Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Nov. 12, 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. "Desert Star" by Michael Connelly Little, Brown Last week: —
2. "The Boys from Biloxi: A Legal Thriller" by John Grisham (Doubleday) Last week: 1
3. "The Silmarillion: Illustrated Edition" by J.R.R. Tolkien (Morrow) Last week: —
4. "No Plan B: A Jack Reacher Novel" by Andrew Child and Lee Child (Delacorte) Last week: 4
5. "Fairy Tale" by Stephen King (Scribner) Last week: 5
6. "Going Rogue: Rise and Shine Twenty-Nine" by Janet Evanovich (Atria) Last week: 2
7. "Triple Cross: The Greatest Alex Cross Thriller Since Kiss the Girls (An Alex Cross Thriller, 28)" by James Patterson (Little, Brown) Last week: 3
8. "Dreamland" by Nicholas Sparks (Random House) Last week: 6
9. "Mad Honey" by By Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Finney Boylan (Ballantine) Last week: 9
10. "Long Shadows" by David Baldacci (Grand Central) Last week: 8
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing" by Matthew Perry (Flatiron) Last week: 1
2. "Go-To Dinners: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook" by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter) Last week: 3
3. "Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are" by Lysa TerKeurst (Thomas Nelson) Last week: —
4. "Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story" by Bono (Knopf) Last week: 2
5. "The Stories We Tell: Every Piece of Your Story Matters" by Joanna Gaines (Harper Select) Last week: —
6. "I’m Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy (Simon & Schuster) Last week: 7
7. "Radio’s Greatest of All Time" by Rush Limbaugh (Threshold) Last week: 4
8. "The Pasta Queen: A Just Gorgeous Cookbook: 100+ Recipes and Stories" by Nadia Caterina Munno (Gallery) Last week: —
9. "What’s for Dessert: Simple Recipes for Dessert People: A Baking Book" by Claire Saffitz (Clarkson Potter) Last week: —
10. "Guinness World Records 2023" (Guinness World Records) Last week: 10