Bestsellers
On the List: The Poison Daughter by Sheila Masterson
The Poison Daughter is her fourth novel and her first USA Today bestseller.
On the List: Beatrix and the Unicorn by Lita Judge
While Judge had plenty of success with the 30 books prior to Beatrix and the Unicorn, this was her first bestseller.
New York Times adds two new bestseller lists and removes one
Added to their audio lists: Children’s, and Advice, How-To and Miscellaneous. They will stop publishing a mass market bestseller list.
New UK bestseller list: BookTok Charts
The list, a partnership between NielsenIQ and Media Control, will combine verified retail sales data and engagement from the BookTok community.
On the List: Beth Is Dead by Katie Bernet
Bernet, who lives and works in Dallas, Texas, said her debut novel took ten years and six manuscripts to get published.
On the List: Moses and the Doctor by Luke Epplin
This social history and underdog story chronicles the hopes and heartbreaks of two basketball legends who revolutionized what was possible.
On the List: I’m Not Trying to Be Difficult by Drew Nieporent
The memoir tells Nieporent’s story of being a middle-class kid from New York’s East Side who developed a lifelong passion for food.
On the List: The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
Many booksellers have told the author they recommend it, then the same reader comes back to buy copies for friends, relatives, and others.
There’s a new bestseller list for small and independent publishers
It’s based on the fiction and nonfiction that’s selling at independent bookstores and includes only small and independent publishers.
When You Publish a Career-Changing Book: Q&A with Elinor Florence
The author’s historical novel, Finding Flora, was an instant number-one bestseller in Canada which led to rerelease of two previous novels.
Book sales: The New York Times recaps what sold in 2025
Of the year’s top 10 bestselling print nonfiction titles, only one was published in 2025; everything else was a backlist title.
On the List: Disciplined Entrepreneurship for Climate and Energy Ventures
The new bestseller discusses how to bring your climate or energy startup to life, using the authors’ 24-step framework.
On the List: Troubling Tonsils by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown
This is the first book in a spinoff series from the New York Times bestselling and Caldecott Medal–winning Creepy series.
On the List: The Mad Wife by Meagan Church
Meagan Church’s historical fiction chronicles the plight and fight of unheard voices of the past.
On the List: On the First Day of Kindergarten by Tish Rabe & Laura Hughes
The engaging adaptation of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” convinces parents and kids that no place is cooler than a kindergarten classroom.
On the List: All This Could Be Yours by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Ryan is the author of 16 psychological thrillers, winning five Agathas and the Mary Higgins Clark Award. This is her fourth USA Today bestseller.
On the List: She Didn’t See It Coming by Shari Lapena
Shari Lapena is a former lawyer and English teacher whose nine novels have been New York Times, UK Sunday Times, and Globe and Mail bestsellers.
Bottom Line August 2025 Bestseller Lists
Three distinctive monthly bestseller lists: top 50 hidden gems, top 50 self-published ebooks, and top 50 self-published print books.
On the list: The Night Before Kindergarten by Natasha Wing and Julie Durrell
The seasonal theme of the book creates an opportunity for refreshed sales each year as a new set of kindergartners gets ready for the big day.
On the list: The Farmhouse by Chelsea Conradt
Bestselling, award-winning romance author Carol Ericson has written over 65 books, mostly romantic suspense for Harlequin Intrigue.
Bottom Line July 2025 Bestseller Lists
Three distinctive monthly bestseller lists: top 50 hidden gems, top 50 self-published ebooks, and top 50 self-published print books.
On the list: The Farmhouse by Chelsea Conradt
The author attributes the book’s success to support from physical bookstores and painstaking care with the cover design.
Bottom Line June 2025 Bestseller Lists
Three distinctive monthly bestseller lists: top 50 hidden gems, top 50 self-published ebooks, and top 50 self-published print books.
On the List: Assassins Anonymous by Rob Hart
Rob Hart is the former publisher for MysteriousPress.com and was the class director at LitReactor.
On the List: Rancher’s Law by Diana Palmer, with bonus read Dog Days of Summer by Teri Wilson
This edition of Rancher’s Law was a special release to celebrate the publisher’s 75th anniversary. It included two novels: Rancher’s Law by Diana Palmer and a bonus read, Wilson’s Dog Days of Summer.
