New York Times Hardcover Fiction Bestsellers
July 27, 2014
1. Act of War
by Brad Thor

The counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath undertakes two dangerous missions as America faces an imminent attack.
2. Power Play
by Catherine Coulter

The F.B.I. agents Dillon Savich and Lacey Sherlock are out to discover who is trying to kill the ambassador to Britain.
3. California
by Edan Lepucki

In an apocalyptic future, a couple seek a stable community as they prepare for the birth of their baby.
4. Invisible
by James Patterson and David Ellis

A former F.B.I. researcher finds a link between scores of apparently unconnected unsolved cases.
5. The Silkworm
by Robert Galbraith

The private detective Cormoran Strike in literary London; by J.K. Rowling, writing pseudonymously.
6. Top Secret Twenty-One
by Janet Evanovich

The New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum pursues a dealer who sells more than used cars.
7. The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt

A painting smuggled out of the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a bombing becomes a boy's prize, guilt and burden.
8. Mr. Mercedes
by Stephen King

A driver plows into a crowd, killing eight. The killer then taunts a suicidal ex-cop, who must stop another, deadlier attack.
9. Written In My Own Heart's Blood
by Diana Gabaldon

Jamie Fraser and his family face challenges in the 18th and 20th centuries.
10. Landline
by Rainbow Rowell

A woman in a troubled marriage finds a way to communicate with her husband in the past.
11. All Fall Down
by Jennifer Weiner

A woman becomes addicted to pain medication.
12. All The Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr

The lives of a blind French girl  and a gadget-obsessed German boy before and during World War II. 
13. The Girls of August
by Anne Rivers Siddons

Four friends who vacation together are shaken by surprising discoveries.
14. The Vacationers
by Emma Straub

An Upper West Side couple, their children and their friends confront life's changes during two weeks in Mallorca.
15. One Plus One
by Jojo Moyes

An obnoxious tech millionaire comes to the rescue of a single mom and her kids heading for a math contest that could change their lives.
16. The High Druid's Blade: The Defenders of Shannara
by Terry Brooks

A stand-alone Shannara novel, the first in a new trilogy, Defenders of Shannara. 
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A version of this list appears in the July 27, 2014 issue of The New York Times Book Review. Rankings reflect sales for the week ending July 12, 2014.
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