PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BESTSELLERS
Publishers Weekly bestsellers for week ending Nov. 27.
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. “Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone” by Diana Gabaldon (Delacorte)
2. “The Becoming” by Nora Roberts (St. Martin’s Press)
3. “Fear No Evil” by James Patterson (Little, Brown)
4. “The Judge’s List” by John Grisham (Doubleday)
5. “The Wish” by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)
6. “The Stranger in the Lifeboat” by Mitch Albom (Harper)
7. “The Christmas Promise” by Richard Paul Evans (Gallery)
8. “Flying Angels” by Danielle Steel (Delacorte)
9. “Mercy” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)
10. “The Lincoln Highway” by Amor
All these books on this list come out in early December, in plenty of time for you to choose one or more as gifts. Happy holiday reading!
“Beasts of a Little Land,” by Juhea Kim (Dec. 7): Beginning in 1917, this historical novel about two people struggling to survive spans decades in Korea’s tumultuous history. Jade, sold as a young girl to a school for courtesans in Pyongyang, forms a bond with JungHo, a Seoul orphan who wants to fight for freedom. Their relationship will be tested as Jade’s circumstances improve.
“The Cat Who Saved Books,” by Sosuke Natsukawa; translated by Louise Heal Kawai (Dec. 7): Combine “The Elegance of the Hedgehog” with “Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore” and you might get a feel for this delightful novel. A talking bookstore cat persuades a young man named Rintaro to embark on a quest to save books from barbarous fates, including languishing on shelves and being “tortured” by a man whose speed-reading tutorials involve scissors.
“Fishing the Wild Waters: An Angler’s Search for Peace and Adventure in the Wilderness,” by Conor Sullivan (Dec. 7): A former Coast Guard officer and lifelong outdoorsman takes readers to three of the remaining wild fishing destinations in the United States, in Hawaii, Alaska and New England. Yes, he’s concerned with environmental matters and sustainable consumption, but he’s also after the
Towles (Viking)
11. “The Dark Hours” by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
12. “State of Terror” by Clinton/Penny (S&S and St. Martin’s Press)
13. “Billy Summers” by Stephen King ( Scribner)
14. “Game On” by Janet Evanovich (Atria)
15. “Cloud Cuckoo Land” by Anthony Doerr (Scribner)
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. “The Real Anthony Fauci” by Robert F. Kennedy (Skyhorse)
2. “The 1619 Project” by Nikole Hannah-Jones (One World)
3. “All American Christmas” by Campos-Duffy/Duffy (Broadside)
4. “The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Super Easy!” by Ree Drummond (William Morrow)
5. “Will” by Will Smith (Penguin Press) 6. “Guinness World Records 2022” (Guinness World Records)
7. “The Storyteller” by Dave Grohl (Dey Street)
8. “God Bless This Mess” by Hannah of serenity found when humans connect with the natural world. “The Hotel,” by Sophie Calle (Dec. 7): Calle, a French artist, is known as a “forensic conceptualist,” and her book, published for the first time in English, is a kind of catalogued voyeurism. In
1981, Calle worked as a chambermaid in a Venetian hotel, using not just a broom and a mop, but also a camera and a cassette recorder. The rumpled sheets and discarded items reveal much about humanity.
“A History of Wild Places,” by Shea Earnshaw (Dec. 7): This atmospheric
Brown (Harper)
9. “The Lyrics” by Paul McCartney (Liveright)
10. “The President and the Freedom Fighter” by Brian Kilmeade (Sentinel)
11. “Jesus Listens” by Sarah Young (Thomas Nelson)
12. “Get Untamed: The Journal” by Glennon Doyle (Clarkson Potter)
13. “Taste” by Stanley Tucci (Gallery) 14. “These Precious Days” by Ann Patchett (Harper)
15. “Welcome to Dunder Mifflin” by Baumgartner/Silverman (Custom House)
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
1. “All That Glitters” by Danielle Steel (Dell)
2. “The Perfect Christmas” by Patterson/Paetro (Grand Central Publishing)
3. “The 19th Christmas” by Patterson/ Paetro (Grand Central Publishing)
4. “Fortune and Glory” by Janet Evanovich (Pocket)
5. “Tom Clancy: Shadow of the Dragon” by Marc Cameron (Berkley) thriller begins with Travis Wrenn, whose search for a missing woman leads him to Pastoral, a secretive Oregon commune. Years after he too disappears, members of Pastoral discover his abandoned truck and begin uncovering long-buried secrets. “Garbo,” by Robert Gottlieb (Dec. 7): Raised in poverty in Sweden, Greta Garbo has captivated generations of film fans with her sultry on-screen presence. Her retirement, at the height of her fame, made her even more fascinating. Gottlieb, the renowned editor and author, sheds light on this enigmatic actress.
6. “Jingle All the Way” by Debbie Macomber (Ballantine)
7. “The Law of Innocence” by Michael Connelly (Grand Central Publishing)
8. “The Silent Wife” by Karin Slaughter (William Morrow)
9. “Christmas at Holiday House” by Raeanne Thayne (HQN)
10. “The Brightest Star” by Fern Michaels (Zebra)
11. “Murder of Innocence” by James Patterson (Grand Central Publishing)
12. “The Eye of the World” (TV tie-in) by Robert Jordan (Tor)
13. “A Virgin River Christmas” by Robyn Carr (Mira)
14. “A Forever Kind of Love” by Nora Roberts (Silhouette)
15. “Autumn Nights” by Debbie Macomber (Mira)
TRADE PAPERBACKS
1. “The Love Hypothesis” by Ali Hazelwood (Berkley)
2. “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delio Owens (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)
3. “People We Meet on Vacation” by
“Bright Burning Things,” by Lisa Harding (Dec. 7):
This Irish author’s American debut is drawing comparisons to Douglas Stuart’s Booker Prize winner “Shuggie Bain.” Both are about alcoholic mothers with young children, but “Bright Burning Things” focuses more on the maternal experience, as onetime party girl Sonya fights to keep her son, Tommy, after she falls into the hell of addiction. “White on White,” by Aysegül Savas (Dec. 7):
Savas elegantly explores loneliness in her second novel. After a student rents an apartment, its artist owner, Agnes, unkind
Emily Henry (Berkley)
4. “The House of Gucci” (movie tie-in) by Sara Gay Forden (Custom House)
5. “Verity” by Colleen Hoover (Grand Central Publishing)
6. “Jujutsu Kaisen O” by Gege Akutami (Viz)
7. “The Silent Patient” by Alex Michaelides (Celadon)
8. “Attack on Titan 34” by Hajime Isayama (Kodansha)
9. “Lore Olympus, Vol 1” by Rachel Smythe (Del Rey)
10. “Three Women Disappear” by Patterson/Serafin (Grand Central Publishing)
11. “My Hero Academia: Ultra Analysis” by Kohei Horikoshi (Viz)
12. “Chainsaw Man, Vol. 3” by Tatsuki Fujimoto (Viz)
13. “The Old Farmer’s Almanac 2022” (Old Farmer’s Almanac)
14. “The Searcher” by Tana French (Penguin)
15. “Chainsaw Man, Vol. 2” by Tatsuki Fujimoto (Viz) expectedly returns, moving into the upstairs studio. As the two become acquainted, and the student see Agnes’ new works – involving white paint on white canvas – the tenant realizes she’s witnessing a woman crumbling.
“The Death of My Father the Pope: A Memoir,” by Obed Silva (Dec. 7): Born in Mexico and raised in the United States, where he was drawn in by gang culture, Silva discovered the power of literature after being paralyzed from the waist down by a gunshot wound. Now a college professor, he has written a book that dissects
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THESE BOOKS WILL PROVIDE HAPPY HOLIDAY READING.
the cruel effects his father’s alcoholism had on their family and himself. “52 Shabbats: Friday Night Dinners Inspired by a Global Jewish Kitchen,” by Faith Kramer (Dec. 14): If you’re Jewish and regularly celebrate Shabbat, Kramer’s new cookbook, with stunning photos by Clara Rice, will give you fresh ideas for family favorites. But faith isn’t a prerequisite to appreciate this gorgeous compendium with mini Bundt cakes that riff on New York black-and-white cookies, a fail-safe challah loaf and even a Moroccan tagine.