NEIBA Bestseller List

For the week ending
Sunday, May 24th, 2026  

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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. Yesteryear (Indies Introduce)
Caro Claire Burke, Knopf, $30, 9780593804216
2. The Things We Never Say
Elizabeth Strout, Random House, $29, 9798217154746
3. John of John
Douglas Stuart, Grove Press, $28, 9780802167194
4. The Calamity Club
Kathryn Stockett, Spiegel & Grau, $35, 9781954118812
5. The Correspondent
Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430
6. Our Perfect Storm
Carley Fortune, Berkley, $30, 9780593953242
7. June Baby
Shannon Garvey, Random House, $30, 9780593979907
8. The Keeper
Tana French, Viking, $32, 9780593493465
9. Kin
Tayari Jones, Knopf, $32, 9780525659181
10. The Ballad of Falling Dragons (Deluxe Limited Edition)
Sarah A. Parker, Avon, $34, 9780063415898
11. Ironwood
Michael Connelly, Little, Brown and Company, $32, 9780316595384
12. Transcription
Ben Lerner, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $25, 9780374618599
13. Heart the Lover
Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176
14. A Parade of Horribles
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $32, 9798217190065
15. Into the Blue
Emma Brodie, Ballantine Books, $30, 9798217093700

HARDCOVER NONFICTION

1. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage
Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318
2. London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family's Search for Truth
Patrick Radden Keefe, Doubleday, $35, 9780385548533
3. Famesick: A Memoir
Lena Dunham, Random House, $32, 9780593129326
4. American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed
Isaac Fitzgerald, Knopf, $32, 9780593537794
5. Make Believe: On Telling Stories to Children
Mac Barnett, Little, Brown and Company, $20, 9780316601122
6. This Vast Enterprise: A New History of Lewis & Clark
Craig Fehrman, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $35, 9781982174248
7. Here Where We Live Is Our Country: The Story of the Jewish Bund
Molly Crabapple, One World, $32, 9780593229453
8. Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I've Cried About: A Memoir
Isabel Klee, William Morrow, $28, 9780063451070
9. A World Appears: A Journey into Consciousness
Michael Pollan, Penguin Press, $32, 9781984881991
10. Liar's Kingdom: How to Stop Trump's Deceit and Save America
Andrew Weissmann, Little, Brown and Company, $29, 9780316601306
11. Take Me to Your Leader: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Simon Six, $26, 9781668249970
12. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World
Robin Wall Kimmerer, John Burgoyne (Illus.), Scribner, $20, 9781668072240
13. We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution
Jill Lepore, Liveright, $39.99, 9781631496080
14. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written
Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $20, 9781982181314
15. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald
John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35, 9781324094647

TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION

1. Theo of Golden
Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512
2. Project Hail Mary
Andy Weir, Ballantine Books, $22, 9798217299461
3. Remarkably Bright Creatures
Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164
4. Dungeon Crawler Carl
Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254
5. The Road to Tender Hearts
Annie Hartnett, Ballantine Books, $20, 9780593873465
6. James
Percival Everett, Vintage, $20, 9780593686867
7. Angel Down
Daniel Kraus, Atria Books, $18, 9781668068519
8. The God of the Woods
Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925
9. These Summer Storms
Sarah MacLean, Ballantine Books, $20, 9780593972274
10. Great Big Beautiful Life
Emily Henry, Berkley, $20, 9780593441237
11. The Lion Women of Tehran
Marjan Kamali, Gallery Books, $18.99, 9781668036594
12. On the Calculation of Volume (Book I)
Solvej Balle, Barbara J. Haveland (Transl.), New Directions, $15.95, 9780811237253
13. The River Is Waiting
Wally Lamb, Scribner, $20, 9781668006405
14. The Knight and the Moth (Indie Exclusive Edition)
Rachel Gillig, Orbit, $19.99, 9780316608503
15. The Names
Florence Knapp, Penguin Books, $20, 9780593833926

TRADE PAPERBACK NONFICTION

1. The Art Thief: A True Story of Love, Crime, and a Dangerous Obsession
Michael Finkel, Vintage, $18, 9781984898456
2. Raising Hare: A Memoir
Chloe Dalton, Vintage, $21, 9780593689004
3. Things in Nature Merely Grow
Yiyun Li, Picador, $18, 9781250437976
4. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
Erik Larson, Crown, $22, 9780385348768
5. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
Bessel van der Kolk, M.D., Penguin Books, $19, 9780143127741
6. Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland
Patrick Radden Keefe, Vintage, $22, 9780307279286
7. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants
Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560
8. The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder
David Grann, Vintage, $21, 9780307742490
9. Empire of AI: Dreams and Nightmares in Sam Altman's OpenAI
Karen Hao, Penguin Books, $20, 9780593657522
10. Be Ready When the Luck Happens: A Memoir
Ina Garten, Crown, $22, 9780593800027
11. A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Kevin Fedarko, Scribner, $22, 9781501183065
12. Memorial Days: A Memoir
Geraldine Brooks, Penguin Books, $19, 9780593654002
13. The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate--Discoveries from a Secret World
Peter Wohlleben, Greystone Books, $18.95, 9781771643771
14. The Soul of an Octopus
Sy Montgomery, Atria, $18.99, 9781451697728
15. Want: Sexual Fantasies by Anonymous
Gillian Anderson, Abrams Press, $18, 9781419777301

MASS MARKET

1. Animal Farm
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451526342
2. 1984
George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935
3. The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank, Bantam, $9.99, 9780553577129
4. Mistborn: The Final Empire
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $10.99, 9781250318541
5. The Name of the Wind
Patrick Rothfuss, DAW, $10.99, 9780756404741
6. Lord of the Flies
William Golding, Penguin, $12, 9780399501487
7. The Well of Ascension
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $11.99, 9781250318572
8. The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger, Little, Brown, $9.99, 9780316769488
9. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803
10. The Way of Kings
Brandon Sanderson, Tor, $12.99, 9780765365279

CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED

1. It's My Bird-Day!
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454999621
2. Blueberries for Sal (Board Book)
Robert McCloskey, Viking Books for Young Readers, $8.99, 9798217042074
3. Blueberries for Sal
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $9.99, 9780140501698
4. Construction Site: Firefight!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $18.99, 9781797226590
5. Oh, the Places You'll Go!
Dr. Seuss, Random House Books for Young Readers, $18.99, 9780679805274
6. Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey, Puffin, $10.99, 9780140564341
7. Construction Site: Dad and His Crew Power Through!
Sherri Duskey Rinker, AG Ford (Illus.), Chronicle Books, $12.99, 9781797238500
8. Big Red Barn
Margaret Wise Brown, Felicia Bond (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $9.99, 9780694006243
9. Goodnight Moon
Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617
10. Will the Pigeon Graduate?
Mo Willems, Union Square Kids, $18.99, 9781454960430

CHILDREN'S INTEREST

1. The New Girl: First Crush: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $14.99, 9781338762488
2. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga
Dav Pilkey, Motojiro (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546151210
3. Odder: The Novel
Katherine Applegate, Charles Santoso (Illus.), Square Fish, $8.99, 9781250423429
4. Wombat Waiting
Katherine Applegate, Storytide, $19.99, 9780063221178
5. Spy School Secret Service the Graphic Novel
Stuart Gibbs, Anjan Sarkar (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $14.99, 9781665956635
6. The New Girl: A Graphic Novel
Cassandra Calin, Graphix, $12.99, 9781338762457
7. The Summer of Second Chances (Deluxe Edition)
K. L. Walther, Sourcebooks Fire, $14.99, 9781464219177
8. A Wolf Called Fire
Rosanne Parry, Mónica Armiño (Illus.), Greenwillow Books, $9.99, 9780063415140
9. Renegades #1: The Magic Awakens
Erin Hunter, HarperCollins, $9.99, 9780063449534
10. Pocket Bear
Katherine Applegate, Feiwel & Friends, $17.99, 9781250904362

CHILDREN'S SERIES TITLES

1. Dawn on the Coast: A Graphic Novel (The Baby-Sitters Club #19)
Ann M. Martin, Arley Nopra (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546135548
2. Karen's Surprise: A Graphic Novel (Baby-sitters Little Sister #12)
Ann M. Martin, Shauna J. Grant (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339005133
3. Dog Man: Big Jim Believes
Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $15.99, 9781546176183
4. The Academy VI: Rise of the Scorpions
T.Z. Layton, Sourcebooks Young Readers, $9.99, 9781464268335
5. The Wild Robot
Peter Brown, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9780316581097
6. Sweet Valley Twins: First Place (Sweet Valley Twins Graphic Novels #8)
Francine Pascal, Knack Whittle (Illus.), Random House Graphic, $14.99, 9780593807323
7. Dory Fantasmagory: Center of the Universe
Abby Hanlon, Abby Hanlon (Illus.), Dial Books, $7.99, 9780593857588
8. The Academy
T.Z. Layton, Sourcebooks Young Readers, $9.99, 9781464267109
9. Scythe (Arc of a Scythe, Book 1)
Neal Shusterman, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781442472433
10. Talons of Power: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #9)
Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001265