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 private 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 / James Patterson. 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 CROSS / 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 KISS THE GIRLS 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 .