New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
August 21, 2016
1. Bullseye
by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge

While the president of the United States is in New York to meet with his Russian counterpart, Detective Michael Bennett must stop a team of assassins. 
2. Sweet Tomorrows
by Debbie Macomber

The journeys of the characters at the Rose Harbor Inn come to a close in this last book of the series.
3. Truly Madly Guilty
by Liane Moriarty

Tense turning points for three couples at a backyard barbecue gone wrong.
4. The Underground Railroad
by Colson Whitehead

A slave girl heads toward freedom on the network, envisioned as actual tracks and tunnels.
5. The Black Widow
by Daniel Silva

Gabriel Allon, the Israeli art restorer and spy, recruits a doctor from Jerusalem to help capture a secret ISIS terrorist in France.
6. The Woman in Cabin 10
by Ruth Ware

A travel writer on a cruise is certain she has heard a body thrown overboard, but no one believes her.
7. The Girls
by Emma Cline

In the summer of 1969, a California teenager is drawn to a Manson-like cult.
8. Smooth Operator
by Stuart Woods and Parnell Hall

When the former C.I.A. agent Teddy Fay comes to the aid of a powerful woman, the nation's fate is at stake.
9. Dark Carousel
by Christine Feehan

A woman falls for a rich-bachelor vampire, but she also has a separate plan for which he is the bait. A Carpathian novel.
10. All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr

The lives of a blind French girl and a gadget-obsessed German boy before and during World War II.
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. Dragonmark
by Sherrilyn Kenyon

The first book of a new trilogy featuring Illarion, a dragon made into a human against his will. A Dark-Hunter novel.
13. Before the Fall
by Noah Hawley

After a private jet crashes, a firestorm of media madness ensues.
14. First Comes Love
by Emily Giffin

Two estranged sisters -- one a successful lawyer with a small child and an unhappy marriage, the other a single teacher who yearns to be a mother -- strive for forgiveness.
15. Dark Matter
by Blake Crouch

The hero of this countdown thriller exists in several alternate universes and must accomplish an impossible task.
16. End of Watch
by Stephen King

The conclusion of the Bill Hodges trilogy.
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A version of this list appears in the August 21, 2016 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending August 6, 2016.
 
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