February 2026 Adult Top 10 Picks

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  1. Cross and Sampson
    by James Patterson
    Little, Brown and Company
    Feb 09, 2026
    FICTION/Thrillers/Crime
    Hardback
    Cross and Sampson
    by James Patterson
    Little, Brown and Company
    Feb 09, 2026
    FICTION/Thrillers/Crime
    Hardback

    In latest thriller from the world’s most popular storyteller, detective partners Alex Cross and John Sampson are called to separate locations to investigate a pair of serious crimes.

    Stream Season 2 of the #1-rated Cross in February 2026!


    In Washington, DC …

    Metro PD detective John Sampson stands in a crater in the middle of a DC street, calling in the bomb squad. “Dispatch, this is Sampson. Contact the FBI and the ATF. We’ve got a suspected terrorist attack here.”

    In Chapel Hill, NC …

    Alex Cross searches the apartment of a missing psychology grad student—his own son Damon. Has following in his famous father’s footsteps made Damon a target?

    From FBI headquarters, in police stations, on airplanes, and at murder scenes, the detectives track crimes committed hundreds of miles apart. It will take more than distance to weaken the partnership of Sampson & Cross.

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  2. It's Not Her
    by Mary Kubica
    Park Row
    Feb 03, 2026
    FICTION/Thrillers/Psychological
    Hardback
    It's Not Her
    by Mary Kubica
    Park Row
    Feb 03, 2026
    FICTION/Thrillers/Psychological
    Hardback
    AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

    “A gripping thrill ride.” —Jeneva Rose
    “Tantalizing, terrifying and all too real.” —Shari Lapena
    “Cancel your plans, you won’t be able to put this one down.” —Chris Whitaker
    “Wickedly smart and incredibly twisted.” —Ashley Elston
    “Terrifying.” —Megan Miranda


    Two families at a secluded lake resort are at the center of a chilling crime in this twisty thriller from the bestselling author of Local Woman Missing

    A scream shatters the silence…
    Courtney Gray’s peaceful vacation turns into a nightmare when she discovers her brother and sister-in-law dead in their lakeside cottage. Her niece Reese is missing. Her nephew Wyatt is asleep upstairs—unharmed.

    A town full of secrets…
    As police swarm the quiet resort, dark truths about Courtney’s family—and the town itself—begin to surface. Is Reese a victim… or the killer?

    A truth no one saw coming…
    With everyone hiding something, Courtney races to uncover the terrible mystery. But the closer she gets, the harder it is to know who—or what—to trust.

    For a limited time get this deluxe edition hardcover featuring beautiful packaging and custom designed endsheets.

    Check out these other riveting thrillers from Mary Kubica:
    • The Good Girl
    • The Other Mrs.
    • Local Woman Missing
    • She's Not Sorry

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  3. Jigsaw
    by Jonathan Kellerman
    Ballantine Books
    Feb 03, 2026
    FICTION/Thrillers/Suspense
    Hardback
    Jigsaw
    by Jonathan Kellerman
    Ballantine Books
    Feb 03, 2026
    FICTION/Thrillers/Suspense
    Hardback
    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The iconic thriller series that inspired the upcoming streaming show on Prime Video, in development now!

    Psychologist Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis, the most beloved duo in American crime fiction, return in this electric novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling “master of suspense” (Los Angeles Times).


    This one looked like a slam dunk: a young woman found dead at her kitchen table, DNA on cigarette butts linking quickly to an ex-boyfriend with a criminal record. Or so homicide lieutenant Milo Sturgis thought. Then everything changed and a quick close turned into a mind-bending whodunit. That’s when Milo called in psychologist Alex Delaware, his best friend and a long-term consultant on “those cases.” The ones that are different.

    Then there’s another one: an old woman found brutally murdered, her body stashed in a deep freeze and mutilated. And when Milo learns who she is, he’s stunned. This victim is someone he once knew. Complicating matters further, her home is an extreme hoarder’s den, virtually impassable due to years of stored trash and apparently meaningless objects. Except for the envelopes of cash stashed among the garbage. As Alex and Milo dig deeper into the seemingly unrelated crimes, they discover shocking links between the victims and realize they have a labyrinthine—and deadly—puzzle to solve.

    Cast against the unforgettable L.A. ambience unique to the novels of Jonathan Kellerman, this is classic Delaware at its best.
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  4. The Astral Library (Standard Edition)
    by Kate Quinn
    William Morrow
    Feb 17, 2026
    FICTION/Magical Realism
    Hardback
    The Astral Library (Standard Edition)
    by Kate Quinn
    William Morrow
    Feb 17, 2026
    FICTION/Magical Realism
    Hardback

    From New York Times bestselling author Kate Quinn comes a gorgeously written fantastical adventure which poses the question: Have you ever wished you could live inside a book? Welcome to the Astral Library, where books are not just objects, but doors to new worlds, new lives, and new futures.

    Alexandria “Alix” Watson has learned one lesson from her barren childhood in the foster-care system: unlike people, books will never let you down. Working three dead-end jobs to make ends meet and knowing college is a pipe dream, Alix takes nightly refuge in the high-vaulted reading room at the Boston Public Library, escaping into her favorite fantasy novels and dreaming of far-off lands. Until the day she stumbles through a hidden door and meets the Librarian: the ageless, acerbic guardian of a hidden library where the desperate and the lost escape to new lives...inside their favorite books.

    The Librarian takes a dazzled Alix under her wing, but before she can escape into the pages of her new life, a shadowy enemy emerges to threaten everyone the Astral Library has ever helped protect. Aided by a dashing costume-shop owner, Alix and the Librarian flee through the Regency drawing rooms of Jane Austen to the back alleys of Sherlock Holmes and the champagne-soaked parties of The Great Gatsby as danger draws inexorably closer. But who does their enemy really wish to destroy—Alix, the Librarian, or the Library itself?

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  5. Stolen in Death
    by J. D. Robb
    St. Martin's Press
    Feb 03, 2026
    FICTION/Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
    Hardback
    Stolen in Death
    by J. D. Robb
    St. Martin's Press
    Feb 03, 2026
    FICTION/Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
    Hardback

    A violent death and a vault of stolen treasures has Eve Dallas struggling to solve crimes old and new in the next thriller in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series.

    A blow to the head with a block of amethyst has left multibillionaire Nathan Barrister dead—while nearby, a vault, its door ajar, sits filled with priceless paintings, jewelry, and other treasures. Lieutenant Eve Dallas’s husband, Roarke—who misspent his youth in Ireland as a scrappy thief—recognizes at least two stolen pieces among the hoard. The crime scene suggests a burglar caught in the act. But only one item seems to be missing.

    Then it’s revealed that the vault had actually belonged to the victim’s late father—and no one in the household knew it was there until a recent remodeling project exposed it. To protect the family name and business, they explain to Eve, they’d been looking for a way to return the ill-gotten gains anonymously and avoid the police. But now the police are all over their elegant house, and have a bigger, bloodier mystery to solve.

    By all accounts, Nathan Barrister was a good man, a generous employer, a devoted husband and father. As for his father—he clearly had secrets. Now it’s up to Eve and her team to find out if those secrets got Nathan killed—and if it was a crime of passion or revenge.

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  6. Two Can Play
    by Ali Hazelwood
    Berkley
    Feb 10, 2026
    FICTION/Romance/Workplace
    Hardback
    Two Can Play
    by Ali Hazelwood
    Berkley
    Feb 10, 2026
    FICTION/Romance/Workplace
    Hardback
    An enemies-to-lovers spicy novella set in the world of video gaming from the New York Times bestselling author of Problematic Summer Romance—now in print and ebook!

    Includes an all-new bonus chapter!

    Viola Bowen has the chance of a lifetime: to design a video game based on her all-time favorite book series. The only problem? Her co-lead is Jesse F-ing Andrews, aka her archnemesis. Jesse has made it abundantly clear over the years that he wants nothing to do with her—and Viola has no idea why.

    When their bosses insist a wintery retreat is the perfect team-building exercise, Viola can’t think of anything worse. Being freezing cold in a remote mountain lodge knowing Jesse is right next door? No, thank you.

    But as the snow piles on, Viola discovers there’s more to Jesse than she knew, and heat builds in more ways than one.
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  7. The Crossroads
    by C.J. Box
    G.P. Putnam's Sons
    Feb 24, 2026
    FICTION/Crime
    Hardback
    The Crossroads
    by C.J. Box
    G.P. Putnam's Sons
    Feb 24, 2026
    FICTION/Crime
    Hardback
    “Raining here, but I’ve got a cup of hot tea and a Joe Pickett novel, so who has it better than me?” —Stephen King

    Game warden Joe Pickett fights for his life as his daughters try to uncover who shot him and left him for dead in this riveting new novel from #1 New York Times bestseller C. J. Box.


    Marybeth Pickett gets the call she has always dreaded: her husband Joe is in critical condition with a gunshot wound to the head.

    Joe was found in his pickup at Antler Creek Junction, a crossroads connecting three ranches. Each road leading to a dangerous family. Each family with a different bone to pick with the local game warden. Marybeth and the new sheriff assume that Joe was ambushed by one of the families, but they have no idea which one since Joe didn’t say where he was going or why.

    With Joe unconscious and fighting for his life with Marybeth at his side, Sheridan, April, and Lucy split up and investigate each of families to uncover the truth of what happened to their father, before it’s too late.
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  8. Wolf Hour
    by Jo Nesbo
    Random House Canada
    Feb 03, 2026
    FICTION/Mystery & Detective/General
    Hardback
    Wolf Hour
    by Jo Nesbo
    Random House Canada
    Feb 03, 2026
    FICTION/Mystery & Detective/General
    Hardback
    From the modern master of Nordic noir comes a shocking new thriller set in contemporary Minneapolis, in which a detective and a crime writer conduct parallel investigations, six years apart, into a series of puzzling murders.

    "Jo Nesbo is one of today's most interesting thriller writers." —Lee Child


    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2016. When a small-time criminal and gun dealer is shot down in the street, all signs point to Tomas Gomez, a quiet man with a mysterious past—and deep connections to a notorious gang—who has seemingly vanished into thin air. Other murders soon follow, and it appears Gomez is only getting started. Meanwhile, Bob Oz, a down-and-out suspended police officer with a dubious past of his own, becomes fascinated by the case, obsessed with the notion of hunting down a serial killer who only he can understand, a killer with a story as tragic as his own.

    Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2022. An enigmatic Norwegian man with ties to Minneapolis—a self-described crime writer—has travelled to the United States to research the Gomez case, in the hopes of writing a book about it. But as his investigation progresses, the writer’s seemingly neutral position reveals itself to be more complicated than it initially seems.

    Wolf Hour is a twisty and unforgettable thriller in classic Jo Nesbo style, which bears out Vanity Fair’s observation that “Nesbo explores the darkest criminal minds with grim delight and puts his killers where you least expect to find them. . . . His novels are maddeningly addictive.”
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  9. Liberty Street
    by Heather Marshall Canada
    Doubleday Canada
    Feb 24, 2026
    FICTION/Historical/General
    Paperback / softback
    Liberty Street
    by Heather Marshall Canada
    Doubleday Canada
    Feb 24, 2026
    FICTION/Historical/General
    Paperback / softback
    From the #1 bestselling Canadian author of Looking for Jane comes a riveting novel about one journalist's harrowing journey into an infamous real-life 1960s women's prison—and the detective who uncovers her story decades later.

    1961: Emily Radcliffe works as an editorial assistant at Chatelaine magazine, surrounded by the best female reporters in the country, whose articles tackle the controversial topics no other women's publication dares to touch. When a bombshell letter from an inmate at the notorious Mercer Women's Prison lands on Emily's desk, she sees the scoop of a lifetime—one that could launch her career as a journalist. But after going undercover to investigate the inmate's shocking claims, Emily discovers that getting into the prison is the easy part; the real challenge will be getting back out . . .

    1996: Unidentified female remains are discovered in an unmarked grave in a small-town Ontario cemetery, and Detective Rachel Mackenzie is tasked with unraveling the mystery. But when the investigation leads her to the now-shuttered Mercer Women's Prison, the family trauma she's kept buried for years threatens to surface.

    Inspired by true events, Liberty Street is at once poignant and dazzling—an unforgettable, intertwining story about resilience, mental health, and the power of female connection.
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  10. When I Kill You
    by B.A. Paris
    St. Martin's Press
    Feb 17, 2026
    FICTION/Thrillers/Domestic
    Hardback
    When I Kill You
    by B.A. Paris
    St. Martin's Press
    Feb 17, 2026
    FICTION/Thrillers/Domestic
    Hardback

    The multimillion-copy and New York Times bestseller B. A. Paris returns with a triumphant, unsettling next suspense novel, When I Kill You.

    Who is watching Nell Masters?

    Nell Masters is certain someone is following her. The hairs on the back of her neck rise when she travels to and from work, there are silent calls to her office, and a huge bouquet of flowers arrives without a card. And Nell has a reason to be looking over her shoulder, because she has a secret that she’s hiding from everyone in her life, including her new partner, Alex. But Alex also has secrets of his own.

    Fourteen years earlier, when Nell went by the name Elle Nugent, she witnessed a student, Bryony Sanders, getting into a stranger’s car. When Bryony was found murdered, Elle became obsessed with finding the person responsible. She was convinced she knew who it was and her fixation with Brett Parker, the man she accused, led her down a dangerous path . . .

    Now, Nell tries to convince herself that this unnerving feeling of being watched is all in her mind. Has someone from her past discovered her new identity? Has the stalker become the stalked? Or is there something even more deadly at play?

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