The weeks bestselling books, Dec. 28

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1.The Correspondent by Virginia Evans (Crown: $28) A lifelong letter writer reckons with a painful past.

162.What We Can Know by Ian McEwan (Knopf: $30) A genre-bending love story about people and the words they leave behind.

133.The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai (Hogarth: $32) The fates of two young people intersect and diverge across continents and years.

114.Flesh by David Szalay (Scribner: $29) A man’s life veers off course due to a series of unforeseen circumstances.

45.Heart the Lover by Lily King (Grove Press: $28) A woman reflects on a youthful love triangle and its consequences.

126.Dog Show by Billy Collins, Pamela Sztybel by (illustrator) (Random House: $20) The former U.S.

poet laureate captures the essence of dogs in a collection of poems that includes watercolor canine portraits.37.

The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown (Doubleday: $38) Symbologist Robert Langdon takes on a mystery involving human consciousness.138.

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (Flatiron Books: $29) As sea levels rise, a family on a remote island rescues a mysterious woman.179.

House of Day, House of Night by Olga Tokarczuk (Riverhead Books: $28) A woman settles in a remote Polish village that teems with stories.310.

Audition by Katie Kitamura (Riverhead Books: $28) An accomplished actor grapples with the varied roles she plays in her personal life.17…1.

A Marriage at Sea by Sophie Elmhirst (Riverhead Books: $28) The true story of a young couple shipwrecked at sea.132.

Bread of Angels by Patti Smith (Random House: $30) A new memoir from the legendary writer and artist.73.

1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin (Viking: $35) An exploration of the most infamous stock market crash in history.104.

The Look by Michelle Obama (Crown: $50) Exploring the former first lady’s style evolution with over 200 photographs.45.

Good Things by Samin Nosrat (Random House: $45) The celebra...