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The books that all your friends are reading. Discover the best-selling books from The New York Times, updated on Thursday mornings

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Last Updated: April 25

Calamity of Souls

Fiction

1. A Calamity of Souls, by David Baldacci

2. The Women, by Kristin Hannah
3. A Court of Thorns and Roses, by Sarah J. Maas
4. The Murder Inn, by James Patterson and Candice Fox
5. A Court of Mist and Fury, by Sarah J. Maas


Full List (New York Times)

An Unfinished Love Story

Nonfiction

1. An Unfinished Love Story, by Doris Kearns Goodwin

2. The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt
3. Love, Mom, by Nicole Saphier
4. Knife, by Salman Rushdie
5. The Wide Wide Sea, by Hampton Sides


Full List (New York Times)

Calamity of Souls

Hardcover Fiction

1. The Women, by Kristin Hannah

2. A Calamity of Souls, by David Baldacci
3. Fourth Wing, by Rebecca Yarros
4. The Familiar, by Leigh Bardugo
5. Iron Flame, by Rebecca Yarros


Full List (New York Times)

An Unfinished Love Story

Hardcover Nonfiction

1. An Unfinished Love Story, by Doris Kearns Goodwin

2. The Anxious Generation, by Jonathan Haidt
3. Love, Mom, by Nicole Saphier
4. Knife, by Salman Rushdie
5. Somehowby Anne Lamott


Full List (New York Times)

Powerless

Young Adults

1. Powerless, by Lauren Roberts

2. The Reappearance of Rachel Price, by Holly Jackson
3. Divine Rivals, by Rebecca Ross
4. Ruthless Vows, by Rebecca Ross
5. A Door in the Dark, by Scott Reintgen


Full List (New York Times)