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New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers October 25, 2026 |
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| 1. The Witch by Freida McFaddenCircumstances force Julia Barlow to retreat to her family’s estate, which contains the dark energy of a 1692 witchcraft execution. |
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| 2. Threshing Day by Rebecca YarrosThirteen short stories, set in the Empyrean world, in which cadets compete to earn the bond of a dragon. |
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| 3. Other Worlds Than These by Stephen King and Peter StraubIn the finale to the Talisman trilogy, an older Jack Sawyer faces off against a gang of infected teenagers and other destructive forces. |
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| 4. Partita by Barbara KingsolverWhen she receives an unexpected phone call from an old lover, Livia contends with memories she put aside many years ago. |
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| 5. The French Illusion by John GrishamWhen a couple is kidnapped during a honeymoon trip in the French countryside, a young lawyer is used as part of a C.I.A. operation. |
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| 6. The Calamity Club by Kathryn StockettAs things get tougher during the Depression, several women look for ways to improve their circumstances. |
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| 7. Hollywood, Ending by John GreenCelebrity permeates lives onscreen and off for two rising stars appearing in the biopic Andy Warhol Never Gets Old. |
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| 8. Hollow Bones by Jodi PicoultA woman who runs the Rhode Island Department for Emergency Preparedness and her husband, who is a police polygraph expert, face a crisis in their marriage. |
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| 9. Return to the Shack by Wm. Paul YoungYears after the murder of his daughter, Mack is summoned to death row to visit the serial killer who took her life. |
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| 10. American Hagwon by Min Jin LeeAfter a betrayal and a financial crisis, John and Helen Koh move with their three children from Korea to Australia to California in the 1990s. |
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| 11. Yesteryear by Caro Claire BurkeNatalie Heller Mills, a privileged tradwife social media influencer, wakes up to find she is living in the comparatively difficult reality of 1855. |
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| 12. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt DinnimanThe sixth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. On the eighth floor, Carl and Donut must capture a lethal monster. |
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| 13. Mad Mabel by Sally HepworthAn elderly woman who was once Australia’s youngest convicted murderer tries to keep her previous life hidden. |
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| 14. Victorious by V.E. SchwabThe third book in the Villains series. Victor Vale and Eli Ever, with teams of allies and rivals, go against each another for a final time. |
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| 15. This Inevitable Ruin by Matt DinnimanThe seventh book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. After becoming fully self-aware, the NPCs join the Faction Wars. |
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