Trade Paperback Fiction
Bestseller List for December 20, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 17, 2023
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| Paperback Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
All the Light We Cannot See Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $18.99, 9781668017340 Doerr's beautiful novel about a blind French girl and a German boy whose paths collide in occupied France during World War II. |
1/9 |
| 2 |
Trust Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $17.00, 9780593420324 Trust is an unparalleled novel about money, power, intimacy, and perception. A May 2022 Indie Next Pick and a winner of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. |
3/33 |
| 3 |
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. |
2/66 |
| 4 |
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. |
4/82 |
| 5 |
The Midnight Library Matt Haig, Penguin, $18.00, 9780525559498 Haig's book is a dazzling novel about all the choices that go into a life well lived. |
5/32 |
| 6 |
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. |
6/133 |
| 7 |
Babel R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $20.00, 9780063021433 Kuang's breathtaking novel grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. |
8/16 |
| 8 |
Bookshops & Bonedust Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886101 Set in the world of Legends & Lattes, Travis Baldree's Bookshops & Bonedust takes us on a journey of high fantasy, first loves, and secondhand books. |
7/6 |
| 9 |
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology Shane Hawk (Ed.), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Ed.), Vintage, $17.00, 9780593468463 These wholly original and shiver-inducing tales introduce readers to ghosts, curses, hauntings, monstrous creatures, complex family legacies, desperate deeds, and chilling acts of revenge. |
9/13 |
| 10 |
The Best American Short Stories 2023 Min Jin Lee, Heidi Pitlor (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063275904 A collection of the year's best short stories, selected by National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee and series editor Heidi Pitlor. |
10/7 |
| 11 |
The House in the Pines- Debut Ana Reyes, Dutton, $18.00, 9780593186732 Armed with only hazy memories, a woman who long ago witnessed her friend's sudden, mysterious death, and has since spent her life trying to forget, sets out to track down answers. |
/1 |
| 12 |
The Maid Nita Prose, Ballantine, $18.00, 9780593356173 A mystery and a heartwarming journey of the spirit, The Maid explores what it means to be the same as everyone else and yet entirely different. |
13/22 |
| 13 |
Mad Honey Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Ballantine, $18.00, 9781984818409 A soul-stirring novel about what we choose to keep from our past and what we choose to leave behind. |
11/15 |
| 14 |
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. |
/67 |
| 15 |
Legends & Lattes Travis Baldree, Tor, $17.99, 9781250886088 Baldree's novel of "High Fantasy and Low Stakes" is a November 2022 Indie Next Pick. |
15/25 |
Trade Paperback Nonfiction
Bestseller List for December 20, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 17, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Paperback Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
| 1 |
Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI David Grann, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593470831 Grann's twisting and haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history. |
1/10 |
| 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. |
2/210 |
| 3 |
The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics Daniel James Brown, Penguin, $19.00, 9780593512302 Brown tells the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Now a major motion picture. |
14/139 |
| 4 |
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine: A History of Settler Colonialism and Resistance, 1917—2017 Rashid Khalidi, Picador, $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. |
3/8 |
| 5 |
An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us Ed Yong, Random House, $20.00, 9780593133255 Every kind of animal, including humans, is enclosed within its own unique sensory bubble, perceiving but a tiny sliver of our immense world. In An Immense World, science journalist Ed Yong helps us to experience the skeins of scent, waves of electromagnetism, and pulses of pressure that other animals perceive. |
5/16 |
| 6 |
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music Dave Grohl, Dey Street Books, $21.99, 9780063076105 A candid and insightful memoir by the popular member of Nirvana and the Foo Fighters. |
4/7 |
| 7 |
The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present Paul McCartney, Liveright, $30.00, 9781324094098 A work of unparalleled candor and splendorous beauty, The Lyrics celebrates the creative life and the musical genius of Paul McCartney through 154 of his most meaningful songs. |
7/6 |
| 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. |
6/111 |
| 9 |
The 2024 Old Farmer's Almanac Old Farmer's Almanac, $9.95, 9781571989529 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. |
9/16 |
| 10 |
Crying in H Mart: A Memoir Michelle Zauner, Vintage, $17.00, 9781984898951 From the indie rock star of Japanese Breakfast, an unflinching, powerful memoir about growing up Korean American, losing her mother, and forging her own identity. |
10/38 |
| 11 |
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. |
8/168 |
| 12 |
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. |
12/22 |
| 13 |
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin, Vintage, $25.00, 9780375726262 A deep, fantastic look at the complex physicist and father of the atomic bomb. |
13/22 |
| 14 |
The Song of the Cell: An Exploration of Medicine and the New Human Siddhartha Mukherjee, Scribner, $21.00, 9781982117368 Rich with Mukherjee's revelatory and exhilarating stories of scientists, doctors, and the patients whose lives may be saved by their work, The Song of the Cell is the third book in this extraordinary writer's exploration of what it means to be human. |
11/8 |
| 15 |
Solito: A Memoir Javier Zamora, Hogarth, $18.00, 9780593498088 A young poet tells the unforgettable story of his harrowing migration from El Salvador to the United States at the age of nine in this moving, page-turning memoir. |
15/26 |
Hardcover Fiction
Bestseller List for December 20, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 17, 2023
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| Hardcover Fiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
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| 1 |
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593422946 Bringing his masterly storytelling skills and his deep faith in humanity to The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, James McBride has written a novel as compassionate as Deacon King Kong and as inventive as The Good Lord Bird. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
1/19 |
| 2 |
Tom Lake Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063327528 In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers. An August 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
3/20 |
| 3 |
Lessons in Chemistry Bonnie Garmus, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385547345 Funny, shrewdly observant, and studded with a dazzling cast of supporting characters, Lessons in Chemistry is as original and vibrant as its protagonist. An April 2022 Indie Next Pick. |
4/89 |
| 4 |
Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374172 She's survived her first year at Basgiath War College for dragon riders...but the danger is just beginning in the electrifying follow-up to Fourth Wing. |
2/6 |
| 5 |
Demon Copperhead Barbara Kingsolver, Harper, $32.50, 9780063251922 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. |
6/61 |
| 6 |
Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99, 9781649374042 Enter the brutal and elite world of a war college for dragon riders from bestselling author Rebecca Yarros. |
5/30 |
| 7 |
North Woods Daniel Mason, Random House, $28.00, 9780593597033 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. An October 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
9/8 |
| 8 |
The Covenant of Water Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, $32.00, 9780802162175 Verghese's new novel is a stunning and magisterial epic of love, faith, and medicine, set in Kerala, South India, following three generations of a family seeking the answers to a strange secret. A May 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
8/33 |
| 9 |
The Fraud Zadie Smith, Penguin Press, $29.00, 9780525558965 From acclaimed and bestselling novelist Zadie Smith, a kaleidoscopic work of historical fiction set against the legal trial that divided Victorian England, about who gets to tell their story—and who gets to be believed. A September 2023 Indie Next List Pick. |
7/13 |
| 10 |
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow Gabrielle Zevin, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593321201 The exhilarating new novel by the bestselling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry is the #1 Indie Next Pick for July 2022. |
10/73 |
| 11 |
Prophet Song Paul Lynch, Atlantic Monthly Press, $26.00, 9780802163011 Paul Lynch's novel presents a terrifying and shocking vision of a country sliding into authoritarianism and a deeply human portrait of a mother's fight to hold her family together. Winner of the Booker Prize 2023. |
13/2 |
| 12 |
Fourth Wing Special Edition Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99, 9781649376169 The year's biggest book sensation returns in this completely jaw-dropping special edition. |
/4 |
| 13 |
The Little Liar Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406651 Mitch Albom returns with a powerful novel that moves from a coastal Greek city during the Holocaust, to America, where the intertwined lives of three survivors are forever changed by the perils of deception and the grace of redemption. |
11/5 |
| 14 |
The Exchange John Grisham, Doubleday, $29.95, 9780385548953 John Grisham delivers high-flying international suspense in a stunning new legal thriller that marks the return of Mitch McDeere, the brilliant hero of The Firm. |
14/9 |
| 15 |
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. |
/15 |
Hardcover Nonfiction
Bestseller List for December 20, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 17, 2023
For an independent bookstore store near you, visit IndieBound.org.
| Hardcover Nonfiction |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
| 1 |
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. |
1/35 |
| 2 |
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. |
5/48 |
| 3 |
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America Heather Cox Richardson, Viking, $30.00, 9780593652961 Many books tell us what has happened over the last five years. Democracy Awakening explains how we got to this perilous point, what our history really tells us about ourselves, and what the future of democracy can be. |
3/12 |
| 4 |
Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning Liz Cheney, Little, Brown and Company, $32.50, 9780316572064 A gripping first-hand account of the January 6th, 2021, insurrection from inside the halls of Congress, from origins to aftermath--by the House Republican leader who dared to stand up to it. |
2/2 |
| 5 |
Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism Rachel Maddow, Crown, $32.00, 9780593444511 Rachel Maddow traces the fight to preserve American democracy back to World War II, when a handful of committed public servants and brave private citizens thwarted far-right plotters trying to steer our nation toward an alliance with the Nazis. |
4/9 |
| 6 |
How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen David Brooks, Random House, $30.00, 9780593230060 A practical, heartfelt guide to the art of truly knowing another person in order to foster deeper connections at home, at work, and throughout our lives. |
6/8 |
| 7 |
My Name Is Barbra Barbra Streisand, Viking, $47.00, 9780525429524 No entertainer's memoir has been more anticipated than Barbra Streisand's, and this engrossing and delightful book will be eagerly welcomed by her millions of fans. |
7/6 |
| 8 |
The Woman in Me Britney Spears, Gallery Books, $32.99, 9781668009048 Written with remarkable candor and humor, Spears's groundbreaking book illuminates the enduring power of music and love--and the importance of a woman telling her own story, on her own terms, at last. |
8/8 |
| 9 |
The Comfort of Crows: A Backyard Year Margaret Renkl, Spiegel & Grau, $32.00, 9781954118461 From the bestselling author of Late Migrations comes a luminous book that traces the passing of seasons, personal and natural. A November 2023 Indie Next Pick. |
9/8 |
| 10 |
Why We Love Baseball: A History in 50 Moments Joe Posnanski, Dutton, $29.00, 9780593472675 Bestselling author Joe Posnanski is back with a masterful ode to the game: a countdown of 50 of the most memorable moments in baseball's history, to make you fall in love with the sport all over again. |
15/8 |
| 11 |
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir Matthew Perry, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250866448 Matthew Perry's memoir is is both intimate and eye-opening--as well as a hand extended to anyone struggling with sobriety. Unflinchingly honest, moving, and uproariously funny, this is the book fans have been waiting for. |
10/10 |
| 12 |
Elon Musk Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982181284 An astonishingly intimate biography of the most fascinating and controversial innovator of our era—a rule-breaking visionary who helped to lead the world into the era of electric vehicles, private space exploration, and artificial intelligence. |
11/14 |
| 13 |
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581 Radiant with Mackesy's warmth and gentle wit, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse blends hand-written narrative with dozens of drawings. |
12/179 |
| 14 |
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon Michael Lewis, Norton, $30.00, 9781324074335 From the bestselling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX's spectacular collapse and the enigmatic founder at its center. |
13/11 |
| 15 |
Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things Adam Grant, Viking, $32.00, 9780593653142 This book reveals how anyone can rise to achieve greater things. The true measure of your potential is not the height of the peak you've reached, but how far you've climbed to get there. |
14/8 |
Mass Market
Bestseller List for December 20, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 17, 2023
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| Mass Market |
Last Week/ Weeks on List |
|
| 1 |
1984 George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451524935 |
1/389 |
| 2 |
Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593438367 |
2/213 |
| 3 |
Good Omens Neil Gaiman, Terry Pratchett, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062836977 |
5/130 |
| 4 |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $7.99, 9780345391803 |
4/78 |
| 5 |
The Name of the Wind Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741 |
/137 |
| 6 |
Reacher: Bad Luck and Trouble Lee Child, Dell, $9.99, 9780593725498 |
7/2 |
| 7 |
The Way of Kings Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9780765365279 |
8/105 |
| 8 |
Just After Sunset: Stories Stephen King, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668018101 |
9/3 |
| 9 |
No Plan B Lee Child, Andrew Child, Dell, $9.99, 9781984818577 |
/22 |
| 10 |
The Boys from Biloxi John Grisham, Vintage, $10.99, 9780593470916 |
3/17 |
Early & Middle Grade Readers
Bestseller List for December 20, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 17, 2023
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| Early & Middle Grade Readers | ||
| 1 |
Letters from Father Christmas J.R.R. Tolkien, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063340534 |
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| 2 |
96 Facts About Taylor Swift: Quizzes, Quotes, Questions, and More! Arie Kaplan, Risa Rodil (Illus.), Grosset & Dunlap, $6.99, 9780593750933 |
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| 3 |
The Puppets of Spelhorst (The Norendy Tales) Kate DiCamillo, Julie Morstad (Illus.), Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536216752 |
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| 4 |
Wings of Fire: A Guide to the Dragon World Tui T. Sutherland, Joy Ang (Illus.), Scholastic Press, $24.99, 9781338634822 |
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| 5 |
The Lost Library Rebecca Stead, Wendy Mass, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250838810 |
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| 6 |
Dogtown Katherine Applegate, Gennifer Choldenko, Wallace West (Illus.), Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250811608 |
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| 7 |
The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361 |
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| 8 |
Juniper's Christmas Eoin Colfer, Roaring Brook Press, $22.99, 9781250321947 |
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| 9 |
The Moth Keeper: A Graphic Novel K. O'Neill, Random House Graphic, $13.99, 9780593182260 |
|
| 10 |
Cat on the Run in Cat of Death! Aaron Blabey, Scholastic, $7.99, 9781338831825 |
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| 11 |
A First Time for Everything Dan Santat, First Second, $14.99, 9781250851048 |
|
| 12 |
The Eyes and the Impossible Dave Eggers, Shawn Harris (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9781524764203 |
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| 13 |
Charlotte's Web E.B. White, Harper, $10.99, 9780064400558 |
|
| 14 |
Hatchet Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293 |
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| 15 |
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L'Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272 |
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Young Adult
Bestseller List for December 20, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 17, 2023
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| Young Adult | ||
| 1 |
Check & Mate Ali Hazelwood, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $14.00, 9780593619919 |
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| 2 |
Divine Rivals Rebecca Ross, Wednesday Books, $18.99, 9781250857439 |
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| 3 |
What the River Knows Isabel Ibañez, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250803375 |
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| 4 |
Gwen & Art Are Not in Love Lex Croucher, Wednesday Books, $20.00, 9781250847218 |
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| 5 |
Nimona ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $18.99, 9780062278227 |
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| 6 |
If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489 |
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| 7 |
Lightlark Alex Aster, Amulet, $12.99, 9781419760877 |
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| 8 |
Betting on You Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665921237 |
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| 9 |
The Giver Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544340688 |
|
| 10 |
Powerless Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665954884 |
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| 11 |
Nightbane Alex Aster, Amulet, $19.99, 9781419760907 |
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| 12 |
The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780375842207 |
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| 13 |
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Stephen Chbosky, MTV Books, $15.99, 9781451696196 |
|
| 14 |
A Study in Drowning Ava Reid, HarperTeen, $19.99, 9780063211506 |
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| 15 |
Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637 |
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Children's Illustrated
Bestseller List for December 20, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 17, 2023
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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 |
Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Sleigh! Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454952770 |
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| 4 |
Taylor Swift: A Little Golden Book Biography Wendy Loggia, Elisa Chavarri (Illus.), Golden Books, $5.99, 9780593566718 |
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| 5 |
The Polar Express Chris Van Allsburg, HMH Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780544580145 |
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| 6 |
The Snowy Day Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701 |
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| 7 |
Snow, Snow, Snow!: A Christmastime Song Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $7.99, 9781665948364 |
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| 8 |
Dragon's First Taco Adam Rubin, Daniel Salmieri (Illus.), Dial Books, $8.99, 9780593533178 |
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| 9 |
Little Blue Truck's Christmas Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780544320413 |
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| 10 |
Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Lost Christmas! Alastair Heim, Aristides Ruiz (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593563168 |
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| 11 |
Dasher Can't Wait for Christmas Matt Tavares, Candlewick, $17.99, 9781536230130 |
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| 12 |
Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 |
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| 13 |
Lila Greer, Teacher of the Year Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Harry N. Abrams, $19.99, 9781419769047 |
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| 14 |
The Mitten Jan Brett, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780399231094 |
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| 15 |
Moo, Baa, Fa La La La La! Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9781665914352 |
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Children's Series
Bestseller List for December 20, 2023
Based on sales for the week ending December 17, 2023
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| Children's Series | ||
| 1 |
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (hardcover) Jeff Kinney, Amulet |
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| 2 |
The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic |
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| 3 |
Cat Kid Comic Club (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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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 |
Wild Robot (hardcover and paperback) Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers |
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| 7 |
Dog Man (hardcover) Dav Pilkey, Graphix |
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| 8 |
The Bad Guys (paperback) Aaron Blabey, Scholastic |
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| 9 |
Magic Tree House (hardcover and paperback) Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers |
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| 10 |
I Survived (hardcover and paperback) Lauren Tarshis, Álvaro Sarraseca (Illus.), Scholastic |
Extended Paperback Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 17, 2023
16 Icebreaker
Hannah Grace, Atria, $17.99, 9781668026038
17 A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara, Anchor, $18.00, 9780804172707
18 A Court of Mist and Fury
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575583
19 It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
20 Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316556323
21 The House in the Cerulean Sea
TJ Klune, Tor, $18.99, 9781250217318
22 The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
23 Throne of Glass
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781639730957
24 The Secret History
Donna Tartt, Vintage, $18.00, 9781400031702
25 The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
V. E. Schwab, Tor, $19.99, 9780765387578
26 The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho, HarperOne, $17.99, 9780062315007
27 Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20.00, 9781982168445
28 Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228
29 Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263
30 Wreck the Halls
Tessa Bailey, Avon, $18.99, 9780063308305
31 The Last Thing He Told Me
Laura Dave, S&S/Marysue Rucci Books, $17.99, 9781501171352
32 A Court of Wings and Ruin
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635575606
33 This Is How You Lose the Time War
Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, Gallery/Saga Press, $16.99, 9781534430990
34 The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $12.99, 9781538742570
35 The Overstory
Richard Powers, Norton, $18.95, 9780393356687
36 Our Missing Hearts
Celeste Ng, Penguin, $18.00, 9780593492666
37 House of Earth and Blood
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $19.00, 9781635577020
38 The Passenger
Cormac McCarthy, Vintage, $18.00, 9780307389091
39 The Paris Apartment
Lucy Foley, Morrow, $18.99, 9780063003064
40 Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780593500156
41 The Best Short Stories 2023: The O. Henry Prize Winners
Lauren Groff (Ed.), Jenny Minton Quigley (Ed.), Anchor, $18.00, 9780593470596
42 Midnight at the Christmas Bookshop
Jenny Colgan, Avon, $18.99, 9780063260450
43 Big Swiss
Jen Beagin, Scribner, $17.00, 9781982153090
44 A Court of Frost and Starlight
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $17.00, 9781635575620
45 The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy 2023
R. F. Kuang (Ed.), John Joseph Adams (Ed.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063315747
46 Too Late
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538756591
47 All Systems Red
Martha Wells, Tordotcom, $15.99, 9780765397539
48 The Nightingale
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99, 9781250080400
49 A Gentleman in Moscow
Amor Towles, Penguin, $18.00, 9780143110439
50 Slow Horses
Mick Herron, Soho Crime, $16.95, 9781641292979
Extended Paperback Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 17, 2023
16 The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams
Stacy Schiff, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316441094
17 Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don't Know
Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316299220
18 Everything I Know About Love: A Memoir
Dolly Alderton, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780062968791
19 The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom
Don Miguel Ruiz, Amber-Allen, $12.95, 9781878424310
20 How to Smile (Mindfulness Essentials #10)
Thich Nhat Hanh, Jason DeAntonis (Illus.), Parallax Press, $9.95, 9781952692437
21 And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle
Jon Meacham, Random House, $25.00, 9780553393989
22 The Book of Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $18.99, 9781643753287
23 Novelist as a Vocation
Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $17.00, 9781101974537
24 Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Likes to Walk Outside
Nick Offerman, Dutton, $18.00, 9781101984703
25 Holidays on Ice
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $13.99, 9780316078917
26 Stay True: A Memoir
Hua Hsu, Anchor, $17.00, 9780593315200
27 Happy-Go-Lucky
David Sedaris, Back Bay, $18.99, 9780316392433
28 Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari, Harper Perennial, $24.99, 9780062316110
29 Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures
Merlin Sheldrake, Random House, $18.99, 9780525510321
30 The Calvin and Hobbes Portable Compendium Set 1
Bill Watterson, Andrews McMeel, $19.99, 9781524884970
31 The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2023
Carl Zimmer, Jaime Green (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063293212
32 The Field Guide to Dumb Birds of the Whole Stupid World
Matt Kracht, Chronicle, $15.95, 9781797212272
33 Indigenous Continent: The Epic Contest for North America
Pekka Hämäläinen, Liveright, $22.00, 9781324094067
34 The Best American Food Writing 2023
Mark Bittman, Silvia Killingsworth (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063322523
35 The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $18.99, 9781451697728
36 The Best American Essays 2023
Vivian Gornick, Robert Atwan (Eds.), Mariner Books, $18.99, 9780063288843
37 Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19.00, 9781250849359
38 The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America
Erik Larson, Vintage, $18.00, 9780375725609
39 The Shortest History of Israel and Palestine: From Zionism to Intifadas and the Struggle for Peace
Michael Scott-Baumann, The Experiment, $16.95, 9781615199501
40 The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2024
Sarah Janssen, World Almanac, $17.99, 9781510777606
41 How to Forage for Mushrooms without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide to Identifying 29 Wild, Edible Mushrooms
Frank Hyman, Storey Publishing, $16.99, 9781635863321
42 Winter Solstice: An Essay
Nina Maclaughlin, Black Sparrow Press, $14.95, 9781574232578
43 The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz
Erik Larson, Crown, $20.00, 9780385348737
44 The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity
David Graeber, David Wengrow, Picador, $25.00, 9781250858801
45 Meditations: A New Translation (Modern Library Classics)
Marcus Aurelius, Modern Library, $11.00, 9780812968255
46 The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $19.00, 9780143129257
47 This Is What It Sounds Like: A Legendary Producer Turned Neuroscientist on Finding Yourself Through Music
Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas, Norton, $17.95, 9781324065968
48 How to Tell a Story: The Essential Guide to Memorable Storytelling from The Moth
The Moth, Meg Bowles, Catherine Burns, Jenifer Hixson, Sarah Austin Jenness, Kate Tellers, Crown, $19.00, 9780593139028
49 Dopamine Nation: Finding Balance in the Age of Indulgence
Dr. Anna Lembke, Dutton, $20.00, 9781524746742
50 The Year in Tech, 2024: The Insights You Need from Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review, Harvard Business Review Press, $22.95, 9781647826017
Extended Hardcover Fiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 17, 2023
16 So Late in the Day: Stories of Women and Men
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802160850
17 Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $29.99, 9780063204157
18 The Narrow Road Between Desires
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $26.00, 9780756419172
19 The Bee Sting
Paul Murray, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374600303
20 Yellowface
R.F. Kuang, Morrow, $30.00, 9780063250833
21 The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Doubleday, $28.00, 9780385546874
22 Let Us Descend
Jesmyn Ward, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982104498
23 The Mystery Guest
Nita Prose, Ballantine Books, $29.00, 9780593356180
24 Holly
Stephen King, Scribner, $30.00, 9781668016138
25 Hello Beautiful
Ann Napolitano, The Dial Press, $28.00, 9780593243732
26 Day
Michael Cunningham, Random House, $28.00, 9780399591341
27 Before the Coffee Gets Cold
Toshikazu Kawaguchi, Hanover Square Press, $19.99, 9781335430991
28 Absolution
Alice McDermott, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $28.00, 9780374610487
29 Roman Stories
Jhumpa Lahiri, Todd Portnowitz (Transl.), Knopf, $27.00, 9780593536322
30 Chain-Gang All-Stars
Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Pantheon, $27.00, 9780593317334
31 The Iliad
Homer, Emily Watson (Transl.), Norton, $39.95, 9781324001805
32 The Vaster Wilds
Lauren Groff, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593418390
33 Resurrection Walk
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown, $30.00, 9780316563765
34 A Psalm for the Wild-Built
Becky Chambers, Tordotcom, $20.99, 9781250236210
35 Horse
Geraldine Brooks, Viking, $28.00, 9780399562969
36 The River We Remember
William Kent Krueger, Atria Books, $28.99, 9781982179212
37 Foster
Claire Keegan, Grove Press, $20.00, 9780802160140
38 The Berry Pickers
Amanda Peters, Catapult, $27.00, 9781646221950
39 Starter Villain
John Scalzi, Tor, $28.99, 9780765389220
40 Happy Place
Emily Henry, Berkley, $27.00, 9780593441275
41 The Mysteries
Bill Watterson, John Kascht, Andrews McMeel, $19.99, 9781524884949
42 The Edge
David Baldacci, Grand Central, $30.00, 9781538719916
43 The Serpent & the Wings of Night
Carissa Broadbent, Bramble, $29.99, 9781250343178
44 The Last Devil to Die
Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $29.00, 9780593299425
45 System Collapse
Martha Wells, Tordotcom, $21.99, 9781250826978
46 The MANIAC
Benjamin Labatut, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593654477
47 Crook Manifesto
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $29.00, 9780385545150
48 Blackouts
Justin Torres, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374293574
49 The Vulnerables
Sigrid Nunez, Riverhead Books, $28.00, 9780593715512
50 Lady Tan's Circle of Women
Lisa See, Scribner, $28.00, 9781982117085
Extended Hardcover Nonfiction
Based on sales for the week ending December 17, 2023
16 The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Knopf, $28.00, 9780525657323
17 Ghosts of Honolulu: A Japanese Spy, a Japanese American Spy Hunter, and the Untold Story of Pearl Harbor
Mark Harmon, Leon Carroll, Harper Select, $29.99, 9781400337019
18 Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear, Avery, $27.00, 9780735211292
19 Guinness World Records 2024
Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781913484378
20 My Effin' Life
Geddy Lee, Harper, $40.00, 9780063159419
21 World Within a Song: Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music
Jeff Tweedy, Dutton, $26.00, 9780593472521
22 Emperor of Rome: Ruling the Ancient Roman World
Mary Beard, Liveright, $39.99, 9780871404220
23 Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity
Peter Attia, M.D., Bill Gifford, Harmony, $32.00, 9780593236598
24 Making It So: A Memoir
Patrick Stewart, Gallery Books, $35.00, 9781982167738
25 What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds
Jennifer Ackerman, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593298886
26 Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
Cat Bohannon, Knopf, $35.00, 9780385350549
27 Start Here: Instructions for Becoming a Better Cook
Sohla El-Waylly, Knopf, $45.00, 9780593320464
28 Poverty, by America
Matthew Desmond, Crown, $28.00, 9780593239919
29 Being Henry: The Fonz...and Beyond
Henry Winkler, Celadon Books, $30.00, 9781250888099
30 Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking
Samin Nosrat, Wendy MacNaughton (Illus.), Simon & Schuster, $37.50, 9781476753836
31 A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith, Penguin Press, $32.00, 9781984881724
32 Astor: The Rise and Fall of an American Fortune
Anderson Cooper, Katherine Howe, Harper, $32.99, 9780062964700
33 Baking Yesteryear: The Best Recipes from the 1900s to the 1980s
B. Dylan Hollis, DK, $32.00, 9780744080049
34 Snacking Bakes: Simple Recipes for Cookies, Bars, Brownies, Cakes, and More
Yossy Arefi, Clarkson Potter, $25.00, 9780593579176
35 Behind the Seams: My Life in Rhinestones
Dolly Parton, Ten Speed Press, $50.00, 9781984862129
36 More Is More: Get Loose in the Kitchen: A Cookbook
Molly Baz, Clarkson Potter, $35.00, 9780593578841
37 Enough
Cassidy Hutchinson, Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668028285
38 Every Man for Himself and God Against All: A Memoir
Werner Herzog, Penguin Press, $30.00, 9780593490297
39 Be Useful: Seven Tools for Life
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Penguin Press, $28.00, 9780593655955
40 The Cat Who Taught Zen
James Norbury, William Morrow, $25.00, 9780063347618
41 Big Heart Little Stove: Bringing Home Meals & Moments from The Lost Kitchen
Erin French, Celadon Books, $38.00, 9781250832313
42 Doppelganger: A Trip into the Mirror World
Naomi Klein, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $30.00, 9780374610326
43 I Must Be Dreaming
Roz Chast, Bloomsbury Publishing, $27.99, 9781620403228
44 The Book of (More) Delights: Essays
Ross Gay, Algonquin Books, $28.00, 9781643753096
45 Fire Weather: A True Story from a Hotter World
John Vaillant, Knopf, $32.50, 9781524732851
46 Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell
Sy Montgomery, Matt Patterson (Illus.), Mariner Books, $28.99, 9780358458180
47 A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan's Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them
Timothy Egan, Viking, $30.00, 9780735225268
48 The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History
Ned Blackhawk, Yale University Press, $35.00, 9780300244052
49 Oh. It's You.: Love Poems by Cats
Francesco Marciuliano, Chronicle Books, $12.95, 9781797220031
50 The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
Tim Alberta, Harper, $35.00, 9780063226883
Extended Mass Market
Based on sales for the week ending December 17, 2023
11 Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
12 A Haunting in Venice
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780063342972
13 Tom Clancy Red Winter
Marc Cameron, Berkley, $10.99, 9780593422779
14 The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $7.99, 9780553577129
15 Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Laurel Leaf, $9.99, 9780440180296
16 The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
17 The Color of Magic
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225672
18 Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553293357
19 American Gods
Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110
20 Girl, Forgotten
Karin Slaughter, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062859044
21 The Judge's List
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593157831
22 Dune Messiah
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
23 Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
24 The Family Upstairs
Lisa Jewell, Pocket, $10.99, 9781668026519
25 The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
26 Only the Dead
Jack Carr, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982181703
27 3 Days to Live
James Patterson, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752678
28 Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $8.99, 9780553283686
29 The Jailhouse Lawyer
James Patterson, Nancy Allen, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538752609
30 The Wish
Nicholas Sparks, Grand Central, $10.99, 9781538728635
31 The Shining
Stephen King, Anchor, $9.99, 9780307743657
32 Billy Summers
Stephen King, Pocket, $11.99, 9781668010129
33 The Eye of the World
Robert Jordan, Tor, $10.99, 9781250251466
34 In a Holidaze
Christina Lauren, Pocket, $9.99, 9781668026601
35 Without a Trace
Danielle Steel, Dell, $9.99, 9781984821881
36 The Maidens
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $10.99, 9781250326669
37 The Lies of Locke Lamora
Scott Lynch, Spectra, $9.99, 9780553588941
38 The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
39 And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
40 Oath of Loyalty
Vince Flynn, Kyle Mills, Pocket, $10.99, 9781982164928
41 Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12.00, 9780399501487
42 Children of Dune
Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780441104024
43 Guards! Guards!
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062225757
44 Hogfather
Terry Pratchett, Harper, $9.99, 9780062276285
45 The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $10.99, 9780063221086
46 A Flicker in the Dark
Stacy Willingham, Minotaur, $9.99, 9781250896445
47 The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
48 Sparring Partners
John Grisham, Vintage, $9.99, 9780593470909
49 Falling Stars
Fern Michaels, Zebra, $9.99, 9781420154283
50 A Christmas Carol
Charles Dickens, Bantam, $5.99, 9780553212440