The Book of Life takes No 1 spot on US bestsellers list

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Book of Life, the final novel of the time-travelling trilogy written by Deborah Harkness, shot straight to the top of the US bestsellers list on Thursday.

Data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors across the United States is used to compile the list below which comprises hardcover fiction.

1. The Book of Life by Deborah Harkness (Viking, $28.95)

2. The Heist by Daniel Silva (Harper, $27.99)

3. Invisible by James Patterson and David Ellis (Little, Brown, $28.00)

4. Act of War by Brad Thor (Atria, $27.99)

5. Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet Evanovich (Bantam, $28.00)

6. Cut and Thrust by Stuart Woods (Putnam, $26.95)

7. Power Play by Catherine Coulter (Putnam, $26.95)

8. Mr. Mercedes, by Stephen King (Scribner, $30.00)

9. California by Edan Lepucki (Little, Brown, $26.00)

10. The Silkworm by Robert Galbraith (LB/Mulholland, $28.00)