New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
July 26, 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. 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.
3. 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.
4. A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor

by
Hank Green


Mysterious books hint at what caused the untimely demise of April May and the sudden disappearance of robots known as the Carls.
5. 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.
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. 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.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. 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.
11. If It Bleeds

by
Stephen King


Four novellas: Mr. Harrigan's Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat and If It Bleeds.
12. 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.
13. The Silent Patient

by
Alex Michaelides


Theo Faber looks into the mystery of a famous painter who stops speaking after shooting her husband.
14.Memoirs and Misinformation

by
Jim Carrey and Dana Vachon


A character named Jim Carrey navigates stardom and its excesses in a satire that borrows heavily from the life of the celebrity Jim Carrey.
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 July 26, 2020 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 11, 2020.