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New York Times Best Sellers – Hardcover Fiction

The Women by Kristin Hannah
The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Toxic Prey by John Sandford
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
Table for Two by Amor Towles
James by Percival Everett
A Fate Inked In Blood by Danielle L. Jensen
House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas
The #1 Lawyer by James Patterson and Nancy Allen
Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shel Van Pelt
First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
The Hemlock Queen by Hannah Whitten
Daughter of Mine by Megan Miranda

New York Times Best Sellers – Hardcover Fiction

Somehow by Anne Lamott
The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy
The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides
Age of Revolutions by Fareed Zakaria
The Age of Magical Overthinking by Amanda Montell
The Wager by David Grann
Outlive by Peter Attia With Bill Gifford
The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians by James Patterson and Matt Eversmann With Chris Mooney
Burn Book by Kara Swisher
Get It Together by Jesse Watters
Blood Money by Peter Schweizer
There's Always This Year by Hanif Abdurraqib
All You Need Is Love by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines
Becky Lynch: the Man by Rebecca Quin