Hot This Week: December 21

Three new movies on this week's list are led by the horror flick The Rental. A new album from Shawn Mendes takes over the music chart, which sees a number of seasonal favorites make an appearance as well. The fiction list stays largely the same, while nonfiction sees two new titles, including an examination of the days leading up to the murder of John Lennon in 1980.

Movies

1. Unhinged (Blu-ray)
2. Mulan (Blu-ray | 4K)
3. Buddy Games
   
4. The New Mutants (Blu-ray | 4K)
5. Iron Mask (Blu-ray)
6. The Rental (Blu-ray)
7. Arthur & Merlin: Knights of Camelot
8. Smiley Face Killers (Blu-ray)
   
9. 2067 (Blu-ray)
   
10. Bill & Ted Face the Music (Blu-ray)

Music

1. Shawn Mendes, Wonder
   
2. Ariana Grande, Positions
   
3. Michael Buble, Christmas
4. Carrie Underwood, My Gift
   
5. Pop Smoke, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon
6. Nat King Cole, The Christmas Song
7. Pentatonix, The Best of Pentatonix Christmas
8. Mariah Carey, Merry Christmas
9. Taylor Swift, Folklore
   
10. Miley Cyrus, Plastic Hearts

Fiction

1. Ready Player Two, Ernest Cline
2. A Time for Mercy, John Grisham
3. The Return, Nicholas Sparks
4. Daylight, David Baldacci
5. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
6. The Law of Innocence, Michael Connelly
7. The Awakening, Nora Roberts
   
8. The Sentinel, Lee Child and Andrew Child
9. Fortune and Glory, Janet Evanovich
10. Anxious People, Fredrik Backman
    

Nonfiction

1. A Promised Land, Barack Obama
2. The Last Days of John Lennon, James Patterson, Casey Sherman, and Dave Wedge
3. World of Wonders, Aimee Nezhukumatathil
4. Becoming, Michelle Obama
5. Caste, Isabel Wilkerson
6. Untamed, Glennon Doyle
7. The Splendid and the Vile, Erik Larson
8. Is This Anything?, Jerry Seinfeld
9. Modern Warriors, Pete Segseth
10. Killing Crazy Horse, Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
    

Hot This Week: December 7

We ring in the month of December with five new movies, and with the live-action Mulan back in the top spot. The music chart is taken over by the new album from K-pop heavyweights BTS. In fiction, the sequel to Ernest Cline's 2011 debut smash takes #1, with a new novel from Nora Roberts joining as well. President Obama's memoir holds strong in nonfiction, which sees two new titles join the list.

Movies

1. Mulan (Blu-ray | 4K)
2. Unhinged (Blu-ray)
3. Buddy Games
   
4. The New Mutants (Blu-ray | 4K)
5. Iron Mask (Blu-ray)
6. 2067 (Blu-ray)
   
7. Bill & Ted Face the Music (Blu-ray)
   
8. Antebellum (Blu-ray | 4K)
9. Paydirt
10. After We Collided (Blu-ray)
    

Music

1. BTS, BE
2. Ariana Grande, Positions
   
3. Pop Smoke, Shoot for the Stars Aim for the Moon
4. Taylor Swift, Folklore
   
5. Luke Combs, What You See Is What You Get
   
6. Chris Stapleton, Starting Over
   
7. Juice WRLD, Legends Never Die
   
8. Carrie Underwood, My Gift
   
9. Harry Styles, Fine Line
   
10. AC/DC, Power Up

Fiction

1. Ready Player Two, Ernest Cline
2. The Return, Nicholas Sparks
3. A Time for Mercy, John Grisham
4. Daylight, David Baldacci
5. The Awakening, Nora Roberts
   
6. The Law of Innocence, Michael Connelly
7. The Sentinel, Lee Child and Andrew Child
8. Fortune and Glory, Janet Evanovich
9. Where the Crawdads Sing, Delia Owens
10. Anxious People, Fredrik Backman
    

Nonfiction

1. A Promised Land, Barack Obama
2. Dolly Parton, Songteller, Dolly Parton
3. Becoming, Michelle Obama
4. No Time Like the Future, Michael J. Fox
5. Modern Warriors, Pete Segseth
6. Caste, Isabel Wilkerson
7. Is This Anything?, Jerry Seinfeld
8. Saving Freedom, Joe Scarborough
9. Untamed, Glennon Doyle
10. The Answer Is..., Alex Trebek