicka Ho Ho Ho William Boniface, Julien Chung (Illus.), Beach Lane Books, $18.99, 9781665954761 |
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| 14 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 15 |
Christmas at Hogwarts J. K. Rowling, Ziyi Gao (Illus.), Scholastic, $19.99, 9781546129950 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for December 18, 2024
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2024
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| Children's Series | ||
| 1 |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 2 |
The Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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| 3 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams |
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| 4 |
Percy Jackson and the Olympians (hardcover and paperback) Rick Riordan, Hyperion |
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| 5 |
Elephant & Piggie (hardcover) Mo Willems, Hyperion |
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| 6 |
Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback) Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic |
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| 7 |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers |
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| 8 |
Keeper of the Lost Cities (hardcover and paperback) Shannon Messenger, Aladdin |
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| 9 |
The Bad Guys (paperback) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
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| 10 |
I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Dave Shephard (Illus.), Scholastic |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2024
16 The Midnight Library
Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498
17 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
18 The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
19 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
20 Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228
21 The Boyfriend
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781728296227
22 The Christmas Tree Farm
Laurie Gilmore, One More Chapter, $18.99, 9780008610746
23 Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler, Grand Central, $19.99, 9781538732182
24 Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463
25 Babel
R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433
26 Butter
Asako Yuzuki, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063236417
27 The Bee Sting
Paul Murray, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338259
28 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Atria, $17.00, 9781501161933
29 My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609455064
30 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
31 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
32 This Is Happiness
Niall Williams, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.99, 9781635576313
33 Normal People
Sally Rooney, Crown, $17.00, 9781984822185
34 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990
35 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $19.00, 9780399562976
36 The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
37 Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $19.99, 9781668014943
38 The Door-To-Door Bookstore
Carsten Henn, Hanover Square Press, $18.99, 9781335050090
39 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
40 The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
41 It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781668055960
42 Trust
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593420324
43 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
44 Annihilation (10th Anniversary Edition)
Jeff VanderMeer, Picador, $18.00, 9781250824042
45 Quicksilver
Callie Hart, Forever, $21.99, 9781538774199
46 The Best Short Stories 2024: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Amor Towles (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Vintage, $19.00, 9780593470619
47 Piranesi
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.99, 9781635577808
48 A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583
49 The Dispossessed (50th Anniversary Edition)
Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $18.99, 9780063382930
50 Red Rising
Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780345539809
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2024
16 Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll, Jr., Harper Select, $19.99, 9781400337040
17 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
18 The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2025
Sarah Janssen, World Almanac, $17.99, 9781510780866
19 Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Oregon State University Press, $18.95, 9780870714993
20 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Picador, $20.00, 9781250338143
21 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
22 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $21.99, 9780063394230
23 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI
David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831
24 Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951
25 A Philosophy of Walking
Frédéric Gros, John Howe (Transl.), Verso, $19.95, 9781804290446
26 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $21.99, 9780316299220
27 This Beautiful Day: Daily Wisdom from Mister Rogers (Day by Day Series #1)
Fred Rogers, Hachette Go, $19.99, 9780306835315
28 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $25.99, 9780062316110
29 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359
30 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593298909
31 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
32 The Best American Essays 2024
Wesley Morris, Kim Dana Kupperman (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063351554
33 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18.99, 9781643753287
34 Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316078917
35 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Penguin, $18.00, 9780735225282
36 The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
Douglas Brunt, Atria Books, $19.99, 9781982169916
37 Meditations (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
38 The Best American Food and Travel Writing 2024
Padma Lakshmi, Jaya Saxena (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063370647
39 Inciting Joy: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $19.99, 9781643753959
40 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781797212272
41 How to Listen (Mindfulness Essentials #11)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9780984627110
42 The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $18.99, 9781451697728
43 A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $22.99, 9780062397348
44 Hillbilly Elegy
J. D. Vance, Harper, $18.99, 9780062300553
45 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $20.00, 9780143129257
46 An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us
Ed Yong, Random House, $20.00, 9780593133255
47 Typhoid Mary: An Urban Historical
Anthony Bourdain, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.99, 9781639734696
48 Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon
Michael Lewis, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324105817
49 Life's Short, Talk Fast: Fifteen Writers on Why We Can't Stop Watching Gilmore Girls
Ann Hood (Ed.), W. W. Norton & Company, $17.99, 9781324079453
50 How to Piss Off Men: 109 Things to Say to Shatter the Male Ego
Kyle Prue, Sourcebooks, $16.99, 9781728291925
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2024
16 Creation Lake
Rachel Kushner, Scribner, $29.99, 9781982116521
17 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
18 We'll Prescribe You a Cat
Syou Ishida, E.Madison Shimoda (Transl.), Berkley, $25.00, 9780593818749
19 The Life Impossible
Matt Haig, Viking, $30.00, 9780593489277
20 All the Colors of the Dark
Chris Whitaker, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798874
21 The Ministry of Time
Kaliane Bradley, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $28.99, 9781668045145
22 Water, Water: Poems
Billy Collins, Random House, $27.00, 9780593731024
23 Somewhere Beyond the Sea
TJ Klune, Tor Books, $28.99, 9781250881205
24 The Wood at Midwinter
Susanna Clarke, Bloomsbury Publishing, $16.99, 9781639734481
25 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
26 By Any Other Name
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine Books, $30.00, 9780593497210
27 Brightly Shining
Ingvild Rishøi, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802163493
28 Good Material
Dolly Alderton, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593801307
29 Funny Story
Emily Henry, Berkley, $29.00, 9780593441282
30 Time of the Child
Niall Williams, Bloomsbury Publishing, $28.99, 9781639734207
31 Table for Two: Fictions
Amor Towles, Viking, $32.00, 9780593296370
32 Iron Flame
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172
33 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250236210
34 The Mistletoe Mystery: A Maid Novella
Nita Prose, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9780593875445
35 The Blue Hour
Paula Hawkins, Mariner Books, $30.00, 9780063396524
36 To Die For
David Baldacci, Grand Central Publishing, $30.00, 9781538757901
37 The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946
38 Everyone This Christmas Has a Secret
Benjamin Stevenson, Mariner Books, $19.99, 9780063412866
39 The House of Cross
James Patterson, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316402682
40 Sandwich
Catherine Newman, Harper, $26.99, 9780063345164
41 Here One Moment
Liane Moriarty, Crown, $30.00, 9780593798607
42 The Empusium
Olga Tokarczuk, Antonia Lloyd-Jones (Transl.), Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593712948
43 You Like It Darker: Stories
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668037713
44 The Spellshop
Sarah Beth Durst, Bramble, $29.99, 9781250333971
45 In Too Deep
Lee Child, Andrew Child, Delacorte Press, $30.00, 9780593725801
46 Norse Mythology: The Illustrated Edition
Neil Gaiman, Levi Pinfold (Illus.), W. W. Norton & Company, $35.00, 9781324086505
47 Rental House
Weike Wang, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593545546
48 Forest of Noise: Poems
Mosab Abu Toha, Knopf, $22.00, 9780593803974
49 The Book of Bill
Alex Hirsch, Hyperion Avenue, $26.99, 9781368092203
50 Foster
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802160140
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2024
16 Half Baked Harvest Quick & Cozy
Tieghan Gerard, Clarkson Potter, $32.99, 9780593232576
17 Framed: Astonishing True Stories of Wrongful Convictions
John Grisham, Jim McCloskey, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385550444
18 The Little Frog's Guide to Self-Care: Affirmations, Self-Love and Life Lessons According to the Internet's Beloved Mushroom Frog
Maybell Eequay, Summersdale, $11.99, 9781837991013
19 Ottolenghi Comfort: A Cookbook
Yotam Ottolenghi, Ten Speed Press, $37.99, 9780399581779
20 Does This Taste Funny?: Recipes Our Family Loves
Stephen Colbert, Evie McGee Colbert, Celadon Books, $35.00, 9781250859990
21 Into the Uncut Grass
Trevor Noah, Sabina Hahn (Illus.), One World, $26.00, 9780593729960
22 The Small and the Mighty: Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement
Sharon McMahon, Thesis, $32.00, 9780593541678
23 The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness
Jonathan Haidt, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593655030
24 A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $32.50, 9781501183058
25 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292
26 Guinness World Records 2025
Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484569
27 Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Reinvented Pop Music
Rob Sheffield, Dey Street Books, $27.99, 9780063351318
28 Matty Matheson: Soups, Salads, Sandwiches
Matty Matheson, Ten Speed Press, $35.00, 9781984862150
29 Why We Love Football: A History in 100 Moments
Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $30.00, 9780593475522
30 The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year
Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461
31 Wintering: The Power of Rest and Retreat in Difficult Times
Katherine May, Riverhead Books, $25.00, 9780593189481
32 Vanishing Treasures: A Bestiary of Extraordinary Endangered Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Doubleday, $26.00, 9780385550826
33 Melania
Melania Trump, Skyhorse, $40.00, 9781510782693
34 There's Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension
Hanif Abdurraqib, Random House, $32.00, 9780593448793
35 Taylor Swift Style: Fashion Through the Eras
Sarah Chapelle, St. Martin's Griffin, $35.00, 9781250906151
36 The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581
37 The Light Eaters: How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth
Zoë Schlanger, Harper, $29.99, 9780063073852
38 On Freedom
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $32.00, 9780593728727
39 What If? 10th Anniversary Edition: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
Randall Munroe, Dey Street Books, $35.00, 9780063412644
40 Ingrained: The Making of a Craftsman
Callum Robinson, Ecco, $30.00, 9780063350830
41 Didion and Babitz
Lili Anolik, Scribner, $29.99, 9781668065488
42 The Name of This Band Is R.E.M.: A Biography
Peter Ames Carlin, Doubleday, $32.00, 9780385546942
43 Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00, 9780374611996
44 The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
Evan Friss, Viking, $30.00, 9780593299920
45 The Universe in Verse: 15 Portals to Wonder through Science & Poetry
Maria Popova, Ofra Amit (Illus.), Storey Publishing, LLC, $22.00, 9781635868838
46 Martha: The Cookbook: 100 Favorite Recipes, with Lessons and Stories from My Kitchen
Martha Stewart, Clarkson Potter, $40.00, 9780593139202
47 Lovely One: A Memoir
Ketanji Brown Jackson, Random House, $35.00, 9780593729908
48 Reagan: His Life and Legend
Max Boot, Liveright, $45.00, 9780871409447
49 An Unfinished Love Story: A Personal History of the 1960s
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982108663
50 The Dog Who Followed the Moon
James Norbury, William Morrow, $25.00, 9780063420717
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending December 15, 2024
11 Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
12 The Nazi Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill Roosevelt, Stalin, and Churchill
Brad Meltzer, Josh Mensch, Flatiron Books, $9.99, 9781250361844
13 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
14 Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293
15 Shattered
James Patterson, James O. Born, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752968
16 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
17 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
18 After That Night
Karin Slaughter, William Morrow Paperbacks, $10.99, 9780063157804
19 Warbreaker
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765360038
20 Clive Cussler The Corsican Shadow
Dirk Cussler, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $10.99, 9780593544198
21 Never Too Late
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9780593498422
22 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553283686
23 Tom Clancy Command and Control
Marc Cameron, Berkley, $10.99, 9780593422861
24 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
25 Countdown
James Patterson, Brendan DuBois, Grand Central Publishing, $10.99, 9781538723999
26 The Shining
Stephen King, Vintage, $9.99, 9780307743657
27 Red Sky Mourning
Jack Carr, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668047156
28 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
29 Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345337665
30 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
31 A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716
32 The House Across the Lake
Riley Sager, Dutton, $10.99, 9780593853092
33 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
34 Hogfather
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062276285
35 Stormlight Archive MM Boxed Set I, Books 1-3: The Way of Kings, Words of Radiance, Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $37.97, 9781250776631
36 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
37 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
38 Mort
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225719
39 Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $9.99, 9781250773012
40 Jurassic Park
Michael Crichton, Ballantine, $10.99, 9780345538987
41 Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
42 Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345409874
43 The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572
44 I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345514400
45 The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary
Merriam-Webster, $9.50, 9780877795957
46 God Emperor of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098257
47 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
48 A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, Bantam, $5.99, 9780553212440
49 Camino Island
John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9781524797157
50 The Wise Man's Fear
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $11.99, 9780756407919