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NYTimes Best Sellers: Paperback Trade Fiction

Authoritatively ranked lists of books sold in the United States.

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1

8 weeks on the list

Wicked

by Gregory Maguire

Morrow

A misunderstood girl named Elphaba is declared a witch; the basis of the musical and the film.

2

13 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.

3

86 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.

4

36 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.

5

2 weeks on the list

Quicksilver

by Callie Hart

Forever

Saeris is transported to a dangerous land of ice and snow, where she must contend with a Fae warrior who has suspect agendas.

6

11 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.

7

6 weeks on the list

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.

8

97 weeks on the list

The Nightingale

by Kristin Hannah

St. Martin's Griffin

Two sisters in World War II France: one struggling to survive in the countryside, the other joining the Resistance.

9

183 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.

10

6 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.

11

90 weeks on the list

It Starts with Us

by Colleen Hoover

Atria

In the sequel to “It Ends With Us,” Lily deals with her jealous ex-husband as she reconnects with her first boyfriend.

12

30 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

New this week

Orbital

by Samantha Harvey

Grove

Winner of the 2024 Booker Prize. A day in the lives of astronauts and cosmonauts on a space station mission for a program that is to be discontinued.

14

27 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.

15

137 weeks on the list

The Silent Patient

by Alex Michaelides

Celadon

Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.