New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers October 10, 2021 1. Apples Never Fall by Liane Moriarty The Delaney siblings suspect their father of causing the disappearance of their mother. 2. The Jailhouse Lawyer by James Patterson and Nancy Allen A young lawyer winds up in an Alabama jail that remains mysteriously crowded. 3. Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead Ray Carney, a family man who sells furniture on 125th Street, gets a new clientele made up of vicious and unsavory characters. 4. Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune When given seven days to cross over, Wallace tries to pack in a lifetime's worth of living in that week. 5. Billy Summers by Stephen King A killer for hire who only takes out bad guys seeks redemption as he does one final job. 6. Vince Flynn: Enemy at the Gates by Kyle Mills Anthony Cook, an autocratic president, distrusts Mitch Rapp, who is working to uncover a traitor. 7. Beautiful World, Where Are You by Sally Rooney A novelist, a warehouse worker, an editorial assistant, and a political adviser deal with changes. 8. Bewilderment by Richard Powers An astrobiologist and single father learns of a neurofeedback treatment that may improve his son's emotional control. 9. 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. 10. Daughter of the Morning Star by Craig Johnson The 17th book in the Longmire Mystery series. A player on the Lame Deer Lady Stars High School basketball team receives threats. 11. A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins Three women come under scrutiny when a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat. 12. 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. 13. Forgotten in Death by J.D. Robb The 53rd book of the In Death series. The property where a decades-old crime occurred belongs to the homicide detective Eve Dallas's husband. 14. The Madness of Crowds by Louise Penny The 17th book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series. Gamache is tasked with providing security for a statistics professor whose views are repulsive to him. 15. The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller After an extramarital dalliance, Elle must choose between her husband and her childhood love. © 2021 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 This material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner.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 10, 2021 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending September 25, 2021. 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