The New York Times Hardcover best-sellers (Dec 8, 2013)
Print Edition
FICTION
1. TAKEDOWN TWENTY, by Janet Evanovich. (Bantam)
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum pursues mobster.
2. KING AND MAXWELL, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central)
Sean King and Michelle Maxwell scrutinize a soldier’s mysterious death in Afghanistan.
3. SYCAMORE ROW, by John Grisham (Doubleday)
A sequel to “A Time to Kill.”
4. THE FIRST PHONE CALL FROM HEAVEN, by Mitch Albom. (Harper)
A small Michigan town is transformed when its residents get phone calls said to be from heaven.
5. 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.
6. DUST, by Patricia Cornwell. (Putnam)
The murder of a computer engineer at MIT leads Kay Scarpetta in unexpected directions.
7. DOCTOR SLEEP, by Stephen King. (Scribner)
Now grown up, Dan, the boy in “The Shining,” helps another threatened child with a gift.
8. THE VALLEY OF AMAZEMENT, by Amy Tan. (Ecco/HarperCollins)
Author of “The Joy Luck Club” follows mother and daughter courtesans over four decades.
9. S., by Doug Dorst. (Mulholland/Little, Brown)
In a project conceived by writer and director JJ Abrams, the facsimile of a novel published in 1949 encodes a mystery.
10. THE LONGEST RIDE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central)
Lives of two couples converge unexpectedly.
NON-FICTION
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. MIRACLES AND MASSACRES, by Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Hannah Beck. (Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts)
Little-known stories from the American past.
4. 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.
5. THE BULLY PULPIT, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. (Simon & Schuster)
The relationships between Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the muckraking press.
6. DAVID AND GOLIATH, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown)
How disadvantages can work in our favor; from author of “The Tipping Point” and “Outliers.”
7. I AM MALALA, by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb. (Little, Brown)
From Pakistani girl who advocated for women’s education and was shot by the Taliban.
8. SI-COLOGY 1, by Si Robertson with Mark Schlabach. (Howard Books)
Tales from Phil’s youngest brother, who works in the Duck Commander workshop.
9. GOOD TIDINGS AND GREAT JOY, by Sarah Palin. (Broadside/HarperCollins)
The former vice presidential candidate urges Americans to keep Christ in Christmas.
10. FIVE DAYS IN NOVEMBER, by Clint Hill and Lisa McCubbin. (Gallery Books)
Recollections from Secret Service agent who tried to protect President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963; with 150 photographs.
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