Here are the best-selling books everyone read in 2016

The INSIDER Summary:

• Amazon ranked its best-selling books of 2016.
• "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" tops the list, followed by the acclaimed memoir "When Breath Becomes Air."

2016 was a pretty magical year in books, and that's not just because the Wizarding world made a (questionably) trimphant return in "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child."

The best-selling books on Amazon this year run the gamut from touching memoirs to thrilling mystery novels to kid-friendly picks for young readers.

If the bookworm in your life doesn't already own them all, these best-sellers make great holiday gifts. That is, if they still have any space left on their shelves.

Here are the top 20 best-selling books on Amazon of 2016:

1. "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 & 2, Special Rehearsal Edition Script"by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany
2. "When Breath Becomes Air"by Paul Kalanithi
3. "The Whistler"by John Grisham
4. "The Last Mile(Amos Decker series)" by David Baldacci
5. "Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan"by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard
6. "Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis"by J.D. Vance
7. "Truly Madly Guilty"by Liane Moriarty
8. "Night School: A Jack Reacher Novel"by Lee Child
9. "The Black Widow: Book 16 of Gabriel Allon Series"by Daniel Silva
10. "Diary of a Wimpy Kid # 11: Double Down"by Jeff Kinney
11. "15th Affair (Women's Murder Club)"by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
12. "Before the Fall"by Noah Hawley
13. "Fool Me Once"by Harlan Coben
14. "Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate"by Gary J. Byrne
15. "The Wrong Side of Goodbye: A Harry Bosch Novel"by Michael Connelly
16. "The Magnolia Story"by Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines
17. "The Nest"by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
18. "One with You: Book 5 of A Crossfire Series"by Sylvia Day
19. "The Obsession" by Nora Roberts
20. "Everything We Keep"by Kerry Lonsdale

"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" is the first script to make the top 20 best-sellers list, according to Amazon. Also "The Nest" is a debut novel, so it's incredible that it broke into the top 20.

You can see more of the most popular books as well as a full break down by category on Amazon.

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