The Reckoning, John Grisham’s brand new courtroom thriller, debuted at #1 on the Apple Books Bestsellers list, knocking Nicholas Sparks from the top spot this week to #2 with Every Breath. Also making its debut on the Apple Books list, Sarah J. Maas took #3 with Kingdom of Ash, the fourth and final installment to the Throne of Glass fantasy series. Debbie Macomber’s Denim and Diamonds and Holy Ghost by John Sandford round out the top five, respectively.

Apple Books U.S. Bestseller List - 10/28/18 - Paid Books

Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher

1. The Reckoning by John Grisham - 9780385544160 - (Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group)

2. Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks - 9781538728536 - (Grand Central Publishing)

3. Kingdom of Ash by Sarah J. Mass - 1343898551 - (Bloomsbury Publishing)

4. Denim and Diamonds by Debbie Macomber - 1116460675 (Random House Publishing Group)

5. Holy Ghost by John Sandford - 9780735217331 - (Penguin Publishing Group)

6. Girl, Wash Your FaceGby Rachel Hollis - 9781400201662 - (Thomas Nelson)

7. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens - 9780735219113 - (Penguin Publishing Group)

8. Winter in Paradise by Elin Hilderbrand - 9780316435505 - (Little, Brown and Company)

9. Red War by Vince Flynn & Kyle Mills - 9781501190612 - (AtriaEmily Bestler Books)

10. Killing the SS by Martin Dugard & Bill O'Reilly - 9781250165558 - (Henry Holt and Co.)

11. The Witch Elm by Tana French - 9780735224636 - (Penguin Publishing Group)

12. Reveling in Sin by Meghan March - 1404576227 - (Meghan March LLC)

13. Ambush by James Patterson, James O. Born - 1344714158 - (Little, Brown and Company)

14. The Modigliani Scandal by Ken Follett - 389765223 - (Penguin Publishing Group)

15. The Mamba Mentality by Kobe Bryant - 1390598469 - (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)

16. Educated by Tara Westlover - 1234069825 - (Random House Publishing Group)

17. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas - 9780062498557 - (Balzer + Bray)

18. A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult - 9780345544995 - (Random House Publishing Group)

19. Desperate Measures by Stuart Woods - 9780735219243 - (Penguin Publishing Group)

20. Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver - 9780062684745 - (Harper)