New York Times
Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
March 29, 2020
1. The Mirror & the Light
by
Hilary Mantel
The third book in the Wolf Hall trilogy. After Anne Boleyn's execution. Thomas Cromwell's enemies assemble.
2. Where the Crawdads Sing
by
Delia Owens
In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
3. Journey of the Pharaohs: A Novel from the NUMA Files
by
Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
The 17th book of the NUMA Files Series. The NUMA squad teams with British MI5 to stop arms dealers from stealing ancient relics.
4. American Dirt
by
Jeanine Cummins
A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel.
5. A Good Neighborhood
by
Therese Anne Fowler
A property line and a teenage romance strain relations between two North Carolina families.
6. My Dark Vanessa
by
Kate Elizabeth Russell
A woman re-evaluates the relationship she had at age 15 with her 42-year-old English teacher 17 years ago.
7. House of Earth and Blood: A Crescent City Novel
by
Sarah J. Maas
Passion arises between Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar as they seek to avenge the deaths of Bryce's friends.
8. Long Range
by
C.J. Box
The 20th book in the Joe Pickett series. A grizzly bear attack and an attempted assassination of a local judge baffle the Wyoming game warden.
9. Blindside
by
James Patterson and James O. Born
The 12th book in the Michael Bennett series. A serial-killing spree might impact national security.
10. The Numbers Game
by
Danielle Steel
An affair wrecks a marriage and a daughter seeks to get out from her family's shadow while old dreams and new love are pursued.
11. In Five Years
by
Rebecca Serle
A Manhattan lawyer finds herself confronting a vision she had when elements of it come to life on schedule.
12. The Silent Patient
by
Alex Michaelides
Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.
13. The Dutch House
by
Ann Patchett
A sibling relationship is impacted when the family goes from poverty to wealth and back again over the course of many decades.
14. Such a Fun Age
by
Kiley Reid
Tumult ensues when Alix Chamberlain's babysitter is mistakenly accused of kidnapping her charge.
15. Deacon King Kong
by
James McBride
In 1969, secrets in a South Brooklyn neighborhood are uncovered when a church deacon known as Sportcoat shoots a drug dealer in public.
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A version of this list appears in the March 29, 2020 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 14, 2020.