New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
September 29, 2024

1. Somewhere Beyond the Sea
by TJ Klune

The second book in the Cerulean Chronicles series. The headmaster of a strange orphanage seeks to protect the magical children who reside there.
2. Here One Moment
by Liane Moriarty

Passengers on a short and seemingly unremarkable flight learn how and when they are going to die.
3. Tell Me Everything
by Elizabeth Strout

As a murder casts a pall on a town in Maine, Lucy Barton, Olive Kitteridge and Bob Burgess share stories and seek meaning.
4. The Women
by Kristin Hannah

In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.
5. The Games Gods Play
by Abigail Owen

Gods enlist mortals to fight in their stead to determine who will sit on the throne in Olympus.
6. The Life Impossible
by Matt Haig

A retired math teacher who inherits a run-down house on a Mediterranean island from a friend goes in search of answers.
7. By Any Other Name
by Jodi Picoult

A young woman's play about her ancestor Emilia Bassano, who wrote Shakespeare's works, is submitted to a festival under a male pseudonym.
8. 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.
9. The God of the Woods
by Liz Moore

When a 13-year-old girl disappears from an Adirondack summer camp in 1975, secrets kept by the Van Laar family emerge.
10. Vince Flynn: Capture or Kill
by Don Bentley

The 23rd book in the Mitch Rapp series. In 2011, operations take place to prevent a looming war in the Middle East.
11. 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.
12. The Cursed
by Harper L. Woods

The second book in the Coven of Bones series. Feelings of betrayal and revenge put things in a precarious place.
13. All the Colors of the Dark
by Chris Whitaker

Questions arise when a boy saves the daughter of a wealthy family amid a string of disappearances in a Missouri town in 1975.
14. Passions in Death
by J.D. Robb

The 59th book of the In Death series. Bad memories come up for Eve Dallas at a crime scene.
15. James
by Percival Everett

A reimagining of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn shines a different light on Mark Twain's classic, revealing new facets of the character of Jim.
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A version of this list appears in the September 29, 2024 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending September 14, 2024.
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