New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers July 17, 2022 1. The Hotel Nantucket by Elin Hilderbrand The new general manager of a hotel far from its Gilded Age heyday deals with the complicated pasts of her guests and staff. 2. Sparring Partners by John Grisham Three novellas: Homecoming, Strawberry Moon and Sparring Partners. 3. Suspects by Danielle Steel A C.I.A. agent on a covert mission develops a relationship with a woman who is considered fashion royalty and has a tragic past. 4. The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager An actress escaping bad press goes to a Vermont lake house and uncovers secrets within a neighboring couple's marriage. 5. Escape by James Patterson and David Ellis The third book in the Billy Harney thriller series. Detective Harney goes after a billionaire crime boss and a prison escape artist. 6. The Measure by Nikki Erlick People around the world receive a small wooden box telling them the exact number of years they will live. 7. 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. 8. Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960's becomes a star on a TV cooking show. 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. Horse by Geraldine Brooks The story of a racehorse, an enslaved groom and an itinerant painter reverberates in three different eras. 11. Star Wars: Shadow of the Sith by Adam Christopher Nearly two decades after the Battle of Endor; Lando Calrissian informs Luke Skywalker of a new Sith menace. 12. Meant to Be by Emily Giffin Joe, the disappointing scion of a family considered American royalty, and Cate, a budding model seeking to escape her surroundings, find each other. 13. Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton and James Patterson A singer-songwriter goes to Nashville seeking stardom but is followed by her dark past. 14. The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley Jess has suspicions about her half-brother's neighbors when he goes missing. 15. Lapvona by Ottessa Moshfegh When a motherless shepherd boy gets in violent proximity to a depraved lord's family, occult forces upset the old order in a medieval fief. ©2022 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 This material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner.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 July 17, 2022 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 2, 2022. 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