Two self-published books, Meghan March's House of Scarlett and Penelope Sky's Husband, have taken the top two slots of the Apple Books store's bestseller list as the holiday season chugs along. (Two more also hit the list at #8 and #13.) David Baldacci is at #3 with A Minute to Midnight, and Nicholas Searle's The Good Liar remains buoyed by its film adaptation at #4. Catherine Steadman's Something in the Water rounds out the top five.

Apple Books US Bestseller List - 12/15/19 - Paid Books
Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher

1. House of Scarlett by Meghan March - 9781943796410 - (Meghan March LLC)
2. Husband by Penelope Sky - 9781393371526 - (Penelope Sky)
3. A Minute to Midnight by David Baldacci - 9781538761625 - (Grand Central Publishing)
4. The Good Liar by Nicholas Searle - 9780062407511 - (Harper)
5. Something in the Water by Catherine Steadman - 9781524797195 - (Random House Publishing Group)
6. The Guardians by John Grisham - 9780385544191 - (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)
7. Criss Cross by James Patterson - 9780316457149 - (Little, Brown and Company)
8. Asking For a Friend by Lauren Blakely - No ISBN Available - (Little Dog Press)
9. The Dutch House by Ann Patchett - 9780062963697 - (Harper)
10. Blue Moon by Lee Child - 9780399593550 - (Random House Publishing Group)
11. Mistletoe Cottage by Debbie Mason - 9781455537181 - (Grand Central Publishing)
12. Deal Breaker by Harlan Coben - 9780307483638 - (Random House Publishing Group)
13. Burn by Chelle Bliss - No ISBN Available - (Bliss Ink LLC)
14. Tom Clancy: Code of Honor by Marc Cameron - 9780525541745 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
15. The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides - 9781250301710 - (Celadon Books)
16. The Bookshop of Yesterdays by Amy Meyerson - 9781488078736 - (Park Row Books)
17. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens - 9780735219113 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
18. Coming Home for Christmas by RaeAnne Thayne - 9781488085864 - (HQN Books)
19. Olive, Again (Oprah's Book Club) by Elizabeth Strout - 9780812996555 - (Random House Publishing Group)
20. Virgin River by Robyn Carr - 9781488058981 - (MIRA Books)