This week's bestsellers from Publishers Weekly

Publishers Weekly, Tribune News Service on Aug 20, 2026

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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.

HARDCOVER FICTION

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

2. Yesteryear. Caro Claire Burke. Knopf

3. The Butcher Legacy. Alaina Urquhart. Zando

4. Whistler. Ann Patchett. Harper

5. The True Meaning of Love. Danielle Steel. Delacorte

6. The Secrets We Hide. Karin Slaughter. Morrow

7. The Unknown. Riley Sager. Dutton

8. Daggermouth. H.M. Wolfe. Scarlett

9. A Parade of Horribles. Matt Dinniman. Ace

10. This Inevitable Ruin. Matt Dinniman. Ace

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

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

2. Everyday Hallelujah. Phil Wickham. Thomas Nelson

3. Cooking con Omi. Omi Hopper. Ten Speed

4. God Doesn’t Relapse. Matt Grace. Lasega

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

6. Call of Duty: Black Ops: Zombies. Treyarch et al. Insight

7. The Day After. Brian Tyler Cohen. Harper

8. Strangers. Belle Burden. Dial

9. Courage Can Save US. Rye Barcott. Bloomsbury

10. Communion. JD Vance. Harper

TRADE PAPERBACK

1. Theo of Golden. Allen Levi. Atria

2. Dungeon Crawler Carl. Matt Dinniman. Ace

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

4. Verity. Colleen Hoover. Grand Central

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

6. Insatiable. Leigh Rivers. ZPN

7. The Divorce. Freida McFadden. Poisoned Pen

8. Death Row. Freida McFadden. Poisoned Pen

9. Devil. Sierra Simone. Bloom

10. Just for the Plot. Meghan Quinn. Bloom

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