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New York Times Hardcover Fiction BestsellersAugust 3, 2014
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| 1. The Book of Life by Deborah HarknessIn the conclusion to the All Souls trilogy, the Oxford scholar/witch Diana Bishop and the vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont return from Elizabethan London to the present. |
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| 2. The Heist by Daniel SilvaGabriel Allon, an art restorer and occasional spy for the Israeli secret service, must track down a famous missing painting by Caravaggio. |
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| 3. Act of War by Brad ThorThe counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath undertakes two dangerous missions as America faces an imminent attack. |
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| 4. Cut and Thrust by Stuart WoodsComplications abound as the New York lawyer Stone Barrington attends a political convention in Los Angeles. |
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| 5. Invisible by James Patterson and David EllisA former F.B.I. researcher finds a link between scores of apparently unconnected unsolved cases. |
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| 6. The Goldfinch by Donna TarttA painting smuggled out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a bombing becomes a boy's prize, guilt and burden. |
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| 7. The Silkworm by Robert GalbraithThe private detective Cormoran Strike in literary London; by J.K. Rowling, writing pseudonymously. |
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| 8. Top Secret Twenty-One by Janet EvanovichThe New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum pursues a dealer who sells more than used cars. |
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| 9. Wayfaring Stranger by James Lee BurkeA man's life is traced over decades, starting with his encounter, at age 16, with Bonnie and Clyde. |
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| 10. Mr. Mercedes by Stephen KingA driver plows into a crowd, killing eight. The killer then taunts a suicidal ex-cop, who must stop another, deadlier attack. |
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| 11. Power Play by Catherine CoulterThe F.B.I. agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are out to discover who is trying to kill the ambassador to Britain. |
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| 16. The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk KiddThe relationship between a wealthy Charleston girl, Sarah Grimké, who will grow up to become a prominent abolitionist, is given a slave for her 11th birthday. |
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© 2014 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 August 3, 2014 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 19, 2014.
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