New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers May 21, 2023 1. Happy Place by Emily Henry A former couple pretend to be together for the sake of their friends during their annual getaway in Maine. 2. 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. 3. The 23rd Midnight by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro The 23rd book in the Women's Murder Club series. Lindsay Boxer tracks a copycat killer. 4. 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. 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. The Wedding Planner by Danielle Steel An unmarried wedding planner contends with problems, secrets and scandals. 7. 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. 8. The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry When an illustrated book offering potential clues arrives years after World War II, a woman in London delves into her past. 9. 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. 10. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design. 11. Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls Nine years after being cast out, a young woman returns to reclaim her place in her family and comes into her own as a bootlegger. 12. The Ferryman by Justin Cronin A man who shepherds retirees to an island where their bodies are renewed and memories wiped clean questions everything he once believed. 13. It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover A battered wife raised in a violent home attempts to halt the cycle of abuse. 14. Summer on Sag Harbor  by Sunny Hostin Olivia Jones delves into her family's past at a historically Black beachfront community on Long Island. 15. 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. ©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 This material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner.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 May 21, 2023 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending May 6, 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