Best-sellers

Here are the bestsellers for the week ended Oct. 17, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide. (Tribune News Service)

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “A Time for Mercy,” John Grisham

2. “The Return,” Nicholas Sparks

3. “The Evening and the Morning,” Ken Follett

4. “The Book of Two Ways,” Jodi Picoult

5. “The Searcher,” Tana French

6. “Jingle All the Way,” Debbie Macomber

7. “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue,” V.E. Schwab 8. “Troubles in Paradise,” Elin Hilderbrand

9. “Leave the World Behind,” Rumaan Alam

10. “The Vanishing Half,” Brit Bennett

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. “Modern Comfort Food,” Ina Garten

2. “This Just Speaks to Me,” Hoda Kotb

3. “The Happy in a Hurry Cookbook,” Doocy/Doocy 4. “Caste,” Isabel Wilkerson

5. “Blackout,” Candace Owens

6. “Didn’t See That Coming,” Rachel Hollis

7. “Killing Crazy Horse,” O’Reilly/Dugard

8. “Follow the Money,” Dan Bongino

9. “Rage,” Bob Woodward

10. “Is This Anything?” Jerry Seinfeld

TRADE PAPERBACK

1. “Walk the Wire,” David Baldacci

2. “Hunger of the Pine,” Teal Swan

3. “The 19th Christmas,” Patterson/Paetro

4. “Dandelion,” Gabbie Hanna

5. “The Institute,” Stephen King

6. “Comfort & Joy,” Kristin Hannah

7. “Cilka’s Journey,” Heather Morris

8. “My Hero Academic, Vol. 25,” Kohei Horikoshi

9. “The Chain,” Adrian McKinty

10. “The Step-by-Step Instant Pot Cookbook,” Jeffrey Eisner