As the new coronavirus spreads through the U.S., readers are turning to books both light and dark to distract them, and that's clear from the top titles on the Apple Books store's bestseller list this week. Those wondering whether we're facing the end of the world raced to buy End of Days by Lindsay Harrison and Sylvia Brown, which was #1 this week. At #2, for those looking for a steamy distraction, was Down and Dirty by Kendall Ryan.

Apple Books US Bestseller List - 03/15/20 - Paid Books
Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher

1. End of Days by Lindsay Harrison and Sylvia Browne - 9781440631412 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
2. Down and Dirty by Kendall Ryan - No ISBN Available - (Kendall Ryan)
3. Journey of the Pharaohs by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown - 9780593083093 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
4. My Perfect Wife by Clare Boyd - 9781838881672 - (Bookouture)
5. Creole Kingpin by Meghan March - 9781943796366 - (Meghan March LLC)
6. Untamed by Glennon Doyle - 9781984801265 - (Random House Publishing Group)
7. Long Range by C. J. Box - 9780525538240 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
8. In Five Years by Rebecca Serle - 9781982137465 - (Atria Books)
9. The Mirror and the Light by Hilary Mantel - 9780805096613 - (Henry Holt and Co.)
10. Her Scream in the Silence by Denise Grover Swank - 9781940562353 - (DGS)
11. American Dirt (Oprah's Book Club) by Jeanine Cummins - 9781250209771 - (Flatiron Books)
12. The Light We Lost by Jill Santopolo - 9780735212770 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
13. My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell - 9780062941527 - (William Morrow)
14. The Splendid and the Vile by Erik Larson - 9780385348720 - (Crown)
15. Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng - 9780735224308 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
16. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens - 9780735219113 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
17. U is for Undertow by Sue Grafton - 9781101151617 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
18. Blindside by James O. Born and James Patterson - 9780316529563 - (Little, Brown and Company)
19. The Ship of Brides by Jojo Moyes - 9780698156340 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
20. The Numbers Game by Danielle Steel - 9780399179570 - (Random House Publishing Group)