New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers November 12, 2023 1. The Exchange: After The Firm by John Grisham In a sequel to The Firm, Mitch McDeere, who is now a partner at the world's largest law firm, gets caught up in a sinister plot. 2. The Secret by Lee Child and Andrew Child The 28th book in the Jack Reacher series. It's 1992 and Reacher looks into the cause of a string of mysterious deaths. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. Let Us Descend by Jesmyn Ward Annis, who was sold by the white enslaver who fathered her, tries to comfort herself with memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother. 6. Holly by Stephen King The private detective Holly Gibney investigates whether a married pair of octogenarian academics had anything to do with Bonnie Dahl's disappearance. 7. Tom Lake by Ann Patchett Three daughters, who return to their family orchard in the spring of 2020, learn about their mother's relationship with a famous actor. 8. Judgement Prey by John Sandford The 33rd book in the Prey series. Davenport and Flowers investigate the murder of a federal judge and his two young sons. 9. Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A reimagining of Charles Dickens's David Copperfield set in the mountains of southern Appalachia. 10. 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. 11. The Armor of Light by Ken Follett The fifth book in the Kingsbridge series. Change and turmoil affect various aspects of society in the latter part of the 18th century. 12. None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell After meeting a woman who shares the same birthday, Alix Summer becomes the subject of her own true crime podcast. 13. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well. 14. 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. 15. Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare An 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. ©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 November 12, 2023 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending October 28, 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, John W. Risley, Jr., Chairman