The top 15 "Combined Print and E-Book Fiction" titles for 05/23/2026, fetched from The New York Times Books API.

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• 1 (-). THE BALLAD OF FALLING DRAGONS, Sarah A. Parker (Avon)
  The second book in the Moonfall series. As a calamitous moonfall approaches, Raeve must make life-or-death decisions.
• 2 (-). IRONWOOD, Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
  The second book in the Catalina series. A deadly drug drop and a missing person case fuel Stillwell’s sense of duty.
• 3 (10). THE DEAL, Elle Kennedy (Bloom)
  Hannah Wells makes a deal with the captain of the college hockey team in exchange for tutoring him that may complicate their relationship.
• 4 (2). THEO OF GOLDEN, Allen Levi (Atria)
  A man travels to a small Southern town, where he purchases pencil drawings of local residents and exchanges them for stories.
• 5 (3). YESTERYEAR, Caro Claire Burke (Knopf)
  Natalie Heller Mills, a privileged tradwife social media influencer, wakes up to find she is living in the comparatively difficult reality of 1855.
• 6 (5). PROJECT HAIL MARY, Andy Weir (Ballantine)
  Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders; the basis of the movie.
• 7 (-). THE MISTAKE, Elle Kennedy (Bloom)
  The second book in the Off-Campus series. A college hockey player attempts to redeem himself to a rising sophomore.
• 8 (-). THE SCORE, Elle Kennedy (Bloom)
  The third book in the Off-Campus series. A brokenhearted senior resists the charms of a hockey star.
• 9 (-). FEVER DREAM, Elsie Silver (Atria)
  A bull rider goes on a reality dating show to save his family’s farm but falls for the show’s location consultant who is also his rival’s sister.
• 10 (4). REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES, Shelby Van Pelt (Ecco)
  A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there; the basis of the movie.
• 11 (9). DUNGEON CRAWLER CARL, Matt Dinniman (Ace)
  A Coast Guard vet named Carl and his ex-girlfriend’s cat, Princess Donut, are trapped in a fantasy dungeon.
• 12 (8). OUR PERFECT STORM, Carley Fortune (Berkley)
  After her fiancé leaves her, Frankie goes on her planned honeymoon trip with her best friend from childhood, George.
• 13 (12). THE CALAMITY CLUB, Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau)
  As things get tougher during the Depression, several women look for ways to improve their circumstances.
• 14 (11). THE CORRESPONDENT, Virginia Evans (Crown)
  Letters from someone she used to know push Sybil Van Antwerp toward revisiting her past and finding a way to forgive.
• 15 (1). A PARADE OF HORRIBLES, Matt Dinniman (Ace)
  The eighth book in the “Dungeon Crawler Carl” series. A sense of normalcy might be a set-up that spells danger for Carl and Donut.