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New York Times Best Sellers – Hardcover Fiction

Only the Dead by Jack Carr
Happy Place by Emily Henry
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Lessons In Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
Yellowface by R. F. Kuang
Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
The 23rd Midnight by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro
Queen Charlotte by Julia Quinn and Shonda Rhimes
Simply Lies by David Baldacci
The True Love Experiment by Christina Lauren
The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece by Tom Hanks
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano
Fractal Noise by Christopher Paolini
The Wedding Planner by Danielle Steel

New York Times Best Sellers – Hardcover Fiction

UNTAMED by Glennon Doyle
CASTE by Isabel Wilkerson
ONE VOTE AWAY by Ted Cruz
KILLING CRAZY HORSE by Bill O
IS THIS ANYTHING? by Jerry Seinfeld
RAGE by Bob Woodward
HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST by Ibram X Kendi