Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Oct. 11, which were reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles. Every week, thousands of diverse selling locations report their actual sales on hundreds of thousands of individual titles. The panel of reporting retailers is comprehensive and reflects sales in stores of all sizes and demographics across the United States.
An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales were barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores reported receiving bulk orders.
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FICTION
1. THE INTRUDER, by Freida McFadden. (Poisoned Pen) During a rough storm, Casey puts herself in danger when she lets a girl, who is covered in blood, into her cabin.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
2. THE SECRET OF SECRETS, by Dan Brown. (Doubleday) As he searches for the missing noetic scientist he has been seeing, Robert Langdon discovers something regarding a secret project.
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 5
3. CRY HAVOC, by Jack Carr. (Atria/Emily Bestler) During a time of war and civil unrest in 1968, Navy SEAL Tom Reece is given an unofficial and dangerous mission.
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WEEKS ON LIST: 1
4. TWICE, by Mitch Albom. (Harper) Alfie Logan, who was gifted with the ability to live any moment a second time but must accept the outcomes, makes a risky love decision.
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WEEKS ON LIST: 1
5. ALCHEMISED, by SenLinYu. (Del Rey) After the war, an imprisoned alchemist is sent to a necromancer to recover her lost memories.
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
6. ALCHEMY OF SECRETS, by Stephanie Garber. (Flatiron) Holland St. James must retrieve an ancient object called the Alchemical Heart by midnight tomorrow or perish.
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WEEKS ON LIST: 1
7. SHADOW TICKET, by Thomas Pynchon. (Penguin Press) In 1932, private eye Hicks McTaggart encounters a hodgepodge of characters as he pursues the heiress of a Wisconsin cheese fortune.
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WEEKS ON LIST: 1
8. FOR WHOM THE BELLE TOLLS, by Jaysea Lynn. (Saga) Lily gets a job assigning people to appropriate circles and becomes attracted to a demon general in Hell.
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WEEKS ON LIST: 1
9. MY BELOVED, by Jan Karon. (Putnam) The 15th book in the Mitford series. As Christmas approaches, love and heartbreak are felt by people around town.
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WEEKS ON LIST: 1
10. FOURTH WING, by Rebecca Yarros. (Red Tower) Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 96
11. SHARP FORCE, by Patricia Cornwell. (Grand Central) The 29th book in the Kay Scarpetta series. A serial killer known as the Phantom Slasher invades homes in Northern Virginia.
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WEEKS ON LIST: 1
12. IRON FLAME, by Rebecca Yarros. (Red Tower) The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training under the new vice commandant might require her to betray the man she loves.
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 81
13. THE ACADEMY, by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham. (Little, Brown) Harmful rumors cause trouble for the students and staff at a New England boarding school.
LAST WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
14. THE DAMNED, by Harper L. Woods. (Bramble) The third book in the Coven of Bones series. Beelzebub is put under a spell that makes him forbidden to touch.
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WEEKS ON LIST: 1
15. ONYX STORM, by Rebecca Yarros. (Red Tower) The third book in the Empyrean series. As enemies gain traction, Violet Sorrengail goes beyond the Aretian wards in search of allies.
LAST WEEK: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 37
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NONFICTION
1. LAST RITES, by Ozzy Osbourne with Chris Ayres. (Grand Central) The late heavy metal icon charts his health difficulties and his return for the Back to the Beginning concert.
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WEEKS ON LIST: 1
2. 107 DAYS, by Kamala Harris. (Simon & Schuster) The former vice president recounts her abbreviated campaign to become president in 2024.
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
3. HOW TO TEST NEGATIVE FOR STUPID, by John Kennedy. (Broadside) The Republican senator from Louisiana shares stories about politics in Washington, D.C., and in his home state.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
4. HOSTAGE, by Eli Sharabi. (Harper Influence) Sharabi, who spent 491 days in Hamas captivity, recounts his story of survival.
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WEEKS ON LIST: 1
5. POEMS & PRAYERS, by Matthew McConaughey. (Crown) The actor and author of “Greenlights” explores elements of belief and reason that make up our lives.
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
6. THE GALES OF NOVEMBER, by John U. Bacon. (Liveright) An account of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, an American Great Lakes freighter, 50 years ago.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
7. DEAR NEW YORK, by Brandon Stanton. (St. Martin’s) The photographer and author of “Humans of New York” highlights people and places in the five boroughs of New York City.
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WEEKS ON LIST: 1
8. TOLD YOU SO, by Mayci Neeley. (Simon & Schuster) The star of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” describes how she grew up Mormon and challenges she faced as an adult.
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WEEKS ON LIST: 1
9. CONFRONTING EVIL, by Bill O’Reilly and Josh Hammer. (St. Martin’s) O’Reilly and Hammer profile some of history’s nefarious characters.
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 5
10. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION, by Jonathan Haidt. (Penguin Press) A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the effects of a phone-based life on children’s mental health.
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 81
11. MISUNDERSTOOD, by Allen Iverson with Ray Beauchamp. (Gallery/13A) The NBA All-Star, a native of Hampton, details his childhood, professional career and ways he affected our culture.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
12. IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM, by Enes Kanter Freedom. (Threshold Editions) The Turkish American former professional basketball player describes his time on the court and advocating for human rights.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
13. TRULY, by Lionel Richie. (HarperOne) The award-winning musician shares moments from his early years, his time with the Commodores and other professional highlights.
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
14. AWAKE, by Jen Hatmaker. (Avid Reader) The host of the “For the Love” podcast describes major shifts in her life after her marriage of 26 years ended.
LAST WEEK: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
15. BLACK AF HISTORY, by Michael Harriot. (Dey Street) A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that put at the center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.
LAST WEEK: 13
WEEKS ON LIST: 20
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