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U.S. Best-selling books for Dec. 24

The Bully Pulpit: Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and the Golden Age of Journalism by Doris Kearns Goodwin has broad appeal for readers, appearing on the Wall Street Journal and IndieBound best-seller lists.

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 First Phone Call from Heaven by Mitch Albom (Harper)

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

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

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

8. The Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert (Viking Adult)

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

10. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf)

Nonfiction

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown (Viking Adult)

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

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, Internet retailers and food stores (but excluding Walmart and Sam’s Club).

Fiction

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

2. Sycamore Row by John Grisham (Doubleday)

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

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

5. The First Phone Call fron Heaven by Mitch Albom (Harper)

6. Allegiant by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)

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

8. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (Scribner)

9. The Heroes of Olympus: The House of Hades by Rick Riordan (Harper)

10. What Does the Fox Say? by Ylvis, Christian Lochstoer and Svein Nyhus (Simon & Schuster)

Nonfiction

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

iBooks’ Official Book Charts

Top Paid Books

1. Divergent by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)

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

3. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Inc.)

4. Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)

5. Allegiant by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)

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

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

8. The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt (Little, Brown and Company)

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

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

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