The week’s bestselling books, June 9 (2024)

Hardcover fiction

1. The Women by Kristin Hannah (St. Martin’s Press: $30) An intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.

2. The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl (Random House: $29) An adventure through the food, art and fashion scenes of 1980s Paris.

3. All Fours by Miranda July (Riverhead Books: $29) A woman upends her life in this irreverent and tender novel.

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4. James by Percival Everett (Doubleday: $28) An action-packed reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”

5. Table for Two by Amor Towles (Viking: $32) A collection of stories from the author of “The Lincoln Highway.”

6. The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster: $29) A fusion of genres and ideas that’s part time-travel romance and part spy thriller.

7. Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan (Doubleday: $29) From the author of the “Crazy Rich Asians” trilogy: A forbidden affair erupts volcanically amid a decadent tropical wedding.

8. You Like It Darker by Stephen King (Scribner: $30) The legendary storyteller’s new collection of 12 short stories, many never before published.

9. Funny Story by Emily Henry (Berkley: $29) Two opposites with the wrong thing in common connect.

10. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros (Entangled: Red Tower Books: $30) A young woman enters a brutal dragon-riding war college.

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Hardcover nonfiction

1. The Creative Act by Rick Rubin (Penguin: $32) The music producer’s guidance on how to be a creative person.

2. The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson (Crown: $35) An exploration of the pivotal five months between Abraham Lincoln’s election and the start of the Civil War.

3. The Situation Room by George Stephanopoulos, Lisa Dickey (Grand Central: $35) Inside the place where 12 presidential administrations grappled with history-making crises.

4. What This Comedian Said Will Shock You by Bill Maher (Simon & Schuster: $30) The host of HBO’s “Real Time” has written a vivisection of American life, politics and culture.

5. In My Time of Dying by Sebastian Junger (Simon & Schuster: $28) A near-fatal health emergency leads to a powerful reflection on death from the award-winning war reporter.

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6. The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides (Doubleday: $35) An epic account of Capt. James Cook’s final voyage.

7. How to Know a Person by David Brooks (Random House: $30) The New York Times columnist explores the power of seeing and being seen.

8. The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt (Penguin Press: $30) An investigation into the collapse of youth mental health.

9. An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin (Simon & Schuster: $35) The historian weaves together memoir and history in recounting the journey she and her husband embarked on in the last years of his life.

10. The Wager by David Grann (Doubleday: $30) The story of the shipwreck of an 18th century British warship and a mutiny among the survivors.

Paperback fiction

1. A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury: $19)

2. Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez (Forever: $18)

3. The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Atria: $17)

4. Beach Read by Emily Henry (Berkley: $16)

5. Rouge by Mona Awad (S&S/Marysue Rucci Books: $19)

6. Never Whistle at Night by Shane Hawk (Editor), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Editor) (Vintage: $17)

7. Trust by Hernan Diaz (Riverhead Books: $17)

8. Circe by Madeline Miller (Back Bay: $19)

9. This Summer Will Be Different by Carley Fortune (Berkley: $19)

10. The Guest by Emma Cline (Random House: $18)

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Paperback nonfiction

1. The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine by Rashid Khalidi (Metropolitan Books: $20)

2. Everything I Know About Love by Dolly Alderton (Harper Perennial: $19)

3. The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan (Knopf: $35)

4. The Body Keeps Score by Bessel van der Kolk (Penguin: $19)

5. The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz (Amber-Allen: $13)

6. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Modern Library: $11)

7. The Untethered Soul by Michael A. Singer (New Harbinger: $19)

8. World Travel by Anthony Bourdain, Laurie Woolever (Ecco: $22)

9. All About Love by bell hooks (Morrow: $17)

10. Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner (Vintage: $17)

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2.Camino Ghosts John Grisham, Author
3.The Women Kristin Hannah, Author
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According to Guinness World Records as of 1995, the Bible is the best sold book of all time with an estimated 5 billion copies sold and distributed. Sales estimates for other printed religious texts include at least 800 million copies for the Qur'an and 190 million copies for the Book of Mormon.

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#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Colleen Hoover | Simon & Schuster.

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Stephan King and John Grisham are the most popular contemporary fiction writers in the United States.

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Popular 5 Star Ratings Books
  • The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo Taylor Jenkins Reid.
  • Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone J.K. Rowling.
  • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban J.K. Rowling.

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  • Funny Story. by Emily Henry. ...
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The 'Holy Bible' holds the title for the most-read book in the world.

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Maas, the author of three fantasy series who has enjoyed a surge in “BookTok” popularity in recent years, has sold 3.1 million print books so far in 2024 and claimed two spots on the top 10 bestselling books list for the month of March, according to Circana.

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The 10 most-sold individual books
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  2. 'Quotations from Chairman Mao Tse-Tung' — 900 million. ...
  3. The Quran — at least 800 million. ...
  4. 'Xinhua Zidian' — 567 million. ...
  5. 'Don Quixote' — at least 500 million. ...
  6. 'A Tale of Two Cities' — at least 200 million. ...
  7. The Book of Mormon — 192 million.
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Outsold only by the Bible and Shakespeare, Agatha Christie is the best-selling novelist of all time. She is best known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, as well as the world's longest-running play – The Mousetrap.

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  • Eruption by Michael Crichton; James Patterson. ...
  • Camino Ghosts by John Grisham. ...
  • The Women by Kristin Hannah. ...
  • You Like It Darker by Stephen King. ...
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