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David Baldacci, Mitch Albom and more are new in hardcover for the week ended Nov. 18.

Things To DoBooks New York Times bestsellers: Espionage at Pearl Harbor and a rapper’s memoir David Baldacci, Mitch Albom and more are new in hardcover for the week ended Nov. 18.Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on X (Opens in new window) X By The New York TimesPUBLISHED: December 4, 2023 at 11:15 AM EST Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Nov. 18, which were reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. Every week, thousands of diverse selling locations report their actual sales on hundreds of thousands of individual titles. The panel of reporting retailers is comprehensive and reflects sales in stores of all sizes and demographics across the United States. An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales were barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores reported receiving bulk orders. ___ FICTION 1. FOURTH WING, by 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. LAST WEEK: 2 WEEKS ON LIST: 28 2. IRON FLAME, by Rebecca Yarros. (Red Tower) The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves. LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 3. THE EDGE, by David Baldacci. (Grand Central) The second book in the 6:20 Man series. Travis Devine investigates the murder of CIA operative Jenny Silkwell in rural Maine. LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1 4. THE LITTLE LIAR, by Mitch Albom. (Harper) The actions of an 11-year-old boy help facilitate the delivery of Jewish residents, including his family, to Auschwitz. LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1 5. THE EXCHANGE, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) In a sequel to “The Firm,” Mitch McDeere, who is now a partner at the world’s largest law firm, gets caught up in a sinister plot. LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 5 6. THE NARROW ROAD BETWEEN DESIRES, by Patrick Rothfuss. (DAW) Things go awry when Bast accepts a gift. LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1 7. THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE, by James McBride. (Riverhead) Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well. LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 13 8. RESURRECTION WALK, by Michael Connelly. (Little, Brown) The seventh book in the Lincoln Lawyer series. Haller and Bosch team up to prove the innocence of a woman in prison for the killing of her husband. LAST WEEK: 3 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 9. LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY, by Bonnie Garmus. (Doubleday) A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show. LAST WEEK: 5 WEEKS ON LIST: 80 10. THE SECRET, by Lee Child and Andrew Child. (Delacorte) The 28th book in the Jack Reacher series. It’s 1992 and Reacher looks into the cause of a string of mysterious deaths. LAST WEEK: 7 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 11. DIRTY THIRTY, by Janet Evanovich. (Atria) The 30th book in the Stephanie Plum series. Plum tracks a local jeweler’s former security guard and has an overnight stakeout with relatives. LAST WEEK: 6 WEEKS ON LIST: 3 12. SYSTEM COLLAPSE, by Martha Wells. (Tordotcom) The seventh book in the Murderbot Diaries series. The Barish-Estranza corporation might take a colony of humans to use as a free workforce. LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1 13. PRETTY BOYS ARE POISONOUS, by Megan Fox. (Gallery) A collection of poems exploring how love relationships can affect one’s sense of identity. LAST WEEK: 14 WEEKS ON LIST: 2 14. HOLLY, by Stephen King. (Scribner) Private detective Holly Gibney investigates whether a married pair of octogenarian academics had anything to do with Bonnie Dahl’s disappearance. LAST WEEK: 8 WEEKS ON LIST: 11 15. DEMON COPPERHEAD, by Barbara Kingsolver. (Harper) Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A re-imagining of Charles Dickens’ “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. LAST WEEK: 10 WEEKS ON LIST: 55 ___ NONFICTION Harper Select"Ghosts of Honolulu" by Mark Harmon and Leon Carroll Jr. joined the bestsellers list at No. 6 in nonfiction. 1. FRIENDS, LOVERS, AND THE BIG TERRIBLE THING, by Matthew Perry. (Flatiron) The late actor, known for playing Chandler Bing on “Friends,” shares stories from his childhood and his struggles with sobriety. LAST WEEK: 4 WEEKS ON LIST: 19 2. THE WOMAN IN ME, by Britney Spears. (Gallery) The Grammy Award-winning pop star details her personal and professional experiences, including the years she spent under a conservatorship overseen by her father. LAST WEEK: 1 WEEKS ON LIST: 4 3. MY EFFIN’ LIFE, by Geddy Lee with Daniel Richler. (Harper) The musician known for his work with the band Rush chronicles his life as the child of Holocaust survivors and his time in the limelight. LAST WEEK: — WEEKS ON LIST: 1 4. MY NAME IS BARBRA, by Barbra Streisand. (Viking) The EGOT winner chronicles her journey in show busin...