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New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers October 29, 2023
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| 1. Fourth Wing by Rebecca YarrosViolet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders. |
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| 2. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie GarmusA scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show. |
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| 3. Holly by Stephen KingThe private detective Holly Gibney investigates whether a married pair of octogenarian academics had anything to do with Bonnie Dahl's disappearance. |
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| 4. Sword Catcher by Cassandra ClareAn orphan who is the body double for a royal heir and a woman with magical abilities are drawn into the underworld of the city-state of Castellane. |
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| 5. Blood Lines by Nelson DeMille and Alex DeMilleThe second book in the Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor series. After a mission in Venezuela, Brodie and Taylor search for the murderer of a fellow agent. |
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| 6. Judgement Prey by John SandfordThe 33rd book in the Prey series. Davenport and Flowers investigate the murder of a federal judge and his two young sons. |
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| 7. Tom Lake by Ann PatchettThree daughters, who return to their family orchard in the spring of 2020, learn about their mother's relationship with a famous actor. |
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| 8. The Armor of Light by Ken FollettThe fifth book in the Kingsbridge series. Change and turmoil affect various aspects of society in the latter part of the 18th century. |
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| 9. 12 Months to Live by James Patterson and Mike LupicaA criminal defense attorney who received a terminal diagnosis might be in danger of being murdered. |
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| 10. Demon Copperhead by Barbara KingsolverWinner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A reimagining of Charles Dickens's David Copperfield set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. |
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| 11. The Covenant of Water by Abraham VergheseThree generations of a family living on South India's Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning. |
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| 12. Starling House by Alix E. HarrowAn orphan hoping to improve things for her brother and herself goes inside a mansion connected to an author who disappeared over a century ago. |
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| 13. Second Act by Danielle SteelThe former head of a Hollywood studio thinks the unfinished novel written by a woman he hired to get his affairs in order could be adapted for the screen. |
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| 14. Becoming the Boogeyman by Richard ChizmarIn a sequel to Chasing the Boogeyman, society's true crime obsession is further explored using meta-fiction devices. |
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