Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction

Cool Machine

Colson Whitehead

Entered Aug 9, 2026 · peaked at #4 on Aug 9, 2026 · 1 week on the list

Cover image: The New York Times · the artwork is the publisher’s.

Book Power
9.6
share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
Weeks at #1
0
never number one
Top-ten weeks
1
weeks at #10 or better
Weeks on list
1
August 2026

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The run

Position by week; a gap is a spell off the list.

What it earned each author

Book Power is the book's own figure. Power contributed is what it earned each author's Career Power: a featured credit takes its reduced share, and a week where the author had other books charting is split between them.

AuthorCreditCredit sharePower contributed
Colson Whiteheadprimary100%10.3

The top ten the week it peaked

See Aug 9, 2026 on the timeline →
  1. #1The Calamity ClubKathryn Stockett
  2. #2YesteryearCaro Claire Burke
  3. #3WhistlerAnn Patchett
  4. #4Cool MachineColson Whitehead
  5. #5The Country Road MurdersJames Patterson & Mike Lupica
  6. #6The CorrespondentVirginia Evans
  7. #7Carl's Doomsday ScenarioMatt Dinniman
  8. #8A Forsaken ProphecyStacey McEwan
  9. #9The Dungeon Anarchist's CookbookMatt Dinniman
  10. #10Prince of SwordsElise Kova