New York Times
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
March 8, 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. The Astral Library
by Kate Quinn

A hidden door at the Boston Public Library leads to a secret library where new worlds and potential danger come to life.
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 Hard Line
by Mark Greaney

The 15th book in the Gray Man series. As he tries to stop hit squads, Court Gentry becomes the target of an assassin known as Whetstone.
5. Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter
by Heather Fawcett

When their businesses are imperiled, the manager of a cat rescue and an infamous magician team up.
6. 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.
7. Alchemised
by SenLinYu

After the war, an imprisoned alchemist is sent to a necromancer to recover her lost memories.
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. 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.
10. The Devil's Bible
by Steve Berry

The 20th book in the Cotton Malone series. An 800-year-old book is at the center of a complicated international situation.
11. Crown of War and Shadow
by J.R. Ward

An outcast makes a deal with a mercenary to help cross the Badlands to return the queen’s crown.
12. Worse Than a Lie
by Ben Crump

In 2008, the lawyer Beau Lee Cooper takes on a case involving a Black former police officer who was shot during a traffic stop.
13. My Husband's Wife
by Alice Feeney

In an old house in a seaside town, things may not be what they appear to be.
14. 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.
15. 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.
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A version of this list appears in the March 8, 2026 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 21, 2026.
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