NEIBA Bestseller List

For the week ending
Sunday, August 30th, 2026  

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812
2. Whistler
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637
3. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216
4. Big Little Truths
Liane Moriarty, Crown, $34.00, 9780593798638
5. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28.00, 9780593798430
6. Under the Falls
Richard Russo, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593805107
7. Land
Maggie O'Farrell, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593320648
8. The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746
9. Country People
Daniel Mason, Random House, $30.00, 9798217197453
10. The Amateur
Chris Bohjalian, Doubleday, $33.00, 9780385551298
11. Life of M
Rachel Cusk, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $27.00, 9780374618384
12. Cool Machine (The Harlem Trilogy #3)
Colson Whitehead, Doubleday, $30.00, 9780385550505
13. Etna
Paul Yoon, Scribner, $28.00, 9781668020821
14. The Unknown
Riley Sager, Dutton, $32.00, 9798217044092
15. John of John 
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28.00, 9780802167194

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster, $34.00, 9781668067246
2. The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $29.99, 9781324098423
3. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533
4. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318
5. The Land and Its People: Essays
David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company, $30.00, 9780316264839
6. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781668072240
7. The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
Gil Durán, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668221402
8. What to Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking: Make It Fast
Caroline Chambers, Union Square & Co., $35.00, 9781454963264
9. The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love
Alice Hoffman (Ed.), Scribner, $22.00, 9781668209028
10. Guinness World Records 2027
Guinness World Records, Guinness World Records, $29.95, 9781806500253
11. The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss
Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, W. W. Norton & Company, $35.00, 9781324006848
12. The Wreck of the Mentor: A True Story of Death, Despair, and Deliverance in the Age of Sail
Eric Jay Dolin, Liveright, $27.99, 9781324096320
13. Biological War: A Scenario
Annie Jacobsen, Dutton, $33.00, 9798217046034
14. This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark
Craig Fehrman, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35.00, 9781982174248
15. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About: A Memoir
Isabel Klee, William Morrow, $28.00, 9780063451070

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781668236512
2. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20.00, 9780593820254
3. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Holt Paperbacks, $18.99, 9781250899552
4. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $19.99, 9780316556323
5. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19.00, 9780593418925
6. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $20.00, 9781982112837
7. Project Hail Mary 
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461
8. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593158739
9. The Road to Tender Hearts
Annie Hartnett, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593873465
10. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263
11. Wreck
Catherine Newman, Harper Perennial, $17.99, 9780063453920
12. Dolly All the Time
Annabel Monaghan, G.P. Putnam's Sons, $20.00, 9780593853979
13. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
14. James
Percival Everett, Vintage, $20.00, 9780593686867
15. Carl's Doomsday Scenario (Dungeon Crawler Carl #2)
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $21.00, 9780593820278

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. A Marriage at Sea (Indies Introduce)
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593854297
2. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
3. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly  
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226
4. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560
5. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21.00, 9780593689004
6. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490
7. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $23.00, 9780307279286
8. The Salt Stones: Seasons of a Shepherd's Life
Helen Whybrow, Milkweed Editions, $20.00, 9781571311634
9. The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial Intelligence—Before It's Too Late
Cory Doctorow, MCD, $18.00, 9780374621568
10. Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times: How to Reclaim Your Power, Fight for Freedom, and Reimagine Democracy
Skye Perryman, Ten Speed Press, $16.99, 9798217273997
11. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22.00, 9780385348768
12. Is a River Alive?
Robert Macfarlane, W. W. Norton & Company, $19.99, 9781324130734
13. A Resistance History of the United States
Tad Stoermer, Steerforth, $19.95, 9781586424367
14. Upstream: Selected Essays
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $18.00, 9780143130086
15. A Poetry Handbook: A Prose Guide to Understanding and Writing Poetry
Mary Oliver, Ecco, $16.99, 9780156724005

MASS MARKET

1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935
2. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553577129
3. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342
4. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
5. Murder at the Toy Soldier (A Cozy Capers Book Group Mystery #8)
Maddie Day, Kensington Cozies, $9.99, 9781496759429
6. And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie, Morrow, $10.99, 9780062073488
7. The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345534835
8. Macbeth
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477109
9. A Raisin in the Sun
Lorraine Hansberry, Vintage, $12.00, 9780679755333
10. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11.00, 9780553283686

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Little Blue Truck Lost and Found
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063436121
2. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $10.99, 9780140501698
3. The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908
4. Room on the Broom 
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
5. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
6. The Skeleton and the Cat
Brandon James Scott, HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063455887
7. Jamberry
Bruce Degen, HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780694006519
8. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $10.99, 9780140564341
9. Story Rug
Sophie Blackall, Phoebe Wahl (Illus.), Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780316535380
10. The Bats on the Bus
Alison Jackson, Scott Magoon (Illus.), Christy Ottaviano Books, $18.99, 9780316584180

CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES

1. Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781546171607
2. Penelope Rex vs. the New Kid (A Penelope Rex Book)
Ryan T. Higgins, Disney Hyperion, $19.99, 9781368108706
3. InvestiGators: Weather or Not
John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250357915
4. Heartstopper #6: A Graphic Novel
Alice Oseman, Graphix, $19.99, 9781546102441
5. The Princess in Black and the Trick-or-Treating Trouble
Shannon Hale, Dean Hale, LeUyen Pham (Illus.), Candlewick, $16.99, 9781536234107
6. One of Us Is Lying
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758
7. Warriors Graphic Novel: The New Prophecy, Part One of Three
Erin Hunter, Gibson Twist, Sammy Savos (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063450882
8. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117
9. Warriors Graphic Novel: The Prophecies Begin, #1
Erin Hunter, Natalie Riess (Illus.), Sara Goetter (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063203877
10. Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club #19) 
Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546135548

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

1. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2: From the Creator of Diary of a Wimpy Kid (The Awesome Friendly Kid Series)
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $15.99, 9781419788109
2. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel 
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488
3. Odder: The Novel
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250423429
4. The Baby-sitters Club Fan Edition: Baby-sitter Summer
Ann M. Martin, et al., Scholastic Inc., $14.99, 9781546171379
5. Super Duper Extra Deluxe Essential Handbook (Pokemon)
Scholastic, Scholastic, $16.99, 9781339028019
6. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga 
Dav Pilkey, Motojiro (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546151210
7. Smile: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338740264
8. A Wolf Called Fire
Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $9.99, 9780063415140
9. Spy School Secret Service the Graphic Novel 
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665956635
10. Wombat Waiting
Katherine Applegate, Storytide, $19.99, 9780063221178

YOUNG ADULT

1. The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763642686
2. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
3. Betting on You
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781665921244
4. The Summer of Broken Rules
K.L. Walther, Sourcebooks Fire, $14.99, 9781728210292
5. If He Had Been with Me
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489
6. Nothing Like the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665947145
7. The Iliad: A Graphic Novel
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763696634
8. The Gilded Blade (The Grandest Game #3)
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9780316593083
9. The Giver
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $11.99, 9780544336261
10. The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, Viking Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9780142407332