Rankings reflect sales for the week ending June 8, which were reported on a confidential basis by vendors offering a wide range of general interest titles.
Every week, thousands of diverse selling locations report their actual sales on hundreds of thousands of individual titles. The panel of reporting retailers is comprehensive and reflects sales in stores of all sizes and demographics across the United States.
An asterisk (*) indicates that a book’s sales were barely distinguishable from those of the book above. A (b) indicates that some bookstores reported receiving bulk orders.
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FICTION
1. ERUPTION, by Michael Crichton and James Patterson. (Little, Brown) The Big Island of Hawaii comes under threat by a volcano at the same time a secret held by the military comes to light.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
2. CAMINO GHOSTS, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) The third book in the Camino series. The last living inhabitant of a deserted island gets in the way of a resort developer.
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
3. THE WOMEN, by Kristin Hannah. (St. Martin’s) In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 18
4. YOU LIKE IT DARKER, by Stephen King. (Scribner) A dozen short stories that explore darkness in literal and metaphorical forms.
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
5. THE ASHES & THE STAR-CURSED KING, by Carissa Broadbent. (Bramble) The second book in the Crowns of Nyaxia series. Oraya faces a difficult choice between love and power.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
6. THE WREN IN THE HOLLY LIBRARY, by K.A. Linde. (Red Tower) A thief breaks the Monster Treaty that was created in the aftermath of the destruction of New York City years ago.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
7. FUNNY STORY, by Emily Henry. (Berkley) After their exes run off together, Daphne and Miles form a friendship and concoct a plan involving misleading photos.
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 7
8. FOURTH WING, by Rebecca Yarros. (Red Tower) Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 57
9. IRON FLAME, by Rebecca Yarros. (Red Tower) The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves.
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 31
10. THE COMFORT OF GHOSTS, by Jacqueline Winspear. (Soho Crime) The 18th book in the Maisie Dobbs series. Maisie looks into a decades-old mystery that involved her late husband.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
11. JAMES, by Percival Everett. (Doubleday) A reimagining of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” shines a different light on Mark Twain’s classic, revealing new facets of the character Jim.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 8
12. ONE PERFECT COUPLE, by Ruth Ware. (Gallery/Scout) On a storm-swept island, there is a killer amid five couples who were cast on a reality TV series and now cannot contact their crew.
LAST WEEK: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
13. HEAVENBREAKER, by Sara Wolf. (Red Tower) A giant machine left over from the war has something unstoppable in it.
LAST WEEK: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
14. MIND GAMES, by Nora Roberts. (St. Martin’s) Thea has the gift of seeing into the minds and souls of others. But so does the inmate who killed her parents when she was 12, and he is after revenge.
LAST WEEK: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
15. THE 24TH HOUR, by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. (Little, Brown) The 24th book in the Women’s Murder Club series. A high-society killer could spell trouble for members of the club.
LAST WEEK: 11
WEEKS ON LIST: 5
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NONFICTION
1. THE WAR ON WARRIORS, by Pete Hegseth. (Broadside) The “Fox & Friends Weekend” host shares his experiences serving in the Army and his views on the current state of the American military.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
2. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION, by Jonathan Haidt. (Penguin Press) A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health effects of a phone-based life on children.
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 11
3. THE DEMON OF UNREST, by Erik Larson. (Crown) The author of “The Splendid and the Vile” portrays the months between the election of Abraham Lincoln and the beginning of the Civil War.
LAST WEEK: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 6
4. WHAT THIS COMEDIAN SAID WILL SHOCK YOU, by Bill Maher. (Simon & Schuster) The host of “Real Time With Bill Maher” gives his take on a variety of subjects in American culture and politics.
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
5. WHEN THE SEA CAME ALIVE, by Garrett M. Graff. (Avid Reader) An oral history, based on numerous interviews, of D-Day and events that led up to it.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
6. ENTRANCES AND EXITS, by Michael Richards. (Permuted) The comedic actor, known for his role as Kramer on “Seinfeld,” shares insights on physical comedy and moments from his life.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
7. THE SITUATION ROOM, by George Stephanopoulos with Lisa Dickey. (Grand Central) The ABC host and former adviser to President Bill Clinton describes the location where and conditions under which a dozen presidential administrations handled crises.
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
8. AN UNFINISHED LOVE STORY, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. (Simon & Schuster) A trove of items collected by the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian’s late husband inspired an appraisal of central figures and pivotal moments of the 1960s.
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 8
9. WHEN WOMEN RAN FIFTH AVENUE, by Julie Satow. (Doubleday) The impact three women had on the American department store business in the 20th century.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
10. THE WAGER, by David Grann. (Doubleday) The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.
LAST WEEK: 12
WEEKS ON LIST: 58
11. THE END OF EVERYTHING, by Victor Davis Hanson. (Basic) The author of “The Dying Citizen” and “The Case for Trump” looks at how some societies obliterate their foes.
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 5
12. OUTLIVE, by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford. (Harmony) A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
LAST WEEK: 13
WEEKS ON LIST: 63
13. YOU NEVER KNOW, by Tom Selleck with Ellis Henican. (Dey Street) The actor charts his journey from his California childhood to success in Hollywood.
LAST WEEK: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 5
14. IN MY TIME OF DYING, by Sebastian Junger. (Simon & Schuster) After suffering a ruptured aneurysm, the author of “Tribe” and “The Perfect Storm” addresses some imponderables related to mortality.
LAST WEEK: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
15. A WALK IN THE PARK, by Kevin Fedarko. (Scribner) The author of “The Emerald Mile” goes with a friend on a journey to hike the Grand Canyon from end to end.
LAST WEEK: 11
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
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