New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers April 6, 2025 1. Onyx Storm by Rebecca Yarros The third book in the Empyrean series. As enemies gain traction, Violet Sorrengail goes beyond the Aretian wards in search of allies. 2. The Writer by James Patterson and J.D. Barker An N.Y.P.D. detective is called to a crime scene in an apartment where the shelves are full of books by a true-crime writer. 3. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail's next round of training under the new vice commandant might require her to betray the man she loves. 4. The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones A Lutheran pastor's diary from 1912, which details a massacre in which 217 Blackfeet died in the snow, is found a century later. 5. James by Percival Everett A reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn shines a different light on Mark Twain's classic, revealing new facets of the character of Jim. 6. Broken Country by Clare Leslie Hall Beth must confront her past when the man she once loved as a teenager returns to the village with his son.  7. The Women by Kristin Hannah A nurse follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America. 8. The Wedding People by Alison Espach A woman who is down on her luck forms an unexpected bond with the bride at a wedding in Rhode Island. 9. 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. 10. The God of the Woods by Liz Moore When a 13-year-old girl disappears from an Adirondack summer camp in 1975, secrets kept by the Van Laar family emerge. 11. The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah Two sisters in World War II France: one struggling to survive in the countryside, the other joining the Resistance in Paris. 12. The Story She Left Behind by Patti Callahan Henry In 1952, the daughter of a renowned author who disappeared years ago goes in search of clues to better understand her mother's life and work. 13. Battle Mountain by C.J. Box The 25th book in the Joe Pickett series. Nate seeks vengeance while off the grid and Joe looks for the governor's missing son-in-law. 14. Dream Count by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie A Nigerian travel writer living in America and several women connected to her face turning points in their lives. 15. Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy A woman washes ashore on a tiny island near Antarctica, where the only inhabitants are a man and his three children. ©2025 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 April 6, 2025 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 22, 2025. Atlantic County Library System | 40 Farragut Avenue, Mays Landing, NJ 08330 Phone: (609) 625-2776 | www.atlanticlibrary.org        Atlantic County Executive Dennis Levinson Atlantic County Board of Commissioners, Richard R. Dase, Chairman