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U.S. Best-selling books for Dec. 31

John Grisham revived his character Jake Brigance from A Time to Kill for his latest legal thriller, Sycamore Row. The novel has remained near the top of national best-seller lists since its release in October.

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. Sycamore Row by John Grisham (Doubleday)

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri (Knopf)

10. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (Scribner)

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

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

8. Everything I Need To Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book by Diane E. Muldrow (Golden Books)

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

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

4. Allegiant by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)

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

6. Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (Scribner)

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

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

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

10. Takedown Twenty by Janet Evanovich (Bantam)

Nonfiction

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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.)

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. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Penguin Group US)

4. Insurgent by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)

5. Allegiant by Veronica Roth (Katherine Tegen Books)

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

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

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

9. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins (Scholastic Inc.)

10. Lone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell & Patrick Robinson (Little, Brown and Company)

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