Here are the top twenty titles US public library patrons looked for in February 2026.
The Top Twenty
The Correspondent held #1 for the second consecutive month.
Virginia Evans’ debut novel follows a retired lawyer who makes sense
of her life through letters.
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë, published in 1847, jumped to
#10—and was briefly much higher—driven by the February 13 release
of a film version, starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi, and
directed by Emerald Fennell. Adapting a gothic tale of obsession set
on the Yorkshire moors, the movie received mixed reviews.
Project Hail Mary climbed from #5 to #3, continuing its rise
ahead of a film adaptation starring Ryan Gosling and directed by
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, releasing March 20. Andy Weir’s
2021 novel follows a lone astronaut who wakes from a coma in deep
space with no memory.
Nobody’s Girl by Virginia Roberts Giuffre entered our list at
#11. The posthumously published memoir recounts Giuffre’s
trafficking and abuse at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and his
associates, and her long fight for justice.
The thriller Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden shot up from #20 to
#2. McFadden’s The Housemaid is also on the list at #8.
Jennette McCurdy’s novel Half His Age, a 17-year-old’s obsessive
pursuit of her creative writing teacher, entered the list at #9.
McCurdy is the author of the bestselling memoir I’m Glad My Mom
Died (2022).
It’s Not Her by Mary Kubica debuted at #7. The thriller follows a
woman who discovers her brother and sister-in-law dead in a lakeside
cottage, and her teenage niece missing.
Here’s the full list:
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans
Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
My Husband’s Wife by Alice Feeney
The Widow by John Grisham
The First Time I Saw Him by Laura Dave
It’s Not Her by Mary Kubica
The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Nobody’s Girl: A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice by Virginia Roberts Giuffre
The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
The Let Them Theory: A Life-Changing Tool That Millions of People Can’t Stop Talking About by Mel Robbins
Anatomy of an Alibi by Ashley Elston
Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
Stolen in Death by J. D. Robb
Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
The Astral Library by Kate Quinn
My Friends by Fredrik Backman
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
How Do We Know?
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