New York Times Best Seller List – Week of October 27, 2019 FICTION NONFICTION TW LW WOL TW LW WOL THE 19TH CHRISTMAS / James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. BLOWOUT / Rachel Maddow. The MSNBC host argues In the 19th installment of the Women's Murder Club series, 1 -- 1 1 that the global oil and gas industry has weakened 1 2 detective Lindsay Boxer and company take on a fearsome democracies and bolstered authoritarians. criminal known only as "Loman." TALKING TO STRANGERS / Malcolm Gladwell. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING / Delia Owens. A woman who Famous examples of miscommunication serve as the 2 3 58 2 3 5 survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect. backdrop to explain potential conflicts and WHAT HAPPENS IN PARADISE / Elin Hilderbrand. In the misunderstandings. sequel to "Winter in Paradise," Irene Steele visits the island of WITCH HUNT / Gregg Jarrett. The Fox News 3 -- 1 3 -- 1 St. John to get to the bottom of the mysterious life and death of commentator offers his analysis of the Mueller Report. her husband. THE UNITED STATES OF TRUMP / Bill O'Reilly. The conservative commentator weaves interviews and NINTH HOUSE / Leigh Bardugo. After mysteriously surviving a 4 4 3 4 multiple homicide, Galaxy Stern comes face to face with dark -- 1 personal history to portray the power and influence of magic, murder and more at Yale University. the 45th president. THE INSTITUTE / Stephen King. Children with special talents THE BOOK OF GUTSY WOMEN / Hillary Rodham 5 are abducted and sequestered in an institution where the 2 5 5 Clinton. Profiles of women from around the world who 2 2 sinister staff seeks to extract their gifts through harsh methods. have blazed trails and challenged the status quo. THE WATER DANCER / Ta-Nehisi Coates. A young man who TOUGH LOVE / Susan Rice. The former national security adviser and U.S. ambassador to the United 6 was gifted with a mysterious power becomes part of a war 1 3 6 -- 1 between slavers and the enslaved. Nations gives an insider's perspective on some of the country's most pivotal moments of the 21st century. THE DUTCH HOUSE / Ann Patchett. A sibling relationship is 7 impacted when the family goes from poverty to wealth and back 4 3 EDUCATED / Tara Westover. The daughter of again over the course of many decades. 7 survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself 6 86 enough to leave home for university. THE TESTAMENTS / Margaret Atwood. In a sequel to “The INSIDE OUT / Demi Moore. The Hollywood star 8 Handmaid’s Tale,” old secrets bring three women together as 6 5 chronicles the rocky relationships, body image issues the Republic of Gilead’s theocratic regime shows signs of decay. 5 3 8 and public perceptions that affected her attempts to CHILD'S PLAY / Danielle Steel. A prestigious New York lawyer balance family and fame. 9 learns that the life she constructed for her children and herself -- 1 DEEP STATE / James B. Stewart. NYT columnist gives isn't exactly what she thought it was. 9 a deconstruction of the various accounts of what -- 1 THE GIVER OF STARS / Jojo Moyes. In Depression era happened leading up to 2016 presidential election. 10 America, five women refuse to be cowed by men or convention -- 1 LETTERS FROM AN ASTROPHYSICIST / Neil deGrasse Tyson. In a hand-picked collection of 101 as they deliver books throughout the mountains of Kentucky. 10 -- 1 BLOODY GENIUS / John Sandford. The 12th book in the Virgil letters, the celebrity astrophysicist answers a vast array 11 Flowers series. A fight between university departments turns 5 2 of questions from science to faith and Pluto. deadly. CALL SIGN CHAOS / Jim Mattis. Former Marine 11 infantry officer and secretary of defense recounts key 9 6 VINCE FLYNN: LETHAL AGENT / Kyle Mills. Mexican cartels, moments from career and his leadership philosophy. 12 ISIS and a possible pandemic bring Mitch Rapp back into 7 3 action. YEAR OF THE MONKEY / Patti Smith. Memoir by 12 musician surveys events during 2016, including a visit to -- 2 CILKA'S JOURNEY / Heather Morris. A 16-year-old, who see dying friends and change in political landscape. sleeps with a concentration camp commandant in order to OVER THE TOP / Jonathan Van Ness. How the 13 survive, is sentenced to a Siberian prison camp where she cares 8 2 13 hairstylist, comedian and "Queer Eye" star overcame 7 3 for the ill. ridicule and trauma. IMAGINARY FRIEND / Stephen Chbosky. After disappearing KNOW MY NAME / Chanel Miller. A sexual assault 14 for six days, a boy emerges from the woods with a voice in his 10 2 14 victim reclaims her identity and challenges our culture 10 3 head that sends him on a mission. and criminal justice system as they relate to this issue. BECOMING / Michelle Obama. The former first lady THE ORACLE / Jonathan Cahn. A traveler discovers mysteries 15 describes how she balanced work, family and her 12 48 15 hidden behind seven locked doors. 13 6 husband’s political ascent. 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 AUDIENCE OF ONE / James Poniewozik OUR DOGS, OURSELVES / Alexandra Horowitz A BETTER MAN / Loise Penny OUTFOX / Sandra Brown A BITTER FEAST / Deborah Crombie THE OUTLAW OCEAN / Ian Urbina THE BITTERROOTS / C.J. Box THE OYSTERVILLE SEWING CIRCLE / Susan Wiggs BLOOD TRUTH / J.R. Ward THE PERFECT WIFE / JP Delaney THE BODY / Bill Bryson PERMANENT RECORD / Edward Snowden A BOOK OF BONES / John Connolly THE PIONEERS / David Mccough CHRISTMAS BOUTIQUE / Chiaverini Jennifer PURSUIT / Joyce Carol Oates CHRISTMAS SHOPAHOLIC / Sophie Kinsella QUANTUM / Patricia Cornwell CRISIS IN THE RED ZONE / Richard Preston QUICHOTTE / Salman Rushdie THE CULT OF TRUMP / Steven Hassan RADICALS / Jeanine Pirro CUT AND RUN / Fern Michaels RED AT THE BONE / Jacqueline Woodson DARK ILLUSION / Christine Feehen RED METAL / Mark Greaney DEATH IN FOCUS / Anne Perry A REPUBLIC IF YOU CAN KEEP IT / Neil Gorsuch THE DESERTER / Nelson Demille RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT / Geoff Tibballs A DOG’S PROMISE / W Bruce Cameron RIVAL’S BREAK / Carla Neggers THE EDUCATION OF AN IDEALIST / Samantha Power ROBERT B PARKER’S THE BITTEREST PILL / Reed ELEVATOR PITCH / Linwwod Barclay Coleman EVERYTHING IS FIGUROUTABLE / Marie Forleo THE RUSSIA ACCOUNT / Stephen Coontz EXONORATED / DAN BONGINO THE SECRETS WE KEPT / Lara Prescott FACE IT / DEBBIE HARRY SHAMED / Linda Castillo FENTANYL INC. / Ben Westhoff SHAMELESS / Ace Atkins FULL THROTTLE / Joe Hill THE SHAPE OF NIGHT / Tess Gerrisen THE GIRL WHO LIVED TWICE / David Lagercrantz SHE SAID / Jodi Kantor GODS OF THE UPPER AIR / King Charles THE SILENT PATIENT / Alex Michaelides THE GUARDIANS / John Grisham SINGLE THREAD / Tracy Checalier GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2020 SINS OF THE FATHERS / Judith Jance HABEN / Haben Girma SPIRIT OF THE SEASON / Fern Micheals HART’S HOLLOW FARM / Janet Dailey THE STALKING / Heather Graham HIGH SCHOOL / Tegan Quin STEALTH / Stuart Woods HOME WORK / Julie Andrews STOLEN / Richard Bell HOW TO / Randall Munroe THE STRANGER INSIDE / Lisa Unger HOW TO BE AN ANTICHRIST / Ibram X Kendi SUMMER OF ’69 / Elin Hilderbrand HURRICANES / Rick Ross SURFSIDE SISTERS / Nancy Thayer THE INLAND / Tea Obreht TEXAS FOREVER / Janet Dailey KILLER INSTINCT / James Patterson THANK YOU FOR MY SERVICE / Mat Best KNAVES OVER QUEENS / George R.R. Martin THINGS YOU SAVE IN A FIRE / Katherine Center KOCHLAND / Christopher Leonard THIS TENDER LAND / William Kent Krueger LAND OF WOLVES / Craig Johnson THREE WOMEN / Lisa Taddeo THE LAST WIDOW / Karin Slaughter THE TIMEPIECE / BEVERLY LEWIS LET IT SNOW / Nancy Thayer THE TITANIC SECRET / Clive Cussler LIFESPAN / David Sinclair TOOLS AND WEAPONS / Brad Smith A LITTLE HATRED / Joe Abercrombie TOUGH LOVE / SUSAN RICE ME / Elton John TRICK MIRROR / Jia Taddeo MEANT TO BE YOURS / Susan Mallery THE TURN OF THE KEY / Ruth Ware MET HER MATCH / Jude Deveraux UNDER THE TABLE / Stephanie Evanovich MOMENT OF LIFT / Melinda Gates VENDETTA IN DEATH / J.D. Robb A MRS. MIRACLE CHRISTMAS / Debbie Macomber THE WARNING / James Patterson MUMBO GUMBO MURDER / Laura Childs THE WAY I HEARD IT / Mike Rowe MY LIFE AS A RAT / Joyce Oates WHAT ROSE FORGOT / Nevada Barr NEVER HAVE I EVER / Joshilyn Jackson WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU PEARS / Jeanine Gaffigan THE NIGHT FIRE / Micheal Conelly WHERE DO I BEGIN / Elvis Duran NOTHING VENTURED / Jeffery Archer THE WISPER MAN / Alex North OLD BONES / Douglas Preston WILL MY CAT EAT MY EYEBALLS? / Caitlin Doughty ON FIRE / Naomi Klein WINDOW ON THE BAY / Debbie Macomber ONE GOOD DEED / David Baldacci THE WORLD THAT WE KNEW / Alice Hoffman ONLY PLANE IN THE SKY / Garrett Graff THE YEARS THAT MATTER MOST / Paul Tough .