New York Times Best Sellers: December 5, 2021

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

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

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

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

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

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

The 26th book in the Jack Reacher series. Reacher helps an F.B.I. agent look for her missing brother and takes on a foe named Dendoncker.

The 28th book in the Stephanie Plum series. Diesel and Stephanie track the international computer hacker Oswald Wednesday.

Dirk Pitt’s latest adventure involves a missing Buddhist artifact, a failed hypersonic missile and a hijacked ship.

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

Tensions escalate around the globe as President Pauline Green works to prevent a world war.

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

The 21st book in the Jack Ryan series. A shadowy billionaire plans to kidnap the first lady to get President Jack Ryan out of his way.

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

Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The former anchor of the “CBS Evening News” and “Today” describes some of the personal and professional challenges she faced.

The founder of the YouTube channel Kurzgesagt gives an overview of elements of the body’s immune system.