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New York Times Best Sellers – Hardcover Fiction

A Death In Cornwall by Daniel Silva
The Women by Kristin Hannah
The Summer Pact by Emily Giffin
Swan Song by Elin Hilderbrand
Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros
Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros
The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
Funny Story by Emily Henry
Eruption by Michael Crichton and James Patterson
The God of the Woods by Liz Moore
Camino Ghosts by John Grisham
You Like It Darker by Stephen King
The Midnight Feast by Lucy Foley
The Briar Club by Kate Quinn
All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker

New York Times Best Sellers – Hardcover Fiction

The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt
The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
The War On Warriors by Pete Hegseth
True Gretch by Gretchen Whitmer With Lisa Dickey
On Call by Anthony S. Fauci
Nuclear War by Annie Jacobsen
The Singularity Is Nearer by Ray Kurzweil
Outlive by Peter Attia With Bill Gifford
Ask Not by Maureen Callahan
The Wager by David Grann
An Unfinished Love Story by Doris Kearns Goodwin
What This Comedian Said Will Shock You by Bill Maher
We Are Experiencing A Slight Delay by Gary Janetti
The Friday Afternoon Club by Griffin Dunne
I'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdy