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New York Times bestsellers

December 17, 2013 at 7:55PM

FICTION

1. CROSS MY HEART, by James Patterson. (Little, Brown) Alex Cross' family is threatened by a genius intent on proving that he is the greatest mind in the history of crime.

2. SYCAMORE ROW, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) A sequel, about race and inheritance, to "A Time to Kill."

3. TAKEDOWN TWENTY, by Janet Evanovich. (Bantam) New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum pursues a mobster on the lam.

4. THE FIRST PHONE CALL FROM HEAVEN, by Mitch Albom. (Harper) A small Michigan town is transformed when its residents receive phone calls said to be from heaven.

5. KING AND MAXWELL, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) Sean King and Michelle Maxwell, former Secret Service agents turned private investigators, scrutinize a soldier's mysterious death in Afghanistan.

6. DOCTOR SLEEP, by Stephen King. (Scribner) Now grown up, Dan, the boy with psycho-intuitive powers in "The Shining," helps another threatened child with a gift.

7. S., by Doug Dorst. (Mulholland/Little, Brown) In a project conceived by writer and director J.J. Abrams, the facsimile of a novel published in 1949 encodes a mystery.

8. THE GOLDFINCH, by Donna Tartt. (Little, Brown) A painting smuggled out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a bombing becomes a boy's prize, guilt and burden.

9. THE LONGEST RIDE, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central) The lives of two couples converge unexpectedly.

10. THE SUPREME MACARONI COMPANY, by Adriana Trigiani. (Harper) Tensions arise when Valentine Roncalli, a Greenwich Village shoe designer, marries a handsome Italian, and the two must balance careers, countries and families. The final book in the Valentine trilogy.

NONFICTION

1. THINGS THAT MATTER, by Charles Krauthammer. (Crown Forum) Three decades' worth of essays from the conservative columnist.

2. DAVID AND GOLIATH, by Malcolm Gladwell. (Little, Brown) How disadvantages can work in our favor; from the author of "The Tipping Point" and "Outliers."

3. KILLING JESUS, by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt) The host of "The O'Reilly Factor" recounts the events leading up to Jesus' execution.

4. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SECRET SIX, by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger. (Sentinel) The story of the Culper spy ring, which aided the American cause during the Revolution.

5. MIRACLES AND MASSACRES, by Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Hannah Beck. (Threshold Editions/Mercury Radio Arts) Little-known stories from the American past.

6. THE BULLY PULPIT, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. (Simon & Schuster) The author of "Team of Rivals" explores the relationships between Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft and the muckraking press.

7. HUMANS OF NEW YORK, by Brandon Stanton. (St. Martin's) Four hundred color photos of New Yorkers, with brief commentary by Stanton.

8. I AM MALALA, by Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb. (Little, Brown) The experience of the Pakistani girl who advocated for women's education and was shot by the Taliban.

9. SI-COLOGY 1, by Si Robertson with Mark Schlabach. (Howard Books) Tales from Phil's youngest brother, who works in the Duck Commander workshop.

10. MY PROMISED LAND, by Ari Shavit. (Spiegel & Grau) An Israeli journalist expresses both solidarity with and criticism of his countrymen in this memoir and history.

ADVICE, MISCELLANEOUS AND HOW-TO

1. THE PIONEER WOMAN COOKS: A YEAR OF HOLIDAYS, by Ree Drummond. (Morrow) Recipes for holidays and celebrations.

2. GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS 2014. (Guinness World Records) Tallest, fastest, youngest, most.

3. HYPERBOLE AND A HALF, by Allie Brosh. (Touchstone) Illustrated personal anecdotes from the author of the popular blog.

4. JAB, JAB, JAB, RIGHT HOOK, by Gary Vaynerchuk. (Harper Business) Business tips on optimizing social media strategies. (b)

5. MISS KAY'S DUCK COMMANDER KITCHEN, by Kay Robertson with Chrys Howard. (Howard Books) A cookbook from the matriarch of the "Duck Dynasty" family.

Rankings reflect sales from venues nationwide for the week ending Nov. 30. 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.