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Bestsellers

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The books that all your friends are reading. Discover the best-selling books from The New York Times, updated on Thursday mornings

Don't forget to check out the Des Moines Public Library's Most Requested page to see what's popular locally!

Last Updated: December 19

James

Fiction

1. James, by Percival Everett

2. Wind and Truth, by Brandon Sanderson
3. Wicked, by Gregory Maguire
4. The Women, by Kristin Hannah
5. Fourth Wing, by Rebecca Yarros

Full List (New York Times)

Melania

 

Nonfiction

1. Melania, by Melania Trump

2. The Backyard Bird Chronicles, by Amy Tan
3. Cher: The Memoir, Part One, by Cher
4. Be Ready When the Luck Happens, by Ina Garten
5. Framed, by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey

Full List (New York Times)

James

Hardcover Fiction

1. James, by Percival Everett

2. Wind and Truth, by Brandon Sanderson
3. The Women, by Kristin Hannah
4. The House of Cross, by James Patterson
5. The God of the Woods, by Liz Moore

Full List (New York Times)

Cher

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. Melania, by Melania Trump

2. Cher: The Memoir, Part One, by Cher
3. Be Ready When the Luck Happens, by Ina Garten
4. Framed, by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey
5. The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt

Full List (New York Times)

 

If He Had Been With Me

Young Adults

1. If He Had Been with Me, by Laura Nowlin

2. Nothing Like the Movies, by Lynn Painter
3. A Study in Drowning, by Ava Reid
4. Murtagh, by Christopher Paolini
5. Nothing Like the Movies, by Lynn Painter

Full List (New York Times)