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HARDCOVER FICTION

1. “Verses for the Dead: An Agent Pendergast Novel” by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child (Grand Central, $28)

2. “Where the Crawdads Sing” by Delia Owens (Putnam, $27) 3. “The Reckoning: A Novel” by John Grisham (Doubleday, $29.95)

4. “Fire & Blood: 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones, Dragons Ruled Westeros (A Song of Ice and Fire: A Targaryen History)” by George R. R. Martin (Bantam, $35) Last week: 2 5. “Every Breath” by Nicholas Sparks (Grand Central, $28)

6. “A Delicate Touch: A Stone Barrington Novel” by Stuart Woods (Putnam, $28)

7. “Target: Alex Cross” by James Patterson (Little, Brown, $29)

8. “Long Road to Mercy: An Atlee Pine Thriller” by David Baldacci (Grand Central, $29)

9. “Past Tense: A Jack Reacher Novel” by Lee Child (Delacorte, $28.99)

10. “The Boy: A Novel” by Tami Hoag (Dutton, $28)