New York Times Best Sellers: October 17, 2021

Maggie Dawes, a renowned travel photographer, struggles with a medical diagnosis over Christmas.

An interconnected cast of dreamers and outsiders are in dangerous and disparate settings past, present and future.

The Delaney siblings suspect their father of causing the disappearance of their mother.

Ray Carney, a family man who sells furniture on 125th Street, gets a new clientele made up of vicious and unsavory characters.

The second book in the Scholomance series. Will students now in their senior year make it out alive?

A young lawyer winds up in an Alabama jail that remains mysteriously crowded.

An astrobiologist and single father learns of a neurofeedback treatment that may improve his son’s emotional control.

The second book in the Thursday Murder Club series. A ruthless murderer is out to get four septuagenarian friends.

A killer for hire who only takes out bad guys seeks redemption as he does one final job.

A recently divorced woman searching the pockets of an old Santa suit finds a child’s wish that her father return from war.

Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.

A novelist, a warehouse worker, an editorial assistant and a political adviser deal with changes.

Anthony Cook, an autocratic president, distrusts Mitch Rapp, who is working to uncover a traitor.

Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.

Three women come under scrutiny when a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat.

The Washington Post journalists detail the dangers and challenges during the transition to the Biden presidency.

The CNN host and descendant of the Vanderbilt family charts the rise and fall of this American dynasty.

The Fox News host gives his take on the Green New Deal, critical race theory and social activism.

After being diagnosed with cancer at 35, the author of “Everything Happens for a Reason” takes a new look at the advice industry and her own ambitions.

The accomplishments of some of the sport’s greatest players past and present are put into context with one another.

A memoir by the musician known for playing with the E Street Band, starring on “The Sopranos” and participating in activist causes.

An oral biography of the late chef, writer and television host by his longtime assistant and confidante.

An approach to dealing with trauma that shifts an essential question used to investigate it.

An exploration of several tools of reasoning often overlooked in standard education and some of the causes of irrationality within society.

The Academy Award-winning actor shares snippets from the diaries he kept over the last 35 years.

The daughter of a Korean mother and Jewish-American father, and leader of the indie rock project Japanese Breakfast, describes creating her own identity after losing her mother to cancer.

The actress details the moments from her life and career that shaped the creation of her character Elvira, Mistress of the Dark.

A memoir by the former chairman and chief executive of PepsiCo.

The evolutionary biologists posit that the modern world is out of sync with our ancient brains and bodies.

The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice.