Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Jan. 16, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2021 NPD Group.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2021, PWxyz LLC.)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "Neighbors" by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) Last week: 2
2. "The Scorpion’s Tail" by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Grand Central) Last week: —
3: "The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett (Riverhead) Last week: 3
4. "The Midnight Library" by Matt Haig (Viking) Last week: 15
5. “The Return” by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central) Last week: 4
6. "Star Wars: The High Republic (Light of the Jedi) by Charles Soule (Del Rey) Last week: 1
7. “A Time for Mercy” by John Grisham (Doubleday) Last week: 5
8. "Anxious People" by Fredrik Backman (Atria) Last week: 7
9. "Deadly Cross" by James Patterson (Little, Brown) Last week: 8
10. "The Invisible Life of Addie Larue" by V.E. Schwab (Tor) Last week: 19
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. “A Promised Land” by Barack Obama (Crown) Last week: 1
2. "Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age" by Sanjay Gupta (Simon & Schuster) Last week: 2
3. “Greenlights” by Matthew McConaughey (Crown) Last week: 4
4. "Untamed" by Glennon Doyle (Dial) Last week: 5
5. "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" by Isabel Wilkerson (Random House) Last week: 7
6. "A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life" by George Saunders (Random House) Last week: —
7. "Forgiving What You Can't Forget: Discover How to Move On, Make Peace with Painful Memories, and Create a Life That’s Beautiful Again" by Lysa TerKeurst (Nelson) Last week: 6
8. "Magnolia Table, Volume 2: A Collection of Recipes for Gathering" by Joanna Gaines (Morrow) Last week: 8
9. "Ask Your Developer: How to Harness the Power of Software Developers and Win in the 21st Century" by Jeff Lawson (Harper Business) Last week: —
10. "Think Like a Monk: Train Your Mind for Peace and Purpose Every Day" by Jay Shetty (Simon & Schuster) Last week: 11
