New York Times
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
May 10, 2026

1. Yesteryear
by Caro Claire Burke

Natalie Heller Mills, a privileged tradwife social media influencer, wakes up to find she is living in the comparatively difficult reality of 1855.
2. 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.
3. Purple State
by Dana Perino

A public relations professional goes with two of her friends to a swing district in Wisconsin and meets a guy with a different perspective.
4. A Woman's Place
by Danielle Steel

After the sinking of the Titanic takes her father, Lady Victoria Oldbrooke marries an older industrialist and eventually steps into his business.
5. Hope Rises
by David Baldacci

The second book in the Walter Nash series. Using an alias and some lethal skills, Nash works to bring down a global criminal operation.
6. 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.
7. Mad Mabel
by Sally Hepworth

An elderly woman who was once Australia’s youngest convicted murderer tries to keep her previous life hidden.
8. Rites of the Starling
by Devney Perry

The second book in the Shield of Sparrows series. Secrets uncovered may stop the devastation of a cursed realm.
9. The Mother-Daughter Book Club
by Susan Patterson and James Patterson

In a follow-up to Things I Wish I Told My Mother, epiphanies occur at Lake Como.
10. Paradox
by Douglas Preston and Aletheia Preston

The second book in the Cash & Colcord series. A new case involves money, murder and a secret society.
11. 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.
12. The Caretaker
by Marcus Kliewer

Macy Mullins finds a three-day caretaking job off Craigslist that may put her in contact with evil.
13. Judge Stone
by Viola Davis and James Patterson

Judge Mary Stone oversees an ethically complex case in her courtroom in Union Springs, Ala.
14. 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.
15. Go Gentle
by Maria Semple

Adora Hazzard, a contented divorcée, meets a handsome stranger and becomes engulfed by desire and intrigue.
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A version of this list appears in the May 10, 2026 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending April 25, 2026.
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