Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Oct. 24, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026, PWxyz LLC.)

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. "Miss Wolcott’s Ghost: A Novel" by Louise Penny (Minotaur) Last week: —

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

3. "The Family Cross: An Alex Cross Thriller" by James Patterson (Little, Brown) Last week: —

4. "A Married Little Christmas (Deluxe Edition)" by Abby Jimenez (Forever) Last week: —

5. "Chain Reaction: A Reacher Novel" by Lee Child and Andrew Child (Bantam) Last week: —

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

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

8. "With Hearts of Flame" by Briar Boleyn (Mira) Last week: —

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

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

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. "Simply Ina: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook" by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter) Last week: —

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

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

4. "Andy's Bravo Scrapbook: Twenty Years Behind the Scenes of the Real Housewives and the Bravoverse" by Andy Cohen (Crown/Cohen) Last week: —

5. "WTF America?!: The Way Out of This Hell and Back to Democracy" by Ben Meiselas, Brett Meiselas and Jordy Meiselas (Grand Central) Last week: —

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

7. "America's Golden Age: Trumpism and an Era of Limitless Possibilities" by Newt Gingrich (Center Street) Last week: —

8. "Protocols: An Operating Manual for the Human Body" by Andrew D. Huberman (Simon Element) Last week: 12

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

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

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