New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers October 8, 2023 1. 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. 2. Holly by Stephen King The private detective Holly Gibney investigates whether a married pair of octogenarian academics had anything to do with Bonnie Dahl's disappearance. 3. The Last Devil to Die by Richard Osman The fourth book in the Thursday Murder Club series. When an old friend is killed, the gang comes up against drug dealers, art forgers and online fraudsters. 4. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Three daughters, who return to their family orchard in the spring of 2020, learn about their mother's relationship with a famous actor. 5. 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. 6. Vince Flynn: Code Red by Kyle Mills The 22nd book in the Mitch Rapp series. Rapp and his team try to foil a plot by Russia without being discovered. 7. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A reimagining of Charles Dickens's David Copperfield set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. 8. 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. 9. Wellness by Nathan Hill Twenty years after they met and became part of an underground art scene, a couple takes on the challenges of parenting and oddities in suburbia. 10. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well. 11. Bright Young Women by Jessica Knoll In 1978, two women on opposite sides of the country join together to track a man known as the All-American Sex Killer. 12. The Fraud by Zadie Smith In 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. 13. The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger Suspicions and accusations complicate a sheriff's investigation of a wealthy landowner's murder in a small Minnesota town in 1958. 14. Starter Villain by John Scalzi A down on his luck substitute teacher is helped by unionized dolphins and a terrifying henchperson to tackle the heap of troubles he inherits along with his uncle's supervillain business. 15. None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell After meeting a woman who shares the same birthday, Alix Summer becomes the subject of her own true crime podcast. ©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 October 8, 2023 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending September 23, 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, John W. Risley, Jr., Chairman