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 2009 Hawes Publications
The most popular books of the year were The Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown and The Associate, by John Grisham with respectively 7 and 4 weeks at the top. The author James Patterson was at the top for four different books (8th Confession, Swimsuit, Alex Cross's Trial and I, Alex Cross).
DateBookAuthor January 4 The Christmas Sweater Glenn Beck January 11 Scarpetta Patricia Cornwell January 18 Black Ops W. E. B. Griffin January 25 Plum Spooky Janet Evanovich February 1 February 8 February 15 The Associate John Grisham February 22 March 1 March 8 March 15 Promises in Death J. D. Robb March 22 Handle with Care Jodi Picoult March 29 April 5 April 12 True Detectives Jonathan Kellerman April 19 Long Lost Harlan Coben April 26 Turn Coat Jim Butcher May 3 Just Take My Heart Mary Higgins Clark May 10 First Family David Baldacci May 17 8th Confession James Patterson and Maxine Paetro May 24 Dead and Gone Charlaine Harris May 31 Wicked Prey John Sandford June 7 Gone Tomorrow Lee Child June 14 The Scarecrow Michael Connelly June 21 Skin Trade Laurell K. Hamilton June 28 Relentless Dean Koontz July 5 Knockout Catherine Coulter July 12 Finger Lickin' Fifteen Janet Evanovich July 19 Swimsuit James Patterson and Maxine Paetro July 26 Black Hills Nora Roberts August 2 Best Friends Forever Jennifer Weiner August 9 The Defector Daniel Silva August 16 The Girl Who Played with Fire Stieg Larsson August 23 Bad Moon Rising Sherrilyn Kenyon August 30 South of Broad Pat Conroy September 6 September 13 Alex Cross's Trial James Patterson and Richard DiLallo September 20 Dark Slayer Christine Feehan September 27 The Last Song Nicholas Sparks October 4 The Lost Symbol Dan Brown October 11 October 18 October 25 November 1 November 8 November 15 The Gathering Storm Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson November 22 Ford County John Grisham November 29 Under the Dome Stephen King December 6 I, Alex Cross James Patterson December 13 December 20 "U" Is for Undertow Sue Grafton December 27 The Lost Symbol Dan Brown
Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category.
DateBookAuthorPublisher January 4 Outliers Malcolm Gladwell Little Brown January 11 January 18 January 25 February 1 February 8 February 15 February 22 The Yankee Years Joe Torre and Tom Verducci Doubleday March 1 March 8 March 15 March 22 Outliers Malcolm Gladwell Little Brown March 29 April 5 April 12 Liberty and Tyranny Mark R. Levin Threshold Editions April 19 April 26 May 3 May 10 May 17 May 24 May 31 Resilience Elizabeth Edwards Broadway June 7 Liberty and Tyranny Mark R. Levin Threshold Editions June 14 June 21 June 28 July 5 July 12 Catastrophe Dick Morris and Eileen McGann Harper/HarperCollins July 19 July 26 Outliers Malcolm Gladwell Little Brown August 2 Unmasked Ian Halperin Simon Spotlight Entertainment August 9 Outliers Malcolm Gladwell Little Brown August 16 Culture of Corruption Michelle Malkin Regnery August 23 August 30 September 6 September 13 September 20 September 27 Official Book Club Selection Kathy Griffin Ballantine October 4 True Compass Edward M. Kennedy Twelve October 11 Arguing with Idiots Glenn Beck, Kevin Balfe, and others Mercury Radio Arts/Threshold Editions October 18 Have a Little Faith Mitch Albom Hyperion October 25 November 1 November 8 November 15 The Book of Basketball Bill Simmons Ballantine November 22 Have a Little Faith Mitch Albom Hyperion November 29 Open Andre Agassi Knopf December 6 Going Rogue Sarah Palin Harper/HarperCollins December 13 December 20 December 27
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2000s
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