New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
August 9, 2020

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. Near Dark

by
Brad Thor


The 19th book in the Scot Harvath series. With a bounty on his head, Harvath makes an alliance with a Norwegian intelligence operative.
3. The Order

by
Daniel Silva


The 20th book in the Gabriel Allon series. The art restorer and spy cuts his family's vacation short to investigate whether Pope Paul VII was murdered.
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.
5. 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.
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.Book Annotation
7. Axiom's End

by
Lindsay Ellis


Cora Sabino finds herself caught between her estranged whistle-blower father and the extraterrestrials who have been living here for decades.
8. 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.
9. Peace Talks: A Novel of the Dresden Files

by
Jim Butcher


The 16th book in the Dresden Files series. Chicago's only professional wizard tries to keep the peace during a summit of the Supernatural nations of the world.
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. Sex and Vanity

by
Kevin Kwan


A nod to A Room With a View in which Lucie Tang Churchill is torn between her WASPy billionaire fiancé and a privileged hunk born in Hong Kong.
12. A Walk Along the Beach

by
Debbie Macomber


After dealing with loss and setbacks, two sisters take risks on dreams and love.
13. If It Bleeds

by
Stephen King


Four novellas: Mr. Harrigan's Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat and If It Bleeds.
14. The Pull of the Stars

by
Emma Donoghue


While war and the Great Flu ravages 1918 Dublin, three women help expectant mothers who have been quarantined in a hospital.
15. 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.
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A version of this list appears in the August 9, 2020 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 25, 2020.