New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
August 1, 2021

1. The Cellist
by Daniel Silva

The 21st book in the Gabriel Allon series. A private intelligence service plans an act of violence that will aid Russia and divide America.
2. The Paper Palace
by Miranda Cowley Heller

After an extramarital dalliance, Elle must choose between her husband and her childhood love.
3. The Last Thing He Told Me
by Laura Dave

Hannah Hall discovers truths about her missing husband and bonds with his daughter from a previous relationship.
4. It's Better This Way
by Debbie Macomber

Julia Jones begins a new life after discovering her husband's infidelity almost six years ago.
5. Malibu Rising
by Taylor Jenkins Reid

An epic party has serious outcomes for four famous siblings.
6. The President's Daughter
by Bill Clinton and James Patterson

Matthew Keating, a past president and former Navy SEAL, goes on his own to find his abducted teenage daughter.
7. Nine Lives
by Danielle Steel

After tragedy upsets her stable family life, Maggie must decide if she will take a risk with a thrill seeker.
8. The Midnight Library
by Matt Haig

Nora Seed finds a library beyond the edge of the universe that contains books with multiple possibilities of the lives one could have lived.
9. The Personal Librarian
by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray 

A Black woman who becomes one of the most powerful people in the art and book world is forced to hide her true identity.
10. Falling
by T. J. Newman

A kidnapper demands that a pilot crash his plane with 144 passengers onboard to save his family.
11. The Final Girl Support Group
by Grady Hendrix

At a gathering that has taken place for more than a decade, women who survived unthinkable ordeals worry about a missing member.
12. Golden Girl
by Elin Hilderbrand

A Nantucket novelist gets one final summer to watch what happens from the great beyond.
13. Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir

Ryland Grace awakes from a long sleep alone and far from home, and the fate of humanity rests on his shoulders.
14. The Maidens
by Alex Michaelides

A therapist suspects a Greek tragedy professor at Cambridge University of committing murder.
15. The Four Winds
by Kristin Hannah

As dust storms roll during the Great Depression, Elsa must choose between saving the family and farm or heading West.
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A version of this list appears in the August 1, 2021 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 17, 2021.
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