This Week’s Bestsellers: November 10, 2025
Fiction Highlights
Louise Penny’s 20th Chief Inspector Gamache mystery, The Black Wolf, reaches #2 on the hardcover fiction list. Our starred review praised it as “exemplary.” In March, Penny, who is Canadian, canceled her U.S. tour citing “the ongoing threat of an unprovoked trade war” and “other things the U.S. president is doing that make visiting the U.S. unpalatable.” In a show of cross-border solidarity, she concluded with two sold-out events at the Haskell Free Library & Opera House, located on the Vermont-Quebec border.
Manga and New Releases
Eisner-nominated manga creator Mokumokuren debuts at #6 on the trade paperback list with volume six of The Summer Hikaru Died, a coming-of-age horror series featuring queer themes. Yen Press began English translations in 2023, and Netflix premiered the anime adaptation in July.
Nonfiction Bestsellers
Ree Drummond returns with The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The Essential Recipes, which tops the hardcover nonfiction list. This marks her ninth cookbook and continues her broad appeal, as her previous title, The Pioneer Woman Cooks: Dinner’s Ready!, has sold nearly 304,000 print copies since its release two years ago.
“The ongoing threat of an unprovoked trade war” and “other things the U.S. president is doing that make visiting the U.S. unpalatable.” — Louise Penny on canceling her U.S. tour
Author’s summary: Louise Penny’s acclaimed mystery and the popular manga The Summer Hikaru Died lead this week’s bestseller lists, alongside Ree Drummond’s bestselling cookbooks.