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Hardcover Fiction: December 19, 2020

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast weekWeeks on List
1Home BodyRupi KaurSimon & Schuster$22.0014
2The Vanishing HalfBrit BennettRiverhead Books$36.0028
3A Time for MercyJohn GrishamDoubleday$39.0039
4Invisible GirlLisa JewellAtria$24.9949
5How to Pronounce KnifeSouvankham ThammavongsaMcClelland & Stewart$24.9562
6Anxious PeopleFredrik BackmanSimon & Schuster$24.99812
7The Guest ListLucy FoleyWilliam Morrow & Co.$23.99-1
8Ready Player TwoErnest ClineBallantine$38.9952
9Where the Crawdads SingDelia OwensG.P. Putnam's Sons$35.00102
10Deadly CrossJames PattersonLittle Brown & Co.$39.0072

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Hardcover Non-Fiction: December 19, 2020

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1A Promised LandBarack ObamaCrown$55.001
2Burke's LawBrian Burke and Stephen BruntViking$35.004
3Extraordinary CanadiansPeter MansbridgeSimon & Schuster$36.993
4If I Knew ThenJann ArdenRandom House Canda$32.002
5GreenlightsMatthew McConaugheyCrown$40.00-
6No Time Like the FutureMichael J. FoxFlatiron$37.995
7Is This Anything?Jerry SeinfeldSimon & Schuster$40.006
8BeautiesJames DuthieHarperCollins Canada$34.99-
9The Answer Is ...Alex TrebekSimon & Schuster$32.0010
10UntamedGlennon DoyleThe Dial$37.008

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Paperback Fiction: December 19, 2020

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1The River MurdersJames Patterson and James O. BornGrand Central$12.991
2UnsolvedJames Patterson and David EllisGrand Central$12.992
3Moral CompassDanielle SteelDell$11.99-
4The Guest ListLucy FoleyHarperCollins$23.995
5Someday with YouNora RobertsSilhouette$12.99-
6American DirtJeanine CumminsFlatiron Books$23.993
7The Night FireMichael ConnellyGrand Central$12.994
8The Berlin GirlMandy RobothamAvon Books$24.99-
9The Glass HotelEmily St. John MandelHarperCollins Canada$24.99-
10The Midnight LibraryMatt HaigHarperCollins Canada$21.99-

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Canadian Fiction: December 19, 2020

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1Home BodyRupi KaurSimon & Schuster$22.001
2How to Pronounce KnifeSouvankham ThammavongsaMcClelland & Stewart$24.952
3Indians on VacationThomas KingHarperCollins Canada$32.994
4The Glass HotelEmily St. John MandelHarperCollins Canada$24.997
5The Forgotten DaughterJoanna GoodmanHarper Paperbacks$21.993
6All the Devils are HereLouise PennyMinotaur$36.995
7The Pull of the StarsEmma DonoghueHarper Avenue$33.996
8Milk and HoneyRupi KaurAndrews McMeel$19.999
9DearlyMargaret AtwoodMcClelland & Stewart$32.9510
10Spoon StealerLesley CreweVagrant Press$24.958

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Canadian Non-Fiction: December 19, 2020

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1Burke's LawBrian Burke and Stephen BruntViking$35.003
2Extraordinary CanadiansPeter MansbridgeSimon & Schuster$36.992
3If I Knew ThenJann ArdenRandom House Canda$32.001
4No Time Like the FutureMichael J. FoxFlatiron$37.994
5BeautiesDuthie, JamesHarperCollins Canada$34.997
6The Answer Is ...Alex TrebekSimon & Schuster$32.006
7All Together NowAlan DoyleDoubleday Canada$27.005
8From the AshesJesse ThistleSimon & Schuster$24.998
9War: How Conflict Shaped UsMargaret MacMillanAllen Lane$35.0010
10Everyday Hockey Heroes, Volume IIBob McKenzie and Jim LangSimon & Schuster$34.999

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Juvenile: December 19, 2020

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1Cat Kid Comic ClubDav PilkeyGraphix$15.991
2Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Deep EndJeff KinneyAmulet$17.992
3Dog Man: Grime and PunishmentDav PilkeyGraphix$15.994
4The Ickabog J. K. RowlingScholastic$36.993
5How the Grinch Stole Christmas!Dr. SeussRandom House Book for Young Readers$21.995
6I Love You to the Moon and BackAmelia Hepworth and Tim WarnesTiger Tales$10.996
7The Grinny Granny DonkeyCraig Smith and Katz CrowleyScholastic $9.997
8Sounds Like ChristmasRobert Munsch and Michael MartchenkoNorth Wind$19.99-
9Midnight SunStephenie MeyerLittle, Brown Books for Young Readers$34.99-
10The Crayons' ChristmasDrew Daywalt and Oliver JeffersPenguin Workshop$24.99-

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Self Improvement: December 19, 2020

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList PriceLast Week
1Think Like a MonkJay ShettySimon & Schuster$34.991
2The Greatest SecretRhonda ByrneHarperOne$33.503
3Wreck This JournalKeri SmithPenguin$16.002
4The Subtle Art Of Not Giving A F*ckMark MansonHarperCollins Canada$23.994
5You Are AwesomeNeil PasrichaSimon & Schuster$22.006
6The How Not to Diet CookbookMichael GregerFlatiron Books$39.99-
7Burn After WritingSharon JonesTarcherPerigee$19.005
8The Intelligent InvestorBenjamin GrahamHarper$31.008
9Little Book of MindfulnessPatricia CollardGaia$10.99-
10Chicken Soup for the Soul: Christmas is in the AirAmy NewmarkChicken Soup for the Soul Publishing$17.957

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Mystery: December 19, 2020

RankTitleAuthorPublisherList Price
1A Time for MercyJohn GrishamDoubleday$39.00
2The River MurdersJames Patterson and James O. BornGrand Central$12.99
3UnsolvedJames Patterson and David EllisGrand Central$12.99
4Invisible GirlLisa JewellAtria$24.99
5The Guest ListLucy FoleyWilliam Morrow & Co.$23.99
6Deadly CrossJames PattersonLittle Brown and Co.$38.00
7The SentinelLee Child and Andrew ChildDelacorte$28.99
8DaylightDavid BaldacciGrand Central$37.00
9The InstituteStephen KingGallery Books$26.99
10All the Devils Are HereLouise PennyMinotaur Books$36.99

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