New York Times Best Seller List – Week of November 17, 2019 FICTION NONFICTION TW LW WOL TW LW WOL BLUE MOON / Lee Child. Jack Reacher gets caught up in a turf 1 -- 1 THE BEAUTIFUL ONES / Prince. A memoir by the war between Ukrainian and Albanian gangs. 1 musician written before his death, with photos and other -- 1 THE GUARDIANS / John Grisham. Cullen Post, a lawyer and memorabilia detailing his evolution. 2 Episcopal minister, antagonizes some ruthless killers when he 2 3 ME / Elton John. The multi-award-winning solo artist's takes on a wrongful conviction case. 2 first autobiography chronicles his career, relationships 1 3 THE NIGHT FIRE / Michael Connelly. Harry Bosch and Renée and private struggles. 3 Ballard return to take up a case that held the attention of 1 2 BLOWOUT / Rachel Maddow. The MSNBC host argues Bosch’s mentor. 3 that the global oil and gas industry has weakened 4 5 WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING / Delia Owens. In a quiet democracies and bolstered authoritarians. 4 town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who 3 61 DUMPTY / John Lithgow. The multi-award-winning actor survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect 4 satirizes the Trump administration with a collection of 3 2 FIND ME / André Aciman. Years after the events of “Call Me by poems and illustrations. Your Name,” Elio has become a classically trained pianist in 5 -- 1 CATCH AND KILL / Ronan Farrow. Pulitzer Prize- Paris while Oliver is a New England college professor with a winning reporter details surveillance and intimidation 5 2 3 family. tactics used to pressure journalists and elude THE DUTCH HOUSE / Ann Patchett. A sibling relationship is consequences by certain wealthy and connected men. 6 impacted when the family goes from poverty to wealth and back 7 6 TALKING TO STRANGERS / Malcolm Gladwell. again over the course of many decades. Famous examples of miscommunication serve as the 6 6 8 THE GIVER OF STARS / Jojo Moyes. In Depression-era backdrop to explain potential conflicts and 7 America, five women refuse to be cowed by men or convention 15 4 misunderstandings. as they deliver books throughout the mountains of Kentucky. THE PLOT AGAINST THE PRESIDENT / Lee Smith. A THE INSTITUTE / Stephen King. Children with special talents 7 narrative is depicted from the perspective of -- 1 8 are abducted and sequestered in an institution where the 9 8 Representative Devin Nunes. sinister staff seeks to extract their gifts through harsh methods THREE DAYS AT THE BRINK / Bret Baier. The Fox News host describes a meeting between Franklin D. 5 2 THE LOST CAUSES OF BLEAK CREEK / Rhett McLaughlin 8 Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin in and Link Neal with Lance Rubin. Two high school freshmen dig 9 -- 1 Tehran during World War II. into the dark underpinnings of their hometown and a local reform school in North Carolina. EDUCATED / Tara Westover. The daughter of 9 survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself 8 89 THE 19TH CHRISTMAS / James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. enough to leave home for university In the 19th installment of the Women's Murder Club series, 10 6 4 detective Lindsay Boxer and company take on a fearsome PERMANENT RECORD / Edward Snowden. A memoir criminal known only as "Loman." 10 by the former National Security Agency contractor who 7 5 THE WATER DANCER / Ta-Nehisi Coates. A young man who exposed the government’s mass surveillance program. 11 was gifted with a mysterious power becomes part of a war 8 6 THE BOOK OF GUTSY WOMEN / Hillary Rodham between slavers and the enslaved. 11 Clinton. Profiles of women from around the world who 14 5 THE DESERTER / Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille. Two have blazed trails and challenged the status quo. 12 members of the Criminal Investigation Division must bring back 4 2 THE BODY / Bill Bryson. An owner’s manual of the a Delta Force soldier who disappeared. 12 human body covering various parts, functions and what 11 3 happens when things go wrong THE TESTAMENTS / Margaret Atwood. In a sequel to “The 13 Handmaid’s Tale,” old secrets bring three women together as 10 8 GUILTY BY REASON OF INSANITY / David Limbaugh. the Republic of Gilead’s theocratic regime shows signs of decay. 13 Conservative commentator contends that liberals have -- 1 declared a political war against the current president. NINTH HOUSE / Leigh Bardugo. After mysteriously surviving a 14 multiple homicide, Galaxy Stern comes face to face with dark 14 4 THE UNITED STATES OF TRUMP / Bill O'Reilly. The magic, murder and more at Yale University 14 commentator weaves interviews and personal history to 12 6 OLIVE, AGAIN / Elizabeth Strout. In a follow-up to the Pulitzer portray power and influence of 45th president. Prizewinning novel “Olive Kitteridge,” new relationships, 15 13 3 EDISON / Edmund Morris. The Pulitzer Prize-winning including a second marriage, are encountered in a seaside town 15 author chronicles the personal life, inventions and -- 1 in Maine. obsessions of Thomas Alva Edison. 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 ATLAS OBSCURA / Joshua Foer MRS. MIRACLE CHRISTMAS / Debbie Macomber BEATING OSTEOPOROSIS / Mira Calton MUMBO GUMBO MURDER / Laura Childs BECOMING / Michelle Obama NOEL VENTURED / Jeffery Archer A BITTER FEAST / Deborah Crombie NOTHING VENTURED / Jeffery Archer THE BITTERROOTS / C.J. Box OLD BONES / Douglas Preston BLOODY GAMES / John Sanford OLD SUCCESS / Matha Grimes BLUE MOON / Lee Child ORACLE / Jonathan Cahn A BOOK OF BONES / John Connolly OUTFOX / Sandra Brown CALL SIGN CHAOS / Jim Mattis OVER THE TOP / Van Ness A CASTLE IN WARTIME / Catherine Bailey THE OYSTERVILLE SEWING CIRCLE / Susan Wiggs THE CHESTNUT MAN / Soren Sveistrup THE PERFECT WIFE / JP Delaney CHILD’S PLAY / Danielle Steel PILGRIMAGE TO ETERNITY / Timothy Egan CHRISTMAS BOUTIQUE / Chiaverini Jennifer PURSUIT / Joyce Carol Oates CHRISTMAS GATHERING / Anne Perry QUANTUM / Patricia Cornwell CHRISTMAS SHOPAHOLIC / Sophie Kinsella RADICALS, RESISTANCE AND REVENGE / Jeanine CILKA’S JOURNEY / Heather Morris Pirro A CRUEL DECEPTION / Charles Todd RED AT THE BONE / Jacqueline Woodson THE CULT OF TRUMP / Steven Hassan RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT / Geoff Tibballs CUT AND RUN / Fern Michaels ROBERT B PARKER’S THE BITTEREST PILL / Reed THE CONFESSION CLUB / Elizabeth Berg Coleman DEAR GIRLS / Ali Wong ROBERT B PARKER’S ANGEL EYES / Ace Atkins DEATH IN FOCUS / Anne Perry THE RUSSIA ACCOUNT / Stephen Coontz DEEP STATE / James Stewart THE SECOND SLEEP / Robert Harris A DOG’S PROMISE / W Bruce Cameron SHAMED / Linda Castillo ELEVATOR PITCH / Linwwod Barclay SHAMELESS / Ace Atkins EXONORATED / Dan Bongino THE SHAPE OF NIGHT / Tess Gerrisen FACE IT / Debbie Harry THE SILENT PATIENT / Alex Michaelides FENTANYL INC. / Ben Westhoff SINGLE THREAD / Tracy Checalier FINDING CHIKA / Mithc Albom SINS OF THE FATHERS / Judith Jance THE FIRST CELL / Azra Raza SPIRIT OF THE SEASON / Fern Micheals FULL THROTTLE / Joe Hill THE STALKING / Heather Graham GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2020 STEALTH / Stuart Woods GUILTY NOT GUILTY / Felix Francis STOLEN / Richard Bell HABEN / Haben Girma THE STRANGER INSIDE / Lisa Unger HART’S HOLLOW FARM / Janet Dailey SUMMER OF ’69 / Elin Hilderbrand HIGH SCHOOL / Tegan Quin TEXAS FOREVER / Janet Dailey HOME WORK / Julie Andrews THIS TENDER LAND / William Kent Krueger HOW TO / Randall Munroe THREE WOMEN / Lisa Taddeo HYMNS O F THE REPUBLIC / S. C. Gwynne THE TIMEPIECE / Beverly Lewis IMAGINARY FRIEND / Stephen Chbosky THE TITANIC SECRET / Clive Cussler INSIDE OUT / Demi Moore TOOLS AND WEAPONS / Brad Smith KINDNESS AND WONDER / Gavin Edwards TOUGH LOVE / Susan Rice KISS THE GIRLS AND MAKE THEM CRY / Mary TOM CLANCY’S CODE OF HONOR / Marc Cameron Higgins Clark TRICK MIRROR / Jia Taddeo KNAVES OVER QUEENS / George R.R. Martin THE TURN OF THE KEY / Ruth Ware KNOW MY NAME / Chanel Miller VENDETTA IN DEATH / J.D. Robb LAND OF WOLVES / Craig Johnson THE WARNING / James Patterson THE LAST WIDOW / Karin Slaughter WHAT HAPPENS IN PARADISE / Elin Hilderbrand LET IT SNOW / Nancy Thayer WHAT ROSE FORGOT / Nevada Barr LETHAL AGENT / Kyle Mills WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU PEARS / Jeanine Gaffigan LETTERS FROM AN ASTROPHYSICIST / Neil WHERE DO I BEGIN / Elvis Duran deGrasse Tyson WILL MY CAT EAT MY EYEBALLS? / Caitlin Doughty A LITTLE HATRED / Joe Abercrombie THE WORLD THAT WE KNEW / Alice Hoffman THE LOST ART OF SCRIPTURE / Karen Armstrong WYOMING HEART / Diana Palmer MEANT TO BE YOURS / Susan Mallery YEAR OF THE MONKEY / Patti Smith MET HER MATCH / Jude Deveraux THE YEARS THAT MATTER MOST / Paul Tough A MINUTE TO MIDNIGHT / David Baldacci .