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NYT Best Sellers: August 2025

This is an up-to-date list of books from the New York Times Best Sellers list, including both fiction and nonfiction titles.

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Fiction

RANK

TITLE

SUMMARY

CALL NUMBER

1

The 25th book in the Gabriel Allon series. The art world, the mob and the Vatican intersect when a Leonardo da Vinci painting goes missing.

 

F SILVA

2

In this novel set in the world of “The Spellshop,” Terlu Perna must figure out a sorcerer’s secrets to save an island containing magical greenhouses.

 

ON ORDER

3

The third book in the Broken Blades series. Allegiances are upended as the Blades face new threats.

 

ON ORDER

4

In the summer of 1980, Joan Goodwin begins training with a group of candidates for NASA’s space shuttle program.

F REID

5

After the dark forces win the war, Evermore's princess, Briony Rosewood, is auctioned off to a member of a family known for its viciousness.

 

F SOTO
6

A woman who is down on her luck forms an unexpected bond with the bride at a wedding in Rhode Island.

 

F ESPACH

7

Holly Gibney does double duty by helping head off acts of retribution and protecting a women’s rights activist.

 

F KING

8

After a breakup and the loss of her job, Alexis wakes up in her college town in the year 2002 and comes across her 18-year-old self.

 

ON ORDER

9

The third book in the Empyrean series. As enemies gain traction, Violet Sorrengail goes beyond the Aretian wards in search of allies.

 

SF YARROS

10

The second book in the Lo Blacklock series. Blacklock attends the opening of a luxury Swiss hotel and gets swept up in a dangerous pursuit across Europe.

 

F WARE

11

A young woman looks into the story behind a painting that was made 25 years ago and a small group of teens depicted in it; translated by Neil Smith.

 

F BACKMAN

12

Beth must confront her past when the man she once loved as a teenager returns to the village with his son.

 

F HALL

13

Julia Pritzker encounters strange and deadly things when she goes to claim the Tuscan villa and vineyard she inherited from a stranger.

 

F SCOTTOLINE

14

A writer looking for her big break competes against a Pulitzer winner to tell the story of an octogenarian with a storied past.

 

F HENRY

15

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Aurienne Fairhrim accepts an offer to heal a member of an enemy faction and an attraction develops.

 

F KNIGHTLEY

Nonfiction

RANK TITLE SUMMARY CALL NUMBER
1

Investigations into the murders of four University of Idaho students on Nov. 13, 2022.

 

364.15230979686 P3171i 2025

2 A linguist and content creator known as the “Etymology Nerd” delineates the impact of internet algorithms on language and communication. ON ORDER
3

The author of “Legacy of Ashes” chronicles changes and struggles at the Central Intelligence Agency in the 21st century.

327.1273 W4235m 2025
4 A firsthand account of the attempted assassination of Donald Trump during an open-air campaign rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024.

 

324.9730935 Z821b 2025

5

A co-author of “The Coddling of the American Mind” looks at the mental health impacts that a phone-based life has on children.

305.230973 H1494a 2024

6

The author of “Jackie” provides a portrait of the public and private sides of President John F. Kennedy.

 

ON ORDER

7

The Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer portrays the life and career of the literary celebrity and political pundit.

BIO TWAIN

8 The author of “The Anthropocene Reviewed” chronicles the fight against the deadly infectious disease tuberculosis. 616.995 G7951e 2025
9

A sports columnist for USA Today profiles the ascendance of the sports and cultural icon Caitlin Clark.

ON ORDER
10

A New York Times opinion columnist and a staff writer at The Atlantic evaluate obstacles to American progress.

330.973 K641a 2025

11

A columnist at TheGrio.com articulates moments in American history that center the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans.

973.0496073 H312b 2023
12

 

In 1972, an incident with a breaching whale turns a couple’s dream of sailing on a boat into a monthslong struggle for survival on a raft.

910.452 E483m 2024
13

 

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

 

612.68 A8851o 2023

14

The Fox News military analyst extols the first responders among his friends and family.

ON ORDER
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Journalists from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and The Washington Post examine the most recent presidential election campaign.

 

ON ORDER