Nicholas Sparks makes his return to the top of the Apple Books bestseller list with 'The Return,' while titles by Mariah Carey and Ken Follett are also in the top five. Bob Woodward's Rage hangs on for one more week at least, while Ted Cruz's One Vote Away also makes the list as the political season comes into its final stretch.

Apple Books US Bestseller List - 10/04/20 - Paid Books
Rank, Book Title by Author Name, ISBN, Publisher

1. The Return by Nicholas Sparks - 9781538728567 - (Grand Central Publishing)
2. Battle Ground by Jim Butcher - 9780593199329 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
3. The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey - 9781250164698 - (Henry Holt and Co.)
4. The Evening and the Morning by Ken Follett - 9781984882028 - (Penguin Publishing Group)
5. Total Power by Kyle Mills and Vince Flynn - 9781501190674 - (AtriaEmily Bestler Books)
6. The Coast-to-Coast Murders by J. D. Barker & James Patterson - 9780316457439 - (Little, Brown and Company)
7. Whiskey Lullaby by Liliana Hart - No ISBN Available - (7th Press)
8. Crush by Tracy Wolff - 9781682815854 - (Entangled Publishing, LLC)
9. The Billionaire's Wake-up-call Girl by Annika Martin - 9781944736064 - (Annika Martin)
10. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman - 9781501160851 - (Atria Books)
11. Didn't See That Coming by Rachel Hollis - 9780063010543 - (Dey Street Books)
12. Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer - 9780316592253 - (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)
13. The Book of Two Ways by Jodi Picoult - 9781984818362 - (Random House Publishing Group)
14. Immortal Angel by Lynsay Sands - 9780062956279 - (Avon)
15. Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith - 9780316498968 - (Little, Brown and Company)
16. One Vote Away by Ted Cruz - 9781684511358 - (Regnery Publishing)
17. Imagine With Me by Kristen Proby - 9781633500556 - (Ampersand Publishing, Inc.)
18. Rage by Bob Woodward - 9781982131760 - (Simon & Schuster)
19. Primary Glory: The Forging of Luke Stone—Book #4 (an Action Thriller) by Jack Mars - 9781094312958 - (Jack Mars)
20. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett - 9780525536970 - (Penguin Publishing Group)