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 Burnin

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