New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers February 18, 2024 1. House of Flame and Shadow by Sarah J. Maas The third book in the Crescent City series. Bryce wants to return home while Hunt is trapped in Asteri's dungeons. 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. 2. 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. 4. 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. 5. Gothikana by RuNyx A century-old mystery brings Corvina Clemm and Vad Deverell together at a university based in a castle at the top of a mountain with a dark history. 6. First Lie Wins by Ashley Elston A woman who works for a mysterious boss takes on a new identity to dig up information on someone. 7. The Fury by Alex Michaelides Violence erupts when a former movie star brings a group of her friends to her private Greek island for Easter. 8. 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. 9. 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. 10. Good Material by Dolly Alderton A struggling stand-up comic tries to work out why the woman he loves stopped loving him. 11. Random in Death by J. D. Robb The 58th book of the In Death series. Eve Dallas searches for the person who jabbed a teenager with a vial of toxic substances. 12. Holmes, Marple & Poe by James Patterson and Brian Sitts Three private investigators working in New York City draw the attention of an N.Y.P.D. detective. 13. Come and Get It by Kiley Reid What initially appears to be an easy opportunity causes trouble for a senior resident assistant at the University of Arkansas. 14. 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. 15. 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. ©2024 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 February 18, 2024 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending February 3, 2024. 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