New York Times
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
February 15, 2026

Cover of Vigil by George Saunders
1. 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.
Cover of The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
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.
Cover of Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy
3. Half His Age
by Jennette McCurdy

A 17-year-old named Waldo has an inexplicable attraction to her creative writing teacher.
Pendergast: The Beginning by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston
4. Pendergast: The Beginning
by Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston

Agent Pendergast’s ghastly first case involves a suspension and ritualistic killings.
Cover of Burn Down Master's House by Clay Cane
5. Burn Down Master's House
by Clay Cane

Acts of resistance are made by enslaved persons in the American South.
Cover of The Widow by John Grisham
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.
 
Cover of Alchemised by SenLinYu
7. Alchemised
by SenLinYu

After the war, an imprisoned alchemist is sent to a necromancer to recover her lost memories.
Cover of My Husband's Wife by Alice Feeney
8. My Husband's Wife
by Alice Feeney

In an old house in a seaside town, things may not be what they appear to be.
Cover of The Secret of Secrets by Dan Brown
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.
Cover of Her Soul for Revenge by Harley Laroux
10. Her Soul for Revenge
by Harley Laroux

The second book in the Souls trilogy. Juniper gives her soul to Zane so he will exact revenge on a cult but now he wants her heart too.
Cover of Brimstone by Callie Hart
11. Brimstone
by Callie Hart

The second book in the Fae & Alchemy series. To save those close to them, Saeris and Fisher face a new set of dangers.
Cover of The Things We Leave Unfinished by Rebecca Yarros
12. The Things We Leave Unfinished
by Rebecca Yarros

After a divorce, Georgia Stanton returns to Colorado and tries to protect her great-grandmother’s incomplete manuscript.
Cover of The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave
13. 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.
Cover of Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston
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. 
 
Cover of Carl's Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman
15. 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.
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A version of this list appears in the February 15, 2026 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 31, 2026.
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