New York Times Best Sellers: October 8, 2023

Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.

The private detective Holly Gibney investigates whether a married pair of octogenarian academics had anything to do with Bonnie Dahl's disappearance.

The fourth book in the Thursday Murder Club series. When an old friend is killed, the gang comes up against drug dealers, art forgers and online fraudsters.

Three daughters, who return to their family orchard in the spring of 2020, learn about their mother's relationship with a famous actor.

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

The 22nd book in the Mitch Rapp series. Rapp and his team try to foil a plot by Russia without being discovered.

A reimagining of Charles Dicken's "David Copperfield" set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

Three generations of a family living on South India's Malabar Coast suffer the last of a family member by drowning.

Twenty years after they met and became part of an underground art scene, a couple takes on the challenges of parenting and oddities in suburbia.

Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well.

In 1978, two women on opposite sides of the country join together to track a man known as the All-American Sex Killer.

In 1873, a Scottish housekeeper to a once-famous novelist is captivated by a trial in which a lower-class butcher from Australia claims to be the rightful heir of a sizable estate and title.

Suspicions and accusations complicate a sheriff's investigation of a wealthy landowner's murder in a small Minnesota town in 1958.

A down on his luck substitute teacher is helped by unionized dolphins and a terrifying henchperson to tackle the heap of troubles he inherits along with his uncle's supervillain business.

After meeting a woman who shares the same birthday, Alix Summer becomes the subject of her own true crime podcast.

The Fox News host and author of "American Marxism" argues for the defeat of the Democratic Party.

The author of "The Code Breaker" traces Musk's life and summarizes his work on electric vehicles, private space exploration and artificial intelligence.

The authors of "Vanderbilt" chronicle the Astor family's place in American society from 1793 through 2009.

A behind-the-scenes account of the reality TV series "19 Kids and Counting" and a portrayal of life inside the Duggar family.

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

A senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, gives his take on social justice and its advocates.

A columnist at TheFrio.com articulate moments in American history that center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.

The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.

An account of the disappearance in September 1913 of the man who invented the internal combustion engine.

The author of "The Baseball 100" brings to life 50 moments in baseball's history.

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

The author of "On Fire" and "No Is Not Enough" explores the mirror-worlds of online paranoia and conspiracy theories in a divided culture.

The author of "The Soul of an Octopus" presents observations on turtles and reflects on aspects of time and healing.

Science and pop culture intertwine in this exploration of the cosmos, which includes parallel worlds and time travel.

A memoir by the comedian who received Emmy and N.A.A.C.P. Award nominations for her work on "Saturday Nigh Live."