The Bestselling Books of the Week: The Crossword

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Xin is a war orphan in a poor village in the kingdom of Qin. He has big dreams of becoming a great general, and when his best friend’s life is cut short by political machinations, Xin sets off to find a deposed ruler and help restore his place on the throne, while working his way up through the ranks of the Qin kingdom’s army to do what no one has ever done before—unify China.

I’ve been writing this bestselling books round up for quite a while now, so I thought I’d try something new: a crossword! Here’s a mini crossword puzzle made up of the titles and authors of the books on the bestseller list this week. Scroll down to the end of this post for the answers—or you can find them in the list itself!

On thing first: there’s a notable name I’m surprised isn’t on the bestseller list this week: Freida McFadden, who has been the reigning monarch of the thriller genre for quite a while. She has a movie adaptation coming out next month and had a new book come out in October, so there was plenty of opportunity. I’m sure we’ll see her again here soon.

Now, onto the crossword!

Across

1. The ____, John Grisham’s newest title

2. The _____, the title of the bestselling hockey romance by Ana Huang

4. The Secret of ____ by Dan Brown

6. ___ Girl, the overall #1 nonfiction bestseller this week

Down

3. ______: The Science and Art of Longevity

5. Last name of the author who writes the Armand Gamache series

7. The title of the #1 PW and USA Today bestseller this week

This list continues to lack of diversity on many levels, including being disproportionately by white authors. Some Indie Bestsellers you should know about are Katabasis by R. F. Kuang, The Lion Women of Tehran by Marjan Kamali, and Finding My Way: A Memoir by Malala Yousafzai.

To get these numbers, we look at the New York Times, both Combined Print & E-Book Fiction and Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction lists; Amazon Charts, both Fiction and Nonfiction; Publishers Weekly; USA Today; and Indie Bestsellers, Fiction and Nonfiction, both Paperback and Hardcover.

Books On All Five Bestseller Lists:

Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre

The Widow by John Grisham

Books On Four Bestseller Lists:

(None.)

Books On Three Bestseller Lists:

Partypooper (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #20) by Jeff Kinney (Publishers Weekly, USA Today, Amazon)

Bonds of Hercules by Jasmine Mas (Publishers Weekly, USA Today, NYT)

The Let Them Theory by Mel Robbins (Publishers Weekly, Amazon, Indie Bestsellers)

1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—And How It Shattered a Nation by Andrew Ross Sorkin (NYT, Amazon, Indie Bestsellers)

The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown (NYT, Amazon, Indie Bestsellers)

The Defender by Ana Huang (Publishers Weekly, USA Today, NYT)

Outlive by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford (Publishers Weekly, NYT, Amazon)

Alchemised by SenLinYu (USA Today, NYT, Indie Bestsellers)

Crossword Puzzle Solution:

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