The American daily newspaper The New York Times publishes multiple weekly lists ranking the best selling books in the United States. The lists are split into three genres—fiction, nonfiction and children's books. Both the fiction and nonfiction lists are further split into multiple lists.
Fiction The following list ranks the number-one best selling fiction books, in the hardcover fiction category.Adult New York Times Best Seller Lists for 2007 Hawes Publications
The most popular books of the year were A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini with 13 weeks at the top. The author James Patterson was at the top for five different books.
DateBookAuthor January 7 For One More Day Mitch Albom January 14 January 21 January 28 Plum Lovin' Janet Evanovich February 4 February 11 February 18 February 25 Step on a Crack James Patterson March 4 March 11 Innocent in Death J. D. Robb March 18 Shopaholic and Baby Sophie Kinsella March 25 Nineteen Minutes Jodi Picoult April 1 April 8 April 15 April 22 I Heard That Song Before Mary Higgins Clark April 29 May 6 The Children of Húrin J. R. R. Tolkien May 13 Simple Genius David Baldacci May 20 May 27 The 6th Target James Patterson and Maxine Paetro June 3 June 10 A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini June 17 June 24 July 1 July 8 Lean Mean Thirteen Janet Evanovich July 15 A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini July 22 The Quickie James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge July 29 August 5 A Thousand Splendid Suns Khaled Hosseini August 12 August 19 August 26 September 2 September 9 September 16 September 23 September 30 You've Been Warned James Patterson and Howard Roughan October 7 October 14 Playing for Pizza John Grisham October 21 October 28 World Without End Ken Follett November 4 Playing for Pizza John Grisham November 11 Book of the Dead Patricia Cornwell November 18 Protect and Defended Vince Flynn November 25 Stone Cold David Baldacci December 2 Double Cross James Patterson December 9 December 16 December 23 "T" Is for Trespass Sue Grafton December 30
Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category.
DateBookAuthorJanuary 7 The Audacity of Hope Barack ObamaJanuary 14 January 21 January 28 February 4 February 11 February 18 February 25 March 4 March 11 March 18 In an Instant Lee and Bob WoodruffMarch 25 April 1 April 8 April 15 A Long Way Gone Ishmael BeahApril 22 April 29 Einstein Walter IsaacsonMay 6 May 13 May 20 At the Center of the Storm George TenetMay 27 Einstein Walter IsaacsonJune 3 God Is Not Great Christopher HitchensJune 10 The Assault on Reason Al GoreJune 17 June 24 The Reagan Diaries Ronald ReaganJuly 1 July 8 The Diana Chronicles Tina BrownJuly 15 July 22 Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell with Patrick RobinsonJuly 29 August 5 Quiet Strength Tony Dungy with Nathan WhitakerAugust 12 Lone Survivor Marcus Luttrell with Patrick RobinsonAugust 19 It's All About Him Denise Jackson with Ellen VaughnAugust 26 You Can Run But You Can't Hide Duane Chapman with Laura MortonSeptember 2 September 9 Quiet Strength Tony Dungy with Nathan WhitakerSeptember 16 Wonderful Tonight Pattie Boyd with Penny JunorSeptember 23 Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World Bill ClintonSeptember 30 Power to the People Laura IngrahamOctober 7 The Age of Turbulence Alan GreenspanOctober 14 October 21 My Grandfather's Son Clarence ThomasOctober 28 I Am America (And So Can You!) Stephen ColbertNovember 4 November 11 November 18 November 25 December 2 December 9 An Inconvenient Book Glenn Beck and Kevin BalfeDecember 16 I Am America (And So Can You!) Stephen ColbertDecember 23 December 30
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2000s
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