Stephen King’s 1982 collection Different Seasons (Warner) is the most recent book banned from all public schools in Utah after being removed in four school districts. Utah state law requires a book to be removed state-wide if a sufficient number of districts identify it as “objective sensitive material,” which is defined in state code as “instructional material that constitutes pornographic or indecent material.” The Davis School District website comments that “[t]here is sexual stimulation, arousal, and masturbation in the book.”

The collection includes four novellas: “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption: Hope Springs Eternal”, “Apt Pupil: Summer of Corruption”, “The Body: Fall from Innocence”, and “The Breathing Method: A Winter’s Tale”. Three of the stories were adapted to film as The Shawshank Redemption, Stand By Me, and Apt Pupil.

According to the Utah State Board of Education website, this is the latest of 36 book bannings from Utah public schools, including five books in Sarah J. Maas’s Court of Thorns and Roses series and one book in the Throne of Glass series, George R.R. Martin’s A Clash of Kings (Voyager UK; Bantam Spectra US), and Stephen King’s Bag of Bones (Simon & Schuster).

For more information, see coverage by The Salt Lake Tribune and KPCW.

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Bontrager, Megan: The Sea Hides Its Dead (Orbit US/Run For It 978-0316588010, $19.99, 368pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/14/2026)

Horror novel. Grad student Caro joins a sea-cave expedition to find the ancient Cult of the Leviathan, only for the entrance to collapse and trap them inside the site. Simultaneous with the Orbit UK/Run For It UK edition.

 

Carrick, M.A.: The Eye of Leviathan (Orbit US 978-0316584845, $19.99, 512pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/14/2026)

Fantasy novel, first in The Sea Beyond series. In an alternate Spanish Golden Age, a human in the otherworldly Sea Beyond and a fae disguised as a human must take down the empire. Simultaneous with the Orbit UK edition.

 

Goodman, A.B.: House of Atreus: Agamemnon Falling (Planetary Books 979-8183814347, $19.99, 162pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/01/2026)

SF novel, second in the House of Atreus series. As Agamemnon returns home after war, Trojan prophetess Cassandra tells him that the “goddess” he sacrificed his daughter to was actually an ancient machine.

 

Grist, Rhiannon: Home Sick (Rebellion/Solaris UK 978-1837867639, $16.99, 288pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/16/2026)

Horror novel. Tamsin, after a traumatic incident, moves to a cottage with only a thin wall separating her from an unnerving woman.

 

Hachemi, Munir & Sanches, Julia: The Mulai (Coach House Books 978-1552455197, $18.95, 176pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 07/14/2026)

SF novel. An archaeologist travels to a remote planet to study the Mulai, descendants of a lost space mission with unrecognizable customs who live in domes. Translated from the Spanish by Julia Sanches. Simultaneous with the UK Fitzcarraldo edition.

 

Hunter, Faith: Unpredictable Magic (Ace 979-8217187621, $20.00, 560pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/14/2026)

Urban fantasy novel. Siblings (and private investigators) Angelina and Evan Everhart-Trueblood are drawn into a disappearance case that seems to involve Angie’s aunt and vampire ex-husband.

 

Kwok, Jean: Dominion (Penguin Random House/Putnam 979-8217044368, $32.00, 448pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 07/14/2026)

Romantic fantasy novel, the first in the Silk and Iron trilogy. In a world of four rival factions and tyger-bonded riders, Rubi enters a deadly competition and encounters a frustratingly handsome leader.

 

Lambert, Jennifer K.: Among the Thorns (Macmillan/Tor Bramble UK 978-1250360373, $32.99, 400pp, formats: hardcover, audiobook, 07/14/2026)

Fantasy romance novel, second in the Never the Roses series. Dream sorceress Rose is acclaimed and sought after by the prince, while isolated dream sorceress Thorn wants everything she has. This author also writes as Jeffe Kennedy; copyrighted by Jennifer M. Kennedy.

 

Marie, I.V.: Ruinous Ends (Penguin Random House/Delacorte 978-0593898840, $21.99, 480pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 07/14/2026)

Young-adult dark academia fantasy novel, second in the series The Souls of Blackwood Academy series. After the Decennial competition, six former pupils discover new secrets about Blackwood.

 

Marillier, Juliet: The Amber Owl (Rebellion/Solaris UK 978-1763662513, $29.35, 416pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 07/16/2026)

Fantasy novel in the Heartwood series. Stasya lives by the Heartwood Forest, where she uses her gift with animals, but is relocated to court when she protests soldiers trying to hack through the woods.

 

Niven, Larry & Barnes, Steven: Ice Vegas (Blackstone Publishing 979-8228329577, $29.99, 272pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/14/2026)

SF thriller novel. Carver, a security operative, and Spider, world’s deadliest assassin, team up to stop saboteurs from damaging BALDR, a nuclear facility that powers half of Europe.

 

Oh, Temi: Not With a Bang (Simon & Schuster/Saga Press 978-1668203460, $18.99, 352pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/14/2026)

SF novel. The Minton family, from prepper father Marcus to Briar, drawn into a UFO cult, are confronted with an extinction-level event. Copyrighted by Temitoyen Ochuboju Douglas-Scott. First US edition (Simon & Schuster UK 5/26).

 

Olsson, Lindsey: To Drown a Witch (Penguin Random House/Putnam 979-8217004799, $20.99, 352pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 07/14/2026)

Young-adult fantasy romance novel, first in a duology. When the deadly entity “the Witch” shows signs of being reborn, thief Nes, who can detect magic, is drawn into the hunt by Toran of the King’s Guard.

 

Parker, Natalie C.: The Assassin’s Guide to Dating (Candlewick Press 978-1536243291, $12.99, 256pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 07/14/2026)

Young-adult superhero romance, sequel to The Assassin’s Guide to Babysitting. At an academy for those with powers, Lila finds her “bombshell” powers are subject to increasing surveillance, hindering her growing relationship with Tru.

 

Rivers, Erynne: Wench (HarperCollins UK/Avon UK 978-0008798246, £16.99, 400pp, formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/16/2026)

Fantasy romance novel. Maid Marian, unhappily betrothed to the Sheriff of Nottingham, is kidnapped in the forest by the notorious fae Merry Men and Robin Hood. A first novel.

 

Rowland, Alexandra: Yield Under Great Persuasion (Macmillan/Tor Bramble UK 978-1035087556, £22.00, 320pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 07/16/2026)

Fantasy romance novel. Tam sets out on a quest to find himself, finally fed up with his lover Lord Lyford, who smashed his prize-fair vegetables when they were children and is favored by the goddess Tam feels betrayed by.

 

Shunmugam, Megam: The Mortal Trials (Angry Robot UK 978-1836730156, $19.99, 304pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/14/2026)

Fantasy novel. Mistaken for someone else, Lirah enters a deadly competition and encounters a frustratingly handsome trainer.

 

Tierney, Joan: Misery’s Wife (Macmillan/Flatiron 978-1250421791, $28.99, 272pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 07/14/2026)

SF novel. In this retelling of a Portuguese folktale, trans woman Elixane receives a message from a toad to rescue her sister, who is married to the King of Misery.

 

Wellington, David: Erebus-13 (Orbit US 978-0316569361, $19.99, 496pp, formats: paperback, ebook, audiobook, 07/14/2026)

SF novel, third in the Red Space series. Petrova and her crew must unite the solar system’s factions to stop Erebus, a dark entity hurtling towards Earth. Simultaneous with the Orbit UK edition.

 

Wiswell, John: The Dragon Has Some Complaints (Astra House/DAW 978-0756420499, $29.00, 400pp, formats: hardcover, ebook, audiobook, 07/14/2026)

Fantasy novel. A three-headed (formerly four-headed) dragon with bickering heads tries to sneak into a dragon-riding academy for food, and bonds with rider Rania, who’s desperate for a dragon of her own.

 

Woodroe, Alex: Brave New Weird: The Best New Weird Horror, Volume Four (Tenebrous Press 978-1959790655, $19.99, 230pp, formats: paperback, ebook, 07/14/2026)

Year’s best anthology of 23 weird stories from 2025, selected as winners of the Brave New Weird Award. Authors include Corrie Haldane, Alistair Rey, Ashley Stokes, and Audrey Zhou. Edited by Woodroe with Matt Blairstone.

 

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Of half a dozen debuts this week, the highest ranking is Melissa K. Roehrich’s Storm of Secrets and Sorrow (Kensington), Book 2 of The Legacy, ranking on two lists at #12 and #20. Other debuts are by Rachelle Raeta, Paul Tremblay, Emily Varga, Shalini Abeysekara, and Rebecca Thorne.

Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 07.19	LAT 07.12	USAT 07.05	PW 07.13	Amz (07.13)	UK: Amz UK (07.13)	Canada: Amz.ca (07.13)
Items on list -x- number of lists surveyed		10×3	10×2	150	15×3	100	100	100
Hardcovers
Aster, Starside	04.13.26 / 14	xxx..		xx	13 +2			xxx..
Brown, Red Rising (Deluxe Slipcase Edition)	10.27.25 / 37	xxx..		39 +25	xxx..
Buehlman, Between Two Fires	03.16.26 / 13	xxx..			22 +	xxx..		x
Burke, Yesteryear	04.20.26 / 13	1 =	1 +1	3 =	1 =	3 =	4 +1	2 -1
Collins, Sunrise on the Reaping	06.10.24 / 86			xxx..	x	xxx..	xxx..	65 +28
Dinniman, A Parade of Horribles	04.27.26 / 12	15 -3	xxx..	x	11 -3	81 -11		78 +
Dinniman, Carl’s Doomsday Scenario	01.12.26 / 27	7 =	x	15 +12		17 -1		6 +4
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl	05.26.25 / 48	5 +	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	19 =		61 +
Dinniman, The Butcher’s Masquerade	04.21.25 / 23	xx		52 +13	xxx..	53 +42
Dinniman, The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook	02.02.26 / 23	8 =		19 +14		20 -2		19 -7
Dinniman, The Eye of the Bedlam Bride	05.26.25 / 21	xx		61 +73	xxx..	60 -7
Dinniman, The Gate of the Feral Gods	03.24.25 / 25	12 +1		32 +22	xxx..	35 -2		7 +84
Dinniman, This Inevitable Ruin	10.06.25 / 18	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	14 -4	75 -17
Haig, The Midnight Train	05.18.26 / 9	x	x	57 +35	16 =	xxx..	x	xxx..
Moronova, Once Upon a Demon’s Heart	07.06.26 / 2			135 -116	x
Parker, The Ballad of Falling Dragons	05.25.26 / 8	xxx..		x	15 -3		xxx..	xxx..
Pham, The Secret World of Briar Rose	06.15.26 / 5	7 -1		xxx..	xxx..
Raeta, These Immortal Truths	07.13.26 / 1			141 ++
Roberts, Powerless	11.20.23 / 101	xxx..		xxx..	12 -3	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..
Roehrich, Storm of Secrets and Sorrow	07.13.26 / 1			20 ++	12 ++
SenLinYu, Alchemised	10.06.25 / 40	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	23 +	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..
Tingle, Camp Damascus	07.31.23 / 5			91 +57	xxx..
Tremblay, Dead But Dreaming of Electric Sheep	07.13.26 / 1			31 ++
Varga, The River She Became	07.13.26 / 1	6 ++		74 ++
Yarros, Onyx Storm	04.01.24 / 116	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	12 -2	xxx..
Yarros, Untitled Empyrean (Not Book Four)	04.20.26 / 11					10 +78	60 +	33 +
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 07.19	LAT 07.12	USAT 07.05	PW 07.13	Amz (07.13)	UK: Amz UK (07.13)	Canada: Amz.ca (07.13)
Paperbacks [tpb=trade]
Abeysekara, This Blade of Ours [tpb]	07.13.26 / 1			41 ++
Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451	07.20.03 / 496		xxx..	97 +	xxx..	66 +6	xxx..	xxx..
Brown, Red Rising [tpb]	05.02.16 / 37	14 +	xxx	xxx..		83 +		15 +25
Buehlman, Between Two Fires [tpb]	09.09.24 / 20			44 +6
Butler, Parable of the Sower [tpb]	07.06.20 / 46	xxx..	xxx..	118 +		xxx..
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl [tpb]	01.12.26 / 27	4 -1	1 +2	5 -1	3 -1	30 +1		14 -7
Dinniman, Dungeon Crawler Carl, Vol. 1 (Graphic Novel) [tpb]	06.01.26 / 7			54 -19	19 -6
Haig, The Midnight Library [tpb]	05.22.23 / 86	xxx..	xxx	136 -85	xxx..	x	xxx..	xx
Kraus, Angel Down [tpb]	05.18.26 / 9		5 +2	69 +24	xxx..	xxx..		xxx..
Lalami, The Dream Hotel [tpb]	07.13.26 / 1		10 ++
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses [tpb]	05.16.16 / 274	xxx..	xxx..	56 +2	xxx..	xxx..	67 -5	xx
Maas, A Court of Thorns and Roses Paperback Box Set	06.19.23 / 149			xxx..		xxx..	xxx..	71 +3
Maas, A Court of Wings and Ruin [tpb]	05.14.18 / 194	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	91 -19	xxx..
Rowling, Harry Potter Box Set: The Complete Collection (UK) [tpb]	03.23.15 / 458						xxx..	72 -5
Thorne, Moss’d in Space [tpb]	07.13.26 / 1			29 ++	12 ++
Weir, Project Hail Mary [tpb]	10.03.22 / 86	2 =	3 +3	8 -2	xxx..	4 =	24 -5	3 +1
Yarros, Fourth Wing [tpb]	09.16.24 / 94	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	xxx..	15 -2	xxx..
Yarros, Iron Flame [tpb]	06.02.25 / 55	xxx..		xxx..	xxx..		11 -2	xxx..
Title	Debut / #wks on any list	NYT 07.19	LAT 07.12	USAT 07.05	PW 07.13	Amz (07.13)	UK: Amz UK (07.13)	Canada: Amz.ca (07.13)
This cell color indicates rankings on children’s bestsellers lists		This cell color indicates rankings of books based on pre-publication sales				[Italics and brackets, and/or this cell color, indicate stale data — rankings from one or more weeks before — and do not contribute to the cumulative weeks on any list totals]

The table shows the current rank of each book and the change since last week, where:

= same as last week

+/- change since last week

+ back on list

++ new on list

x no longer on list (number of x’s: weeks off list)

All lists rank hardcovers and paperbacks separately, except for the USA Today list, which is a single list combining fiction and nonfiction in all formats. Dates shown are posted dates, except those in parentheses, which are dates compiled. New York Times posts its list one week in advance of print publication.

Note that some sources do not compile paperback bestsellers, and some exclude YA books (like the Harry Potter series) from their hardcover and paperback fiction lists.

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The Museum of Pop Culture (MoPOP) announced the 2026 inductees to the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame: Lois McMaster Bujold and Tim Burton were honored as creators. “Metropolis” and the X-Men franchise were also recognized as exceptional creations in genre media. Inductees are added to the SF&F Hall of Fame display in the museum.

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame was founded in 1996 and then relocated from the Gunn Center for the Study of Science Fiction and Fantasy at the University of  Kansas to its permanent home at MoPOP (formerly EMP) in 2004.

For more information, including a complete list of Hall of Fame members, see the MoPOP website.

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