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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Dec 9, 2015 4:42 PM UTC  Riverhead Books by [Sarah Begley](https://time.com/author/sarah-begley/) ## Sarah Begley Dec 9, 2015 4:42 PM UTC Amazon has [released](http://www.cnn.com/2015/12/09/living/best-selling-books-amazon-feat/index.html) a list of its top 20 bestselling books in 2015, and despite the hubbub around Harper Lee’s _Go Set a Watchman_, the _To Kill a Mockingbird_ companion book was not number one. That distinction went to _The Girl on the Train_, Paula Hawkins’ thriller about an alcoholic woman who may have witnessed a crime from the window of a train, which is set to become a movie starring Emily Blunt in 2016\. E.L. James’ _Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian_ came in at number two, and _Watchman_ rounded out the top three, CNN reports. Other notables on the list are acclaimed non-fiction books _Dead Wake_ by Erik Larson and _The Wright Brothers_ by David McCullough, as well as two adult coloring books, a juggernaut of a genre for booksellers in the last year. The list includes print and Kindle editions of books first published in 2015\. That means it does not include some books that sold better but came out in earlier years, like _All the Light We Cannot See_. Read the full list here: 1\. [_The Girl on the Train_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1594633665/?tag=timecom-20), by Paula Hawkins 2\. [_Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by Christian_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1101946342/?tag=timecom-20), by E.L. James 3\. [_Go Set a Watchman_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0062409859/?tag=timecom-20), by Harper Lee 4\. [_The Nightingale_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0312577222/?tag=timecom-20), by Kristin Hannah 5.[ _Memory Man_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1455559814/?tag=timecom-20), by David Baldacci 6\. [_Make Me: A Jack Reacher Novel_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0804178771/?tag=timecom-20), by Lee Child 7\. [_Rogue Lawyer_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385539436/?tag=timecom-20), by John Grisham 8\. [_The Girl in the Spider’s Web_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0385354282/?tag=timecom-20), by David Lagercrantz 9\. [_Dead Wake: The Crossing of the Lusitania_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307408868/?tag=timecom-20), by Erik Larson 10\. [_Silent Scream_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/190949092X/?tag=timecom-20), by Angela Marsons 11\. [_14th Deadly Sin (Women’s Murder Club)_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1455584991/?tag=timecom-20), by James Patterson with Maxine Paetro 12\. [_Old School: Diary of a Wimpy Kid Book 10_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1419717014/?tag=timecom-20), by Jeff Kinney 13\. [_Enchanted Forest: An Inky Quest and Coloring Book_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1780674880/?tag=timecom-20), by Johanna Basford 14\. [_The Wright Brothers_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1476728747/?tag=timecom-20), by David McCullough 15\. [_Adult Coloring Book: Stress Relieving Patterns_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1941325122/?tag=timecom-20), by Blue Star Coloring 16\. [_The Liar_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0399170863/?tag=timecom-20), by Nora Roberts 17\. [_Luckiest Girl_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1476789630/?tag=timecom-20)[ _Alive_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/1476789630/?tag=timecom-20), by Jessica Knoll 18\. [_The Crossing_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0316225886/?tag=timecom-20), by Michael Connelly 19\. [_The Stranger_](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0525953507/?tag=timecom-20), by Harlan Coben 20\. 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