This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly Publishers Weekly, Tribune News Service Oct 5, 2026 Oct 5, 2026 0 Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Sept. 26, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana.kAmW#6AC:?E65 7C@> !F3=:D96CD (66<=J[ AF3=:D965 3J !(IJK {{r] © a_ae[ !(IJK {{r]Xk^AmkAmwp#sr~'t# uxr%x~}k^AmkAm`] w@==JH@@5[ t?5:?8 WD:8?65 65]X] y@9? vC66?] sFEE@?k^AmkAma] $@>6E:>6D x $42C6 |JD6=7] y6?6G2 #@D6] q=24<DE@?6k^Am kAmb] w@==@H q@?6D] y@5: !:4@F=E] q2==2?E:?6k^Am People are also reading… State Health Plan loses bid to stop Atrium program, warns of $50 monthly premium hike NC’s State Health Plan sues Atrium, saying it can’t set plan members’ copays What the property tax amendment on your ballot tells NC lawmakers to do Cabarrus County General Election in-person early voting begins Thursday 2027 Social Security COLA increase confirmed. Many feel it's too low Popular breakfast and brunch chain opens doors on new Concord restaurant Become part of the investigation when Mystery Dinner Theater returns to Kannapolis Swanee Theatre announces fall concerts and events Rowan Public Library hosts NC storyteller Liz Z. Pardue Oct. 13 NC already has a voter ID requirement, so why is it on the 2026 ballot? What the income tax cap on your ballot would mean for what you have to pay NC This change just hit Walmart checkout lanes in NC. Here’s what to expect Kannapolis letter writer: Vote for school bond on Nov. 3 ballot Weakened Isaias still threatens NC, NWS says. Here's the timeline of the heaviest impacts NC has found a temporary placement for Dolly the bear. So where is she? kAmc] %96 r2=2>:EJ r=F3] z2E9CJ? $E@4<6EE] $A:686= U2>Aj vC2Fk^AmkAmd] |FC56C 2E E96 vC2?5 p=A:?6 w@E6=] {F4J u@=6J] |@CC@Hk^AmkAme] ':?46 u=J??i s@F3=6 %2A] s@? q6?E=6J] pEC:2^q6DE=6Ck^AmkAmf] w@==JH@@5[ t?5:?8] y@9? vC66?] sFEE@?k^Am kAmg] %96 |F?:49 p772:C] !2EE6CD@?^t==:D] {:EE=6[ qC@H?k^AmkAmh] %96 $H66E6DE u:6?5 W56=FI6 65]X] #2G6? z6??65J] pG@?k^Am kAm`_] *6DE6CJ62C] r2C@ r=2:C6 qFC<6] z?@A7k^AmkAmwp#sr~'t# }~}uxr%x~}k^AmkAm`] $H2? $@?8] r92C=6D $A6?46C] !6?8F:? !C6DDk^AmkAma] !C@E@4@=D] p?5C6H s] wF36C>2?] $:>@? t=6>6?Ek^Am kAmb] w2AAJ $?24<:?8[ s@?’E s:6P p=6I:D }:<@=6 }6=D@?] $:>@? t=6>6?Ek^AmkAmc] x?D:56 E96 ~H?6C’D q@I] s2G:5 |] #F36?DE6:?] $:>@? U2>Aj $49FDE6Ck^AmkAmd] p4EF2==J[ }6G6C>:?5] %2J=@C %@>=:?D@?] v2==6CJk^Am kAme] p? &?6IA64E65 {:76] v=@C:2 $E6:?6>] #2?5@> w@FD6k^AmkAmf] w@H (6 r@F=5] p=6I s@CC] u2DE r@>A2?Jk^Am kAmg] %96 pCE @7 vC2G:EJ u2==D] w:CD49^#6?K6EE:] wJA6C:@? pG6?F6k^AmkAmh] $2G65 3J E96 !24<] {66 pD96C] }2E:@?2= v6@8C2A9:4k^AmkAm`_] |62=D *@F r2?’E |6DD &A] $92J $A6?46] szk^AmkAm%#pst !p!t#qprzk^Am kAm`] %96@ @7 v@=56?] p==6? {6G:] pEC:2k^Am kAma] '6C:EJ] r@==66? w@@G6C] vC2?5 r6?EC2=k^Am kAmb] u2==6? #@@<] {]y] $96?] q=@@>k^AmkAmc] sF?86@? rC2H=6C r2C=] |2EE s:??:>2?] p46k^AmkAmd] |FC5@<F] |2?F6= v2C2?5] !FKK=6HC:89Ek^AmkAme] qC2:? s2>286] uC6:52 |4u2556?] !@:D@?65 !6?k^AmkAmf] %96 (@>6?] zC:DE:? w2??29] vC:77:?k^AmkAmg] %96 z:==6C xD?’E p=:46] xC:D $E2C=:?8] {:EE=6[ qC@H?k^Am kAmh] uC66 u2==:?8] {J=2 $286] s:2=k^AmkAm`_] (:=5 s2C< $9@C6] r92C=@EE6 |4r@?289J] u=2E:C@?k^AmkAm0000k^Am 0 Comments Stay up-to-date on what's happening Receive the latest in local entertainment news in your inbox weekly! Sign up! * I understand and agree that registration on or use of this site constitutes agreement to its user agreement and privacy policy. Related to this story Most Popular 22 new books to add to your reading list in October 2026 Here are 22 new novels and nonfiction picks for readers to check out this month. How novelist Emily St. John Mandel built ‘Exit Party’ out of a battered LA Emily St. John Mandel’s brilliant new novel “Exit Party” begins five years in the future at a party in L.A.’s Echo Park neighborhood where a s… Schools banned nearly 12,000 books in 2025-2026, report says Among the banned titles that entered the index for the first time were "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bronte and "Romeo and/or Juliet: A Chooseable … Americans are reading less. These ‘introvert happy hours’ are booming SAN JOSE, Calif. — One evening a month, roughly a dozen men and women convene at the Panera Bread in Campbell, filling the dining room’s large…
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