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Hardcover Fiction- May 12, 2024

Hardcover Fiction - May 12, 2024

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FUNNY STORY
by Emily Henry
Berkley
After their exes run off together, Daphne and Miles form a friendship and concoct a plan involving misleading photos.
12 weeks on the list
THE WOMEN
by Kristin Hannah
St. Martin's
In 1965, a nursing student follows her brother to serve during the Vietnam War and returns to a divided America.
Ranked 1 last week
2 weeks on the list
A CALAMITY OF SOULS
by David Baldacci
Grand Central
Lawyers from different backgrounds represent a Black man charged with killing a wealthy white couple in Virginia in 1968.
Ranked 2 last week
39 weeks on the list
THE COVENANT OF WATER
by Abraham Verghese
Grove
Three generations of a family living on South India’s Malabar Coast suffer the loss of a family member by drowning.
51 weeks on the list
FOURTH WING
by Rebecca Yarros
Red Tower
Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.
Ranked 3 last week
25 weeks on the list
IRON FLAME
by Rebecca Yarros
Red Tower
The second book in the Empyrean series. Violet Sorrengail’s next round of training might require her to betray the man she loves.
Ranked 5 last week
4 weeks on the list
TABLE FOR TWO
by Amor Towles
Viking
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.
Ranked 6 last week
3 weeks on the list
THE FAMILIAR
by Leigh Bardugo
Flatiron
Luzia Cotado encounters dangers when her magic draws the attention of the disgraced secretary to Spain's king.
Ranked 4 last week
New this week
EXTINCTION
by Douglas Preston
Forge
A Colorado Bureau of Investigation agent and a county sheriff look into misdeeds involving kidnapping, murder and genetic manipulation.
New this week
THE PARIS NOVEL
by Ruth Reichl
Random House
Stella is encouraged to throw caution to the wind and meets someone who introduces her to the literary, art and culinary worlds of Paris.
6 weeks on the list
JAMES
by Percival Everett
Doubleday
A reimagining of “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” shines a different light on Mark Twain's classic, revealing new facets of the character of Jim.
Ranked 8 last week
48 weeks on the list
REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES
by Shelby Van Pelt
Ecco
A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.
Ranked 9 last week
3 weeks on the list
TOXIC PREY
by John Sandford
Putnam
The 34th book in the Prey series. Letty and Lucas must find an expert on tropical and infectious diseases before a virus becomes weaponized.
Ranked 7 last week
36 weeks on the list
THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE
by James McBride
Riverhead
Secrets held by the residents of a dilapidated neighborhood come to life when a skeleton is found at the bottom of a well.
Ranked 10 last week
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LOST BIRDS
by Anne Hillerman
Harper
The ninth book in the Leaphorn, Chee & Manuelito series. The detectives investigate cases that involve the adoption of Indigenous children by non-Native parents and the killing of prize-winning sheep.

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Hardcover Fiction - May 12, 2024

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FUNNY STORY

THE WOMEN

A CALAMITY OF SOULS

THE COVENANT OF WATER

FOURTH WING

IRON FLAME

TABLE FOR TWO

THE FAMILIAR

EXTINCTION

THE PARIS NOVEL

JAMES

REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES

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THE HEAVEN & EARTH GROCERY STORE

LOST BIRDS

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Rare Editions of Pushkin Are Vanishing From Libraries Around Europe

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