Weekly Bestsellers, 17 August 2026

17 August 2026 at 17:07

The most prominent debut this week is Hannah Nicole Maehrer’s Adversary to the Villain (Entangled: Red Tower Books), fourth in a series, ranking #1 or #2 on three trade paperback lists.

Also, the latest by Robert Jackson Bennett, A Trade of Blood (Del Rey), debuts on all four fiction hardcover lists compiled here.

The sixth volume of Sarah J. Maas’s A Court of Thorns and Roses series now has a title: A Court of Splintered Harmony (Bloomsbury, due Oct. 27th).

Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 08.23	LAT 08.16	USAT 08.09	PW 08.17	Amz (08.17)	UK: Amz UK (08.17)	Canada: Amz.ca (08.17)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed		10×3	10×2	150	15×3	100	100	100
Hardcovers
Arena, To Dance with Death	08.17.26 / 1			51 ++
Aster, Starside	04.13.26 / 19	xxx..		121 +	17 -2			xxx..
Baldree, Brigands & Breadknives	11.24.25 / 5	xxx..	xxx..	79 +	xxx..
Bennett, A Trade of Blood	08.17.26 / 1	10 ++	8 ++	16 ++	8 ++
Bright, Wings of Reverie	08.17.26 / 1	1 ++		41 ++	3 ++
Broadbent, The Lion & the Deathless Dark	08.17.26 / 1	5 ++		18 ++	5 ++
Brown, Red Rising (Deluxe Slipcase Edition)	10.27.25 / 42	xxx..		36 -4	xxx..
Burke, Yesteryear	04.20.26 / 18	3 =	1 +1	5 -1	3 =	5 -2	4 -1	5 -1
Clarke, Piranesi	09.21.20 / 8	xxx..	xxx..	136 +	xxx..		xxx..
Dinniman, A Parade of Horribles	04.27.26 / 17	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	11 +1	90 -4		100 -13
Dinniman, Carl’s Doomsday Scenario	01.12.26 / 32	13 -5	7 +	13 +8		65 -23		33 -6
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl	05.26.25 / 53	11 =	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	14 -2		xxx..
Dinniman, The Butcher’s Masquerade	04.21.25 / 28	15 -1		57 -17	xxx..	48 -5		70 +18
Dinniman, The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook	02.02.26 / 28	8 +2		28 -4		26 -11		10 -1
Dinniman, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	05.26.25 / 26	xxx..		95 -6	xxx..	63 -4		98 ++
Dinniman, The Gate of the Feral Gods	03.24.25 / 30	12 +1		39 -9	xxx..	40 -5		17 -6
Dinniman, This Inevitable Ruin	10.06.25 / 23	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	14 =	70 -6
Durst, Sea of Charms	08.10.26 / 2	x		50 -44	12 -8
Gong, Eyes of Kings	08.17.26 / 1			58 ++
Karlie, Cursed by the Dawn	08.17.26 / 1	10 ++
King, It	09.25.17 / 4				22 +
King, It	08.17.26 / 1			103 ++
Maas, A Court of Splintered Harmony	03.09.26 / 14			xxx..		36 =	41 +	32 +20
Marie, Ruinous Ends	07.27.26 / 4	4 -2		xxx	x
Parker, The Ballad of Falling Dragons	05.25.26 / 13	xxx..		xxx..	xx		xxx..	89 -9
Roberts, Powerless	11.20.23 / 106	xxx..		xxx..	19 -5	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..
Saft, Immortal Game	08.17.26 / 1	5 ++
Walsh, The Iron Hex	08.17.26 / 1			104 ++
Yarros, Onyx Storm	04.01.24 / 121	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	40 -7	xxx..
Yarros, Threshing Day	04.20.26 / 16					4 =	8 -1	6 =
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 08.23	LAT 08.16	USAT 08.09	PW 08.17	Amz (08.17)	UK: Amz UK (08.17)	Canada: Amz.ca (08.17)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451	07.20.03 / 501		xxx..	21 +20	xxx..	9 +4	xxx..	xx
Brown, Red Rising [tpb]	05.02.16 / 42	12 -1	xxx..	xxx..		x		82 -44
Buehlman, Between Two Fires [tpb]	09.09.24 / 25			64 +17
Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping [tpb]	08.17.26 / 1				1 ++		34 ++	91 ++
Collins, The Hunger Games [tpb]	07.13.10 / 227	xxx..	xxx..	132 +	xxx..	94 +	xxx..	xxx..
Dinniman, Carl’s Doomsday Scenario [tpb]	08.17.26 / 1	5 ++			4 ++	52 ++		29 ++
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl [tpb]	01.12.26 / 32	4 =	1 +4	3 +	3 =	50 -12		7 +3
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel) [tpb]	06.01.26 / 12			70 +1	20 -8
Hawk/Van Alst, Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology [tpb]	12.11.23 / 55		xxx..	127 +
Hawthorn, A Fate Worse than Drowning [tpb]	08.17.26 / 1			117 ++
Jones, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter [tpb]	07.27.26 / 4		xxx	98 -15	xxx
Kraus, Angel Down [tpb]	05.18.26 / 11		10 +	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..		xxx..
Lowry, The Giver	09.02.13 / 199		xxx..	91 +43	xxx..	23 +24		xxx..
Maas, A Court of Frost and Starlight [tpb]	04.10.23 / 132	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..		xxx..	70 -12	xxx..
Maas, A Court of Silver Flames [tpb]	09.12.22 / 162	xxx..		xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	56 -1	xxx..
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb]	05.16.16 / 279	xxx..	xxx..	68 +16	xxx..	xxx..	49 -4	73 -13
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set	06.19.23 / 154			xxx..		xxx..	xxx..	76 +5
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb]	05.14.18 / 199	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	68 -16	xxx..
MacLean, Sunsplitter [tpb]	08.17.26 / 1			78 ++
Maehrer, Adversary to the Villain [tpb]	08.17.26 / 1	1 ++		2 ++	1 ++
Maehrer, Apprentice to the Villain [tpb]	08.19.24 / 9	xxx..		143 +	xxx..	xxx..
Miller, Circe [tpb]	09.06.21 / 101	11 -3	8 -1	30 -1		x		xxx..
Miller, The Song of Achilles [tpb]	09.06.21 / 115	xxx..	xx	55 -1		xx	xxx..	xxx
Orwell, Animal Farm	07.20.03 / 141			89 +		18 +14	xxx..	xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb]	03.23.15 / 463						xxx..	75 -14
Weir, Project Hail Mary [tpb]	10.03.22 / 91	3 -1	3 +5	14 -1	xx	15 -6	74 -18	13 +2
Yarros, Fourth Wing [tpb]	09.16.24 / 99	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	38 -9	xxx..
Yarros, Iron Flame [tpb]	06.02.25 / 60	xxx..		xxx..	xxx..		32 -5	xxx..
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 08.23	LAT 08.16	USAT 08.09	PW 08.17	Amz (08.17)	UK: Amz UK (08.17)	Canada: Amz.ca (08.17)

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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