Rankings reflect sales for the week ended July 13, 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. A DEATH IN CORNWALL, by Daniel Silva. (Harper) The 24th book in the Gabriel Allon series. Gabriel forges six Impressionist canvases and enlists an unlikely team of operatives to go after a new foe.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
2. 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: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 23
3. THE SUMMER PACT, by Emily Giffin. (Ballantine) Ten years after a tragedy close to graduation, Hannah and her college friends grapple with turning points in their lives.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
4. SWAN SONG, by Elin Hilderbrand. (Little, Brown) Nantucket residents are alarmed when a home, recently sold at an exorbitant price, goes up in flames and someone goes missing.
LAST WEEK: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 5
5. 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: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 62
6. 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: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 36
7. THE SPELLSHOP, by Sarah Beth Durst. (Bramble) When the Great Library of Alyssium is set aflame, Kiela and Caz take the spellbooks and bring magic to Kiela’s childhood home.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
8. 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: 7
WEEKS ON LIST: 12
9. 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: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 6
10. THE GOD OF THE WOODS, by Liz Moore. (Riverhead) When a 13-year-old girl disappears from an Adirondack summer camp in 1975, secrets kept by the Van Laar family emerge.
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
11. 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: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 7
12. YOU LIKE IT DARKER, by Stephen King. (Scribner) A dozen short stories that explore darkness in literal and metaphorical forms.
LAST WEEK: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 8
13. THE MIDNIGHT FEAST, by Lucy Foley. (Morrow) An opening night party turns deadly at a luxury resort located near an ancient forest.
LAST WEEK: 11
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
14. THE BRIAR CLUB, by Kate Quinn. (Morrow) During the McCarthy era, Grace March’s bonds with her oddball neighbors at a female boardinghouse are tested.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
15. ALL THE COLORS OF THE DARK, by Chris Whitaker. (Crown) Questions arise when a boy saves the daughter of a wealthy family amid a string of disappearances in a Missouri town in 1975.
LAST WEEK: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
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NONFICTION
1. 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: 1
WEEKS ON LIST: 16
2. 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: 2
WEEKS ON LIST: 11
3. THE WAR ON WARRIORS, by Pete Hegseth. (Broadside) The “Fox & Friends Weekend” host shares his experiences in the Army and his views on the state of the American military.
LAST WEEK: 6
WEEKS ON LIST: 6
4. TRUE GRETCH, by Gretchen Whitmer with Lisa Dickey. (Simon & Schuster) The governor of Michigan recounts defining moments from her life and time in office.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
5. ON CALL, by Anthony S. Fauci. (Viking) The physician-scientist and immunologist chronicles his six decades of public service, including his work during the AIDS crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic.
LAST WEEK: 3
WEEKS ON LIST: 4
6. NUCLEAR WAR, by Annie Jacobsen. (Dutton) The author of “Operation Paperclip” portrays possible outcomes in the minutes after a nuclear missile launch.
LAST WEEK: 14
WEEKS ON LIST: 7
7. THE SINGULARITY IS NEARER, by Ray Kurzweil. (Viking) A look at the potentially positive and negative aspects of biotechnology, nanotechnology and artificial intelligence.
LAST WEEK: 4
WEEKS ON LIST: 3
8. OUTLIVE, by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford. (Harmony) A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.
LAST WEEK: 9
WEEKS ON LIST: 68
9. ASK NOT, by Maureen Callahan. (Little, Brown) The author of “American Predator” puts forward a history of the Kennedy family that describes the abuse of women in its orbit.
LAST WEEK: 5
WEEKS ON LIST: 2
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: 10
WEEKS ON LIST: 63
11. 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: 11
WEEKS ON LIST: 12
12. 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: 8
WEEKS ON LIST: 8
13. WE ARE EXPERIENCING A SLIGHT DELAY, by Gary Janetti. (Harper) The author of “Start Without Me” recalls trips he has taken to various parts of the world.
LAST WEEK: —
WEEKS ON LIST: 1
14. THE FRIDAY AFTERNOON CLUB, by Griffin Dunne. (Penguin Press) The actor and director mixes stories from his family with tales of celebrities.
LAST WEEK: 12
WEEKS ON LIST: 5
15. I’M GLAD MY MOM DIED, by Jennette McCurdy. (Simon & Schuster) The actor and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.
LAST WEEK: 13
WEEKS ON LIST: 87
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