Our February 2026 bestsellers — Readings Books

February brought several great new books to sink your teeth into, including new novels from award-winning author George Saunders and viral sensation Jennette McCurdy, as well as the eagerly-awaited reprints of the popular Game Changers series, which was adapted for the small screen as Heated Rivalry. Movie adaptations have also featured this month, with both Wuthering Heights and Hamnet making the bestsellers.

There are also some great nonfiction releases including a fabulous book about the nature of innovation from Andrew Leigh, the Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury; mindset coach Ben Crowe's Where the Light Gets In which topped our list this month; and a book that asks what it takes to live a meaningful life all the way to the finish line, How to Dress for Old Age.

Find all twenty of February's most popular books below!


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1. Where the Light Gets In by Ben Crowe

2. Heart the Lover by Lily King

3. Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah

4. Heated Rivalry (Game Changers, Book 2) by Rachel Reid

5. Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell

6. Vigil by George Saunders

7. The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

8. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

9. I Who Have Ever Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman, translated by Ros Schwartz

10. Flesh by David Szalay

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11. Departure(s) by Julian Barnes

12. Mother Mary Comes To Me by Arundhati Roy

13. The Long Game (Game Changers, Book 6) by Rachel Reid

14. How to Dress for Old Age by David Carlin & Peta Murray

15. The Mushroom Tapes by Helen Garner, Chloe Hooper & Sarah Krasnostein

16. Game Changer (Game Changers, Book 1) by Rachel Reid

17. The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden

18. Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy

19. Madonna in a Fur Coat by Sabahattin Ali, translated by Maureen Freely & Alexander Dawe

20. The Shortest History of Innovation by Andrew Leigh