New York Times Best Sellers: July 23, 2023

Violet Sorrengail is urged by the commanding general, who also is her mother, to become a candidate for the elite dragon riders.

A former couple pretend to be together for the sake of their friends during their annual getaway in Maine.

A scientist and single mother living in California in the 1960s becomes a star on a TV cooking show.

After a tragedy, a popular food blogger brings friends from distinct times in her life to spend a weekend in Nantucket.

Three generations of a family living on South India's Malabar Coast suffer the last of a family member by drowning.

A reimagining of Charles Dicken's "David Copperfield" set in the mountains of southern Appalachia.

In 1983, a mute woman confined to a wheelchair types out her side of the story about a family massacre to her home-health aide.

In a homage to Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women," a young man's dark past resurfaces as he gets to the know the family of his college sweetheart.

June Hayward, a struggling writer, must conceal the fact that she stole Athena Liu’s just-finished masterpiece after Liu’s sudden death.

Challenges arise when a young woman takes over her family's haute couture Italian leather brand and 400-year-old palazzo in Venice.

A security system tester must elude the police to find the person who killed her partner in marriage and in crime.

Two friends find their partnership challenged in the world of video game design.

Tan Yunxian learns the pillars of Chinese medicine from her grandmother but is sent into an arranged marriage and pressured by her mother-in-law.

John Sampson seeks justice after Alex Cross gets injured.

A widow working the night shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium is aided in solving a mystery by a giant Pacific octopus living there.

A look at recent scientific research on aging and longevity.

The survivors of a shipwrecked British vessel on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain have different accounts of events.

The actress and filmmaker describes her eating disorders and difficult relationship with her mother.

The Fox News military analyst shares stories from working with veterans for over a decade.

A collection of photographs taken with a 35-millimeter camera during the rise of the Beatles from the end of 1963 through early 1964.

A hospice nurse shares some of her most impactful experiences and questions some of society's beliefs around end-of-life care.

The Oscar-nominated star details discovering himself as a trans person and navigating abuse in Hollywood.

The author of "The Strangers in the Woods" tells the story of Stéphane Breitwieser, who stole art more than 200 times for the sake of admiring it.

The author of “The Genius of Birds” explores new scientific discoveries about the brains and behavior of owls.

The Duke of Sussex details his struggles with the royal family, loss of his mother, service in the British Army and marriage to Meghan Markle.

A multigenerational story of the Kennedy family and their Hyannis Port compound on Cape Cod.

The Fox News contributor and former congressman argues that liberals remain in power no matter who gets elected.

A memoir by the Holocaust survivor who was first referred to as Lies Goosens in Anne Frank's diary.

The actress and philanthropist share stories of adversity on her way to career success.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist examines a cyclical pattern of violence and backlash against racial progess.