Publishers Weekly - 04.11.2019

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• 14 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ■ NOVEMBER 4,
  
  
  • 1 – The Night Fire Michael Connelly Little, Brown 9780316485616 56,
  
  
  • 2 1 The Guardians John Grisham Doubleday 9780385544184 55,
  
  
  • 3 – The Deserter DeMille/DeMille Simon & Schuster 9781501101755 21,
  
  
  • 4 2 The 19th Christmas Patterson/Paetro Little, Brown 9780316420273 17,
  
  
  • 5 – The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse Charlie Mackesy HarperOne 9780062976581 16,
  
  
  • 6 7 The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates One World 9780399590597 15,
  
  
  • 7 – Agent Running in the Field John le Carré Viking 9781984878878 15,
  
  
  • 8 3 The Institute Stephen King Scribner 9781982110567 15,
  
  
  • 9 5 The Dutch House Ann Patchett Harper 9780062963673 13,
  
  
  • 10 – The Burning White Brent Weeks Orbit 9780316251303 12,
  
  
  • 11 6 The Testaments Margaret Atwood Doubleday/Talese 9780385543781 11,
  
  
  • 12 – To the Land of Long Lost Friends Alexander McCall Smith Pantheon 9781524747824 7,
  
  
  • 13 4 Olive, Again Elizabeth Strout Random House 9780812996548 6,
  
  
  • 14 9 Bloody Genius John Sandford Putnam 9780525536611 6,
  
  
  • 15 8 Ninth House Leigh Bardugo Flatiron 9781250313072 6,
  
  
  • 16 10 Child’s Play Danielle Steel Delacorte 9780399179501 6,
  
  
  • 17 11 Vince Flynn: Lethal Agent Kyle Mills Atria 9781501190629 5,
  
  
  • 18 12 The Giver of Stars Jojo Moyes Viking/Dorman 9780399562488 5,
  
  
  • 19 – The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street Karen White Berkley 9780451475244 5,
  
  
  • 20 14 Cilka’s Journey Heather Morris St. Martin’s 9781250265708 5,
  
  
  • 1 – The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The New Frontier Ree Drummond Morrow 9780062561374 92,
  
  
  • 2 1 Me Elton John Holt 9781250147608 33,
  
  
  • 3 3 Catch and Kill Ronan Farrow Little, Brown 9780316486637 22,
  
  
  • 4 – Binging with Babish Andrew Rea HMH 9781328589897 21,
  
  
  • 5 – Trump vs. China Newt Gingrich Center Street 9781546085072 20,
  
  
  • 6 6 The Way I Heard It Mike Rowe Gallery 9781982130855 17,
  
  
  • 7 2 I Really Needed This Today Hoda Kotb Putnam 9780735217416 17,
  
  
  • 8 – Three Days at the Brink Bret Baier Morrow 9780062905680 16,
  
  
  • 9 – Nothing Fancy Alison Roman Clarkson Potter 9780451497017 16,
  
  
  • 10 5 Blowout Rachel Maddow Crown 9780525575474 15,
  
  
  • 11 – Dumpty John Lithgow Chronicle Prism 9781452182759 15,
  
  
  • 12 8 Talking to Strangers Malcolm Gladwell Little, Brown 9780316478526 15,
  
  
  • 13 – Food: What the Heck Should I Cook? Mark Hyman Little, Brown Spark 9780316453134 14,
  
  
  • 14 15 The Book of Gutsy Women Clinton/Clinton Simon & Schuster 9781501178412 13,
  
  
  • 15 – The Official Bright Line Eating Cookbook Susan Peirce Thompson Hay House 9781401957131 13,
  
  
  • 16 13 The United States of Trump Bill O’Reilly Holt 9781250237224 11,
  
  
  • 17 – Touched by the Sun Carly Simon FSG 9780374277727 9,
  
  
  • 18 14 Live in Grace, Walk in Love Bob Goff Nelson 9781400203772 9,
  
  
  • 19 11 The Body Bill Bryson Doubleday 9780385539302 9,
  
  
  • 20 – Permanent Record Edward Snowden Metropolitan 9781250237231 9,
    
    
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  • Adult Bestsellers | OCT. 20–26, RANK LW TITLE AUTHOR IMPRINT ISBN UNITS
    
    
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  • 1 1 Beauchamp Hall Danielle Steel Dell 9780399179310 9,
  
  
  • 2 – Meant to Be Yours Susan Mallery HQN 9781335041494 8,
  
  
  • 3 2 Dark Sacred Night Michael Connelly Vision 9781538731765 7,
  
  
  • 4 5 Doctor Sleep (movie tie-in) Stephen King Pocket 9781982138868 6,
  
  
  • 5 4 Target: Alex Cross James Patterson Vision 9781538713778 6,
  
  
  • 6 6 Alaskan Holiday Debbie Macomber Ballantine 9780399181306 5,
  
  
  • 7 3 Holy Ghost John Sandford Putnam 9780735217348 5,
  
  
  • 8 – Never Tell Lisa Gardner Dutton 9781524742102 5,
  
  
  • 9 7 Year One Nora Roberts St. Martin’s 9781250122971 4,
  
  
  • 10 – Season of Love Debbie Macomber Mira 9780778307839 4,
  
  
  • 11 8 Kisses in the Snow Debbie Macomber Mira 9780778308218 4,
  
  
  • 12 9 Look Alive Twenty-Five Janet Evanovich Putnam 9780399179242 4,
  
  
  • 13 – The Christmas Dare Lori Wilde Avon 9780062468314 4,
  
  
  • 14 11 The Reckoning John Grisham Dell 9780525620938 3,
  
  
  • 15 10 Play Dirty Sandra Brown Pocket 9781982121112 3,
  
  
  • 16 12 Season of Wonder RaeAnne Thayne HQN 9781335041470 3,
  
  
  • 17 – The Duke’s Stolen Bride Sophie Jordan Avon 9780062885432 3,
  
  
  • 18 – Rancher’s Wild Secret Maisey Yates Harlequin 9781335147165 3,
  
  
  • 19 14 Bullets Don’t Argue William W. Johnstone Pinnacle 9780786043668 3,
  
  
  • 20 15 Christmas at White Pines Sherryl Woods Mira 9780778309277 2,
  
  
  • 1 1 Every Breath Nicholas Sparks Grand Central 9781538728543 17,
  
  
  • 2 2 The Great Alone Kristin Hannah Griffin 9781250229533 10,
  
  
  • 3 3 Redemption David Baldacci Grand Central 9781538761458 8,
  
  
  • 4 4 The 18th Abduction Patterson/Paetro Grand Central 9781538731598 7,
  
  
  • 5 5 Nine Perfect Strangers Liane Moriarty Flatiron 9781250069832 5,
  
  
  • 6 9 Before We Were Yours Lisa Wingate Ballantine 9780425284704 5,
  
  
  • 7 13 Little Fires Everywhere Celeste Ng Penguin Books 9780735224315 5,
  
  
  • 8 10 A Well-Behaved Woman Therese Anne Fowler Griffin 9781250095480 5,
  
  
  • 9 8 A Spark of Light Jodi Picoult Ballantine 9780345545008 4,
  
  
  • 10 7 The Overstory Richard Powers Norton 9780393356687 4,
  
  
  • 11 – Watchmen (2019 ed.) Moore/Gibbons DC 9781779501127 4,
  
  
  • 12 14 Doctor Sleep (movie tie-in) Stephen King Gallery 9781982131807 4,
  
  
  • 13 16 Official SAT Study Guide (2020 ed.) – College Board 9781457312199 3,
  
  
  • 14 27 The Outsider Stephen King Gallery 9781501181009 3,
  
  
  • 15 19 The Woman in the Window A.J. Finn Morrow 9780062678423 3,
  
  
  • 16 24 Then She Was Gone Lisa Jewell Atria 9781501154652 3,
  
  
  • 17 – Shade Pete Souza Voracious 9780316458214 3,
  
  
  • 18 17 Winter in Paradise Elin Hilderbrand Back Bay 9780316435536 3,
  
  
  • 19 18 It (movie tie-in) Stephen King Scribner 9781982127794 3,
  
  
  • 20 – Twice in a Blue Moon Christina Lauren Gallery 9781501197420 3,
    
    
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• Adult Bestsellers | OCT. 20–26, LW: rank last week


• 16 PUBLISHERS WEEKLY ■ NOVEMBER 4,
  
  
  • 1 For Whom the Ball Rolls (Dog Man #7) Dav Pilkey Graphix 9781338236590 31, Children’s Picture Books
  
  
  • 2 Tales from a Not-So-Best Friend Forever (Dork Diaries #14) Rachel Renée Russell Aladdin 9781534427204 21,
  
  
  • 3 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire Rowling/Kay Scholastic/Levine 9780545791427 17,
  
  
  • 4 The Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #3) Tui T. Sutherland Graphix 9781338344059 9,
  
  
  • 5 The Tyrant’s Tomb (The Trials of Apollo #4) Rick Riordan Disney-Hyperion 9781484746448 8,
  
  
  • 6 Brawl of the Wild (Dog Man #6) Dav Pilkey Graphix 9781338236576 7,
  
  
  • 7 Boy-Crazy Stacey (Baby-Sitters Club #7) Martin/Galligan Graphix 9781338304510 6,
  
  
  • 8 The Last Kids on Earth and the Midnight Blade Max Brallier Viking 9780425292112 5,
  
  
  • 9 Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid Jeff Kinney Amulet 9781419740275 4, (Last Kids on Earth #5)
  
  
  • 10 A Tale of Magic... Chris Colfer Little, Brown 9780316523479 4,
  
  
  • 11 The Lost Heir (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel #2) Tui T. Sutherland Graphix 9780545942201 3,
  
  
  • 12 Captain Underpants and the Preposterous Plight... Dav Pilkey Scholastic 9781338271515 3,
  
  
  • 13 Descendants 3 (junior novel) – Disney Press 9781368042185 2,
  
  
  • 14 The Similars Rebecca Hanover Sourcebooks 9781492691808 2,
  
  
  • 15 White Bird R.J. Palacio Knopf 9780525645535 2,
  
  
  • 16 The Poison Jungle (Wings of Fire #13) Tui T. Sutherland Scholastic Press 9781338214512 2,
  
  
  • 17 The Secret Commonwealth (The Book of Dust #2) Philip Pullman Knopf 9780553510669 2,
  
  
  • 18 Wayward Son Rainbow Rowell Wednesday 9781250146076 2,
  
  
  • 19 The Meltdown (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #13) Jeff Kinney Amulet 9781419741999 1,
  
  
  • 20 Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (movie tie-in) Schwartz/Gammell HarperCollins 9780062961280 1,
  
  
  • 21 The Girl Who Drank the Moon Kelly Barnhill Algonquin 9781616207465 1,
  
  
  • 22 Allies Alan Gratz Scholastic Press 9781338245721 1,
  
  
  • 23 The Fountains of Silence Ruta Sepetys Philomel 9780399160318 1,
  
  
  • 24 Master of the Phantom Isle (Dragonwatch #3) Brandon Mull Shadow Mountain 9781629726045 1,
  
  
  • 25 I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 Lauren Tarshis Scholastic 9781338317411 1,
  
  
  • 1 Room on the Broom Donaldson/Scheffler Puffin 9780142501122 20,
  
  
  • 2 Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete Dean/Dean HarperFestival 9780062198709 14,
  
  
  • 3 Little Blue Truck’s Halloween Schertle/McElmurry HMH 9780544772533 10,
  
  
  • 4 Spooky Pookie Sandra Boynton Little Simon 9781481497671 10,
  
  
  • 5 Room on the Broom (board book) Donaldson/Scheffler Dial 9780803738416 9,
  
  
  • 6 The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle Philomel 9780399226908 8,
  
  
  • 7 The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything Williams/Lloyd HarperCollins 9780064431835 8,
  
  
  • 8 Goodnight Moon Brown/Hurd HarperFestival 9780694003617 7,
  
  
  • 9 Happy Halloween, Daniel Tiger! Santomero/Fruchter Simon Spotlight 9781481404297 6,
  
  
  • 10 Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins James Dean HarperCollins 9780062304186 6,
  
  
  • 11 Just Ask! Sotomayor/López Philomel 9780525514121 6,
  
  
  • 12 You’re My Little Pumpkin Pie Natalie Marshall Silver Dolphin 9781684124343 6,
  
  
  • 13 The Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin Fry/Rescek Little Simon 9781481405058 6,
  
  
  • 14 Good Night, Little Blue Truck Schertle/McElmurry HMH 9781328852137 6,
  
  
  • 15 Goodnight Goon Michael Rex Putnam 9780399260117 5,
  
  
  • 16 The Wonky Donkey Smith/Cowley Scholastic 9780545261241 5,
  
  
  • 17 It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse! Numeroff/Bond HC/Balzer + Bray 9780694014293 5,
  
  
  • 18 Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Martin/Carle Holt 9780805047905 5,
  
  
  • 19 It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown Charles M. Schulz Simon Spotlight 9781481435857 5,
  
  
  • 20 Little Blue Truck Schertle/McElmurry HMH 9780544568037 5,
  
  
  • 21 Corduroy’s Best Halloween Ever! Don Freeman Grosset & Dunlap 9780448424996 5,
  
  
  • 22 There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat! Colandro/Lee Cartwheel 9780439737661 5,
  
  
  • 23 If Animals Kissed Good Night Paul/Walker FSG 9780374300210 5,
  
  
  • 24 Love You Forever Robert Munsch Firefly 9780920668375 4,
  
  
  • 25 Sulwe Nyong’o/Harrison Simon & Schuster 9781534425361 4,
  
  
  • Children’s Bestsellers |OCT. 20–26,
    
    
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  • 1 The Last Wife Nicola Marsh Bookouture Science Fiction & Fantasy
  
  
  • 2 Where the Crawdads Sing Delia Owens Putnam
  
  
  • 3 The Dutch House Ann Patchett Harper
  
  
  • 4 What Happens in Paradise Elin Hilderbrand Little, Brown
  
  
  • 5 The Dollhouse Fiona Davis Dutton
  
  
  • 6 Fall of Giants Ken Follett Penguin Books
  
  
  • 7 The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates One World
  
  
  • 8 Olive, Again Elizabeth Strout Random House
  
  
  • 9 The Testaments Margaret Atwood Doubleday/Talese
    
    
    • 10 The Giver of Stars Jojo Moyes Viking/Dorman
    
    
    • 11 Stealth Stuart Woods Putnam
    
    
    • 12 The Chaperone Laura Moriarty Riverhead
    
    
    • 13 The Christmas Spirits on Tradd Street Karen White Berkley
    
    
    • 14 My Mother’s Secret J.L. Witterick Berkley
    
    
    • 15 Doctor Sleep Stephen King Scribner
    
    
    • 16 The First Phone Call from Heaven Mitch Albom Harper
    
    
    • 17 Child’s Play Danielle Steel Dell
    
    
    • 18 Winter in Paradise Elin Hilderbrand Little, Brown
    
    
    • 19 As Bright as Heaven Susan Meissner Berkley
    
    
    • 20 A House Without Windows Nadia Hashimi Morrow
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • 1 The Night Fire Michael Connelly Little, Brown RANK TITLE AUTHOR IMPRINT ISBN
  
  
  • 2 The Guardians John Grisham Doubleday
  
  
  • 3 The Deserter Demille/ DeMille Simon & Schuster
  
  
  • 4 Agent Running in the Field John le Carré Viking
  
  
  • 5 The 19th Christmas Patterson/Paetro Little, Brown
  
  
  • 6 Vince Flynn: Lethal Agent Kyle Mills Atria/Bestler
  
  
  • 7 An Unwanted Guest Shari Lapena Penguin Books
  
  
  • 8 The Institute Stephen King Scribner
  
  
  • 9 Swamp Santa Jana DeLeon J&R
    
    
    • 10 Bloody Genius John Sandford Putnam
    
    
    • 1 Good Omens Gaiman/Pratchett Morrow
    
    
    • 2 In Another World with My Smartphone, Vol. 17 Fuyuhara/Usatsuka J-Novel Club
    
    
    • 3 The Rogue’s Galaxy Erin Hayes Erin Hayes
    
    
    • 5 The Real Story Stephen R. Donaldson Spectra 4 The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe C.S. Lewis Princus –
    
    
    • 6 Interference Sue Burke Tor
    
    
    • 7 One Second After William R. Forstchen Forge
    
    
    • 8 Blood Curse Crystal-Rain Love BelleBooks
    
    
    • 9 The Lost and the Damned Guy Haley Black Library
    
    
    • 10 Ghost Writer in the Sky Piers Anthony Open Road
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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