New York Times
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
March 15, 2026

1. The Crossroads
by C.J. Box

The 26th book in the Joe Pickett series. After Joe takes a gunshot to the head, his daughters seek to find out who did it.
2. The Correspondent
by Virginia Evans

Letters from someone she used to know push Sybil Van Antwerp toward revisiting her past and finding a way to forgive.
3. Kin
by Tayari Jones

Vernice and Annie, two neighbors without mothers in Louisiana, go on divergent paths in life and are brought back together by tragedy.
4. Cross & Sampson
by James Patterson and Brian Sitts

The 35th book in the Alex Cross series. Detectives Sampson and Cross track crimes over long distances.
5. My Husband's Wife
by Alice Feeney

In an old house in a seaside town, things may not be what they appear to be.
6. Alchemised
by SenLinYu

After the war, an imprisoned alchemist is sent to a necromancer to recover her lost memories.
7. Carl's Doomsday Scenario
by Matt Dinniman

The second book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Carl and Donut confront an ancient spell and heightened dangers.
8. The Widow
by John Grisham

When Simon Latch, a lawyer in rural Virginia, is accused of murder, he goes in search of the real killer.
 
9. More Than Enough
by Anna Quindlen

After receiving the results from an ancestry test kit, a high school English teacher questions some relationships in her life.
10. The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook
by Matt Dinniman

The third book in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. Carl and Donut are up against a subway system filled with monsters.
11. Brawler
by Lauren Groff

A collection of nine stories including “Between the Shadow and the Soul,” “Under the Wave” and “Annunciation.”
12. It's Not Her
by Mary Kubica

Courtney Gray’s vacation is interrupted by two murders and a disappearance of relatives that bring up secrets involving her family and the town.
13. Vigil
by George Saunders

In the waning hours of an oil company chief executive’s life, worldly and otherworldly visitors put his time on Earth in perspective.
14. Heart the Lover
by Lily King

Decades after getting caught up in a love triangle, a woman examines choices she once made.
15. The Red Winter
by Cameron Sullivan

In 1785, the Beast of Gévaudan has returned to the French countryside and Sebastian Grave must finish what began two decades ago.
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A version of this list appears in the March 15, 2026 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 28, 2026.
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