The Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association Bestseller List, as brought to you by the ABA and GLIBA, for the week of Sunday, February 22, 2026. Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the Great Lakes Independent Booksellers Association. For an independent GLIBA bookstore near you, visit here.
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FICTION HARDCOVER
1. The Correspondent Virginia Evans, Crown, $28, 9780593798430 2. Vigil George Saunders, Random House, $28, 9780525509622 3. The Astral Library (Deluxe Limited Edition) Kate Quinn, William Morrow, $32, 9780063244788 4. Heart the Lover Lily King, Grove Press, $28, 9780802165176 5. Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter Heather Fawcett, Del Rey, $29, 9780593973257 6. Operation Bounce House Matt Dinniman, Ace, $32, 9780593820308 7. My Friends Fredrik Backman, Atria Books, $29.99, 9781982112820 8. James Percival Everett, Doubleday, $28, 9780385550369 9. Isles of the Emberdark Brandon Sanderson, Tor Books, $30.99, 9781250415394 10. Atmosphere Taylor Jenkins Reid, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593158715 11. Wild Dark Shore Charlotte McConaghy, Flatiron Books, $28.99, 9781250827951 12. This Is Not About Us: Fiction Allegra Goodman, The Dial Press, $29, 9780593447840 13. This Book Made Me Think of You Libby Page, Berkley, $30, 9798217186990 14. Half His Age Jennette McCurdy, Ballantine Books, $30, 9780593723739 15. The Things We Leave Unfinished (SIGNED) Rebecca Yarros, Entangled: Amara, $32.99, 9781682816318 |
FICTION PAPERBACK
1. Theo of Golden Allen Levi, Atria Books, $20, 9781668236512 2. Project Hail Mary Andy Weir, Ballantine, $22, 9780593135228 3. Dungeon Crawler Carl Matt Dinniman, Ace, $20, 9780593820254 4. Heated Rivalry Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534637 5. The God of the Woods Liz Moore, Riverhead Books, $19, 9780593418925 6. Wuthering Heights (Movie Tie-In) Emily Brontë, Penguin Books, $18, 9780143139140 7. The Frozen River Ariel Lawhon, Vintage, $18, 9780593312070 8. Remarkably Bright Creatures Shelby Van Pelt, Ecco, $19.99, 9780063204164 9. The Long Game Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534644 10. Game Changer Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534620 11. Heartwood Amity Gaige, Simon & Schuster, $19, 9781668063613 12. Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury, Simon & Schuster, $17, 9781451673319 13. Martyr! Kaveh Akbar, Vintage, $20, 9780593685778 14. Dear Debbie Freida McFadden, Poisoned Pen Press, $17.99, 9781464249624 15. Tough Guy Rachel Reid, Carina Press, $18.99, 9781335534590 |
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NONFICTION HARDCOVER
1. American Struggle: Democracy, Dissent, and the Pursuit of a More Perfect Union: An Anthology Jon Meacham, Random House, $38, 9780593597552 2. Nobody's Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice Virginia Roberts Giuffre, Knopf, $35, 9780593493120 3. The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald John U. Bacon, Liveright, $35, 9781324094647 4. Separation of Church and Hate: A Sane Person's Guide to Taking Back the Bible from Fundamentalists, Fascists, and Flock-Fleecing Frauds John Fugelsang, Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster, $29.99, 9781668066898 5. Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection John Green, Crash Course Books, $28, 9780525556572 6. A Marriage at Sea: A True Story of Love, Obsession, and Shipwreck Sophie Elmhirst, Riverhead Books, $28, 9780593854280 7. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written Walter Isaacson, Simon & Schuster, $20, 9781982181314 8. The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can't Stop Talking About Mel Robbins, Sawyer Robbins, Hay House LLC, $29.99, 9781401971366 9. Football Chuck Klosterman, Penguin Press, $32, 9780593490648 10. Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage Belle Burden, The Dial Press, $30, 9780593733318 11. A Hymn to Life: Shame Has to Change Sides Gisèle Pelicot, Penguin Press, $32, 9798217181322 12. Family of Spies: A World War II Story of Nazi Espionage, Betrayal, and the Secret History Behind Pearl Harbor Christine Kuehn, Celadon Books, $29.99, 9781250344465 13. 1929: Inside the Greatest Crash in Wall Street History—and How It Shattered a Nation Andrew Ross Sorkin, Viking, $35, 9780593296967 14. One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This Omar El Akkad, Knopf, $28, 9780593804148 15. On Morrison Namwali Serpell, Hogarth, $32, 9780593732915 |
NONFICTION PAPERBACK
1. On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century Timothy Snyder, Crown, $14, 9780804190114 2. Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer, Milkweed Editions, $22, 9781571313560 3. I'm Glad My Mom Died Jennette McCurdy, Simon & Schuster, $19.99, 9781982185831 4. How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen David Brooks, Random House Trade Paperbacks, $20, 9780593230077 5. Fight Oligarchy Senator Bernie Sanders, Crown, $14.99, 9798217089161 6. All About Love: New Visions bell hooks, William Morrow Paperbacks, $16.99, 9780060959470 7. The Death and Life of the Great Lakes Dan Egan, Norton, $17.95, 9780393355550 8. A People's History of the United States Howard Zinn, Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $23.99, 9780062397348 9. The 2026 Old Farmer's Almanac Old Farmer's Almanac, $10.95, 9781961793682 10. The Artist's Way: 30th Anniversary Edition Julia Cameron, TarcherPerigee, $24, 9780143129257 11. Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage Alfred Lansing, Basic Books, $19.99, 9780465062881 12. Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out Shannon Reed, Hanover Square Press, $22.99, 9781335453518 13. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption Bryan Stevenson, One World, $20, 9780593133934 14. Healing After Loss Martha W. Hickman, Morrow, $18.99, 9780380773381 15. Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals Oliver Burkeman, Picador, $19, 9781250849359 |
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MASS MARKET
1. 1984 George Orwell, Signet, $12, 9780451524935 2. Slaughterhouse-Five Kurt Vonnegut, Dell, $9.99, 9780440180296 3. Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte, Bantam Classics, $6.95, 9780553212587 4. A Clash of Kings George R.R. Martin, Random House Worlds, $9.99, 9780345535429 5. Crime and Cherry Pits Amanda Flower, Poisoned Pen Press, $8.99, 9781728273051 |
MASS MARKET
6. Orphan X Gregg Hurwitz, St. Martin's, $10.99, 9781250097200 7. Heretics of Dune Frank Herbert, Ace, $10.99, 9780593098264 8. American Gods Neil Gaiman, Morrow, $9.99, 9780062572110 9. Farm to Trouble Amanda Flower, Poisoned Pen Press, $8.99, 9781492699910 10. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Douglas Adams, Del Rey, $9.99, 9780345391803 |
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YOUNG ADULT & MIDDLE GRADE
1. The Lions' Run Sara Pennypacker, Jon Klassen (Illus.), Balzer + Bray, $18.99, 9781250392817 2. Unsettling Salad! (Jasper Rabbit's Creepy Tales!) Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $13.99, 9781665961110 3. Wuthering Heights Emily Brontë, Anna Bond (Illus.), Puffin Books, $19, 9798217043408 4. Impossible Creatures Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Yearling, $11.99, 9780593809891 5. The Poisoned King (Impossible Creatures #2) Katherine Rundell, Ashley Mackenzie (Illus.), Knopf Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780593809907 6. Sisters in the Wind Angeline Boulley, Henry Holt and Co. BYR, $19.99, 9781250328533 7. Hekate: The Witch (Standard Edition) Nikita Gill, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9780316596763 8. Beth Is Dead Katie Bernet, Sarah Barley Books/Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781665988698 9. Winging It: A Graphic Novel Megan Wagner Lloyd, Michelle Mee Nutter (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781338818529 10. The Amazing Generation: Your Guide to Fun and Freedom in a Screen-Filled World Jonathan Haidt, Catherine Price, Cynthia Yuan Cheng (Illus.), Rocky Pond Books, $14.99, 9798217111916 |
CHILDREN'S SERIES
1. Talons of Power: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #9) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001265 2. Dog Man: Big Jim Believes Dav Pilkey, Graphix, $15.99, 9781546176183 3. I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018 (I Survived Graphic Novel #13) Lauren Tarshis, Cassie Anderson (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781546137719 4. Investigators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Sew Much Trouble John Patrick Green, Christopher Hastings, Pat Lewis (Illus.), First Second, $12.99, 9781250359469 5. Who Would Win?: The Ultimate Rumble Collection Jerry Pallotta, Rob Bolster (Illus.), Scholastic, $14.99, 9781546179238 6. The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, #2) Rick Riordan, Hyperion, $10.99, 9781368051491 7. The Hidden Kingdom (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #3) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9781338344059 8. The Dragonet Prophecy (Wings of Fire Graphic Novel, #1) Tui T. Sutherland, Mike Holmes (Illus.), Graphix, $12.99, 9780545942157 9. Sunrise on the Reaping: Collector's Gift Edition (The Hunger Games) Suzanne Collins, Scholastic Press, $32.99, 9798225019280 10. Darkstalker: A Graphic Novel (Wings of Fire: Legends Graphic Novel) Tui T. Sutherland, Jake Parker (Illus.), Graphix, $14.99, 9781339001296 |
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CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
1. Goodnight Moon Margaret Wise Brown, Clement Hurd (Illus.), Harper, $10.99, 9780694003617 2. The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, World of Eric Carle, $10.99, 9780399226908 3. For the Fans! (KPop Demon Hunters): Official Storybook (Little Golden Book) Golden Books, $6.99, 9798217233977 4. Buffalo Fluffalo Bess Kalb, Erin Kraan (Illus.), Random House Studio, $18.99, 9780593564530 5. Don't Trust Fish Neil Sharpson, Dan Santat (Illus.), Dial Books, $18.99, 9780593616673 |
CHILDREN'S ILLUSTRATED
6. Pat the Bunny Board Book Dorothy Kunhardt, Random House Books for Young Readers, $9.99, 9798217120949 7. Exca-Gator! Brooke Hartman, Michael Slack (Illus.), Flamingo Books, $18.99, 9780593693339 8. The Legend of Sleeping Bear Kathy-Jo Wargin, Gijsbert Van Frankenhuyzen (Illus.), Sleeping Bear Press, $17.95, 9781886947351 9. Creepy Pair of Underwear! Aaron Reynolds, Peter Brown (Illus.), Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, $19.99, 9781442402980 10. Where the Wild Things Are Maurice Sendak, Harper, $21.99, 9780060254926 |