Number One in Hardcover Fiction Shadow Ticket:,by Thomas Pynchon, published by Penguin Press.
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HARDCOVER FICTION
Shadow Ticket — Thomas Pynchon, Penguin Press, $30, 9781594206108
The Impossible Fortune — Richard Osman, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593653258
What We Can Know — Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
Alchemised — SenLinYu, Del Rey, $35, 9780593972700
Heart the Lover — Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
Katabasis — R. F. Kuang, Harper Voyager, $32, 9780063446243
Twice — Mitch Albom, Harper, $26.99, 9780062406682
The Secret of Secrets — Dan Brown, Doubleday, $38, 9780385546898
My Friends — Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny — Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
Culpability — Bruce Holsinger, Spiegel & Grau, $30, 9781954118966
The Correspondent — Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
Audition — Katie Kitamura, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593852323
Alchemy of Secrets — Stephanie Garber, Flatiron Books, $29.99, 9781250789150
Circle of Days — Ken Follett, Grand Central Publishing, $40, 9781538772775
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
107 Days — Kamala Harris, Simon & Schuster, $30, 9781668211656
Perseverance Principles: How to Unlock Confidence, Consistency, and Wealth Under Pressure — J.J. Mazzo, Wiley, $26, 9781394377527
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About — Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation — Elizabeth Gilbert, Riverhead Books, $35, 9780593540985
Raising Hare: A Memoir — Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843
Poems & Prayers — Matthew McConaughey, Crown, $29, 9781984862105
The Creative Act: A Way of Being — Rick Rubin, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593652886
Last Rites — Ozzy Osbourne, Grand Central Publishing, $30, 9781538775417
Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love — Samin Nosrat, Random House, $45, 9781984857781
The Devil Emails at Midnight: What Good Leaders Can Learn from Bad Bosses — Mita Mallick, Wiley, $28, 9781394316489
It Girl: The Life and Legacy of Jane Birkin — Marisa Meltzer, Atria Books, $28, 9781668060285
The Promise of Heaven: 31 Reasons to Get Excited about Your Eternal Home — David Jeremiah, Thomas Nelson, $29.99, 9781400345212
Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism — Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
The Upside of Down: A Survivor’s Guide to Turning Setbacks into Success — John D. Ulsh, Mission Driven Press, $28, 9781637634714
Strong Ground: The Lessons of Daring Leadership, the Tenacity of Paradox, and the Wisdom of the Human Spirit — Brené Brown, Random House, $32, 9781984855749
TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
Mate — Ali Hazelwood, Berkley, $20, 9780593952580
Martyr! — Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $18, 9780593685778
I Who Have Never Known Men — Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
Tell Me Everything — Elizabeth Strout, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $18, 9780593446119
The Frozen River — Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
Hamnet — Maggie O’Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
Fahrenheit 451 — Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $17, 9781451673319
Project Hail Mary — Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
Remarkably Bright Creatures — Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
The Midnight Library — Matt Haig, Penguin, $18, 9780525559498
The City and Its Uncertain Walls — Haruki Murakami, Vintage, $19, 9780593687840
The Best Short Stories 2025: The O. Henry Prize Winners — Edward P. Jones (Ed.), Vintage, $19, 9780593689608
The Lion Women of Tehran — Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
Intermezzo — Sally Rooney, Picador, $19, 9781250397560
Playground — Richard Powers, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324123736
TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century — Timothy Snyder, Crown, $12, 9780804190114
All About Love: New Visions — bell hooks, Morrow, $16.99, 9780060959470
The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession — Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
All the Beauty in the World: The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Me — Patrick Bringley, Simon & Schuster, $18.99, 9781982163310
Revenge of the Tipping Point: Overstories, Superspreaders, and the Rise of Social Engineering — Malcolm Gladwell, Back Bay Books, $21.99, 9780316581509
The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder — David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI — Yuval Noah Harari, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $25, 9780593734230
Girl in a Band (10th Anniversary Edition): A Memoir — Kim Gordon, Dey Street Books, $19.99, 9780063450318
Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts — Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
The Artist’s Way: 30th Anniversary Edition — Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
On Our Best Behavior: The Price Women Pay to Be Good — Elise Loehnen, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $20, 9780593243053
A People’s History of the United States — Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $23.99, 9780062397348
Supercommunicators: How to Unlock the Secret Language of Connection — Charles Duhigg, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593243923
Man’s Search for Meaning — Viktor E. Frankl, Beacon Press, $16, 9780807014271
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly — Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226
MASS MARKET
1984 — George Orwell, Signet, $10.99, 9780451524935
Animal Farm — George Orwell, Signet, $9.99, 9780451526342
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy — Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
Mistborn: The Final Empire — Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
The Fellowship of the Ring: The Lord of the Rings: Part One — J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780593500484
The Autobiography of Malcolm X — Malcolm X, Ballantine, $9.99, 9780345350688
Lord of the Flies — William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
Foundation — Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10, 9780553293357
And Then There Were None — Agatha Christie, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062073488
Slaughterhouse-Five — Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED
Room on the Broom — Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
Little Blue Truck’s Halloween — Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780544772533
Hansel and Gretel — Stephen King, Maurice Sendak (Illus.), HarperCollins, $26.99, 9780062644695
Goodnight Moon — Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (Peanuts) — Charles M. Schulz, Scott Jeralds (Illus.), Simon Spotlight, $7.99, 9781665972208
Luna and the Witch Throw a Halloween Party — Aubrey Plaza, Dan Murphy, Hannah Peck (Illus.), Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593693018
Billie Jean Peet, Athlete: A Picture Book (The Questioneers) — Andrea Beaty, David Roberts (Illus.), Abrams Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781419775741
Little Ghostie: Finger Puppet Book — Emily Dove (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $8.99, 9781797212883
Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo (A Buffalo Fluffalo Story) — Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593810309
Baby Pumpkin: Finger Puppet Book — Yu-Hsuan Huang (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $7.99, 9781797232782
CHILDREN’S INTEREST
From the World of Percy Jackson: The Court of the Dead: A Nico di Angelo Adventure — Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $21.99, 9781368109116
Fake Skating — Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268
The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2) — Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907
Impossible Creatures — Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
Troubling Tonsils! (Jasper Rabbit’s Creepy Tales!) — Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961080
Scarlet Morning — ND Stevenson, Quill Tree Books, $19.99, 9780063210349
Secrets of the Purple Pearl (The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science) — Kate McKinnon, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $17.99, 9780316555296
Brume, Volume 1: The Dragon Awakens — Jérôme Pélissier, Carine Hinder (Illus.), Hippo Park, $12.99, 9781662641244
Outside — Jennifer L. Holm, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781546138143
Space Case: The Graphic Novel — Stuart Gibbs, Ward Jenkins (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665934817
CHILDREN’S SERIES
Dog Man — Dav Pilkey, Graphix
Spy School — Stuart Gibbs, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Wings of Fire — Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
Warriors Graphic Novels — Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley
Percy Jackson and the Olympians — Rick Riordan, Disney Hyperion
Dory Fantasmagory — Abby Hanlon, Puffin
The Wild Robot — Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Baby-Sitters Club Graphix — Ann M. Martin, Ellen T. Crenshaw (Illus.), Scholastic
The Twilight Saga — Stephenie Meyer, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Diary of a Wimpy Kid — Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams