New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers June 18, 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. 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. 3. 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. 4. Identity by Nora Roberts After her roommate is killed by a con artist, a former Army brat builds a new life at her mother's home in Vermont. 5. Drowning: The Rescue of Flight 1421 by T. J. Newman When a jetliner crashes into the Pacific Ocean, a professional diver must save her daughter and the man she is about to divorce, who are among the passengers on board. 6. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver A reimagining of Charles Dickens's David Copperfield set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. 7. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. Yellowface by R.F. Kuang June Hayward, a struggling writer, must conceal the fact that she stole Athena Liu's just-finished masterpiece after Liu's sudden death. 11. 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. 12. The Celebrants by Steven Rowley Jordan Vargas has a secret that might destroy the pact he has with his old college friends who reunite intermittently. 13. Killing Moon by Jo Nesbø The 13th book in the Harry Hole series. When a woman who once saved his life becomes imperiled, Harry returns to Oslo to track a murderer. 14. The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for The Country by Amanda Gorman The poem read on President Joe Biden's Inauguration Day, by the youngest poet to write and perform an inaugural poem. 15. Good Night, Irene by Luis Alberto Urrea Irene Woodward enlists with the Red Cross and serves in Europe during World War II. ©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 June 18, 2023 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending June 3, 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