Hardcover fiction
1. Threshing Day by Rebecca Yarros (Entangled: Red Tower Books: $25) Would-be riders at a military college fight to earn the bond of a dragon or die trying.
2. Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel (Knopf: $32) A woman searches for answers across two timelines in the aftermath of the collapse of the U.S.
3. American Hagwon by Min Jin Lee (Cardinal: $36) A Korean family navigates financial crises, relocation and education.
4. Hollywood, Ending by John Green (Dutton Books: $32) A behind-the-scenes Hollywood love story about finding someone to trust in an untrustworthy world.
5. The Disappearers by Marlon James (Riverhead Books: $32) The killing of a gay man in 1980s Jamaica has far-reaching consequences.
6. Switzy by Emma Cline (Random House: $32) A man with dementia prepares to end his life.
7. The French Illusion by John Grisham (Doubleday: $35) A couple’s Paris honeymoon takes a dark turn when they’re kidnapped.
8. Whistler by Ann Patchett (Harper: $30) A woman reconnects with her former stepfather at the Metropolitan Museum of Art decades after a traumatic event separated them.
9. Taipei Story by R.F. Kuang (William Morrow: $32) A college student goes on a journey of self-discovery abroad.
10. The Radiance by Ayad Akhtar (S&S/Summit Books: $29) A hit-and-run accident along a country road sparks one man’s spiritual awakening.
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Hardcover nonfiction
1. Roll the Calls by Ari Emanuel (Knopf: $35) The Hollywood dealmaker unloads in a take-no-prisoners memoir.
2. An Unexpected Life by Gloria Steinem (Random House: $30) The late feminist trailblazer’s final memoir reflects on her early life and looks to the future.
3. Fictional Selves by Kyle MacLachlan (Crown: $34) The “Twin Peaks” star shares his offbeat Hollywood journey.
4. The American Way of Killing by Malcolm Gladwell (Little, Brown & Co.: $34) An investigation into America’s epidemic of gun violence.
5. End Times Fascism by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor (Farrar, Straus and Giroux: $32) An investigation into the apocalyptic thinking of Christian nationalists, tech-bro reactionaries and populist survivalists.
6. Swan Song by Charles Spencer (Penguin Press: $35) The life and death of Princess Diana, as told by her brother, Charles.
7. Rock* by Chuck Klosterman (Da Capo: $33) The culture critic reimagines rock history where the Velvet Underground becomes the world’s biggest band while the Beatles fade into obscurity.
8. The Cauldron by Simon Sebag Montefiore (Knopf: $40) A guide to the making of the modern Middle East from 1900 to the present.
9. The Steps by Sylvester Stallone (William Morrow: $33) The Hollywood legend’s chronicle of his unlikely path to stardom.
10. California Dreams by Miriam Pawel (Bloomsbury Publishing: $34) Inside the rise of the University of California system.
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Paperback fiction
1. Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (Ace: $20)
2. East of Eden by John Steinbeck (Penguin: $25)
3. Theo of Golden by Allen Levi (Atria Books: $20)
4. I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (Transit Books: $17)
5. May We Feed the King by Rebecca Perry (Transit Books: $19)
6. Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman (Ace: $21)
7. The Best Short Stories 2026 by Tommy Orange (editor) (Vintage: $20)
8. Circe by Madeline Miller (Back Bay: $20)
9. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy (Flatiron Books: $19)
10. Stoner by John Williams (NYRB Classics: $18)
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Paperback nonfiction
1. Bread of Angels by Patti Smith (Random House Trade Paperbacks: $20)
2. All About Love by bell hooks (William Morrow Paperbacks: $18)
3. The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron (TarcherPerigee: $24)
4. Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea by Emily Wilson (Liveright: $20)
5. The Art Thief by Michael Finkel (Vintage: $18)
6. Raising Hare by Chloe Dalton (Vintage: $21)
7. Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés, PhD (Ballantine: $24)
8. I’m Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy (Simon & Schuster: $20)
9. Mother Mary Comes to Me by Arundhati Roy (Scribner: $20)
10. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (Vintage: $16)
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