Oklahoma Bestsellers: May 17, 2026

Here are the Oklahoma bestsellers for Sunday, May 17:

Fiction

1. “Theo of Golden” by Allen Levi (Atria Books)
2. “Project Hail Mary” by Andy Weir (Ballantine Books)
3. “The Lion Women of Tehran” by Marjan Kamali (Gallery Books)
4. “The Calamity Club” by Kathryn Stockett (Spiegel & Grau)
5. “Kin” by Tayari Jones (Algonquin Books)
6. “Carl’s Doomsday Scenario” by Matt Dinniman (Ace Books)
7. “Fury Bound” by Sable Sorensen (Requited)
8. “Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke (Knopf Publishing Group)
9. “The Bear and the Nightingale” by Katherine Arden (Del Rey Books)
10. “The Last Contract of Isako” by Fonda Lee (Orbit)

Nonfiction

1. “Every Cell Lit Up” by Crag Hill (Damn! Publishing)
2. “Making It Without Losing It: How to Stay Motivated in a World Where We Are Never Done” by Jess Ekstrom (Page Two Books, Inc.)
3. “Invincible: Defy Your Genetic Destiny to Live Better, Longer” by Florence Comite (Little, Brown Spark)
4. “The Story of Birds: A New History from Their Dinosaur Origins to the Present” by Steve Brusatte (Mariner Books)
5. “Poet Warrior: A Memoir” by Joy Harjo (W. W. Norton & Company)
6. “Release Me: The Spirits of Greenwood Speak” edited by Phetote Mshairi (New Greenwood, LLC)
7. “Backtalker: An American Memoir” by Kimberle Williams Crenshaw (Simon & Schuster)
8. “The Secret War Against Hate: American Resistance to Antisemitism and White Supremacy” by Steven J. Ross (Bloomsbury Publishing)
9. “Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism” by Stewart Reynolds (Grand Central Publishing)
10. “Rickenbacker Guitars: Pioneers of the Electric Guitar” by Martin Kelly and Paul Kelly (Firefly Books)

Children’s/YA

1. “Pizzasaurus” by Tammi Sauer (Doubleday Books for Young Readers)
2. “The Underpants” by Tammi Sauer (Scholastic Press)
3. “No Bunnies Here!” by Tammi Sauer (Doubleday Books for Young Readers)
4. “A to Z Animal Mysteries: Dolphin Detectives” by Ron Roy and illustrator Chloe Burgett (Random House Books for Young Readers)
5. “Lovebird Lou” by Tammi Sauer (Union Square Kids)
6. “A to Z Animal Mysteries: Cougar Clues” by Ron Roy and illustrator Chloe Burgett (Random House Books for Young Readers)
7. “Wordy Birdy” by Tammi Sauer (Doubleday Books for Young Readers)
8. “Etta Extraordinaire Goes to the White House” by Roda Ahmed and illustrator Chloe Burgett (HarperCollins)
9. “Big Bold Beautiful Me” by Jane Yolen and illustrator Chloe Burgett (Magination Press)
10. “Opal’s Greenwood Oasis” by Quraysh Ali Lansana (Calliope Group)

This week’s Oklahoma bestsellers are based on the total number of sales at Best of Books in Edmond, Brace Books & More in Ponca City, The Floating Bookshop in Oklahoma City, Full Circle Bookstore in Oklahoma City, Green Feather Book Company in Norman, Magic City Books in Tulsa, and Only One Bed Romance Book Truck in Edmond.

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