New York Times Best Sellers: October 9, 2022

Musicians from different backgrounds are attracted to each other and a mother flee with her son from an abusive husband.

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

The third book in the Thursday Murder Club series. A decade-old cold case and a new foe spark the latest adventure.

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

As the pandemic starts, Lucy Barton and her ex-husband go to a small town in Maine, where they confront their shared history.

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.

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.

A follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "Less," in which Arthur Less goes on a road trip across America.

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

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

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

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

The married journalists who write for The New York Times and The New Yorker posit that Donald Trump began to emulate the foreign autocrats he admired.

The astrophysicist and director of the Hayden Planetarium delves into subjects including politics, religion, gender and race.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The senior legal correspondent at Slate chronicles the work of some women lawyers during the Trump presidency.

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

The ways in which physics can be used to explain how some things function in the universe.