NYT Bestsellers

Week of June 21, 2026

The week's New York Times bestselling books across Hardcover Fiction, Hardcover Nonfiction, Combined Print & E-Book Fiction. Auto-curated weekly by Well Read from the NYT Books API. Source: nytimes.com

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  1. WHISTLER

    Ann Patchett

    Decades after their time together, a woman reconnects with her stepfather and they look back at the directions their lives have taken.

    #1 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 1 week on list

    Harper

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  2. VIEW FROM THE EAST WING

    Jill Biden

    The former first lady recounts her time in the White House, causes she championed and her simultaneous work as a community college professor.

    #1 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 1 week on list

    Gallery

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  3. THE DIVORCE

    Freida McFadden · 2026

    After her husband ends their marriage and she turns her attention to his new girlfriend, Naomi suspects she might be in danger.

    #1 on NYT Combined Print & E-Book Fiction · 1 week on list

    Poisoned Pen

    Fiction

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  4. YESTERYEAR

    Caro Claire Burke · 2026

    Natalie Heller Mills, a privileged tradwife social media influencer, wakes up to find she is living in the comparatively difficult reality of 1855.

    #2 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 9 weeks on list

    401 pages

    Knopf

    Fiction

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  5. REVOLUTION

    Eric Metaxas · 2026

    The author of “Martin Luther” and “Bonhoeffer” gives an account of the foundation of the United States of America.

    #2 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 1 week on list

    640 pages

    Odysseus

    History

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  6. THE DEAL

    Elle Kennedy

    Hannah Wells makes a deal with the captain of the college hockey team in exchange for tutoring him that may complicate their relationship.

    #2 on NYT Combined Print & E-Book Fiction · 3 weeks on list

    Bloom

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  7. LAND

    Maggie O'Farrell

    While assisting his father on a project to map all of Ireland in 1865, a boy must work around the ways a disturbing encounter affects his father.

    #3 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 1 week on list

    Knopf

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  8. THE LAND AND ITS PEOPLE

    David Sedaris

    Essays on the passage of time, complicated relationships and some unexpected delights life has to offer.

    #3 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 2 weeks on list

    Little, Brown

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  9. THE FINAL TARGET

    Nora Roberts · 2026

    A fan fixates on the introverted author Arden Bowie, who tries to set up a new life for herself in a small town in Oregon.

    #3 on NYT Combined Print & E-Book Fiction · 1 week on list

    469 pages

    St. Martin's

    Fiction

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  10. THE CORRESPONDENT

    Virginia Evans · 2025

    Letters from someone she used to know push Sybil Van Antwerp toward revisiting her past and finding a way to forgive.

    #4 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 32 weeks on list

    305 pages

    Crown

    Fiction

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  11. STRANGERS

    Belle Burden · 2026

    Burden retraces her marriage of 20 years in search of clues to help shape her understanding about its demise and to find a way forward.

    #4 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 20 weeks on list

    257 pages

    Dial

    Biography & Autobiography

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  12. THEO OF GOLDEN

    Allen Levi · 2025

    A man travels to a small Southern town, where he purchases pencil drawings of local residents and exchanges them for stories.

    #4 on NYT Combined Print & E-Book Fiction · 26 weeks on list

    400 pages

    Atria

    Fiction

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  13. ROAD TRIP

    Mary Kay Andrews · 2026

    A pair of sisters travel to Ireland to find out the worth of a painting they inherited and gain new insights into their family.

    #5 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 1 week on list

    St. Martin's

    Fiction

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  14. TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER

    Neil deGrasse Tyson

    The astrophysicist depicts what potential encounters with aliens from outer space might be like.

    #5 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 4 weeks on list

    Simon Six

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  15. THE CALAMITY CLUB

    Kathryn Stockett · 2026

    As things get tougher during the Depression, several women look for ways to improve their circumstances.

    #6 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 5 weeks on list

    Spiegel & Grau

    Fiction

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  16. THE FIX

    Barbara McQuade · 2026

    The former U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan describes what she considers threats to American democracy and national security.

    #6 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 1 week on list

    Seven Stories

    Political Science

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  17. THE MISTAKE

    Elle Kennedy

    The second book in the Off-Campus series. A college hockey player attempts to redeem himself to a rising sophomore.

    #6 on NYT Combined Print & E-Book Fiction · 3 weeks on list

    Bloom

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  18. OUR PERFECT STORM

    Carley Fortune · 2026

    After her fiancé leaves her, Frankie goes on her planned honeymoon trip with her best friend from childhood, George.

    #7 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 5 weeks on list

    433 pages

    Berkley

    Fiction

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  19. THE HERO NEXT DOOR

    Martha Raddatz · 2026

    The Emmy Award–winning ABC News anchor profiles members of our military who served in the wake of 9/11.

    #7 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 2 weeks on list

    368 pages

    Avid Reader

    Biography & Autobiography

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  20. PROJECT HAIL MARY

    Andy Weir · 2022

    Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders; the basis of the movie.

    #7 on NYT Combined Print & E-Book Fiction · 51 weeks on list

    497 pages

    Ballantine

    Fiction

    3.0/5

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