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U.S. Best-selling books for Dec. 17

IndieBound.org compiles a weekly list of best-selling books from independently owned bookstores.

Fiction

1. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Co.)

2. Dog Songs by Mary Oliver (Penguin Press HC)

3. Sycamore Row by John Grisham (Doubleday)

4. The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan (Ecco Press)

5. Aimless Love: New and Selected Poems by Billy Collins (Random House)

6. The First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom (Harper)

7. S. by J.J. Abrams (Created by); Doug Dorst (Mulholland Books)

8. The Luminaries by Eleanor Catton (Little, Brown and Co.)

9. The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Co.)

10. The Circle by Dave Eggers (Knopf)

Nonfiction

1. David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown and Co.)

2. Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics by Charles Krauthammer (Crown Forum)

3. The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Simon & Schuster)

4. I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai; Christina Lamb

(Little, Brown and Co.)

5. One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson (Doubleday)

6. Stitches: A Handbook on Meaning, Hope and Repair by Anne Lamott (Riverhead Hardcover)

7. I Could Pee on This and Other Poems by Cats by Francesco Marciuliano (Chronicle Books)

8. Killing Jesus: A History by Bill O’Reilly; Martin Dugard (Henry Holt and Co.)

9. George Washington’s Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution by Brian Kilmeade; Don Yaeger (Sentinel)

10. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown

(Viking Adult)

The Wall Street Journal gathers point-of-sale book data from more than 11,000 locations across the U.S., representing about 75 percent of the nation’s book sales. Data providers include all major booksellers and Web retailers and food stores (excluding Walmart and Sam’s Club).

Fiction

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck by Jeff Kinney (Amulet Books)

2. Command Authority by Tom Clancy and Mark Greaney (Putnam)

3. Cross My Heart by James Patterson (Little, Brown)

4. Sycamore Row by John Grisham (Doubleday)

5. The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)

6. Rush Revere and the Brave Pilgrims by Rush Limbaugh (Threshold Editions)

7. Allegiant by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)

8. Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich (Bantam)

9. The First Phone Call fron Heaven by Mitch Albom (Harper) “Dust” by Patricia Cornwell (Putnam Adult)

10. The House of Hades by Rick Riordan (Harper)

Nonfiction

1. The Elf on the Shelf: A Christmas Tradition by Carol V. Aebersold and Chanda B. Bell (CCA and B)

2. Things That Matter by Charles Krauthammer (Crown Forum)

3. Killing Jesus: A History by Bill O’Reilly & Martin Dugard (Macmillan)

4. Guinness World Records 2014 by Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records)

5. George Washington’s Secret Six by Brian Kilmeade (Sentinel)

6. David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)

7. Miracles and Massacres by Glenn Beck (Threshold Editions)

8. The Pioneer Woman Cooks by Ree Drummond (William Morrow & Co.)

9. Si-Cology 1: Tales and Wisdom by Si Robertson (Howard Books)

10. The Bully Pulpit by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Simon & Schuster)

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Top Paid Books

1. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Inc.)

2. Divergent by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)

3. Sycamore Row by John Grisham (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

4. The Gods of Guilt by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown and Company)

5. Command Authority by Tom Clancy & Mark Greaney (Penguin Group US)

6. Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)

7. Allegiant by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)

8. Cross My Heart by James Patterson (Little, Brown and Company)

9. King and Maxwell by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)

10. Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Inc.)

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