New York Times
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
April 12, 2026

1. 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.
Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
2. Judge Stone
by Viola Davis and James Patterson
Judge Mary Stone oversees an ethically complex case in her courtroom in Union Springs, Ala.
 Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
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.
 Print and eBook.
4. 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.
Print and eBook available.
5. Daughter of Egypt
by Marie Benedict

The daughter of a prominent Egyptologist faces dangers as she searches for Hatshepsut’s secret tomb.
6. 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.
 
7. Beneath
by Ariel Sullivan

In a prequel to Conform, Sasha Cadell undertakes difficult training for a secret mission.
 
8. 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. 
 
9. The Traitor Queen
by Danielle L. Jensen
The second book in the Bridge Kingdom series. Lara seeks to free Ithicana’s king and release the Bridge Kingdom from her father’s clutches.
eBook available.
10. 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.
 Print and eAudiobook available.
11. Alchemised
by SenLinYu
After the war, an imprisoned alchemist is sent to a necromancer to recover her lost memories.
 Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
12. The Butcher's Masquerade
by Matt Dinniman

The fifth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. The action moves to the sixth floor, which is known as the Hunting Grounds.
 
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.
 Print, eBook, and eAudiobook available.
14. Wolf Worm
by T. Kingfisher
In 1899, the scientific illustrator Sonia Wilson takes a job working for Dr. Halder, whose discoveries have a dark side.
eAudiobook available.
15. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride
by Matt Dinniman

The sixth book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. On the eighth floor, Carl and Donut must capture a lethal monster.
 
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A version of this list appears in the April 12, 2026 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 28, 2026.
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