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New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
July 12, 2020

1. 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.
2. 28 Summers

by
Elin Hilderbrand


A relationship that started in 1993 between Mallory Blessing and Jake McCloud comes to light while she is on her deathbed and his wife runs for president.
3. 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.
4. Camino Winds

by
John Grisham


The line between fact and fiction becomes blurred when an author of thrillers is found dead after a hurricane hits Camino Island.
5. The Summer House

by
James Patterson and Brendan DuBois


Jeremiah Cook, a veteran and former N.Y.P.D. cop, investigates a mass murder near a lake in Georgia.
6. 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.
7. If It Bleeds

by
Stephen King


Four novellas: "Mr. Harrigan's Phone," "The Life of Chuck," "Rat" and "If It Bleeds."
8. Fair Warning
by Michael Connelly

The third book in the Jack McEvoy series. A reporter tracks a killer who uses genetic data to pick his victims.
9. The Last Flight

by
Julie Clark


Claire Cook escapes from living with her quick-tempered husband and assumes another woman's identity.
10. 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.
11. Deacon King Kong

by
James McBride


In 1969, secrets in a South Brooklyn neighborhood are uncovered when a church deacon known as Sportcoat shoots a drug dealer in public.
12. Hideaway

by
Nora Roberts


A child star escapes her abductors, gathers herself in western Ireland and returns to Hollywood.
13. Daddy's Girls

by
Danielle Steel


After a California rancher's sudden death, his three daughters discover things they did not know about their father.
14. Big Summer

by
Jennifer Weiner


Daphne Berg's former best friend asks her to be the maid of honor at her wedding in Cape Cod.
15. Death in Her Hands

by
Ottessa Moshfegh


A woman determines to solve a mystery involving a handwritten note and a seemingly nonexistent dead body in the woods.
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A version of this list appears in the July 5, 2020 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending June 20, 2020.
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