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Bestselling Books Right Now

The current New York Times bestseller lists, refreshed once a week. Covers come from Open Library; the rankings and the one-line summaries are the Times’s own.

Hardcover Fiction

Number 1. Daggermouth
by H.M. Wolfe
In a city divided by privilege and poverty, a mercenary is forced to marry the president’s son, whom she attempted to kill.
1 week on the list Scarlett
Number 2. The Calamity Club
by Kathryn Stockett
As things get tougher during the Depression, several women look for ways to improve their circumstances.
13 weeks on the list Spiegel & Grau
Number 3. Yesteryear
by Caro Claire Burke
Natalie Heller Mills, a privileged tradwife social media influencer, wakes up to find she is living in the comparatively difficult reality of 1855.
17 weeks on the list Knopf
Number 4. Whistler
by Ann Patchett
Decades after their time together, a woman reconnects with her stepfather and they look back at the directions their lives have taken.
9 weeks on the list Harper
Number 5. Sea of Charms
by Sarah Beth Durst
The third book in the Spellshop series. A supply runner will allow a friend to be a member of her crew if he pretends to be her boyfriend.
1 week on the list Bramble
Number 6. Meet Me in Paris
by Kristin Harmel
During one week in spring, interconnected love stories begin, end or potentially renew for some Americans in Paris.
1 week on the list Gallery
Number 7. The Correspondent
by Virginia Evans
Letters from someone she used to know push Sybil Van Antwerp toward revisiting her past and finding a way to forgive.
40 weeks on the list Crown
Number 8. Carl's Doomsday Scenario
by Matt Dinniman
The second book in the "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series. Carl and Donut confront an ancient spell and heightened dangers.
29 weeks on the list Ace
Number 9. Getting Away with Murder
by Shari Lapena
A New York couple who are in love with their brownstone consider killing a wealthy family member to maintain their lifestyle.
1 week on the list Pamela Dorman
Number 10. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
by Matt Dinniman
The third book in the "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series. Carl and Donut are up against a subway system filled with monsters.
22 weeks on the list Ace
Number 11. Dungeon Crawler Carl
by Matt Dinniman
A Coast Guard vet named Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, are trapped in a fantasy dungeon.
19 weeks on the list Ace
Number 12. The Country Road Murders
by James Patterson and Mike Lupica
A former football player returns to the town where his father was killed.
3 weeks on the list Little, Brown
Number 13. The Gate of the Feral Gods
by Matt Dinniman
The fourth book in the "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series. Obstacles abound on the fifth floor of the dungeon.
13 weeks on the list Ace
Number 14. The Butcher's Masquerade
by Matt Dinniman
The fifth book in the "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series. The action moves to the sixth floor, which is known as the Hunting Grounds.
6 weeks on the list Ace
Number 15. The Shampoo Effect
by Jenny Jackson
When Caroline Lash is pushed out of a social circle in a small seaside town, she exposes secrets that rile up the residents.
5 weeks on the list Pamela Dorman

Bestseller data from The New York Times. List dated 16 August 2026. See the full list on nytimes.com

Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction

Number 1. Regime Change
by 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.
6 weeks on the list Simon & Schuster
Number 2. Biological War
by Annie Jacobsen
The author of “Nuclear War” describes potential outcomes of biological warfare, including mass death and societal breakdown.
1 week on the list Dutton
Number 3. Strangers
by Belle Burden
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.
29 weeks on the list Dial
Number 4. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About
by Isabel Klee
Klee helps foster dogs overcome challenges while she faces her own complications.
6 weeks on the list Morrow
Number 5. The Body Keeps the Score
by Bessel van der Kolk
How trauma affects the body and mind, and innovative treatments for recovery.
306 weeks on the list Penguin
Number 6. London Falling
by Patrick Radden Keefe
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.
17 weeks on the list Doubleday
Number 7. Born a Crime
by Trevor Noah
A memoir about growing up biracial in apartheid South Africa by the former host of “The Daily Show.”
100 weeks on the list One World
Number 8. A Marriage at Sea
by Sophie Elmhirst
In 1972, an incident with a breaching whale turns a couple’s dream of sailing on a boat into a monthslong struggle for survival on a raft.
11 weeks on the list Riverhead
Number 9. This Is the Plan
by Ben Wikler
The former chair of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin shares his perspectives on what it takes to win elections.
2 weeks on the list Norton
Number 10. Salt
by Mark Kurlansky
The author of “The Food of a Younger Land” describes several ways in which a valuable substance has impacted civilization.
1 week on the list Penguin
Number 11. Communion
by 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.
7 weeks on the list Harper
Number 12. All That's Unseen
by Emilee Hackney
Hackney recounts moving away from her Pentecostal upbringing in the Appalachian Mountains to attend Harvard.
1 week on the list Penguin Press
Number 13. Educated
by Tara Westover
The daughter of survivalists, who is kept out of school, educates herself enough to leave home for university.
154 weeks on the list Random House
Number 14. The Others
by D.W. Pasulka
A professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina, Wilmington, describes alleged contact with nonhuman intelligences.
1 week on the list St. Martin’s Essentials
Number 15. Famesick
by Lena Dunham
The author of “Not That Kind of Girl” evaluates the effects that pursuing her creative endeavors had on her.
14 weeks on the list Random House

Bestseller data from The New York Times. List dated 16 August 2026. See the full list on nytimes.com

Young Adult Hardcover

Number 1. Rootbound
by Margaret Owen
Rapunzel travels to the neighboring kingdom of Astera to attend the princess’ coming-of-age ceremony. (Ages 12 and up)
1 week on the list Random House/Disney
Number 2. Ruinous Ends
by I.V. Marie
Even though the Decennial is over, the fate of Blackwood Academy rests in the hands of six former students. (Ages 14 and up)
3 weeks on the list Delacorte
Number 3. Fake Skating
by Lynn Painter
After years of separation, the childhood friends Alec and Dani reunite and face their true feelings toward each other. (Ages 14 and up)
44 weeks on the list Simon & Schuster
Number 4. Release Me
by Tahereh Mafi
The romantic tension mounts between Rosabelle and James as the fight in the New Republic continues. (Ages 14 and up)
17 weeks on the list Storytide
Number 5. If Only I Had Told Her
by Laura Nowlin
In this companion to “If He Had Been With Me,” the story of Finn and Autumn is told through three different perspectives. (Ages 14 to 18)
39 weeks on the list Sourcebooks Fire
Number 6. The Escape Game
by Marissa Meyer and Tamara Moss
A real murder takes place on an escape room-themed game show. (Ages 14 and up)
17 weeks on the list Putnam
Number 7. Us Deadly Few
by Alexis Patton
After breaking out of prison, Khalani, Takeshi and a band of criminals travel across a postapocalyptic desert known as the Death-Zone. (Ages 15 to 18)
3 weeks on the list Bloom
Number 8. Us Dark Few
by Alexis Patton
Khalani Kanes struggles to survive in an underground prison for a crime she did not commit. (Ages 15 to 18)
8 weeks on the list Bloom
Number 9. The Secret World of Briar Rose
by Cindy Pham
Two sisters discover an underground, magical dreamworld. (Ages 14 and up)
8 weeks on the list Kokila
Number 10. The Sun and the Starmaker
by Rachel Griffin
The Starmaker senses a powerful magic within Aurora Finch and requests that she come study under his tutelage. (Ages 14 to 18)
19 weeks on the list Sourcebooks Fire

Bestseller data from The New York Times. List dated 16 August 2026. See the full list on nytimes.com