New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers December 12, 2021 1. Go Tell the Bees That I Am Gone  by Diana Gabaldon The ninth book in the Outlander series. As the Revolutionary War moves closer to Fraser's Ridge, Claire and Jamie reunite with their daughter and her family. 2. The Becoming by Nora Roberts The second book in the Dragon Heart Legacy series. Breen returns to Talamh as her grandfather Odran plots destruction. 3. The Judge's List by John Grisham The second book in the Whistler series. Investigator Lacy Stoltz goes after a serial killer and closes in on a sitting judge. 4. Fear No Evil by James Patterson The 29th book in the Alex Cross series. Cross fights the mastermind who has stalked him for years. 5. The Wish by Nicholas Sparks Maggie Dawes, a renowned travel photographer, struggles with a medical diagnosis over Christmas. 6. The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom After a ship explodes, 10 people struggling to survive pull a man who claims to be the Lord out of the sea. 7. The Christmas Promise by Richard Paul Evans Richelle writes a book about her estranged and deceased twin sister, Michelle, that is titled The Prodigal Daughter 8. Flying Angels by Danielle Steel Six women join the Medical Air Evacuation Transport Squadron during World War II. 9. The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles Two friends who escaped from a juvenile work farm take Emmett Watson on an unexpected journey to New York City in 1954. 10. Mercy by David Baldacci The fourth book in the Atlee Pine series. Atlee discovers her twin sister survived an abduction at the age of 6. 11. The Dark Hours by Michael Connelly A death on New Year's Eve, an unsolved murder and a hunt for serial rapists bring Bosch and Ballard back together. 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. Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr An interconnected cast of dreamers and outsiders are in dangerous and disparate settings past, present and future. 14. State of Terror by Hillary Rodham Clinton and Louise Penny In the wake of the previous administration's mishandling of international affairs, the new Secretary of State Ellen Adams confronts interconnected global threats. 15. Billy Summers by Stephen King A killer for hire who only takes out bad guys seeks redemption as he does one final job. © 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 December 12, 2021 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending November 27, 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