NEIBA Bestseller List

 NEIBA Bestsellers for October 7, 2026

Based on sales for the week ending Sunday, October 4th, 2026  

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Threshing Day (Wing and Claw Collection) (The Empyrean)
Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Red Tower Books, $24.99, 9781682818084
2. American Hagwon
Min Jin Lee, Cardinal, $36.00, 9781538752036
3. The Pirate Queen
Ariel Lawhon, Doubleday, $32.00, 9780385550345
4. The French Illusion (The French Illusion Series)
John Grisham, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385550543
5. Exit Party
Emily St.John Mandel, Knopf, $32.00, 9780593321461
6. Hollow Bones
Jodi Picoult, Ballantine Books, $34.00, 9780593726259
7. Hollywood, Ending
John Green, Dutton Books, $32.00, 9780525426073
8. Whistler
Ann Patchett, Harper, $30.00, 9780063511637
9. The Witches of Cambridge
Alice Hoffman, Scribner, $29.00, 9781668074640
10. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35.00, 9781954118812
11. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30.00, 9780593804216
12. The Disappearers
Marlon James, Riverhead Books, $32.00, 9780593717202
13. The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29.00, 9798217154746
14. The Thoroughbreds (The Academy Series #2)
Elin Hilderbrand, Shelby Cunningham, Little, Brown and Company, $32.00, 9780316567916
15. Ply
Hernan Diaz, Riverhead Books, $32.00, 9780593719541

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. The American Way of Killing: The Invention of an Epidemic
Malcolm Gladwell, Little, Brown and Company, $34.00, 9780316603782
2. An Unexpected Life: A Memoir
Gloria Steinem, Random House, $30.00, 9780593978177
3. Swan Song: Diana, my sister
Charles Spencer, Penguin Press, $35.00, 9798217379743
4. End Times Fascism: And the Fight for the Living World
Naomi Klein, Astra Taylor, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $32.00, 9780374621384
5. This Cursed Beautiful Land: A Russian-American Story
Evan Gershkovich, Crown, $34.00, 9798217087266
6. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30.00, 9780593733318
7. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35.00, 9780385548533
8. Regime Change: Inside the Imperial Presidency of Donald Trump
Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Simon & Schuster, $34.00, 9781668067246
9. The Rise and Fall of the Artificial State
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $29.99, 9781324098423
10. The Steps: A Memoir
Sylvester Stallone, William Morrow, $32.50, 9780063443914
11. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20.00, 9781668072240
12. Fictional Selves: A Memoir
Kyle MacLachlan, Crown, $34.00, 9798217086320
13. PlantYou Quickies: 140+ Nourishing Plant-Based Recipes for Busy People
Carleigh Bodrug, Balance, $35.00, 9780306837517
14. The Art of Fighting: The Transformative Power of Conflict
Priya Parker, Riverhead Books, $30.00, 9780593420225
15. The Nerd Reich: Silicon Valley Fascism and the War on Democracy
Gil Durán, Avid Reader Press / Simon & Schuster, $30.00, 9781668221402

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. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $18.99, 9781250828019
4. The Wedding People
Alison Espach, Holt Paperbacks, $18.99, 9781250899552
5. The Road to Tender Hearts
Annie Hartnett, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593873465
6. May We Feed the King
Rebecca Perry, Transit Books, $18.95, 9798893380620
7. The Women
Kristin Hannah, St. Martin's Griffin, $21.00, 9781250178640
8. Fruit Fly
Josh Silver, Crooked Lane Books, $19.99, 9798892426374
9. Buckeye
Patrick Ryan, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20.00, 9780593595053
10. Project Hail Mary 
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22.00, 9798217299461
11. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18.00, 9780593312070
12. The Secret of Secrets (Robert Langdon #6)
Dan Brown, Vintage, $22.00, 9780593313015
13. Devotions
Mary Oliver, Penguin, $20.00, 9780399563263
14. Atmosphere
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $20.00, 9780593158739
15. Circe
Madeline Miller, Back Bay, $19.99, 9780316556323

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. Crossing the Wine-Dark Sea: Journeys Through Ancient Literature
Emily Wilson, Liveright, $19.99, 9781324099406
2. A Marriage at Sea (Indies Introduce)
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $20.00, 9780593854297
3. Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly  
Anthony Bourdain, Ecco, $18.99, 9780060899226
4. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21.00, 9780593689004
5. Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do About It
Cory Doctorow, Picador, $20.00, 9781250448194
6. Pilgrim at Tinker Creek
Annie Dillard, Harper Perennial, $18.99, 9780061233326
7. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $20.00, 9781668094723
8. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22.00, 9781571313560
9. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18.00, 9781984898456
10. Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor
Christine Kuehn, Celadon Books, $18.99, 9781250344489
11. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate—Discoveries from a Secret World
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $18.95, 9781771643771
12. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $23.00, 9780307279286
13. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14.00, 9780804190114
14. How to Love a Forest: The Bittersweet Work of Tending a Changing World
Ethan Tapper, Broadleaf Books, $19.99, 9798341900196
15. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21.00, 9780307742490

MASS MARKET

1. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451526342
2. The Left Hand of Darkness
Ursula K. Le Guin, Ace, $10.99, 9780441478125
3. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
4. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12.00, 9780451524935
5. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
6. Words of Radiance
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365286
7. Hyperion
Dan Simmons, Spectra, $11.00, 9780553283686
8. Oathbringer
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365293
9. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
10. The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Gruffalo Granny
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $19.99, 9798217238736
2. Room on the Broom 
Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler (Illus.), Dial Books, $9.99, 9780593110409
3. Millie Fleur's Pumpkin Problem
Christy Mandin, Christy Mandin (Illus.), Orchard Books, $14.99, 9798225041335
4. The Skeleton and the Cat
Brandon James Scott, HarperCollins, $19.99, 9780063455887
5. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
6. Richard Scarry's Lowly Worm Saves Halloween! (Lowly Worm Saves the Holidays)
Richard Scarry, Random House Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9798217116911
7. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $10.99, 9780140501698
8. Little Blue Truck Lost and Found
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063436121
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780399230035
10. Little Blue Truck
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $10.99, 9780358451228

CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES

1. Baby-sitters on Board!: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-sitters Club Super Special #1)
Raina Telgemeier (Illus.), Graphix, $16.99, 9781546174363
2. Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories 2: From the Creator of Diary of a Wimpy Kid (The Awesome Friendly Kid Series)
Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $15.99, 9781419788109
3. The Jungle of Carabanana (The Millicent Quibb School of Etiquette for Young Ladies of Mad Science #3)
Kate McKinnon, Alvina Ling Books, $17.99, 9780316555814
4. Sunrise on the Reaping (The Hunger Games)
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $17.99, 9781546171607
5. The Neverfear (Impossible Creatures #3)
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809945
6. Impossible Creatures
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891
7. Warriors Graphic Novel: The New Prophecy, Part One of Three
Erin Hunter, Gibson Twist, Sammy Savos (Illus.), HarperAlley, $15.99, 9780063450882
8. The Mirror of Infinite Endings: A Once Upon a Broken Heart Companion
Stephanie Garber, Lotusbubble (Illus.), Flatiron Books, $21.99, 9781250462039
9. A Super Scary Narwhalloween (A Narwhal and Jelly Book #8)
Ben Clanton, Tundra Books, $8.99, 9780735266858
10. The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic, $12.99, 9780545425117

EARLY & MIDDLE GRADE

1. Camp Half-Blood: From the World of Percy Jackson: The Wild Zone
Rick Riordan, Annabelle Oh, Random House Books for Young Readers, $20.99, 9798217445981
2. Building 903
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063515109
3. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel 
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488
4. The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale
Jon Klassen, Candlewick, $19.99, 9781536223361
5. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel 
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
6. The Baby-sitters Club Fan Edition: Baby-sitter Summer
Ann M. Martin, et al., Scholastic Inc., $14.99, 9781546171379
7. Ghosts: A Graphic Novel
Raina Telgemeier, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338801903
8. Mind vs. Machine: The Chess Match That Changed the World
Steve Sheinkin, Maurice Ashley, Thien Pham (Illus.), Roaring Brook Press, $14.99, 9781250334763
9. Charlotte's Web
E.B. White, HarperCollins, $10.99, 9780064400558
10. Hatchet
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293

YOUNG ADULT

1. Trust Fall
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9798347100217
2. Fake Skating
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665921275
3. Better Than the Movies
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $12.99, 9781534467637
4. The Iliad: A Graphic Novel
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763696634
5. A Season for Falling
Kate O'Shaughnessy, Storytide, $15.99, 9780063570252
6. The Odyssey: A Graphic Novel
Gareth Hinds, Candlewick, $19.99, 9780763642686
7. The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Special Edition)
Stephen Chbosky, Simon Pulse, $15.99, 9781665982412
8. Stealing Saint Nick: A Legendary Corpse, a Notorious Theft, and the Stories that Shape the World
M.T. Anderson, Dutton Books for Young Readers, $20.99, 9780593699546
9. The Faraway Inn
Sarah Beth Durst, Delacorte Press, $14.99, 9798217024308
10. The Giver Deluxe Collector’s Edition
Lois Lowry, Clarion Books, $24.99, 9780063519633