Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Aug. 22, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana.

(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by PWxyz LLC. © 2026, PWxyz LLC.)

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Poison Daughter. Sheila Masterson. Slowburn

2. The Calamity Club. Kathryn Stockett. Spiegel & Grau

3. Yesteryear. Caro Claire Burke. Knopf

4. Delusional. Patterson/Born. Little, Brown

5. Whistler. Ann Patchett. Harper

6. God’s Country. William Kent Krueger. Atria

7. Mad Mabel. Sally Hepworth. St. Martin’s

8. Book Lovers (deluxe ed.). Emily Henry. Berkley

9. The Unknown. Riley Sager. Dutton

10. Once Written in Gilded Blood (deluxe ed.). K.M. Moronova. Bloom

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Pardon My Book. Katz/Sollenberger. Harper

2. Regime Change. Haberman/Swan. Simon & Schuster

3. From Italy with Amore. Pasini/Pasini. DK

4. This Is Me. Hayden Panettiere. Grand Central

5. What to Cook When You Don’t Feel Like Cooking: Make It Fast. Caroline Chambers. Union Square

6. The Nerd Reich. Gil Durán. Avid Reader

7. Brain Defenders. David Perlmutter. Avery

8. The Day After. Brian Tyler Cohen. Harper

9. Legacy Redefined. Richard Watts. Greenleaf

10. Strangers. Belle Burden. Dial

TRADE PAPERBACK

1. Theo of Golden. Allen Levi. Atria

2. Brain Damage. Freida McFadden. Poisoned Pen

3. Dungeon Crawler Carl. Matt Dinniman. Ace

4. Verity. Colleen Hoover. Grand Central

5. The Wedding People. Alison Espach. Holt

6. Carl’s Doomsday Scenario. Matt Dinniman. Ace

7. What Happened Yesterday. Matt Sturniolo. BrightRay

8. Murdoku. Manuel Garand. Puzzlewright

9. Adversary to the Villain. Hannah Nicole Maehrer. Red Tower

10. The Divorce. Freida McFadden. Poisoned Pen

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