New York Times
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
March 9, 2025

1. 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.
2. The Nightingale
by Kristin Hannah

Two sisters in World War II France: one struggling to survive in the countryside, the other joining the Resistance in Paris.
3. 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.
4. James
by Percival Everett

A reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn shines a different light on Mark Twain's classic, revealing new facets of the character of Jim.
5. The Women
by Kristin Hannah

In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.
6. Midnight Black
by Mark Greaney

The 14th book in the Gray Man series. Gentry’s lover, a former spy for Russian foreign intelligence, is imprisoned in a Russian gulag.
7. Paranoia
by James Patterson and James O. Born

The 17th book in the Michael Bennett series. Bennett goes after someone who is killing police officers.
8. The Wedding People
by Alison Espach

A woman who is down on her luck forms an unexpected bond with the bride at a wedding in Rhode Island.
9. The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore

When a 13-year-old girl disappears from an Adirondack summer camp in 1975, secrets kept by the Van Laar family emerge.
10. 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.
11. We All Live Here
by Jojo Moyes

A woman, who is besieged by calamities in several facets of her life, finds her beliefs about family are tested.
12. Dream State
by Eric Puchner

Fifty years after a wedding in Montana, reverberations from that time continue to affect three friends and their children.
13. Three Days in June
by Anne Tyler

As her daughter's wedding draws near, Gail Baines faces issues with her job, her ex-husband and her past.
14. Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby Van Pelt

A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.
15. Bonded in Death
by J.D. Robb

The 60th book of the In Death series. Eve Dallas investigates the mysterious death of someone who was in a secret organization.
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A version of this list appears in the March 9, 2025 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 22, 2025.
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