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Recommended Reads

Bestsellers right now.

The top ten on Amazon, plus science fiction & fantasy, romance, and mystery. Checked by hand, dated honestly, and not dressed up as a recommendation — this is what is selling, not what is good.

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Top 10 Best Sellers

The best-selling books on Amazon across every category, fiction and non-fiction alike.

Weekly · checked 2026-08-24

  1. No. 1. Theo of Golden

    Allen Levi     View Theo of Golden on Amazon

  2. No. 2. Going Further: The Incomparable Clarence Thomas

    Ted Cruz     View Going Further: The Incomparable Clarence Thomas on Amazon

  3. No. 3. A Court of Splintered Harmony (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 6)

    Sarah J. Maas     View A Court of Splintered Harmony (A Court of Thorns and Roses, 6) on Amazon

  4. No. 4. The Calamity Club

    Kathryn Stockett     View The Calamity Club on Amazon

  5. No. 5. In the Room: 60 Years on The Front Lines of History

    David Hume Kennerly     View In the Room: 60 Years on The Front Lines of History on Amazon

  6. No. 6. Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection) (The Empyrean)

    Rebecca Yarros     View Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection) (The Empyrean) on Amazon

  7. No. 7. This Is Me: A Reckoning

    Hayden Panettiere     View This Is Me: A Reckoning on Amazon

  8. No. 8. Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick

    Caro Claire Burke     View Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick on Amazon

  9. No. 9. Whistler

    Ann Patchett     View Whistler on Amazon

  10. No. 10. Theo of Golden

    Allen Levi     View Theo of Golden on Amazon

Science fiction & fantasy

Monthly · checked 2026-08-11

  1. No. 1. Dungeon Crawler Carl: A LitRPG/Gamelit Adventure

    Matt Dinniman     View Dungeon Crawler Carl: A LitRPG/Gamelit Adventure on Amazon

  2. No. 2. Carl's Doomsday Scenario: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 2

    Matt Dinniman     View Carl's Doomsday Scenario: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 2 on Amazon

  3. No. 3. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 3

    Matt Dinniman     View The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 3 on Amazon

  4. No. 4. The Butcher's Masquerade: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 5

    Matt Dinniman     View The Butcher's Masquerade: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 5 on Amazon

  5. No. 5. This Inevitable Ruin: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 7

    Matt Dinniman     View This Inevitable Ruin: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 7 on Amazon

  6. No. 6. The Gate of the Feral Gods: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 4

    Matt Dinniman     View The Gate of the Feral Gods: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 4 on Amazon

  7. No. 7. The Eye of the Bedlam Bride: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 6

    Matt Dinniman     View The Eye of the Bedlam Bride: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 6 on Amazon

  8. No. 8. A Parade of Horribles: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 8

    Matt Dinniman     View A Parade of Horribles: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 8 on Amazon

  9. No. 9. Project Hail Mary

    Andy Weir     View Project Hail Mary on Amazon

  10. No. 10. Red Rising

    Pierce Brown     View Red Rising on Amazon

Romance

The biggest-selling fiction category there is, and increasingly the same shelf as fantasy.

Monthly · checked 2026-08-11

  1. No. 1. Just for the Plot

    Meghan Quinn     View Just for the Plot on Amazon

  2. No. 2. Verity

    Colleen Hoover     View Verity on Amazon

  3. No. 3. Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse Duet Book 1)

    H. D. Carlton     View Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse Duet Book 1) on Amazon

  4. No. 4. Starside: An Enemies-to-Lovers Romantasy About a Quest for Vengeance Through a Dangerous Land of Magic (Starside Series Book 1)

    Alex Aster     View Starside: An Enemies-to-Lovers Romantasy About a Quest for Vengeance Through a Dangerous Land of Magic (Starside Series Book 1) on Amazon

  5. No. 5. Onyx Storm (The Empyrean Book 3)

    Rebecca Yarros     View Onyx Storm (The Empyrean Book 3) on Amazon

  6. No. 6. Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection) (The Empyrean)

    Rebecca Yarros     View Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection) (The Empyrean) on Amazon

  7. No. 7. The Deal

    Elle Kennedy     View The Deal on Amazon

  8. No. 8. Our Perfect Storm

    Carley Fortune     View Our Perfect Storm on Amazon

  9. No. 9. The Score

    Elle Kennedy     View The Score on Amazon

  10. No. 10. The Last Letter

    Rebecca Yarros     View The Last Letter on Amazon

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Crime, suspense and the books people finish in one sitting.

Monthly · checked 2026-08-11

  1. No. 1. Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick

    Caro Claire Burke     View Yesteryear: A GMA Book Club Pick on Amazon

  2. No. 2. Dungeon Crawler Carl: A LitRPG/Gamelit Adventure

    Matt Dinniman     View Dungeon Crawler Carl: A LitRPG/Gamelit Adventure on Amazon

  3. No. 3. The Gate of the Feral Gods: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 4

    Matt Dinniman     View The Gate of the Feral Gods: Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 4 on Amazon

  4. No. 4. Mad Mabel

    Sally Hepworth     View Mad Mabel on Amazon

  5. No. 5. The Divorce

    Freida McFadden     View The Divorce on Amazon

  6. No. 6. Verity

    Colleen Hoover     View Verity on Amazon

  7. No. 7. The Intruder

    Freida McFadden     View The Intruder on Amazon

  8. No. 8. Dear Debbie

    Freida McFadden     View Dear Debbie on Amazon

  9. No. 9. Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse Duet Book 1)

    H. D. Carlton     View Haunting Adeline (Cat and Mouse Duet Book 1) on Amazon

  10. No. 10. The Unknown

    Riley Sager     View The Unknown on Amazon

Rankings are read off Amazon's public charts by hand — the overall list weekly, the genre shelves monthly. Prices and ratings are deliberately not shown.

Sales rankings are not recommendations. For fiction worth your time with a real opinion attached — including who each book is not for — see Recommended Reads. Andrew writes fiction too; the Pensive novels are in Published Books.