THE INVENTION OF WINGS is Amazon's Best-Selling Book of 2014

By: Dec. 12, 2014
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Amazon today announced its best-selling books of 2014, best-selling Kids & Teens books, as well as the Most Gifted and Most Wished For books of the year-just in time for last-minute holiday gifting. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd is the best-selling book overall and John Grisham's latest novel Gray Mountain comes in at number two. The Heroes of Olympus Book Five: The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan is the best-selling Kids & Teens book, followed by Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney. The Long Haul was also the Most Gifted book this year, while All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr and Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty were the Most Wished For. The top 20 lists take into account first editions that were published in 2014, consider only paid units, and combine print and Kindle editions. To see the full top 100 lists of Amazon's best-selling print and Kindle books of 2014, visit www.amazon.com/bestsellingbooks2014.

"This year's best seller lists include a lot of familiar authors and characters-over half of the books on the lists are part of a series," said Sara Nelson, Editorial Director of Books and Kindle at Amazon.com. "It's also exciting to see our January Best Books of the Month pick-and Oprah Book Club pick-The Invention of Wings take the top spot overall. We hope all of these lists will help our customers explore great books this holiday season, whether it's a gift for a loved one or a treat for themselves."

The top 20 best-selling books overall are:

1. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

11. Unlucky 13 (Women's Murder Club) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

2. Gray Mountain by John Grisham

12. Edge of Eternity: Book Three of The Century Trilogy by Ken Follett

3. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

13. Shadow Spell (Cousins O'Dwyer) by Nora Roberts

4. Twenty Seconds Ago (Jack Reacher, #19) by Lee Child

14. Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King

5. Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty

15. Blood Magick (Cousins O'Dwyer) by Nora Roberts

6. The Target (Will Robie Series) by David Baldacci

16. Field of Prey by John Sandford

7. The Fixed Trilogy by Laurelin Paige

17. Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander) by Diana Gabaldon

8. The Heroes of Olympus Book Five: The Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan

18. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul by Jeff Kinney

9. Top Secret Twenty-One (Stephanie Plum) by Janet Evanovich

19. City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments) by Cassandra Clare

10. Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General by Bill O'Reilly

20. Flash Boys by Michael Lewis



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