New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers October 16, 2022 1. Verity by Colleen Hoover Lowen Ashleigh is hired by the husband of an injured writer to complete her popular series and uncovers a horrifying truth. 2. Fairy Tale by Stephen King A high school kid inherits a shed that is a portal to another world where good and evil are at war. 3. Dreamland by Nicholas Sparks Musicians from different backgrounds are attracted to each other and a mother flees with her son from an abusive husband. 4. The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik The third book in the Scholomance series. Life after graduation turns out to be dangerous. 5. The Winners by Fredrik Backman The third book in the Beartown series. Rivalries between two hockey-obsessed towns escalate into violence off the ice. 6. Treasure State: A Cassie Dewell Novel by C.J. Box The sixth book in the Cassie Dewell series. Cassie works two cases involving buried treasure and a con man. 7. Blowback: A Thriller by James Patterson and Brendan DuBois President Keegan Barrett's power grab tests the loyalties of two C.I.A. agents. 8. Vince Flynn: Oath of Loyalty by Kyle Mills The 21st book in the Mitch Rapp series. President Cook, a team of assassins and a killer known as Legion confront Rapp on different fronts. 9. Suspect by Scott Turow A private investigator named Pinky helps an attorney try to clear a female police chief of sexual misconduct charges made by three male officers. 10. The Butcher and the Wren by Alaina Urquhart A forensic pathologist is on the trail of a serial killer in the Louisiana bayou. 11. All Good People Here by Ashley Flowers with Alex Kiester A journalist who returns to her hometown vows to find a missing girl and solve a 20-year-old cold case. 12. 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. 13. Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson In the nightlife world of 1926 London, Nellie Coker seeks to advance her six children. 14. Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout As the pandemic starts, Lucy Barton and her ex-husband go to a small town in Maine, where they confront their shared history. 15. Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid A tennis player comes out of retirement and trains with her father to defend her record. ©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 This material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner.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 October 16, 2022 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending October 1, 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