Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Oct. 17, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by NPD BookScan (c) 2020 NPD Group. Note: Some print unit sales volume for this week was estimated due to late retailer feeds.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. (c) 2020, PWxyz LLC.)
HARDCOVER FICTION
1. "A Time for Mercy" by John Grisham (Doubleday) Last week: _
2. "The Return" by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central) Last week: 1
3. "The Evening and the Morning" by Ken Follett (Viking) Last week: 6
4. "The Book of Two Ways" by Jodi Picoult (Ballantine) Last week: 7
5. "The Searcher" by Tana French (Viking) Last week: 3
6. "Jingle All the Way" by Debbie Macomber (Ballantine) Last week: _
7. "The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" by V.E. Schwab (Tor) Last week: 5
8. "Troubles in Paradise" by Elin Hilderbrand (Little, Brown) Last week: 2
9. "Leave the World Behind" by Rumaan Alam (Ecco) Last week: 4
10. "The Vanishing Half" by Brit Bennett (Riverhead) Last week: 13
HARDCOVER NONFICTION
1. "Modern Comfort Food: A Barefoot Contessa Cookbook" by Ina Garten (Clarkson Potter) Last week: 1
2. "This Just Speaks to Me: Words to Live By Every Day" by Hoda Kotb (Putnam) Last week: _
3. "The Happy in a Hurry Cookbook: 100-Plus Fast and Easy New Recipes That Taste Like Home" by Steve and Kathy Doocy (Morrow) Last week: 3
4. "Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents" by Isabel Wilkerson (Random House) Last week: 11
5. "Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat Plantation" by Candace Owens (Threshold) Last week: 4
6. "Didn't See That Coming: Putting Life Back Together When Your World Falls Apart" by Rachel Hollis (Dey Street) Last week: 8
7. "Killing Crazy Horse: The Merciless Indian Wars in America" by Bill O'Reilly and Martin Dugard (Holt) Last week: 10
8. "Follow the Money: The Shocking Deep State Connections of the Anti-Trump Cabal" by Dan Bongino (Post Hill) Last week: 12
9. "Rage" by Bob Woodward (Simon & Schuster) Last week: 7
10. "Is This Anything?" by Jerry Seinfeld (Simon & Schuster) Last week: 6
