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.

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

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Threshing Day (Wing and Claw ed.). Rebecca Yarros. Red Tower

2. The Witch (deluxe ed.). Freida McFadden. Poisoned Pen

3. The French Illusion. John Grisham. Doubleday

4. The Calamity Club. Kathryn Stockett. Spiegel & Grau

5. Peck & Peck. Bonnie Garmus. Scribner

6. Threshing Day. Rebecca Yarros. Red Tower

7. Partita. Barbara Kingsolver. Harper

8. Other Worlds Than These. King/Straub. Scribner

9. Hexed (collector’s ed.). Emily McIntire. Bloom

10. Crossed (collector’s ed.). Emily McIntire. Bloom

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Contend. Philip Anthony Mitchell. Thomas Nelson

2. I’ll Believe in Anything. Jacob Tierney. Little, Brown

3. In the Shadow of Eight. Collin Gosselin. Grand Central

4. The Lost Kitchen, Vol. 3. Erin French. Celadon

5. The Battle for Your Soul. David Jeremiah. Thomas Nelson

6. One Helluva Ride. Michael Douglas. Grand Central

7. Out of the Shadows. Jay Stratton. Morrow

8. Uniting the States. Brian Kilmeade. Morrow

9. Blockers. Michael Lewis. Norton

10. The Steps. Sylvester Stallone. Morrow

TRADE PAPERBACK

1. Murdoku. Manuel Garand. Puzzlewright

2. Dungeon Crawler Carl. Matt Dinniman. Ace

3. Verity. Colleen Hoover. Grand Central

4. Chainsaw Man, Vol. 22. Tatsuki Fujimoto. Viz

5. The Killer Isn’t Alice. Iris Starling. Little, Brown

6. Brain Damage. Freida McFadden. Poisoned Pen

7. Bound and Unbound. Ali Hazelwood. Berkley

8. Carl’s Doomsday Scenario. Matt Dinniman. Ace

9. Back in Time (Murdoku #2). Manuel Garand. Puzzlewright

10. Dungeon Crawler Carl, Vol. 2. Matt Dinniman et al. Vault

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