NYT Bestsellers

Week of August 30, 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

  1. THE CALAMITY CLUB

    Kathryn Stockett · 2026

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

    🏆 #1 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 15 weeks on list

    📖 0 pages

    🏢 Spiegel & Grau

    🏷️ Fiction

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  2. REGIME CHANGE

    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 · 8 weeks on list

    🏢 Simon & Schuster

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  3. ADVERSARY TO THE VILLAIN

    Hannah Nicole Maehrer

    The fourth book in the Assistant and the Villain series. Evie Sage gets ensnared in evil.

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

    🏢 Red Tower

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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 · 19 weeks on list

    📖 401 pages

    🏢 Knopf

    🏷️ Fiction

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  5. THE DAY AFTER

    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.

    🏆 #2 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 3 weeks on list

    🏢 Harper

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  6. 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.

    🏆 #2 on NYT Combined Print & E-Book Fiction · 36 weeks on list

    📖 400 pages

    🏢 Atria

    🏷️ Fiction

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  7. THE BUTCHER LEGACY

    Alaina Urquhart

    The third book in the Dr. Wren Muller series. Wren and Leroux get back to work as young girls vanish in two cities.

    🏆 #3 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 1 week on list

    🏢 Zando

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  8. 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.

    🏆 #3 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 30 weeks on list

    📖 257 pages

    🏢 Dial

    🏷️ Biography & Autobiography

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  9. 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.

    🏆 #4 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 11 weeks on list

    🏢 Harper

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  10. DOGS, BOYS, AND OTHER THINGS I'VE CRIED ABOUT

    Isabel Klee · 2026

    Klee helps foster dogs overcome challenges while she faces her own complications.

    🏆 #4 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 10 weeks on list

    📖 0 pages

    🏢 Morrow

    🏷️ Biography & Autobiography

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  11. THE SECRETS WE HIDE

    Karin Slaughter

    The second book in the North Falls thriller series. Sheriff Emmy Clifton investigates a crime in which a mother was murdered and her daughter left for dead.

    🏆 #5 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 1 week on list

    🏢 Morrow

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  12. THE UNKNOWN

    Riley Sager

    A century after some spiritual mediums disappeared from a remote Vermont island, a research trip for a film starts old troubles anew.

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

    🏢 Dutton

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  13. LONDON FALLING

    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.

    🏆 #5 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 19 weeks on list

    📖 0 pages

    🏢 Doubleday

    🏷️ Family & Relationships

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  14. THE TRUE MEANING OF LOVE

    Danielle Steel

    When Russia attacks their country, Ukrainian citizens find ways to fight while others must flee.

    🏆 #6 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 1 week on list

    🏢 Delacorte

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  15. COMMUNION

    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.

    🏆 #6 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 9 weeks on list

    🏢 Harper

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  16. BIOLOGICAL WAR

    Annie Jacobsen

    The author of “Nuclear War” describes potential outcomes of biological warfare, including mass death and societal breakdown.

    🏆 #7 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 3 weeks on list

    🏢 Dutton

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  17. DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL

    Matt Dinniman · 2025

    A Coast Guard vet named Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, are trapped in a fantasy dungeon.

    🏆 #7 on NYT Combined Print & E-Book Fiction · 31 weeks on list

    📖 481 pages

    🏢 Ace

    🏷️ Fiction

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  18. 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.

    🏆 #8 on NYT Hardcover Fiction · 42 weeks on list

    📖 305 pages

    🏢 Crown

    🏷️ Fiction

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  19. THE ANXIOUS GENERATION

    Jonathan Haidt · 2024

    A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.

    🏆 #8 on NYT Hardcover Nonfiction · 119 weeks on list

    📖 401 pages

    🏢 Penguin Press

    🏷️ Psychology

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  20. CARL'S DOOMSDAY SCENARIO

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

    📖 385 pages

    🏢 Ace

    🏷️ Fiction

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