PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Bestsellers

Bestselling Books Week Ending 8/24/19

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “The Inn” by James Patterson with Candace Fox (Little, Brown)

2. “One Good Deed” by David Baldacci (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

3. “Old Bones” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Grand Central Publishing)

4. “The Last Widow” by Karin Slaughter (William Morrow)

5. “The Nickel Boys” by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday)

6. “The Bitterroots” by C.J. Box (Minotaur)

7. “The Turn of the Key” by Ruth Ware (Gallery/Scout Press)

8. “Outfox” by Sandra Brown (Grand Central Publishing)

9. “Inland” by Téa Obreht (Random House)

10. “Tidelands” by Phillipa Gregory (Atria Books)

11. “Evvie Drake Starts Over” by Linda Holmes (Ballantine)

12. “The Silent Patient” by Alex Michaelides (Celadon)

13. “Under Currents” by Nora Roberts (St. Martin’s Press)

14. “Contraband” by Stuart Woods (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

15. “The New Girl” by Daniel Silva (Harper)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “Thank You For My Service” by Mat Best, Ross Patterson and Nils Parker (Bantam)

2. “How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi (One World)

3. “Becoming” by Michelle Obama (Crown)

4. “It’s Not Supposed to Be This Way” by Lysa TerKeurst (Thomas Nelson)

5. “Dare to Lead” by Brene Brown (Random House)

6. “Girl, Stop Apologizing” by Rachel Hollis (HarperCollins Leadership)

7. “The Outlaw Ocean” by Ian Urbina (Knopf)

8. “The Pioneers” by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster)

9. “Three Women” by Lisa Taddeo (Avid Reader)

10. “Trick Mirror” by Jia Tolentino (Random House)

11. “Everything Is F*cked” by Mark Manson (Harper)

12. “Unfreedom of the Press” by Mark R. Levin (Threshold Editions)

13. “The Second Mountain” by David Brooks (Random House)

14. “Maybe You Should Talk to Someone” by Lori Gottlieb (HMH)

15. “Atomic Habits” by James Clear (Avery)

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS

1. “The Reckoning” by John Grisham (Dell)

2. “Turning Point” by Danielle Steel (Dell)

3. “Willing to Die” by Lisa Jackson (Kensington)

4. “Laughter in the Rain” by Debbie Macomber (Harlequin)

5. “Connections in Death” by J.D. Robb (St. Martin’s Press)

6. “Crucible” by James Rollins (William Morrow)

7. “Paradox” by Catherine Coulter (Pocket)

8. “Cottage by the Sea” by Debbie Macomber (Ballantine)

9. “The Art of Racing in the Rain” (movie tie-in) by Garth Stein (Harper Paperbacks)

10. “Frontier America” by William W. Johnstone (Pinnacle)

11. “Shelter from the Storm” by Patricia Davids (Love Inspired)

12. “Dark Sentinel” by Christine Feehan (Berkley)

13. “Dangerous Embrace” by Nora Roberts (Silhouette)

14. “Forever and a Day” by Miller/McClain (HQN)

15. “Saving Faith” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)

TRADE PAPERBACKS

1. “The Art of Racing in the Rain” (movie tie-in) by Garth Stein (Harper Paperbacks)

2. “The Tattooist of Auschwitz” by Heather Morris (Harper)

3. “The Warning” by James Patterson (Grand Central Publishing)

4. “Before We Were Yours” by Lisa Wingate (Ballantine)

5. “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celeste Ng (Penguin)

6. “Born a Crime” by Trevor Noah (Random/Spiegel & Grau)

7. “The Woman in the Window” by A.J. Finn (William Morrow)

8. “The Flight Girls” by Noelle Salazar (Mira)

9. “The Official ACT Prep Guide (2019-2020)” (Wiley)

10. “Official SAT Study Guide (2020 Edition)” (College Board)

11. “The Lost Girls of Paris” by Pam Jenoff (Park Row)

12. “The Overstory” by Richard Powers (Norton)

13. “Ambush” by Patterson/Born (Grand Central Publishing)

14. “Never Tell” by Lisa Gardner (Dutton)

15. “It” (movie tie-in) by Stephen King (Scribner)

Copyright 5/8 2019 Publishers Weekly, powered by NPD BookScan 5/8 2019 NPD Group.

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