Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Oct. 3, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan (c) 2020 NPD Group.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. (c) 2020, PWxyz LLC.)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. The Return. Nicholas Sparks. Grand Central
2. Battle Ground. Jim Butcher. Ace
3. The Evening and the Morning. Ken Follett. Viking
4. The Book of Two Ways. Jodi Picoult. Ballantine
5. The Coast-to-Coast Murders. Patterson/Barker. Little, Brown
6. Vince Flynn: Total Power. Kyle Mills. Atria/Bestler
7. The Vanishing Half. Brit Bennett. Riverhead
8. The Harbinger II. Jonathan Cahn. Frontline
9. Anxious People. Fredrik Backman. Atria
10. Jack. Marilynne Robinson. FSG
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. Didn’t See That Coming. Rachel Hollis. Dey Street
2. The Happy in a Hurry Cookbook. Doocy/Doocy. Morrow
3. The Meaning of Mariah Carey. Mariah Carey. Holt/Cohen
4. Rage. Bob Woodward. Simon & Schuster
5. Violet Bent Backwards over the Grass. Lana Del Rey. Simon & Schuster
6. True Comfort. Kristin Cavallari. Rodale
7. Killing Crazy Horse. O’Reilly/Dugard. Holt
8. Caste. Isabel Wilkerson. Random House
9. Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Crown. John Lithgow. Chronicle Prism
10. Home Style Cookery. Matty Matheson. Abrams
MASS MARKET
1. Immoral Angel. Lynsay Sands. Avon
2. A Simple Wedding. Leigh Duncan. Hallmark
3. Twisted Twenty-Six. Janet Evanovich. Putnam
4. Final Option. Cussler/Morrison. Putnam
5. The Family Lawyer. James Patterson. Grand Central
6. Lethal Game. Christine Feehan. Berkley
7. Dreaming Death. Heather Graham. Mira
8. Christmas Kisses with My Cowboy. Palmer/Adair/Pearce. Zebra
9. A Knife in the Heart. William W. Johnstone. Pinnacle
10. Texas Proud & Circle of Gold. Diana Palmer. Harlequin
TRADE PAPERBACK
1. Just Feed Me. Jessie James Decker. Dey Street
2. Swimming Lessons. Lili Reinhart. Griffin
3. The Institute. Stephen King. Gallery
4. Cilka’s Journey. Heather Morris. Griffin
5. Happily This Christmas. Susan Mallery. HQN
6. The Midwife Murders. Patterson/DiLallo. Grand Central
7. Rand McNally 2021 Large Scale Road Atlas. Rand McNally
8. The Paris Secret. Natasha Lester. Forever
9. What Happens in Paradise. Elin Hilderbrand. Back Bay
10. The Testaments. Margaret Atwood. Anchor
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