Top Reads: Donna Tartt's THE GOLDFINCH Rises to the Top of Amazon, Week Ending 1/5

By: Tyler Peterson Jan. 05, 2014

Since there's no end-all-be-all 'best seller' list, BWW Books has rounded up both The New York Times' top sellers as well as Amazon's - providing you with your one-stop look at this week's top reads!

John Grisham's follow-up to A TIME TO KILL, SYCARMORE ROW, once again reclaimed the number one spot on the New York Times' fiction list for the week ending Jan. 5, 2014. Donna Tartt's THE GOLDFINCH came in second, and THE FIRST PHONE CALL FROM HEAVEN by Mitch Albom in third.

Charles Krauthammer's THINGS THAT MATTER once again claimed the top spot on the non-fiction list, with Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard's KILLING JESUS in second, and Malcom Gladwell's DAVID AND GOLIATH taking the third spot.

On the Amazon side, Donna Tartt's THE GOLDFINCH rose to the top of this list, with Ian Smith's SUPER SHRED taking the second spot, and Veronica Roth's DIVERGENT, soon coming to the big screen, rounding out the top three.

The New York Times Best Sellers
Combined Print & E-Book Fiction
1) SYCAMORE ROW - John Grisham
2) THE GOLDFINCH - Donna Tartt
3) THE FIRST PHONE CALL FROM HEAVEN - Mitch Albom
4) COMMAND AUTHORITY - Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney
5) CROSS MY HEART - James Patterson
6) DOCTOR SLEEP - Stephen King
7) TAKEDOWN TWENTY - Janet Evanovich
8) THE GODS OF GUILT - Michael Connelly
9) KING AND MAXWELL - David Baldacci
10) INFERNO - Dan Brown

Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction
1) THINGS THAT MATTER - Charles Krauthammer
2) KILLING JESUS - Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
3) DAVID AND GOLIATH - Malcolm Gladwell
4) GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SECRET SIX - Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger
5) THE BULLY PULPIT - Doris Kearns Goodwin
6) MIRACLES AND MASSACRES - Glenn Beck with Kevin Balfe and Hannah Beck
7) LONE SURVIVOR - Marcus Luttrell and Patrick Robinson
8) I AM MALALA - Malala Yousafzai with Christina Lamb
9) HUMANS OF NEW YORK - Brandon Stanton
10) LET ME OFF AT THE TOP! - Ron Burgundy

For the full list of New York Times Best Sellers, click here.

Amazon Top Best Sellers
1) THE GOLDFINCH - Donna Tartt
2) SUPER SHRED - Ian Smith
3) DIVERGENT (DIVERGENT Series) - Veronica Roth
4) THE BOOK THIEF - Markus Zusak
5) PUBLICATION MANUAL OF THE AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION, 6th Edition - American Psychological Association
6) THE FAULT IN OUR STARS - John Green
7) GRAIN BRAIN - David Perlmutter MD
8) HANDS FREE MAMA - Rachel Macy Stafford (Release: Jan. 7, 2014)
9) THINGS THAT MATTER - Charles Krauthammer
10) LOVE SURVIVOR - Marcus Luttrell

For the the full list of Amazon's top best sellers, click here.