NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLERS
Rankings reflect sales for the week ending Oct. 6, and include both electronic- and print-edition sales.
FICTION
1. A SPARK OF LIGHT, by Jodi Picoult. (Ballantine) The lives of patients, doctors and activists intersect when a gunman holds them hostage in a woman’s health center in Mississippi. (Weeks on list: 1)
2. VINCE FLYNN: RED WAR, by Kyle Mills. (Emily Bestler/Atria) When the Russian prime minister plots to invade the Baltics, only Mitch Rapp can stop him. (2)
3. ALASKAN HOLIDAY, by Debbie Macomber. (Ballantine) A Seattleite cook stuck in remote Ponder, Alaska, grapples with her feelings for the local swordsmith. (1)
4. CRAZY RICH ASIANS, by Kevin Kwan. (Anchor) A New Yorker gets a surprise when she spends the summer with her boyfriend in Singapore. (17)
5. 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. (4)
6. LETHAL WHITE, by Robert Galbraith. (Mulholland/Little, Brown) The fourth book in the Cormoran Strike series. Detectives Strike and Ellacott investigate a crime a young man may have witnessed as a child; by JK Rowling, writing pseudonymously. (3)
7. JUROR #3, by James Patterson and Nancy Allen. (Little, Brown) Ruby Bozarth defends a college football star charged in a felony case complicated by a second murder. (4)
8. UNCOMPROMISING HONOR, by David Weber. (Baen) The Star Kingdom’s Grand Fleet commander takes on the Solarian League’s corrupt leaders and its navy. The 19th book in the Honor Harrington series. (1)
9. CONSUMED, by J.R. Ward. (Gallery) Anne Ashburn teams up with fireman Danny Maguire to track down a serial arsonist. (1)
10. THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ, by Heather Morris. (Harper) A concentration camp detainee tasked with permanently marking fellow prisoners falls in love with one of them. (5)
NONFICTION
1. SHIP OF FOOLS, by Tucker Carlson. (Free Press) The Fox News anchor argues that America’s ruling class is out of touch with everyday citizens. (1)
2. FEAR, by Bob Woodward. (Simon & Schuster) Based on hours of interviews with sources, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist describes debates and decision-making within the Trump White House. (4)
3. THE FIFTH RISK, by Michael Lewis. (Norton) The author of “The Big Short” examines how the Trump administration staffs its federal agencies. (1)
4. IN PIECES, by Sally Field. (Grand Central) A memoir by the two-time Academy Award and three-time Emmy Award winner. (3)
5. EDUCATED, by Tara Westover. (Random House) The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university. (33)
6. GOOD AND MAD, by Rebecca Traister. (Simon & Schuster) The his- tory and cultural significance of women’s anger. (1)
7. FULL DISCLOSURE, by Stormy Daniels with Kevin Carr O’Leary. (St. Martin’s) The adult film actress and director recounts her road to the national spotlight and experiences with President Donald Trump. (1)
8. LEADERSHIP, by Doris Kearns Goodwin. (Simon & Schuster) The challenges that shaped the leadership abilities of four presidents: Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Lyndon B. Johnson. (3)
9. LESSONS, by Gisele Bündchen. (Avery) A memoir by the international supermodel detailing her childhood in southern Brazil and her career as a fashion icon. (1)
10. THIRST, by Scott Harrison. (Currency) A memoir by the founder of the nonprofit Charity: Water. (1)