New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers January 24, 2021 1. Star Wars: Light of the Jedi by Charles Soule In this installment of the High Republic series, a disaster in hyperspace may cause far greater damage. 2. Neighbors by Danielle Steel A Hollywood recluse's perspective changes when she invites her neighbors into her mansion after an earthquake. 3. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern Black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity but their fates intertwine. 4. The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins A recently arrived dog walker in a Southern gated community falls for a mysterious widower. 5. 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. 6. Outlawed by Anna North Ada, who apprentices midwifery under her mother, must decide whether to aid a bank of outlaws who want to create a safe haven for outcast women. 7. The Return by Nicholas Sparks A doctor serving in the Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two women change his life. 8. The Prophets by Robert Jones Jr. When an older slave begins preaching on a Southern plantation, the love between two slaves, Isaiah and Samuel, is seen in a different light. 9. A Time for Mercy by John Grisham The third book in the Jake Brigance series. A 16-year-old is accused of killing a deputy in Clanton, Miss., in 1990. 10. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman A failed bank robber holds a group of strangers hostage at an apartment open house. 11. Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline In a sequel to Ready Player One, Wade Watts discovers a technological advancement and goes on a new quest. 12. The Mystery of Mrs. Christie by Marie Benedict What might have happened during the 11 days in which a rising mystery author went missing in 1926. 13. The Midnight Library by Matt Haig Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived. 14. The Push by Ashley Audrain A devastating event forces a mother who questions her child's behavior and her own sanity to confront the truth. 15. Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour The only Black person at a tech startup determines to get other young people of color into America's sales force. © 2021 All rights reserved by New York Times Syndication Sales Corp. This material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner.   A version of this list appears in the January 24, 2021 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending January 9, 2021. Hoover Public Library 200 Municipal Dr., Hoover, AL 35216 205 -444-7800 @hooverlibrary  |  hooverlibrary.org  |  #imagineMORE