FICTION
1. ROGUE LAWYER, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) Attorney Sebastian Rudd is a "lone gunman" who hates injustice and the system and defends unpopular clients.
2. ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE, by Anthony Doerr. (Scribner) The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget-obsessed German boy before and during World War II.
3. SEE ME, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central) A couple in love are threatened by secrets from the past.
4. THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS, by Stephen King. (Scribner) Twenty stories, some never before published.
5. CROSS JUSTICE, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown) Detective Alex Cross returns to Starksville, N.C., his hometown, for the first time in 35 years to help a cousin who has been accused of murder.
6. THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN, by Paula Hawkins. (Riverhead) A psychological thriller set in the environs of London.
7. THE MAGIC STRINGS OF FRANKIE PRESTO, by Mitch Albom. (Harper) A mystical tale of a guitar genius' journey through 20th-century music.
8. THE GUILTY, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) Government hit man Will Robie investigates murder charges against his estranged father in their Mississippi hometown.
9. GO SET A WATCHMAN, by Harper Lee. (Harper) In the mid-1950s, a grown-up Jean Louise Finch returns home to find that her adored father is not as perfect as she believed.
10. TOM CLANCY: COMMANDER IN CHIEF, by Mark Greaney. (Putnam) President Jack Ryan detects a pattern in outbreaks of violence around the world that points to the Russian president, but he must unite the Western allies before he can take action. Clancy died in 2013.
NONFICTION
1. KILLING REAGAN, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt) Host of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts events surrounding the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan in 1981.
2. THOMAS JEFFERSON AND THE TRIPOLI PIRATES, by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. (Sentinel) The war against the Barbary pirates in 1801.
3. HUMANS OF NEW YORK: STORIES, by Brandon Stanton. (St. Martin's) Photographs and interviews from the creator of the blog and the book "Humans of New York."
4. BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. (Spiegel & Grau) A meditation on race in America as well as a personal story by the Atlantic's national correspondent.
5. WHAT IF? by Randall Munroe. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Scientific (but often humorous) answers to hypothetical questions, based in part on the author's website, xkcd.com.
6. DESTINY AND POWER, by Jon Meacham. (Random House) A biography of George H.W. Bush.
7. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS, by David McCullough. (Simon & Schuster) The story of the bicycle mechanics from Ohio who ushered in the age of flight.
8. WHY NOT ME? by Mindy Kaling. (Crown Archetype) More personal essays from the comedian and actress.
9. SPQR, by Mary Beard. (Liveright) A concise history of ancient Rome.
10. THE WITCHES, by Stacy Schiff. (Little, Brown) An account of the Salem witch trials of 1692.
Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous
1. THE PIONEER WOMAN COOKS: DINNERTIME, by Ree Drummond. (Morrow/HarperCollins) Recipes for comfort-food classics, quick meals, freezer food and more from the proprietor of ThePioneerWoman.com.
2. THE LIFE-CHANGING MAGIC OF TIDYING UP, by Marie Kondo. (Ten Speed) A guide to decluttering by discarding expendable objects all at once and taking charge of your space.
3. THING EXPLAINER, by Randall Munroe. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) Complicated things — cells, elevators, smartphones, nuclear reactors — are demystified with simply annotated blueprints. From the author of "What If?"
4. THE FOOD LAB, by J. Kenji López-Alt. (Norton) Understanding the science of cooking can help you prepare better everyday dishes at home. Includes hundreds of recipes.
5. THE POWER OF I AM, by Joel Osteen. (FaithWords) Pastor/author says you can determine your success or failure and your destiny with the words you use to speak about yourself. (b)
Rankings reflect sales at venues nationwide for the week ending Dec. 19. An (x) indicates that a book's sales are barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some sellers report receiving bulk orders.
