Bestsellers for the week ending Oct. 12

October 18, 2024

Publishers Weekly’s U.S. list powered by Circana BookScan for the week ending Oct. 12.

HARDCOVER

FICTION

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

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

3. IDENTITY UNKNOWN, by Patricia Cornwell (Grand Central)

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

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

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

7. INTERMEZZO, by Sally Rooney (FSG)

8. LIES HE TOLD ME, by James Patterson and David Ellis (Little, Brown)

9. THE LAST ONE AT THE WEDDING, by Jason Rekulak (Flatiron)

10. SPARK OF THE EVERFLAME, by Penn Cole (Atria)

NONFICTION

1. MELANIA, by Melania Trump (Skyhorse)

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

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

4. SWEET TOOTH, by Sarah Fennel (Clarkson Potter)

5. I WANT TO TRUST YOU, BUT I DON’T, by Lysa TerKeurst (Thomas Nelson)

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

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

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

9. TAYLOR SWIFT STYLE, by Sarah Chapelle (Griffin)

10. GOOD ENERGY, by Casey Means (Avery)

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

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

3. THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS: PAINT WITH WATER (Thunder Bay)

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. LIGHTS OUT, by Navessa Allen (Slowburn)