This week’s best-sellers from Publishers Weekly
Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, Dec. 22, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Racketeer. John Grisham. Doubleday ($28.95)
2. Gone Girl. Gillian Flynn. Crown ($25)
3. Threat Vector. Tom Clancy. Putnam ($28.95)
4. The Casual Vacancy. J.K. Rowling. Little, Brown ($35)
5. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross. James Patterson. Little, Brown ($28.99)
6. Notorious Nineteen. Janet Evanovich. Bantam ($28)
7. The Forgotten. David Baldacci. Grand Central ($27.99)
8. The Time Keeper. Mitch Albom. Hyperion ($24.99)
9. Cross Roads. William Paul Young. FaithWords ($24.99)
10. The Last Man. Vince Flynn. Atria ($27.99)
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Killing Kennedy. Bill O’Reilly. Henry Holt ($28)
2. Thomas Jefferson. Jon Meacham. Random House ($35)
3. Guinness World Records. Guinness World Records. Guinness World Records ($28.95)
4. Barefoot Contessa Foolproof. Ina Garten. Clarkson Potter ($35)
5. No Easy Day. Mark Owen. Dutton ($26.95)
6. America Again. Stephen Colbert. Grand Central ($28.99)
7. Help, Thanks, Wow. Anne Lamott. Riverhead ($17.95)
8. The Signal and the Noise. Nate Silver. Penguin ($27.95)
9. I Declare. Joel Osteen. FaithWords ($21.99)
10. Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Geoff Tibballs. Ripley Publishing ($28.95)