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The New York Times Hardcover best-sellers (Dec 29, 2013)

FICTION

1. SYCAMORE ROW, by John Grisham. (Doubleday)

A sequel to “A Time to Kill.”

2. THE FIRST PHONE CALL FROM HEAVEN, by Mitch Albom. (Harper)

A small Michigan town is transformed when its residents receive phone calls from heaven.

3. COMMAND AUTHORITY, by Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney. (Putnam)

President Jack Ryan and his son, a covert intelligence expert, try to stop a Russian threat in Tom Clancy’s last novel before his death.

4. THE GOLDFINCH, by Donna Tartt. (Little, Brown)

A painting smuggled out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a bombing becomes a boy’s prize, guilt and burden.

5. DOCTOR SLEEP, by Stephen King. (Scribner)

Now grown, Dan, the boy in “The Shining,” helps another threatened child with a gift.

6. CROSS MY HEART, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown)

Alex Cross’ family is threatened by a genius intent on proving that he is the greatest mind in the history of crime.

7. THE GODS OF GUILT, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown)

Mickey Haller, aka the Lincoln lawyer, defends a “digital pimp” accused of murder.

8. TAKEDOWN TWENTY, by Janet Evanovich. (Bantam)

The New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum pursues a mobster on the lam.

9. INNOCENCE, by Dean Koontz. (Bantam)

A grotesque man living in exile encounters a teenage girl hiding from enemies.

10. KING AND MAXWELL, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central)

Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, former secret service agents turned private investigators, scrutinize a soldier’s death in Afghanistan.

NONFICTION

1. THINGS THAT MATTER, by Charles Krauthammer. (Crown Forum)

Three decades’ worth of essays from the conservative columnist.

2. KILLING JESUS, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt)

The host of “The O’Reilly Factor” recounts the events leading up to Jesus’ execution.

3. GEORGE WASHINGTON’S SECRET SIX, by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. (Sentinel)

The story of the Culper spy ring, which aided the American cause during the Revolution.

4. DAVID AND GOLIATH, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown)

How disadvantages can work in our favor.

5. THE BULLY PULPIT, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. (Simon & Schuster)

Author of “Team of Rivals” explores the relationships between Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the muckraking press.

6. MIRACLES AND MASSACRES, by Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Hannah Beck. (Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts)

Little-known stories from the American past.

7. HUMANS OF NEW YORK, by Brandon Stanton. (St Martin’s)

Four hundred color photos of New Yorkers.

8. I AM MALALA, by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb. (Little, Brown)

The story of the Pakistani girl who advocated for women’s education and shot by the Taliban.

9. LET ME OFF AT THE TOP!, by Ron Burgundy. (Crown Archetype)

A “memoir” in the voice of Will Ferrell’s anchorman character.

10. SI-COLOGY 1, by Si Robertson with Mark Schlabach. (Howard Books)

Tales from Phil’s youngest brother, who works in the Duck Commander workshop.


 

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