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1 TRUST (Riverhead, $17). By Hernan Diaz. In this Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, an excessively wealthy family with a secret is the catalyst for examining how stories can shape the truth.

2 A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES (Bloomsbury, $19). By Sarah J. Maas. A threat is growing over a magical land where a huntress is being held captive.

3 THE SEVEN HUSBANDS OF EVELYN HUGO (Washington Square, $17). By Taylor Jenkins Reid. A Hollywood icon recounts the story of her glamorous life to a young reporter, and both discover the cost of fame.

4 THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY (Penguin, $18). By Matt Haig. A regretful woman lands in a library where she gets to play out her life had she made different choices.

5 NEVER WHISTLE AT NIGHT (Vintage, $17). Edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. An anthology of dark fiction by Indigenous authors includes stories by Tommy Orange, Rebecca Roanhorse and David Heska Wanbli Weiden.

6 ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE (Scribner, $18.99). By Anthony Doerr. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel follows the parallel lives of a blind French girl and an orphaned German boy during World War II.

7 IRIS KELLY DOESN’T DATE (Berkley, $18). By Ashley Herring Blake. After their disastrous hookup, Stevie asks Iris to pretend to be her girlfriend in this final volume in the Bright Falls series.

8 MAD HONEY (Ballantine, $18). By Jodi Picoult, Jennifer Finney Boylan. A woman confronts the possibility that her teenage son is a murderer when his girlfriend dies from a fall.

9 THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB (Penguin, $18). By Richard Osman. Four septuagenarians join forces to catch a killer.

10 BABEL (Harper Voyager, $20). By R.F. Kuang. A Chinese orphan, who is in Regency-era London for his magical education, feels torn between two cultures.

1 KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Vintage, $18). David Grann. A look at the FBI’s investigation of Native American deaths in 1920s Oklahoma.

2 BRAIDING SWEETGRASS (Milkweed, $20). By Robin Wall Kimmerer. Essays by an indigenous scientist offer lessons in reciprocal awareness between people and plants.

3 THE BODY KEEPS THE SCORE (Penguin, $19). By Bessel van der Kolk. A scientific look at how trauma can reshape a person’s body and brain.

4 ALL ABOUT LOVE (Morrow, $16.99). By bell hooks. The first volume in the iconic feminist’s “Love Song to the Nation” trilogy considers compassion as a form of love.

5 CRYING IN H MART (Vintage, $17). By Michelle Zauner. A Korean American indie rockstar chronicles her relationship with her mother and their shared culture.

6 AN IMMENSE WORLD (Random House, $20). By Ed Yong. A science writer describes different ways sensory perception can be experienced in animals, including humans.

7 THE SONG OF THE CELL (Scribner, $21). By Siddhartha Mukherjee. The Pulitzer prize-winning doctor and researcher explains what the understanding of cells means to the past, present and possibly the future.

8 THE 2024 OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC (Old Farmer’s Almanac, $9.95). The classic reference guide forecasts culture, weather and trends.

9 WHERE THE DEER AND THE ANTELOPE PLAY (Dutton, $18). By Nick Offerman. The actor and humorist reflects on his experiences in nature.

10 SOLITO (Hogarth, $18). By Javier Zamora. A poet who fled El Salvador when he was 9 tells the story of his migration to the United States.

Rankings reflect sales for the week ended Oct. 29. The charts may not be reproduced without permission from the American Booksellers Association, the trade association for independent bookstores in the United States, and indiebound.org. Copyright 2023 American Booksellers Association. (The bestseller lists alternate between hardcover and paperback each week.)

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