Top 20 Bestselling Books - Week of July 27 - August 02, 2026
Top 20 Bestselling Books - Week of July 27 - August 02, 2026
Here are this week's top bestselling books on Amazon! We've compiled the most popular books that readers are buying right now in August 2026. Whether you're looking for your next great read or searching for the perfect gift, these bestsellers are flying off the shelves for good reason.
#1 - Theo of Golden: A Novel
Author: Allen Levi
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING PHENONEMON A Katie Couric Book Club Pick • A Jen Hatmaker Book Club Pick “[A] word-of-mouth smash hit.” — The New York Times “A treasure.” —Hoda Kotb One spring morning, a stranger named Theo arrives in the small Southern city of Golden. He doesn’t...
Price: $14.08
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#2 - Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection) (The Empyrean)
Author: Rebecca Yarros
The next book in the blockbuster Empyrean series, Threshing Day contains thirteen stories starring your favorite characters and their dragons. The deluxe first edition includes sixteen beautiful original full-color illustrations by artist Joe Requeza. This breathtaking collectible is available only in the US and Canada while supplies last. Full blurb...
Price: $24.99
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#3 - The Calamity Club: A Novel
Author: Kathryn Stockett
“So immersive, exciting, and downright fabulous, you never want it to end.”— Oprah Daily #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * The multimillion-copy-selling author of The Help returns with a bold, big-hearted novel about a group of unbreakable women, fighting for what’s rightfully theirs—and the power of friendship to change everything....
Price: $19.50
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#4 - The Killer Isn't Alice: The 46,600 Suspect Murder Mystery Puzzle
Author: Iris Starling
46,600 SUSPECTS. 18 CLUES. 1 KILLER. CAN YOU SOLVE THE CRIME Test your detective skills in the addictive murder mystery puzzle book sensation. Alice Starling is missing. In her apartment, the police find three things: A DEAD BODY A CRYPTIC NOTE A FOLDER OF NAMES Alice insists she is innocent...
Price: $14.99
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#5 - Whistler: A Novel
Author: Ann Patchett
A Katie Couric Book Club Pick / A Good Housekeeping Book Club Pick / A GoodReads Most Anticipated Book of Summer “Ann Patchett’s new novel is a rare phenomenon in contemporary fiction: a novel both majestic and intimate, original and masterful in its structure, crystalline in its prose, revelatory in...
Price: $19.50
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#6 - Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick: A Novel
Author: Caro Claire Burke
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A GMA BOOK CLUB PICK • A NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR (SO FAR) • A traditional American woman, a “tradwife” influencer, suddenly awakens in the brutal reality of 1855—where she must unravel whether this living nightmare is an elaborate hoax,...
Price: $30.00
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#7 - The Sourdough Hoe: 50 Easy and Delicious AF Recipes
Author: $29.99
Sourdough Doesn’t Have to Be that Serious... Angela (a.k.a The Sourdough Hoe) is taking the intimidation out of baking sourdough bread. In this collection of her best recipes, Angela brings you right into her kitchen, where we’re wearing our hair down, cussing, eating carbs, and slapping our dough―oh, and we’re...
Price: $43.00
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#8 - Project Hail Mary: A Novel
Author: Andy Weir
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Now a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with a screenplay by Drew Goddard A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this “propulsive” ( Entertainment Weekly ), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and...
Price: $8.99
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#9 - The Odyssey
Author: Homer
Homer’s great epic of a hero’s journey home―inspiration for the major motion picture by Christopher Nolan―in a bold, contemporary, and refreshingly readable translation. "Wilson’s language is fresh, unpretentious and lean. . . . It is rare to find a translation that is at once so effortlessly easy to read and...
Price: $129.99
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#10 - Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Author: Maggie Haberman
INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “ Regime Change is exceptional. It transcends its genre...the book is packed with news that will stay news...This is reporting of consequence.” —David Remnick, The New Yorker “A flabbergasting feat of political reporting.” —Tina Brown “Riveting and richly textured... What the authors add is...
Price: $23.19
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#11 - Fahrenheit 451
Author: Ray Bradbury
Nearly seventy years after its original publication, Ray Bradbury’s internationally acclaimed novel Fahrenheit 451 stands as a classic of world literature set in a bleak, dystopian future. Today its message has grown more relevant than ever before. Guy Montag is a fireman. His job is to destroy the most illegal...
Price: $13.71
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#12 - How Lucky Am I
Author: Christian Watson
In this poignant, affirming, and beautifully illustrated journey, social media sensation Mr Skelly explores the ups and downs of existence and discovers the makings of a meaningful life. "How lucky am I, to have lost what I wanted, to find what I deserved" Join beloved Mr Skelly, a gentle skeleton...
Price: $25.00
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#13 - The Night Before Kindergarten
Author: Natasha Wing
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Putting an uplifting spin on a classic poem, this charmingly illustrated and lyrical picture book about starting kindergarten will help kids—and their parents!—prepare for the big day. “T’was the night before kindergarten, And as they prepared, Kids were excited, And a little bit scared.” Tomorrow...
Price: $5.99
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#14 - The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Author: Eric Carle
THE ICONIC #1 BESTSELLER • The all-time classic starring the world’s favorite caterpillar! This beautiful, sturdy board book is a perfect gift for new babies, baby showers, birthdays, and other new beginnings! One of The Atlantic ’s 65 Essential Children’s Books “Gorgeously illustrated, brilliantly innovative.”— The New York Times Book...
Price: $4.88
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#15 - Dungeon Crawler Carl
Author: Matt Dinniman
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The apocalypse will be televised! Welcome to the first book in the wildly popular and addictive Dungeon Crawler Carl series—now with bonus material exclusive to this print edition. You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat....
Price: $30.00
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#16 - The Correspondent: A Novel
Author: Virginia Evans
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OVER TWO MILLION COPIES SOLD • Discover the word-of-mouth hit hailed by Ann Patchett as “A cause for celebration”—an intimate novel about the transformative power of the written word and the beauty of slowing down to reconnect with the people we love. “This novel...
Price: $28.00
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#17 - The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
Author: Mel Robbins
Over 11 Million Copies Sold! #1 Most Sold Book of 2025 #1 New York Times Bestseller #1 Sunday Times Bestseller #1 Amazon Bestseller #1 Audible Bestseller A Life-Changing Tool Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About What if the key to happiness, success, and love was as simple as two...
Price: $28.99
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#18 - First Day Jitters (The Jitters Series)
Author: Julie Danneberg
THE BESTSELLING KIDS PICTURE BOOK: Calm first day of school anxiety with this classic back to school book that reminds students K-3 that everyone gets the jitters! Includes a Certificate of Courage for First Day Completion and a First Day Memories Sheet! Ink-and-watercolor illustrations and a “funny and insightful” story...
Price: $8.99
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#19 - On the First Day of Kindergarten: A Fun School Countdown Story About First-Day Excitement for Children (Ages 4–8)
Author: Tish Rabe
This New York Times bestseller is perfect for nervous/excited kids about to go to kindergarten (and their parents!). This engaging adaptation of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” convinces parents and children alike that there is no place cooler than a kindergarten classroom. On the first day of kindergarten, there’s so...
Price: $12.99
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#20 - The Rainbow Fish
Author: Marcus Pfister
For the youngest readers, the board book edition from the New York Times bestselling Rainbow Fish series. The award-winning book about a beautiful fish who finds friendship and happiness when he learns to share. Eye-catching foil stamping, glittering on every page, will delight every child, but it is the universal...
Price: $9.95
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