Memorial Hall Library

New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
December 10, 2023

1. Iron Flame
by Rebecca Yarros

The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail's next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves.
2. 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.
3. The Exchange: After The Firm
by John Grisham

In a sequel to The Firm, Mitch McDeere, who is now a partner at the world's largest law firm, gets caught up in a sinister plot.
4. Inheritance
by Nora Roberts

After the death of her mysterious uncle, a graphic designer receives an inheritance that stipulates she must live in a haunted Victorian house for at least three years.
5. 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.
6. The Little Liar
by Mitch Albom

The actions of an 11-year-old boy help facilitate the delivery of Jewish residents, including his family, to Auschwitz.
7. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store
by James McBride

Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well.
8. Holly
by Stephen King

The private detective Holly Gibney investigates whether a married pair of octogenarian academics had anything to do with Bonnie Dahl's disappearance.
9. Alex Cross Must Die
by James Patterson

The 32nd book in the Alex Cross series. When a jet is gunned down, Cross goes back into action.
10. The Edge
by David Baldacci

The second book in the 6:20 Man series. Travis Devine investigates the murder of the C.I.A. operative Jenny Silkwell in rural Maine.
11. Dirty Thirty
by Janet Evanovich

The 30th book in the Stephanie Plum series. Plum tracks a local jeweler's former security guard and has an overnight stakeout with relatives.
12. Resurrection Walk
by Michael Connelly

The seventh book in the Lincoln Lawyer series. Haller and Bosch team up to prove the innocence of a woman in prison for killing her husband.
13. The Ball at Versailles
by Danielle Steel

Four young women are invited to an event, which may change their lives, at the Palace of Versailles in the summer of 1959.
14. The Secret
by Lee Child and Andrew Child

The 28th book in the Jack Reacher series. It's 1992 and Reacher looks into the cause of a string of mysterious deaths.
15. Demon Copperhead
by Barbara Kingsolver

Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A reimagining of Charles Dickens's David Copperfield set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.
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A version of this list appears in the December 10, 2023 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending November 25, 2023.
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