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New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers October 1, 2023 |
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| 1. Holly by Stephen KingThe private detective Holly Gibney investigates whether a married pair of octogenarian academics had anything to do with Bonnie Dahl's disappearance. |
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| 2. Fourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosViolet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders. |
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| 3. Vince Flynn: Code Red by Kyle MillsThe 22nd book in the Mitch Rapp series. Rapp and his team try to foil a plot by Russia without being discovered. |
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| 4. Tom Lake by Ann PatchettThree daughters, who return to their family orchard in the spring of 2020, learn about their mother's relationship with a famous actor. |
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| 5. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusA scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show. |
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| 6. Fall of Ruin and Wrath by Jennifer L. ArmentroutIn a world where only nine cities were spared divine destruction, Calista must decide whether to follow her intuition to safety or court calamity by pursuing a love. |
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| 7. Demon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverWinner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A reimagining of Charles Dickens's David Copperfield set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. |
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| 8. The Vaster Wilds by Lauren GroffA servant girl, who escapes with almost nothing from a colonial settlement, finds the beliefs she learned are tested. |
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| 9. The Covenant of Water by Abraham VergheseThree generations of a family living on South India's Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning. |
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| 11. The Fraud by Zadie SmithIn 1873, a Scottish housekeeper to a once-famous novelist is captivated by a trial in which a lower-class butcher from Australia claims to be the rightful heir of a sizable estate and title. |
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| 12. Payback in Death by J. D. RobbThe 57th book of the In Death series. Eve Dallas look into the death of an internal affairs captain. |
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| 13. Nineteen Steps by Millie Bobby Brown with Kathleen McGurlIn 1942 London, 18-year-old Nellie Morris has a chance encounter with an American airman. |
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| 14. Mother-Daughter Murder Night by Nina SimonWhen her granddaughter finds a dead body while kayaking, a convalescing Los Angeles businesswoman tries to uncover the truth. |
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| 15. The River We Remember by William Kent KruegerSuspicions and accusations complicate a sheriff's investigation of a wealthy landowner's murder in a small Minnesota town in 1958. |
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