New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
November 29, 2020

1. The Law of Innocence
by Michael Connelly

The sixth book in the Mickey Haller series. Haller defends himself when police find the body of a former client in his car's trunk.
2. I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry
by Halsey

A debut collection of poems by the Grammy Award-nominated musician.
3. A Time for Mercy
by John Grisham

The third book in the Jake Brigance series. A 16-year-old is accused of killing a deputy in Clanton, Miss., in 1990.
4. The Return
by Nicholas Sparks

A doctor serving in the Navy in Afghanistan goes back to North Carolina where two women change his life.
5. The Sentinel
by Lee Child and Andrew Child

Jack Reacher intervenes on an ambush in Tennessee and uncovers a conspiracy.
6. Fortune and Glory: Tantalizing Twenty-Seven
by Janet Evanovich

The 27th book in the Stephanie Plum series. Stephanie deals with a soldier of fortune from Little Havana.
7. Marauder: A Novel of the Oregon Files
by Clive Cussler and Boyd Morrison

The 15th book in the Oregon Files series. A billionaire's dying wish bestows a paralyzing chemical to a terrorist group.
8. Moonflower Murders
by Anthony Horowitz

Cecily Trehearne goes missing from a Greek island hotel that is run by a former publisher after reading the mystery Atticus Pünd Takes the Case.
9. Anxious People
by Fredrik Backman

A failed bank robber holds a group of strangers hostage at an apartment open house.
10. Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens

In a quiet town on the North Carolina coast in 1969, a young woman who survived alone in the marsh becomes a murder suspect.
11. The Vanishing Half
by Brit Bennett

The lives of twin sisters who run away from a Southern Black community at age 16 diverge as one returns and the other takes on a different racial identity but their fates intertwine.
12. The Book of Two Ways
by Jodi Picoult

After surviving a plane crash, a death doula travels to Egypt to reconnect with an old flame who is an archaeologist.
13. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue
by V. E. Schwab

A Faustian bargain comes with a curse that affects the adventure Addie LaRue has across centuries.
14. The Evening and the Morning
by Ken Follett

In a prequel to The Pillars of the Earth, a boatbuilder, a Norman noblewoman and a monk live in England under attack by the Welsh and the Vikings.
15. The Searcher
by Tana French

After a divorce, a former Chicago police officer resettles in an Irish village where a boy goes missing.
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A version of this list appears in the November 29, 2020 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending November 14, 2020.
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