New York Times
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
November 30, 2025

1. The Strength of the Few
by James Islington

The second book in the Hierarchy series. Vis Telimus must find out why he has been replicated across three separate worlds.
2. The Widow
by John Grisham

When Simon Latch, a lawyer in rural Virginia, is accused of murder, he goes in search of the real killer.
 
3. Exit Strategy
by Lee Child and Andrew Child

The 30th book in the Jack Reacher series. Reacher’s interest is piqued when he finds a handwritten note in his pocket.
4. Nash Falls
by David Baldacci

A successful businessman’s life is turned upside down when he is recruited by the F.B.I. to stop a large money laundering scheme.
5. Alchemised
by SenLinYu

After the war, an imprisoned alchemist is sent to a necromancer to recover her lost memories.
6. The Secret of Secrets
by Dan Brown

As he searches for the missing noetic scientist he has been seeing, Robert Langdon discovers something regarding a secret project.
7. Remain
by Nicholas Sparks with M. Night Shyamalan

A New York architect moves to Cape Cod, where he enters a relationship that brings up a lot of questions.
8. The King's Ransom
by Janet Evanovich

The second book in the Recovery Agent series. Gabriela Rose must go around the world to find priceless artifacts that have gone missing.
9. The Correspondent
by Virginia Evans

Letters from someone she used to know push Sybil Van Antwerp toward revisiting her past and finding a way to forgive.
10. Gone Before Goodbye
by Reese Witherspoon and Harlan Coben

When a mysterious man disappears, the former combat surgeon giving him medical assistance goes on the lam.
11. Quicksilver
by Callie Hart

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

Alfie Logan, who was gifted with the ability to live any moment a second time but must accept the outcomes, makes a risky love decision.
13. The Intruder
by Freida McFadden

During a rough storm, Casey puts herself in danger when she lets a girl, who is covered in blood, into her cabin.
14. Ingram
by Louis C.K.

When poverty forces a boy to walk away from his home, he faces difficulties, indifference and a tragedy from his past.
15. Brigands & Breadknives
by Travis Baldree

The third book in the Legends & Lattes series. A bookseller named Fern uproots herself and moves to the city of Thune.
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A version of this list appears in the November 30, 2025 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending November 15, 2025.
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