NEIBA Bestseller List

For the week ending
Sunday, February 22nd, 2026  

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
2. Vigil
George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509622
3. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
4. The Astral Library (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Kate Quinn, William Morrow, $32, 9780063244788
5. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155
6. This Is Not About Us: Fiction
Allegra Goodman, The Dial Press, $29, 9780593447840
7. Wild Dark Shore
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951
8. Half His Age
Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739
9. What We Can Know
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728
10. Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter
Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $29, 9780593973257
11. Operation Bounce House
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $32, 9780593820308
12. My Husband's Wife
Alice Feeney, Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar, $28.99, 9781250337818
13. My Friends
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820
14. Buckeye
Patrick Ryan, Random House, $30, 9780593595039
15. This Book Made Me Think of You
Libby Page, Berkley, $30, 9798217186990

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology
Jon Meacham, Random House, $38, 9780593597552
2. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318
3. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35, 9781324094647
4. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice
Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120
5. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $20, 9781982181314
6. Always Remember: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and the Storm
Charlie Mackesy, Penguin Life, $27, 9780593994825
7. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148
8. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967
9. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280
10. Bernie for Burlington: The Rise of the People's Politician
Dan Chiasson, Knopf, $35, 9780593317495
11. A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides
Gisèle Pelicot, Penguin Press, $32, 9798217181322
12. Mother Mary Comes to Me
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $30, 9781668094716
13. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About
Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366
14. Lessons from Cats for Surviving Fascism
Stewart Reynolds, Grand Central Publishing, $13, 9781538778005
15. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection
John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
2. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228
3. Heated Rivalry
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637
4. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
5. Wuthering Heights (Movie Tie-In)
Emily Brontë, Penguin Books, $18, 9780143139140
6. Hamnet
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876
7. The Frozen River
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070
8. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254
9. Dear Debbie
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464249624
10. The Housemaid
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570
11. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
12. Game Changer
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620
13. The Long Game
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644
14. I Who Have Never Known Men
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600
15. Heartwood
Amity Gaige, Simon & Schuster, $19, 9781668063613

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
2. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114
3. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
4. All About Love: New Visions
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470
5. I'm Glad My Mom Died
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831
6. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780735213623
7. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741
8. On Democracy
Walt Whitman, Library of America, $12.5, 9781598538465
9. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
10. Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Abrams Press, $18, 9781419777301
11. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257
12. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676
13. Fight Oligarchy
Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161
14. Patriot: A Memoir
Alexei Navalny, Vintage, $21, 9780593315569
15. Untangling AI: Driving Business Success Through Enterprise Automation and AI Agents
Matt Kesby, Wiley, $40, 9781394394388

MASS MARKET

1. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935
2. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
3. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
5. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129
6. Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296
7. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279
8. Foundation
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10, 9780553293357
9. Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card, Tor, $10.99, 9781250773012
10. A Game of Thrones
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. Rumpelstiltskin
Mac Barnett, Carson Ellis (Illus.), Orchard Books, $19.99, 9781338673852
2. The Snowy Day
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701
3. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
4. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $10.99, 9780140564341
5. Make Way for Ducklings Board Book
Robert McCloskey, Viking Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9798217042067
6. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)
Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977
7. Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926
8. Little Blue Truck Leads the Way
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), HMH Books for Young Readers, $10.99, 9780544568051
9. Good Night, Gorilla
Peggy Rathmann, G.P. Putnam's Sons Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9780399230035
10. Bath Time for the Crayons
Drew Daywalt, Oliver Jeffers (Illus.), Philomel Books, $9.99, 9780593694879

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. The Lions' Run
Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9781250392817
2. Unsettling Salad! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!)
Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961110
3. A Blood Moon (Snowlands #1)
Morr Meroz, Collin Fogel (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546171737
4. From the World of Percy Jackson: The Court of the Dead: A Nico di Angelo Adventure
Rick Riordan, Mark Oshiro, Disney Hyperion, $21.99, 9781368109116
5. The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World
Jonathan Haidt, Catherine Price, Cynthia Yuan Cheng (Illus.), Rocky Pond Books, $14.99, 9798217111916
6. The One and Only Bob
Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao (Illus.), Storytide, $10.99, 9780062991324
7. War Games
Alan Gratz, Scholastic Press, $18.99, 9781338736106
8. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
9. Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362
10. Scholastic Year in Sports 2026
James Buckley, Scholastic, $14.99, 9798225005030

CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES

1. Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Sew Much Trouble
John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250359469
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper
Jeff Kinney, Harry N. Abrams, $15.99, 9781419782695
3. Dog Man: Big Jim Believes
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $15.99, 9781546176183
4. Europa (City Spies, #7)
James Ponti, Aladdin, $18.99, 9781665959988
5. Talons of Power: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #9)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001265
6. Darkstalker: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire: Legends Graphic Novel)
Tui T. Sutherland, Jake Parker (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001296
7. I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 (I Survived Graphic Novel #13)
Lauren Tarshis, Cassie Anderson (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546137719
8. Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy)
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665954891
9. Hilo Presents: The Mighty: (A Graphic Novel)
Judd Winick, Random House Graphic, $14.99, 9780593305300
10. The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #1)
Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $10.99, 9781368051477