October 19, 2022



Bestseller List for October 19, 2022
Based on sales for the week ending October 16, 2022
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  Trade Paperback Fiction Last Week/
Weeks on List
1. It Ends with Us
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781501110368
In Hoover's honest, evocative, and tender novel, a workaholic with a too-good-to-be-true romance can't stop thinking about her first love.
3/47
2. Cloud Cuckoo Land
Anthony Doerr, Scribner, $20.00, 9781982168445
A beautiful and redemptive novel about stewardship—of the book, of the Earth, of the human heart.
2/3
3. Verity
Colleen Hoover, Grand Central, $16.99, 9781538724736
A sensational psychological thriller by the bestselling author of It Ends with Us.
4/36
4. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Washington Square Press, $17.00, 9781501161933
Reid's novel is a mesmerizing journey through the splendor of old Hollywood into the harsh realities of the present day.
1/72
5. The Sentence
Louise Erdrich, Harper Perennial, $18.00, 9780062671134
This novel begins on All Souls' Day 2019 and ends on All Souls' Day 2020. Its mystery and proliferating ghost stories during this one year propel a narrative as rich, emotional, and profound as anything Louise Erdrich has written.
5/6
6. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $20.00, 9780593135228
In Weir's novel, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster.
8/2
7. Where the Crawdads Sing
Delia Owens, Putnam, $18.00, 9780593540480
Where the Crawdads Sing is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder.
6/77
8. The Thursday Murder Club
Richard Osman, Penguin, $17.00, 9781984880987
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club.
7/37
9. The Silent Patient
Alex Michaelides, Celadon Books, $17.99, 9781250301703
A gripping psychological thriller about a woman's act of violence against her husband—and of the therapist obsessed with uncovering her motive.
10/35
10. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $16.99, 9780316556323
The masterful follow-up to The Song of Achilles is a triumph of storytelling, an intoxicating epic of family rivalry, palace intrigue, love and loss, as well as a celebration of indomitable female strength in a man's world.
11/131
11. The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller, Ecco, $17.99, 9780062060624
Miller's monumental debut novel is an action-packed adventure and epic love story that brilliantly re-imagines Homer's enduring masterwork, The Iliad.
13/111
12. Ugly Love
Colleen Hoover, Atria, $16.99, 9781476753188
Hoover's novel is a heart-wrenching love story that proves attraction at first sight can be messy.
9/20
13. A Court of Thorns and Roses
Sarah J. Maas, Bloomsbury Publishing, $18.00, 9781635575569
From bestselling author Sarah J. Maas comes a seductive, breathtaking book that blends romance, adventure, and faerie lore into an unforgettable read.
14/6
14. Book Lovers
Emily Henry, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593334836
An insightful, delightful new novel by the bestselling author of Beach Read and People We Meet on Vacation. The #1 Indie Next Pick for May 2022.
15/24
15. The Personal Librarian
Marie Benedict, Victoria Christopher Murray, Berkley, $17.00, 9780593101544
The remarkable story of J. P. Morgan's personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation.
12/15
ON THE RISE
16. Crossroads
Jonathan Franzen, Picador, $20.00, 9781250858702
Franzen's novel is the story of a Midwestern family at a pivotal moment of moral crisis.
 


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