NEIBA Bestseller List

For the week ending
Sunday, February 1st, 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. Wild Dark Shore  
Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951  
5. The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny  
Kiran Desai, Hogarth, $32, 9780307700155  
6. Half His Age  
Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739  
7. Departure(s)  
Julian Barnes, Knopf, $27, 9780593804506  
8. My Friends  
Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820  
9. The First Time I Saw Him  
Laura Dave, Scribner, $29, 9781668002964  
10. Anatomy of an Alibi  
Ashley Elston, Pamela Dorman Books, $30, 9780593834459  
11. My Husband's Wife  
Alice Feeney, Flatiron Books: Pine & Cedar, $28.99, 9781250337818  
12. What We Can Know  
Ian McEwan, Knopf, $30, 9780593804728  
13. Skylark  
Paula McLain, Atria Books, $30, 9781668028155  
14. Atmosphere  
Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715  
15. Buckeye  
Patrick Ryan, Random House, $30, 9780593595039


HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage  
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318  
2. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald  
John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35, 9781324094647  
3. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History--and How It Shattered a Nation  
Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967  
4. Raising Hare: A Memoir  
Chloe Dalton, Pantheon, $27, 9780593701843  
5. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck  
Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280  
6. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This  
Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148  
7. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written  
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $20, 9781982181314  
8. Football  
Chuck Klosterman, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593490648  
9. 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  
10. Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose  
Jennifer Breheny Wallace, Portfolio, $30, 9780593850596  
11. Bread of Angels: A Memoir  
Patti Smith, Random House, $30, 9781101875124  
12. Mother Mary Comes to Me  
Arundhati Roy, Scribner, $30, 9781668094716  
13. Something from Nothing: A Cookbook  
Alison Roman, Clarkson Potter, $37.99, 9781984826411  
14. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World  
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240  
15. The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse  
Charlie Mackesy, HarperOne, $22.99, 9780062976581


TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Theo of Golden  
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512  
2. The God of the Woods  
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925  
3. Hamnet  
Maggie O'Farrell, Vintage, $19, 9781984898876  
4. Dear Debbie  
Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464249624  
5. Heated Rivalry  
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637  
6. Heartwood  
Amity Gaige, Simon & Schuster, $19, 9781668063613  
7. The Long Game  
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644  
8. Project Hail Mary  
Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228  
9. Game Changer  
Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620  
10. The Frozen River  
Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070  
11. The Housemaid  
Freida McFadden, Grand Central, $18.99, 9781538742570  
12. The Lion Women of Tehran  
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594  
13. Remarkably Bright Creatures  
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164  
14. Isola  
Allegra Goodman, Dial Press Trade Paperback, $19, 9780593730102  
15. I Who Have Never Known Men  
Jacqueline Harpman, Transit Books, $16.95, 9781945492600


TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century  
Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114  
2. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac  
Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682  
3. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants  
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560  
4. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder  
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490  
5. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession  
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456  
6. I'm Glad My Mom Died  
Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831  
7. Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space  
Adam Higginbotham, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $22, 9781982176624  
8. Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art  
James Nestor, Riverhead Books, $20, 9780735213623  
9. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition  
Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257  
10. All About Love: New Visions  
bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470  
11. Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts  
Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250397676  
12. The Psychology of Money: Timeless Lessons on Wealth, Greed, and Happiness  
Morgan Housel, Harriman House, $19.99, 9780857197689  
13. Night  
Elie Wiesel, FSG, $13, 9780374500016  
14. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma  
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin, $19, 9780143127741  
15. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen  
David Brooks, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593230077  


MASS MARKET

1. 1984  
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935  
2. The Diary of a Young Girl  
Anne Frank, Bantam, $8.99, 9780553577129  
3. Mistborn: The Final Empire  
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541  
4. Hamlet  
William Shakespeare, Simon & Schuster, $6.99, 9780743477123  
5. A Game of Thrones  
George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780553593716  
6. Slaughterhouse-Five  
Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296  
7. Animal Farm  
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342  
8. Foundation  
Isaac Asimov, Spectra, $10, 9780553293357  
9. Elantris  
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9780765350374  
10. The Silmarillion  
J.R.R. Tolkien, Del Rey, $8.99, 9780345325815 


CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. The Snowy Day  
Ezra Jack Keats, Viking Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780670012701  
2. Make Way for Ducklings  
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $10.99, 9780140564341  
3. Goodnight Moon  
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617  
4. Smooches!  
Sandra Boynton, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $7.99, 9780316574686  
5. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book)  
Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977  
6. Where the Wild Things Are  
Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926  
7. Chicka Chicka I Love You  
Bill Martin Jr, John Archambault, Julien Chung (Illus.), Little Simon, $9.99, 9781665980876  
8. Little Blue Truck's Valentine  
Alice Schertle, Jill McElmurry (Illus.), Clarion Books, $13.99, 9780358272441  
9. Buffalo Fluffalo and Puffalo (A Buffalo Fluffalo Story)  
Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593810309  
10. Fireworks  
Matthew Burgess, Cátia Chien (Illus.), Clarion Books, $19.99, 9780063216723


CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. 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  
2. Fake Skating  
Lynn Painter, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $21.99, 9781665921268  
3. Impossible Creatures  
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891  
4. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2)  
Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907  
5. If He Had Been with Me  
Laura Nowlin, Sourcebooks Fire, $10.99, 9781728205489  
6. The Trouble with Heroes  
Kate Messner, Bloomsbury Children's Books, $17.99, 9781547616398  
7. Hatchet  
Gary Paulsen, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9781481486293  
8. Wuthering Heights  
Emily Brontë, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $19, 9798217043408  
9. Scholastic Year in Sports 2026  
James Buckley, Scholastic, $14.99, 9798225005030  
10. Alice with a Why  
Anna James, Matthew Land (Illus.), Flamingo Books, $18.99, 9780593691991  


CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES

1. Talons of Power: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #9)  
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001265  
2. Dog Man: Big Jim Believes  
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $15.99, 9781546176183  
3. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Partypooper  
Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books, $15.99, 9781419782695  
4. Darkstalker: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire: Legends Graphic Novel)  
Tui T. Sutherland, Jake Parker (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001296  
5. Sunrise on the Reaping (A Hunger Games Novel)  
Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $27.99, 9781546171461  
6. Powerless (The Powerless Trilogy)  
Lauren Roberts, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665954891  
7. Sweet Valley Twins: Three's a Crowd: (A Graphic Novel) (Sweet Valley Twins Graphic Novels #7)  
Francine Pascal, Claudia Aguirre (Illus.), Random House Graphic, $14.99, 9780593807286  
8. One of Us Is Lying  
Karen M. McManus, Delacorte Press, $12.99, 9781524714758  
9. InvestiGators: Braver and Boulder  
John Patrick Green, First Second, $12.99, 9781250220066  
10. Dog Man  
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338741032