New York Times Best Sellers

FICTION

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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.

5. FIRST LIE WINS

by Ashley Elston (Pamela Dorman) A woman who works for a mysterious boss takes on a new identity to dig up information on someone.

6. LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY

by Bonnie Garmus (Doubleday) A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.

7. UPSIDE DOWN

by Danielle Steel (Delacorte) When they encounter strains in their romantic relationships, a Hollywood actress and her plastic surgeon daughter seek solace in each other.

8. THE EXCHANGE

by John Grisham (Doubleday)

In a sequel to “The Firm,” Mitch McDeere, who is now a partner at the world’s largest law firm, gets caught up in a sinister plot.

9. DEMON COPPERHEAD

by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper) Winner of a 2023 Pulitzer Prize for fiction. A re-imagining of Charles Dickens’ “David Copperfield” set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

10. THE LITTLE LIAR

by Mitch Albom (Harper)