Titles · NYT Hardcover Fiction
The Unknown
Entered Aug 23, 2026 · peaked at #1 on Aug 23, 2026 · 4 weeks on the list, last seen Sep 13, 2026
Cover image: The New York Times · the artwork is the publisher’s.
- Book Power
- 26.6
- share-weeks: a #1 week is 14.5
- Weeks at #1
- 1
- weeks on top
- Top-ten weeks
- 2
- weeks at #10 or better
- Weeks on list
- 4
- August 2026 – September 2026
Ranked by Book Power, part of the ChartReign Power model — not a list published by anyone else. How it works →
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.
| Author | Credit | Credit share | Power contributed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riley Sager | primary | 100% | 28.7 |
The top ten the week it peaked
See Aug 23, 2026 on the timeline →- #1The UnknownRiley Sager
- #2The Calamity ClubKathryn Stockett
- #3YesteryearCaro Claire Burke
- #4WhistlerAnn Patchett
- #5The Lion & the Deathless DarkCarissa Broadbent
- #6DaggermouthH.M. Wolfe
- #7The CorrespondentVirginia Evans
- #8The Dungeon Anarchist's CookbookMatt Dinniman
- #9You'll Be SorryLisa Gardner
- #10A Trade of BloodRobert Jackson Bennett