New York Times Best Sellers: October 2, 2022

A high school kid inherits a shed that is a portal to another world where good and evil are at war.

A forensic pathologist is on the trail of a serial killer in the Louisiana bayou.

The 21st book in the Mitch Rapp series. President Cook, a team of assassins and a killer known as Legion confront Rapp on different fronts.

Six months after waking up in a stranger’s body, Nona is torn between living an ordinary life or saving those around her from strange forces.

President Keegan Barrett’s power grab tests the loyalties of two C.I.A. agents.

A journalist who returns to her hometown vows to find a missing girl and solve a 20-year-old cold case.

A tennis player comes out of retirement and trains with her father to defend her record.

When his ex-girlfriend turns up dead in his office building, an entry-level investment analyst delves into the halls of economic power.

A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.

In 1550s Florence, the future of the third daughter of the grand duke seems uncertain after she is thrust into a marriage.

The 55th book of the In Death series. Eve Dallas is reminded of her past as she investigates a possible sex trafficking ring.

The 16th book in the Oregon Files series. A criminal syndicate has a torpedo that could obliterate entire cities.

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

Roland Baines looks back at his personal regrets and the historical upheavals in his lifetime.

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

The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

The creator of the web comic “xkcd” and former NASA roboticist looks into hypothetical and oddball scenarios.

The former U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York gives his account of pushing back against the Trump Justice Department.

The NPR legal affairs correspondent details her professional accomplishments and friendship with the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

The potential ways in which trauma and stress from modern-day living can affect our physical health.

A memoir by the founder, co-editor and publisher of Rolling Stone magazine.

The creator of “The Borowitz Report” looks at the declining knowledge of some public officials over the last 50 years.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist depicts the service of college football players who served in the Marines during World War II.

The Washington bureau chief for Mother Jones magazine gives his take on the Republican Party over the last seven decades.

An account of time spent in the Trump White House by the former president’s son-in-law and senior adviser.

The poet describes his journey over two months from El Salvador to the United States to reconnect with his parents who left years earlier.

The author of “The Spy and the Traitor” profiles Allied prisoners detained by the German Army in Colditz Castle during World War II.

A biography of the late Princess of Wales and her sons.

This follow-up to “The Diana Chronicles” details how the royal family reinvented itself after the death of Princess Diana.

The multiple award-winning actress describes the difficulties she encountered before claiming her sense of self and achieving professional success.