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 2005
The most frequent weekly best seller of the year was The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown with 7 weeks at the top of the list, followed closely by The Broker by John Grisham with 5 weeks.
DateBookAuthor January 2 The Five People You Meet in Heaven Mitch Albom January 9 The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown January 16 January 23 January 30 The Broker John Grisham February 6 February 13 February 20 February 27 March 6 Honeymoon James Patterson and Howard Roughan March 13 March 20 March 27 April 3 The Rising Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins April 10 The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown April 17 April 24 No Place Like Home Mary Higgins Clark May 1 True Believer Nicholas Sparks May 8 May 15 May 22 4th of July James Patterson and Maxine Paetro May 29 June 5 The Closers Michael Connelly June 12 4th of July James Patterson and Maxine Paetro June 19 June 26 The Mermaid Chair Sue Monk Kidd July 3 The Historian Elizabeth Kostova July 10 Eleven on Top Janet Evanovich July 17 July 24 July 31 Lifeguard James Patterson and Andrew Gross August 7 August 14 August 21 August 28 The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown September 4 Chill Factor Sandra Brown September 11 Point Blank Catherine Coulter September 18 Polar Shift Clive Cussler and Paul Kemprecos September 25 October 2 The Da Vinci Code Dan Brown October 9 Anansi Boys Neil Gaiman October 16 A Breath of Snow and Ashes Diana Gabaldon October 23 The Lincoln Lawyer Michael Connelly October 30 Knife of Dreams Robert Jordan November 6 At First Sight Nicholas Sparks November 13 Predator Patricia Cornwell November 20 November 27 A Feast for Crows George R. R. Martin December 4 Mary, Mary James Patterson December 11 December 18 December 25 "S" Is for Silence Sue Grafton
Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category.
DateBookAuthorJanuary 2 America: The Book Jon Stewart and The Daily Show writersJanuary 9 January 16 January 23 Witness Amber FreyJanuary 30 February 6 Blink Malcolm GladwellFebruary 13 February 20 February 27 March 6 Juiced Jose CansecoMarch 13 Blink Malcolm GladwellMarch 20 Blood Brother Anne BirdMarch 27 April 3 A Deadly Game Catherine Crier with Cole ThompsonApril 10 Blink Malcolm GladwellApril 17 April 24 My Life So Far Jane FondaMay 1 May 8 May 15 The World Is Flat Thomas FriedmanMay 22 May 29 June 5 On Bullshit Harry FrankfurtJune 12 1776 David McCulloughJune 19 June 26 July 3 July 10 July 17 July 24 July 31 August 7 August 14 August 21 The FairTax Book Neal Boortz and John LinderAugust 28 September 4 1776 David McCulloughSeptember 11 September 18 The World Is Flat Thomas FriedmanSeptember 25 October 2 October 9 October 16 The City of Falling Angels John BerendtOctober 23 October 30 The World Is Flat Thomas FriedmanNovember 6 November 13 The Truth (with jokes) Al FrankenNovember 20 Our Endangered Values Jimmy CarterNovember 27 December 4 Teacher Man Frank McCourtDecember 11 Our Endangered Values Jimmy CarterDecember 18 Teacher Man Frank McCourtDecember 25
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2000s
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