Best Sellers: Books Most Borrowed, November 2018

Don’t miss The President Is Missing; Sally Field’s memoir is In Pieces

LJ’s Best Sellers is compiled from data on books borrowed and requested (placed on hold) at public libraries throughout the United States. It includes statistics from urban, suburban, and rural libraries. We thank the many contributing libraries as well as The Library Corporation (TLC), Polaris Library Systems, and SirsiDynix. (c) Copyright 2018 Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. Library Journal

FICTION

LAST RANKING /TIMES ON LIST

1 The President Is Missing. Bill Clinton & James Patterson. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316412698. $30. 1 / 4
2 Texas Ranger. James Patterson & Andrew Bourelle. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316556668. $28. – / 1
3 Crazy Rich Asians. Kevin Kwan. Doubleday. ISBN 9780385536974. $25.95; pap. Anchor. ISBN 9780345803788. $16. 6 / 2
4 The Other Woman. Daniel Silva. Harper. ISBN 9780062834829. $28.99. 2 / 3
5 The Fallen. David Baldacci. Grand Central. ISBN 9781538761397. $29. 14/5
6 Dark Sacred Night. Michael Connelly. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316484800. $29. – / 1
7 Tailspin. Sandra Brown. Grand Central. ISBN 9781455572168. $27. – / 1
8 Little Fires Everywhere. Celeste Ng. Penguin Pr. ISBN 9780735224292. $27. 7/11
9 Murder in Paradise. James Patterson. Grand Central. ISBN 9781538730768. $25. 10/2
10 The Great Alone. Kristin Hannah. St. Martin’s. ISBN 9780312577230. $28.99. 4 / 7
11 Juror #3. James Patterson & Nancy Allen. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316474122. $28.The Outsider. Stephen King. Scribner. ISBN 9781501180989. $30. – / 1
12 Feared. Lisa Scottoline. St. Martin’s. ISBN 9781250099594. $27.99. – / 1
13 The Perfect Couple. Elin Hilderbrand. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316375269. $28. 12/3
14 The Good Fight. Danielle Steel. Delacorte. ISBN 9781101884126. $28.99. – / 1
15 The Woman in the Window. A.J. Finn. Morrow. ISBN 9780062678416. $26.99. 8 / 8

NONFICTION

LAST RANKING /TIMES ON LIST

1 Fear: Trump in the White House. Bob Woodward. S. & S. ISBN 9781501175510. $30. 1 / 2
2 Educated: A Memoir. Tara Westover. Random. ISBN 9780399590504. $28. 2 / 7
3 In Pieces: A Memoir. Sally Field. Grand Central. ISBN 9781538763025. $29. – / 1
4 Calypso. David Sedaris. Little, Brown. ISBN 9780316392389. $28. 4 / 4
5 A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership. James Comey. Flatiron: Macmillan. ISBN 9781250192455. $29.99. 3 / 6
6 Girl, Wash Your Face: Stop Believing the Lies About Who You Are so You Can Become Who You Were Meant To Be. Rachel Hollis. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 9781400201655. $22.99. 11 / 2
7 Unhinged: An Insider’s Account of the Trump White House. Omarosa Manigault Newman. Gallery: S. & S. ISBN 9781982109707. $28. 9 / 2
8 Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House. Michael Wolff. Holt. ISBN 9781250158062. $30. 5 / 9
9 The Fifth Risk. Michael Lewis. Norton. ISBN 9781324002642. $26.95. – / 1
10 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life. Mark Manson. HarperOne. ISBN 9780062457714. $24.99. 8 / 15
11 Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood. Trevor Noah. Spiegel & Grau. ISBN 9780399588174. $28. 7 / 19
12 I’ll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman’s Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer. Michelle McNamara. Harper. ISBN 9780062319784. $27.99. 10 / 5
13 How To Change Your Mind: What the New Science of Psychedelics Teaches Us About Consciousness, Dying, Addiction, Depression, and Transcendence. Michael Pollan. Penguin. ISBN 9781594204227. $28. 6 / 4
14 Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup. John Carreyrou. Knopf. ISBN 9781524731656. $27.95. – / 1
15 Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI. David Grann. Doubleday. ISBN 9780385534246. $28.95. 13 / 15

 

 

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