NATIONAL BESTSELLERS

HARDCOVER FICTION

1.“The Boys from Biloxi: A Legal Thriller” by John Grisham (Doubleday) Last week: 1

2. “Lessons in Chemistry” by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday) Last week: 2

3. “Fairy Tale” by Stephen King (Scribner) Last week: 3

4. “Demon Copperhead” 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” 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” 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

For the week ended Dec. 17, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.

— Publishers Weekly