Hot This Week: December 30

Our final list of 2019 features three new movies, including the conclusion to the hit adaptation of the seminal Stephen King novel It. Harry Styles and Blake Shelton land new albums at the top of the music chart. The holiday season keeps popular favorites on our audiobook lists, but humorist Mo Rocca does land his new book among the nonfiction selections.

Movies

1. It: Chapter Two (Blu-ray | 4K)
2. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (Blu-ray | 4K)
3. Hustlers (Blu-ray | 4K)
4. Angel Has Fallen (Blu-ray | 4K)
5. Ready or Not (Blu-ray)
6. Good Boys (Blu-ray)
7. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Blu-ray | 4K)
8. Dora and the Lost City of Gold (Blu-ray)
9. The Lion King (Blu-ray | 4K)
10. The Kitchen (Blu-ray)

Music

1. Harry Styles, Fine Line
2. Blake Shelton, Fully Loaded: God's Country
3. Post Malone, Hollywood's Bleeding
4. Frozen II Soundtrack
5. Michael Buble, Christmas
6. Pentatonix, The Best of Pentatonix Christmas
7. Mariah Carey, Merry Christmas
8. Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
9. Taylor Swift, Lover
10. Nat King Cole, The Christmas Song

Fiction

1. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
2. The Guardians, John Grisham
3. The Institute, Stephen King
4. Criss Cross, James Patterson
5. Blue Moon, Lee Child
6. A Minute to Midnight, David Baldacci
7. The Dutch House, Ann Patchett
8. Twisted Twenty-Six, Janet Evanovich
9. The Silent Patient, Alex Michaelides
10. The Testaments, Margaret Atwood

Nonfiction

1. Becoming, Michelle Obama
2. Educated, Tara Westover
3. Me, Elton John
4. Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell
5. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers, Brian Kilmeade
6. The Body, Bill Bryson
7. A Warning, Anonymous
8. Mobituaries, Mo Rocca
9. Triggered, Donald Trump Jr.
10. Finding Chika, Mitch Albom

Hot This Week: December 16

Movement on our list seems to have slowed somewhat as we move toward the holidays. Movies see the most change with three new titles, led by the black comedy/horror flick Ready or Not at #2. Christmas tunes jingle their way onto the music chart, with perennial favorites Michael Buble and Mariah Carey joining a new compilation from a cappella sensation Pentatonix. Popular titles in both fiction and nonfiction stand strong from weeks past.

Movies

1. Angel Has Fallen (Blu-ray | 4K)
2. Ready or Not (Blu-ray)
3. Good Boys (Blu-ray)
4. Dora and the Lost City of Gold (Blu-ray)
5. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Blu-ray | 4K)
6. The Lion King (Blu-ray | 4K)
7. The Kitchen (Blu-ray)
8. Killerman
9. The Goldfinch (Blu-ray)
10. Toy Story 4 (Blu-ray | 4K)

Music

1. Frozen II Soundtrack
2. Post Malone, Hollywood's Bleeding
3. Trippie Redd, A Love Letter to You 4
4. Taylor Swift, Lover
5. Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
6. Michael Buble, Christmas
7. Pentatonix, The Best of Pentatonix Christmas
8. Mariah Carey, Merry Christmas
9. Summer Walker, Over It
10. Luke Combs, What You See Is What You Get

Fiction

1. The Guardians, John Grisham
2. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
3. Criss Cross, James Patterson
4. The Institute, Stephen King
5. A Minute to Midnight, David Baldacci
6. Blue Moon, Lee Child
7. Twisted Twenty-Six, Janet Evanovich
8. The Rise of Magicks, Nora Roberts
9. The Dutch House, Ann Patchett
10. The Testaments, Margaret Atwood

Nonfiction

1. Me, Elton John
2. Educated, Tara Westover
3. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers, Brian Kilmeade
4. Becoming, Michelle Obama
5. Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell
6. A Warning, Anonymous
7. The Book of Gutsy Women, Hillary Rodham and Chelsea Clinton
8. The Body, Bill Bryson
9. Triggered, Donald Trump Jr.
10. Finding Chika, Mitch Albom

Hot This Week: December 9

Most of this week's lists are top-heavy. The action-thriller Angel Has Fallen is the only newcomer in movies. In music, new discs from Trippie Redd and Jason Aldean take over the chart. The fiction list is bookended by new novels from Nora Roberts and Danielle Steel, with a new James Patterson in the middle, while nonfiction holds onto its familiar favorites.

Movies

1. Angel Has Fallen (Blu-ray | 4K)
2. Dora and the Lost City of Gold (Blu-ray)
3. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Blu-ray | 4K)
4. Good Boys (Blu-ray)
5. The Lion King (Blu-ray | 4K)
6. The Kitchen (Blu-ray)
7. The Angry Birds Movie 2 (Blu-ray | 4K)
8. Toy Story 4 (Blu-ray | 4K)
9. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Blu-ray | 4K)
10. 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (Blu-ray)

Music

1. Trippie Redd, A Love Letter to You 4
2. Jason Aldean, 9
3. Frozen II Soundtrack
4. Post Malone, Hollywood's Bleeding
5. Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
6. Taylor Swift, Lover
7. Coldplay, Everyday Life
8. Luke Combs, What You See Is What You Get
9. Summer Walker, Over It
10. Tory Lanez, Chixtape 5

Fiction

1. The Rise of Magicks, Nora Roberts
2. The Guardians, John Grisham
3. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
4. Criss Cross, James Patterson
5. A Minute to Midnight, David Baldacci
6. The Institute, Stephen King
7. Twisted Twenty-Six, Janet Evanovich
8. Blue Moon, Lee Child
9. The Testaments, Margaret Atwood
10. Spy, Danielle Steel

Nonfiction

1. Me, Elton John
2. A Warning, Anonymous
3. Educated, Tara Westover
4. Triggered, Donald Trump Jr.
5. Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell
6. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers, Brian Kilmeade
7. Becoming, Michelle Obama
8. Finding Chika, Mitch Albom
9. The Body, Bill Bryson
10. Home Work, Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton

Hot This Week: December 2

We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving! As we move into December, just one new movie makes the list—the live-action Dora the Explorer adventure. The first new English-language album in six years from Celine Dion tops the music chart, joined by new discs from Tory Lanez and Lady Antebellum, as well as the soundtrack to the Frozen sequel. A new thriller from David Baldacci takes over the fiction list, while the anonymous depiction of the Trump administration does the same in nonfiction.

Movies

1. Dora and the Lost City of Gold (Blu-ray)
2. Good Boys (Blu-ray)
3. Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw (Blu-ray | 4K)
4. The Kitchen (Blu-ray)
5. The Angry Birds Movie 2 (Blu-ray | 4K)
6. The Lion King (Blu-ray | 4K)
7. 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (Blu-ray)
8. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Blu-ray | 4K)
9. The Peanut Butter Falcon (Blu-ray)
10. Toy Story 4 (Blu-ray | 4K)

Music

1. Celine Dion, Courage
2. Tory Lanez, Chixtape 5
3. Post Malone, Hollywood's Bleeding
4. Taylor Swift, Lover
5. Luke Combs, What You See Is What You Get
6. Summer Walker, Over It
7. Billie Eilish, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
8. Lady Antebellum, Ocean
9. Frozen II Soundtrack
10. Chris Brown, Indigo

Fiction

1. A Minute to Midnight, David Baldacci
2. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
3. The Guardians, John Grisham
4. Twisted Twenty-Six, Janet Evanovich
5. Blue Moon, Lee Child
6. Tom Clancy: Code of Honor, Marc Cameron
7. The Dutch House, Ann Patchett
8. The Night Fire, Michael Connelly
9. The Institute, Stephen King
10. Olive, Again, Elizabeth Strout

Nonfiction 

1. A Warning, Anonymous
2. Triggered, Donald Trump Jr.
3. Me, Elton John
4. Becoming, Michelle Obama
5. Sam Houston and the Alamo Avengers, Brian Kilmeade
6. Talking to Strangers, Malcolm Gladwell
7. Finding Chika, Mitch Albom
8. Educated, Tara Westover
9. The Body, Bill Bryson
10. With All Due Respect, Nikki Haley