NYT Hardcover Fiction

Bestseller List for May 5, 2024

THE WOMEN
Kristin Hannah
St. Martin's
9781250178633
1-250-17863-0
In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.
A CALAMITY OF SOULS
David Baldacci
Grand Central
9781538765029
1-5387-6502-0
Lawyers from different backgrounds represent a Black man charged with killing a wealthy white couple in Virginia in 1968.
FOURTH WING
Rebecca Yarros
Red Tower
9781649374042
1-64937-404-6
Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.
THE FAMILIAR
Leigh Bardugo
Flatiron
9781250884251
1-250-88425-X
Luzia Cotado encounters dangers when her magic draws the attention of the disgraced secretary to Spain's king.
IRON FLAME
Rebecca Yarros
Red Tower
9781649374172
1-64937-417-8
The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves.
TABLE FOR TWO
Amor Towles
Viking
9780593296370
0-593-29637-0
A collection of six short stories based in New York City around the year 2000 and a novella set during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
TOXIC PREY
John Sandford
Putnam
9780593714492
0-593-71449-0
The 34th book in the Prey series. Letty and Lucas must find an expert on tropical and infectious diseases before a virus becomes weaponized.
JAMES
Percival Everett
Doubleday
9780385550369
0-385-55036-7
A reimagining of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” shines a different light on Mark Twain's classic, revealing new facets of the character of Jim.
REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES
Shel Van Pelt
Ecco
9780063204157
0-06-320415-0
A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.
THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE
James McBride
Riverhead
9780593422946
0-593-42294-5
Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well.
THE #1 LAWYER
James Patterson and Nancy Allen
Little, Brown
9780316499675
0-316-49967-6
A criminal defense attorney in Biloxi becomes the prime suspect in his wife’s murder.
CLOSE TO DEATH
Anthony Horowitz
Harper
9780063305649
0-06-330564-X
The fifth book in the Hawthorne and Horowitz series. In a quiet community, a new resident is found with a crossbow bolt sticking out of his chest.
FIRST LIE WINS
Ashley Elston
Pamela Dorman
9780593492918
0-593-49291-9
A woman who works for a mysterious boss takes on a new identity to dig up information on someone.
HOUSE OF FLAME AND SHADOW
Sarah J. Maas
Bloomsbury
9781635574104
1-63557-410-2
The third book in the Crescent City series. Bryce wants to return home while Hunt is trapped in Asteri's dungeons.
A FATE INKED IN BLOOD
Danielle L. Jensen
Del Rey
9780593599839
0-593-59983-7
After the secret of her magic to repel attacks is revealed, Freya encounters dangerous tests by the gods.