New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers September 20, 2020 1. 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.   Also available in eBook & eAudiobook on OverDrive Also available in eAudiobook on CloudLibrary 2. The Lying Life of Adults by Elena Ferrante In this coming-of-age story, Giovanna seeks her true reflection in two kindred cities.   Also available in eBook on Hoopla 3. 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.   Also available in eAudiobook on CloudLibrary. 4. 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.   Also available in eBook and eAudiobook on OverDrive 5. 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.   Also available in eBook & eAudiobook on OverDrive Also available in eBook & eAudiobook on CloudLibrary 6. 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. 7. 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.   Also available in eBook & eAudiobook on OverDrive Also available in eBook & eAudiobook on CloudLibrary 8. Thrawn Ascendancy: Chaos Rising by Timothy Zahn In this Star Wars saga, a young military officer is sent to find the unseen enemies who attacked the Chiss capital. 9. 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.   Also available in eBook on OverDrive Also available in eAudiobook on CloudLibrary 10. Royal by Danielle Steel In 1943, the 17-year-old Princess Charlotte assumes a new identity in the country and falls in love.   Also available in eBook & eAudiobook on OverDrive Also available in eBook on OverDrive 11. 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.   Also available in eBook & eAudiobook on OverDrive Also available in eAudibook on CloudLibrary 12. The Last Story of Mina Lee by Nancy Jooyoun Kim Margot Lee pieces together consequential events in her mother's life from being a Korean War orphan to what brought about her suspicious death.   Also available in eAudiobook on Hoopla Also available in eBook on CloudLibrary 13. Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia In 1950s Mexico, a debutante travels to a distant mansion where family secrets of a faded mining empire have been kept hidden.   Also available in eBook & eAudiobook on OverDrive Also available in eAudiobook on CloudLibrary 14. Dark Song by Christine Feehan The 34th book in the Carpathian series. Will the vampire who held Elisabeta captive get in the way of her bond with Ferro?   Also available in eBook on OverDrive © 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 20, 2020 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending September 5, 2020.