New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
October 25, 2020

1. The Return
by Nicholas Sparks

A doctor serving in the Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two women change his life.
 
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2. Troubles in Paradise
by Elin Hilderbrand

The final installment of the trilogy that includes Winter in Paradise and What Happens in Paradise.
 
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3. Leave the World Behind
by Rumaan Alam

A family vacation in an isolated part of Long Island is thrown into confusion when the home's owners return claiming New York City is having a blackout.
 
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4. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by V. E. Schwab

A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.
 
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5. The Searcher
by Tana French

After a divorce, a former Chicago police officer resettles in an Irish village where a boy goes missing.
 
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6. Magic Lessons: The Prequel to Practical Magic
by Alice Hoffman

In a prequel to Practical Magic, Maria Owens invokes a curse that will haunt her family in Salem Mass.
 
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7. The Evening and the Morning
by Ken Follett

In a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth, a boatbuilder, a Norman noblewoman and a monk live in England under attack by the Welsh and the Vikings.
 
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8. The Book of Two Ways
by Jodi Picoult

After surviving a plane crash, a death doula travels to Egypt to reconnect with an old flame who is an archaeologist.
 
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9. Anxious People
by Fredrik Backman

A failed bank robber holds a group of strangers hostage at an apartment open house.
 
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10. The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett

The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern Black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity but their fates intertwine.
 
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11. The Coast-to-Coast Murders
by James Patterson and J.D. Barker

A detective and an F.B.I. agent are baffled by a cross-country killing spree.
 
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12. Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens

In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
 
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13. The Guest List
by Lucy Foley

A wedding between a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of Ireland turns deadly.
 
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14. One by One
by Ruth Ware

An avalanche tests the bonds of coworkers from a London-based tech startup on a corporate retreat in the French Alps.
 
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15. Vince Flynn: Total Power
by Kyle Mills

When America's power grid is shut down, Mitch Rapp goes after a cyber terrorist.
 
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A version of this list appears in the October 25, 2020 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending October 10, 2020.