Best-sellers

Here are the best-sellers from Publishers Weekly for the week ending Dec. 24:

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. "11/22/63" • Stephen King

2. "The Litigators" • John Grisham

3. "Kill Alex Cross" • James Patterson

4. "Death Comes to Pemberley" • P.D. James

5. "Locked On" • Tom Clancy with Mark Greaney

6. "The Best of Me" • Nicholas Sparks

7. "Red Mist" • Patricia Cornwell

8. "Explosive Eighteen" • Janet Evanovich

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. "Steve Jobs: A Biography" • Walter Isaacson

2. "Killing Lincoln" • Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard

3. "Unbroken" • Laura Hillenbrand

4. "Go the **** to Sleep" • Adam Mansbach

5. "Guinness World Records 2012"

6. "Through My Eyes" • Tim Tebow with Nathan Whitaker

7. "Jack Kennedy: Elusive Hero" • Chris Matthews

8. "Every Day a Friday" • Joel Osteen

TRADE PAPERBACKS

1. "The Help" • Kathryn Stockett

2. "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" • Stieg Larsson

3. "Heaven is for Real" • Todd Burpo, Sonja Burpo, Colton Burpo and Lynn Vincent

4. "The Tiger's Wife" • Tea Obreht

5. "The Zombie Survival Guide" • Max Brooks

6. "The Next Always" • Nora Roberts

7. "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" • Rebecca Skloot

8. "The Girl Who Played with Fire" • Stieg Larsson

Here are the best-sellers at local independent stores for the week ending Dec. 25. Stores reporting: Left Bank Books, Main Street Books, Pudd'nhead Books, Subterranean Books, Sue's News (stlindiebook.com).

ADULTS

1. "Finally a Locally Produced Guidebook to St. Louis by and for St. Louisans, Neighborhood by Neighborhood" • Amanda Doyle

2. "Steve Jobs" • Walter Isaacson

3. "Death Comes to Pemberley" • P.D. James

4. "Go the **** to Sleep" • Adam Mansbach

5. "Night Circus" • Erin Morgenstern

6. "11/22/63" • Stephen King

7. "Goodnight iPad" • Ann Droyd

8. "Noir at the Bar" • edited by Jedidiah Ayres and Scott Phillips

9. "How to Poo at Work" • Mats & Enzo

10. "St. Charles Then and Now" • Vicki Berger Erwin and Jessica Dreyer

CHILDREN/YOUNG ADULT

1. "Hunger Games" • Suzanne Collins

2. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever" • Jeff Kinney

3. "Catching Fire" • Suzanne Collins

4. "Invention of Hugo Cabret" • Brian Selznick

5. "I Want My Hat Back" • Jon Klassen

6. "Onward Is Best: A Christmas Story" • Sarah Lindquist

7. "Remarkable Animals: 1000 Amazing Amalgamations" • Tony Meeuwissen

8. "Turtle in Paradise" • Jennifer Holm

9. "Inheritance" • Christopher Paolini

10. "Olivia and the Christmas Present" • Farrah McDoogle