New York Times
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
February 22, 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. Stolen in Death
by J.D. Robb

The 62nd book of the In Death series. The murder of a multibillionaire reveals other crimes that Eve and her team must investigate to see if there is a connection.
3. 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.
4. Half His Age
by Jennette McCurdy

A 17-year-old named Waldo has an inexplicable attraction to her creative writing teacher.
5. Isles of the Emberdark
by Brandon Sanderson

Dusk sets off to save his people and forms an alliance with a dragon trapped in human form.
6. 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.
 
7. Alchemised
by SenLinYu

After the war, an imprisoned alchemist is sent to a necromancer to recover her lost memories.
8. 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.
9. The Secret of Secrets
by Dan Brown

As he searches for the missing noetic scientist he has been seeing, Robert Langdon discovers something regarding a secret project.
10. Metal Slinger
by Rachel Schneider

Dangers test Brynn’s loyalty to the community she has known.
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. Dawn of the North
by Demi Winters

The third book in the Ashen series. The sisters Saga and Silla must join forces to preserve their realm. 
13. Jigsaw
by Jonathan Kellerman

The 41st book in the Alex Delaware series. Alex and Milo discover that two crimes have more in common than first appeared.
14. Anatomy of an Alibi
by Ashley Elston

Two women enact a plan to uncover truths a man may have been hiding, but things go awry when he is found murdered. 
 
15. The First Time I Saw Him
by Laura Dave

Hannah’s husband turns up five years after he disappeared, which forces her to go on the run with her daughter.
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A version of this list appears in the February 22, 2026 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 7, 2026.
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