New York Times Best Seller List – Week of December 8, 2019 FICTION NONFICTION TW LW WOL TW LW WOL A MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT / David Baldacci. When Atlee Pine A WARNING / Anonymous. A senior official in the 1 returns to her hometown to investigate her sister’s kidnapping -- 1 1 Trump administration offers an assessment of the -- 1 from 30 years ago, she winds up tracking a potential serial killer. president and makes a moral appeal. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING / Delia Owens. In a quiet TRIGGERED / Donald Trump Jr. Forays into politics 2 town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who 4 6 2 and views on liberals from the executive vice president 1 3 survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect. of the Trump Organization. THE GUARDIANS / John Grisham. Cullen Post, a lawyer and ME / Elton John. The multi-award-winning solo artist's 4 Episcopal minister, antagonizes some ruthless killers when he 2 6 3 first autobiography chronicles his career, relationships 5 6 takes on a wrongful conviction case. and struggles. TWISTED TWENTY-SIX / Janet Evanovich. The 26th book in BECOMING / Michelle Obama. The former first lady 4 the Stephanie Plum series. A New Jersey gangster’s associates 1 2 4 describes how she balanced work, family and her 13 50 go after a bounty hunter’s widowed grandmother. husband’s political ascent. BLUE MOON / Lee Child. Jack Reacher gets caught up in a turf SAM HOUSTON AND THE ALAMO AVENGERS / Brian 5 3 4 war between Ukrainian and Albanian gangs. 5 Kilmeade. The "Fox & Friends” host gives an account of 2 3 TOM CLANCY: CODE OF HONOR / Marc Cameron. President the battle against the Mexican Army in 1836. 6 Jack Ryan learns of a plot against America when he tries to help -- 1 TALKING TO STRANGERS / Malcolm Gladwell. Famous examples of miscommunication serve as the an old friend who has been arrested in Indonesia. 6 6 11 backdrop to explain potential conflicts and THE DUTCH HOUSE / Ann Patchett. A sibling relationship is misunderstandings. 7 impacted when the family goes from poverty to wealth and back 6 9 again over the course of many decades. FINDING CHIKA / Mitch Albom. Lessons learned by the 7 Alboms when they bring a Haitian orphan with a life- 4 3 THE NIGHT FIRE / Michael Connelly. Harry Bosch and Renée threatening illness into their family. 8 Ballard return to take up a case that held the attention of 5 5 EDUCATED / Tara Westover. The daughter of Bosch’s mentor. 8 survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself 7 92 THE INSTITUTE / Stephen King. Children with special talents enough to leave home for university. 9 are abducted and sequestered in an institution where the 8 11 THE BODY / Bill Bryson. An owner’s manual of the sinister staff seeks to extract their gifts through harsh methods. 9 human body covering various parts, functions and what 11 6 OLIVE, AGAIN / Elizabeth Strout. In a follow-up to Pulitzer happens when things go wrong. Prize-winning novel “Olive Kitteridge,” new relationships, WITH ALL DUE RESPECT / Nikki R. Haley. A memoir 10 7 6 including a second marriage, are encountered in a seaside town 10 by the former United States ambassador to the United 3 2 in Maine. Nations and governor of South Carolina. THE WATER DANCER / Ta-Nehisi Coates. A young man who BLOWOUT / Rachel Maddow. The MSNBC host argues 11 was gifted with a mysterious power becomes part of a war 14 9 11 that the global oil and gas industry has weakened 8 8 between slavers and the enslaved. democracies and bolstered authoritarians. THE GIVER OF STARS / Jojo Moyes. In Depression era THE BOOK OF GUTSY WOMEN / Hillary Rodham 12 Kentucky, five women refuse to be cowed by men or convention 10 7 12 Clinton. Profiles of women from around the world who -- 7 as they deliver books. have blazed trails and challenged the status quo. THE STARLESS SEA / Erin Morgenstern. Zachary Ezra THE WAY I HEARD IT / Mike Rowe. The television 13 Rawlins fights to save a labyrinthine underground repository of 9 3 13 personality relays stories from his podcast and personal 15 4 stories. anecdotes. THE TESTAMENTS / Margaret Atwood. In a sequel to “The THE PLOT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT / Lee Smith. A 14 Handmaid’s Tale,” old secrets bring three women together as 11 10 14 narrative is depicted from the perspective of -- 2 the Republic of Gilead’s theocratic regime shows signs of decay. Representative Devin Nunes. THE 19TH CHRISTMAS / . 19th installment of THE BEAUTIFUL ONES / Prince. A memoir by the 15 the Women's Murder Club series, detective Lindsay Boxer and 12 7 15 musician written before his death, with photos and other 9 4 company take on a fearsome criminal known only as "Loman." memorabilia showing his evolution.

Key: Tw = This Week’s rank; Lw = Last Week’s rank; Wol = # of Weeks on List; o/o – on order; = available; I/P = In Processing; N/A = Not Available

ADDITIONAL BEST SELLING TITLES  ACID FOR THE CHILDREN / Flea  THE LOST ART OF SCRIPTURE / Karen  AGENT RUNNING IN THE FIELD / John Le Carre Armstrong  ANDROMEDA EVOLUTION / Daniel Wilson  MAN WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE / Jan Stocklassa  ANGEL EYES / Ace Atkins  MEANT TO BE YOURS / Susan Mallery  ATLAS OBSCURA / Joshua Foer  MET HER MATCH / Jude Deveraux  BEATING OSTEOPOROSIS / Mira Calton  MOBITURAIES / Mo Rocca  A BITTER FEAST / Deborah Crombie  MUMBO GUMBO MURDER / Laura Childs  BLOODY GENIUS / John Sanford  NINTH HOUSE / Leigh Bardugo  A BOOK OF BONES / John Connolly  NOEL STREET / Richard Paul Evans  THE BURNING WHITE / Brent Weeks  NOTHING TO SEE HERE / Kevin Wilson  CALL SIGN CHAOS / Jim Mattis  NOTHING VENTURED / Jeffery Archer  A CASTLE IN WARTIME / Catherine Bailey  OLD BONES / Douglas Preston  CATCH AND KILL / Ronan Farrow  OLD SUCCESS / Matha Grimes  THE CHESTNUT MAN / Soren Sveistrup  ORACLE / Jonathan Cahn  CHILD’S PLAY / Danielle Steel  OUTFOX / Sandra Brown  CHRISTMAS BOUTIQUE / Chiaverini Jennifer  THE OYSTERVILLE SEWING CIRCLE / Susan  CHRISTMAS GATHERING / Anne Perry Wiggs  CHRISTMAS SHOPAHOLIC / Sophie Kinsella  THE PERFECT WIFE / JP Delaney  CILKA’S JOURNEY / Heather Morris  PERMANENT RECORD / Edward Snowden  THE CONFESSION CLUB / Elizabeth Berg  PILGRIMAGE TO ETERNITY / Timothy Egan  CRISS / James Patterson  THE REVIVSIONER’S / Margaret Sexton  A CRUEL DECEPTION / Charles Todd  RISE OF MAGICKS / Nora Roberts  THE CULT OF TRUMP / Steven Hassan  ROBERT B PARKER’S ANGEL EYES / Ace  CUT AND RUN / Fern Michaels Atkins  DEATH IN FOCUS / Anne Perry  SCARLET FEVER / Rita Mae Brown  DO YOU MIND IF I CANCEL / Gary Janetti  THE SECOND SLEEP / Robert Harris  A DOG’S PROMISE / W Bruce Cameron  SHAMED / Linda Castillo  DUMPTY / John Lithgow  THE SHAPE OF NIGHT / Tess Gerrisen  EDISON / Edmund Morris  SHE CAME TO SLAY / Erica Dunbar  ELEVATOR PITCH / Linwwod Barclay  SINGLE THREAD / Tracy Chevalier  FALL OF RICHARD NIXON / Tom Brokaw  SINS OF THE FATHERS / Judith Jance  THE FAMILY UPSTAIRS / Lisa Jewell  A SONG FOR YOU / Robyn Crawford  FENTANYL INC. / Ben Westhoff  SPIRIT OF THE SEASON / Fern Michaels  FINAL OPTION / Clive Cussler  SPY / Danielle Steel  GUILTY NOT GUILTY / Felix Francis  THE STALKING / Heather Graham  HART’S HOLLOW FARM / Janet Dailey  STEALTH / Stuart Woods  HOME WORK / Julie Andrews  THE STRANGER INSIDE / Lisa Unger  HYMNS OF THE REPUBLIC / S. C. Gwynne  SWORD OF KINGS / Bernard Cornwell  IMAGINARY FRIEND / Stephen Chbosky  TEXAS FOREVER / Janet Dailey  THE INFLAMATION SPECTRUM / Cole Will  THREE DAYS AT THE BRINK / Bret Baier  INSIDE OUT / Demi Moore  THE TIMEPIECE / Beverly Lewis  KINDNESS AND WONDER / Gavin Edwards  TO THE LAND LONG LOST FRIENDS / Alexander  AND MAKE THEM CRY / Mary Mccall Smith Higgins Clark  TOUCHED BY THE SUN / Carly Simon  KNOW MY NAME / Chanel Miller  THE TURN OF THE KEY / Ruth Ware  THE LAST WIDOW / Karin Slaughter  UNDER OCCUPATION / Alan Furst  LEOPARD’S WRATH / Christine Feehan  WHAT HAPPENS IN PARADISE / Elin Hilderbrand  LESS PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT US / Axton Betz-  WHAT ROSE FORGOT / Nevada Barr Hamilton  WILD GAME / Adrienne Brodeur  LET IT SNOW / Nancy Thayer  THE WORLD THAT WE KNEW / Alice Hoffman  LETHAL AGENT / Kyle Mills  WYOMING HEART / Diana Palmer  LIFE UNDERCOVER / Amaryllis Fox  YEAR OF THE MONKEY / Patti Smith  LITTLE WEIRDS / Jenny Slate