Books: Publishers Weekly best-sellers for the week ending June 24

SHARE Books: Publishers Weekly best-sellers for the week ending June 24
clinton_062218_07_76983940_e1529630855134.jpg

Former President Bill Clinton again tops the hardcover fiction list with his and James Patterson’s collaborative effort ”The President Is Missing.” Gregg Jarrett’s “The Russia Hoax” is No. 1 for hardcover nonfiction. | Ashlee Rezin / Sun-Times

HARDCOVER FICTION

<a href="https://www.littlebrown.com/titles/james-patterson/the-president-is-missing/9780316412698/#module-whats-inside" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Click here to read a sample.</a>

“The President Is Missing,” by former President Bill Clinton and James Patterson. | AP

1. “The President is Missing” by James Patterson and Bill Clinton (Little, Brown)

2. “The Perfect Couple” by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown)

3. “The Outsider” by Stephen King (Scribner)

4. “Tom Clancy: Line of Sight” by Mike Maden (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

5. “Shelter in Place” by Nora Roberts (St. Martin’s Press)

6. “The Fallen” by David Baldacci (Grand Central Publishing)

7. “There There” by Tommy Orange (Knopf)

8. “When Life Gives You Lululemons” by Lauren Weisberger (Simon & Schuster)

9. “Before We Were Yours” by Lisa Wingate (Ballantine)

10. “Bring Me Back” by B.A. Paris (St. Martin’s Press)

11. “The Gray Ghost” by Clive Cussler and Robin Burcell (G.P. Putnam’s Sons)

12. “The Skaar Invasion” by Terry Brooks (Del Rey)

13. “The Death of Mrs. Westaway” by Ruth Ware (Gallery/Scout Press)

14. “Something in the Water” by Catherine Steadman (Ballantine)

15. “Little Fires Everywhere” by Celest Ng (Penguin)

screen_shot_2018_06_28_at_5_25_04_pm.png

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia” by Nintendo (Dark Horse Books)

2. “Magnolia Table” by Joanna Gaines and Marah Stets (Morrow Cookbooks)

3. “Fail Until You Don’t: Fight. Grind. Repeat” by Bobby Bones (Dey Street Books)

4. “Little Moments of Love” by Catana Chetwynd (Andrews McMeel)

5. “Yes We (Still) Can” by Dan Pfeiffer (Twelve)

6. “Calypso” by David Sedaris (Little, Brown)

7. “Girl, Wash Your Face” by Rachel Hollis (Thomas Nelson)

8. “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos” by Jordan B. Peterson (Random House Canada)

9. “Trump’s America” by Newt Gingrich (Center Street)

10. “The Legend of Zelda Encyclopedia” (deluxe edition) by Nintendo (Dark Horse Books)

11. “The Soul of America” by Jon Meachum (Random House)

12. “The Plant Paradox Cookbook” by Steven R. Gundry (Harper Wave)

13. “How to Change Your Mind” by Michael Pollan (Penguin Books)

14. “Once Upon a Farm” by Rory Feek

15. “Educated” by Tara Westover (Random House)


The Latest
The video is the first proof of life of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, who was captured Oct. 7 in southern Israel. His parents have Chicago ties. Last week, his mother was named one of Time magazine’s most influential people of 2024.
Seven lawsuits filed by former football players will be temporarily consolidated with a lawsuit filed by former head coach Pat Fitzgerald during the pretrial process.
The city is willing to put private interests ahead of public benefit and cheer on a wrongheaded effort to build a massive domed stadium — that would be perfect for Arlington Heights — on Chicago’s lakefront.
Art
The Art Institute of Chicago, responding to allegations by New York prosecutors, says it’s ‘factually unsupported and wrong’ that Egon Schiele’s ‘Russian War Prisoner’ was looted by Nazis from the original owner’s heirs.