The New York Times: Fiction Bestsellers

The top 15 "Combined Print and E-Book Fiction" titles for 12/14/2024, fetched from The New York Times Books API.

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  • 1 (3). JAMES, Percival Everett (Doubleday)
    A reimagining of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” shines a different light on Mark Twain's classic, revealing new facets of the character of Jim.
  • 2 (1). WIND AND TRUTH, Brandon Sanderson (Tor)
    The fifth book in the Stormlight Archive series. The fate of the Cosmere is imperiled as the fighting and chaos reach an apex.
  • 3 (2). WICKED, Gregory Maguire (Morrow)
    A misunderstood girl named Elphaba is declared a witch; the basis of the musical and the film.
  • 4 (4). THE WOMEN, Kristin Hannah (St. Martin's)
    In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.
  • 5 (5). FOURTH WING, Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower)
    Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.
  • 6 (6). THE HOUSE OF CROSS, James Patterson (Little, Brown)
    The 33rd book in the Alex Cross series. Three candidates to the Supreme Court are violently attacked.
  • 7 (-). THE GOD OF THE WOODS, Liz Moore (Riverhead)
    When a 13-year-old girl disappears from an Adirondack summer camp in 1975, secrets kept by the Van Laar family emerge.
  • 8 (-). THE WEDDING PEOPLE, Alison Espach (Holt)
    A woman who is down on her luck forms an unexpected bond with the bride at a wedding in Rhode Island.
  • 9 (14). THE FROZEN RIVER, Ariel Lawhon (Vintage)
    In Maine, 1789, a midwife seeks to uncover the true cause of the death of a man discovered entombed in the Kennebec River.
  • 10 (11). A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury)
    After killing a wolf in the woods, Feyre is taken from her home and placed inside the world of the Fae.
  • 11 (12). THE HOUSEMAID, Freida McFadden (Grand Central)
    Troubles surface when a woman looking to make a fresh start takes a job in the home of the Winchesters.
  • 12 (7). QUICKSILVER, Callie Hart (Forever)
    Saeris is transported to a dangerous land of ice and snow, where she must contend with a Fae warrior who has suspect agendas.
  • 13 (-). SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE, Claire Keegan (Grove)
    A coal merchant discovers something that causes turmoil in a small Irish town controlled by the church in 1985; the basis of the film.
  • 14 (9). TO DIE FOR, David Baldacci (Grand Central)
    The third book in the 6:20 Man series. Devine digs into the deaths of an orphan’s parents and uncovers a large conspiracy.
  • 15 (-). COUNTING MIRACLES, Nicholas Sparks (Random House)
    A man in search of the father he never knew encounters a single mom and rumors circulate of the nearby appearance of a white deer.