James Patterson in a familiar spot with ‘The Inn’ hitting No. 1 on best-sellers list

Frequent bestselling author James Patterson. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia / Sun-Times

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “The Inn” by James Patterson with Candace Fox (Little, Brown)
2. “One Good Deed” by David Baldacci (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
3. “Old Bones” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Grand Central Publishing)
4. “The Last Widow” by Karin Slaughter (William Morrow)
5. “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)
6. “The Bitterroots” by C.J. Box (Minotaur)
7. “The Turn of the Key” by Ruth Ware (Gallery/Scout Press)
8. “Outfox” by Sandra Brown (Grand Central Publishing)
9. “Inland” by Téa Obreht (Random House)
10. “Tidelands” by Phillipa Gregory (Atria Books)
11. “Evvie Drake Starts Over” by Linda Holmes (Ballantine)
12. “The Silent Patient” by Alex Michaelides (Celadon)
13. “Under Currents” by Nora Roberts (St. Martin’s Press)
14. “Contraband” by Stuart Woods (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
15. “The New Girl” by Daniel Silva (Harper)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “Thank You For My Service” by Mat Best, Ross Patterson and Nils Parker (Bantam)
2. “How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi (One World)
3. “Becoming” by Michelle Obama (Crown)
4. “It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way” by Lysa TerKeurst (Thomas Nelson)
5. “Dare to Lead” by Brene Brown (Random House)
6. “Girl, Stop Apologizing” by Rachel Hollis (HarperCollins Leadership)
7. “The Outlaw Ocean” by Ian Urbina (Knopf)
8. “The Pioneers” by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster)
9. “Three Women” by Lisa Taddeo (Avid Reader)
10. “Trick Mirror” by Jia Tolentino (Random House)
11. “Everything Is F*--ed” by Mark Manson (Harper)
12. “Unfreedom of the Press” by Mark R. Levin (Threshold Editions)
13. “The Second Mountain” by David Brooks (Random House)
14. “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone” by Lori Gottlieb (HMH)
15. “Atomic Habits” by James Clear (Avery)