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Hardcover Fiction: December 19, 2020
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last week | Weeks on List |
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| 1 | Home Body | Rupi Kaur | Simon & Schuster | $22.00 | 1 | 4 |
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| 2 | The Vanishing Half | Brit Bennett | Riverhead Books | $36.00 | 2 | 8 |
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| 3 | A Time for Mercy | John Grisham | Doubleday | $39.00 | 3 | 9 |
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| 4 | Invisible Girl | Lisa Jewell | Atria | $24.99 | 4 | 9 |
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| 5 | How to Pronounce Knife | Souvankham Thammavongsa | McClelland & Stewart | $24.95 | 6 | 2 |
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| 6 | Anxious People | Fredrik Backman | Simon & Schuster | $24.99 | 8 | 12 |
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| 7 | The Guest List | Lucy Foley | William Morrow & Co. | $23.99 | - | 1 |
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| 8 | Ready Player Two | Ernest Cline | Ballantine | $38.99 | 5 | 2 |
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| 9 | Where the Crawdads Sing | Delia Owens | G.P. Putnam's Sons | $35.00 | 10 | 2 |
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| 10 | Deadly Cross | James Patterson | Little Brown & Co. | $39.00 | 7 | 2 |
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Hardcover Non-Fiction: December 19, 2020
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week |
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| 1 | A Promised Land | Barack Obama | Crown | $55.00 | 1 |
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| 2 | Burke's Law | Brian Burke and Stephen Brunt | Viking | $35.00 | 4 |
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| 3 | Extraordinary Canadians | Peter Mansbridge | Simon & Schuster | $36.99 | 3 |
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| 4 | If I Knew Then | Jann Arden | Random House Canda | $32.00 | 2 |
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| 5 | Greenlights | Matthew McConaughey | Crown | $40.00 | - |
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| 6 | No Time Like the Future | Michael J. Fox | Flatiron | $37.99 | 5 |
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| 7 | Is This Anything? | Jerry Seinfeld | Simon & Schuster | $40.00 | 6 |
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| 8 | Beauties | James Duthie | HarperCollins Canada | $34.99 | - |
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| 9 | The Answer Is ... | Alex Trebek | Simon & Schuster | $32.00 | 10 |
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| 10 | Untamed | Glennon Doyle | The Dial | $37.00 | 8 |
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Paperback Fiction: December 19, 2020
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week |
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| 1 | The River Murders | James Patterson and James O. Born | Grand Central | $12.99 | 1 |
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| 2 | Unsolved | James Patterson and David Ellis | Grand Central | $12.99 | 2 |
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| 3 | Moral Compass | Danielle Steel | Dell | $11.99 | - |
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| 4 | The Guest List | Lucy Foley | HarperCollins | $23.99 | 5 |
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| 5 | Someday with You | Nora Roberts | Silhouette | $12.99 | - |
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| 6 | American Dirt | Jeanine Cummins | Flatiron Books | $23.99 | 3 |
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| 7 | The Night Fire | Michael Connelly | Grand Central | $12.99 | 4 |
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| 8 | The Berlin Girl | Mandy Robotham | Avon Books | $24.99 | - |
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| 9 | The Glass Hotel | Emily St. John Mandel | HarperCollins Canada | $24.99 | - |
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| 10 | The Midnight Library | Matt Haig | HarperCollins Canada | $21.99 | - |
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Canadian Fiction: December 19, 2020
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week |
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| 1 | Home Body | Rupi Kaur | Simon & Schuster | $22.00 | 1 |
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| 2 | How to Pronounce Knife | Souvankham Thammavongsa | McClelland & Stewart | $24.95 | 2 |
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| 3 | Indians on Vacation | Thomas King | HarperCollins Canada | $32.99 | 4 |
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| 4 | The Glass Hotel | Emily St. John Mandel | HarperCollins Canada | $24.99 | 7 |
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| 5 | The Forgotten Daughter | Joanna Goodman | Harper Paperbacks | $21.99 | 3 |
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| 6 | All the Devils are Here | Louise Penny | Minotaur | $36.99 | 5 |
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| 7 | The Pull of the Stars | Emma Donoghue | Harper Avenue | $33.99 | 6 |
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| 8 | Milk and Honey | Rupi Kaur | Andrews McMeel | $19.99 | 9 |
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| 9 | Dearly | Margaret Atwood | McClelland & Stewart | $32.95 | 10 |
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| 10 | Spoon Stealer | Lesley Crewe | Vagrant Press | $24.95 | 8 |
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Canadian Non-Fiction: December 19, 2020
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week |
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| 1 | Burke's Law | Brian Burke and Stephen Brunt | Viking | $35.00 | 3 |
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| 2 | Extraordinary Canadians | Peter Mansbridge | Simon & Schuster | $36.99 | 2 |
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| 3 | If I Knew Then | Jann Arden | Random House Canda | $32.00 | 1 |
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| 4 | No Time Like the Future | Michael J. Fox | Flatiron | $37.99 | 4 |
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| 5 | Beauties | Duthie, James | HarperCollins Canada | $34.99 | 7 |
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| 6 | The Answer Is ... | Alex Trebek | Simon & Schuster | $32.00 | 6 |
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| 7 | All Together Now | Alan Doyle | Doubleday Canada | $27.00 | 5 |
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| 8 | From the Ashes | Jesse Thistle | Simon & Schuster | $24.99 | 8 |
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| 9 | War: How Conflict Shaped Us | Margaret MacMillan | Allen Lane | $35.00 | 10 |
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| 10 | Everyday Hockey Heroes, Volume II | Bob McKenzie and Jim Lang | Simon & Schuster | $34.99 | 9 |
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Juvenile: December 19, 2020
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week |
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| 1 | Cat Kid Comic Club | Dav Pilkey | Graphix | $15.99 | 1 |
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| 2 | Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep End | Jeff Kinney | Amulet | $17.99 | 2 |
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| 3 | Dog Man: Grime and Punishment | Dav Pilkey | Graphix | $15.99 | 4 |
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| 4 | The Ickabog | J. K. Rowling | Scholastic | $36.99 | 3 |
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| 5 | How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | Dr. Seuss | Random House Book for Young Readers | $21.99 | 5 |
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| 6 | I Love You to the Moon and Back | Amelia Hepworth and Tim Warnes | Tiger Tales | $10.99 | 6 |
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| 7 | The Grinny Granny Donkey | Craig Smith and Katz Crowley | Scholastic | $9.99 | 7 |
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| 8 | Sounds Like Christmas | Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko | North Wind | $19.99 | - |
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| 9 | Midnight Sun | Stephenie Meyer | Little, Brown Books for Young Readers | $34.99 | - |
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| 10 | The Crayons' Christmas | Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers | Penguin Workshop | $24.99 | - |
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Self Improvement: December 19, 2020
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price | Last Week |
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| 1 | Think Like a Monk | Jay Shetty | Simon & Schuster | $34.99 | 1 |
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| 2 | The Greatest Secret | Rhonda Byrne | HarperOne | $33.50 | 3 |
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| 3 | Wreck This Journal | Keri Smith | Penguin | $16.00 | 2 |
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| 4 | The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ck | Mark Manson | HarperCollins Canada | $23.99 | 4 |
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| 5 | You Are Awesome | Neil Pasricha | Simon & Schuster | $22.00 | 6 |
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| 6 | The How Not to Diet Cookbook | Michael Greger | Flatiron Books | $39.99 | - |
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| 7 | Burn After Writing | Sharon Jones | TarcherPerigee | $19.00 | 5 |
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| 8 | The Intelligent Investor | Benjamin Graham | Harper | $31.00 | 8 |
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| 9 | Little Book of Mindfulness | Patricia Collard | Gaia | $10.99 | - |
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| 10 | Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas is in the Air | Amy Newmark | Chicken Soup for the Soul Publishing | $17.95 | 7 |
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Mystery: December 19, 2020
| Rank | Title | Author | Publisher | List Price |
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| 1 | A Time for Mercy | John Grisham | Doubleday | $39.00 |
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| 2 | The River Murders | James Patterson and James O. Born | Grand Central | $12.99 |
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| 3 | Unsolved | James Patterson and David Ellis | Grand Central | $12.99 |
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| 4 | Invisible Girl | Lisa Jewell | Atria | $24.99 |
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| 5 | The Guest List | Lucy Foley | William Morrow & Co. | $23.99 |
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| 6 | Deadly Cross | James Patterson | Little Brown and Co. | $38.00 |
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| 7 | The Sentinel | Lee Child and Andrew Child | Delacorte | $28.99 |
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| 8 | Daylight | David Baldacci | Grand Central | $37.00 |
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| 9 | The Institute | Stephen King | Gallery Books | $26.99 |
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| 10 | All the Devils Are Here | Louise Penny | Minotaur Books | $36.99 |
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