The New York Times List of Best Sellers for the week ending Nov. 18, 2018
FICTION
1. Elevation
Stephen King
A man is losing weight without getting thinner forms an unlikely alliance with his neighbors who are dealing with prejudices.
2. The Reckoning
John Grisham
A decorated World War II veteran shoots and kills a pastor inside a Mississippi church.
3. Dark Sacred Night
Michael Connelly
Detective Renee Ballard teams up with the retired detective Harry Bosch, who is working on a cold case.
4. Every Breath
Nicholas Sparks
Difficult choices surface when Hope Anderson and Tru Walls meet in a North Carolina seaside town.
5, Unsheltered
Barbara Kingsolver
Intertwined stories of two families who live in different centuries on the same street corner in Vineland, N.J.
6. The Next Person You Meet in Heaven
Mitch Albom
The sequel to “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” follows Annie on her heavenly journey.
7. A Spark of Light
Jodi Picoult
The lives of patients, doctors and activists intersect when a gunman holds them all hostages in a woman’s health center in Mississippi.
8. Ambush
James Patterson; James O. Born
Michael Bennett discovers that an assassin is targeting him and his family.
9. Holy Ghost
John Sandford
Virgil Flowers investigates shootings in a Minnesota town following an attempt to revive its ailing economy.
10. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens
In a quiet town in North Carolina coast in 1969, a woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
11, The Clockmaker’s Daughter
Kate Morton
A century-old mystery in the Birchwood Manor on the Thames connects the live of an archivist and artist.
12. The Witch Elm
Tana French
After Toby Hennessy retreats to his family’s ancestral home, a skull discovered in the backyard exposes his family’s past.
13, Red War
Vince Flynn; Kyle Mills
When the Russian prime minister plots to invade the Baltics, only Mitch Rapp can stop him.
14. Winter in Paradise
Elin Hilderbrand
Irene Steele uncovers her husband’s secret life on a Caribbean island following his death.
15. Alice Isn’t Dead
Joseph Fink
Keisha Taylor takes a job as a long-haul truck driver to search for her missing wife.
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NON-FICTION
1.Killing the SS
Bill O’Reilly
A look at the postwar manhunt for members of Hitler’s inner circle.
2. Beastie Boys Book
Michael Diamond; Adam Horovitz
The story of the New York band who went from performing hardcore punk music to hip hop stardom.
3. Ship of Fools
Tucker Carlson
The Fox News anchor argues that America’s ruling class is out of touch with everyday citizens.
4. Leadership
Doris Kearns Goodwin
The challenges that shaped the leadership abilities of four presidents: Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson.
5. Fear
Bob Woodward
Based on hours of interviews with sources, the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist describes debates and decision-making within the Trump White House.
6. Educated
Tara Westover
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
7. Brief Answers To The Big Questions
Steven Hawking
A collection of essays from the late scientist’s personal archive that address 10 imponderables.
8. Shade
Pete Souza
The former White House photographer juxtaposes pictures of former President Obama with tweets, headlines and quotes from the Trump administration.
9. Hindsight
Justin Timberlake
A memoir by the actor and Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter.
10. The Mamba Mentality
Kobe Bryant/Melcher/MCD/Farrar, Straus & Giroux
The former Los Angeles Lakers player describes various skills and techniques he used on the court.
11. The Fifth Risk
Michael Lewis
Brief explorations into finding hope and wisdom in times of despair and uncertainty.
12. Educated
Tara Westover
The daughter of survivalists leaves home for the university.
13. I Might Regret This
Abbi Jacobson
A collection of anecdotes and reflections from the co-creator of “Broad City.”
14. The Coddling of the American Mind
Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt
An investigation of cultural trends that the authors argue are failing the next generation.
15. Presidents of War
Michael Beschloss
A groundbreaking and often surprising saga of America’s wartime chief executives.
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