New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
May 8, 2022

1. Dream Town
by David Baldacci

The third book in the Archer series. Archer, Dash and Callahan search for a missing screenwriter who had a dead body turn up in her home.
2. Beautiful
by Danielle Steel

A supermodel deals with the effects of a terror attack at an airport in Brussels on her life and appearance.
3. Run, Rose, Run
by Dolly Parton and James Patterson

A singer-songwriter goes to Nashville seeking stardom but is followed by her dark past.
4. The Investigator
by John Sandford

Letty Davenport, the adopted daughter of Lucas Davenport, looks into oil thefts in Texas.
5. Kingdom of Bones
by James Rollins

The 16th book in the Sigma Force series. An unknown force is putting people in a catatonic state in a village in the Congo.
6. Sea of Tranquility
by Emily St. John Mandel

A detective investigating in the wilderness discovers that his actions might affect the timeline of the universe.
7. The Paris Apartment
by Lucy Foley

Jess has suspicions about her half-brother's neighbors when he goes missing.
8. What Happened to the Bennetts
by Lisa Scottoline

A brush with members of a drug-trafficking organization ushers a suburban family to go into the witness protection program.
9. 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.
10. The Memory Librarian: And Other Stories of Dirty Computer
by Janelle Monae et al

A companion collection of stories to Monae's 2018 album Dirty Computer. Jane 57821 pushes back against the few who have the power to control or erase memories.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. The Lincoln Highway
by Amor Towles

Two friends who escaped from a juvenile work farm take Emmett Watson on an unexpected journey to New York City in 1954.
14. The Diamond Eye
by Kate Quinn

In 1937 Ukraine, a history student transforms into a hunter of Nazis known as Lady Death and is sent to America on a goodwill tour.
15. The Candy House
by Jennifer Egan

In a follow-up to A Visit From the Goon Squad, a new technology gives the potential to save and share every memory one has ever had.
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A version of this list appears in the May 8, 2022 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending April 23, 2022.