New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
November 10, 2019

1. The Night Fire
by Michael Connelly

Harry Bosch and Renée Ballard return to take up a case that held the attention of Bosch's mentor.
2. The Guardians
by John Grisham

Cullen Post, a lawyer and Episcopal minister, antagonizes some ruthless killers when he takes on a wrongful conviction case.
3. Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens

A woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
4. The Deserter
by Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMille

Two members of the Criminal Investigation Division must bring back a Delta Force soldier who disappeared.
5. Agent Running in the Field
by John Le Carré

A veteran of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service, who is assigned to command a lesser band of spies, hatches a covert operation.
6. The 19th Christmas
by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro

In the 19th installment of the Women's Murder Club series, detective Lindsay Boxer and company take on a fearsome criminal known only as "Loman."
7.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.
8.The Water Dancer
by Ta-Nehisi Coates

A young man who was gifted with a mysterious power becomes part of a war between slavers and the enslaved.
9. The Institute
by Stephen King

Children with special talents are abducted and sequestered in an institution where the sinister staff seeks to extract their gifts through harsh methods.
10. The Testaments
by Margaret Atwood

In a sequel to The Handmaid's Tale, old secrets bring three women together as the Republic of Gilead's theocratic regime shows signs of decay.
11. The Burning White
by Brent Weeks

The fifth book in the Lightbringer series. When Chromeria is threatened, Kip Guile pulls forces together for one last fight.
12. To the Land of Long Lost Friends
by Alexander McCall Smith

The 20th book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series. Precious Ramotswe's latest case involves a preacher and a young woman.
13. Olive, Again
by Elizabeth Strout

In a follow-up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Olive Kitteridge, new relationships, including a second marriage, are encountered in a seaside town in Maine. 
14. Ninth House
by Leigh Bardugo

After mysteriously surviving a multiple homicide, Galaxy Stern comes face to face with dark magic, murder and more at Yale University.
15. The Giver of Stars
by Jojo Moyes

In Depression-era America, five women refuse to be cowed by men or convention as they deliver books throughout the mountains of Kentucky.
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A version of this list appears in the November 10, 2019 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending October 26, 2019.
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