Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Dec. 17, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2022 NPD Group.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2022, PWxyz LLC.)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "The Boys from Biloxi: A Legal Thriller" by John Grisham (Doubleday) Last week: 1
2. "Lessons in Chemistry: A Novel" by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday) Last week: 2
3. "Fairy Tale" by Stephen King (Scribner) Last week: 3
4. "Demon Copperhead: A Novel" by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper) Last week: 5
5. "Dreamland" by Nicholas Sparks (Random House) Last week: 7
6. "Triple Cross: The Greatest Alex Cross Thriller Since Kiss the Girls (An Alex Cross Thriller, 28)" by James Patterson (Little, Brown) Last week: 6
7. "Mad Honey: A Novel" by Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan (Ballantine) Last week: 10
8. "Tom Clancy: Red Winter" by Marc Cameron (Putnam) Last week: 8
9. "Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow" by Gabrielle Zevin (Knopf) Last week: 14
10. "A World of Curiosities: A Novel" by Louise Penny (Minotaur) Last week: 4
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times" by Michelle Obama (Crown) Last week: 1
2. "Faith Still Moves Mountains: Miraculous Stories of the Healing Power of Prayer" by Harris Faulkner (Broadside) Last week: 3
3. "Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook" by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter) Last week: 2
4. "Guinness World Records 2023" (Guinness World Records) Last week: 4
5. "I’m Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy (Simon & Schuster) Last week: 5
6. "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing" by Matthew Perry (Flatiron) Last week: 6
7. "Radio's Greatest of All Time" by Rush Limbaugh (Threshold) Last week: 7
8. "And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle" by Jon Meacham (Random House) Last week: 9
9. "Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story" by Bono (Knopf) Last week: 10
10. "The Simply Happy Cookbook" by Steve and Kathy Doocy (Morrow) Last week: 12
