Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, Dec. 15, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan (c) 2018 NPD Group.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. (c) 2018, PWxyz LLC.)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Reckoning. John Grisham. Doubleday
2. Fire & Blood. George R.R. Martin. Bantam
3. Every Breath. Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central
4. Target: Alex Cross. James Patterson. Little, Brown
5. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven. Mitch Albom. Harper
6. Where the Crawdads Sing. Delia Owens. Putnam
7. Long Road to Mercy. David Baldacci. Grand Central
8. Past Tense. Lee Child. Delacorte
9. Of Blood and Bone. Nora Roberts. St. Martin's
10. Look Alive Twenty-Five. Janet Evanovich. Putnam
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Becoming. Michelle Obama. Crown
2. The Point of It All. Charles Krauthammer. Crown Forum
3. Homebody. Joanna Gaines. Harper Design
4. Girl, Wash Your Face. Rachel Hollis. Nelson
5. Whose Boat Is This Boat? The Late Show. Simon & Schuster
6. Magnolia Table. Joanna Gaines. Morrow
7. Educated. Tara Westover. Random House
8. Guinness World Records 2019. Guinness World Records
9. Killing the SS. O'Reilly/Dugard. Holt
10. Cook Like a Pro. Ina Garten. Clarkson Potter
MASS MARKET
1. Accidental Heroes. Danielle Steel. Dell
2. A Dog's Way Home (movie tie-in). W. Bruce Cameron. Forge
3. Torture of the Mountain Man. William W. Johnstone. Pinnacle
4. Y Is for Yesterday. Sue Grafton. Putnam
5. Princess. Patterson/Jones. Grand Central
6. See How She Dies. Lisa Jackson. Zebra
7. Tom Clancy: Power and Empire. Marc Cameron. Berkley
8. The Switch. Sandra Brown. Grand Central
9. The Cuban Affair. Nelson DeMille. Pocket
10. Keep You Close. Nora Roberts. Silhouette
TRADE PAPERBACK
1. The Tattooist of Auschwitz. Heather Morris. Harper
2. A Dog's Way Home (movie tie-in). W. Bruce Cameron. Forge
3. Sapiens. Yuval Noah Harari. Harper Perennial
4. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. Gail Honeyman. Penguin Books
5. One Day in December. Josie Silver. Broadway
6. Becoming (large print ed.). Michelle Obama. Random House
7. Texas Ranger. Patterson/Bourelle. Grand Central
8. The World Almanac and Book of Facts 2019. World Almanac
9. Instant Pot Miracle: 6 Ingredients or Less. Ivy Manning. HMH
10. Less. Andrew Sean Greer. Back Bay
