publishers weekly BEST-SELLERS Week ending Dec. 15

December 23, 2012 at 12:00a.m.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “The Racketeer” by John Grisham (Doubleday)

2. “Threat Vector” by Tom Clancy (Putnam)

3. “Gone Girl” by Gillian Flynn (Crown)

4. “Notorious Nineteen: A Stephanie Plum Novel” by Janet Evanovich (Bantam)

5. “Merry Christmas, Alex Cross” by James Patterson (Little, Brown)

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

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “Killing Kennedy” by Bill O’Reilly (Henry Holt and Co.)

2. “Barefoot Contessa Foolproof: Recipes You Can Trust” by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter)

3. “Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power” by Jon Meachum (Random House)

4. “Guinness World Records 2013” by Guinness World Records (Guinness World Records)

5. “America Again” by Stephen Colbert (Grand Central Publishing)

6. “No Easy Day” by Mark Owen (Dutton)