New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers April 13, 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. Summer in the City by Alex Aster A screenwriter seeking inspiration coincidentally moves next door to the billionaire with whom she hooked up a couple years ago. 3. Nobody's Fool by Harlan Coben The private investigator Sami Kierce tracks down clues to solve a mystery from his past. 4. Elphie by Gregory Maguire Elphaba's childhood lays the groundwork for the character she will become in Wicked. 5. Lethal Prey by John Sandford The 35th book in the Prey series. True-crime bloggers complicate Lucas Davenport and Virgil Flowers's search for a killer. 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. 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. 8. 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. 9. Slaying the Vampire Conqueror by Carissa Broadbent A standalone novel set in the world of the Crowns of Nyaxia series. Sylina faces difficult choices when she takes on a mission to destroy a vampire conqueror. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. The Women by Kristin Hannah A nurse follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. Harriet Tubman: Live in Concert by Bob the Drag Queen Harriet Tubman enlists help from a producer, who was outed on a talk show, to make a hip-hop album and live show to tell the story of her life. ©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 13, 2025 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending March 29, 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