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Saunders’s Vigil Hits No. 2 on PW Bestsellers as Cane, Shapiro, and Paisley Hope Chart

Publishers Weekly's Feb. 9 lists showcase bestseller momentum across literary, political, and indie romance categories.

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.