New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
June 25, 2023

1. Happy Place
by Emily Henry

A former couple pretend to be together for the sake of their friends during their annual getaway in Maine.
2. Cross Down
by James Patterson

John Sampson seeks justice after Alex Cross gets injured.
3. 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.
4. 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.
5. Lady Tan's Circle of Women
by Lisa See

Tan Yunxian learns the pillars of Chinese medicine from her grandmother but is sent into an arranged marriage and pressured by her mother-in-law.
6. Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver

A reimagining of Charles Dickens's David Copperfield set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.
7.  Identity
by Nora Roberts

After her roommate is killed by a con artist, a former Army brat builds a new life at her mother's home in Vermont.
8. The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for
The Country
by Amanda Gorman

The poem read on President Joe Biden's Inauguration Day, by the youngest poet to write and perform an inaugural poem.
9. The Paris Daughter
by Kristin Harmel

When a woman becomes a target of the German occupation in Paris, she leaves her young daughter with her friend.
10. Clive Cussler Fire Strike
by Mike Maden

The 17th book in the Oregon Files series. Juan Cabrillo's crew takes on a force of bio-hacked soldiers.
11. Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
by Gabrielle Zevin

Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.
12. Hello Beautiful
by Ann Napolitano

In an homage to Louisa May Alcott's Little Women, a young man's dark past resurfaces as he gets to know the family of his college sweetheart.
13. Simply Lies
by David Baldacci

A former detective becomes the prime suspect in a murder case involving a man with mob ties who was in witness protection.
14. 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.
15. All the Sinners Bleed
by S. A. Cosby

Titus Crown, a former F.B.I. agent who becomes Charon County's first Black sheriff, tracks a serial killer and contends with a far-right group.
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A version of this list appears in the June 25, 2023 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending June 10, 2023.
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