Tilman Fertitta, Edward Snowden make strong debuts on Publishers Weekly best-sellers list

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “The Institute” by Stephen King (Scribner)
2. “The Testaments” by Margaret Atwood (Nan A. Talese)
3. “The Oracle” by Jonathan Cahn (Charisma House)
4. “Land of Wolves” by Craig Johnson (Viking)
5. “Killer Instinct” by James Patterson and Howard Roughan (Little, Brown)
6. “The Girl Who Lived Twice” by David Lagercrantz (Knopf)
7. “The Titanic Secret” by Clive Cussler and Jack Du Brul (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
8. “Vendetta in Death” by J.D. Robb (St. Martin’s Press)
9. “Red at the Bone” by Jacqueline Woodson (Riverhead)
10. “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)
11. “A Little Hatred” by Joe Abercrombie (Orbit)
12. “The Dark Side” by Danielle Steel (Dell)
13. “One Good Deed” by David Baldacci (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
14. “A Better Man” by Louise Penny (Minotaur)
15. “The Inn” by James Patterson with Candace Fox (Little, Brown)

HARDCOVER NON-FICTION

1. “Talking to Strangers” by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)
2. ”Shut Up and Listen” by Tilman Fertitta (Harper Collins Leadership)
3. ”Permanent Record” by Edward Snowden (Metropolitan)
4. ”Call Sign Chaos” by Jim Mattis and Bing West (Random House)
5. “D&D Baldur’s Gate” by Wizards RPG Team (Wizards of the Coast)
6. “Radicals, Resistance and Revenge” by Jeanine Pirro (Center Street)
7. “How Happiness Happens” by Max Lucado (Thomas Nelson)
8. “Glute Lab” by Bret Contreras and Glen Cordoza (Victory Belt)
9. “She Said” by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey (Penguin)
10. “Ball of Confusion” by Andrew C. McCarthy (Encounter)
11. “To Love and Let Go” by Rachel Brathen (Gallery)
12. “It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way” by Lysa TerKeurst (Thomas Nelson)
13. “Everything is Figureoutable” by Marie Forleo (Portfolio)
14. “The Only Plane in the Sky” by Garrett M. Graff (Avid Reader Press)
15. “The Education of an Idealist” by Samantha Power (Dey Street Books)