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This week's best-sellers from Publishers Weekly

Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Sunday, Dec. 18, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Nielsen BookScan (c) 2016, The Nielsen Co.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. (c) 2016, PWxyz LLC.)

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Whistler. John Grisham. Doubleday ($28.95)

2. Cross the Line. James Patterson. Little, Brown ($29)

3. Two by Two. Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central ($27)

4. The Underground Railroad. Colson Whitehead. Doubleday ($26.95)

5. No Man's Land. David Baldacci. Grand Central ($29)

6. Tom Clancy: True Faith and Allegiance. Mark Greaney. Putnam ($29.95)

7. Small Great Things. Jodi Picoult. Ballantine ($28.99)

8. Night School. Lee Child. Delacorte ($28.99)

9. Turbo Twenty-Three. Janet Evanovich. Bantam ($28)

10. The Seventh Plague. James Rollins. Morrow ($27.99)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Killing the Rising Sun. O'Reilly/Dugard. Holt ($30)

2. The Magnolia Story. Gaines/Gaines. W ($26.99)

3. Jesus Always. Sarah Young. Thomas Nelson ($15.99)

4. The Undoing Project. Michael Lewis. Norton ($28.95)

5. Born to Run. Bruce Springsteen. Simon & Schuster ($32.50)

6. Guinness World Records 2017. Guinness World Records. Guinness World Records ($28.95)

7. Settle for More. Megyn Kelly. Harper ($29.99)

8. Cooking for Jeffrey. Ina Garten. Clarkson Potter ($35)

9. Hillbilly Elegy. J.D. Vance. Harper ($27.99)

10. Tools of Titans. Timothy Ferriss. HMH ($28)

MASS MARKET

1. A Dog's Purpose (movie tie-in). W. Bruce Cameron. Forge ($9.99)

2. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross. James Patterson. Grand Central ($7.99)

3. Property of a Noblewoman. Danielle Steel. Dell ($8.99)

4. The Girl on the Train (movie tie-in). Paula Hawkins. Riverhead ($9.99)

5. Tricky Twenty-Two. Janet Evanovich. Bantam ($8.99)

6. If She Only Knew. Lisa Jackson. Zebra ($7.99)

7. Christmas in Alaska. Debbie Macomber. Mira ($7.99)

8. Rogue Lawyer. John Grisham. Dell ($9.99)

9. Brutal Night of the Mountain Man. William W. Johnstone ($7.99)

10. The Sooner the Better. Debbie Macomber. Mira ($7.99)

TRADE PAPERBACK

1. Island of Glass. Nora Roberts. Berkley ($17)

2. The Girl on the Train. Paula Hawkins. Riverhead ($16)

3. A Dog's Purpose (movie tie-in). W. Bruce Cameron. Forge ($14.99)

4. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You. Fredrik Backman. Washington Square ($16)

5. Johanna's Christmas. Johanna Basford. Penguin ($15)

6. The Dr. Seuss Coloring Book. Dr. Seuss. Random House ($15.99)

7. Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates. Kilmeade/Yaeger. Sentinel ($17)

8. Magical Jungle. Johanna Basford. Penguin ($16.95)

9. The Instant Pot Electric Pressure Cooker Cookbook. Laurel Randolph. Rockridge ($14.99)

10. The Girl on the Train (movie tie-in). Paula Hawkins. Riverhead ($16)

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