Paperback Fiction

by Liz Moore (Riverhead Books, ISBN: 9780593418925); Last week: 1; Weeks on List: 9 "Moore's multi-threaded story invites readers into a rich and gripping dynasty of secrets and second chances. It is Liz Moore's most ambitious and wide-reaching novel yet."

by Andy Weir (Ballantine, ISBN: 9780593135228); Last week: 2; Weeks on List: 41 "In Weir's novel, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster."

by Shelby Van Pelt (Ecco, ISBN: 9780063204164); Last week: 3; Weeks on List: 35 "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 Allen Levi (Atria Books, ISBN: 9781668236512); Last week: 4; Weeks on List: 7 "A beautifully crafted novel about the power of creative generosity, the importance of wonder to a purposeful life, and the invisible threads of kindness that bind us to one another."

by Maggie O'Farrell (Vintage, ISBN: 9781984898876); Last week: 6; Weeks on List: 42 "O'Farrell's novel is a luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a tender re-imagining of a boy whose life has been all but forgotten."

by Rachel Reid (Carina Press, ISBN: 9781335534637); Last week: 8; Weeks on List: 2 "The start of an epic enemies-to-lovers hockey romance from USA TODAY bestselling author Rachel Reid--book two in her fan-favorite Game Changers series."

by Freida McFadden (Grand Central, ISBN: 9781538742570); Last week: 7; Weeks on List: * "An addictive psychological thriller with a jaw-dropping twist, Freida McFadden's The Housemaid is perfect for fans of Ruth Ware, Lisa Jewell, and Verity."

by Ariel Lawhon (Vintage, ISBN: 9780593312070); Last week: 5; Weeks on List: * "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 Jacqueline Harpman (Transit Books, ISBN: 9781945492600); Last week: 9; Weeks on List: 43 "Ursula K. LeGuin meets The Road in a post-apocalyptic modern classic of female friendship and intimacy."

by Kaveh Akbar (Vintage, ISBN: 9780593685778); Last week: 14; Weeks on List: 52 "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."