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 2010 Hawes Publications
The most popular books of the year were The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson and The Help, by Kathryn Stockett, with respectively 8 and 6 weeks at the top. The author James Patterson was at the top for five different books (Worst Case, The 9th Judgment, Private, The Postcard Killers and Cross Fire).
DateBookAuthor January 3 The Lost Symbol Dan Brown January 10 January 17 January 24 The Help Kathryn Stockett January 31 February 7 February 14 February 21 Worst Case James Patterson February 28 March 7 The Help Kathryn Stockett March 14 Fantasy in Death J. D. Robb March 21 House Rules Jodi Picoult March 28 April 4 The Help Kathryn Stockett April 11 Caught Harlan Coben April 18 Silver Borne Patricia Briggs April 25 Changes Jim Butcher May 2 The Shadow of Your Smile Mary Higgins Clark May 9 Deliver us from Evil David Baldacci May 16 The 9th Judgment James Patterson and Maxine Paetro May 23 Dead in the Family Charlaine Harris May 30 June 6 61 Hours Lee Child June 13 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest Stieg Larsson June 20 June 27 July 4 The Overton Window Glenn Beck July 11 Sizzling Sixteen Janet Evanovich July 18 Private James Patterson July 25 The Search Nora Roberts August 1 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest Stieg Larsson August 8 The Rembrandt Affair Daniel Silva August 15 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest Stieg Larsson August 22 August 29 September 5 The Postcard Killers James Patterson and Liza Marklund September 12 The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest Stieg Larsson September 19 Freedom Jonathan Franzen September 26 October 3 Safe Haven Nicholas Sparks October 10 Freedom Jonathan Franzen October 17 Fall of Giants Ken Follett October 24 The Reversal Michael Connelly October 31 American Assassin Vince Flynn November 7 Worth Dying For Lee Child November 14 The Confession John Grisham November 21 Towers of Midnight Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson November 28 Hell's Corner David Baldacci December 5 Cross Fire James Patterson December 12 December 19 Port Mortuary Patricia Cornwell December 26 Dead or Alive Tom Clancy and Grant Blackwood
Nonfiction The following list ranks the number-one best selling nonfiction books, in the hardcover nonfiction category.
DateBookAuthorPublisherJanuary 3 Going Rogue Sarah Palin HarperCollinsJanuary 10 Have a Little Faith Mitch Albom HyperionJanuary 19 Committed Elizabeth Gilbert VikingJanuary 24 Game Change John Heilemann and Mark Halperin HarperCollinsJanuary 31February 7February 14February 21February 28March 7March 14 No Apology Mitt Romney St. Martin'sMarch 21 Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang Chelsea Handler Grand CentralMarch 28 The Big Short Michael Lewis NortonApril 4April 11April 18April 25 Oprah: A Biography Kitty Kelley CrownMay 2 The Big Short Michael Lewis NortonMay 9May 16 Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush ScribnerMay 30June 6June 13June 20 Shit My Dad Says Justin Halpern HarperCollinsJune 27July 4July 11July 18July 25August 1 The Obama Diaries Laura Ingraham Threshold Editions August 8 Shit My Dad Says Justin Halpern HarperCollinsAugust 15August 22August 29September 5September 12 Crimes Against Liberty David Limbaugh RegnerySeptember 19September 26 The Grand Design Stephen Hawking and Leonard Mlodinow Bantam BooksOctober 3October 10 Earth (The Book) Jon Stewart and others Grand CentralOctober 17 Obama's Wars Bob Woodward Simon & SchusterOctober 24October 31 Earth (The Book) Jon Stewart and others Grand CentralNovember 7November 14 Life Keith Richards with James Fox Little, BrownNovember 21November 28 Decision Points George W. Bush CrownDecember 5December 12December 19December 26
See also Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels in the United States in the 2010s
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