On the heels of the theatrical release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens on December 18, the movie tie-in with the same title nabbed the top spot on the iBooks bestsellers list for the week ended December 20. Paula Hawkins’ Girl on the Train moved into second place, Cross Justice by James Patterson landed at #3, and David Baldacci fell from his three-week run in the top position to #4 with The Guilty.

iBooks US Bestseller List - Paid Books

Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher

1. The Force Awakens (Star Wars) by Alan Dean Foster - 9781101965504 - (Random House Publishing Group)

2. The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins - 9780698185395 - (Penguin Publishing Group)

3. Cross Justice by James Patterson - 9780316407144 - (Little, Brown and Company)

4. The Guilty by David Baldacci - 9781455586417 - (Grand Central Publishing)

5. Rogue Lawyer by John Grisham - 9780385539449 - (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

6. The Deal by Elle Kennedy - 9780994054401 - (Elle Kennedy)

7. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah - 9781466850606 - (St. Martin's Press)

8. Tom Clancy Commander in Chief by Mark Greaney - 9780698410619 - (Penguin Publishing Group)

9. The Bone Labyrinth by James Rollins - 9780062381637 - (William Morrow)

10. The Last Anniversary by Liane Moriarty - 9780062008671 - (Harper Perennial)

11. The Martian by Andy Weir - 9780804139038 - (CrownArchetype)

12. Grey by E L James - 9781101946350 - (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

13. The Crossing by Michael Connelly - 9780316225892 - (Little, Brown and Company)

14. Tricky Twenty-Two by Janet Evanovich - 9780345542984 - (Random House Publishing Group)

15. See Me by Nicholas Sparks - 9781455520596 - (Grand Central Publishing)

16. Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz - 9780345545978 - (Random House Publishing Group)

17. All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr - 9781476746609 - (Scribner)

18. Precious Gifts by Danielle Steel - 9780804179645 - (Random House Publishing Group)

19. Four Week Fiance 2 by Helen Cooper & J. S. Cooper - 9781940218557 - (J. S. Cooper)

20. Bull Mountain by Brian Panowich - 9780698190641 - (Penguin Publishing Group)