NYT Bestsellers
Week of August 9, 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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Kathryn Stockett · 2026
As things get tougher during the Depression, several women look for ways to improve their circumstances.
#1 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 12 weeks on list
Spiegel & Grau
Fiction
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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 · 6 weeks on list
Simon & Schuster
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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.
#1 on NYT Combined Print & E-Book Fiction · 34 weeks on list
400 pages
Atria
Fiction
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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 · 16 weeks on list
401 pages
Knopf
Fiction
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Annie Jacobsen
The author of “Nuclear War” describes potential outcomes of biological warfare, including mass death and societal breakdown.
#2 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 1 week on list
Dutton
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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 · 8 weeks on list
Harper
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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.
#3 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 28 weeks on list
257 pages
Dial
Biography & Autobiography
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Colson Whitehead
In the third book in the Harlem trilogy, 1980s crime and capitalism affect Ray Carney and the people around him.
#4 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 1 week on list
Doubleday
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Isabel Klee · 2026
Klee helps foster dogs overcome challenges while she faces her own complications.
#4 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 8 weeks on list
Morrow
Biography & Autobiography
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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 · 2 weeks on list
Little, Brown
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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.
#5 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 7 weeks on list
Harper
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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 · 59 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 · 39 weeks on list
305 pages
Crown
Fiction
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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.
#6 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 17 weeks on list
Doubleday
Family & Relationships
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Matt Dinniman · 2025
A Coast Guard vet named Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, are trapped in a fantasy dungeon.
#6 on NYT Combined Print & E-Book Fiction · 29 weeks on list
481 pages
Ace
Fiction
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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.
#7 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 28 weeks on list
385 pages
Ace
Fiction
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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.
#7 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 2 weeks on list
Norton
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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.
#7 on NYT Combined Print & E-Book Fiction · 2 weeks on list
Harper
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Stacey McEwan
The second book in the Artisan trilogy. Nina and Patrick search for resources that may alter the course of the war.
#8 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 1 week on list
S&S/Saga
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Eric Metaxas · 2026
The author of “Martin Luther” and “Bonhoeffer” gives an account of the foundation of the United States of America.
#8 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 8 weeks on list
640 pages
Odysseus
History
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