December 7, 2022



Bestseller List for December 7, 2022
Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2022
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. It Starts with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $17.99, 9781668001226
The long-anticipated sequel to Hoover's bestseller It Ends with Us.
1/7
2. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20.00, 9781982168445
A beautiful and redemptive novel about stewardship—of the book, of the Earth, of the human heart.
4/10
3. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
In Hoover's honest, evocative, and tender novel, a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance can't stop thinking about her first love.
2/54
4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933
Reid's novel is a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day.
3/79
5. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984880987
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club.
9/44
6. Legends & Lattes
Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088
Baldree's novel of "High Fantasy and Low Stakes" is a November 2022 Indie Next Pick.
6/4
7. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
The masterful follow-up to The Song of Achilles is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world.
7/138
8. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
A sensational psychological thriller by the bestselling author of It Ends with Us.
5/43
9. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228
In Weir's novel, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster.
8/9
10. The Best American Short Stories 2022
Andrew Sean Greer, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $17.99, 9780358664710
A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by Pulitzer Prize-winner Andrew Sean Greer and series editor Heidi Pitlor.
14/4
11. The Sentence
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18.00, 9780062671134
This novel begins on All Souls' Day 2019 and ends on All Souls' Day 2020. Its mystery and proliferating ghost stories during this one year propel a narrative as rich, emotional, and profound as anything Louise Erdrich has written.
13/13
12. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18.00, 9780593540480
Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder.
10/83
13. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
Miller's monumental debut novel is an action-packed adventure and epic love story that brilliantly re-imagines Homer's enduring masterwork, The Iliad.
11/118
14. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.00, 9781635575569
From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.
12/12
15. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
A gripping psychological thriller about a woman's act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.
15/41


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