NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLERS

Rankings reflect sales for the week ending Oct. 24. FICTION

1. A TIME FOR MERCY, by John Grisham. (Doubleday) The third book in the “Jake Brigance” series. A 16year-old is accused of killing a deputy in Clanton, Mississippi, in 1990. (WEEKS ON LIST: 2)

2. THE RETURN, by Nicholas Sparks. (Grand Central) A doctor serving in the Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two women change his life. (4)

3. THE SEARCHER, by Tana French. (Viking) After a divorce, a former Chicago police officer resettles in an Irish village where a boy goes missing. (3)

4. THE EVENING AND THE MORNING, by Ken Follett. (Viking) In a prequel to “The Pillars of the Earth,” a boatbuilder, a Norman noblewoman and a monk live in England under attack by the Welsh and the Vikings. (6)

5. ANXIOUS PEOPLE, by Fredrik Backman. (Atria) A failed bank robber holds a group of strangers hostage at an apartment open house. (7)

6. THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE, by V.E. Schwab. (Tor/Forge) A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries. (3)

7. MEXICAN GOTHIC, by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. (Del Rey) In 1950s Mexico, a debutante travels to a distant mansion where family secrets of a faded mining empire have been kept hidden. (3)

8. TROUBLES IN PARADISE, by Elin Hilderbrand. (Little, Brown) The final installment of the trilogy that includes “Winter in Paradise” and “What Happens in Paradise.” (3)

9. THE BOOK OF TWO WAYS, by Jodi Picoult. (Ballantine) After surviving a plane crash, a death doula travels to Egypt to reconnect with an old flame who is an archaeologist. (5)

10. THE VANISHING HALF, by Brit Bennett. (Riverhead) The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern Black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity but their fates intertwine. (21)

11. LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND, by Rumaan Alam. (Ecco) A family vacation in an isolated part of Long Island is thrown into confusion when the home’s owners return claiming New York City is having a blackout. (3)

12. THE LAST DRUID, by Terry Brooks. (Del Rey) The fourth book in the “Fall of Shannara” series. (1)

13. WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING, by Delia Owens. (Putnam) In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect. (110)

14. THE GUEST LIST, by Lucy Foley. (Morrow) A wedding between a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of Ireland turns deadly. (19)

15. THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY, by Matt Haig. (Viking) Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived. (2)

NONFICTION

1. GREENLIGHTS, by Matthew McConaughey. (Crown) The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years. (1)

2. UNTAMED, by Glennon Doyle. (Dial) The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice. (33)

3. CASTE, by Isabel Wilkerson. (Random House) The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines aspects of caste systems across civilizations and reveals a rigid hierarchy in America today. (12)

4. KILLING CRAZY HORSE, by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. (Holt) The ninth book in the conservative commentator’s “Killing” series focuses on conflicts with Native Americans. (7)

5. ONE VOTE AWAY, by Ted Cruz. (Regnery) The Republican senator from Texas gives his views on what might happen if liberals gain a simple majority on the Supreme Court. (4)

6. ACCIDENTALLY WES ANDERSON, by Wally

Koval. (Voracious/Little, Brown) Photographs and stories of more than 200 locations from around the world that are inspired by the aesthetic of film director Wes Anderson. (1)

7. SHADE, by Pete Souza. (Voracious/Little, Brown) The former White House photographer juxtaposes pictures of former President Barack Obama with tweets, headlines and quotes from the Trump administration. (10)

8. IS THIS ANYTHING? by Jerry Seinfeld. (Simon & Schuster) The comedian shares material he collected in an accordion folder over the last 45 years. (3)

9. RAGE, by Bob Woodward. (Simon & Schuster)

Based on 17 on-the-record interviews with President Donald Trump and other reporting, the Pulitzer Prizewinning journalist details the president’s perspective on 10. multiple BATTLE crises. OF BROTHERS, (6) by Robert Lacey. (Harper) divergent A look life at paths the potential of Prince factors William that and led Prince to the Harry. (1)

11. BLACKOUT, by Candace Owens. (Threshold Editions) The conservative commentator makes her case that Black Americans should part ways with the Democratic Party. (6)

12. HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST, by Ibram X. Kendi. (One World) A primer for creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism. (25) 13. TEN LESSONS FOR A POST-PANDEMIC WORLD, by Fareed Zakaria. (Norton) The CNN host posits what might happen on the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic. (3)

14. A REPUBLIC UNDER ASSAULT, by Tom Fitton. (Threshold Editions) The president of Judicial Watch gives his opinions on forces he sees as detrimental to the Trump presidency. (1)

15. DO YOU FEEL LIKE I DO? by Peter Frampton with Alan Light. (Hachette) Key career moments are recounted by the musician inducted into the 2020 Grammy Hall of Fame for his album “Frampton Comes Alive!” (1)