New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers May 22, 2022 1. 22 Seconds by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro The 22nd book in the Women's Murder Club series. Lindsay Boxer returns as word gets around about a shipment of drugs and weapons. 2. Book of Night by Holly Black A bartender working at a Berkshires dive bar deals with doppelgangers, billionaires and magicians seeking a vast and terrible power. 3. Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson A singer-songwriter goes to Nashville seeking stardom but is followed by her dark past. 4. Dream Town by David Baldacci The third book in the Archer series. Archer, Dash and Callahan search for a missing screenwriter who had a dead body turn up in her home. 5. The Homewreckers by Mary Kay Andrews A widow starring in a beach house renovation reality show gets caught up in competing love interests and an old missing persons case. 6. The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley Jess has suspicions about her half-brother's neighbors when he goes missing. 7. Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel A detective investigating in the wilderness discovers that his actions might affect the timeline of the universe. 8. 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. 9. The Investigator by John Sandford Letty Davenport, the adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, looks into oil thefts in Texas. 10. 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. 11. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show. 12. One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle During a summer trip in Italy, Katy's late mother reappears as a 30-year-old woman. 13. Beautiful by Danielle Steel A supermodel deals with the effects of a terror attack at an airport in Brussels on her life and appearance. 14. City on Fire by Don Winslow Two rival crime families that control all of New England start a war against each other. 15. Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there. ©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 This material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner.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 May 22, 2022 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending May 7, 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