New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
September 8, 2019

1. 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.
2. Old Bones
by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child

An expedition into the Sierra Nevada uncovers new twists to the events involving the Donner party.
3. The Inn
by James Patterson and Candice Fox

A former Boston police detective who is now an innkeeper must shield a seaside town from a crew of criminals.
4. One Good Deed
by David Baldacci

A World War II veteran on parole must find the real killer in a small town or face going back to jail.
5. The Nickel Boys
by Colson Whitehead

Two boys respond to horrors at a Jim Crow-era reform school in ways that impact them decades later.
6. The Turn of the Key
by Ruth Ware

A nanny working in a technology-laden house in Scotland goes to jail when one of the children dies.
7. The Last Widow
by Karin Slaughter

The abduction of a Center for Disease Control scientist and explosions in an Atlanta neighborhood portend a massacre.
8. The Bitterroots
by C.J. Box

The fourth book in the Cassie Dewell series. The black sheep of an influential family is accused of assault.
9. Inland
by Téa Obreht

The lives of a frontierswoman and a former outlaw intersect in the unforgiving climate of the Arizona Territory in 1893.
10. The Whisper Man
by Alex North

A serial killer's methods from 20 years ago resonate in the town of Featherbank when a young boy goes missing.
11. Outfox
by Sandra Brown

F.B.I. Agent Drex Easton has a hunch that the conman Weston Graham is also a serial killer.
12. The Silent Patient
by Alex Michaelides

Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.
13. Tidelands
by Philippa Gregory

Suspicions surround Alinor, a widow who is skilled with herbs, during the English Civil War in 1648.
14. Evvie Drake Starts Over
by Linda Holmes

In a seaside town in Maine, a former Major League pitcher and a grieving widow assess their pasts.
15. Ask Again, Yes
by Mary Beth Keane

The lives of neighboring families in a New York City suburb intertwine over four decades.
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A version of this list appears in the September 8, 2019 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending August 24, 2019.
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