Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 20, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2025 Circana.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2025, PWxyz LLC.)

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. "The Secret of Secrets: A Novel" by Dan Brown (Doubleday) Last week: 1

2. "The Academy: A Novel" by Elin Hilderbrand and Shelby Cunningham (Little, Brown) Last week: —

3. "The Last Letter (Signed Deluxe Edition)" by Rebecca Yarros (Amara) Last week: —

4. "Assistant to the Villain (Special Edition)" by Hannah Nicole Maehrer (Red Tower) Last week: —

5. "Katabasis (Deluxe Limited Edition): A Novel" by R.F. Kuang (Harper Voyager) Last week: 2

6. "Among the Burning Flowers (Deluxe Edition)" by Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury) Last week: —

7. "Buckeye: A Novel" by Patrick Ryan (Random House) Last week: 8

8. "Atmosphere: A Love Story" by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Ballantine) Last week: 10

9. "My Friends: A Novel" by Fredrik Backman (Atria) Last week: 11

10. "Among the Burning Flowers" by Samantha Shannon (Bloomsbury) Last week: —

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. "The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About" by Mel Robbins (Hay House) Last week: 2

2. "Poems & Prayers" by Matthew McConaughey (Crown) Last week: —

3. "Good Things: Recipes and Rituals to Share with People You Love" by Samin Nosrat (Random House) Last week: —

4. "The Biblio Diet: Live Long, Master Metabolism, Reduce Pain, Fight Depression, and Conquer Cancer with Healing Secrets from the Bible" by Jordan Rubin (Worthy) Last week: —

5. "Confronting Evil: Assessing the Worst of the Worst" by Bill O’Reilly and Josh Hammer (St. Martin’s) Last week: 3

6. "All the Way to the River: Love, Loss, and Liberation" by Elizabeth Gilbert (Riverhead) Last week: 4

7. "The Bradshaw Family Cookbook: Our Favorite Recipes for Game Days, Weekdays, and Any Day" by Terry Bradshaw, Tammy Bradshaw, et al. (Flatiron) Last week: —

8. "The Book of Sheen: A Memoir" by Charlie Sheen (Gallery) Last week: 6

9. "History Matters" by David McCullough (Simon & Schuster) Last week: —

10. "The Complete America’s Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook 2001–2026: Every Recipe and Product Rating from the Most-Watched Cooking Show on Public TV" by America's Test Kitchen (America’s Test Kitchen) Last week: 9

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