New York Times
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
April 19, 2026

1. Starside
by Alex Aster

Aris traverses a realm of magic and immortals, where she faces dangers as she seeks to avenge her family’s death.
2. The Night We Met
by Abby Jimenez

Larissa makes a choice after a concert to ride home with Chris’s best friend, which may cause life-changing results.
3. The Correspondent
by Virginia Evans

Letters from someone she used to know push Sybil Van Antwerp toward revisiting her past and finding a way to forgive.
4. The Keeper
by Tana French

The third book in the Cal Hooper series. Old feuds are reignited when a girl who was to be betrothed is found dead in a remote Irish village.
5. Judge Stone
by Viola Davis and James Patterson

Judge Mary Stone oversees an ethically complex case in her courtroom in Union Springs, Ala.
6. Upward Bound
by Woody Brown

At an adult daycare center for Los Angeles’s disabled community, the clients and staff navigate where they are in life.
7. Between Two Fires
by Christopher Buehlman

In 1348, a disgraced knight shepherds an orphan of the Black Death and winds up on a battlefield of conflicting forces. 
8. Carl's Doomsday Scenario
by Matt Dinniman

The second book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Carl and Donut confront an ancient spell and heightened dangers.
9. Rain of Shadows and Endings
by Melissa K. Roehrich

Tessalyn Asura fights against her designation to serve a dark kingdom.
10. This Kingdom Will Not Kill Me
by Ilona Andrews

Maggie wakes up inside a world from a dark fantasy series she has been reading and must navigate her way through it. 
11. Kin
by Tayari Jones

Vernice and Annie, two neighbors without mothers in Louisiana, go on divergent paths in life and are brought back together by tragedy.
12. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
by Matt Dinniman

The third book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Carl and Donut are up against a subway system filled with monsters.
13. My Husband's Wife
by Alice Feeney

In an old house in a seaside town, things may not be what they appear to be.
14. The Gate of the Feral Gods
by Matt Dinniman

The fourth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Obstacles abound on the fifth floor of the dungeon. 
15. The Widow
by John Grisham

When Simon Latch, a lawyer in rural Virginia, is accused of murder, he goes in search of the real killer.
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A version of this list appears in the April 19, 2026 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending April 4, 2026.
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