{"id":98513,"date":"2025-10-02T06:25:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T06:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/98513\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T06:25:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T06:25:11","slug":"the-weeks-bestselling-books-oct-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/98513\/","title":{"rendered":"The week\u2019s bestselling books, Oct. 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Hardcover fiction<\/p>\n<p><b>1. Alchemised <\/b>by SenLinYu (Del Rey: $35) A woman with missing memories fights to survive a war-torn world of necromancy and alchemy.  <\/p>\n<p><b>2. What We Can Know<\/b> by Ian McEwan (Knopf: $30) A genre-bending love story about people and the words they leave behind.  <\/p>\n<p><b>3. The Secret of Secrets<\/b> by Dan Brown (Doubleday: $38) Symbologist Robert Langdon takes on a mystery involving human consciousness and ancient mythology. <\/p>\n<p><b>4. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny<\/b> by Kiran Desai (Hogarth: $32) The fates of two young people intersect and diverge across continents and years.  <\/p>\n<p><b>5. Katabasis<\/b> by R. F. Kuang (Harper Voyager: $35) The deluxe limited edition of a dark academia fantasy about two rival graduate students\u2019 descent into hell. <\/p>\n<p><b>6. This Inevitable Ruin<\/b> by Matt Dinniman (Ace: $39) Carl and Princess Donut are ready for battle in the seventh book of the Dungeon Crawler Carl series.  <\/p>\n<p><b>7. We Love You, Bunny <\/b>by Mona Awad (S&amp;S\/Marysue Rucci Books: $30) The follow-up to the campus satire \u201cBunny\u201d goes on a journey into the heart of dark academia.  <\/p>\n<p><b>8. My Friends<\/b> by Fredrik Backman (Atria Books: $30) The bond between a group of teenagers 25 years earlier has a powerful effect on a budding artist. <\/p>\n<p><b>9. The Wedding People <\/b>by Alison Espach (Henry Holt &amp; Co.: $29) An unexpected wedding guest gets surprise help on starting anew. <\/p>\n<p><b>10. Culpability<\/b> by Bruce Holsinger (Spiegel &amp; Grau: $30) A family drama about moral responsibility in the age of artificial intelligence. <\/p>\n<p class=\"cms-textAlign-center\">\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Hardcover nonfiction<\/p>\n<p><b>1. 107 Days<\/b> by Kamala Harris (Simon &amp; Schuster: $30) The former vice president tells her story of one of the wildest and most consequential presidential campaigns in American history.  <\/p>\n<p><b>2. All the Way to the River<\/b> by Elizabeth Gilbert (Riverhead Books: $35) The bestselling author\u2019s memoir about an intense and ultimately tragic love. <\/p>\n<p><b>3. Faithonomics <\/b>by Jerry Lopez (Jerry Lopez: $29) Biblical wisdom is paired with modern-day financial strategies.  <\/p>\n<p><b>4. Good Things<\/b> by Samin Nosrat (Random House: $45) The celebrated chef shares 125 meticulously tested recipes.  <\/p>\n<p><b>5. Poems &amp; Prayers<\/b> by Matthew McConaughey (Crown: $29) The Oscar-winning actor shares his writings and reflections. <\/p>\n<p><b>6. Lessons From Cats for Surviving Fascism<\/b> by Stewart Reynolds (Grand Central Publishing: $13) A guide to channeling feline wisdom in the face of authoritarian nonsense. <\/p>\n<p><b>7. Replaceable You<\/b> by Mary Roach (W. W. Norton &amp; Co.: $29) An exploration of the remarkable advances and difficult questions prompted by the human body\u2019s failings.  <\/p>\n<p><b>8. Art Work<\/b> by Sally Mann (Abrams Press: $35) The artist explores the challenges and pleasures of the creative process. <\/p>\n<p><b>9. When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows \u2026 <\/b>by Steven Pinker (Scribner: $30) How the hidden logic of common knowledge can make sense of many of life\u2019s enigmas.  <\/p>\n<p><b>10. Separation of Church and Hate<\/b> by John Fugelsang (Avid Reader Press\/Simon &amp; Schuster: $30) The comedian uses the writings of the Bible to highlight Christian hypocrisy while calling for compassion and clarity. <\/p>\n<p class=\"cms-textAlign-center\">\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Paperback fiction<\/p>\n<p><b>1. Project Hail Mary<\/b> by Andy Weir (Ballantine: $20)<\/p>\n<p><b>2. The City and Its Uncertain Walls<\/b> by Haruki Murakami (Vintage: $19)<\/p>\n<p><b>3. Remarkably Bright Creatures<\/b> by Shelby Van Pelt (Ecco: $20)<\/p>\n<p><b>4. I Who Have Never Known Men<\/b> by Jacqueline Harpman (Transit Books: $17)<\/p>\n<p><b>5. All Fours<\/b> by Miranda July (Riverhead Books: $19)<\/p>\n<p><b>6. The Best Short Stories 2025<\/b> by Edward P. Jones (editor) (Vintage: $19)<\/p>\n<p><b>7. The Life Impossible<\/b> by Matt Haig (Penguin: $19)<\/p>\n<p><b>8. Martyr!<\/b> by Kaveh Akbar (Vintage: $18)<\/p>\n<p><b>9. The Frozen River<\/b> by Ariel Lawhon (Vintage: $18)<\/p>\n<p><b>10. The Midnight Library<\/b> by Matt Haig (Penguin: $18)<\/p>\n<p class=\"cms-textAlign-center\">\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Paperback nonfiction<\/p>\n<p><b>1. Alignment<\/b> by Katie Keller Wood (Page Two: $19)<\/p>\n<p><b>2. All About Love<\/b> by bell hooks (Morrow: $17)<\/p>\n<p><b>3. The Artist\u2019s Way<\/b> by Julia Cameron (TarcherPerigee: $24)<\/p>\n<p><b>4. Didion and Babitz<\/b> by Lili Anolik (Scribner: $20)<\/p>\n<p><b>5. Autocracy, Inc.<\/b> by Anne Applebaum (Vintage: $18)<\/p>\n<p><b>6. The Art Thief<\/b> by Michael Finkel (Vintage: $18)<\/p>\n<p><b>7. The White Album<\/b> by Joan Didion (Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux: $18)<\/p>\n<p><b>8. Greenlights<\/b> by Matthew McConaughey (Crown: $20)<\/p>\n<p><b>9. The Friday Afternoon Club<\/b> by Griffin Dunne (Penguin Books: $21)<\/p>\n<p><b>10. Catching the Big Fish<\/b> by David Lynch (Tarcher: $20)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hardcover fiction 1. 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