December 7, 2016

Trade Paperback Fiction



Bestseller List for December 7, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2016
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. A Man Called Ove
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16.00, 9781476738024
In Backman's charming novel, a grumpy yet lovable man finds his solitary world turned on its head when a boisterous young family moves in next door. Now a major motion picture.
1/65
2. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $16.00, 9780735212152
Hawkins' bestselling debut psychological thriller that will forever change the way you look at other people's lives is now a major motion picture.
2/21
3. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry
Fredrik Backman, Washington Square Press, $16.00, 9781501115073
This warmhearted novel by the bestselling author of A Man Called Ove is a story about life and death and one of the most important human rights: the right to be different.
4/33
4. The Sellout
Paul Beatty, Picador USA, $16.00, 9781250083258
Beatty's biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing and the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court is the winner of the 2016 Man Booker Prize.
3/6
5. My Name Is Lucy Barton
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $16.00, 9780812979527
A simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the tender relationship between mother and daughter in this extraordinary novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge.
5/8
6. In a Dark, Dark Wood
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $16.00, 9781501112331
Ware's suspenseful, compulsive, and darkly twisted psychological thriller is soon to be a major motion picture.
7/23
7. The Sympathizer
Viet Thanh Nguyen, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802124944
Nguyen's blistering novel of identity, politics, and America is a 2016 Indies Choice Adult Fiction Honor Book and winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
6/33
8. The Best American Short Stories 2016
Junot Diaz, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544582897
A very satisfying collection of the year's best short stories.
8/9
9. My Brilliant Friend
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $17.00, 9781609450786
A rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends by one of Italy's most acclaimed authors.
9/79
10. The Swans of Fifth Avenue
Melanie Benjamin, Bantam, $16.00, 9780345528704
Benjamin's triumphant novel about the friendship between literary legend Truman Capote and socialite Babe Paley.
10/6
11. Milk and Honey
Rupi Kaur, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449474256
Kaur's collection of poetry and prose about survival and the experience of violence, abuse, love, loss, and femininity.
11/13
12. The Little Paris Bookshop
Nina George, Broadway, $16.00, 9780553418798
George's novel is a love letter to books, meant for anyone who believes in the power of stories to shape people's lives.
13/33
13. Arrival
Ted Chiang, Vintage, $16.00, 9780525433675
Previously published as Stories of Your Life and Others. Includes "Story of Your Life," the basis for the major motion picture Arrival.
14/4
14. Fates and Furies
Lauren Groff, Riverhead, $16.00, 9781594634482
Groff's exhilarating novel about marriage, creativity, art, and perception.
12/12
15. The Good Girl
Mary Kubica, Mira, $14.95, 9780778317760
Kubica's propulsive debut novel reveals how even in the perfect family, nothing is as it seems.
15/39


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Trade Paperback Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 7, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2016
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  Trade Paperback Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Road to Little Dribbling
Bill Bryson, Anchor, $16.95, 9780804172714
Bryson's loving and hilarious valentine to his adopted country, Great Britain.
1/6
2. Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow, Penguin, $20.00, 9780143034759
The inspiration for the hit Broadway musical Hamilton.
2/54
3. You Are a Badass
Jen Sincero, Running Press, $16.00, 9780762447695
Sincero helps you understand why you are how you are, how to love what you can't change, how to change what you don't love, and how to start living the kind of life you used to be jealous of.
5/72
4. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $17.00, 9780143129431
Recaptures the forgotten war that changed American history with a real-life drama of intrigue, bravery, and battle on the high seas.
6/7
5. S.P.Q.R.: A History of Ancient Rome
Mary Beard, Liveright, $17.95, 9781631492228
A sweeping, revisionist history of the Roman Empire from one of our foremost classicists.
3/13
6. The Road to Character
David Brooks, Random House, $18.00, 9780812983418
The Road to Character provides an opportunity for us to rethink our priorities and strive to build rich inner lives marked by humility and moral depth.
8/12
7. The Witches
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay , $18.99, 9780316200592
One of America's great mysteries is unveiled fully for the first time by one of our most acclaimed historians.
4/11
8. The Boys in the Boat
Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143125471
Brown tells the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
7/131
9. Modern Romance
Aziz Ansari, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143109259
A hilarious, thoughtful, and in-depth exploration of the pleasures and perils of modern romance by one of this generation's sharpest comedic voices.
9/25
10. We Should All Be Feminists
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $7.95, 9781101911761
The award-winning author of Americanah offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the 21st century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness.
13/52
11. The Invention of Nature
Andrea Wulf, Vintage, $17.00, 9780345806291
Wulf reveals the forgotten life of Alexander von Humboldt, the visionary German naturalist whose ideas changed the way we see the natural world.
12/9
12. Big Magic
Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead, $16.00, 9781594634727
Gilbert digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity.
11/10
13. 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.
/10
14. Why Not Me?
Mindy Kaling, Three Rivers Press, $16.00, 9780804138161
The essays in Kaling's collection are as hilarious and insightful as they are deeply personal.
10/10
15. HBR's 10 Must Reads on Emotional Intelligence
Harvard Business School Press, $24.95, 9781633690196
Ten articles from the Harvard Business Review archive selected to help you boost your emotional skills--and your professional success.
14/37


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Hardcover Fiction



Bestseller List for December 7, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2016
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  Hardcover Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Underground Railroad
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $26.95, 9780385542364
Whitehead's magnificent tour de force chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South is a September 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.
2/18
2. Moonglow
Michael Chabon, Harper, $28.99, 9780062225559
Chabon's moving and inventive new novel is the #1 Indie Next List Great Read for December 2016.
3/2
3. The Whistler
John Grisham, Doubleday, $28.95, 9780385541190
Grisham's electrifying new novel is a high-stakes thrill ride through the darkest corners of the Sunshine State.
1/6
4. Swing Time
Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $27.00, 9781594203985
The exuberant new novel by the bestselling author of White Teeth is a December 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/3
5. Night School
Lee Child, Delacorte, $28.99, 9780804178808
Night School moves through a treacherous landscape of double crosses, faked identities, and new and terrible enemies as Jack Reacher maneuvers inside the game and outside the law. A November 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.
5/4
6. Commonwealth
Ann Patchett, Harper, $27.99, 9780062491794
Patchett's beautifully written new novel tells the enthralling story of how an unexpected romantic encounter irrevocably changes two families' lives. The #1 Indie Next List Great Read for September 2016.
6/12
7. All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $27.00, 9781476746586
Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II is a May 2014 Indie Next List Great Read.
7/133
8. No Man's Land
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $29.00, 9781455586516
Special Agent John Puller, combat veteran and the Army's most tenacious investigator, is back in Baldacci's new thriller.
8/3
9. A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Viking, $27.00, 9780670026197
Towles' transporting novel about a man who is ordered to spend the rest of his life inside a luxury hotel is a September 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.
10/13
10. The Spy
Paulo Coelho, Knopf, $22.00, 9781524732066
In his unforgettable new novel, Coelho brings to life one of history's most enigmatic women: Mata Hari.
12/2
11. Small Great Things
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine, $28.99, 9780345544957
A woman is caught in a gripping moral dilemma that resonates far beyond her place in time and history. An October 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.
9/8
12. The Wrong Side of Goodbye
Michael Connelly, Little Brown, $29.00, 9780316225946
Detective Harry Bosch must track down someone who may never have existed in Connelly's riveting new thriller.
11/5
13. Today Will Be Different
Maria Semple, Little Brown, $27.00, 9780316403436
The hilarious and heart-filled new novel by the bestselling author of Where'd You Go, Bernadette is an October 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.
13/9
14. Cross the Line- Debut
James Patterson, Little Brown, $29.00, 9780316407090
A pulse-pounding new Alex Cross thriller by the bestselling author of Cross Kill.
/1
15. News of the World
Paulette Jiles, Morrow, $22.99, 9780062409201
A brilliant work of historical fiction that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust. An October 2016 Indie Next List Great Read and National Book Award Finalist.
/2
ON THE RISE
20. The Whole Town's Talking
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $28.00, 9781400065950
Flagg's fun-loving and moving new novel about what it means to be truly alive is a December 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.
 


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Hardcover Nonfiction



Bestseller List for December 7, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2016
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  Hardcover Nonfiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. Hillbilly Elegy
J.D. Vance, Harper, $27.99, 9780062300546
By a former Marine and Yale Law School graduate, a powerful account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class.
1/17
2. Born a Crime
Trevor Noah, Spiegel & Grau, $28.00, 9780399588174
Noah's compelling, inspiring, and comically sublime coming-of-age memoir--set during the twilight of apartheid and the tumultuous days of freedom that followed--is a December 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.
6/3
3. The Hidden Life of Trees
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $24.95, 9781771642484
After reading Wohlleben's fascinating book about the complex life of trees, a walk in the woods will never be the same. A September 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.
4/12
4. Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen, S&S, $32.50, 9781501141515
In his insightful memoir Springsteen demonstrates the same honesty, humor, and originality found in his songs.
7/10
5. Thank You for Being Late
Thomas L. Friedman, FSG, $28.00, 9780374273538
With his trademark vitality, wit, and optimism, Friedman shows that we can overcome the multiple stresses of an age of accelerations--if we slow down, if we dare to be late and use the time to reimagine work, politics, and community.
2/2
6. Our Revolution
Bernie Sanders, Thomas Dunne Books, $27.00, 9781250132925
Sanders shares his personal experiences from the campaign trail, recounting the details of his historic primary fight and the people who made it possible.
3/3
7. Settle for More
Megyn Kelly, Harper, $29.99, 9780062494603
A deeply personal and surprising memoir by the anchor of The Kelly File.
5/3
8. Atlas Obscura
Joshua Foer, et al., Workman, $35.00, 9780761169086
Inspiring equal parts wonder and wanderlust, Atlas Obscura celebrates over 700 of the strangest and most curious places in the world.
10/7
9. Killing the Rising Sun
Bill O'Reilly, Martin Dugard, Holt, $30.00, 9781627790628
Killing the Rising Sun details the final moments of World War II like never before.
12/12
10. The Daily Show (The Book): An Oral History
Chris Smith, Grand Central, $30.00, 9781455565382
The complete and uncensored history of the award-winning The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, as told by its correspondents, writers, and host.
8/2
11. Upstream
Mary Oliver, Penguin Press, $26.00, 9781594206702
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
12. Scrappy Little Nobody
Anna Kendrick, Touchstone, $26.99, 9781501117206
This collection of humorous autobiographical essays by the Academy Award-nominated actress is a December 2016 Indie Next List Great Read.
13/3
13. Cooking for Jeffrey
Ina Garten, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780307464897
Ina's most personal cookbook yet is filled with the recipes her husband, Jeffrey, and their friends request most often, as well as charming stories from Ina and Jeffrey's many years together.
15/6
14. A Life Well Played
Arnold Palmer, St. Martin's, $22.99, 9781250085948
Palmer's book is a treasure trove of entertaining anecdotes and timeless wisdom that readers--golfers and non-golfers alike--will celebrate and cherish.
/3
15. Between the World and Me
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Spiegel & Grau, $25.00, 9780812993547
Coates offers a powerful new framework for understanding our nation's history and current crisis in this bold and personal literary exploration of America's racial history. A September 2015 Indie Next List Great Read.
11/73
ON THE RISE
24. Talking as Fast as I Can
Lauren Graham, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780425285176
In this collection of personal essays the star of Gilmore Girls and Parenthood reveals stories about life, love, and working as a woman in Hollywood.
 


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Mass Market



Bestseller List for December 7, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2016
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  Mass Market Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. The Girl on the Train
Paula Hawkins, Riverhead, $9.99, 9780735212169
1/15
2. Rogue Lawyer
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780553393484
2/19
3. Tricky Twenty-Two
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $8.99, 9780345542977
4/4
4. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Stephen King, Pocket, $9.99, 9781501127878
3/7
5. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross- Debut
James Patterson, Grand Central, $7.99, 9781455544950
/1
6. George Washington's Secret Six
Brian Kilmeade, Don Yaeger, Sentinel, $9.99, 9780143130604
6/7
7. Tom Clancy: Commander in Chief
Mark Greaney, Berkley, $9.99, 9781101988817
8/5
8. The Crossing
Michael Connelly, Vision, $9.99, 9781455524150
5/6
9. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $8.99, 9780756404741
/42
10. The Survivor
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $9.99, 9781476783468
/13


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Early & Middle Grade Readers



Bestseller List for December 7, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2016
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  Early and Middle Grade Readers  
1. Ghosts
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545540629
 
2. Dog Man
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $9.99, 9780545581608
 
3. Rad Women Worldwide
Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl (Illus.), Ten Speed Press, $15.99, 9780399578861
 
4. The Inquisitor's Tale
Adam Gidwitz, Hatem Aly (Illus.), Dutton, $17.99, 9780525426165
 
5. Wonder
R.J. Palacio, Knopf, $16.99, 9780375869020
 
6. Pax
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $16.99, 9780062377012
 
7. Pokemon Deluxe Essential Handbook
Scholastic, $11.99, 9780545795661
 
8. The Secret Keepers
Trenton Lee Stewart, Diana Sudyka (Illus.), Little Brown, $18.99, 9780316389556
 
9. Drama
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545326995
 
10. When the Sea Turned to Silver
Grace Lin, Little Brown, $18.99, 9780316125925
 
11. The BFG
Roald Dahl, Puffin, $7.99, 9781101997697
 
12. A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $6.99, 9780312367541
 
13. Smile
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $10.99, 9780545132060
 
14. Rad American Women A-Z
Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl (Illus.), City Lights Books, $14.95, 9780872866836
 
15. Brown Girl Dreaming
Jacqueline Woodson, Puffin, $10.99, 9780147515827
 


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Young Adult



Bestseller List for December 7, 2016
Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2016
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  Young Adult  
1. The Sun Is Also a Star
Nicola Yoon, Delacorte, $18.99, 9780553496680
 
2. A Monster Calls
Patrick Ness, Candlewick, $9.99, 9780763692155
 
3. Heartless
Marissa Meyer, Feiwel & Friends, $19.99, 9781250044655
 
4. The Book Thief
Markus Zusak, Knopf, $12.99, 9780385754729
 
5. The Way Things Work Now
David Macaulay, HMH Books for Young Readers, $35.00, 9780544824386
 
6. The Giver
Lois Lowry, HMH Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780544340688
 
7. Nimona
Noelle Stevenson, HarperTeen, $14.99, 9780062278227
 
8. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Sherman Alexie, Little Brown, $15.99, 9780316013697
 
9. What Light
Jay Asher, Razorbill, $18.99, 9781595145512
 
10. Scythe
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781442472426
 
11. Courage to Soar: A Body in Motion, a Life in Balance- Debut
Simone Biles, Zondervan, $24.99, 9780310759669
 
12. Looking for Alaska
John Green, Dutton, $19.99, 9780525428022
 
13. Paper Towns
John Green, Penguin, $10.99, 9780147517654
 
14. I'll Give You the Sun
Jandy Nelson, Speak, $10.99, 9780142425763
 
15. An Abundance of Katherines
John Green, Speak, $9.99, 9780142410707
 


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Children's Illustrated



Bestseller List for December 7, 2016
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  Children's Illustrated  
1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Dr. Seuss, Random House , $16.99, 9780394800790
 
2. The Polar Express
Chris Van Allsburg, Harcourt, $19.99, 9780544580145
 
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $8.99, 9780694003617
 
4. Gingerbread Christmas
Jan Brett, Putnam, $18.99, 9780399170713
 
5. Ada Twist, Scientist
Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $17.95, 9781419721373
 
6. We Found a Hat
Jon Klassen, Candlewick Press, $17.99, 9780763656003
 
7. Give Please a Chance
Bill O'Reilly, James Patterson, Jimmy Patterson, $17.99, 9780316276887
 
8. Little Blue Truck's Christmas
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Harcourt, $14.99, 9780544320413
 
9. Penguin Problems
Jory John, Lane Smith (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780553513370
 
10. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, Putnam, $10.99, 9780399226908
 
11. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening
Robert Frost, Susan Jeffers (Illus.), Dutton, $16.99, 9780525467342
 
12. Mother Bruce
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney/Hyperion, $17.99, 9781484730881
 
13. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $18.99, 9780060254926
 
14. The Night Before Christmas
Clement C. Moore, Corinne Malvern (Illus.), Golden Books, $7.99, 9780385384742
 
15. The Book With No Pictures
B.J. Novak, Dial, $17.99, 9780803741713
 


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Children's Series



Bestseller List for December 7, 2016
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  Children's Series  
1. Harry Potter (hardcover and paperback)
J.K. Rowling, Scholastic/Arthur A. Levine Books
 
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet
 
3. Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback)
Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House
 
4. Elephant & Piggie (hardcover and paperback)
Mo Willems, Hyperion
 
5. Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children (hardcover and paperback)
Ransom Riggs, Quirk
 
6. Dork Diaries (hardcover and paperback)
Rachel Renee Russell, Aladdin
 
7. The Princess in Black (hardcover and paperback)
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, Candlewick
 
8. I Survived (hardcover and paperback)
Lauren Tarshis, Scott Dawson (Illus.), Scholastic
 
9. The Land of Stories (hardcover and paperback)
Chris Colfer, Little Brown
 
10. Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard (hardcover and paperback)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion
 

 

Extended Paperback Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2016

16. See Me
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455520626

17. The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto
Mitch Albom, Harper, $15.99, 9780062294432

18. The Vegetarian
Han Kang, Hogarth, $15.00, 9781101906118

19. The Light Between Oceans
M.L. Stedman, Scribner, $17.00, 9781501106484

20. The Education of Dixie Dupree
Donna Everhart, Kensington, $15.00, 9781496705518

21. Rogue Lawyer
John Grisham, Bantam, $17.00, 9781101967669

22. Ready Player One
Ernest Cline, Broadway, $16.00, 9780307887443

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

24. The Muralist
B.A. Shapiro, Algonquin, $15.95, 9781616206437

25. Inferno
Dan Brown, Anchor, $16.00, 9780804172264

26. The Girl in the Spider's Web
David Lagercrantz, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard, $16.95, 9781101872000

27. 15th Affair
James Patterson, Maxine Paetro, Grand Central, $15.99, 9781455585274

28. The Shack
Wm Paul Young, Windblown Media, $15.99, 9781455567607

29. After You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143108863

30. Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Anchor, $16.00, 9780307455925

31. The Martian
Andy Weir, Broadway, $15.00, 9781101903582

32. The Story of a New Name
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18.00, 9781609451349

33. The Japanese Lover
Isabel Allende, Atria, $16.00, 9781501116995

34. A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $17.00, 9780804172707

35. The Association of Small Bombs
Karan Mahajan, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143109273

36. The High Mountains of Portugal
Yann Martel, Spiegel & Grau, $16.00, 9780812987034

37. Our Souls at Night
Kent Haruf, Vintage, $15.00, 9781101911921

38. The Passenger
Lisa Lutz, S&S, $15.99, 9781451686647

39. The Secret Chord
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143109761

40. Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Maria Semple, Back Bay, $15.99, 9780316204262

41. Station Eleven
Emily St. John Mandel, Vintage, $16.00, 9780804172448

42. Circling the Sun
Paula McLain, Ballantine, $16.00, 9780345534200

43. Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18.00, 9781609452339

44. The Story of the Lost Child
Elena Ferrante, Europa Editions, $18.00, 9781609452865

45. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143109464

46. Eileen
Ottessa Moshfegh, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143128755

47. The Guest Room
Chris Bohjalian, Vintage, $16.00, 9780804170987

48. In the Woods
Tana French, Penguin, $16.00, 9780143113492

49. The Portable Veblen
Elizabeth McKenzie, Penguin, $16.00, 9781101981597

50. Big Little Lies
Liane Moriarty, Berkley, $16.00, 9780425274866

Extended Paperback Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2016

16. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $16.00, 9781451697728

17. Johanna's Christmas
Johanna Basford, Penguin, $15.00, 9780143129301

18. The Old Farmer's Almanac 2017
Old Farmer's Almanac, $7.95, 9781571987020

19. Barbarian Days
William Finnegan, Penguin, $17.00, 9780143109396

20. Just Mercy
Bryan Stevenson, Spiegel & Grau, $16.00, 9780812984965

21. Dead Wake
Erik Larson, Broadway, $17.00, 9780307408877

22. Year of Yes
Shonda Rhimes, S&S, $16.00, 9781476777122

23. The Whispers of Angels
Annette Gail Smith, Harvest House, $5.99, 9780736912181

24. Yuge!
G.B. Trudeau, Andrews McMeel, $14.99, 9781449481339

25. Prisoners of Geography
Tim Marshall, Scribner, $17.00, 9781501121470

26. The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander, The New Press, $19.95, 9781595586438

27. H Is for Hawk
Helen Macdonald, Grove Press, $16.00, 9780802124739

28. The Mindfulness Coloring Book
Emma Farrarons, Experiment, $9.95, 9781615192823

29. Sully
Chesley B. Sullenberger, III, Jeffrey Zaslow, Morrow, $15.99, 9780062561206

30. March: Book Three
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Nate Powell (Illus.), Top Shelf Productions, $19.99, 9781603094023

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

32. The Wright Brothers
David McCullough, S&S, $17.00, 9781476728759

33. Harry Potter Coloring Book
Scholastic, $15.99, 9781338029994

34. Custer's Trials
T.J. Stiles, Vintage, $19.95, 9780307475947

35. March: Book Two
John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, Top Shelf Productions, $19.95, 9781603094009

36. How to Relax
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781941529089

37. The Clothing of Books
Jhumpa Lahiri, Vintage, $7.95, 9780525432753

38. My Life on the Road
Gloria Steinem, Random House, $18.00, 9780345408167

39. As You Wish
Cary Elwes, Joe Layden, Touchstone, $16.00, 9781476764047

40. Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman, FSG, $16.00, 9780374533557

41. M Train
Patti Smith, Vintage, $16.00, 9781101910160

42. The Best American Essays 2016
Jonathan Franzen, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544812109

43. The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2016
Amy Stewart, Tim Folger (Eds.), Mariner, $14.95, 9780544748996

44. Lost Ocean
Johanna Basford, Penguin, $16.95, 9780143108993

45. Primates of Park Avenue
Wednesday Martin, S&S, $16.00, 9781476762715

46. Unlikely Friendships: Dogs
Jennifer S. Holland, Workman, $13.95, 9780761187288

47. Wreck This Journal
Keri Smith, Perigee, $15.00, 9780399161940

48. How to Love
Thich Nhat Hanh, Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781937006884

49. The Geography of Genius
Eric Weiner, S&S, $16.99, 9781451691672

50. The Oregon Trail
Rinker Buck, S&S, $16.99, 9781451659177

Extended Hardcover Fiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2016

16. The Mistletoe Murder: And Other Stories
P.D. James, Knopf, $24.00, 9780451494146

17. The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's, $27.99, 9780312577223

18. The Trespasser
Tana French, Viking, $27.00, 9780670026333

19. Two by Two
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $27.00, 9781455520695

20. The Whole Town's Talking
Fannie Flagg, Random House, $28.00, 9781400065950

21. Chaos
Patricia Cornwell, Morrow, $28.99, 9780062436689

22. Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis
Anne Rice, Knopf, $28.95, 9780385353793

23. Faithful
Alice Hoffman, S&S, $26.00, 9781476799209

24. The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware, Gallery/Scout Press, $26.00, 9781501132933

25. I'll Take You There
Wally Lamb, Harper, $25.99, 9780062656285

26. Nutshell
Ian McEwan, Nan A. Talese, $24.95, 9780385542074

27. The Rain in Portugal
Billy Collins, Random House, $26.00, 9780679644064

28. The Chemist
Stephenie Meyer, Little Brown, $28.00, 9780316387835

29. Turbo Twenty-Three
Janet Evanovich, Bantam, $28.00, 9780345543004

30. The Mothers
Brit Bennett, Riverhead, $26.00, 9780399184512

31. Victoria
Daisy Goodwin, St. Martin's, $26.99, 9781250045461

32. Here I Am
Jonathan Safran Foer, FSG, $28.00, 9780374280024

33. Homegoing
Yaa Gyasi, Knopf, $26.95, 9781101947135

34. The Fate of the Tearling
Erika Johansen, Harper, $25.99, 9780062290427

35. Envelope Poems
Emily Dickinson, New Directions, $12.95, 9780811225823

36. Razor Girl
Carl Hiaasen, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385349741

37. The Flame Bearer
Bernard Cornwell, Harper, $27.99, 9780062250780

38. The Nix
Nathan Hill, Knopf, $27.95, 9781101946619

39. The Secret History of Twin Peaks: A Novel
Mark Frost, Flatiron, $29.99, 9781250075581

40. Before the Fall
Noah Hawley, Grand Central, $26.00, 9781455561780

41. A Great Reckoning
Louise Penny, Minotaur, $28.99, 9781250022134

42. And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer: A Novella
Fredrik Backman, Atria, $18.00, 9781501160486

43. The Girl from Venice
Martin Cruz Smith, S&S, $27.00, 9781439140239

44. The Terranauts
T.C. Boyle, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062349408

45. Hag-Seed
Margaret Atwood, Hogarth, $25.00, 9780804141291

46. The Nest
Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney, Ecco, $26.99, 9780062414212

47. Another Brooklyn
Jacqueline Woodson, Amistad, $22.99, 9780062359988

48. The Wonder
Emma Donoghue, Little Brown, $27.00, 9780316393874

49. Paris for One and Other Stories
Jojo Moyes, Pamela Dorman Books, $25.00, 9780735221079

50. Odessa Sea
Clive Cussler, Putnam, $29.00, 9780399575518

Extended Hardcover Nonfiction

Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2016

16. The Book of Joy
Dalai Lama, et al., Avery, $26.00, 9780399185045

17. The Girl With the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Schumer, Gallery, $28.00, 9781501139888

18. Appetites
Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever, Ecco, $37.50, 9780062409959

19. When Breath Becomes Air
Paul Kalanithi, Random House, $25.00, 9780812988406

20. Absolutely on Music
Haruki Murakami, Seiji Ozawa, Knopf, $27.95, 9780385354349

21. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
Marie Kondo, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607747307

22. The Magnolia Story
Chip Gaines, Joanna Gaines, Thomas Nelson, $26.99, 9780718079185

23. Hamilton: The Revolution
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Jeremy McCarter, Grand Central, $45.00, 9781455539741

24. Talking as Fast as I Can
Lauren Graham, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780425285176

25. Superficial
Andy Cohen, Holt, $27.00, 9781250116482

26. Shoe Dog
Phil Knight, Scribner, $29.00, 9781501135910

27. Hero of the Empire
Candice Millard, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385535731

28. Strangers in Their Own Land
Arlie Russell Hochschild, The New Press, $27.95, 9781620972250

29. Guinness World Records 2017
Guinness World Records, $28.95, 9781910561331

30. My Own Words
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, S&S, $30.00, 9781501145247

31. Shaken
Tim Tebow, Waterbrook Press, $25.00, 9780735289864

32. Grunt
Mary Roach, Norton, $26.95, 9780393245448

33. Testimony
Robbie Robertson, Crown Archetype, $30.00, 9780307889782

34. White Trash
Nancy Isenberg, Viking, $28.00, 9780670785971

35. Being Mortal
Atul Gawande, Metropolitan, $26.00, 9780805095159

36. Emotional Intelligence 2.0
Travis Bradberry, Jean Greaves, Talentsmart, $24.99, 9780974320625

37. All the Gallant Men
Donald Stratton, Ken Gire, Morrow , $25.99, 9780062645357

38. Notorious RBG
Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik, Dey Street, $22.99, 9780062415837

39. In the Company of Women
Grace Bonney, Artisan Publishers, $35.00, 9781579655976

40. Seven Brief Lessons on Physics
Carlo Rovelli, Riverhead, $18.00, 9780399184413

41. Victoria
Julia Baird, Random House, $35.00, 9781400069880

42. Women in Science
Rachel Ignotofsky, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9781607749769

43. The Princess Diarist
Carrie Fisher, Blue Rider, $26.00, 9780399173592

44. The One Thing
Gary Keller, Jay Papasan, Bard Press, $24.95, 9781885167774

45. The Perfect Horse
Elizabeth Letts, Ballantine, $28.00, 9780345544803

46. Indestructible
John R. Bruning, Hachette , $28.00, 9780316339407

47. Sapiens
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper, $35.00, 9780062316097

48. Belichick and Brady
Michael Holley, Hachette, $27.00, 9780316266918

49. Gratitude
Oliver Sacks, Knopf, $17.00, 9780451492937

50. But What If We're Wrong?
Chuck Klosterman, Blue Rider, $26.00, 9780399184123

Extended Mass Market

Based on sales for the week ending December 4, 2016

11. Predator
Wilbur A. Smith, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062276599

12. Cross Justice
James Patterson, Vision, $9.99, 9781455585137

13. Inferno
Dan Brown, Anchor, $9.99, 9781101972977

14. The Pharaoh's Secret
Clive Cussler, Graham Brown, Putnam, $9.99, 9780735215252

15. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935

16. Blue
Danielle Steel, Dell, $8.99, 9780425285404

17. The Guilty
David Baldacci, Vision, $9.99, 9781455586400

18. Find Her
Lisa Gardner, Dutton, $9.99, 9780451477163

19. Never Go Back
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780399594977

20. Gray Mountain
John Grisham, Dell, $9.99, 9780345543257

21. Property of a Noblewoman
Danielle Steel, Dell, $8.99, 9780425285398

22. X
Sue Grafton, Putnam, $9.99, 9781101981870

23. Me Before You
Jojo Moyes, Penguin, $9.99, 9780143130154

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

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

26. Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441172719

27. American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062472106

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

29. To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee, Grand Central, $9.99, 9781455538966

30. Bossypants
Tina Fey, Reagan Arthur/Little Brown, $9.00, 9780316056892

31. If She Only Knew
Lisa Jackson, Zebra, $7.99, 9781420142594

32. It Can't Happen Here
Sinclair Lewis, Signet Classics, $9.99, 9780451465641

33. Good Omens
Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, HarperTorch, $7.99, 9780060853983

34. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $7.99, 9780765370624

35. The Most Wonderful Time
Fern Michaels, et al., Zebra, $7.99, 9781420135701

36. A Week in Winter
Maeve Binchy, Anchor, $8.99, 9781101973769

37. The Promise
Robert Crais, Putnam, $9.99, 9780425272855

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

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

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

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

42. Women Who Run With the Wolves
Clarissa Pinkola Estes, Ballantine, $7.99, 9780345409874

43. Radiant Angel
Nelson DeMille, Grand Central, $9.99, 9780446619271

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

45. Make Me
Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780804178792

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

47. Orphan X
Gregg Hurwitz, St. Martin's, $9.99, 9781250097200

48. Promise Not to Tell
Jennifer McMahon, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062560407

49. Fool Me Once
Harlan Coben, Dutton, $9.99, 9781101984352

50. Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck, Penguin, $11.00, 9780140177398

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