New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers July 31, 2022 1. The 6:20 Man by David Baldacci When his ex-girlfriend turns up dead in his office building, an entry-level investment analyst delves into the halls of economic power. 2. The It Girl by Ruth Ware A decade after her first year at Oxford, an expectant mother looks into the mystery of her former best friend's death. 3. The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand The new general manager of a hotel far from its Gilded Age heyday deals with the complicated pasts of her guests and staff. 4. Sparring Partners by John Grisham Three novellas: Homecoming, Strawberry Moon and Sparring Partners. 5. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design. 6. Upgrade by Blake Crouch Logan Ramsay's genome has been hacked and he is the only person who can prevent this from happening to the public at large. 7. Rising Tiger by Brad Thor The 21st book in  the Scot Harvath series. The American spy faces dangers on a mission in an unfamiliar culture. 8. The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship. 9. 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. 10. Horse by Geraldine Brooks The story of a racehorse, an enslaved groom and an itinerant painter reverberates in three different eras. 11. The Best Is Yet to Come by Debbie Macomber After the death of her twin brother, Hope starts a relationship with a former Marine. 12. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960's becomes a star on a TV cooking show. 13. The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager An actress escaping bad press goes to a Vermont lake house and uncovers secrets within a neighboring couple's marriage. 14. Escape by James Patterson and David Ellis The third book in the Billy Harney thriller series. Detective Harney goes after a billionaire crime boss and a prison escape artist. 15. 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. ©2022 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 This material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner.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 July 31, 2022 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 16, 2022. Atlantic County Library System | 40 Farragut Avenue, Mays Landing, NJ 08330 Phone: (609) 625-2776 | www.atlanticlibrary.org        Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson Atlantic County Board of Commissioners, Maureen Kern, Chairwoman