What’s Current on the Print Best Seller List?

It’s the holiday season and I was curious about what books are rising to the top of the best seller lists at this time of year. With so much time spent social distancing this year, many of us have gotten back to the wonderful pastime of reading a good book.

Here are 4 books that I found rising to the top of the lists and sparked my interest.

Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
	As one of the most anticipated novels of the year its sits atop the Charts Most Sold Fiction list. The author, Cline, is the author of the super popular book published in 2011, Ready Play One. No surprise the sequel has its fans as well. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The highly anticipated sequel to the beloved worldwide bestseller Ready Player One, the near-future adventure that inspired the blockbuster Steven Spielberg film. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST • “The game is on again. . . . A great mix of exciting fantasy and threatening fact.”—The Wall Street Journal
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
	This is Brit Bennett’s second novel and is one of the most celebrated books of the year. This is a story about twin sisters – one who lives in her small Southern Black community where she grew up and the other who leaves and secretly passes as white. Readers have been captivated since it was published in June. This book has been on the Charts Most Sold list for 27 weeks. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR NAMED A BEST BOOK OF 2020 BY THE NEW YORK TIMES * THE WASHINGTON POST * NPR * PEOPLE * TIME MAGAZINE* VANITY FAIR * GLAMOUR
The Splendid and the Vile: A Saga of Churchill, Family, and Defiance During the Blitz by Erik Larson
	This nonfiction account of how Winston Churchill successfully guided his country during Hitler’s bombing campaign has been on the Charts Most Read Nonfiction list for 21 weeks. In The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson shows, in cinematic detail, how Churchill taught the British people “the art of being fearless. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • Time • NPR • The Washington Post • The Globe & Mail • Fortune • Bloomberg • The New York Public Library • Kirkus Reviews • LibraryReads • PopMatters
Greenlights by Matthew McConaughey
	Even though most of the books at the top of the Charts Most Sold Nonfiction list Matthew McConaughey sits at No. 2 with a memoir about his life of 50 years and the secrets he’s uncovered in living it. Did you know that Matthew McConaughey has been keeping journals for 35 years? This is an unconventional memoir filled with outlaw wisdom and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Academy Award®–winning actor, an unconventional memoir filled with raucous stories, outlaw wisdom, and lessons learned the hard way about living with greater satisfaction NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN