New York Times
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
March 1, 2026

1. 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.
2. Operation Bounce House
by Matt Dinniman

A colonist named Oliver must defend his planet, New Sonora, against war machines from Earth operated by gamers who paid for the privilege.
3. 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.
4. The Night Prince
by Lauren Palphreyman

The second book in the Wolf King series. The Kingdom of Wolves and the Kingdom of Men both come under threat.
5. Throne of Nightmares
by Kerri Maniscalco

The third book in the Prince of Sin series. Lore Brimstone lives out one of her favorite novels alongside Prince Sloth.
6. Alchemised
by SenLinYu

After the war, an imprisoned alchemist is sent to a necromancer to recover her lost memories.
7. Cold Zero
by Brad Thor with Ward Larsen

After a jetliner crash in the North Pole, a C.I.A. operative and a pilot must keep a new piece of technology out of the hands of competing superpowers.
8. Wretched
by Emily McIntire

The third book in the Never After series. After having a one-night stand, Evelina and Nicholas find themselves on opposite sides of a drug war.
9. 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.
10. Half His Age
by Jennette McCurdy

A 17-year-old named Waldo has an inexplicable attraction to her creative writing teacher.
11. 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.
12. My Husband's Wife
by Alice Feeney

In an old house in a seaside town, things may not be what they appear to be.
13. 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.
 
14. 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. 
15. 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.
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A version of this list appears in the March 1, 2026 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 14, 2026.
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