Fiction
1 THE STRENGTH OF THE FEW (Saga, $34). By James Islington. In the follow-up to “The Will of the Many,” Vis Telimus continues his fight against the Hierarchy.
2 THE CORRESPONDENT (Crown, $28). By Virginia Evans. Through letters written over her lifetime, a septuagenarian reckons with her past and finds new ways to make connections.
3 BRIGANDS & BREADKNIVES (Tor, $28.99). By Travis Baldree. In the next installment of the Legends & Lattes series, Fern opens a new bookstore and nothing goes according to plan.
4 THE BLACK WOLF (Minotaur, $30). By Louise Penny. Although he arrested the man behind a domestic terrorist attack, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache suspects a larger conspiracy was at work.
5 HEART THE LOVER (Grove, $28). By Lily King. A woman, now a successful novelist, revisits choices she made during college.
6 ALCHEMISED (Del Rey, $35). By SenLinYu. A captured resistance fighter must guard her mind against psychic intrusion from her brutal captor.
7 THE WIDOW (Doubleday, $32). By John Grisham. When a wealthy woman dies, her small-town lawyer is suspected of murder.
8 THE SECRET OF SECRETS (Doubleday, $38). By Dan Brown. The sudden disappearance of a prominent scientist sends Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon on a dangerous search for answers.
9 TWICE (Harper, $29). By Mitch Albom. A man gains the ability to go back in time and rewrite his past.
10 KATABASIS (Harper Voyager, $32). By R. F. Kuang. Two rival graduate students must travel through Hell to save their professor’s soul.
Nonfiction
1 NOBODY’S GIRL (Knopf, $35). By Virginia Roberts Giuffre. The posthumous memoir from a woman who accused Jeffrey Epstein and Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of abuse.
2 BREAD OF ANGELS (Random House, $30). By Patti Smith. A memoir from the artist and National Book Award-winning writer.
3 THE GALES OF NOVEMBER (Liveright, $35). By John U. Bacon. A history of the Edmund Fitzgerald, the ill-fated Great Lakes ship.
4 1929 (Viking, $35). By Andrew Ross Sorkin. An economic and social history of Wall Street’s biggest stock market collapse.
5 ALWAYS REMEMBER (Penguin Life, $27). By Charlie Mackesy. Adventures continue for the four friends from the best-selling illustrated tale “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse.”
6 SOMETHING FROM NOTHING (Clarkson Potter, $37.99). By Alison Roman. A cookbook featuring recipes that rely on pantry staples.
7 BOOK OF LIVES (Doubleday, $35). By Margaret Atwood. The award-winning author of “The Handmaid’s Tale” and “The Testaments” shares her life story.
8 GOOD THINGS (Random House, $45). By Samin Nosrat. The chef and author of “Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat” offers recipes that emphasize comfort and connection.
9 THE LET THEM THEORY (Hay House, $29.99). By Mel Robbins. A guide to finding happiness by focusing on things that can be controlled.
10 SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND HATE (Avid Reader, $29.99). By John Fugelsang. The comedian and broadcaster cites biblical references to refute common far-right Christian extremist arguments and offers encouragement for meeting opposing viewpoints with compassion.
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