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Weekly Bestsellers, 3 August 2026

✇Locus Online
By: LocEditor
3 August 2026 at 21:42
Kova

Two debuts this week: Elise Kova’s Prince of Swords (Del Rey), and Stacey McEwan’s A Forsaken Prophecy (Saga), each ranking among the top 12 on three lists each.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.09		 LAT
08.02		 USAT
07.26		 PW
08.03		 Amz
(08.03)		 UK:
Amz UK
(08.03)		 Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.03)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Aster, Starside 04.13.26 / 17 xxx.. xxx.. 17 = xxx..
Brown, Red Rising (Deluxe Slipcase Edition) 10.27.25 / 40 xxx.. 37 +11 xxx..
Buehlman, Between Two Fires 03.16.26 / 15 xxx.. 25 + xxx.. xxx..
Burke, Yesteryear 04.20.26 / 16 2 = 2 = 5 -2 2 = 7 -1 6 -2 5 -2
Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping 06.10.24 / 89 xxx.. 17 +1 xxx.. xxx.. x
Dinniman, A Parade of Horribles 04.27.26 / 15 xxx xxx.. xx 11 +1 75 -9 xxx
Dinniman, Carl’s Doomsday Scenario 01.12.26 / 30 7 +1 x 26 +5 20 -6 17 -6
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl 05.26.25 / 51 11 +3 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 13 -1 xxx
Dinniman, The Butcher’s Masquerade 04.21.25 / 26 15 + 53 +4 xxx.. 43 -1 94 ++
Dinniman, The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook 02.02.26 / 26 9 = 31 +6 19 -1 27 -7
Dinniman, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride 05.26.25 / 24 xxx.. 95 -19 xxx.. 55 -12
Dinniman, The Gate of the Feral Gods 03.24.25 / 28 14 +1 42 +1 xxx.. 33 -3 22 -3
Dinniman, This Inevitable Ruin 10.06.25 / 21 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 12 +4 65 -15
Griffin, The Sun and the Starmaker 03.02.26 / 18 10 = xxx.. xxx..
Haig, The Midnight Train 05.18.26 / 12 xxx.. x x 21 -2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Kova, Prince of Swords 08.03.26 / 1 10 ++ 7 ++ 7 ++
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses 6 03.09.26 / 12 xxx.. 48 +8 xxx.. 51 +34
Marie, Immortal Consequences 08.11.25 / 14 xxx.. 79 -4 4 +2
Marie, Ruinous Ends 07.27.26 / 2 1 = x 15 -11
McEwan, A Forsaken Prophecy 08.03.26 / 1 8 ++ 12 ++ 5 ++
Parker, The Ballad of Falling Dragons 05.25.26 / 11 xxx.. xxx.. 22 -1 xxx.. xxx..
Pham, The Secret World of Briar Rose 06.15.26 / 7 8 + xxx.. xxx..
Roberts, Powerless 11.20.23 / 104 xxx.. xxx.. 13 +1 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
SenLinYu, Alchemised 10.06.25 / 42 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 23 = xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Yarros, Fourth Wing 05.15.23 / 120 xxx.. xxx.. 141 -47 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Yarros, Onyx Storm 04.01.24 / 119 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 22 -12 xxx..
Yarros, Threshing Day 04.20.26 / 14 2 = 5 -4 4 =
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.09		 LAT
08.02		 USAT
07.26		 PW
08.03		 Amz
(08.03)		 UK:
Amz UK
(08.03)		 Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.03)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 499 xxx.. 56 +4 xxx.. 12 +39 xxx.. 62 +
Brown, Red Rising [tpb] 05.02.16 / 40 14 -1 xxx.. xxx.. 93 +2 43 -8
Buehlman, Between Two Fires [tpb] 09.09.24 / 23 72 +58
Clarke, Piranesi [tpb] 09.13.21 / 14 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. x xxx.. 25 +22
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl [tpb] 01.12.26 / 30 3 = 4 = 3 +1 2 = 35 -2 10 +4
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel) [tpb] 06.01.26 / 10 87 -9 22 +1
Haig, The Midnight Library [tpb] 05.22.23 / 88 xxx.. xx 119 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Jones, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter [tpb] 07.27.26 / 2 x 41 -1 x
Lowry, The Giver 09.02.13 / 197 xxx.. 93 +42 xxx.. 76 + xxx..
Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight [tpb] 04.10.23 / 130 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 90 +5 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 277 xxx.. xxx.. 69 +4 xxx.. xxx.. 50 +20 88 +
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set 06.19.23 / 152 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 70 -16
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb] 05.14.18 / 197 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 63 +25 xxx..
Miller, Circe [tpb] 09.06.21 / 99 11 + xxx.. 52 +59 32 -7 xx
Miller, The Song of Achilles [tpb] 09.06.21 / 113 xxx.. 10 + 75 + 99 -40 xxx.. x
Orwell, Animal Farm 07.20.03 / 139 110 -9 47 +41 xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 461 xxx.. 52 +20
Thorne, Moss’d in Space [tpb] 07.13.26 / 4 113 -10 24 -3
Weir, Project Hail Mary [tpb] 10.03.22 / 89 2 = 6 -3 8 +2 25 + 8 +1 46 -11 11 -3
Yarros, Fourth Wing [tpb] 09.16.24 / 97 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 26 -20 xxx..
Yarros, Iron Flame [tpb] 06.02.25 / 58 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 23 -14 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.09		 LAT
08.02		 USAT
07.26		 PW
08.03		 Amz
(08.03)		 UK:
Amz UK
(08.03)		 Canada:
Amz.ca
(08.03)

The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, where:

= same as last week

+/- change since last week

+ back on list

++ new on list

x no longer on list (number of x’s: weeks off list)

All lists rank hardcovers and paperbacks separately, except for the USA Today list, which is a single list combining fiction and nonfiction in all formats. Dates shown are posted dates, except those in parentheses, which are dates compiled. New York Times posts its list one week in advance of print publication.

Note that some sources do not compile paperback bestsellers, and some exclude YA books (like the Harry Potter series) from their hardcover and paperback fiction lists.

Weekly Bestsellers, 27 July 2026

✇Locus Online
By: LocEditor
27 July 2026 at 16:48
Marie

The most prominent debut this week is I.V. Marie’s Ruinous Ends (Delacorte), second in The Souls of Blackwood Academy, on three lists, ranking as high as #1 on the NYT Young Adult Hardcover list.

Also debuting this week: the trade paperback of Stephen Graham Jones’ multiple-award-winning novel The Buffalo Hunter Hunter.

Finally: while Caro Claire Burke’s Yesteryear still ranks in the top 10 on all lists here after 15 weeks, it might be noted that, despite some descriptions of the book, it is not actually science fiction or fantasy.

Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.02		 LAT
07.26		 USAT
07.19		 PW
07.27		 Amz
(07.27)		 UK:
Amz UK
(07.27)		 Canada:
Amz.ca
(07.27)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed 10×3 10×2 150 15×3 100 100 100
Hardcovers
Aster, Starside 04.13.26 / 16 xxx.. xxx.. 17 -3 xxx..
Brown, Red Rising (Deluxe Slipcase Edition) 10.27.25 / 39 xxx.. 48 +1 xxx..
Burke, Yesteryear 04.20.26 / 15 2 -1 2 -1 3 +1 2 -1 6 = 4 = 3 +2
Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping 06.10.24 / 88 xxx.. 18 + xxx.. xxx.. 87 -4
Dinniman, A Parade of Horribles 04.27.26 / 14 xx xxx.. x 12 -2 66 +17 xx
Dinniman, Carl’s Doomsday Scenario 01.12.26 / 29 8 -1 10 + 31 -7 14 +2 11 +3
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl 05.26.25 / 50 14 -4 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 12 +9 xx
Dinniman, The Butcher’s Masquerade 04.21.25 / 25 x 57 -17 xxx.. 42 +12
Dinniman, The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook 02.02.26 / 25 9 = 37 -4 18 +1 20 =
Dinniman, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride 05.26.25 / 23 xxx.. 76 -15 xxx.. 43 +15
Dinniman, The Gate of the Feral Gods 03.24.25 / 27 15 -1 43 -7 xxx.. 30 +2 19 +2
Dinniman, This Inevitable Ruin 10.06.25 / 20 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 16 -3 50 +17
Durst, The Enchanted Greenhouse 07.28.25 / 7 xxx.. 93 + xxx..
Griffin, The Sun and the Starmaker 03.02.26 / 17 10 -2 xxx.. xxx..
Haig, The Midnight Train 05.18.26 / 11 xxx 8 + 138 -64 19 -4 xxx.. xxx xxx..
Knightley, The Exquisite Torment of Loving Your Enemy 07.20.26 / 2 x 97 -82 15 -12
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses 6 03.09.26 / 11 xxx.. 56 -15 xxx.. 85 -41
Marie, Immortal Consequences 08.11.25 / 13 xxx.. 75 + 6 +
Marie, Ruinous Ends 07.27.26 / 1 1 ++ 49 ++ 4 ++
Parker, The Ballad of Falling Dragons 05.25.26 / 10 xxx.. xxx 21 -3 xxx.. xxx..
Roberts, Powerless 11.20.23 / 103 xxx.. xxx.. 14 +2 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
SenLinYu, Alchemised 10.06.25 / 41 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 23 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Tingle, Fabulous Bodies 07.20.26 / 2 87 -56
Tremblay, Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep 07.13.26 / 3 68 -1
Yarros, Fourth Wing 05.15.23 / 119 xxx.. xxx.. 94 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Yarros, Iron Flame 06.19.23 / 117 xxx.. xxx.. 150 + xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Yarros, Onyx Storm 04.01.24 / 118 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 10 +2 xxx..
Yarros, Threshing Day 04.20.26 / 13 2 -1 1 = 4 -3
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.02		 LAT
07.26		 USAT
07.19		 PW
07.27		 Amz
(07.27)		 UK:
Amz UK
(07.27)		 Canada:
Amz.ca
(07.27)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451 07.20.03 / 498 xxx.. 60 +30 xxx.. 51 +15 xxx.. xxx..
Brown, Red Rising [tpb] 05.02.16 / 39 13 = xxx.. xxx.. 95 + 35 -9
Buehlman, Between Two Fires [tpb] 09.09.24 / 22 130 -32
Clarke, Piranesi [tpb] 09.13.21 / 13 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 57 ++ xxx.. 47 ++
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl [tpb] 01.12.26 / 29 3 = 4 -2 4 +3 2 = 33 -3 14 +2
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel) [tpb] 06.01.26 / 9 78 -19 23 +1
Durst, The Faraway Inn [tpb] 04.13.26 / 14 xxx.. 23 +2 xxx..
Jones, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter [tpb] 07.27.26 / 1 9 ++ 40 ++ 13 ++
Lowry, The Giver 09.02.13 / 196 xxx.. 135 -54 xxx.. xxx.. xxx..
Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight [tpb] 04.10.23 / 129 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 95 +4 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb] 05.16.16 / 276 xxx.. xxx.. 73 +7 xxx.. xxx.. 70 -5 xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set 06.19.23 / 151 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 54 +42
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb] 05.14.18 / 196 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 88 -18 xxx..
McIntire, Forsaking Midnight [tpb] 07.27.26 / 1 5 ++
Miller, Circe [tpb] 09.06.21 / 98 xxx.. xxx.. 111 + 25 +13 x
Miller, The Song of Achilles [tpb] 09.06.21 / 112 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 59 + xxx.. 48 +
Orwell, Animal Farm 07.20.03 / 138 101 +36 88 + xxx.. xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb] 03.23.15 / 460 xxx.. 72 -13
Thorne, Moss’d in Space [tpb] 07.13.26 / 3 103 -56 21 -5
Weir, Project Hail Mary [tpb] 10.03.22 / 88 2 = 3 +1 10 -5 xxx.. 9 -2 35 -1 8 -1
Yarros, Fourth Wing [tpb] 09.16.24 / 96 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 6 = xxx..
Yarros, Iron Flame [tpb] 06.02.25 / 57 xxx.. xxx.. xxx.. 9 +1 xxx..
Title Debut / #wks on any list NYT
08.02		 LAT
07.26		 USAT
07.19		 PW
07.27		 Amz
(07.27)		 UK:
Amz UK
(07.27)		 Canada:
Amz.ca
(07.27)
This cell color indicates rankings on children’s bestsellers lists This cell color indicates rankings of books based on pre-publication sales [Italics and brackets, and/or this cell color, indicate stale data — rankings from one or more weeks before — and do not contribute to the cumulative weeks on any list totals]

The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, where:

= same as last week

+/- change since last week

+ back on list

++ new on list

x no longer on list (number of x’s: weeks off list)

All lists rank hardcovers and paperbacks separately, except for the USA Today list, which is a single list combining fiction and nonfiction in all formats. Dates shown are posted dates, except those in parentheses, which are dates compiled. New York Times posts its list one week in advance of print publication.

Note that some sources do not compile paperback bestsellers, and some exclude YA books (like the Harry Potter series) from their hardcover and paperback fiction lists.

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