The top 15 "Combined Print and E-Book Fiction" titles for 08/22/2026, fetched from The New York Times Books API.

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• 1 (1). THEO OF GOLDEN, Allen Levi (Atria)
  A man travels to a small Southern town, where he purchases pencil drawings of local residents and exchanges them for stories.
• 2 (2). THE CALAMITY CLUB, Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau)
  As things get tougher during the Depression, several women look for ways to improve their circumstances.
• 3 (-). DELUSIONAL, James Patterson and James O. Born (Little, Brown)
  The 18th book in the Michael Bennett series. A group that is angry with the government gets investigated.
• 4 (3). YESTERYEAR, Caro Claire Burke (Knopf)
  Natalie Heller Mills, a privileged tradwife social media influencer, wakes up to find she is living in the comparatively difficult reality of 1855.
• 5 (4). DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL, Matt Dinniman (Ace)
  A Coast Guard vet named Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, are trapped in a fantasy dungeon.
• 6 (-). THE POISON DAUGHTER, Sheila Masterson (Slowburn)
  A woman with a deadly kiss who moonlights as a vigilante going after abusive men comes under threat by her betrothed.
• 7 (-). BRAIN DAMAGE, Freida McFadden (Poisoned Pen)
  A dermatologist who took a bullet through her skull tries to piece together her memories and determine if someone close to her is a threat.
• 8 (6). WHISTLER, Ann Patchett (Harper)
  Decades after their time together, a woman reconnects with her stepfather and they look back at the directions their lives have taken.
• 9 (-). GOD'S COUNTRY, William Kent Krueger (Atria)
  The 22nd book in the Cork O'Connor mystery series. Cork prepares for a family trip but encounters violence and danger instead.
• 10 (7). PROJECT HAIL MARY, Andy Weir (Ballantine)
  Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders; the basis of the movie.
• 11 (9). CARL'S DOOMSDAY SCENARIO, Matt Dinniman (Ace)
  The second book in the "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series. Carl and Donut confront an ancient spell and heightened dangers.
• 12 (11). VERITY, Colleen Hoover (Grand Central)
  Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth.
• 13 (-). MAD MABEL, Sally Hepworth (St. Martin's)
  An elderly woman who was once Australia’s youngest convicted murderer tries to keep her previous life hidden.
• 14 (14). THE CORRESPONDENT, Virginia Evans (Crown)
  Letters from someone she used to know push Sybil Van Antwerp toward revisiting her past and finding a way to forgive.
• 15 (-). A COURT OF THORNS AND ROSES, Sarah J. Maas (Bloomsbury)
  After killing a wolf in the woods, Feyre is taken from her home and placed inside the world of the Fae.