New York Times
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
December 7, 2025

1. Brimstone
by Callie Hart
The second book in the Fae & Alchemy series. To save those close to them, Saeris and Fisher face a new set of dangers.
eBook and eAudiobook available.
2. The Seven Rings
by Nora Roberts
The third book in the Lost Bride Trilogy. Sonya fights across two realms to take possession of a haunted manor.
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
3. 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.
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
4. Return of the Spider
by James Patterson

The 34th book in the Alex Cross series. An enemy’s murder book suggests Cross may have made rookie mistakes years ago.
5. 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.
 Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
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.
 Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
7. 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.
 Print and eBook available.
8. The Bond That Burns
by Briar Boleyn

The second book in the Bloodwing Academy series. When a dragon is awakened, bonds are tested and lives are threatened.
 
 
 
9. 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.
 
10. Alchemised
by SenLinYu
After the war, an imprisoned alchemist is sent to a necromancer to recover her lost memories.
 Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
11. The Color of Hope
by Danielle Steel

A widowed art gallery owner moves to the Basque countryside, where she transforms a chateau and develops a new relationship.
 
12. 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.
 Print and eBook available.
13. I, Medusa
by Ayana Gray

Meddy forges a path away from her family, who are minor gods, and is given a wrongful punishment that transforms her into a vigilante.
 
14. Mona's Eyes
by Thomas Schlesser

A 10-year-old who may get permanent vision loss is bolstered by her grandfather’s quest to bring beauty into her life; translated by Hildegarde Serle.
15. 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.
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
 

Page to Stage: A Christmas Carol 

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Thursday, December 4, 2025

6:00pm–7:30pm
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A version of this list appears in the December 7, 2025 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending November 22, 2025.
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