New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers September 22, 2024 1. The Games Gods Play by Abigail Owen Gods enlist mortals to fight in their stead to determine who will sit on the throne in Olympus. 2. Vince Flynn: Capture or Kill by Don Bentley The 23rd book in the Mitch Rapp series. In 2011, operations take place to prevent a looming war in the Middle East. 3. The Cursed by Harper L. Woods The second book in the Coven of Bones series. Feelings of betrayal and revenge put things in a precarious place. 4. Passions in Death by J.D. Robb The 59th book of the In Death series. Bad memories come up for Eve Dallas at a crime scene. 5. The Women by Kristin Hannah In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America. 6. The Life Impossible by Matt Haig A retired math teacher who inherits a run-down house on a Mediterranean island from a friend goes in search of answers. 7. By Any Other Name by Jodi Picoult A young woman's play about her ancestor Emilia Bassano, who wrote Shakespeare's works, is submitted to a festival under a male pseudonym. 8. Blue Sisters by Coco Mellors A year after the death of their sister, three remaining sisters return to New York to prevent the sale of the childhood home. 9. 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. 10. Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner A secret agent who gets inside an anarchist collective in France encounters a mysterious figure. 11. 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. 12. 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. 13. All the Colors of the Dark by Chris Whitaker Questions arise when a boy saves the daughter of a wealthy family amid a string of disappearances in a Missouri town in 1975. 14. Clive Cussler: Ghost Soldier by Mike Maden The 18th book in the Oregon Files series. Juan Cabrillo and his crew go after an arms dealer known as the Vendor. 15. 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. ©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 This material may not be published, broadcast or redistributed in any manner.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 September 22, 2024 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending September 7, 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, Maureen Kern, Chairwoman