Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 24, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan © 2022 NPD Group.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2022, PWxyz LLC.)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "Dreamland" by Nicholas Sparks (Random House) Last week: —
2. "Fairy Tale" by Stephen King (Scribner) Last week: 2
3. "The Bullet That Missed: A Thursday Murder Club Mystery" by Richard Osman (Viking/Dorman) Last week: —
4. "Blowback" by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois (Little, Brown) Last week: 4
5. "The Butcher and the Wren: A Novel" by Alaina Urquhart (Zando) Last week: 1
6. "Vince Flynn: Oath of Loyalty" by Kyle Mills (Atria) Last week: 3
7. "Lucy by the Sea" by Elizabeth Strout (Random House) Last week: —
8. "Carrie Soto Is Back: A Novel" by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine) Last week: 9
9. "All Good People Here: A Novel" by Ashley Flowers (Bantam) Last week: 6
10. "Clive Cussler’s Hellburner" by Mike Maden (Putnam) Last week: 8
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "I’m Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy (Simon & Schuster) Last week: 1
2. "The Simply Happy Cookbook: 100-Plus Recipes to Take the Stress Out of Cooking" by Kathy Doocy and Steve Doocy (Morrow) Last week: 4
3. "The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021" by Peter Baker (Doubleday) Last week: —
4. "Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization" by Neil deGrasse Tyson (Holt) Last week: —
5. "Smart Brevity" by Jim VandeHei, Mike Allen and Roy Schwartz (Workman) Last week: —
6. "The Return of the Gods" by Jonathan Cahn (Frontline) Last week: 7
7. "Good Inside: A Guide to Becoming the Parent You Want to Be" by Becky Kennedy (Harper Wave) Last week: 3
8. "What If? 2: Additional Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions" by Randall Munroe (Riverhead) Last week: 2
9. "Dinners with Ruth: A Memoir on the Power of Friendships" by Nina Totenberg (Simon & Schuster) Last week: 8
10. "The Great Reset: And the War for the World" by Alex Jones (Skyhorse) Last week: 10