<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/58e2743e8af57819568b4cc1-1781/undefined" alt="big little liars hbo nicole kidman reese whitherspoon" data-mce-source="Hilary Bronwyn Gayle">Hilary Bronwyn GayleNicole Kidman, left, and Reese Witherspoon on "Big Little Lies."</img></div></div></div>After <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/who-is-killed-in-big-little-lies-mystery-2017-4" target="_blank">Sunday's delicious finale of "Big Little Lies,"</a> it's hard for many fans to cope with the idea that that could be it. Well, does it have to be the end? It depends on who you ask.In an interview with <a href="http://www.vulture.com/2017/04/big-little-lies-director-jean-marc-vallee-on-the-finale.html" target="_blank">Vulture</a> posted on Monday, the show's director and one of the executive producers, Jean-Marc Vallée, talked about the potential for another season, and it wasn't promising."No, no, this is the perfect ending. There is no way; there's no reason to make a season two," he said. "That was meant to be a one-time deal, and it's finishing in a way where it's for the audience to imagine what can happen. If we do a season two, we'll break that beautiful thing and spoil it."The show wrapped its two big mysteries in the finale: who was violently bullying Renata's (Laura Dern) daughter and who was murdered during a fancy school fundraising event that involved all of the main characters. But the show left the door open for more developments by implying that the women were still being watched after the investigation was closed.While it's clear where Vallée stands on a second season, the show's two biggest stars offered a different take that makes it seem like more episodes are possible and even likely. Reese Witherspoon (who's also an executive producer) and Dern did a live talk on Facebook and Instagram on Sunday. During it, Witherspoon said <a href="http://www.instyle.com/news/reese-witherspoon-sequel-big-little-lies" target="_blank">there have been discussions</a> about another installment of the show."One of the main questions everyone keeps asking us is is there going to be a season two," Witherspoon said. "We've been talking with the writer [of the novel the show is based on], and you guys should Facebook Liane Moriarty and tell her how much you want to see 'Big Little Lies 2.' That would be good. She's thinking about ideas, and so we would love to hear ideas."And Nicole Kidman also registered her desire to continue delving into the characters' stories."The backstory of Bonnie is complicated, and not fully explored, which is probably why we need to do a season two," she told <a href="http://ew.com/tv/2017/04/03/nicole-kidman-big-little-lies-finale/">Entertainment Weekly</a> about Zoë Kravitz's character. "It indicates that every woman is holding some sort of secret or damage or something and that's not fully explored. We don't have any plans for a season two, but the beauty of this is there are so many deep stories here that are ripe for mining. There are so many different ways to go with all of these women."HBO hasn't publicly said whether a second season is under consideration. But if you've got big ratings, <a href="http://deadline.com/2017/03/big-little-lies-series-high-ratings-1202053255/" target="_blank">as "Big Little Lies" did</a>, and the writer and A-list stars willing to return, then we have a hard time imagining HBO saying no. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/hilarious-twitter-memes-inspired-by-the-young-pope-2017-1">HBO's 'The Young Pope' is inspiring lots of hilarious memes - here are the best ones</a></h3> <div> <div> <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="ptMm0xOTE6C-VmsD9ytAYJKkM8h_duX7" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> <script> if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; } RunFunctions.push(function() { var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'ptMm0xOTE6C-VmsD9ytAYJKkM8h_duX7',{ autoplay: 'false' }); }); </script> <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div> </div> <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script> </div>

Here's why there's probably going to be a 'Big Little Lies' season 2

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/584994cbdd0895cb558b4569-811/screen shot 2015-11-03 at 113521 am.png" alt="Amazon Books" data-mce-source="Amazon" data-link="http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/ref=pe_2270130_154133930_pe_button/?tag=skim1x139863-20&amp;node=13270229011" /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/browse.html/ref=pe_2270130_154133930_pe_button/?tag=skim1x139863-20&amp;node=13270229011">Amazon</a>Amazon now has bookstores in Seattle, San Diego, and Portland.</div></div></div>The <keyword id="79969" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="100" keywordseo="insider">INSIDER</keyword> 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."<hr /> 2016 was a pretty magical year in books, and that's not just because the Wizarding world made a <a href="http://www.thisisinsider.com/harry-potter-cursed-child-reactions-2016-7">(questionably)</a> trimphant return in "<a href="http://www.thisisinsider.com/next-harry-potter-book-sequel-jk-rowling-2016-7">Harry Potter and the Cursed Child</a>." 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:<ol><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1338099132/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_1_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts 1 &amp; 2, Special Rehearsal Edition Script</a>" by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1338099132/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_1_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">When Breath Becomes Air</a>" by Paul Kalanithi</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385541198/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_3_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">The Whistler</a>" by John Grisham</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1455586463/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_4_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">The Last Mile (Amos Decker series)</a>" by David Baldacci</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1627790624/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_5_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan</a>" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062300547/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_6_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis</a>" by J.D. Vance</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062300547/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_6_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">Truly Madly Guilty</a>" by Liane Moriarty</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0804178801/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_8_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">Night School: A Jack Reacher Novel</a>" by Lee Child</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006232022X/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_9_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">The Black Widow: Book 16 of Gabriel Allon Series</a>" by Daniel Silva</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1419723448/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_10_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">Diary of a Wimpy Kid # 11: Double Down</a>" by Jeff Kinney</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1455585270/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_11_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">15th Affair (Women's Murder Club)</a>" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1455561789/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_12_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">Before the Fall</a>" by Noah Hawley</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/110198435X/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_13_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">Fool Me Once</a>" by Harlan Coben</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1455568872/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_14_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">Crisis of Character: A White House Secret Service Officer Discloses His Firsthand Experience with Hillary, Bill, and How They Operate</a>" by Gary J. Byrne</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316225940/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_15_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">The Wrong Side of Goodbye: A Harry Bosch Novel</a>" by Michael Connelly</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0718079183/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_16_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">The Magnolia Story</a>" by Chip Gaines and Joanna Gaines</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062414216/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_17_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">The Nest</a>" by Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1250109302/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_18_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">One with You: Book 5 of A Crossfire Series</a>" by Sylvia Day</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399175164/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_19_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">The Obsession" </a>by Nora Roberts</li><li>"<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1503935310/ref=s9_acsd_al_bw_c_x_20_w?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_r=JY67QEJPFNJW1N46P1PA&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_p=2afee6c3-f6bb-4114-80d6-1c00891de415&amp;pf_rd_i=16097524011">Everything We Keep</a>" by Kerry Lonsdale</li></ol>"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" is the first script to make the top 20 best-sellers list, <a href="http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20161207005452/en/Amazon-Announces-Best-Selling-Books-2016">according to Amazon</a>. 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 <a href="https://www.amazon.com/b/?ie=UTF8&amp;node=16097524011">on Amazon</a>. <div class="margin-top"> <h3>NOW WATCH: <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/flip-books-in-the-middle-of-the-woods-2016-11">Students built these giant flip books in the middle of the woods.</a></h3> <div> <div> <script src="http://player.ooyala.com/v3/6e12e8b3387a44daacfb73afba25a76e"></script> <div class="ooyala-video-player" data-video-autoplay="false" data-video-id="BtcGtnNzE69DwVEeIrglbo8P4ABwvjgv" data-player-variable="ooyalapopvideo" id="ooyalaplayer_popvideo" style="width:1280px;height:720px"></div> <script> if (typeof RunFunctions === 'undefined') { var RunFunctions = []; } RunFunctions.push(function() { var ooyalapopvideo = OO.Player.create('ooyalaplayer_popvideo', 'BtcGtnNzE69DwVEeIrglbo8P4ABwvjgv',{ autoplay: 'false' }); }); </script> <noscript><div>Please enable Javascript to watch this video</div></noscript></div> </div> <script>(function() { function createPlayer() { OO.ready(function() { RunFunctions.forEach(function(ooyalaFunction) { ooyalaFunction(); }); RunFunctions = [];}); } createPlayer(); }()); </script> </div>

Here are the best-selling books everyone read in 2016

<ul class="summary-list"><li>From "<keyword id="6407652" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="succession">Succession</keyword>" to "<keyword id="2844474" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Big-Little-Lies">Big Little Lies</keyword>," a slew of recent shows have offered a glimpse into how the 1% lives.</li><li>Business Insider spoke to the set decorators and designers behind those shows to find out how, exactly, they make their rich characters look so, well, rich.</li><li>For the California-based "Big Little Lies," set decorator Amy Wells said the team devised a simple rule: The closer a character's house was to the water, the greater their wealth.</li><li>Michael Shaw, production designer for seasons one and two of Showtime's "<keyword id="1088725" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Billions">Billions</keyword>," says they worked to create a world where effort of any kind has been taken away.</li></ul>If you want to see how one percenters live right now, just turn on the TV.From the hedge funders of "Billions" to the media moguls of "Succession," the TV anchors of "<keyword id="3418222" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="The-Morning-Show">The Morning Show</keyword>" to the murderous California clique in "Big Little Lies," a slew of recent shows offers a glimpse into the lives and homes of the uber-rich.Each of those series has its own aesthetic, but there's a consistency between them, too — call it the New Rich Look. But what does that mean, and how do you create it? We talked to the three people who should know: the set decorators and designers whose creative drive shaped the look and feel of all those shows.<h2>'Billions' started it all</h2>Michael Shaw is the production designer hired to establish the milieu in which the cat-and-mouse story of "Billions" on Showtime would take place. He says it teed up the New Rich Look."We were the first of these shows to come along in this aesthetic," he said of the show's debut in 2016. "Shows about rich people were about millionaires, but everyone can wrap their head around that. We wanted to show how billionaires live."<div type="image" title="billions negotiation 2" height="900" width="1200" msid="76895850" hostid="261"></div>The answer, he found, lay in one idea: creating a world where effort of any kind has been taken away."You're conveying freedom from want in every form," Shaw told Business Insider.Shaw toured real-life billionaires' homes on Long Island, where he saw pantries with every brand of cereal available and decanted into glass jars like an on-demand, upscale supermarket. He found homes where staff members included someone whose sole job was to do laundry all day so fresh towels were warm and ready at any moment.At the same time, he emphasized, there's a strangely sterile feeling these New Rich spaces."It's probably their third or fourth home, and pretty much all been designed by a designer, so it's lacking a little bit of personality," Shaw explained.<div type="image" title="Billions home Hamptons" height="1344" width="2832" msid="76895851" hostid="261"></div>Clients' input might be focused on bragging rights — going to the quarry in Italy to help that designer choose a piece of marble, perhaps. "It's like trophy hunting, and going on safari to kill a water buffalo. You can have friends over and talk about the experience."The home where Damian Lewis, aka Axe, lives in the show is one such tertiary home: The mansion, in real <keyword id="6360041" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="life">life</keyword>, belongs to a finance exec who bought it and spent five years rehabbing it with an interior designer while living elsewhere. He consented to hold off moving into the home while season one was filmed. After the show was a hit, the cachet of his connection to the show meant he waited a further year to take possession.The real-life owners of the Hamptons home that Axe is purported to own were just as thrilled to allow the crew a glimpse of their house.The property — valued in the tens of millions — is the second house on the block they own. "They were thrilled to have us there, and they gave us wrap gifts," Shaw said.<h2>'Succession' followed on – and amplified the idea</h2>One man who likely could afford several homes in that same street? Logan Roy, the Murdoch-inspired mogul at the center of HBO's "Succession," played by Brian Cox. After the pilot was filmed, production designer Stephen H. Carter was hired to help expand its world into a full season, the first of which aired in 2018.<div type="image" title="Succession" height="3000" width="4000" msid="76895855" hostid="261"></div>Carter studied acting before pivoting to design. He focuses on creating spaces that he calls "playable" — with enough room for a full cabal of characters to move around in naturally. That underscores the grand scale of the show, where the director can choose to rack focus, and shift to a secondary character deep in the background at a key point, rather than a simple, stage-style wide shot."It makes the camera feel more like paparazzi," Carter said — an implicit nod to the celebrity and the wealth of the Roys.The anchor location of the show, of course, is the apartment of the paterfamilias on Fifth Avenue — the so-called Millionaires Row, across from the Met Museum. For inspiration, Carter looked to the real-life homes of the Bronfman brothers, heirs to the Seagram empire.The military trappings that decorate the space are, per Carter, a deliberate jab: "Logan has never served in the military, but therefore feigns a respect for military and Roman history." The designer channeled a 19th-century robber baron when conceiving that interior, which was built out on a set; rather than steel or railways, per Carter, this mogul's currency is information.There's another precious commodity in the New Rich Look: privacy. Consider the offices of Waystar, which were filmed in 7 World Trade Center."Everyone can get a glimpse of what everyone else is doing, which undermines any sense of security," Carter explained. It's a bold production choice, as directors often shy away from spaces filled with reflective surfaces that can inadvertently catch images of staff or cameras. Instead, it's become a visual tool for the show: Look at scenes that start with a reflection, then shift focus, double-dealing on the viewer much as a Roy might double-cross an adversary.<h2>Jennifer Aniston was a well-placed advocate for 'The Morning Show'</h2>The latest show to champion the New Rich Look in New York is Apple TV's 2019 debut "The Morning Show," where "Mad Men" alumna Amy Wells was set decorator.Wells had unexpected help from the show's star, Jennifer Aniston, who plays neurotic news anchor Alex. Multi-millionaire Aniston understands the New Rich Look firsthand and was, per Wells, heavily involved in every aspect of creating the apartment for her character.<div type="image" title="The_Morning_Show_Unit_Photo_10914" height="1918" width="3840" msid="76895857" hostid="261"></div>"The first thing we did was, I went to her house and she showed me how she lived, as that apartment had to fit her taste — I don't know there was that much separation between her and the character in that way," Wells told Business Insider. "There wasn't a thing [on the set] she wouldn't notice: not one picture frame, not the teeny, tiny handles on the cabinet in the hallway. It was designed to the hilt from the word go."Much of the artwork was a personal choice for Aniston. It was supplied by her friend Portia de Rossi's startup General Public, which sells reproductions of original paintings. Marble was crucial to evoke what Wells calls Alex's "stratospheric" wealth, too — though in this case, it was real, as were the wooden floors. It was the first time Wells had ever used real marble on a set, and she had to shoo staff away when they came in after a rainstorm to avoid stains.Thankfully, she had her largest budget ever. <h2>'Big Little Lies' and the California vs. New York face-off</h2>Amy Wells also worked on HBO's "Big Little Lies," the only one of these shows that takes place outside New York — and for which, fittingly, the vibe is different.For this show, Wells explained, her team devised a rule: The closer someone's home was to the water, the richer they were supposed to be. Zoe Kravitz's Bonnie lives in the woods, denoting her lower status, while the oceanfront mansion of Nicole Kidman's Celeste telegraphs her wealth.<div type="image" title="Big Little Lies" height="946" width="1261" msid="76895861" hostid="261"></div>Mood boards for each character steered those interiors, too. Take Celeste, whose palette was all blues and grays. "She has an inherent sadness, and she was always supposed to have the best taste," Wells said.The original source material took place in author Liane Moriarty's home country, Australia, so Wells and her team were tasked with helping translate the vibe to America's uber-rich. "The houses in Monterey feel more handcrafted, and make more use of the natural setting," Wells explained. "There's a beachiness, but not in a southern California, 'Gidget' sort of way. This is not an ocean you're going to put your feet into."<div type="image" title="Big Little Lies" height="936" width="1248" msid="76895862" hostid="261"></div>Much like the paparazzi-style shooting on "Succession," Wells explained that director Jean-Marc Vallée — who helmed season one — uses an unconventional style. He uses a handheld camera and weaves through the space, seemingly chancing upon the wealthy women he's filming.The natural look of their homes isn't accidental either. "If there's a lamp on set, that's what is lighting the room. They used no movie lights," Wells explained.<h2>These three factors underpin the New Rich Look</h2>Per these set decorators and designers, three key elements contribute to how they conceived the New Rich Look.In real life, none of these characters would have outfitted their spaces themselves."There's a safety to these spaces, because they were created by a decorator for hire," explained "Succession's" Carter, "and those folks are always worried about pleasing someone and keeping their job. They don't want to push it too far, or risk getting their heads chopped off." Translation: The homes are filled with a surfeit of muted colors and classic lines.<div type="image" title="Succession set" height="1412" width="1883" msid="76895865" hostid="261"></div>TV technology is a factor in that palette, too: Bright colors often glare or look garish in HD, per Wells. The high definition camera also makes it harder to substitute materials and means entire rooms must be fully realized."Look at 'Leave It To Beaver' and see how few things they have in their house," she said. "Now, I pick every book that goes on the shelf, because you can literally spot anything in the background."Most of all, though, thank the real-life New Rich for the New Rich Look. See how Jennifer Aniston supervised the aesthetic, or the way that one percenters clamor to offer their actual homes as locations now. These shows are watched, and loved, by the very folks they depict."[Securing locations] got a lot easier in the second season, when it became like a trophy," said "Billions" vet Michael Shaw. "All the Wall Streeters were watching it, and would say 'I would love you to come to my house.'"

Behind the scenes of TV's most iconic shows about the ultra-rich: 3 set designers dish on how they brought the penthouses and oceanfront mansions of 'Succession,' 'Big Little Lies,' and more to life

<div class="KonaFilter image-container float_right"><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5457d4f369beddbf3ba1a6b7-800-600/book%20covers.jpg?maxX=600" border="0" alt="Book covers" width="600"><a href="http://www.amazon.com">Amazon</a>Lockhart and Moriarty author two of the most popular books this year.</img></div></div>With the cold weather setting in, there's nothing better than curling up with a good book.
As the year comes to a close we looked back to find the best reads of 2014.
To generate a list of the "it" books this year, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/469-what-s-the-it-book-of-2014">Goodreads</a> collected data based on the most-searched-for, standalone fiction books on Goodreads between January and August 2014.
These are the most popular novels of 2014.
1. "<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16143347-we-were-liars" target="_blank">We Were Liars</a>" by E. Lockhart
This thrilling novel explores the lives of the Eastman family, and why teenager Cadence Sinclair Eastman can't remember what happened at her grandfather's lake house two summers ago. Cadence spends every summer at her grandfather's sprawling Cape Cod estate with two cousins and a friend. The foursome calls themselves "The Liars," and work together when their parents try to use them as pawns when it comes to settling their grandfather's estate and will. The family's dark secrets are revealed and Cadence finally uncovers what happened during that mysterious summer two years ago. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/We-Were-Liars-E-Lockhart/dp/038574126X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1415030188&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=we+were+liars">Buy the book here »</a>
2. "<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18081809-landline" target="_blank">Landline</a>" by Rainbow Rowell
Comedy writer Georgie McCool and her husband Neal, a stay-at-home dad, are struggling with their marriage. When Georgie receives the television writing opportunity of a lifetime she cancels the family Christmas trip to see Neal's family in Omaha. To Georgie's surprise, Neal packs up their daughters and heads to Omaha for the holidays anyway, leaving Georgie to contemplate their marriage. Neal is dodging her calls, so Georgie uses the ancient yellow landline phone in her room to call Neal's home phone in Omaha. However, the Neal she talks to on the other line is the Neal from 1998 when they first met. Now Georgie has the opportunity to fix her marriage from the past, or decide if her marriage truly isn't fixable. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Landline-Rainbow-Rowell/dp/1250049377/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1415030902&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=landline+rainbow+rowell">Buy the book here »</a>
3. "<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18143977-all-the-light-we-cannot-see" target="_blank">All The Light We Cannot See</a>" by Anthony Doerr
The World War II novel follows blind Marie-Laure and orphaned Werner. Marie-Laure's father makes scale models of their Paris neighborhood so his blind daughter can navigate the streets on her own and gain independence. When the Nazis occupy Paris, Marie-Laure and her father flee to the coastal town of Saint-Malo where she bravely works for the French resistance. Meanwhile, Werner, an engineering prodigy, lands a spot at a brutal Hitler Youth academy. Werner works for the Nazis and is sent to spy on the resistance in Saint-Malo, where his and Marie-Laure's stories converge. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/All-Light-We-Cannot-See/dp/1476746583/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1415031664&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=All+the+Light+We+Cannot+See">Buy the book here »</a>
4. "<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19486412-big-little-lies" target="_blank">Big Little Lies</a>" by Liane Moriarty
In a suburban Australian town, Madeline, Celeste, and Jane lead completely different lives but are connected by their children, who are all in the same kindergarten class. The story builds up to a parent fundraiser where a parent dies under suspicious conditions. The story starts six months before the fateful fundraiser, with the three women coming together when Jane's sweet-natured son is accused of bullying. "Big Little Lies" takes a look into the adult cliques and marriages of this seemingly placid little town and reveals the lies we tell ourselves to get through each day. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Big-Little-Lies-Liane-Moriarty/dp/0399167064/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1415033382&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=big+little+lies">Buy the book here »</a>
5. "<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18693716-one-plus-one" target="_blank">One Plus One</a>" by JoJo Moyes
Jess is struggling to hold her family together - her husband left, her step-son is being bullied at school, and she can't afford to send her braniac daughter to compete in the Math Olympiad. That's where Ed, a geeky and selfish tech millionaire whose home Jess cleans, comes in. Because of Ed's own dysfunctionality, Jess doesn't expect anything from him. However, he helps Jess and her family get to the Math Olympiad - possibly the first thing he's ever done for someone else. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/One-Plus-A-Novel/dp/0525426582/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1415038713&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=one+plus+one">Buy the book here »</a>
6. "<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17788401-ugly-love" target="_blank">Ugly Love</a>" by Colleen Hoover
Nurse Tate and airline pilot Miles have agreed to forgo a typical romantic relationship. Tate says she doesn't have time for a boyfriend, and Miles is still fighting demons from his past, but the two are attracted to each other so they start a purely physical relationship. Miles is upfront and honest about not being able to handle anything more; Tate says she doesn't want a relationship, but as time passes she develops feelings for Miles and believes she can change his mind, and maybe even overcome the thing that haunts him.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Ugly-Love-Novel-Colleen-Hoover/dp/1476753180/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1415039498&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=ugly+love">Buy the book here »</a>
7. "<a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18079776-the-invention-of-wings" target="_blank">The Invention of Wings</a>" by Sue Monk Kidd
"The Invention of Wings" is set in early nineteenth-century Charleston and is based on the historical Grimké sisters. On Sarah Grimké's eleventh birthday she is given a slave, a girl named Handful, as a present. The story covers the two girls' relationship over the next 35 years. Both come from different worlds, but have the same goal of making something more of their lives. Sarah eventually joins her older sister Angelina and the two serve as some of the earliest voices of the abolitionist movement. 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Invention-Wings-Sue-Monk-Kidd/dp/0670024783/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1415039961&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=the+invention+of+wings">Buy the book here »</a>

The Most Popular Novels This Year

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/54611b2069bedd5b67266339-1200-924/guy-reading-on-a-couch-books.jpg" border="0" alt="guy reading on a couch books"><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/luce/2970601463">p.v/Flickr</a></img></div></div></div>Even though we're not even halfway through November, Amazon has already announced its <a href="http://www.amazon.com/www.amazon.com/b/?ie=UTF8&amp;node=10207069011">Best Books of 2014</a>.
The annual feature included the <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=s9_acss_bw_hsb_BHP1021B_s1_n?docId=1002993971&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-2&amp;pf_rd_r=0P5WAEXNMBZF03H7JK7M&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1968745842&amp;pf_rd_i=10207069011">best 100 books</a> that were published this year, as well as the top 20 lists in categories from nonfiction to children's books.
This year's top ten ranking spanned genres, from an historical thriller of an Arctic expedition gone awry to a flawlessly written novel about immigration in America.
Keep reading to see the 10 best books of 2014 and find your next great novel.
1. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/159420571X/ref=s9_al_bw_g14_i1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=0P5WAEXNMBZF03H7JK7M&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1968762882&amp;pf_rd_i=10207069011">Everything I Never Told You</a>" by Celeste Ng: After the gorgeous teenage Lydia is found dead, the mixed-race Lee family is sent reeling. With themes of alienation, race, gender, family, and identity, Lydia's parents and siblings are forced to confront the Lydia they never knew and their own expectations in this quietly beautiful novel.
2. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1476746583/ref=s9_al_bw_g14_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=0P5WAEXNMBZF03H7JK7M&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1968762882&amp;pf_rd_i=10207069011">All the Light We Cannot See</a>" by Anthony Doerr: This National Book Award Finalist follows both Marie-Laurie, a blind French Girl living with her father during World War II, and Werner, a German orphan with a knack for building and fixing radios. The haunting story will stay with you and make you question how life and art are influenced by war.
3. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385535376/ref=s9_al_bw_g14_i3?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=0P5WAEXNMBZF03H7JK7M&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1968762882&amp;pf_rd_i=10207069011">In the Kingdom of Ice: The Grand and Terrible Polar Voyage of the USS Jeannette</a>" by Hampton Sides: In 1879, the wealthy owner of The New York Herald James Gordon Bennett funded a US naval expedition to the North Pole. But things take a turn for the worse when the ship becomes trapped and the hull is breached. The men must fight to survive as they battle starvation, polar bears, and madness while trying to get home.
4. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/147673190X/ref=s9_al_bw_g14_i4?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=0P5WAEXNMBZF03H7JK7M&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1968762882&amp;pf_rd_i=10207069011">The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace:</a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/147673190X/ref=s9_al_bw_g14_i4?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=0P5WAEXNMBZF03H7JK7M&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1968762882&amp;pf_rd_i=10207069011">A Brilliant Young Man Who Left Newark for the Ivy League</a>" by Jeff Hobbs: This story is about the life of Robert Peace, a black student from the poor streets of Newark who made it into Yale on a scholarship. Yet even though he seemingly achieved the American Dream, he never felt like he truly belonged - and ultimately, it cost him his life. This reported memoir will influence how you think about race, class, and family.
5. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1594204993/ref=s9_al_bw_g14_i5?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=0P5WAEXNMBZF03H7JK7M&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1968762882&amp;pf_rd_i=10207069011">Redeployment</a>" by Phil Klay: Phil Klay tells twelve short stories about the Iraq War and its aftermath. From horrifying patrols to what it's like coming home, Klay doesn't rely on platitudes, machismo, or patriotism - instead, he masterfully pushes back on our assumptions without veering into the maudlin.
6. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1476770387/ref=s9_al_bw_g14_i6?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=0P5WAEXNMBZF03H7JK7M&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1968762882&amp;pf_rd_i=10207069011">Revival</a>" by Stephen King: King's most recent thriller spans five decades and focuses on the rock n' roll obsessed Jamie Morton and the small town reverend Charles Jacobs. Both men are haunted by tragic pasts and share a secret obsession, so they are naturally drawn together into a partnership as they search for answers - and find terrifying conclusions. 
7. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062116150/ref=s9_al_bw_g14_i7?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=0P5WAEXNMBZF03H7JK7M&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1968762882&amp;pf_rd_i=10207069011">Savage Harvest:</a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062116150/ref=s9_al_bw_g14_i7?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=0P5WAEXNMBZF03H7JK7M&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1968762882&amp;pf_rd_i=10207069011"> </a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0062116150/ref=s9_al_bw_g14_i7?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=0P5WAEXNMBZF03H7JK7M&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1968762882&amp;pf_rd_i=10207069011">A Tale of Cannibals, Colonialism, and Michael Rockefeller's Tragic Quest for Primitive Art</a>" by Carl Hoffman: Hoffman believes he has finally solved the decades-old mystery of Michael Rockefeller's disappearance in New Guinea in 1961. The murder mystery involves a local tribe of warriors, headhunters, and colonialism in this fascinating (and real) whodunit.
8. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385350848/ref=s9_al_bw_g14_i8?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=0P5WAEXNMBZF03H7JK7M&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1968762882&amp;pf_rd_i=10207069011">The Book of Unknown Americans</a>" by Cristina Henríquez: After a tragic accident leaves 15-year-old Maribel with a brain injury, the Riveras are forced to leave their beloved Mexico and go to America in search of a better life. The book follows them while also telling the stories of the other Latin American tenants sharing their apartment complex in Delaware.
9. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399167064/ref=s9_al_bw_g14_i9?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=0P5WAEXNMBZF03H7JK7M&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1968762882&amp;pf_rd_i=10207069011">Big Little Lies</a>" by Liane Moriarty: This book focuses on three Australian moms, all with pre-schoolers in the same class. Sounds straightforward - except by the end of the book, one of them will be dead. Each mother carries a secret in this witty book that takes a deeper look into the lives of suburbia.
10. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385353308/ref=s9_al_bw_g14_i10?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;pf_rd_s=merchandised-search-3&amp;pf_rd_r=0P5WAEXNMBZF03H7JK7M&amp;pf_rd_t=101&amp;pf_rd_p=1968762882&amp;pf_rd_i=10207069011">Station Eleven</a>" by Emily St. John Mandel: After a horrible virus spreads across America, people barricade themselves inside apartments, highways are flooded with cars, and people are murdered as they struggle to survive. This novels follows life before, during, and after the virus and illustrates both the good and evil sides of humanity in a crisis.
You can see the rest of <a href="http://www.amazon.com/www.amazon.com/b/?ie=UTF8&amp;node=10207069011">Amazon's top books for 2014 here</a>.Disclosure: Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider through his personal investment company Bezos Expeditions.

Amazon's 10 Best Books Of 2014 That Everyone Should Read

<img class="float_right" src="http://static1.businessinsider.com/image/525c0e0cecad04a87c84c296-605-453/dan-brown-author.png" border="0" alt="Dan Brown, author" />2013 was a year of mystery and thrills, at least according to <a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&amp;p=irol-newsArticle&amp;ID=1884891&amp;highlight=">Amazon's list of best-selling adult books for the year</a>.
While contemporary romance dominated last year's list with the likes of "50 Shades of Grey," this year's top spot went to Dan Brown's thriller "Inferno." It was also a very <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/the-most-popular-books-at-the-new-york-public-library-in-september-2013-10">popular book at the New York Public Library</a> earlier this fall. 
"And The Mountains Echoed" by Khaled Hosseini and J.K. Rowling's crime thriller, "The Cuckoo's Calling," written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith, rounded out the top three.
Amazon calculated its list of best-selling books by taking into account sales of print and Kindle edition books that were published in 2013. Check out the best-selling books below:
1. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Inferno-Dan-Brown/dp/0385537859/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387572123&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=inferno">Inferno</a>" by Dan Brown: Brown's infamous hero Robert Langdon (from "The Da Vinci Code") heads once more into Italy. Langdon's latest mystery takes its cue from Dante's epic poem in the "Divine Comedy." 
2. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/And-Mountains-Echoed-Khaled-Hosseini/dp/159463176X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387572159&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=and+the+mountains+echoed">And the Mountains Echoed</a>" by Khaled Hosseini: Hosseini follows up "The Kite Runner" with another story set in Kabul, Afghanistan. His latest novel begins with a father telling his two young children a folktale. The story spans several decades and continents following the family's trials and tribulations from there. 
3. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Cuckoos-Calling-Robert-Galbraith/dp/0316206849/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387572182&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+cuckoo%27s+calling">The Cuckoo's Calling</a>" by Robert Galbraith: Detective Cormoran Strike investigates a super model's suicide in this classically-styled mystery written by J.K. Rowling under a pseudonym. 
4. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Husbands-Secret-Liane-Moriarty/dp/0399159347/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387572360&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+husband%27s+secret">The Husband's Secret</a>" by Liane Moriarty: Cecilia Fitzpatrick discovers a letter in which her husband confesses a dark secret that could ruin the life she built. She was supposed to receive the letter after he died, but stumbles across it while he is still very much alive.
5. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Lean-In-Women-Work-Will/dp/0385349947/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387572499&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=lean+in+sheryl+sandberg">Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead</a>" by Sheryl Sandberg: Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, shares her leadership secrets in a book that combines personal anecdotes, hard data and research. She aims to understand the bias against women in leadership positions and offer advice for women in the workplace and daily life. 
6. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Hit-David-Baldacci/dp/1455521175/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387572711&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+hit">The Hit</a>" by David Baldacci: Will Robie, a highly trained assassin, eliminates enemies of state for the U.S. government. When Jessica Reel, another assassin in the agency, goes rogue, Robie must stop her. 
7. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sycamore-Row-John-Grisham/dp/0385537131/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387572883&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=sycamore+row">Sycamore Row</a>" by John Grisham: Jake Brigance, from Grisham's breakout hit "A Time to Kill" returns to Ford County to try a case that brings up old racial tensions. Before hanging himself from a Sycamore tree, Seth Hubbard leaves a handwritten will for his property that drags his adult children and his black maid into a conflict that spans generations.
8. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Entwined-You-Crossfire-Book-3/dp/0425263924/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387573081&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=entwined+with+you">Entwined with You</a>" by Sylvia Day: Book three of the Crossfire series finds Gideon and Eva with even more alone time than they've had in previous installments of this torrid romance. 
9. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Never-Go-Back-Reacher-Novel/dp/0385344341/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387573304&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=never+go+back">Never Go Back</a>" by Lee Child: Child's latest novel in his Jack Reacher series follows the former military cop on a mission to find his missing commanding officer, Major Susan Turner, and clear his own name in the process. 
10. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Storyteller-Jodi-Picoult/dp/1439102775/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387573334&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+storyteller">The Storyteller</a>" by Jodi Picoult: Sage Singer is a baker trying to get over the death of her mother. Josef Weber, an elderly man in Sage's grief support group with his own demons, begins stopping by the Sage's bakery. They strike up an unlikely friendship.
11. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Alex-Cross-Run-James-Patterson/dp/1455521507/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387573472&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=alex+cross+run">Alex Cross, Run</a>" by James Patterson: Detective Alex Cross has a lot on his plate: A plastic surgeon, Cross got arrested for sleeping with teenage girls is out of jail, and this time with a new face, a young woman who recently gave birth is found murdered and the baby is missing, plus another serial killer is rumored to be on the loose in D.C. 
12. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Doctor-Sleep-Novel-Stephen-King/dp/1476727651/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387573661&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=doctor+sleep">Doctor Sleep</a>" by Stephen King: In his latest supernatural mystery, King invents the True Knot, a group of quasi-immortal RV-travelers who feed off the steam produced when children with "the shining" are slowly tortured to death. 
13. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/12th-Never-Womens-Murder-Club/dp/1455515795/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387573850&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=12th+of+never">12th of Never</a>" by James Patterson: Part of the Women's Murder Club series, Patterson's latest mystery picks up when Lindsay Boxer's daughter is born. But her bliss is quickly broken when San Francisco gets hit with multiple killings.
14. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Damaged-Ferro-Family-H-M-Ward-ebook/dp/B00C6OHRLS/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387573959&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=damaged+ferro">Damaged: The Ferro Family</a>" by H.M. Ward: In this romance, Peter is a college professor and Sydney, his teaching assistant, is running from her past and afraid to get too close to another person. Still, the two have unmistakable chemistry.
15. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Killing-Jesus-Bill-OReilly/dp/0805098542/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387574105&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=killing+jesus">Killing Jesus: A History</a>" by Bill O'Reilly: Television and radio magnate Bill O'Reilly chronicles the political and historical events that led to the murder of Jesus of Nazareth. Historian Martin Dugard helped O'Reilly write it.
16. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Second-Honeymoon-James-Patterson/dp/0316211222/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387574676&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=second+honeymoon">Second Honeymoon</a>" by James Patterson: A string of tragic accidents that left one newlywed couple dead in a sauna and another killed on a flight to Rome leads FBI Agent John O'Hara to suspect a serial killer is on the loose, and he's targeting honeymooners.
17. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Whiskey-Beach-Nora-Roberts/dp/0399159894/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387574796&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=whiskey+beach">Whiskey Beach</a>" by Nora Roberts: Eli Landon is a Boston lawyer under investigation for the murder of his soon-to-be ex-wife. He takes refuge at his family's estate on Whiskey Beach. While there, he meets Abra Walsh, the local jack-of-all-trades, and things get complicated.
18. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Billionaires-Obsession-Collection-Completely/dp/1939962315/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387575083&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=the+billionaire%27s+obsession">The Billionaire's Obsession: The Complete Collection</a>" by J.S. Scott: This collection of 4 romance novels follows billionaire Simon Hudson as he woos Kara Foster with an offer she can't refuse. 
19. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Surrender-Your-Love-J-C-Reed-ebook/dp/B00BTJQZNC/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387575164&amp;sr=8-3&amp;keywords=surrender+your+love">Surrender Your Love</a>" by J.C. Reed: Brooke Stewart is a New York City realtor who doesn't do relationships, but that maxim gets tested when she meets Jett Mayfield, a green-eyed millionaire who isn't used to taking no for an answer. 
20. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Six-Years-Harlan-Coben/dp/0525953485/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1387575277&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=six+years">Six Years</a>" by Harlan Coben: Jake Fisher watched Natalie, the love of his life, marry another man six years ago. But when Jake comes across the obituary for Natalie's husband Todd, he can't stay away any longer. Disclosure: Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider through his personal investment company Bezos Expeditions.

The Best-Selling Books Of The Year, According To Amazon

<img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/545a983b6bb3f7c225584c79-1200-924/man-reading-book-london.jpg?maxX=480" border="0" alt="man reading book london" width="480">Luke MacGregor/Reuters</img>If you often see the same books being read on your morning commute, it may be your cue to grab a copy yourself.
Amazon just released its list of the <a href="http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=176060&amp;p=irol-newsArticle&amp;ID=1999088">20 best-selling books of 2014</a>, and chances are you've already seen people reading them on the train.&#xa0;
It's not too late to read - or reread - the bestsellers of the year.
1. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0670024783/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0670024783&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=2OQRER5DPFAVZSKC">The Invention of Wings</a>" by Sue Monk Kid: Set in the south in the early 1800s, this Oprah Book Club book follows the complicated relationship between Handful, a slave, and Sarah, her owner, as they grow up together from childhood. Their confusing friendship, in the face of politics and societal norms, becomes a beautiful and difficult thing to watch as it changes over time.
2. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/038553714X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=038553714X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=GQXE2L4UV542Z45Q">Gray Mountain</a>" by John Grisham:&#xa0;When the recession causes Samantha Kofer to lose her Wall Street law firm job, she takes a job at a legal aid clinic in Virginia until she can hopefully get back to big law. But while her new job, for the first time, puts her front and center in the court room, it also puts her in terrible danger.
3. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1476746583/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1476746583&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=CLLICEDSMYQDEUER">All the Light We Cannot See</a>" by Anthony Doerr:&#xa0;This National Book Award Finalist follows both Marie-Laure, a blind French Girl living with her father during World War II, and Werner, a German orphan with a knack for building and fixing radios. As their paths cross, this haunting story will question how life and art are influenced by war.
4. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0593073827/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0593073827&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=BBGRWDRDXU6ZU6WP">Twenty Seconds Ago (Jack Reacher, #19)</a>" by Lee Child:&#xa0;After years of being out of the Army, Jack Reacher is pulled back into service at the CIA and State Department after someone tried to shoot the president of France. In Child's latest Jack Reacher installment, Reacher finds himself face to face with an old enemy and old memories.
5. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399167064/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0399167064&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=WQR43VNG5FULJS6R">Big Little Lies</a>" by Liane Moriarty:&#xa0;From the author of the bestselling "The Husband's Secret,"&#xa0;this book focuses on three Australian moms, all with pre-schoolers in the same class. Sounds straightforward, except by the end of the book one of them will be dead. Each mother carries a secret in this witty book that dissects the lives of three suburban families.
6. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1455521205/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1455521205&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=3RZ6LCPOUYETFMRP">The Target (Will Robie series)</a>" by David Baldacci: Will Robie and his partner Jessica Reel are called in by the President to take down an international criminal. Baldacci's thrilling page-turner keeps the reader hooked as Robie and Reel hunt down their target, yet become targets themselves.
7. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0991379659/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0991379659&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=ABOIKGZUSBU3XU7W">The Fixed Trilogy</a>" by Laurelin Paige:&#xa0;Fans of "Fifty Shades of Gray" will love "The Fixed Trilogy," which follows Alayna Wither, a rising star at the nightclub she works at, and Hudson Pierce, her boss who can't keep his eyes off her, and who Alayna can't seem to stay away from despite both their troubled pasts.
8. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1423146735/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1423146735&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=FWLW34INJ5YWUV5T">The Heroes of Olympus Book Five: The Blood of Olympus</a>" by Rick Riordan: The fifth book in Riordan's hit series launches the reader right in the middle of the&#xa0;Argo II&#xa0;crew's battle with the earth mother, Gaia. The story is funny and action-packed as the crew races against time to stop Gaia and her giants before the world is destroyed.
9. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0345542924/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0345542924&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=3SPL22RQBPX6A5XJ">Top Secret Twenty-One (Stephanie Plum)</a>" by Janet Evanovich: Stephanie Plum has to bring in a criminal used car dealer who missed his court date. But he's gone missing, and his No. 2 man is Stephanie's only clue and, to top it all off, now his old boss wants him dead. All in a day's work for Stephanie Plum.
10. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/080509668X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=080509668X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=P2L5K7SWTDXTFWRH">Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War II's Most Audacious General</a>" by Bill O'Reilly: Just one of two nonfiction books to make the list, "Killing Patton" takes a look into the mysterious death of General George Patton, Jr., and theories about what, or who, may have really killed him.
11. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0316211273/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0316211273&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=AXUCWYEK3TGWB5PP">Unlucky 13 (Women's Murder Club)</a>" by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro: With a loving husband, new baby, great job, and close friends, San Francisco detective Lindsay Boxer has it all figured out... until the FBI mails her a photo of a notorious killer, and Lindsay and fellow members of the Women's Murder club must find the killer before she finds them.
12. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525953094/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0525953094&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=7YBD7VAO3NTBL2SQ">The Edge of Eternity: Book Three of the Century Trilogy</a>" by Ken Follett:&#xa0;The Century Trilogy follows five families from different countries through the 20th century. The third book spans from the '60s to the '80s - an engrossing look at how the events of these three decades impact families from around the world.
13. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00FFFNA1Q/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00FFFNA1Q&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=M3AOJYCBCXEIT2MD">Shadow Spell (Cousins O'Dwyer)</a>" by Nora Roberts:&#xa0;In the second book of the trilogy, Connor O'Dwyer and his sister Branna's best friend Meara work together on a regular basis without incident, but a near-death experience brings the two of them closer than ever - which would be fine, except Meara is afraid to get too close, and Connor is afraid of what he might unleash if he falls for her.
14. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1476754454/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1476754454&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=EZ22JMRKSMGDPNXD">Mr. Mercedes</a>" by Stephen King:&#xa0;Hundreds of people are waiting hopefully on line for a job fair when a Mercedes plows into the crowd, killing and injuring a number of people before driving off. Months later retired cop Bill Hodges gets a letter from the alleged driver threatening to do more damage, pulling him out of retirement to prevent history from repeating itself.
15. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00INIXJ36/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B00INIXJ36&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=7767JYSJDSFEW2RN">Blood Magick (Cousins O'Dwyer)</a>" by Nora Roberts:&#xa0;The second Nora Roberts book to make the list is the third in the O'Dwyer trilogy. This time Branna finds herself reunited with an old lover, yet both fear for a repeat of the heartache they caused each other years ago. "Blood Magick" is an entertaining, mystical finale to Roberts' beloved trilogy.
16. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0399162380/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0399162380&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=S3TEXSLRBVLQWQJK">Field of Prey</a>" by John Sandford:&#xa0;When a teenage couple encounter a dead body in an abandoned cornfield, Lucas Davenport is called in. Then more bodies turn up - 15 to be precise, and Lucas starts to notice an unusual pattern about when the victims were killed, almost like clockwork.
17. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0385344430/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0385344430&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=VO6CMV44GVIKQ5TT">Written in My Own Heart's Blood (Outlander)</a>" by Diana Gabaldon:&#xa0;It's 1778. France has just declared war of Great Britain, and the Fraser family is caught up in marriages, re-marriages, illegitimate children... and time travel. Gabaldon's thrilling series comes to life again in her latest installment.
18. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/141971189X/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=141971189X&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=DVRZDVL54KINWQZG">Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul</a>" by Jeff Kinney:&#xa0;Everyone's favorite "wimpy kid" Greg Heffley doesn't want to go on his family road trip. It's bound to be a disaster. But despite wrong turns, a fender bender, and gross gas station bathrooms, Greg is in for a bigger adventure than he imagined in Kinney's entertaining and cleverly illustrated short chapter book.
19. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1442416890/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=1442416890&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=NHFNP7HOH3JBJW74">City of Heavenly Fire (The Mortal Instruments)</a>" by Cassandra Clare:&#xa0;In an alternate, fantasy world, Sebastian Morgenstern is turning shadowhunters into demons and against each other. Clary, Jace, and Simon must stop him, which would be easier if only he weren't Clary's brother.
20. "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0393244660/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0393244660&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=bibooklists-20&amp;linkId=GGJBEOGHNCVDLSZN">Flash Boys</a>" by Michael Lewis:&#xa0;Post-financial crisis, the stock market is less free than before, and all the characters involved either benefit from it big time, or are set to level the playing field. "Flash Boys" is a compelling nonfiction book that reveals the darkness, greed, and corruption on Wall Street.
Disclosure: Jeff Bezos is an investor in Business Insider through his personal investment company Bezos Expeditions.

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