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NYTimes Best Sellers: Paperback Trade Fiction

Authoritatively ranked lists of books sold in the United States.

Copyright (c) 2018 The New York Times Company. All Rights Reserved. Most links below are to print books; check Overdrive for eBooks. Book covers provided by Syndetics depending on availability.

1

New this week

Hexed

by Emily McIntire

Bloom

The sixth book in the Never After series. A forbidden love develops between the underboss to a mafia syndicate and his fiancée's cousin.

2

6 weeks on the list

The Boyfriend

by Freida McFadden

Poisoned Pen

A series of recent deaths causes Sydney Shaw to become suspicious of the handsome doctor she started dating.

3

New this week

Lost and Lassoed

by Lyla Sage

Dial

The third book in the Rebel Blue Ranch series. Tempers and tension may give way to something more between Teddy and Gus.

4

81 weeks on the list

The Housemaid

by Freida McFadden

Grand Central

Troubles surface when a woman looking to make a fresh start takes a job in the home of the Winchesters.

5

8 weeks on the list

Fourth Wing

by Rebecca Yarros

Red Tower

Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.

6

New this week

The Frozen River

by Ariel Lawhon

Vintage

In Maine, 1789, a midwife seeks to uncover the true cause of the death of a man discovered entombed in the Kennebec River.

7

4 weeks on the list

How My Neighbor Stole Christmas

by Meghan Quinn

Bloom

A fake relationship and a Christmas contest may lead to unexpected consequences.

8

31 weeks on the list

A Court of Thorns and Roses

by Sarah J. Maas

Bloomsbury

After killing a wolf in the woods, Feyre is taken from her home and placed inside the world of the Fae.

9

138 weeks on the list

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

Anchor

In the Republic of Gilead's dystopian future, men and women perform the services assigned to them.

10

3 weeks on the list

The Striker

by Ana Huang

Bloom

A former prima ballerina gets close to a controversial and well-known footballer whom she must train over the summer.

11

11 weeks on the list

Haunting Adeline

by H.D. Carlton

Zando

The first book in the Cat and Mouse Duet series.

12

25 weeks on the list

The Housemaid's Secret

by Freida McFadden

Mobius

The second book in the Housemaid series. The sound of crying and the appearance of blood portend misdeeds.

13

179 weeks on the list

It Ends with Us

by Colleen Hoover

Atria

A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse; the basis of the film.

14

2 weeks on the list

Lights out

by Navessa Allen

Slowburn

As Aly and Josh live out their dark fantasies, someone with sinister intentions impinges on them.

15

22 weeks on the list

The Housemaid is Watching

by Freida McFadden

Poisoned Pen

The third book in the Housemaid series. Dangers lurk in a quiet neighborhood.