Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Nov. 1, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2025 Circana.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2025, PWxyz LLC.)

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Bonds of Hercules (deluxe ed.). Jasmine Mas. Canary Street

2. The Black Wolf. Louise Penny. Minotaur

3. The Widow. John Grisham. Doubleday

4. The Secret of Secrets. Dan Brown. Doubleday

5. Alchemised. SenLinYu. Del Rey

6. Gone Before Goodbye. Witherspoon/Coben. Grand Central

7. The Proving Ground. Michael Connelly. Little, Brown

8. Remain. Sparks/Shyamalan. Random House

9. Always Remember. Charlie Mackesy. Penguin Life

10. Twice. Mitch Albom. Harper

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The Essential Recipes. Ree Drummond. Morrow

2. Nobody’s Girl. Virginia Roberts Giuffre. Knopf

3. The Let Them Theory. Mel Robbins. Hay House

4. Read Your Mind. Oz Pearlman. Viking

5. How to Test Negative for Stupid. John Kennedy. Broadside

6. That’s a Great Question, I’d Love to Tell You. Elyse Myers. Morrow

7. To Rescue the American Spirit. Bret Baier. Mariner

8. 1929. Andrew Ross Sorkin. Viking

9. The Uncool. Cameron Crowe. Avid Reader

10. The Promise of Heaven. David Jeremiah. Thomas Nelson

TRADE PAPERBACK

1. The Defender (deluxe ed.). Ana Huang. Bloom

2. Mate. Ali Hazelwood. Berkley

3. Good Spirits. B.K. Borison. Avon

4. Merry Christmas, You Filthy Animal. Meghan Quinn. Bloom

5. Breathe with Me. Becka Mack. Slowburn

6. The Summer Hikaru Died, Vol. 6. Mokumokuren. Yen

7. The Wrath of the Fallen. Amber V. Nicole. Kensington

8. The God of the Woods. Liz Moore. Riverhead

9. Mile High. Liz Tomforde. Amara

10. The Surrogate Mother. Freida McFadden. Poisoned Pen

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