Publishers Weekly, Tribune News Service

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 Vo

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