Bestsellers for the week ending Oct. 19

October 25, 2024

Publishers Weekly’s U.S. list powered by Circana BookScan for the week ending Oct. 19.

HARDCOVER

FICTION

1. THE WAITING, by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)

2. COUNTING MIRACLES, by Nicholas Sparks (Random House)

3. THE BOOK OF BILL, by Alex Hirsch (Hyperion Avenue)

4. THE WOMEN, by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s)

5. IRON FLAME, by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower)

6. INTERMEZZO, by Sally Rooney (FSG)

7. A CHRISTMAS DUET, by Debbie Macomber (Ballantine)

8. THE STARS ARE DYING (special ed.), by Chloe C. Peñaranda (Bramble)

9. INTO THE UNCUT GRASS, by Trevor Noah and Sabina Hahn (One World)

10. BULL MOON RISING, by Ruby Dixon (Ace)

NONFICTION

1. WAR, by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster)

2. FROM HERE TO THE GREAT UNKNOWN, by Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough (Random House)

3. MELANIA, by Melania Trump (Skyhorse)

4. FRAMED, by John Grisham and Jim McCloskey (Doubleday)

5. THE MESSAGE, by Ta-Nehisi Coates (One World)

6. BE READY WHEN THE LUCK HAPPENS, by Ina Garten (Crown)

7. GOOD ENERGY, by Casey Means (Avery)

8. REVENGE OF THE TIPPING POINT, by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown)

9. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION, by Jonathan Haidt (Penguin Press)

10. WHAT I ATE IN ONE YEAR, by Stanley Tucci (Gallery)

1. THE BOYFRIEND, by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen)

2. FOURTH WING, by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower)

3. HOW MY NEIGHBOR STOLE CHRISTMAS, by Meghan Quinn (Bloom)

4. THE HOUSEMAID IS WATCHING, by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen)

5. HAUNTING ADELINE, by H.D. Carlton (Zando)

6. NEVER LIE, by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen)

7. THE CINNAMON BUN BOOK STORE, by Laurie Gilmore (One More Chapter)

8. THE INMATE, by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen)

9. DEMON COPPERHEAD, by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper Perennial)

10. THE BRIDGE KINGDOM, by Danielle L. Jensen (Del Rey)