New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers September 27, 2020 1. Anxious People by Fredrik Backman A failed bank robber holds a group of strangers hostage at an apartment open house. 2. Shadows in Death by J. D. Robb The 51st book of the In Death series. A hitman with possible connections to Eve Dallas's husband is seen near the scene of a crime. 3. One by One by Ruth Ware An avalanche tests the bonds of coworkers from a London-based tech startup on a corporate retreat in the French Alps. 4. All the Devils Are Here by Louise Penny The 16th book in the Chief Inspector Gamache series. When his billionaire godfather is attacked, Gamache uncovers secrets hidden throughout Paris. 5. The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern Black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity but their fates intertwine. 6. Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa Gyasi A Ph.D. candidate in neuroscience looks to the hard sciences and her childhood faith to potentially help her grieving Ghanaian immigrant family. 7. The Harbinger II: The Return by Jonathan Cahn Nouriel, Ana Goren and a figure known as "the prophet" return as revelations are unlocked. 8. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect. 9. The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante In this coming-of-age story, Giovanna seeks her true reflection in two kindred cities. 10. Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen A dead dowager, hungry pythons and occupants of the winter White House shake up the Palm Beach charity ball season. 11. Thick As Thieves by Sandra Brown Arden Maxwell returns home to uncover the truth about her father's involvement in a heist that went wrong 20 years ago. 12. The Guest List by Lucy Foley A wedding between a TV star and a magazine publisher on an island off the coast of Ireland turns deadly. 13. American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins A bookseller flees Mexico for the United States with her son while pursued by the head of a drug cartel. 14. The Darkest Evening by Ann Cleeves The ninth book in the Vera Stanhope series. An abandoned toddler, a dead woman and a blizzard complicate the holidays in the Northumberland countryside. 15. Royal by Danielle Steel In 1943, the 17-year-old Princess Charlotte assumes a new identity in the country and falls in love. © 2020 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 September 27, 2020 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending September 12, 2020. Culpeper County Library 271 Southgate Shopping Center Culpeper, Virginia 22701 540-825-8691 www.cclva.org