To be published Wednesday, August 19, 2026 (for the sales week ended Sunday, August 16, 2026). Based on reporting from hundreds of independent bookstores across the United States.

 

Debuts for the week:

Hardcover Fiction

#7- Under the Falls by Richard Russo (9780593805107)

Hardcover Nonfiction

#5- What to Cook When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking: Make It Fast by Caroline Chambers (9781454963264)

Young Adult

#13- Death Card by Jasmine Smith (9780593858295)

Children’s Illustrated

This Book Is Seriously Silly! (A Narwhal and Jelly Picture Book #2) by Ben Clanton (9781774886588)

Children’s Series

New: Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2 by Jeff Kinney (9781419788109)

 

HARDCOVER FICTION

  1. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce) Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216
  2. Whistler Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637
  3. The Calamity Club Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812
  4. The Correspondent Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430
  5. Land Maggie O’Farrell, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593320648
  6. The Unknown Riley Sager, Dutton, $32.00, 9798217044092
  7. Under the Falls- Debut Richard Russo, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593805107
  8. The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook  Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593820285
  9. Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy #3) Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385550505
  10. The Things We Never Say Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746
  11. The Gate of the Feral Gods Matt Dinniman, Ace, $30.00, 9780593955970
  12. Country People Daniel Mason, Random House, $30.00, 9798217197453
  13. Everything Was Beautiful and Nothing Hurt (Indies Introduce) Ben Reeves, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $28.00, 9781668216361
  14. A Trade of Blood (Ana and Din Mysteries #3) Robert Jackson Bennett, Del Rey, $32.00, 9780593723852
  15. John of John  Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194

 

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

  1. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster, $34.00, 9781668067246
  2. The Land and Its People: Essays David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839
  3. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318
  4. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533
  5. What to Cook When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking: Make It Fast- Debut Caroline Chambers, Union Square & Co., $35.00, 9781454963264
  6. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About: A Memoir Isabel Klee, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063451070
  7. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection John Green, Crash Course Books, $28.00, 9780525556572
  8. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28.00, 9780593804148
  9. Famesick: A Memoir Lena Dunham, Random House, $32.00, 9780593129326
  10. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13.00, 9781538778005
  11. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35.00, 9781324094647
  12. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781668072240
  13. The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22.00, 9781668209028
  14. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
  15. The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World Brian Tyler Cohen, Harper, $28.99, 9780063495104

 

PAPERBACK FICTION

  1. Theo of Golden Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668236512
  2. Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254
  3. The Odyssey Homer, Emily Wilson (Transl.), Norton, $18.95, 9780393356250
  4. Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461
  5. Carl’s Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2) Matt Dinniman, Ace, $21.00, 9780593820278
  6. The Wedding People Alison Espach, Holt Paperbacks, $18.99, 9781250899552
  7. Circe Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $19.99, 9780316556323
  8. Red Rising Pierce Brown, Del Rey, $18.00, 9780345539809
  9. Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593158739
  10. Adversary to the Villain (Assistant and the Villain #4) Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $19.99, 9781682816721
  11. The God of the Woods Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19.00, 9780593418925
  12. I Who Have Never Known Men Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
  13. Dolly All the Time Annabel Monaghan, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, $20.00, 9780593853979
  14. The Road to Tender Hearts Annie Hartnett, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593873465
  15. My Friends Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781982112837

 

PAPERBACK NONFICTION

  1. A Marriage at Sea (Indies Introduce) Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593854297
  2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560
  3. All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060959470
  4. The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It’s Too Late Cory Doctorow, MCD, $18.00, 9780374621568
  5. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
  6. Communion: The Female Search for Love bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $17.99, 9780060938291
  7. Raising Hare: A Memoir Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21.00, 9780593689004
  8. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490
  9. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14.00, 9780804190114
  10. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War Erik Larson, Crown, $22.00, 9780385348768
  11. Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman’s OpenAI Karen Hao, Penguin Books, $20.00, 9780593657522
  12. Is a River Alive? Robert Macfarlane, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324130734
  13. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $23.00, 9780307279286
  14. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin Books, $19.00, 9780143127741
  15. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226

 

MASS MARKET

  1. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935
  2. Animal Farm George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342
  3. Lord of the Flies William Golding, Penguin, $13.00, 9780399501487
  4. Mistborn: The Final Empire Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
  5. The Diary of a Young Girl Anne Frank, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553577129
  6. The Catcher in the Rye J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
  7. Dune Messiah Frank Herbert, Ace, $9.99, 9780593098233
  8. The Left Hand of Darkness Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
  9. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
  10. Hyperion Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11.00, 9780553283686

 

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

  1. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488
  2. Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
  3. The Baby-sitters Club Fan Edition: Baby-sitter Summer Ann M. Martin, Becky Albertalli, Coe Booth, Scholastic Inc., $14.99, 9781546171379
  4. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokemon) Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
  5. Hatchet Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293
  6. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
  7. Odder: The Novel Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250423429
  8. Wombat Waiting Katherine Applegate, Storytide, $19.99, 9780063221178
  9. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga Dav Pilkey, Motojiro (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546151210
  10. Smile: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
  11. Charlotte’s Web E.B. White, HarperCollins, $10.99, 9780064400558
  12. Sisters: A Graphic Novel Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801880
  13. The One and Only Bob Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Storytide, $10.99, 9780062991324
  14. A Wolf Called Fire Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño(Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $9.99, 9780063415140
  15. A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L’Engle, Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250153272

 

YOUNG ADULT

  1. The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763642686
  2. The Gilded Blade (The Grandest Game #3) Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780316593083
  3. The Outsiders S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332
  4. Nothing Like the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665947145
  5. Better Than the Movies Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
  6. The Book Thief Markus Zusak, Knopf Books for Young Readers, $16.99, 9780375842207
  7. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition) Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412
  8. If He Had Been with Me Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
  9. The Faraway Inn Sarah Beth Durst, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9798217024308
  10. Betting on You Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665921244
  11. The Giver Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544336261
  12. The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel: Deluxe Edition Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $29.99, 9781536254525
  13. Death Card- Debut Jasmine Smith, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9780593858295
  14. Fake Skating Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268
  15. The Iliad: A Graphic Novel Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763696634

 

CHILDREN’S ILLUSTRATED

 

  1. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
  2. The Skeleton and the Cat Brandon James Scott, HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063455887
  3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
  4. This Book Is Seriously Silly! (A Narwhal and Jelly Picture Book #2)- Debut Ben Clanton, Tundra Books, $19.99, 9781774886588
  5. Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?: Stamped Edges Special Edition Bill Martin, Jr., Eric Carle (Illus.), Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $10.99, 9781250445506
  6. Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
  7. Don’t Trust Fish Neil Sharpson, Dan Santat (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780593616673
  8. Good Night, Gorilla Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780399230035
  9. Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Bill Martin, Jr., John Archambault, Lois Ehlert (Illus.), Little Simon, $7.99, 9781442450707
  10. 10. Story Rug Sophie Blackall, Phoebe Wahl (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316535380
  11. Frog and Toad Storybook Favorites Arnold Lobel, HarperCollins, $16.99, 9780062883124
  12. Moo, Baa, La La La! Sandra Boynton, Boynton Bookworks, $6.99, 9780671449018
  13. Blueberries for Sal Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $10.99, 9780140501698
  14. It’s My Bird-Day! Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454999621
  15. Owl by Myself (An Owl By Myself Story) Pete Oswald, Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593303603

 

CHILDREN’S SERIES

  1. The Hunger Games (hardcover and paperback) Suzanne Collins, Nico Delort (Illus.), Scholastic Press
  2. Dog Man Dav Pilkey, Graphix
  3. Wings of Fire Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Scholastic
  4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams
  5. InvestiGators John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second
  6. Warriors Graphic Novels Erin Hunter, Gibson Twist, Sammy Savos (Illus.), HarperAlley
  7. I Survived Lauren Tarshis, Brian Churilla (Illus.), Scholastic
  8. Heartstopper Alice Oseman, Graphix
  9. The Awesome Friendly Kids Series New in Series: Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2 (9781419788109) Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books

10. Magic Tree House Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca (Illus.), Random House Books for Young Readers