NYT Bestsellers
Week of August 2, 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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Daniel Silva
The 26th book in the Gabriel Allon series. A search for a British billionaire’s missing wife turns up secrets and an old enemy.
#1 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 1 week on list
Harper
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Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
Two White House correspondents for The New York Times delve into the first year of President Trump's second term.
#1 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 5 weeks on list
Simon & Schuster
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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 · 15 weeks on list
401 pages
Knopf
Fiction
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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.
#2 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 27 weeks on list
257 pages
Dial
Biography & Autobiography
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Allen Levi · 2025
A man travels to a small Southern town, where he purchases pencil drawings of local residents and exchanges them for stories.
#2 on NYT Combined Print & E-Book Fiction · 33 weeks on list
400 pages
Atria
Fiction
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Ann Patchett
Decades after their time together, a woman reconnects with her stepfather and they look back at the directions their lives have taken.
#3 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 7 weeks on list
Harper
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Ben Wikler
The former chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin shares his perspectives on what it takes to win elections.
#3 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 1 week on list
Norton
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Kathryn Stockett · 2026
As things get tougher during the Depression, several women look for ways to improve their circumstances.
#4 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 11 weeks on list
Spiegel & Grau
Fiction
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JD Vance
The vice president and author of “Hillbilly Elegy” describes how he perceives his faith played a part in his work in public life.
#4 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 6 weeks on list
Harper
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James Patterson and Mike Lupica
A former football player returns to the town where his father was killed.
#5 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 1 week on list
Little, Brown
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Isabel Klee · 2026
Klee helps foster dogs overcome challenges while she faces her own complications.
#5 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 7 weeks on list
Morrow
Biography & Autobiography
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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.
#5 on NYT Combined Print & E-Book Fiction · 58 weeks on list
497 pages
Ballantine
Fiction
3.0/5
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Virginia Evans · 2025
Letters from someone she used to know push Sybil Van Antwerp toward revisiting her past and finding a way to forgive.
#6 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 38 weeks on list
305 pages
Crown
Fiction
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Brian Tyler Cohen
The author of “Shameless” looks at the relationship Republicans and Democrats have to power and prescribes ways for it to be used after Donald Trump’s presidency.
#6 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 2 weeks on list
Harper
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Christina Lauren
A scientist uses a classified technology to bring her landscaper husband back to life but he does not remember her.
#7 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 1 week on list
Gallery
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Patrick Radden Keefe · 2026
The author of “Say Nothing” details the efforts by the parents of a 19-year-old Londoner to uncover the truth about his mysterious death and secret life.
#7 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 16 weeks on list
Doubleday
Family & Relationships
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Matt Dinniman · 2024
The second book in the "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series. Carl and Donut confront an ancient spell and heightened dangers.
#8 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 27 weeks on list
385 pages
Ace
Fiction
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Dave Portnoy
The founder of Barstool Sports describes how he grew his business from a four-page newspaper into the digital media company it is today.
#8 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 4 weeks on list
Gallery
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