December 25, 2019

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for December 25, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 22, 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.
1/38
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.
2/10
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.
3/68
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.
5/33
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.
4/39
6. 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.
11/33
7. 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.
10/10
8. 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.
9/42
9. 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.
6/31
10. Girl, Woman, Other
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.
7/3
11. 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.
8/12
12. Killing Commendatore
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $17.00, 9780525435761
An epic novel by the internationally acclaimed and bestselling author of 1Q84.
14/12
13. 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.
12/13
14. Ghosted
Rosie Walsh, Penguin, $16.00, 9780525522799
Seven perfect days. Then he disappeared. Ghosted is a love story with a secret at its heart.
13/21
15. 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.
15/10


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 25, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 22, 2019
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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.
1/6
2. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 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.
3/83
3. The Fifth Risk
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.
2/3
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.
5/28
5. 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.
6/42
6. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $17.00, 9780593133934
A powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice. Now a major motion picture.
7/2
7. 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.
4/12
8. 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.
15/5
9. 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.
8/7
10. 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.
9/8
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.
11/18
12. These Truths: A History of the United States
Jill Lepore, Norton, $19.95, 9780393357424
Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation, an urgently needed reckoning with the beauty and tragedy of American history.
14/6
13. The Mueller Report Illustrated: The Obstruction Investigation- Debut
The Washington Post, Jan Feindt (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781982149277
Written and designed by the staff of The Washington Post and illustrated by artist Jan Feindt, The Mueller Report Illustrated: The Obstruction Investigation brings to life the findings of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III in an engaging and illuminating presentation.
/1
14. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2020- Debut
Old Farmer's Almanac, $8.95, 9781571988102
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.
/1
15. The Order of Time- Debut
Carlo Rovelli, Riverhead Books, $15.00, 9780735216112
A concise and elegant exploration of time by the bestselling author of Seven Brief Lessons on Physics.
/1


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for December 25, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 22, 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. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $26.00, 9780735219090
Owens' exquisite and heartbreaking novel is an August 2018 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/70
2. 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.
1/13
3. 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.
5/13
4. The Testaments
Margaret Atwood, Nan A. Talese, $28.95, 9780385543781
Atwood's masterful sequel to her modern classic, The Handmaid's Tale.
6/15
5. 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.
7/29
6. 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.
3/7
7. 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.
4/10
8. The Guardians
John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385544184
In his riveting new novel, Grisham delivers a classic legal thriller--with a twist.
8/10
9. 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.
11/17
10. 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.
9/11
11. The Institute
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781982110567
King's gut-wrenching novel of good versus evil in a world where the good guys don't always win.
12/10
12. 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.
14/8
13. 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.
13/9
14. 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.
10/8
15. Exhalation: Stories
Ted Chiang, Knopf, $25.95, 9781101947883
Chiang's groundbreaking new collection of short fiction is a May 2019 Indie Next List Great Read.
/7


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 25, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 22, 2019
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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.
1/15
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.
2/10
3. 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.
4/96
4. 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.
5/5
5. Blowout
Rachel Maddow, Crown, $30.00, 9780525575474
Maddow's in-depth look at the unimaginably lucrative and equally corrupting oil and gas industry.
3/12
6. 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.
8/12
7. 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?.
10/10
8. 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.
6/51
9. Strange Planet
Nathan W. Pyle, Morrow Gift, $14.99, 9780062970701
With dozens of never-before-seen illustrations in addition to old favorites, Pyle's book offers a sweet and hilarious look at a distant world not all that unlike our own. Based on the phenomenally popular Instagram of the same name.
9/4
10. 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.
7/10
11. Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), S&S, $35.00, 9781476753836
A visionary new master class in cooking that distills decades of professional experience into just four simple elements. Winner of the 2018 James Beard Award for Best General Cookbook.
/29
12. 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.
/6
13. Mobituaries: Great Lives Worth Reliving- Debut
Mo Rocca, S&S, $29.99, 9781501197628
CBS Sunday Morning correspondent and humorist Rocca's entertaining and rigorously researched book celebrates the dead people who have long fascinated him. Based on his hit podcast.
/1
14. The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100- Debut
Dan Buettner, National Geographic, $30.00, 9781426220135
Buettner's debut cookbook is filled with 100 longevity recipes inspired by the Blue Zones locations around the world, where people live the longest.
/1
15. 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.
13/7


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for December 25, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 22, 2019
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Elevation
Stephen King, Scribner, $9.99, 9781982102326
2/5
2. The Reckoning
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780525620938
1/27
3. The Lying Game
Ruth Ware, Pocket, $9.99, 9781982123420
3/3
4. Tom Clancy Oath of Office
Marc Cameron, Berkley, $9.99, 9780735215979
4/6
5. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780441172719
/18
6. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $9.99, 9780756404741
/52
7. Past Tense
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399593536
8/33
8. The First Lady- Debut
James Patterson, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538714942
/1
9. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977
/26
10. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine
Gail Honeyman, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525506348
/3


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for December 25, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 22, 2019
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  Early & Middle Grade Readers  
1. Guts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9780545852500
 
2. The Complete Baking Book for Young Chefs
America's Test Kitchen Kids, Sourcebooks Explore, $19.99, 9781492677697
 
3. Look Both Ways: A Tale Told in Ten Blocks
Jason Reynolds, Alexander Nabaum (Illus.), Atheneum/Caitlyn Dlouhy Books, $17.99, 9781481438285
 
4. A Tale of Magic...
Chris Colfer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316523479
 
5. My Book with No Pictures
B.J. Novak, Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593111017
 
6. Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, Puffin, $8.99, 9780142408766
 
7. Best Friends
Shannon Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250317469
 
8. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers
Fred Rogers, Luke Flowers (Illus.), Quirk Books, $19.99, 9781683691136
 
9. White Bird: A Wonder Story
R.J. Palacio, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $24.99, 9780525645535
 
10. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
 
11. Sisters
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540605
 
12. The Wonders of Nature
Ben Hoare, DK Children, $19.99, 9781465485366
 
13. Allies
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781338245721
 
14. The Girl Who Drank the Moon
Kelly Barnhill, Algonquin Young Readers, $9.95, 9781616207465
 
15. Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: 100 Tales of Extraordinary Women
Elena Favilli, Francesca Cavallo, Timbuktu Labs, $35.00, 9780997895810
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for December 25, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 22, 2019
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  Young Adult  
1. The Fountains of Silence
Ruta Sepetys, Philomel Books, $18.99, 9780399160318
 
2. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780385754729
 
3. The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062871350
 
4. On the Come Up
Angie Thomas, Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9780062498564
 
5. Turtles All the Way Down
John Green, Penguin, $14.99, 9780525555377
 
6. Frankly in Love
David Yoon, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781984812209
 
7. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Penguin, $12.99, 9780593109069
 
8. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $17.99, 9781524714680
 
9. The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Harvest, $11.99, 9780156012195
 
10. The Giver
Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688
 
11. Salt to the Sea
Ruta Sepetys, Penguin, $10.99, 9780142423622
 
12. Dry
Neal Shusterman, Jarrod Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781481481977
 
13. The Iliad
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $16.99, 9780763696634
 
14. Call Down the Hawk
Maggie Stiefvater, Scholastic Press, $19.99, 9781338188325
 
15. The Fault in Our Stars
John Green, Penguin, $12.99, 9780142424179
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for December 25, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 22, 2019
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. The Crayons' Christmas
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Penguin Workshop, $19.99, 9780525515746
 
2. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780544580145
 
3. The Serious Goose
Jimmy Kimmel, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780525707752
 
4. The Shortest Day
Susan Cooper, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9780763686987
 
5. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780394800790
 
6. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
 
7. Dasher: How a Brave Little Doe Changed Christmas Forever
Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536201376
 
8. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
9. Dragons Love Tacos
Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial, $16.99, 9780803736801
 
10. The Mitten
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399231094
 
11. The Dinky Donkey
Craig Smith, Katz Cowley (Illus.), Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338600834
 
12. I Spy Christmas: A Book of Picture Riddles
Jean Marzollo, Walter Wick (Illus.), Cartwheel Books, $14.99, 9781338332582
 
13. Dinosnores
Sandra Boynton, Workman, $6.95, 9781523508136
 
14. The Snowy Nap
Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780399170737
 
15. Little Blue Truck's Christmas
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780544320413
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for December 25, 2019
Based on sales for the week ending December 22, 2019
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  Children's Series  
1. Dog Man (hardcover)
Dav Pilkey, Graphix
 
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
3. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
4. Wings of Fire (hardcover and paperback)
Tui T. Sutherland, Scholastic
 
5. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
6. Legacy of Orisha (hardcover)
Tomi Adeyemi, Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
 
7. Who Was/Is...? (paperback)
Diane Bailey, et al., Penguin Workshop
 
8. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
9. The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick
 
10. The Questioneers (hardcover and paperback)
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams
 


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Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 22, 2019

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28. The Fifth Season
N.K. Jemisin, Orbit, $15.99, 9780316229296

29. Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143135562

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

31. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $16.99, 9780062060624

32. The Immortalists
Chloe Benjamin, Putnam, $16.00, 9780735215092

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

34. Norse Mythology
Neil Gaiman, Norton, $15.95, 9780393356182

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

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

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

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

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

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

41. The Alice Network
Kate Quinn, Morrow, $16.99, 9780062654199

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

43. The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2019
Carmen Maria Machado, John Joseph Adams (Eds.), Mariner, $15.99, 9781328604378

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

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

46. Pachinko
Min Jin Lee, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781455563920

47. The Outsider
Stephen King, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781501181009

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

49. The Cornwalls Vanish
James Patterson, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538731574

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

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 22, 2019

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

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

18. On Desperate Ground
Hampton Sides, Anchor, $17.00, 9781101971215

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

20. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Mental Toughness
Harvard Business Review Press, $24.95, 9781633694361

21. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781422157992

22. Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Doris Kearns Goodwin, S&S, $18.00, 9781476795935

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

24. Good Neighbor
Maxwell King, Abrams, $18.00, 9781419735165

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

26. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
Sherman Alexie, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316270748

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

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

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

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

31. Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $12.99, 9780316078917

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

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

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

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

36. The Impeachment Report
The House Intelligence Committee, Broadway Books, $12.99, 9780593237540

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

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

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

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

41. Why We Sleep
Matthew Walker, Scribner, $18.00, 9781501144325

42. The Devil in the White City
Erik Larson, Vintage, $16.00, 9780375725609

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

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

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

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

47. Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Eric Idle, Broadway Books, $17.00, 9781984822598

48. The Soul of America
Jon Meacham, Random House, $20.00, 9780399589829

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

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

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 22, 2019

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

17. A Minute to Midnight
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781538761601

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

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

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

21. Under Occupation
Alan Furst, Random House, $27.00, 9780399592300

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

37. Black Leopard, Red Wolf
Marlon James, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780735220171

38. Chances Are . . .
Richard Russo, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947746

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

40. Daisy Jones & The Six
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine, $27.00, 9781524798628

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

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

43. Cilka's Journey
Heather Morris, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9781250265708

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

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

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

47. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780399563249

48. Gideon the Ninth
Tamsyn Muir, Tor.com, $25.99, 9781250313195

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

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

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 22, 2019

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

17. The Yellow House
Sarah M. Broom, Grove Press, $26.00, 9780802125088

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

19. Catch and Kill
Ronan Farrow, Little Brown, $30.00, 9780316486637

20. Finding Chika
Mitch Albom, Harper, $24.99, 9780062952394

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

22. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers
Brian Kilmeade, Sentinel, $28.00, 9780525540533

23. Midnight in Chernobyl
Adam Higginbotham, S&S, $29.95, 9781501134616

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

32. Conversations with RBG
Jeffrey Rosen, Holt, $28.00, 9781250235169

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

44. The Little Winter Book of Gnomes
Kirsten Sevig, Countryman Press, $12.95, 9781682684788

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

46. Underland
Robert Macfarlane, Norton, $27.95, 9780393242140

47. The Education of an Idealist
Samantha Power, Dey Street Books, $29.99, 9780062820693

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

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

50. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier
Ree Drummond, William Morrow Cookbooks, $29.99, 9780062561374

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending December 22, 2019

11. Doctor Sleep
Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982138868

12. The 13-Minute Murder
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9781538749678

13. The Couple Next Door
Shari Lapena, Penguin, $9.99, 9780525505310

14. Silent Night
Danielle Steel, Dell, $8.99, 9780399179402

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

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

17. Dark Sacred Night
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9781538731765

18. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

29. Verses for the Dead
Douglas Preston, Lincoln Child, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781538747193

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

40. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553593716

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

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

43. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $8.99, 9780345409874

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

45. Outlander
Diana Gabaldon, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393699

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

47. The Last Wish
Andrzej Sapkowski, Orbit, $8.99, 9780316029186

48. Little Women
Louisa May Alcott, Signet, $5.95, 9780451532084

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

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

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