This Week’s Bestsellers: November 10, 2025
Fiction Highlights
Louise Penny's 20th Chief Inspector Gamache novel, The Black Wolf, ranks #2 on our hardcover fiction list. Our starred review praised it as "exemplary." In March, Penny, who is Canadian, canceled her planned 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." To show cross-border solidarity, she concluded a series of Canadian appearances with two sold-out events at the Haskell Free Library & Opera House, which lies on the border between Vermont and Quebec.
Graphic Novels
Eisner-nominated manga creator Mokumokuren debuts at #6 on our 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 the anime adaptation premiered on Netflix in July.
Nonfiction and Cookbooks
Ree Drummond returns with The Pioneer Woman Cooks: The Essential Recipes, which is #1 on our hardcover nonfiction list. This is her ninth cookbook, continuing her broad popularity. Her previous cookbook, 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 latest mystery, a boundary-crossing approach to U.S.-Canada relations, and popular manga and cookbooks highlight this week’s bestselling lists.