Combined Print & E-Book Fiction
Data from The New York Times · Updated weekly · Week of Oct 3
The New York Times Combined Print & E-Book Fiction bestseller list, week of October 3, 2026.
“Thirteen short stories, set in the Empyrean world, in which cadets compete to earn the bond of a dragon.”
“When a couple is kidnapped during a honeymoon trip in the French countryside, a young lawyer is used as part of a C.I.A. operation.”
“Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth; the basis of the movie.”
“A man travels to a small Southern town, where he purchases pencil drawings of local residents and exchanges them for stories.”
“As things get tougher during the Depression, several women look for ways to improve their circumstances.”
“A young professor agrees to pretend to be a third-year Ph.D. candidate’s boyfriend.”
“After a betrayal and a financial crisis, John and Helen Koh move with their three children from Korea to Australia to California in the 1990s.”
“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.”
“Celebrity permeates lives onscreen and off for two rising stars appearing in the biopic “Andy Warhol Never Gets Old.””
“A woman who runs the Rhode Island Department for Emergency Preparedness and her husband, who is a police polygraph expert, face a crisis in their marriage.”
“A Coast Guard vet named Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, are trapped in a fantasy dungeon.”
“A senior editor at Vanity Fair interviews a high-tech billionaire and faces off against a shipping magnate in St. Barts.”
“Decades after their time together, a woman reconnects with her stepfather and they look back at the directions their lives have taken.”