Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lists

Subscriber-Only Content. You must be a PW subscriber to access the Bestseller Archive. To view, subscribe or log in.
Site license users can log in here.

**Get IMMEDIATE ACCESS to Publishers Weekly for only $15/month.**

Instant access includes exclusive feature articles on notable figures in the publishing industry, the latest industry news, interviews of up and coming authors and bestselling authors, and access to over 200,000 book reviews.

SUBSCRIBE HERE

PW "All Access" site license members have access to PW's subscriber-only website content. To find out more about PW's site license subscription options please email: PublishersWeekly@@omeda.com or call 1-800-278-2991 (outside US/Canada, call +1-847-513-6135) 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, Monday-Friday (Central).

Select Back Issue:

Hardcover Frontlist Fiction

(Click title for review)

Rank	Last Week	Weeks on List	Bibliographical Information (Click title for review)	Pub Date	Units 2023 YTD
1	1	4	Iron Flame Rebecca Yarros, Author Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99 (512) 978-1-64937-417-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/20/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/20/2023 Average Rank 1.56 [details] Sales history for Iron Flame date, rank 11/20/2023, 1 11/27/2023, 1 12/04/2023, 1 12/11/2023, 1 LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 53,812 YTD: 805,095	Nov 2023	53,812 805,095
2	2	31	Fourth Wing Rebecca Yarros, Author Entangled: Red Tower Books, $29.99 (512) 978-1-64937-404-2 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 3 Initial Date 05/15/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 06/05/2023 Average Rank 3.55 [details] Sales history for Fourth Wing date, rank 05/15/2023, 3 05/22/2023, 3 05/29/2023, 3 06/05/2023, 4 06/12/2023, 18 06/19/2023, 16 06/26/2023, 9 07/03/2023, 8 07/10/2023, 2 07/17/2023, 1 07/24/2023, 1 07/31/2023, 1 08/07/2023, 1 08/14/2023, 1 08/21/2023, 1 08/28/2023, 1 09/04/2023, 1 09/11/2023, 1 09/18/2023, 2 09/25/2023, 2 10/02/2023, 1 10/09/2023, 1 10/16/2023, 1 10/23/2023, 2 10/30/2023, 2 11/06/2023, 3 11/13/2023, 3 11/20/2023, 3 11/27/2023, 2 12/04/2023, 2 12/11/2023, 2 LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 31 PUB DATE: May 2023 UNITS SOLD: 51,333 YTD: 981,468	May 2023	51,333 981,468
3	3	7	The Exchange: After the Firm John Grisham, Author Doubleday Books, $29.95 (352) 978-0-385-54895-3 Last rank 3 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 10/30/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 10/30/2023 Average Rank 3.92 [details] Sales history for The Exchange: After the Firm date, rank 10/30/2023, 1 11/06/2023, 1 11/13/2023, 2 11/20/2023, 5 11/27/2023, 6 12/04/2023, 3 12/11/2023, 3 LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 7 PUB DATE: Oct 2023 UNITS SOLD: 32,434 YTD: 321,654	Oct 2023	32,434 321,654
4	9	4	Fourth Wing (Special Edition) Rebecca Yarros, Author Entangled: Red Tower Books, $32.99 (528) 978-1-64937-616-9 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/20/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/20/2023 Average Rank 4.71 [details] Sales history for Fourth Wing (Special Edition) date, rank 11/20/2023, 2 11/27/2023, 5 12/04/2023, 9 12/11/2023, 4 LAST WEEK: 9 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 29,386 YTD: 320,147	Nov 2023	29,386 320,147
5	8	17	The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store James McBride, Author Riverhead Books, $28.00 (400) 978-0-593-42294-6 Last rank 8 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 08/21/2023 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 08/21/2023 Average Rank 11.33 [details] Sales history for The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store date, rank 08/21/2023, 4 08/28/2023, 6 09/04/2023, 10 09/11/2023, 6 09/18/2023, 12 09/25/2023, 12 10/02/2023, 11 10/09/2023, 15 10/16/2023, 18 10/23/2023, 20 10/30/2023, 16 11/06/2023, 16 11/13/2023, 14 11/20/2023, 16 11/27/2023, 7 12/04/2023, 8 12/11/2023, 5 LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 17 PUB DATE: Aug 2023 UNITS SOLD: 26,863 YTD: 170,554	Aug 2023	26,863 170,554
6	6	3	The Little Liar Mitch Albom, Author Harper, $26.99 (288) 978-0-06-240665-1 Last rank 6 Initial Rank 7 Initial Date 11/27/2023 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/27/2023 Average Rank 5.75 [details] Sales history for The Little Liar date, rank 11/27/2023, 4 12/04/2023, 6 12/11/2023, 6 LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 22,811 YTD: 83,186	Nov 2023	22,811 83,186
7	5	2	Cross Out: An Alex Cross Thriller James Patterson, Author Little Brown and Company, $30.00 (416) 978-0-316-40248-4 Last rank 5 Initial Rank 5 Initial Date 12/04/2023 Highest Rank 5 Highest Rank Date 12/04/2023 Average Rank 6.00 [details] Sales history for Cross Out: An Alex Cross Thriller date, rank 12/04/2023, 5 12/11/2023, 7 LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 20,830 YTD: 47,551	Nov 2023	20,830 47,551
8	-	1	Unnatural Death: A Scarpetta Novel Patricia D. Cornwell, Author Grand Central Publishing, $29.00 (400) 978-1-5387-4316-4 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 12/11/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 12/11/2023 Average Rank 5.00 [details] Sales history for Unnatural Death: A Scarpetta Novel date, rank 12/11/2023, 8 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 18,140 YTD: 18,140	Nov 2023	18,140 18,140
9	7	13	Holly Stephen King, Author Scribner Book Company, $30.00 (464) 978-1-6680-1613-8 Last rank 7 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 09/18/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 09/18/2023 Average Rank 4.56 [details] Sales history for Holly date, rank 09/18/2023, 1 09/25/2023, 1 10/02/2023, 2 10/09/2023, 4 10/16/2023, 3 10/23/2023, 3 10/30/2023, 4 11/06/2023, 4 11/13/2023, 5 11/20/2023, 9 11/27/2023, 13 12/04/2023, 7 12/11/2023, 9 LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 13 PUB DATE: Sep 2023 UNITS SOLD: 17,449 YTD: 336,585	Sep 2023	17,449 336,585
10	10	3	The Edge David Baldacci, Author Grand Central Publishing, $30.00 (432) 978-1-5387-1991-6 Last rank 10 Initial Rank 6 Initial Date 11/27/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 11/27/2023 Average Rank 7.25 [details] Sales history for The Edge date, rank 11/27/2023, 3 12/04/2023, 10 12/11/2023, 10 LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 PUB DATE: Nov 2023 UNITS SOLD: 17,410 YTD: 73,830	Nov 2023	17,410 73,830
11	4	2	Inheritance: The Lost Bride Trilogy #1 Nora Roberts, Author St. Martin's Press, $30.00 (448) 978-1-250-28832-5 Last rank 4 Initial Rank 9 Initial Date 12/04/2023 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 12/04/2023 Average Rank 8.00 [details] Sales history for Inheritance: The Lost Bride Trilogy #1 date, rank 12/04/2023, 4 12/11/2023, 11 LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 15,747 YTD: 45,744	2000	15,747 45,744
12	14	4	Resurrection Walk Michael Connelly, Author Little Brown and Company, $30.00 (400) 978-0-316-56376-5 Last rank 14 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/20/2023 Highest Rank 4 Highest Rank Date 11/20/2023 Average Rank 9.40 [details] Sales history for Resurrection Walk date, rank 11/20/2023, 4 11/27/2023, 9 12/04/2023, 14 12/11/2023, 12 LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 13,790 YTD: 89,631	2000	13,790 89,631
13	12	5	Dirty Thirty Janet Evanovich, Author Atria Books, $29.99 (320) 978-1-6680-0309-1 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 11/13/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 11/13/2023 Average Rank 6.12 [details] Sales history for Dirty Thirty date, rank 11/13/2023, 1 11/20/2023, 6 11/27/2023, 11 12/04/2023, 12 12/11/2023, 13 LAST WEEK: 12 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 12,781 YTD: 106,588	2000	12,781 106,588
14	15	6	The Secret: A Jack Reacher Novel Lee Child, Author, Andrew Child, Author Delacorte Press, $28.99 (400) 978-1-9848-1858-4 Last rank 15 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 11/06/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 11/06/2023 Average Rank 8.38 [details] Sales history for The Secret: A Jack Reacher Novel date, rank 11/06/2023, 2 11/13/2023, 4 11/20/2023, 7 11/27/2023, 10 12/04/2023, 15 12/11/2023, 14 LAST WEEK: 15 WEEKS ON LIST: 6 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 11,577 YTD: 117,433	2000	11,577 117,433
15	11	2	The Ball at Versailles Danielle Steel, Author Delacorte Press, $28.99 (320) 978-0-593-49834-7 Last rank 11 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 12/04/2023 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 12/04/2023 Average Rank 13.00 [details] Sales history for The Ball at Versailles date, rank 12/04/2023, 11 12/11/2023, 15 LAST WEEK: 11 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 11,306 YTD: 27,808	2000	11,306 27,808
16	16	18	Tom Lake Ann Patchett, Author Harper, $30.00 (320) 978-0-06-332752-8 Last rank 16 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 08/14/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 08/14/2023 Average Rank 5.74 [details] Sales history for Tom Lake date, rank 08/14/2023, 2 08/21/2023, 2 08/28/2023, 2 09/04/2023, 2 09/11/2023, 2 09/18/2023, 5 09/25/2023, 5 10/02/2023, 4 10/09/2023, 6 10/16/2023, 8 10/23/2023, 8 10/30/2023, 3 11/06/2023, 6 11/13/2023, 6 11/20/2023, 11 11/27/2023, 15 12/04/2023, 16 12/11/2023, 16 LAST WEEK: 16 WEEKS ON LIST: 18 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 11,041 YTD: 280,123	2000	11,041 280,123
17	19	31	The Covenant of Water Grove Press, $30.00 (736p) 978-0-8021-6217-5 Last rank 19 Initial Rank 4 Initial Date 05/15/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 06/12/2023 Average Rank 8.59 [details] Sales history for The Covenant of Water date, rank 05/15/2023, 4 05/22/2023, 7 05/29/2023, 17 06/05/2023, 3 06/12/2023, 2 06/19/2023, 4 06/26/2023, 4 07/03/2023, 4 07/10/2023, 5 07/17/2023, 5 07/24/2023, 5 07/31/2023, 6 08/07/2023, 6 08/14/2023, 5 08/21/2023, 7 08/28/2023, 5 09/04/2023, 7 09/11/2023, 5 09/18/2023, 13 09/25/2023, 10 10/02/2023, 7 10/09/2023, 12 10/16/2023, 16 10/23/2023, 13 10/30/2023, 10 11/06/2023, 9 11/13/2023, 12 11/20/2023, 14 11/27/2023, 17 12/04/2023, 19 12/11/2023, 17 LAST WEEK: 19 WEEKS ON LIST: 31 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 9,726 YTD: 345,502	2000	9,726 345,502
18	-	1	The Mystery Guest: A Maid Novel Nita Prose, Author Ballantine Books, $29.00 (304) 978-0-593-35618-0 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 12/11/2023 Highest Rank 7 Highest Rank Date 12/11/2023 Average Rank 12.50 [details] Sales history for The Mystery Guest: A Maid Novel date, rank 12/11/2023, 18 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 8,209 YTD: 8,209	2000	8,209 8,209
19	18	2	Tom Clancy Command and Control Marc Cameron, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $29.95 (496) 978-0-593-42284-7 Last rank 18 Initial Rank 18 Initial Date 12/04/2023 Highest Rank 18 Highest Rank Date 12/04/2023 Average Rank 18.50 [details] Sales history for Tom Clancy Command and Control date, rank 12/04/2023, 18 12/11/2023, 19 LAST WEEK: 18 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 6,804 YTD: 14,173	2000	6,804 14,173
20	23	4	Clive Cussler the Corsican Shadow Dirk Cussler, Author G.P. Putnam's Sons, $29.95 (432) 978-0-593-54417-4 Last rank 23 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 11/20/2023 Highest Rank 8 Highest Rank Date 11/20/2023 Average Rank 16.25 [details] Sales history for Clive Cussler the Corsican Shadow date, rank 11/20/2023, 8 11/27/2023, 14 12/04/2023, 23 12/11/2023, 20 LAST WEEK: 23 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 6,033 YTD: 33,171	2000	6,033 33,171
21	17	32	Happy Place Emily Henry, Author Berkley Books, $27.00 (400) 978-0-593-44127-5 Last rank 17 Initial Rank 1 Initial Date 05/08/2023 Highest Rank 1 Highest Rank Date 05/08/2023 Average Rank 4.87 [details] Sales history for Happy Place date, rank 05/08/2023, 1 05/15/2023, 1 05/22/2023, 1 05/29/2023, 1 06/05/2023, 2 06/12/2023, 1 06/19/2023, 1 06/26/2023, 2 07/03/2023, 2 07/10/2023, 3 07/17/2023, 2 07/24/2023, 3 07/31/2023, 4 08/07/2023, 4 08/14/2023, 4 08/21/2023, 8 08/28/2023, 10 09/04/2023, 11 09/11/2023, 11 09/18/2023, 22 12/04/2023, 17 12/11/2023, 21 LAST WEEK: 17 WEEKS ON LIST: 32 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 5,368 YTD: 575,773	2000	5,368 575,773
22	29	10	The Armor of Light Ken Follett, Author Viking, $38.00 (928) 978-0-525-95499-6 Last rank 29 Initial Rank 8 Initial Date 10/09/2023 Highest Rank 3 Highest Rank Date 10/09/2023 Average Rank 10.30 [details] Sales history for The Armor of Light date, rank 10/09/2023, 3 10/16/2023, 7 10/23/2023, 6 10/30/2023, 6 11/06/2023, 8 11/13/2023, 9 11/20/2023, 15 11/27/2023, 19 12/11/2023, 22 LAST WEEK: 29 WEEKS ON LIST: 10 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 5,295 YTD: 90,084	2000	5,295 90,084
23	-	1	North Woods Daniel Mason, Author Random House, $28.00 (352) 978-0-593-59703-3 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 5,234 YTD: 23,124	2000	5,234 23,124
24	28	38	Hello Beautiful Ann Napolitano, Author Dial Press, $28.00 (400) 978-0-593-24373-2 Last rank 28 Initial Rank 2 Initial Date 03/27/2023 Highest Rank 2 Highest Rank Date 03/27/2023 Average Rank 12.42 [details] Sales history for Hello Beautiful date, rank 03/27/2023, 2 04/03/2023, 4 04/10/2023, 3 04/17/2023, 5 04/24/2023, 4 05/01/2023, 2 05/08/2023, 5 05/15/2023, 7 05/22/2023, 10 05/29/2023, 12 06/05/2023, 12 06/12/2023, 10 06/19/2023, 10 06/26/2023, 8 07/03/2023, 9 07/10/2023, 10 07/17/2023, 9 07/24/2023, 11 07/31/2023, 11 08/07/2023, 14 08/14/2023, 14 08/21/2023, 17 08/28/2023, 20 09/04/2023, 18 09/11/2023, 17 09/25/2023, 22 10/30/2023, 24 11/06/2023, 20 11/13/2023, 23 11/20/2023, 22 11/27/2023, 23 12/11/2023, 24 LAST WEEK: 28 WEEKS ON LIST: 38 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 5,103 YTD: 261,339	2000	5,103 261,339
25	-	1	The Fraud Zadie Smith, Author Penguin Press, $29.00 (464) 978-0-525-55896-5 Last rank 0 Initial Rank 11 Initial Date 09/18/2023 Highest Rank 11 Highest Rank Date 09/18/2023 Average Rank 19.20 [details] Sales history for The Fraud date, rank 09/18/2023, 11 09/25/2023, 16 10/02/2023, 22 10/09/2023, 22 12/11/2023, 25 LAST WEEK: - WEEKS ON LIST: 1 PUB DATE: 2000 UNITS SOLD: 4,945 YTD: 40,884	2000	4,945 40,884

For analysis of this week's lists, click here.

To download a printable PDF of our overall top 10 bestsellers, click here.

Source: Circana BookScan, for the week ended Dec. 2, 2023; appearing in the Dec. 11, 2023, print edition of PW

Subscriber-Only Content. You must be a PW subscriber to access the Bestseller Archive. To view, subscribe or log in.Site license users can log in here.

Get IMMEDIATE ACCESS to Publishers Weekly for only $15/month.

Subscriber-Only Content. You must be a PW subscriber to access the Bestseller Archive. To view, subscribe or log in.
Site license users can log in here.

**Get IMMEDIATE ACCESS to Publishers Weekly for only $15/month.**