Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Dec. 28, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan (c) 2019 NPD Group.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. (c) 2019, PWxyz LLC.)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse" by Charlie Mackesy (HarperOne) Last week: 2
2. "The Guardians" by John Grisham (Doubleday) Last week: 1
3. "Strange Planet" by Nathan W. Pyle (Morrow Gift) Last week: 5
4. "Criss Cross" by James Patterson (Little, Brown) Last week: 4
5. "The Institute" by Stephen King (Scribner) Last week: 3
6. "A Minute to Midnight" by David Baldacci (Grand Central) Last week: 6
7. "Blue Moon: A Jack Reacher Novel" by Lee Child (Delacorte) Last week: 7
8. "The Testaments" by Margaret Atwood (Doubleday/Talese) Last week: 10
9. "Twisted Twenty-Six" by Janet Evanovich (Putnam) Last week: 9
10 "The Water Dancer" by Ta-Nehisi Coates (One World) Last week: 12
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "The Blue Zones Kitchen: 100 Recipes to Live to 100" by Dan Buettner (National Geographic) Last week: 15
2. "The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier" by Ree Drummond (Morrow) Last week: 1
3. "Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering Your Voice" by Michelle Obama (Clarkson Potter) Last week: 3
4. "Guinness World Records 2020" by Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records) Last week: 2
5. "Me: Elton John Official Autobiography" by Elton John (Holt) Last week: 4
6. "Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About the People We Don't Know" by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown) Last week: 6
7. "Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers: The Texas Victory That Changed American History" by Brian Kilmeade (Sentinel) Last week: 5
8. "Triggered: How the Left Thrives on Hate and Wants to Silence Us" by Donald Trump Jr. (Center Street) Last week: 7
9. "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker: The Visual Dictionary" by Pablo Hidalgo (DK) Last week: 29
10. "A Warning" by Anonymous (Twelve) Last week: 10
