New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
November 19, 2023

1. Dirty Thirty
by Janet Evanovich

The 30th book in the Stephanie Plum series. Plum tracks a local jeweler's former security guard and has an overnight stakeout with relatives.
2. The Exchange: After The Firm
by John Grisham

In a sequel to The Firm, Mitch McDeere, who is now a partner at the world's largest law firm, gets caught up in a sinister plot.
3. Fourth Wing
by Rebecca Yarros

Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.
4. The Secret
by Lee Child and Andrew Child

The 28th book in the Jack Reacher series. It's 1992 and Reacher looks into the cause of a string of mysterious deaths.
5. Lessons in Chemistry
by Bonnie Garmus

A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.
6. Holly
by Stephen King

The private detective Holly Gibney investigates whether a married pair of octogenarian academics had anything to do with Bonnie Dahl's disappearance.
7. Tom Lake
by Ann Patchett

Three daughters, who return to their family orchard in the spring of 2020, learn about their mother's relationship with a famous actor.
8. Let Us Descend
by Jesmyn Ward

Annis, who was sold by the white enslaver who fathered her, tries to comfort herself with memories of her mother and stories of her African warrior grandmother.
9. A Fire in the Flesh
by Jennifer L. Armentrout

The third book in the Flesh and Fire series. The destinies of Nyktos and Sera may be out of their hands.
 
10. Absolution
by Alice McDermott

Two American women form an uneasy alliance in Saigon in 1963.
11. Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver

Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A reimagining of Charles Dickens's David Copperfield set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.
12. The Covenant of Water
by Abraham Verghese

Three generations of a family living on South India's Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning.
13. The Armor of Light
by Ken Follett

The fifth book in the Kingsbridge series. Change and turmoil affect various aspects of society in the latter part of the 18th century.
14. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride

Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well.
15. Remarkably Bright Creatures
by Shelby Van Pelt

A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.
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A version of this list appears in the November 19, 2023 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending November 4, 2023.
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