Overview
- George Saunders’s second novel, Vigil, ranks No. 2 on hardcover fiction, with a starred PW review highlighting its afterlife-and-redemption premise.
- Clay Cane’s Burn Down Master’s House places No. 6 on hardcover fiction, drawing on hidden histories of resistance and his family’s roots in Goochland, Virginia.
- Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro’s Where We Keep the Light lands No. 9 on hardcover nonfiction, a move PW notes could signal early 2028 positioning, though he has not announced a run.
- California governor Gavin Newsom’s memoir, Young Man in a Hurry, is scheduled for publication on February 24.
- Sourcebooks Casablanca’s Dove, a follow-up in Paisley Hope’s Soldiers of Bedlam series, debuts at No. 9 on the trade paperback list, with pulp-style covers by Loni Carr’s Whiskey Ginger studio.