New York Times
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
February 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. 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.
3. 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.
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. Witchcraft for Wayward Girls
by Grady Hendrix

In 1970, a pregnant teenager, who is placed under watchful eyes at a home in Florida, comes across an occult book.
7. 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.
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. Beautiful Ugly
by Alice Feeney

An author travels to a Scottish island, where he sees a woman who bears an uncanny resemblance to his missing wife.
10. All the Colors of the Dark
by Chris Whitaker

Questions arise when a boy saves the daughter of a wealthy family amid a string of disappearances in a Missouri town in 1975.
11. Intermezzo
by Sally Rooney

After the passing of their father, seemingly different brothers engage in relationships and seek ways to cope.
12. 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.
13. We Do Not Part
by Han Kang

A woman encounters dangers when she travels to Jeju Island to save her injured friend's pet bird; translated by e.yaewon and Paige Aniyah Morris.
14. Counting Miracles
by Nicholas Sparks

A man in search of the father he never knew encounters a single mom and rumors circulate of the nearby appearance of a white deer.
15. Presumed Guilty
by Scott Turow

The third book in the Presumed Innocent series. A retired judge is asked to come to the defense of his fiancée's son, who is accused of first-degree murder.
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A version of this list appears in the February 9, 2025 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 25, 2025.
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