New York Times
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
October 19, 2025

1. Iron Flame
by Rebecca Yarros

The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail's next round of training under the new vice commandant might require her to betray the man she loves.
2. Fourth Wing
by Rebecca Yarros

Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.
3. Alchemised
by SenLinYu

After the war, an imprisoned alchemist is sent to a necromancer to recover her lost memories.
4. 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.
5. The Impossible Fortune
by Richard Osman

The fifth book in the Thursday Murder Club series. The gang look into the disappearance of a guest Elizabeth met at a wedding.
6. Vince Flynn: Denied Access
by Don Bentley

The 24th book in the Mitch Rapp series. Rapp, now an assassin in the Orion program, must counter threats to his girlfriend and the C.I.A.
7. The Academy
by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham

Harmful rumors cause trouble for the students and staff at a New England boarding school.
8. The Portrait
by Danielle Steel

Unfulfilled longing is released between an entrepreneur stuck in a loveless marriage and a widowed portrait artist.
9. Tourist Season
by Brynne Weaver

When a true crime investigator comes to Cape Carnage in search of a serial killer, a local gardener and a handsome tourist pause their deadly ways.
10. Onyx Storm
by Rebecca Yarros

The third book in the Empyrean series. As enemies gain traction, Violet Sorrengail goes beyond the Aretian wards in search of allies.
11. Circle of Days
by Ken Follett

A priestess envisions a great stone circle put together by divided tribes, but drought and violence may impede its creation.
12. What Stalks the Deep
by T. Kingfisher

The third book in the Sworn Soldier series. An old friend asks Alex Easton to search for his lost cousin.
13. Crossroads of Ravens
by Andrzej Sapkowski

The ninth book in the Witcher series. Geralt of Rivia is mentored by a grizzled witcher; translated by David French.
14. Heart the Lover
by Lily King

Decades after getting caught up in a love triangle, a woman examines choices she once made.
15. Widow's Point
by Richard Chizmar and Billy Chizmar

A lighthouse that is said to be cursed or haunted appears to cut visitors off from the outside world.
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A version of this list appears in the October 19, 2025 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending October 4, 2025.
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