Paperback Fiction

by Andy Weir (Ballantine, ISBN: 9780593135228); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 28 "In Weir's novel, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster."

by Shelby Van Pelt (Ecco, ISBN: 9780063204164); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: 22 "A charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration of friendship, reckoning, and hope that traces a widow's unlikely connection with a giant Pacific octopus."

by Jacqueline Harpman (Transit Books, ISBN: 9781945492600); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 30 "Ursula K. LeGuin meets The Road in a post-apocalyptic modern classic of female friendship and intimacy."

by Matt Haig (Penguin, ISBN: 9780593489291); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: 4 "Matt Haig's novel is filled with wonder and wild adventure, this is a story of hope and the life-changing power of a new beginning."

by Sangu Mandanna (Berkley, ISBN: 9780593439371); Last week: 10; Weeks on List: 11 "Sangu Mandanna's whimsical and heartwarming novel about a witch who has a second chance to get her magical powers--and her life--back on track. An August 2025 Indie Next Pick."

by Sally Rooney (Picador, ISBN: 9781250397560); Weeks on List: 1 "An exquisitely moving story about grief, love, and family--but especially love--from the global phenomenon Sally Rooney."

by Marjan Kamali (Gallery Books, ISBN: 9781668036594); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: 8 "A powerful novel set against three transformative decades in Tehran, Iran--from nationally bestselling author Marjan Kamali."

by Haruki Murakami (Vintage, ISBN: 9780593687840); Last week: 8; Weeks on List: 3 "A love story, a quest, an ode to books and to the libraries that house them, and a parable for these strange post-pandemic times, The City and Its Uncertain Walls is a singular and towering achievement by one of modern literature's most important writers."

by Ariel Lawhon (Vintage, ISBN: 9780593312070); Last week: 12; Weeks on List: 47 "A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history."

by Kaveh Akbar (Vintage, ISBN: 9780593685778); Last week: 9; Weeks on List: 39 "A newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a remarkable search for a family secret that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Electrifying, funny, and wholly original, Martyr! heralds the arrival of an essential new voice in contemporary fiction."