Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Jan. 3, which were reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles.
Every week, thousands of diverse selling locations report their actual sales on hundreds of thousands of individual titles. The panel of reporting retailers is comprehensive and reflects sales in stores of all sizes and demographics across the United States.
An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales were barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores reported receiving bulk orders.
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FICTION
1. THE CORRESPONDENT, by Virginia Evans. (Crown) Letters from someone she used to know push Sybil Van Antwerp toward revisiting her past and finding a way to forgive.
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 10
2. ALCHEMISED, by SenLinYu. (Del Rey) After the war, an imprisoned alchemist is sent to a necromancer to recover her lost memories.
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 15
3. THE SECRET OF SECRETS, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday) As he searches for the missing noetic scientist he has been seeing, Robert Langdon discovers something regarding a secret project.
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 17
Stacia Stark’s “We Who Will Die” joins the fiction list at No. 6. (Handout/Avon)
4. THE WIDOW, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) When Simon Latch, a lawyer in rural Virginia, is accused of murder, he goes in search of the real killer.
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 11
5. BRIMSTONE, by Callie Hart. (Forever) The second book in the Fae & Alchemy series. To save those close to them, Saeris and Fisher face a new set of dangers.
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 7
6. WE WHO WILL DIE, by Stacia Stark. (Avon) Arvelle must overcome challenges of strength and loyalty in her quest to kill an ancient vampire who is the emperor.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
7. THE INTRUDER, by Freida McFadden. (Poisoned Pen) During a rough storm, Casey puts herself in danger when she lets a girl, who is covered in blood, into her cabin.
LAST WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 12
8. MONA’S EYES, by Thomas Schlesser. (Europa) A 10-year-old who may lose her sight permanently is bolstered by her grandfather’s quest to bring beauty into her life; translated by Hildegarde Serle.
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 7
9. QUICKSILVER, by Callie Hart. (Forever) Saeris is transported to a dangerous land of ice and snow, where she must contend with a Fae warrior who has suspect agendas.
LAST WEEK: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 11
10. GONE BEFORE GOODBYE, by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben. (Grand Central) When a mysterious man disappears, the former combat surgeon giving him medical assistance goes on the lam.
LAST WEEK: 11
WEEKS ON LIST: 12
11. DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL, by Matt Dinniman. (Ace) A Coast Guard vet named Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, are trapped in a fantasy dungeon.
LAST WEEK: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 10
12. RETURN OF THE SPIDER, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown) The 34th book in the Alex Cross series. An enemy’s murder book suggests Cross may have made rookie mistakes years ago.
LAST WEEK: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 7
13. TWICE, by Mitch Albom. (Harper) Alfie Logan, who was gifted with the ability to live any moment a second time but must accept the outcomes, makes a risky love decision.
LAST WEEK: 12
WEEKS ON LIST: 11
14. KATABASIS, by R.F. Kuang. (Harper Voyager) A pair of rival graduate students descend into the underworld to save their late professor and secure his recommendation.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 6
15. ONYX STORM, by Rebecca Yarros. (Red Tower) The third book in the Empyrean series. As enemies gain traction, Violet Sorrengail goes beyond the Aretian wards in search of allies.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 40
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NONFICTION
1. 1929, by Andrew Ross Sorkin. (Viking) The New York Times journalist and CNBC host looks at the fight between Washington and Wall Street that fueled a historic crash of the stock market.
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 12
2. NOBODY’S GIRL, by Virginia Roberts Giuffre. (Knopf) The late activist and advocate for sex-trafficking survivors describes her time with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
LAST WEEK: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 11
3. THE LOOK, by Michelle Obama with Meredith Koop. (Crown) A celebration of the former first lady’s evolution in style, featuring more than 200 photographs.
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 9
4. HOW TO TEST NEGATIVE FOR STUPID, by John Kennedy. (Broadside) The Republican senator from Louisiana shares stories about politics in Washington, D.C., and in his home state.
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 13
5. 107 DAYS, by Kamala Harris. (Simon & Schuster) The former vice president recounts her abbreviated campaign to become president in 2024.
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 15
6. TO RESCUE THE AMERICAN SPIRIT, by Bret Baier with Catherine Whitney. (Mariner) The Fox News Channel’s chief political anchor chronicles the life and times of Theodore Roosevelt.
LAST WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 11
7. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION, by Jonathan Haidt. (Penguin Press) A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the effects of a phone-based life on children’s mental health.
LAST WEEK: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 89
8. POEMS & PRAYERS, by Matthew McConaughey. (Crown) The actor and author of “Greenlights” explores elements of belief and reason that make up our lives.
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 14
9. OUTLIVE, by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford. (Harmony) A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
LAST WEEK: 15
WEEKS ON LIST: 126
10. THE GALES OF NOVEMBER, by John U. Bacon. (Liveright) An account of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, an American Great Lakes freighter, 50 years ago.
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 10
11. EVERYTHING IS TUBERCULOSIS, by John Green. (Crash Course) The author of “The Anthropocene Reviewed” chronicles the fight against the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis.
LAST WEEK: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 27
12. ONE DAY, EVERYONE WILL HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AGAINST THIS, by Omar El Akkad. (Knopf) In his nonfiction debut, El Akkad looks at how the West responds to mass suffering.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 5
13. THE GREATEST SENTENCE EVER WRITTEN, by Walter Isaacson. (Simon & Schuster) The historian and biographer examines the concepts of a statement found in the Declaration of Independence.
LAST WEEK: 11
WEEKS ON LIST: 7
14. 100 RULES FOR LIVING TO 100, by Dick Van Dyke with Tal McThenia. (Grand Central) The entertainer reflects on how his positive attitude shaped his life and career.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
15. BLACK AF HISTORY, by Michael Harriot. (Dey Street) A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that put the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans at the center.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 22
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