New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers September 19, 2021 1. A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins Three women come under scrutiny when a young man is found gruesomely murdered in a London houseboat. 2. Billy Summers by Stephen King A killer for hire who only takes out bad guys seeks redemption as he does one final job. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. The Noise by James Patterson and J.D. Barker A strange vibration rises out of a forest near Mount Hood. 6. The Paper Palace by Miranda Cowley Heller After an extramarital dalliance, Elle must choose between her husband and her childhood love. 7. Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid An epic party has serious outcomes for four famous siblings. 8. 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. 9. Complications by Danielle Steel On a September night, guests at the reopening of an exclusive Paris hotel experience love, tragedy and political intrigue. 10. We Were Never Here by Andrea Bartz Will the secrets Emily shares with Kristen about violent incidents in the past ruin her life? 11. The President's Daughter by Bill Clinton and James Patterson Matthew Keating, a past president and former Navy SEAL, goes on his own to find his abducted teenage daughter. 12. The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers Ailey Pearl Garfield endeavors to embrace her full heritage by digging into the stories of her ancestors who were Indigenous, Black and white. 13. Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir Ryland Grace awakens from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders. 14. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries. 15. Lightning Strike by William Kent Krueger The 18th book in the Cork O’Connor mystery series. The 12-year-old son of a small town sheriff who rules a man's death as a suicide suspects another cause. © 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 This material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner.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 September 19, 2021 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending September 4, 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