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Bestselling Books Week Ended February 15th

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” by Charlie Mackesy (Harperone)

2. “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins (Flatiron Books)

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

4. “Snug” by Catana Chetwynd (Andrews McMeel)

5. “Crooked River” by Preston/Child (Grand Central Publishing)

6. “Lost” by Patterson/Born (Little. Brown)

7. “Strange Planet” by Nathan W. Pyle (William Morrow Gift)

8. “The Guardians” by John Grisham (Doubleday)

9. “The Dutch House” by Ann Patchett (Harper)

10. “When You See Me” by Lisa Gardner (Dutton)

11. “Such a Fun Age” by Kiley Reid (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

12. “Weather” by Jenny Offill (Knopf)

13. “A Long Petal of the Sea” by Isabel Allendale (Ballantine)

14. “Salt River” by Randy Wayne White (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

15. “The Giver of Stars” by Jojo Moyes (Viking/Dorman)

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “Open Book” by Jessica Simpson (Dey Street)

2. “A Very Stable Genius” by Rucker/Leonning (Penguin)

3. “Profiles in Corruption” by Peter Schweizer (Harper)

4. “Get Out of Your Head” by Jennie Allen (Waterbrook)

5. “Built, Not Born” by Tom Golisano (HarperCollins Leadership)

6. “Floret Farm’s A Year in Flowers” by Erin Benzakein (Chronicle)

7. “Talking to Strangers” by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)

8. “Dangerous Prayers” by Craig Groeschel (Zondervan)

9. “Why We’re Polarized” by Ezra Klein (Avid Reader)

10. “Becoming: A Guided Journal for Discovering…” by Michelle Obama (Clarkson Potter)

11. “Get Your Life Back” by John Eldredge (Thomas Nelson)

12. “Leadership Strategy and Tactics” by Jocko Lillink (St. Martin’s Press)

13. “The Walk” by Adam Hamilton (Abingdon)

14. “Hold On, But Don’;t Hold Still” by Kristina Kuzmic (Viking)

15. “Brother & Sister” by Diane Keaton (Knopf)

MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS

1. “Blessing in Disguise” by Danielle Steel (Dell)

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

3. “The Oysterville Sewing Circle” by Susan Wiggs (Avon)

4. “Unspoken” by Lisa Jackson (Zebra)

5. “Country Strong” by Linda Lael Miller (HQN)

6. “Vendetta Road” by Christine Feehan (Berkley)

7. “The Night We Met” by Macomber/McClain (Mira)

8. “Shot to Hell” by William W Johnstone (Pinnacle)

9. “Hunting for a Highlander” by Lynsay Sands (Avon)

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

11. “Pieces of Her” by Karin Slaughter (William Morrow)

12. “Temptation’s Darling” by Johanna Lindsey (Pocket)

13. “The Coming Storm” by Nora Roberts (Silhouette)

14. “Wolf Pack” by C.J. Box(G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

15. “The A List” by J.A. Jance (Pocket)

TRADE PAPERBACKS

1. “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celest Ng (Penguin Books)

2. “One Good Deed” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)

3. “Unsolved” by Patterson/Ellis (Grand Central Publishing)

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

5. “The Populist’s Guide to 2020” by Ball/Enjeti (Strong Arm)

6. “Summer of ’69” by Elin Hilderbrand (Back Bay)

7. “The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek” by Kim Michele Richardson (Sourcebooks Landmark)

8. “Official SAT Study Guide” (2020 ed.) (College Board)

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

10. “The Outsider” (TV tie-in) by Stephen King (Gallery)

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

12. “Sisters by Choice” by Susan Mallery (Mira)

13. “The River Murders” by James Patterson (Grand Central Publishing)

14. “Every Breath” by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central Publishing)

15. “Neon Prey” by John Sandford (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

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