This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly, Tribune News Service on Oct 22, 2026

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Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Oct. 17, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. "Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection)" by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) Last week: 2

2. "The Witch (Deluxe Edition)" by Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen) Last week: 1

3. "The French Illusion: A Novel" by John Grisham (Doubleday) Last week: 4

4. "The Calamity Club: A Novel" by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau) Last week: 6

5. "Peck & Peck: A Novel" by Bonnie Garmus (Scribner) Last week: —

6. "Threshing Day" by Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower) Last week: —

7. "Partita: A Novel" by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper) Last week: 5

8. "Other Worlds Than These: A Talisman Novel" by Stephen King and Peter Straub (Scribner) Last week: 3

9. "Hexed (Collector’s Edition)" by Emily McIntire (Bloom) Last week: —

10. "Crossed (Collector’s Edition)" by Emily McIntire (Bloom) Last week: —

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. "Contend: Standing Boldly for Biblical Truth While Winning the War Within" by Philip Anthony Mitchell (Thomas Nelson) Last week: —

2. "I'll Believe in Anything: The Making of Heated Rivalry Season 1 (The Annotated Scripts)" by Jacob Tierney (Little, Brown) Last week: —

3. "In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood" by Collin Gosselin (Grand Central) Last week: —

4. "The Lost Kitchen Volume 3: Seize the Supper" by Erin French (Celadon) Last week: —

5. "The Battle for Your Soul: 31 Biblical Secrets of Spiritual Warfare" by David Jeremiah (Thomas Nelson) Last week: 4

6. "One Helluva Ride" by Michael Douglas (Grand Central) Last week: 1

7. "Out of the Shadows: Revealing the Truth About Non-Human Intelligent Life" by Jay Stratton (Morrow) Last week: —

8. "Uniting the States: Six Crucial Moments That Forged the American Miracle" by Brian Kilmeade (Morrow) Last week: —

9. "Blockers: Rebels in the Deep State" by Michael Lewis (Norton) Last week: 2

10. "The Steps: A Memoir" by Sylvester Stallone (Morrow) Last week: 8

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