New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers July 2, 2023 1. The Five-Star Weekend by Elin Hilderbrand After a tragedy, a popular food blogger brings friends from distinct ties in her life to spend a weekend in Nantucket. 2. 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. 3. Happy Place by Emily Henry A former couple pretend to be together for the sake of their friends during their annual getaway in Maine. 4. Cross Down by James Patterson John Sampson seeks justice after Alex Cross gets injured. 5. The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese Three generations of a family living on South India's Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning. 6. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver A reimagining of Charles Dickens's David Copperfield set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. 7. Fourth Wing by Rebecca Yarros Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders. 8. Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano In an homage to Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, a young man's dark past resurfaces as he gets to know the family of his college sweetheart. 9. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design. 10.  Identity by Nora Roberts After her roommate is killed by a con artist, a former Army brat builds a new life at her mother's home in Vermont. 11. Lady Tan's Circle of Women by Lisa See Tan Yunxian learns the pillars of Chinese medicine from her grandmother but is sent into an arranged marriage and pressured by her mother-in-law. 12. Simply Lies by David Baldacci A former detective becomes the prime suspect in a murder case involving a man with mob ties who was in witness protection. 13. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang June Hayward, a struggling writer, must conceal the fact that she stole Athena Liu's just-finished masterpiece after Liu's sudden death. 14. 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. 15. Clive Cussler Fire Strike by Mike Maden The 17th book in the Oregon Files series. Juan Cabrillo's crew takes on a force of bio-hacked soldiers. ©2023 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 This material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner.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 2, 2023 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending June 17, 2023. 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