The New York Times: Fiction Bestsellers
The top 15 "Combined Print and E-Book Fiction" titles for 05/25/2025, fetched from The New York Times Books API.
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- 1 (-). Nightshade, Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
The Los Angeles County sheriff's detective Stilwell gets reassigned to Catalina Island, where he investigates a poaching case and a Jane Doe found in the harbor. - 2 (-). The Knight and the Moth, Rachel Gillig (Orbit)
Sybil Delling, who is gifted with the power of foresight, forms an alliance with a heretical knight when her sister Diviners disappear. - 3 (-). Iron Flame, Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower)
The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training under the new vice commandant might require her to betray the man she loves. - 4 (2). The Tenant, Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen)
Things take an unsettling turn when a marketing executive loses his job and a woman rents a room in his brownstone. - 5 (-). Rewind It Back, Liz Tomforde (Amara)
The fifth book in the Windy City series. Hallie Hart gets assigned to a renovation project for a hockey player who was her first crush. - 6 (6). One Golden Summer, Carley Fortune (Berkley)
A photographer returns to a place where she spent a summer as a teenager and runs into the guy she had a crush on back then. - 7 (4). Great Big Beautiful Life, Emily Henry (Berkley)
A writer looking for her big break competes against a Pulitzer winner to tell the story of an octogenarian with a storied past. - 8 (9). Remarkably Bright Creatures, Shelby Van Pelt (Ecco)
A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there. - 9 (3). The Emperor of Gladness, Ocean Vuong (Penguin Press)
A young man becomes the caretaker of an elderly widow and they form a bond over the course of a year. - 10 (11). My Friends, Fredrik Backman (Atria)
A young woman looks into the story behind a painting that was made 25 years ago and a small group of teens depicted in it; translated by Neil Smith. - 11 (-). Tom Clancy: Line of Demarcation, M.P. Woodward (Putnam)
The 13th book in the Jack Ryan Jr. series. Jack goes after killers to prevent further escalation in a world of shifting alliances. - 12 (-). Lights Out, Navessa Allen (Slowburn)
As Aly and Josh live out their dark fantasies, someone with sinister intentions impinges on them. - 13 (12). Onyx Storm, Rebecca Yarros (Red Tower)
The third book in the Empyrean series. As enemies gain traction, Violet Sorrengail goes beyond the Aretian wards in search of allies. - 14 (10). Shield of Sparrows, Devney Perry (Red Tower)
A princess deals with various adversaries as she moves into the role she chooses for herself, not the one chosen for her. - 15 (-). The Love Haters, Katherine Center (St. Martin's)
A video producer looking to salvage her career goes to Key West to profile a Coast Guard rescue swimmer.