This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly, Tribune News Service on Jul 30, 2026

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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.

HARDCOVER FICTION

1. "The Calamity Club: A Novel" by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau) Last week: 5

2. "Yesteryear: A Novel" by Caro Claire Burke (Knopf) Last week: 2

3. "Whistler: A Novel" by Ann Patchett (Harper) Last week: 3

4. "The Country Road Murders: A Thriller" by James Patterson and Mike Lupica (Little, Brown) Last week: 4

5. "A Forsaken Prophecy" by Stacey McEwan (Saga) Last week: —

6. "Cool Machine: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead (Doubleday) Last week: —

7. "Prince of Swords" by Elise Kova (Del Rey) Last week: —

8. "Ransom: A Novel" by Daniel Silva (Harper) Last week: 1

9. "The Shampoo Effect: A Novel" by Jenny Jackson (Viking/Dorman) Last week: 10

10. "Mad Mabel: A Novel" by Sally Hepworth (St. Martin’s) Last week: 41

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. "Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump" by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan (Simon & Schuster) Last week: 1

2. "Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage" by Belle Burden (Dial) Last week: 4

3. "The Price of Becoming: The Compounding Practices of High Performance" by Ryan Hawk (Harper Edge) Last week: —

4. "Communion: Finding My Way Back to Faith" by JD Vance (Harper) Last week: 7

5. "The Day After: How to Wield Power in a Post-Trump World" by Brian Tyler Cohen (Harper) Last week: 2

6. "Courage Can Save Us: Ten Extraordinary Americans and the Fight for Our Future" by Rye Barcott (Bloomsbury) Last week: 8

7. "The Land and Its People: Essays" by David Sedaris (Little, Brown) Last week: 10

8. "Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World" by Eric Metaxas (Odysseus) Last week: 6

9. "The King Is Coming: It's Time to Prepare for the Return of Christ" by John Bevere (Thomas Nelson) Last week: 12

10. "Cancel Me If You Can" by Dave Portnoy (Gallery) Last week: 9

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