New York Times Bestsellers

1. 

   The Calamity Club
   Kathryn Stockett
   As things get tougher during the Depression, several women look for ways to improve their circumstances.
2. 

   Yesteryear
   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.
3. 

   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.
4. 

   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.
5. 

   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.
6. 

   The True Meaning of Love
   Danielle Steel
   When Russia attacks their country, Ukrainian citizens find ways to fight while others must flee.
7. 

   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.
8. 

   The Correspondent
   Virginia Evans
   Letters from someone she used to know push Sybil Van Antwerp toward revisiting her past and finding a way to forgive.
9. 

   The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
   Matt Dinniman
   The third book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Carl and Donut are up against a subway system filled with monsters.
10. 

    Daggermouth
    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. 

   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.
2. 

   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.
3. 

   Strangers
   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.
4. 

   Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About
   Isabel Klee
   Klee helps foster dogs overcome challenges while she faces her own complications.
5. 

   London Falling
   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.
6. 

   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.
7. 

   Biological War
   Annie Jacobsen
   The author of “Nuclear War” describes potential outcomes of biological warfare, including mass death and societal breakdown.
8. 

   The Anxious Generation
   Jonathan Haidt
   A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.
9. 

   Revolution
   Eric Metaxas
   The author of “Martin Luther” and “Bonhoeffer” gives an account of the foundation of the United States of America.
10. 

    The Land and Its People
    David Sedaris
    Essays on the passage of time, complicated relationships and some unexpected delights life has to offer.

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Last updated: August 20, 2026