Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Aug. 15, 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.)

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The clues had been turning up for months.

Beginning last year with “The Dentist” and continuing regularly throughout 2026, Tim Sullivan’s U.K. mystery novels about neurodivergent detective George Cross have been appearing on U.S. bookshelves.

And now, following the rollout of his original seven novels here for American readers, Sullivan�...Read more

For his 10th novel, Riley Sager, the pen name of author Todd Ritter, wanted to celebrate all of his work and give back to his fans.

He hopes fans will have fun spotting callbacks to his earlier work in “The Unknown,” but also says it has something for first-time readers.

“I wanted to do something special to celebrate a decade of ...Read more

Cal Flyn traveled tens of thousands of miles around the world to research her book, “The Savage Landscape: How We Made the Wilderness,” journeying to remote areas in Africa, Antarctica and the Amazon and encountering AK-47-toting men, isolated Indigenous communities, big game hunters, turbulent seas, wild animals and an erupting volcano ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Brace yourselves, BookTok: Bestselling romantasy author Sarah J. Maas just dropped the titles and covers for the sixth and seventh "A Court of Thorns and Roses" books.

Maas scrubbed her Instagram of all previous posts for the big reveal, and digital billboards in Los Angeles, Denver and New York City also broadcast the book news...Read more

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Aug. 8, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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Writers write, and if they are good or lucky enough, what they write gets published, increasingly online but still, for many, the old-fashioned way: ink on paper in hardcover books.

I reconnected with two writers and their new books in a recent edition of the New York Times Book Review, the last remaining dedicated, stand-alone print book ...Read more

There’s no mystery here: We all love a good detective novel.

The genre, which arguably began with Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Murders in the Rue Morgue,” has since launched a worldwide crime wave. And while there are many great mysteries written in English, you’re missing out if you don’t occasionally pick up a book in translation for a ...Read more

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, Aug. 1, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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Scott Broker is a queer writer, bookseller and teacher based in Los Angeles. His debut novel, “The Disappointment,” is in bookstores now.

He responded to the Book Pages Q&A via email

Q. Please tell readers about your new book.

“The Disappointment” follows a grieving couple who go to the Oregon coast in hopes of finding some respite...Read more

“Crash into Me” is the novel that actress and author Robinne Lee says she always wanted to write.

That’s not to say she isn’t proud of the mega success of her super sexy debut novel, “The Idea of You,” the story of a 40-year-old mom who takes her daughter to Coachella and ends up in a romance with a much-younger singer from a boy ...Read more

“House of the Dragon” creator George R.R. Martin has been struggling with depression.

The fantasy writer whose “A Song of Fire and Ice” series inspired HBO’s “Game of Thrones” saga told fans that while his blog has been updated recently, he personally hasn’t posted anything since February.

“This year has been… stressful, to...Read more

Few things boast a sleeker summer look than a slim, 200-page novel.

And while not all of the offerings here are that brief, several are, and you have to imagine this trend might have to do with a desire to tell a compelling story with an economy of words. Or it might be because it’s a little easier to hold a short book aloft with one hand as ...Read more

Here are the bestsellers for the week that ended Saturday, July 25, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide, powered by Circana BookScan © 2026 Circana.

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Victoria Chang says her new collection began with the loss of a neighborhood tree, but eventually grew to encompass a variety of influences, poems and art.

Chang, the acclaimed author of books that include “OBIT,” “With My Back to the World” and “Dear Memory,” has just published this collection of poems, “Tree of Knowledge,” ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA -- Classics scholar Emily Wilson was in Greece’s Costa Navarino last year when she heard the news that would change her life: Filmmaker Christopher Nolan was planning to release a star-studded adaptation of "The Odyssey," the epic poem that Wilson had spent years painstakingly translating from Homeric Greek into English.

Nolan’...Read more