New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers November 26, 2023 1. Iron Flame by Rebecca Yarros The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail's next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves. 2. 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. 3. Resurrection Walk by Michael Connelly The seventh book in the Lincoln Lawyer series. Haller and Bosch team up to prove the innocence of a woman in prison for killing her husband. 4. 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. 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. 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. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. 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. 11. Clive Cussler: The Corsican Shadow by Dirk Cussler The 27th book in the Dirk Pitt series. A murderous cabal targets water treatment facilities around the world.   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. 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. 14. Pretty Boys Are Poisonous: Poems by Megan Fox A collection of poems exploring how love relationships can affect one's sense of identity. 15. The Olympian Affair by Jim Butcher The second book in the Cinder Spires series. The Spires may soon be involved in an open war. ©2023 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 November 26, 2023 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending November 11, 2023. 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, John W. Risley, Jr., Chairman