New York Times Best Sellers: December 12, 2021

The ninth book in the Outlander series. As the Revolutionary War moves closer to Fraser’s Ridge, Claire and Jamie reunite with their daughter and her family.

The second book in the Dragon Heart Legacy series. Breen returns to Talamh as her grandfather Odran plots destruction.

The second book in the Whistler series. Investigator Lacy Stoltz goes after a serial killer and closes in on a sitting judge.

The 29th book in the Alex Cross series. Cross fights the mastermind who has stalked him for years.

Maggie Dawes, a renowned travel photographer, struggles with a medical diagnosis over Christmas.

After a ship explodes, nine people struggling to survive pull a man who claims to be the Lord out of the sea.

Richelle writes a book about her estranged and deceased twin sister, Michelle, that is titled “The Prodigal Daughter.”

Six women join the Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron during World War II.

Two friends who escaped from a juvenile work farm take Emmett Watson on an unexpected journey to New York City in 1954.

The fourth book in the Atlee Pine series. Atlee discovers her twin sister survived an abduction at the age of 6.

A death on New Year’s Eve, an unsolved murder and a hunt for serial rapists bring Bosch and Ballard back together.

Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.

An interconnected cast of dreamers and outsiders are in dangerous and disparate settings past, present and future.

In the wake of the previous administration’s mishandling of international affairs, the new Secretary of State Ellen Adams confronts interconnected global threats.

A killer for hire who only takes out bad guys seeks redemption as he does one final job.

Viewing America’s entanglement with slavery and its legacy, in essays adapted and expanded from The New York Times Magazine.

The actor, producer and musician tells his life story and lessons he learned along the way.

A two-volume celebration of 154 songs, with handwritten texts, paintings and photographs from the songwriter’s archives.

A memoir by the musician known for his work with Foo Fighters and Nirvana.

A collection of holiday memories from members of the staff of Fox News.

The award-winning actor reflects on his career, Italian-American heritage, meals and mishaps.

Essays on friendships, influences and the connection between life and art.

The anti-vaccine advocate gives his take on the chief medical advisor to the president.

The Fox News host gives an account of the relationship between Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass.

The story of the making of the band’s final album, gathered from transcripts of their conversations.

The ABC News' chief Washington correspondent gives an account of the end of the Trump presidency.

An oral history of the TV series “The Office” by one of its stars and one of its producers.

The reality TV star describes the pressures she felt in the public eye and the ways her faith was tested.

Conversations between the 44th president and the multiple award-winning musician on a range of topics.

A reinvestigation of social evolution and suggestions for new ways of organizing society.